2017上海市浦东新区高三二模英语试题及答案

1、word浦东新区2016学年度第二学期教学质量检测高三英语试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%) Section AOver the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person. This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things (21)my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Some

2、times, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this, I bega n realizing that my mom ' s guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I beli

3、eve you (23)always listen to your mother.This belief has not been easy (24)(realize). It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)(admit) your mom was right is always a hard t

4、hing to do. But what else are you supposed to say (26)you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)(tell) to wear?When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have missed out if it hadn ' been for m

5、y mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28) (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29), “Is she crazy? ” My mom then began to say,“ (30)is known to all, o

6、ne needs to step outof his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas. After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to vis

7、it that amazing country.Section BA. flexibilityB. shiftC. hungryD. improvementE. dominatedF. releasedG. secureH. adaptingI. familiarJ. buryingK. distinguishThe New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into online video and specialty areas lik

8、e cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the paper' s own 2020 report _31_ on Tuesday.“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up, “ the authors wrote in the opening of the report. "Toooften, digit

9、al progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must _32_ between mission and tradition: what we do because it' s essential to our values and what we dobecause we ' ve always done it. ”The report indicates how far the paper has come in _33_ itse

10、lf to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.The areas that need _34_ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.Many of the report' s recommendations are _35_ to anyone who closely f

11、ollows the Timesor newspapers in general: A(n) _36_ away from print' s outsized importance on the newsroomoperations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016

12、of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020. "To_37_ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times and most other newspapers rely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text h

13、eavy."Too muchour daily report remains _38_ by long texts." the report states.The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. "Ourreaders are _39_ for advice from The Times. Too often, we don' t offer it, or offer it or-ceintpcintforms. the report states. Per

14、haps the most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper' s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see_40_ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forwar

15、d.III. Reading Comprehension (45%) Section AHave We Reached Peak Trade?Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. It the most important _41_ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself.

16、_42_, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no it ' actually _43_. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data e-commerce, web s

17、earches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is _44_ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.There ' s no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the

18、_45_ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart but it hasn ' t always _46_ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most _47_ t

19、oforeign competition saw almost no net new jobscreated. That ' s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be-48_ than their parents.The gains of free trade do not always _49_ the losses. This realization that the tide of _50_ doesn t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free tr

20、ade movement. And companies themselves are _51_ globalization.Nevertheless, there is one reason to be _52_ about the future of globalization at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and informatio

21、n will include a much higher proportion of smallbusinesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business- _53_ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth g

22、enerated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn' t _54_ as miucheas it shouldIf those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum (钟摆)back toward globalization in some form. Despite its law

23、s, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of _55_ than anything else the world has ever known.41. A. politicalB. culturalC. economicD. natural42. A. OtherwiseB. HenceC. MoreoverD. Yet43. A. depressingB. increasingC. approvingD. operating44. A. projectedB. trackedC. signaledD.n

24、eeded45. A. priceB. welfareC. pensionD. wealth46. A. ruinedB. helpedC. foreseenD. reversed47. A. resistantB. suitedC. exposedD. inaccessible48. A. happierB. healthierC. wealthierD. poorer49. A. outweighB. balanceC. sufferD. substitute50. A. materialismB. modernizationC. globalizationD. consumption51

25、. A. withdrawing fromB. counting onC. profiting fromD. insisting on52. A. confusedB. concernedC. optimisticD. curious53. A. adaptableB. accessibleC. affordableD. impossible54. A. strivenB. consumedC. benefitedD. digested55. A. fearB. povertyC. frustrationD. embarrassmentSection B(A)Dear Cutie-Pie,Re

26、cently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was“ How to keep him interested. ”It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles abou

27、t how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to“ keep him interestedLittle One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul - in that unsha

28、keable place that isn' tupset by rejection and loss that you are worthy of interest.If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all o

29、f his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn' t need to be kept interested, becausehe knows you are interesting.I don ' t care if he can ' t play a bit of golf withsriong as he can pay with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustr

30、ating ways they are just like you. I don'if he doesn ' t follow his walleas long as-he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don ' t care if he is strongs long as he-gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn' t care less how hasvo

31、tes as he wakes up every morning and dailyelects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don' t care abothe color of his skin. I don' t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion.Little One, if you come across a man like that an

32、d he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to“ keep him intere)is to be you.Your eternally interested guy, Daddy56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?A. Girls &

33、#39; knowing nothing about trusting themselves.B. Girls' giving priority to finding ways to please boys.C. Girls' bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.D. Girls ' being upset by being rejected constantly.57. Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to.

34、A. keep the boy interestedB. know she deserves a boy ' s interestC. attract a boy willing to invest all in herD. find a boy who can please her58. According to the p assage, what does the underlined word revel" me an?A. feel depressedB. become puzzledC. look aroundD. enjoy himself59. What

35、9; s the main purpose of this letter?A. To advise his daughter to trust her worth.B. To inform his daughter how to keep others interested.C. To show his daughter how to find her true love.D. To help his daughter find someone with common interests.(B)Self-driving CapabilitiesSensor and camera-equippe

36、d models from Audi and Volkswagen, among others, donst automaticallybrake to prevent minor accidents; they can actually navigate （行驶） around highway traffic and into garages without a human at the wheel.®A©©©©Attractive DashboardsIn addition to Ford ' s new Sync system,

37、which understands voice commands, Apple and Google have partnered with automakers to create interfaces （界面）as user-friendly as the ones on your smartphone.betterSmarter HeadlightsAudi ' s and BMW ' s u-Htraght laser headlights can detect oncoming cars and dim slightly to avoid disturbing the

38、ir drivers. One problem: they ' rnot yet legal in the U.S.Self-parking SkillsThe new model of BMW s all-electric can find its own spot in a parking lot, then send signals via a smart-watch app to contact its drivers.60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and V olkswagen stand

39、 out?A. Braking when sensing red lightsB. Going into garages without a driverC. Stopping other cars on highwayD. Taking photos with a camera61. Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upset drivers in oncoming cars?A. Ford and VolkswagenB. Audi and BMWC. Audi and VolkswagenD. BMW

40、 and Ford62. In which section of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?A. First DriveB. Cars For RentC. Instrumental TestsD. Smart Tech（C）On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified or

41、ganism （转基因生物） ;deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of la

42、nd suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine （饥荒）one might have predicted.How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only pla

43、nts bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressi

44、ng stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seedthe high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21 st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edi

45、t out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plant' s weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we donwait for seasons to pass to test the result.It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for up

46、coming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first

47、to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves, and each year plant o

48、nly the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.63. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1 st paragraph?A. To advise people to keep wolves

49、 as petsB. To persuade readers to welcome the new technologyC. To change people ' s attitude towards wolvesD. To introduce a technology used to humans' advantage64. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.B.

50、 With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations. 65. What can be learned about modifying a plant?A. It takes scientists seasons to know whether their selection is corre

51、ct.B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.C. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.D. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. GMO Technology Turning Wolves i

52、nto the Best PetsB. Engineered Food Feeding Future GenerationsC. Engineered Food To Be or Not To BeD. GMO Technology A Driving Force in World PeaceSection CA. What accounts for this culture of generosity?B. This belief is central to the national character.C. How can a sense of generosity be cultivat

53、ed?D. Americans ' generosity is edoiln selfless behavior.E. America ' s philanthropic nature is not restricted to the rich.F. The formal practice of philanthropy traces its origin to a Founding Father.Charity Humanity ' naost kind and generous desire 裕 a timeless and borderless virtue, d

54、ating at least to the dawn of religious teaching. Philanthropy （慈善行为） as we understand it today, however, is a distinctly American phenomenon, inseparable from the nation that shaped it. From colonial leaders to modern billionaires like Buffett, Gates and Zuckerberg, the tradition of giving is woven

55、 into the national DNA.1 7.Benjamin Franklin, an icon of individual industry and frugality （节俭） even in his own day, understood that with the privilege of doing well came the price of doing good. When he died in 1790, Franklin thought to future generations, leaving in trust two gifts of 1,000 Ib. of

56、 sterling silver one to the city of Boston, the other to Philadelphia. According to his instruction, a portion of the money could not be used for 200 years.While Franklin ' s gifts lay in wait, the tradition he established evolved alongside the young nation. 68. Often far less famed men and wome

57、n have played a critical role in philanthropy ' s evolution. One of my personal heroes is Julius Rosenwald, whdnelped construct more than 5,300 schools across the segregated （种族隔离） South and opened classroom doors to a generation of African-American students.69 .The answer is not just to benefit

58、 others. Tax reduction, for one, encourages the rich people to give. And philanthropy has long helped improve the public image of everyone from immoral capitalists to the new tech elite. More troubling, however, are the foundational problems that make philanthropy so necessary. Just before his death

59、, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Philanthropy is praise-worthy, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.”Franklin ' s gifts represent a broader principle. We are guardians of a pubci trust, even if our capital came from