崇明区2019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 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. In the street. B. At home. C. On the phone. D. At an office. 2. A. A journalist. B. An electrician. C. A salesman. D. An operator. 3. A. The flying time. B. The strange weather. C. The man’s 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. They’re lucky to get two tickets. C. It’s not easy at all to get tickets. D. The woman doesn’t 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. She’s glad the man waited for her. B. She’d like to reschedule the meeting. C. She wasn’t very late for the meeting. D. She’s sorry that she missed the meeting. 8. A. He has got more pages to write. B. The woman’s report is already long enough. C. He has already finished his report. D. The woman will have time to finish the report. 9. A. She needs a different kind of job. B. She often goes back with her supervisor. C. She used to work for a newspaper. D. She’d like her supervisor’s opinion of her work. 10. A. The man should have had his car inspected sooner.
B. The man doesn’t need to have his car inspected until next month. C. The auto 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 B
Directions: 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 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. Alphabet’s plan on self-driving cars. B. A successful test of self-driving cars. C. People’s 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 first 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 benefit 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 been taken to address overtourism in some places. C. Taleb Rifai doesn’t 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 the 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. Disappointed. 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 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.
Star Giraffe Finally Gives Birth
April, a giraffe who became an Internet star after her 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 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 floor, (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 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)_____ April’s fame 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 B
Directions: 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 G. price B. competitive C. inserting H. mirroring I. branching D. pickup J. virtual E. original K. buying F. mission Company Builds World’s First Automobile 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 world’s first and only coin-operated car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s quick, easy, and not cheap, but cheaper than buying a car the 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 they’ve 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 structure 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 pricing and eliminating delivery costs.
Customers can access a long list of specifications, ratings, reviews, and lots of other details about the cars they’re 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 paid 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 the 36 of the vehicle.
But with the Vending Machine, customers are able to go to pick up their cars straight away. It’s a win-win 37 that allows Carvana to cut 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.
“Carvana’s 39 is to create a better way to buy a car, and this new Vending Machine will be a one-of-a-kind experience, 40 just how simple and easy we’ve 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 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.
Stay out of the Sun to Look Young
Forget 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 hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s 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 of the sun, and wearing sunscreen when this wasn’t possible, made a 42 , the American Academy of Dermatology’s 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 from 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 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 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 isn’t clear why the women who 48 well didn’t have younger-looking skin. But it may be that the question they were asked was too 49 and didn’t take into account 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 women’s skin helped understand the 51 done by the sun. A gene called CDKN2A was more active 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 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.’ 41. A. add to 43. A. finding
B. benefit from B. proposal
B. suggestion B. were exposed
C. depend on C. difference C. prospect
C. made trouble
D. hold back D. comment D. possibility D. took care
42. A. mistake 44. A. cheered up
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