1、崇明区 2018 届第一次高考模拟考试试卷英 语 （考试时间 120 分钟，满分 140 分。请将答案填写在答题纸上）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will
2、be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In the street. B. At home. C. On the phone. D. At an office.2. A. A journalist. B. An electrician.
3、C. A salesman. D. An operator.3. A. The flying time. B. The strange weather. C. The mans jacket. D. The changeable fashion.4. A. She had a holiday. B. She travelled with her cousin.C. Her cousin visited her. D. Her cousin was away from Belgium.5. A. The stage is not big enough. B. Theyre lucky to ge
4、t two tickets.C. Its not easy at all to get tickets. D. The woman doesnt want to sit near the stage.6. A. Help the man to copy the novel. B. Return the novel to Alice immediately.C. Find a copy of the novel for the man. D. Ask Alice if the man can borrow the novel.7. A. Shes glad the man waited for
5、her. B. Shed like to reschedule the meeting.C. She wasnt very late for the meeting. D. Shes sorry that she missed the meeting.8. A. He has got more pages to write. B. The womans report is already long enough.C. He has already finished his report. D. The woman will have time to finish the report.9. A
6、. She needs a different kind of job. B. She often goes back with her supervisor.C. She used to work for a newspaper. D. Shed like her supervisors opinion of her work.10. A. The man should have had his car inspected sooner.B. The man doesnt need to have his car inspected until next month.C. The auto
7、inspection center will be closed at the end of the month.D. She has to wait even longer than the man did to have her car inspected.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages an
8、d the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Alphabets
9、 plan on self-driving cars. B. A successful test of self-driving cars.C. Peoples responses to self-driving cars. D. The 3D map used in self-driving cars.12. A. The camera. B. The laser device. C. The built-in GPS. D. The sensors and radar.13. A. Self-driving cars are already common. B. It was the fi
10、rst test of self-driving cars.C. There exists distrust in self-driving cars. D. Drivers are still needed in self-driving cars.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Tourism can bring a lot of disadvantages. B. Tourism is increasingly popular these years.C. Tourism should b
11、enefit local communities. D. Tourism has become a problem in some places.15. A. The cost of fuel is low. B. More people are visiting China.C. Plane tickets are cheap. D. People need tourism for jobs and wealth.16. A. 1.8 million more people will travel in 2030 according to the UNWTO.B. Measures have
12、 been taken to address overtourism in some places.C. Taleb Rifai doesnt regard overtourism as a problem.D. Some cities have forbidden tourists to visit them.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Because the joke was about dinner. B. To get all the boys involved in th
13、e joke.C. Because they had no idea about the joke. D. To leave the boys no time to take revenge.18. A. It was carefully prepared. B. The boys were each asked to take a bowl.C. The food there was delicious. D. Supper should be skipped before the party.19. A. Stupid. B. Challenged. C. Confused. D. Dis
14、appointed.20. A. The girls joke turned out to be a success.B. The class teacher was not generous enough. C. The boys managed to take revenge on the girls.D. The food was delicious so the bowls were emptied. II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the b
15、lanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Star Giraffe Finally Gives BirthApril, a giraffe who became an Internet star after h
16、er pregnancy was broadcast online, has finally given birth, ending months of excitement for her audience.The live broadcast from Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, the State of New York, began during the winter. (21) drew nearly five million viewers a day at its peak. Some viewers kept checking
17、back, even after the period (22) _ _ April was expected to give birth had gone. Others became frustrated, questioning (23)_ she was really pregnant.Finally, (24)_ April was pacing in her pen (畜栏) on April 15, two hooves (蹄) began to appear. After a few hours, a newly-born giraffe was lying on the fl
18、oor, (25)_ (look) around confusedly. The calf (幼崽) tried to stand a few times but (26)_ not. An hour later, it was (27)_ its feet, walking around carefully. A spokesman for the animal park said the calf was a boy. “After months of pregnancy, both mom and calf are doing fine,” said Jordan, the owner
19、of Animal Adventure Park.People in Harpursville now hope the attention that April (28)_ (draw) will translate into an economic development for the area. Harpursville was once a manufacturing base, but it has struggled financially in recent years.Fortunately, there are already signs (29)_ Aprils fame
20、 is breathing new life into the area. Dozens of families recently arrived at the animal park after hours of driving, only (30)_ (find) it closed for the winter. A nearby hotel has booked more than 100 reservations for a package that includes admission to the park when it reopens in May.Section BDire
21、ctions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. model B. competitive C. inserting D. pickup E. original F. missionG. price H. mirroring I. branching J. virtual K. buyingCompany Builds Worlds First A
22、utomobile Vending Machine (自动贩卖机)Thanks to used-car website Carvana, it is now possible to buy your own set of wheels at the touch of a button, from the worlds first and only coin-operated car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee. Its quick, easy, and not cheap, but cheaper than buying a car the
23、old way.The company has been working on the concept for the past two years. Their 31 car vending machine was installed in Atlanta in 2013. But theyve spent time improving the design, in order to take user experience to the next level. “Our new Vending Machine is a state-of-the-art, multi-story struc
24、ture that delivers our customers cars by merely 32 a special coin,” said Carvana CEO Ernie Garcia.The machine consists of a five-story glass tower that can hold up to 20 cars at a time. The tower basically serves as a(n) 33 point for used cars that customers purchase through the website, enabling 34
25、 pricing and eliminating delivery costs.Customers can access a long list of specifications, ratings, reviews, and lots of other details about the cars theyre interested in on the Carvana website. They even get 35 tours that point out every scratch on the body of the car. Once the car is chosen and p
26、aid for, the company usually delivers the car to the customer for a seven-day trial period. This usually means the delivery costs are worked into the36 of the vehicle.But with the Vending Machine, customers are able to go to pick up their cars straight away. Its a win-win 37 that allows Carvana to c
27、ut down on staff and overhead (间接费用), and save customers about $2,000 as well. According to the company, it also makes for a great 38 experience placing an oversized coin in a slot (硬币投币口) and watching their car roll down automatically.“Carvanas 39 is to create a better way to buy a car, and this ne
28、w Vending Machine will be a one-of-a-kind experience, 40 just how simple and easy weve made it to buy a car online,” Garcia said. He added the company plans to build more car vending machines in the future.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there a
29、re four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Stay out of the Sun to Look YoungForget drinking countless glasses of water or getting your beauty sleep. The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun. A study of hund
30、reds of women has revealed that those who avoided the suns rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are.However, other supposed rules for a youthful complexion (肤色), from drinking lots of water to sleeping well and exercising regularly, failed to 41 the hands of time. Only keeping out o
31、f the sun, and wearing sunscreen when this wasnt possible, made a 42 , the American Academy of Dermatologys annual conference will hear today. The interesting 43 comes from a study of 231 women of all ages who were quizzed about their lives, including whether they were sun-lovers. When researchers f
32、rom Massachusetts General Hospital in the US commissioned by skincare firm Olay guessed how old the women were, they found those who 44 in the sun tended to have aged more slowly. A lucky four had so few wrinkles and 45 spots, and such a fresh complexion, that they appeared to be a full two decades
33、younger than they really were.Researcher Dr Alexa Kimball, a professor of dermatology (皮肤医学), said the 46 advice that we drink lots of water to stay healthy is actually a myth (谬见),and the body is pretty good at judging how much we need.Previous research by the British Nutrition Foundation reached a
34、 47 conclusion. Experts there said: Just drinking water for the sake of drinking water really has no effect on improving the appearance of skin. It isnt clear why the women who 48 well didnt have younger-looking skin. But it may be that the question they were asked was too 49 and didnt take into acc
35、ount their long-term sleep patterns.A second study, also by Olay, suggested that low-level day to day exposure to the sun is more ageing than 50 , intense exposure. Finally, DNA examination of tiny samples of the womens skin helped understand the 51 done by the sun. A gene called CDKN2A was more act
36、ive in facial skin that is exposed to the elements than in samples taken from the bottoms. This gene was also more active in women who said they loved the 52 and in those who looked older. Dr Kimball said CDKN2A activity is a 53 that a cell is tired out and urged women should protect their skin year
37、 round and not just when on a beach holiday.Dr Frauke Neuser, principal scientist at Olay, which has used the 54 to develop its latest face creams, said: This research gives us a detailed picture of the effect of sun exposure on skin ageing and illustrate the importance of protection on a 55 basis.4
38、1. A. add to B. benefit from C. depend on D. hold back42. A. mistake B. proposal C. difference D. comment43. A. finding B. suggestion C. prospect D. possibility44. A. cheered up B. were exposed C. made trouble D. took care45. A. age B. trouble C. scenic D. weak46. A. faulty B. popular C. helpful D.
39、conflicting47. A. better B. similar C. false D. satisfactory48. A. ate B. exercised C. acted D. slept49. A. hard B. apparent C. narrow D. serious50. A. occasional B. limited C. potential D. initial51. A. good B. damage C. treatment D. miracle52. A. beauty B. water C. skin D. sun53. A. trend B. possi
40、bility C. sign D. chance54. A. product B. research C. approach D. sample55. A. temporary B. personal C. daily D. strictSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B,
41、C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.（A）Mickey Mouse and Shrek are just a couple of the American animated (动画的) characters loved the world over. And they are examples of the evolution of animation, which has brought unique new li
42、fe to the film industry.Among the first American animated films was Light of the Moon, a silent movie produced in 1911 using silhouette (剪影) animation, where the characters are represented only as black silhouettes.The real breakthrough for American animation came with Steamboat Willie, created by W
43、alt Disney and released in 1928. It was the first animated film to be accompanied by sound, and its main star, Mickey Mouse, became one of the most loveable and enduring animated characters ever created. Disney also created the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarf
44、s. Released in 1937, it enjoyed worldwide box-office success.Disneys extremely careful attention to high-quality detail in the thousands of hand-painted drawings required at that time to make an animated film elevated this film technique to the level of a serious art form.Clay animation is a type of
45、 stop-motion animation using forms made of clay. Clay animation films have been produced in the United States since 1908. But this form of animation only won wide popular appeal in 1955 with a short film called Gumbasia, created by Art Clokey. Computer-generated imagery, or CGI, brought animation to
46、 a new level of artistry and realism. Used in film since the 1960s, CGI animation began to develop rapidly in the mid-1990s. Toy Story, released in 1995 and created by Pixar and Disney Studios, was the first completely computer-generated animated feature film.In 2001, DreamWorks and Pacific Data Ima
47、ges released Shrek, the first computer-animated feature film to win an Oscar. Shrek returned in 2004 with his talking donkey, his princess bride Fiona and an army of fairy-tale characters in Shrek 2. Hugely popular, that film became the highest-grossing (票房最高的) animated film of all time.In addition
48、to strictly animated movies, animation has been mixed into films showing live actors as well. Who can forget the terrifyingly real dinosaurs thundering through Steven Spielbergs Jurassic Park movies and the actors they chased? Thanks to the powerful capabilities of todays computers and the unlimited
49、 imagination of American filmmakers, animation will be entertaining audiences worldwide for a long time to come.56. The passage is mainly about the _ of animation.A. influence B. popularity C. characters D. development57. Which film marked the beginning of the complete digital age of American animation?A. Light of the Moon. B. Steamboat Willie.C. Toy Story. D. Shrek.58. It can be learned from t
