上海高考英语最后冲刺卷三
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions： 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 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. She’s weighing the man’s luggage, B. She’s checking the man’s luggage.
C. She’s browsing the man’s books. D. She’s searching the man’s trunk,
2. A. She’s spoilt her appetite.B. She is not feeling well.
C. She is very hungry. D. She has eaten too much.
3. A. He wants to have his car repaired, B. He wants to find the nearest car-park.
C. He wants to hire a car on a tour. D. He wants to look round in a taxi.
4. A. At a butcher shop, B. In a McDonald's.
C. In a grocery. D. At a buffet.
5. A. Young lovers. B, Bride and bridegroom.
C. A married couple. D. Divorced parents.
6. A. His jacket doesn’t match his pants. B. He is wearing a dark jacket.
C. His jacket doesn’t fit him well. D. He has gone to work in a jackets
7. A. The critic has a very funny comment on the musical.
B. The woman agrees with the man’s opinion of the musical.
C. The woman has a very positive comment on the musical.
D. The man and the woman differ in their opinion of the musical.
8. A. He no longer buys souvenirs like toys for his children.
B. He doesn’t send cards to his children as he did before.
C. He still sends cards to all his children except Tod.
D. Toys are still his children^ favorites though they are grown up.
9. A. The book reports can be handed in after November 13*
B. November 13 is the deadline for handing in the book reports.
C. The book reports can be handed in any time they are finished.
D. November 13 is the date when the book reports are handed in.
10. A. He became the club champion though his leg muscles tightened.
B. He lost to the club champion because his leg muscles badly hurt.
C. He failed to win the club championship for his leg muscle pain.
D. He had to quit the match because of sudden pain in his leg muscles.
Section B
Directions ： In Part B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be
asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and 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. 20 hours* B. 22 hours. C. 24 hours. D. 18 hours.
12. A. People can live in New York’s most attractive residential area.
B. It serves as a transport system from Roosevelt to Manhattan.
C. Roosevelt Islanders now can have a view of Manhattan’s skylines.
D. The cable car has created more jobs for Roosevelt Islanders.
13. A. It ferries just across the East River every 15 minutes.
B. It carries Roosevelt Islanders to Manhattan every 15 minutes.
C. It ferries to and fro between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan.
D. It operates only in morning and evening rush hours.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. It can identify different flowers through its built-in sensors,
B. It can record various smells digitally and reproduce them,
C. It can make sweet smells by mixing flowers with vapour,
D. It can create smells and give them off to any scenes.
15. A. It helps shoppers locate the right brand of perfume.
B. It helps shoppers check out the perfumes before they buy,
C. It helps make sure that perfumes are truly genuine.
D. It can recommend right perfumes to shoppers*
16. A. The device is made small enough to be easily carried.
B. The device is sensitive to any smell the human nose can detect.
C. Smells are programmed to accompany movie scenes.
D. The device has recreated the smells of fish and gasoline.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Men’s good manners on public occasions.
B. Traditional views of married life.
C. The equality of husband and wife.
D. The dictionary definition of equality.
18. A. Sharing housework. B. Keeping house.
C. Earning money. D. Waiting on husband.
19. A. A woman should support her family financially after marriage.
B. Women should be treated politely on all social occasions.
C. Men should have more household responsibilities than women.
D. Men should treat women like babies in their family life.
20. A. Men should observe the rule of lady first strictly.
B. Husband and wife should pay their own way.
C. Man’s and woman’s roles are different in a family，
D. Husband should treat his wife like a good friend.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions： After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks 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.
I teach a course in marine biology at a college in central Maine. In order to give each student
the individualized attention he or she (21)__________(deserve) , I cap the class size at 15. Someyears back，while calling out names from the roster (花名册)on the first day，I noticed a gray-haired
woman of about 70. She (22)__________(hang) about at the door, with her new books
like a schoolgirl.
"I'm not on the roster, she volunteered, clearly self-conscious about all the
(23 )__________(seat) 18-year-olds looking her over. But I was wondering if I (24) just sit in on the
first class，to see what it’s about. ”
There were already 15 in the class, but this woman’s eagerness impressed me，so I invited her to
have a seat.
I began by chatting informally with the class to get a feel for how much knowledge they were
bringing to (25)__________course. The result of open admissions is that professors are faced with
very uneven crops of students, many of (26) __________ know relatively little about the world
around them.
In marine biology I like to see if they know the difference between fishes and seagoing
mammals (哺乳动物).I often hold up a (海绵）in the hope (27)__________ someone will recognize
it as an animal rather than a plant. I talk about the difference between a sea and an ocean.
(28)__________ I questioned，most of my new students remained silent. But Natalie, the older
woman, was on the edge of her seat, (29)__________( volunteer) answers with the quickness of a
game show contestant. In time, I felt as if it were just she and I engaged in a private conversation. At
the end of class，she came up to me and apologized for being the “extra” student. “I certainly wish I
could take this course，’’ she said. “Will you offer it next week?” Alarmed at the prospect of losing
her, I acted quickly to relieve (30)_____ concern.
“I’ll see you next class，” T said.
Section B
Directions： Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only
once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. removable B. functional C. restrictions D. alter E. break F, reportedly
G. overload H. channel I. access J. track K. handling
The Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag.
The main security feature: It's zipperless(无拉链）. A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy
31_________by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage
32________. If airport security has to search the bag, there is a TSA-approved combination lock.
Need to juice up your phone? A 33_________battery can charge portable devices through a USB
connection. Perhaps the coolest part — especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at risk of
going beyond baggage weight 34_________- is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how much
stuff you ， re pulling? Lift the bag and the display on 出 e handle shows weight in pounds or
kilograms.
Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created the
luggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed prioritized accessibility. They wanted to
“completely 35________” the classic case — with zippers — for “the modem’ minimal (极简
的）traveler,” Polash says. He adds that they didn’t want to 36________the user with “as many
features as possible" because that would not be required.
One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 37________ doing a better job these days of not losing bags. But for those who want to 38________ their cases there are stand-alone
gadgets（精巧的装置）like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you
can add a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunksler.
But smarting up a 39 object comes with a problem. "When you have this much technology in a
suitcase ... there are more things to break," says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the
Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is like
searching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 40 the
typical pattern： Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.
Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions ： For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,
C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Most of the time, people are well aware of the circumstances of exchange： they exchange this for
that. But in the rare circumstances when they’ve not prepared with gift-giving in return, they can be
41________ with feelings of guilt. Receiving a gift, Jacques Derrida, a French thinker, thought,
could make one feel like a 42 trapped in a cycle of economic exchange. People don^ like the feeling
of being under obligation ( 人情债) , and try to dismiss the 43 they can feel as quickly as possible.
Private gift-giving, as the Frankfurt school theorist Theodor Adorno worried, has become an
empty procedure. There’s no denying that in at least some cases, people give gifts 44________. This
has less to do with gift-giving itself, and more to do with the choosing of gifts. Gift-giving looks like
an obligation, and a fairly 45________one at that. Sure, there is giving gifts to lovers, friends and
family. But then there is also the world of gift-giving like Secret Santa Claus, practices that keep
gift-giving routines going well 46 the circles of people we know well enough to make choosing
presents 47 .
For these forced occasions, for, say, the coworker we‘ve never spoken to, there are pre-printed
cards and commercial guides. Even when the receiver is well-known, people want to 48________the
effort needed for gifting. A relative once sent me a gift basket of dried fruit, nuts and cured meats;
both the offending party and I are vegetarians.
If gift-giving has become more transaction ( 交 易 的 ）， with the give-and-take a ( n )
49________itself, so has complimenting.
This 50________choice — fulfill your obligation to return the 51 or resign yourself lo guilt —
comes from belonging to a society structured around commodities and their 52________.The trouble
is, if compliments are transactions, feeling that we5re under obligation is a natural state of affairs. To
imagine that we could completely overcome our ways of thinking about compliments, 53________，
requires 54________our social and economic forms of life. 55________ a difficult demand，this
could be the true gift Adorno and Derrida were hoping for.
41. A. proud B. troubled C. happy D. debtor
42. A.owner B. loaner C. donor D. exchange
43. A. prejudice B. inferiority C. inequality D. priority
44. A. reluctantly B. quickly C. carefully D. gladly
45. A.affordable B. widespread C. influential D. commercial
46. A. within B. behindC. againstD. beyond
47. A. unpleasant B. enjoyable C. adequate D. fashionable
48. A. minimize B. maximize C. complicate D, formalize49. A. means B. reason C. end D. process
50. A. agreed B. limited C. forced D. suited
51. A. praise B. offence C. greeting D. favour
52. A. application B. promotion C. interaction D. exchange
53. A. therefore B. however C. moreover D. meanwhile
54. A. following B. restoring C_ rethinking D. proceeding
55. A. Unless B. While C. Since D. Whether
Section B
Directions; 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, C and D. Choose the
one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Northern Virginia Community College had agreed to stop awarding scholarships based on race.
The college took that step, Virginia’s Attorney ( 司 法 局 ） said last week, after the U. S.
Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had concluded that the privately financed
scholarship programs for minority students did not follow established federal(联邦的）guidelines for
such programs.
The civil-rights office got involved when a white student at Northern Virginia complained in
June 1996 that he had been illegally excluded from a scholarship program for minority students.
Christopher Thompson argued in his complaint that such programs had been found
unconstitutional―（不符合法规的）in 1994 by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
(联邦上诉法院第四管辖区），in a case involving a blacks-only scholarship at the University of
Maryland at College Park.
In a letter to the department last month, the state Attorney Genera’s Office said the college
would alter its five scholarship programs that have been limited to students of certain races. All of
the programs were financed by private donors or groups.
"After careful consideration of the position taken by your office, in response to the complaint
filed with the Office for Civil Rights by a student at the college, and the legal arguments presented to
us by lawyers representing that student, the college has concluded that it will abandon its
administration of race-based scholarships," wrote Maureen Riley Masten, an Assistant Attorney
General.
Northern Virginia officials said that two of the aid programs would be opened to students of all
races, and that the sponsors of two others had asked that their money be returned. The sponsors of
the fifth program said they would transfer the funds to a private, non-profit group that would
continue to administer the scholarship to minority students only, the college said.
Officials of many colleges have watched the Northern Virginia case because they believed that
it might throw new light on how the Education Department would view the legality of scholarship
programs financed by private donors.
A spokesman for the department, Rodger Murphey, said he did not believe that a new precedent
(判例）had been set in the case，
56. What was Christopher Thompson’s complaint?
A. He wasn’t qualified for his college’s race-based scholarships as a white student.B. The lawyers refused to represent him in his appeal against his college’s decision.
C. Northern Virginia officials decided that his appeal to the state court was illegal.
D. The civil-rights office failed to respond to his complaint about his college.
57. What was the civil-rights office’s position in Christopher Thompsons case?
A. The college should justify its race-based scholarship programs.
B. The college should transfer its scholarship funds to non-profit groups.
C. The college should open its scholarship programs to students of all races.
D. The college should put aside its prejudice against white students.
58. How did Northern Virginia Community College respond to the civil-rights office's decision?
A. It continued to administer its scholarship programs despite the complaint.
B. It got new sponsors to open scholarship programs to students of all races.
C. It stopped its scholarship programs temporarily to confirm their legality.
D. It abandoned its scholarship programs exclusively for minority students.
59. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?
A. Christopher Thompson based his complaint legally on the Maryland case.
B. The legality of privately financed scholarships was still uncertain.
C. Race-based scholarship programs would be presented in a new form.
D. The courts decision in the case would be followed in later similar cases.
(B)
SHORE EXCURSIONS
ORDER FORM
Print Full Name： Stateroom：
Signature： E-mail：
By Signing, I agree to the application of the tour charges l 〇 my account; understand the
cancellation policy, have read the onboard tour descriptions, available at the Shore Excursion Desk,
and the Know before you go, located on this order form.
Cancellation Policy ： All tours cancelled within 48 hours before arrival in the port where the tour is
scheduled to operate are non-refundable. Certain tours, such as overland tours, golf tours,
flightseeing, customized tours and tours with theater performances or special events may be subject
to different cancellation fees. Check at the Shore Excursion Desk for details. You can cancel a tour
by returning the tour ticket to the Shore Excursion Desk and advising the staff of the cancellatian, or
writing ^cancel" on the ticket and depositing it in the drop box located at the Shore Excursion Desk.
① Tours with this activity level involve walking over relatively level terrain ( 地 势 ), possibly
some cobblestone(卵石)，or a few steps. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
② Tours with this activity level involve a considerable amount of physical activity such as
considerable walking over cobblestone streets, uneven or steep terrain, climbing stairs, or extended
periods of standing. Not recommended for guests with physical [imitations. Comfortable，strong
shoes are recommended.
③ Tours with this activity level involve physical efforts for extended periods. The terrain may be
uneven or steep. It can also indicate a need for swimming in a current. Recommended only for the
physically fit and adventurous. Continued
Please refer to the Tour Descriptions for all restrictions including, but not limited ta age,
weight, height and medical.
Ketchikan, Alaska
Monday Docked: 7:00 a.m.
All Aboard： 2:30 p. m.
48 hour Cancellation Notice Required Before Arrival into Port.
Price in $USCode No. of Tickets
KTN
J Adult Child
Tour Name
Depart
ure
Time
Approx
.
Duratio
n
(Hrs)
Activit
y
Level Adult Child
Ketchikan Sightseeing & Highlights Tours
5411 Ketchikan
Highlights by
Trolley
9:45 a. lii.
^1/4
Level 1 $59 $29
4411 The Bering Sea
Crab Fisherman's
Tour
8: 15 a.
m. 3 Level 1 $229 $139
7211 Misty Fjords
Cruise & Fly
Multipl
e Level 2 $449 $305
2111 Rainforest Canoe &
Nature Trail
8: 00 a.
m. 31/2 Level 2 $129 $75
3111 Rainforest Ropes &
Challenge Park
Multipl
e 31/2 Level 3 $189
5611 Bear Creek Zipline Multiple
34/2
Level 3 $199 $125
This is Aiaska
This w live" multimedia enrichment presentation highlights Alaska through history, its
main attractions and various ways to experience them. Limited seating; one show only
10:00 a. m. Sunday (At Sea) in the Stardust Theater, Decks 6 & 7 FWD
60. The shore excursions order form is__________________.
A. a page of a leaflet which highlights the tourist attractions at Ketchikan，Alaska
B. a printed sheet every passenger must fill out when he goes onshore at Ketchikan
C. an entry form for a passenger to fill in if he joins in the recommended activities
D. a poster that recommends Ketchikan^ main activities to the cruise passengers
61. If one is not physically fit enough, the recommendable activity onshore in Ketchikan for
him/her is__________________________.
A. Ketchikan Highlights by Trolley B. Rainforest Canoe & Nature Trail
C, Bear Greek Zipline D. Rainforest Ropes & Challenge Park
62. Which of the following is TRUE according to the order form?
A. A video clip of Alaska’s scenic attractions is shown to all the cruiser’s passengers.
B. Passengers can negotiate cancellation fees with the staff when a tour is cancelled,
C. One can get his money back if he cancels his tour a day before getting to Ketchikan.
D. When signing the form, a passenger has accepted the rules of the shore excursions.(c)
Before Douglas Engelbart, computers were as big as rooms and used mostly for handling
numbers. But in the late ‘60s ， at the Stanford Research Institute, Engelbart invented almost
everything your personal computer has today： a mouse, hypertext, screen sharing and more. In 1968
he made real-time edits to documents nearly 40 years before Google Docs hit screens; video chatted
with friends long before Skype’s 2003 arrival; and resized windows years before Microsoft entered
the field in 1975. Engelbart was adding graphics (图形），hyperlinking and sharing screens — all
before the birth of the World Wide Web. “ The digital revolution is far more significant than the
invention of writing or even of printing," said Engelbart, and as it turns out, he held all the right
cards.
If he’d been British，Engelbart would have been knighted(授爵），but the Portland， Oregon,
native instead lived out the rest of his years as an unsung hero, trying to fry even bigger fish in
Silicon Valley. His blueprint of the Internet was radically different from today’s profit- driven,
streamlined version. Engelbart imagined an information system built on the backbones of
cooperation and education, all meant to enhance the collective human mind. He wanted a
computerized network of real-time, human-wide cooperation, with the open-source spirit of
Wikipedia and the purposefulness of Change, org.
By the late 70s and early ‘80s ， Engelbart and his ideas were cast aside in favor of Apple
Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, along with their profit-generating vision for personal
computing, and a user-friendly approach to the Internet. Engelbart ’s team of researchers
abandoned him, and he had a lesser position at a company called Tymshare while still battling with
his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world. Even worse, when Engelbart^ mouse invention gained
widespread use years later, he never gained the profits — it had been licensed to Apple for around
$40,000, Engelbart revealed.
And if Engelbart had won? “ Hard to say,” says Jefferson Bailey of the Internet Archive in
San Francisco. The Web was bound to grow in ways its founders never intended, he says. He notes
his belief that the same spirit of knowledge-sharing and cooperation Engelbart tirelessly pushed for
will one day become part of our fast-evolving Internet, even if a commercial layer clouds the
original vision. But even so，fame is difficult to achieve; it often ridicules great thinkers like Galileo
or Tesla, only to meet them decades after death. Granted, Engelbart was eventually allowed into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame, in 1988, and into the Pioneers Circle in the Internet Hall of Fame
after his death, but the heart of his dream has yet to be realized.
63. The expression 44his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world” in Para. 3 refers
to______________
A. the function of computer data processing
B. a real-time video chat on the Internet
C. a user-friendly approach to the Internet
D. an Internet of knowledge-sharing and cooperation
64. Most probably Engelbart’s greatest regret was that___________________.
A. he was too crazy about his vision of the Internet when totally ignored
B. he was not profitably rewarded for his landmark inventions of computer
C. he was admitted to the U. S. National Inventors Hall of Fame too late
D. the Internet was commercially oriented against his original intention65. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Engelbart rose and fell in his all-out battle over the future of the Internet.
B. Engelbart could have succeeded in the Internet with his landmark inventions.
C. Engelbart failed to realize his ambition due to his humble position in Tymshare.
D. Engelbart could hardly resist the profit-driven trend of the growing Internet.
66. Which of the following is the best tide of the passage?
A. Who Benefits from the Internet? B. Who lost the Internet Wars?
C. Who Pioneered the World Wide Web? D. Who Commercialized the Internet?
Section C
Directions： Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the
box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you
need.
A. Our study suggests that efforts should be made to structure activities so that instrumental
consequences do not become motives.
B. That’s the secret of effective motivation.
C. While this strategy may attract more recruits, it may also produce worse soldiers.
D. Surely two motives are better than one.
E. Discovering facts is inseparably related to the activity of research.
F. Often, people have both internal and instrumental motives for doing what they do.
There are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity： internal and instrumental. If a
scientist conducts research because he wants to discover important facts about the world, internal
motive. If he conducts research because he wants to achieve scholarly fame, that's an instrumental
motive. 67_____________________________.
What mix of motives — internal or instrumental or both — is most favorable to success? You
might suppose that a scientist motivated by a desire to discover facts and by a desire to achieve fame
will do better work than a scientist motivated by just one of those desires.68_______________But as
we and our colleagues argue in a paper, instrumental motives are not always useful and can actually
be counterproductive to success.
69._________________________Helping people focus on the meaning and impact of their
work, rather than on, say, the financial returns it will bring, may be the best way to improve not only
the quality of their work but also their financial success.
There is a temptation among educators and instructors to use whatever motivational tools are
available to recruit(招募）participants or improve performance. If the desire for military excellence
and service to country fails to attract all the recruits that the Army needs, then perhaps appeals to
“money for college，” “career training” or “seeing the world” will do the job.
70._______________________Similarly ， for students uninterested in learning ， financial
incentives（奖励）for good attendance or pizza parties for high performance may motivate them to
participate, but it may result in less well-educated students.
Summary Writing
Directions： Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea
and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.
They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is
interested in, and the things they want to buy — games, CDs and clothing — are easily sold on the
Web.
But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards.
Most have to use a parents card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money.
That may come sooner than they think : new ways to take pocket money into cyber space are
coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products could stimulate online
sales.
In general, teenagers spend huge amounts： $153 bn (billion) in the US last year and £20 bn
annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school — 88 percent in
the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet
access has bought something online — mainly CDs and books.
In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often
unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than
pressing on the high street. They’re more likely to ask “Why” if you ask to spend some money
online.
One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards
such as IntenetCash in the US and Smart cards in the UK, Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile
telephones, they are sold in amounts such as £20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can
be used to load the cash into an online account.
V. Translation
Directions： Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 影视剧中虚构的情节往往被误认为是真实生活。（mistake)
2. 规定每位小提琴手都必须演奏一首中国作品以弘扬中华文化。（require)
3. 被他的团队认可和接纳，他有了一种归属感。（sense)
4. 留学生身处他们并不习惯的学习环境时产生焦虑是很自然的。...）
Guided Writing
directions： Write an English composition in 120 — 150 words according to the instructions
given below in Chinese,
某学校开放创新实验室引起网上热议。作为一名学生，你在网上发帖参与讨论。你的
网帖须包括如下内容：
•介绍创新实验室的情况 •你对此项改革的看法
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