上海名校高中自主招生英语模拟试题07 -版上海名校高中自主招生英语黄金宝典

一、语法

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ________ cars in 2009 as the year  before.

A．as twice more B．as many twice

C．more than twice as many D．twice more than as

2. Take the note as a reminder ________ you forget to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there.

A. while B. since C. in case D. even if

3. I ________down to London when I suddenly found that I was on the wrong road.

A. was driving B. have driven

C. would drive D. drove

4. Some of the language used on the Internet is different from that used in other forms of ____________________.

A. communication B. exchange C. literature D. transport

5. I have offered to paint the house ________ a week’s accommodation.

A. in respect of B. in exchange for C. by means of D. in place of

6. — Hello, everyone! Have you heard the meeting will be put off till next Tuesday?

— That’s what we ______ about when you came in.

A. are talking B. were talking C. talk D. talked

7. —What did you say you were reluctant to risk just now?

—_________ to high levels of radiation.

A. Being exposed B. Having been exposed

C. To be exposed D. Exposed

8. Frankly, I still feel confused about _________ he could manage without access to the Internet for such a long time.

A. what B. why C. that D. how

9. She was in a ________ condition after the heart transplant operation when her body rejected the foreign organ.

A. skeptical B. critical C. theoretical D. practical

10. After-school activities take up a lot of time, so students have to learn to _________their busy schedules.

A. adopt B. organize C. highlight D. decline

11. Mary worked here as a temporary secretary and ______ getting a full-time job with the company because of her diligence and intelligence.

A. ended up B. turned out C. depended on D. set about

12. ______ you start eating in a healthier way, weight control will become much easier.

A. Unless B. Until C. Before D. Once

13. After the Shenzhou VI capsule touched down, two astronauts succeeded in traveling around the earth, thus again ______ China is a global space power.

A. proved B. proving C. to prove D. to have proved

14. Nowadays the growth of food delivery apps in China ______ the country with takeout containers and plastic bags.

A. have drowned B. has been drowned C. is drowning D. are drowned

15. English idioms are a way of adding color to the language. For example, if they’re rushing into something and should wait and be patient, you could say “_______________”.

A. kill two birds with one stone B. call it a day

C. add fuel to the fire D. hold your horses

二、 词汇填空

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.

On Monday, the Ministry of Education published the draft (草案) of the preschool education law to invite public opinion.Of all the clauses (条款), what attracts most attention is the one that forbids kindergartens from teaching kids or holding activities ____1____for older kids.

That might ease the pressure on parents who fear their children might lose “at the starting line”. Some kindergartens try to force the children to learn something beyond their age, ____2____ their parents that three years later their children will have an advantage over others in primary school. That ____3____ has imposed (把……强加在……上) a heavy burden on the kids. Besides, putting pressure on kids ahead of time will only kill their passion to learn.

However, many parents called it “impractical”, despite the ____4____ of the draft law. That is because teaching ahead of time is not limited to kindergartens. It exists in primary, middle and high schools, too. There has always been pressure in China that children have to stand out from academic competition to get into a better higher-level institute (学府). To prepare students for the ____5____, sometimes even schools teach them what they need not learn on their grade level. Not surprisingly, many parents share the same ____6____ with schools and some even push schools to go further.

Besides, some parents fear the ban might work in kindergartens, but not in extracurricular organizations. In fact, some kindergarten teachers themselves are reported to organize extracurricular courses for children in ____7____. And many parents will send their children there in case they might miss something important.

It is the parents’ ____8____ and speculation (投机) by business that have turned the offering of the teaching ahead of time and the ban on it into a cat-and-mouse game.

Since parents’ anxiety originates from the lack of ____9____ education resources and limited promising career opportunities. If these problems are not ____10____, any new law to ban the teaching of lessons ahead of time will be nothing but a new yet ineffective rule.

三、完形填空

Never in recorded history has a language been as widely spoken as English is today. The reason why millions are learning it is simple; it is the language of international business and, ___1___, the key to financial success.

David Graddol, the author of English Next, says it is ___2___ to view the story of English simply as a success for its native speakers in North America, Britain, etc.— but that would be an easy mistake. Global English has entered a more complex stage, changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot control and might not ___3___.

An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-native speakers now ___4___ native English speakers by three to one. The majority of encounters in English today take place between non-native speakers. According to Graddol, many business meetings held in English appear to run more smoothly when no native English speakers are ___5___, whose use of idioms, metaphors, phrasal verbs, etc. often cause ___6___ problems.

Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor at the University of Vienna, records and transcribes spoken English interactions around the world. She has noticed that non-native speakers are ___7___ standard English grammar in several ways. Even the most experienced speakers sometimes omit the “s” in the third person singular. Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are ___8___ in standard English, or put them in where standard English does not use them. Nouns that are not plural in native-speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers (e.g. “informations, knowledges, advices”).

Many native English speakers will insist that these are just ___9___. “Knowledges” and “phone to somebody” are simply wrong. Many non-native speakers who teach English around the world would ____10____. But language changes, and so do concepts of grammatical ____11____.

For now, those who insist on standard English grammar remain in a(n) ____12____ position. Academics who want their work published in international journals have to obey the grammatical rules followed by native English-speaking elites(精英).

But spoken English in another matter. Why should non-native speakers bother with what native speakers regard as correct? Their main aim, ____13____, is to be understood by one another, and in most cases there is no native speaker present.

Professor Seidlhofer says, “I think what we are looking at is the ____14____ of a new international attitude, the recognition and awareness that in many international contexts non-native speakers do not need to speak like native speakers, to compare themselves to them, and thus always feel ‘____15____ .’”

1．A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．besides

2．A．relieving B．shocking C．tempting D．disappointing

3．A．like B．oppose C．mind D．doubt

4．A．outnumber B．overlook C．upgrade D．underestimate

5．A．attentive B．agreeable C．energetic D．present

6．A．fluency B．comprehension C．memory D．concentration

7．A．translating B．improving C．varying D．obeying

8．A．edited B．neglected C．avoided D．required

9．A．mistakes B．coincidences C．exceptions D．excuses

10．A．fear B．object C．agree D．fight

11．A．ignorance B．evolution C．correctness D．guidance

12．A．honoured B．mysterious C．falling D．powerful

13．A．by comparison  B．after all 

C．on purpose                     D．in reality

14．A．disappearance B．emergence C．criticism D．evaluation

15．A．less good B．less lonely C．more alive D．more adapted

四、阅读理解

                                  A

Perhaps my favorite place during my trip to Guangxi was the Longji Rice Terraces(梯田)in Longsheng. I’ve seen rice terraces elsewhere in Asia, but nothing compared with the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces. To go to Guangxi and skip these rice terraces would be a loss.

These over 600-year-old terraces are still very much in use and feed the local Yao and Zhuang communities; you can find many guesthouses throughout the various rice terraces, and while accommodations ( 住宿) are very basic, I would strongly suggest spending a night in the peaceful terraces, surrounded by nothing but rice.

My friends and I had arrived in Guangxi on harvest day and we were told by our local guide it was too late to see Longji in its autumnal beauty. But we were super lucky because the 2021 harvest had been put off, and when we arrived in Longsheng a couple of days later, it was the last day before the harvest began. It’s quite risky to time your visit this way, but it is amazing to see the Longji Rice Terraces both before harvest and after, when it takes on a completely new character.

The two main terraced areas are the Ping’an Terraced Fields and the Jinkeng Terraced Fields. The former is home to the local Zhuang people and has more visitors as it’s easier to reach. Jinkeng, on the other hand, is less visited. The Red Yao people live here, and should you need a hand with your suitcase, their women are happy to help you. We chose Jinkeng because it’s home to the highest point of the Longji Rice Terraces. The viewpoint is nearly 4,000 feet high. We had to go up there as our hotel was up there, but you should anyway as it’s the most wonderful viewpoint.

The Longji Rice Terraces are supposed to be beautiful in the spring and summer as well, though I much prefer its autumnal beauty. Winter, I’d skip, as it was already cold enough at night in October, but I’d return and visit again in the spring or summer.

1．What is the author’s advice for people visiting the Longji Rice Terraces?

A．Staying a night at a guesthouse among the terraces.

B．Going to the local Yao and Zhuang communities.

C．Choosing good accommodations.

D．Eating the local rice.

2．Why did the author feel very lucky when he arrived in Longsheng?

A．He could enjoy the terraces’ autumnal beauty.

B．He found a time-saving way to the terraces.

C．He came across one of his friends.

D．He had a professional local guide.

3．What made the author choose the Jinkeng Terraced Fields?

A．The affordable hotel. B．The friendly people.

C．The great viewpoint. D．The light traffic.

4．Where can the text be found?

A．In a short novel. B．In a news report.

C．In a history book. D．In a travel magazine.

                             B

Going to work on a couple of eggs might be the way forward if you want to lose weight. According to research from the Rochester Centre for Obesity in America, eating eggs for breakfast can help to limit your calorie intake throughout the rest of the day, by more than 400 calories.

In the study, 30 overweight women were asked to eat an egg-based breakfast (2 eggs) and 30 overweight women were asked to eat a bread-based breakfast. Two kinds of breakfast contain the same amount of calories and almost the same levels of protein (蛋白质). The researchers recorded the women’s eating habits and found that just before lunch, the women who had eaten eggs for breakfast felt less hungry and ate a smaller lunch as a result.

Researchers pointed out that certain foods lead to a greater sense of being full. An egg is an example of such food that has a 50% greater satiety index (指数) compared to white bread or ready-to-eat breakfast porridge. This study suggests that eating eggs for breakfast makes you feel fuller for longer so that you eat less at your next few meals. Therefore, if you’re trying to lose weight as it means, you may find it easier to cut calories without feeling hungry.

Eggs are packed with all kinds of nutrients (营养) but contain just 85 calories each. Old advice to limit eggs to just a few each week has also been given up. According to the Food Standards Agency, there’s now no limit to the number of eggs you can eat in a week as part of a healthy balanced diet. If you feel like starting the day with eggs, we suggest you avoid frying them and eat them with wholemeal toast and a small glass of vitamin C-rich unsweetened orange juice, which will help the body make the best use of the iron in the eggs.

5．What breakfast can lead to eating less for lunch?

A．Bread. B．Eggs. C．Juice.  D．Porridge

6．What does the underlined word“satiety”probably mean in paragraph 3?

A．A taste of food. B．A feeling of pride.

C．A state of hunger. D．A sense of being full.

7．What does the Food Standards Agency suggest we do?

A．Avoid eating fried eggs.

B．Take in as much protein as possible.

C．Drink sweetened orange juice each day.

D．Eat nothing between breakfast and lunch.

8．What is the proper title for the text?

A．Mind Your Calorie Intake B．Have a Big Breakfast

C．Eat Eggs for Weight Loss D．Keep a Balanced Diet

                                  C

One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.

When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different. We cry out for something better. That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something rooted in our culture. The root of the unhappiness isn’t necessarily that we want things to be different. However, it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place. We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, and it just is it.”

In one of my books, I said “You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned”. Some readers said it’s too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong. However, it’s only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad. Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.

This can be applied to whatever you do: how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be. Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they’re that way. It will save you a lot of sadness, because you’ll no longer say, “Oh. I wish bad things didn’t happen.”

Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all. But change things not because you can’t accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of changing, learning and growing.

Can we make this world a better place? You can say that you’ll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world. That’s the correct path you choose to take, because you enjoy that path. Therefore, when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference, try a different approach: accept and understand. It might lead to some interesting results.

9．The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because ________.

A．it is our natural emotion in the life B．culture asks us to be different from others

C．everyone has their own opinions on things D．we dislike something in the beginning

10．Some readers think the words in the author’s book is too ________.

A．depressing B．frightening C．encouraging D．unreal

11．In paragraph 4, the underlined word “it” refers to ________.

A．acting well at work and in politics

B．feeling depressed for the news media

C．accepting and understanding what has happened

D．saying something negative when bad things come

12．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Expecting things to be different gives us hope.

B．Accepting can make our life happier and better.

C．Traditional culture becomes the root of unhappiness.

D．Judging good or bad is important for our world.

五、阅读表达

阅读下列短文，按照要求用英文回答问题。

My family moved into a newly constructed home in Calgary 10 years ago. That year was full of promise. We waved at the stream of incoming families during their move-in days. Hands were shaken. Couches (沙发) were hauled (拖) up steps. But we saw less of each other as winter approached. Names were forgotten.

As the snow melted, many of the neighborhood’s kids began to learn how to ride a bike. Their mothers would be nearby, sitting and chatting on the roadside. Dad wanted a place for children to play, a quiet place for parents to sit and relax, but more importantly, a reason for everyone to leave the house and join the community. He began imagining benches.

He started knocking on doors and reshaking hands with the neighbors. When Construction began with me and my father hauling pieces of wood and steel out of his truck, within minutes there was a crowd of young neighbors at hand, each claiming they could help. None of us knew each other well, but all hands were on deck. Jeff ran to the garage to grab his drill (钻孔机). Brian held the boards together while I dug through the toolbox in search of a wrench (扳手). Charlie measured and marked locations on the ground for drilling.

After a few hours, three benches formed a semi-circle on the street. They were the perfect place to sit and be with the neighbors, have a coffee in the morning or have a beer after work.

That afternoon marked the first of many weekend Neighbor Days when weather permitted. Kids raced each other around while parents brought out food. Later in the evening, someone put a firepit in the center of the benches so that the conversations would carry on into the night. We often ended up there the following afternoon, as well as countless afternoons and evenings in the years since.

I moved out for university four years ago, having learned to emotionally value community. But I’ve never lived somewhere as social as my family neighborhood since. Just as the saying goes, you must be a good neighbor to have good neighbors. My dad wasn’t thinking much about building those benches. He just wanted a place to sit on a Saturday afternoon, a place to bring the community together.

1．How did the neighborhood react when new families moved in? (No more than 5 words.)

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2．Why did the author’s father want to build the benches? (No more than 10 words.)

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3．How do you understand the underlined sentence in the third paragraph? (No more than 10 words.)

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4．What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about? (No more than 15 words.)

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5．What will you do to benefit your community? Please explain the reason. (No more than 20 words)

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