2023上海届黄浦区高三二模英语试卷及答案

2023上海届黄浦区高三二模

英 语 试 卷

(完卷时间: 120分钟   满分:140分)

第Ⅰ卷(共100分)

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: ln 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. On an air-conditioned bus.

B. In a bicycle shop.

C. In an examination room.

D. In a swimming pool.

2. A. By car.

B. By taxi.

C. By underground.

D. On foot.

3. A. Make a plan for the new year.

B. Say a few words of celebration.

C. Have a trip during the Spring Festival.

D. Go back home for the Spring Festival.

4. A. His dream university.

B. His interest.

C. His memory.

D. His past experience.

5. A. He is unwilling to face her.

B. He has no time to talk with her now.

C. He is hurrying to a discussion.

D. He prefers a quick discussion.

6. A. Ask for a helper.

B. Provide her with assistance.

C. Think twice about his work.

D. Go on working.

7. A. Difficult.

B. Memorable.

C. Uninteresting.

D. Worthwhile.

8. A. He relies much on his family.

B. He will come to their home by himself.

C. He enjoys sitting in the kitchen.

D. He will walk to the station.

9. A. He has no interest in medical course.

B. He regrets majoring in computer science.

C. He got to know the woman four years ago.

D. He asked himself the same question four years ago.

10. A. Peter has simplified the criteria.

B. Whether to follow the criteria depends.

C. The woman is suffering from a terrible headache.

D. The criteria are beyond the woman's understanding.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation，you will be asked several questions. 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 14 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Do a role-play to relieve your nervousness.

B. Give constructive feedback to your friends.

C. search for information online about the interviewers.

D. Practice answering possible questions in the interview.

12. A. The history and prospect of the company.

B. The latest initiative to develop the company.

C. Current employers' comments on the company.

D. Recent advances in the business area of the company.

13. A. Avoid looking the interviewers in the eye.

B. Dress fashionably.

C. Express yourselves clearly.

D. Give the interviewers some time to think.

14. A. It reveals you are smart and professional.

B. It indicates you have a clear career planning.

C. It shows the interviewers impress you deeply.

D. It implies the company is your conscious choice.

Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage.

15. A. 30 Australian dollars.

B. 80 Australian dollars.

C. 250 Australian dollars.

D. 300 Australian dollars.

16. A. To rent a car.

B. To travel by bus.

C. To take a budget airline.

D. To get a lift.

17. A. Cleaning the kitchen in time.

B. Cooking by yourself.

C. Drinking as little as possible.

D. Working in a bar.

Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

18. A. It provides expert advice on business.

B. It has over 50 business partners.

C. It serves local largest companies.

D. It has 75 offices around the world.

19. A. Shortage of employees.

B. India's lack of interest in stone production.

C. Decrease in stone export to India.

D. Outdated product design.

20. A. Providing different ways to increase its exports.

B. Inviting a stone-cut expert to train its employees.

C. Making an analysis of its finance and competitors.

D. Talking to the major competitors in India in person.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

The cost of complexity in supply chains

Adam Smith, the father of modern capitalism，famously thought that fair markets required a common moral framework between buyer and seller. That's no surprise，considering that his ideas came out of the 18th-centurymarketplace, in 21_____ producers and consumers were likely to be neighbors. Advances in technology, transport and communications have taken us a long way since then, 22 _____(create) complex global supply chains. These 23 _____(reduce) consumer prices but introduced risks of their own, from labor exploitation and environmental degradation.

One of the costs of these supply chains has been the rise of powerful corporate middlemen between home buyers and sellers. These middlemen, including Big Tech platforms like Amazon, make it possible for us to buy goods made 24_____ the other side of the world, but this connective power is threatening accountability by creating so much separation between buyers and sellers_25_ it's impossible to match up with the real cost of convenience and low prices.

There are plenty of examples 26 _____(support) the case, from textiles made with child labor, to the unequal rents taken by middlemen in financial services or platform technology. In the latter, lack of information equality makes it difficult for market participants to have a(n) 27_____(share)understanding of what is being bought and sold.

The two big questions are how to create system change and 28_____ will bear the cost of it. There are no simple answers to 29_____ of the questions，though technology offers new possibilities to connect buyers and sellers. Direct-to-consumer retailers and 3D printing, which 30 _____(allow) for shorter supply chains, are both examples of this, though neither currently provides anywhere near the scale to replace current systems of finance or manufacturing.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Too Good 'To Go

Around the country, apps that connect customers to businesses with leftover food have begun to spread. The 31______ is simple: Restaurants and grocery stores throw away huge amounts of food every day. Rather than 32______ it, apps like Too Good To Go and Flash food help businesses sell it at a reduced price. They claim that the businesses and buyers are helping the environment because the food would otherwise become food waste, a big contributor to climate change.

In the United States, customers in 12 cities can look through restaurants and stores on Too Good To Go, then reserve "surprise bags” that typically cost about $4 to $6 and contain food that would have been 33______ at roughly three times that amount.

Several food waste experts expressed 34______ that these types of apps could help limit the amount of wasted food. And even though charitable organizations often redirect unwanted food from restaurants and grocery stores to food banks and community kitchens, there’s space for all of these kinds of solutions to 35______.

One complication is that, according to interviews with several companies selling on Too Good To Go, at least a few items for sale there aren't 36______ what buyers might think of as “food waste." The owner of a Baltimore dessert shop said she considered the app a(n) 37______ tool to reach new customers by selling what she called "little samples." A beer company owner said he used the app to sell 38______ products, but also sold new flavors there in hopes of attracting new customers.

Mr. Crummie, the Too Good To Go director, said the app 39______ this type of behavior. "If somebody is paying $5, they should be receiving $15 worth of food," he said. "So it's not a(n) 40______ platform."

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.

So many of us are terrible at being terrible. As our children venture off to school, sport, dances and music lessons, we urge them: Just try something, keep practicing, you're only a beginner. And yet, faced with our own failure, we become less confident, and quit altogether.

Images of perfection fill our social-media feeds, along with advertisements assuring us we wouldn't be so 41______ if we just bought this thing or tried that product. Parents often add to the pressure, 42______ their kids will end up sliding down the socioeconomic ladder.

What if we're 43______?

"It's such a 44______ not to have to be good," says Karen Rinaldi, who refers to herself as a horrible surfer. After 20 years on the board, she is still bad, and she loves it. There is the excitement of being out on the water, but there is also the 45______ of not having to be the expert, the freedom to 46______ help and rely on others in a way she never would at work. Back on land, she says she is more understanding and 47______ others' mistakes. “The benefit of not 48______ myself every day," she says, "is that l get to surf every time I want.?”

Ms. Rinaldi, whose experience led to a book about what you can learn from failure, recommends asking yourself: “What is it that you've always wanted to do or try but were too 49______?" Whatever it is, she says, start doing it. Should you struggle, 50______ the fact that you're a beginner." Go in there with the 51______ to say, I'm new," she says. "People want to help you learn. It makes them feel good.”

Take myself as another example. I started yoga lessons this summer. When l 52______ Syd Schulz, a professional mountain biker, that I was terrible at the poses, her response was what did you expect? “It's a little 53______ to people who have spent years and years of their lives acquiring skills to think that you should have those overnight," says Ms. Schultz. Years spent working on her cycling have taught her that improvement often comes in 54______ sleps，following long stretches of inactivity or even getting 55______.

41. A. distressing   B. imperfect   C. impressive   D. incredible

42. A. fearing    B. confirming   C. hoping   D. indicating

43. A. missing out   B. putting up   C. setting in   D. taking off

44. A. burden    B. nonsense   C. puzzle    D. relief

45. A. disappointment  B. nervousness  C. preference   D. satisfaction

46. A. acknowledge  B. offer    C. refuse    D. seek

47. A. angry at   B. delighted in  C. embarrassed with D. patient with

48. A. awarding   B. forgiving   C. isolating   D. pushing

49. A. afraid    B. annoyed   C. depressed   D. exhausted

50. A. accept    B. conceal   C. deny    D. examine

51. A. excitement   B. modesty   C. potential   D. pride

52. A. apologized to  B. argued with  C. complained to  D. shouted at

53. A. abusive    B. amazing   C. annoying   D. attentive

54. A. careful    B. hesitant   C. involuntary   D. unsteady

55. A. alert    B. fulfilled   C. improved   D. worse

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 read.

(A)

When officials from Brazil's Indigenous (原住民) protection agency approached the hut in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, their fears were confirmed: They were witnessing the first recorded dying out of an uncontacted tribe in the country's history.

The man lying there, the last member of his tribe, had died, and with him an entire culture and answers to a thousand questions.

Even his name was a mystery. He was known only as “the Man of the Hole” because of the dozens of holes he had dug over the years in his territory. His age, too, could only be guessed at. He appeared to be about 60, officials said.

lt was a sad milestone for a country that in recent years has seen protections for Indigenous groups undermined by an administration that has prioritized development of the Amazon over conservation.

In Rondonia, the only resident of the 8,000-hectare(公顷) area lived in complete isolation for at least 26 years after the rest of his group was killed by ranchers (农场主) advancing the agricultural frontier.

Brazil's indigenous protection agency, Funai made direct contact with the last surviving man only in 1996.Marcelodos Santos, an indigenous expert, who led the Funai exploit that met the man, said he was found hiding in his hut." We tried to establish a conversation and offered corn and arrows, but he was terrified and very aggressive. From this moment on, we had to respect his isolation."

Even with protections in place, the territory suffered widespread deforestation up until about 13 years ago. Attacks on the last surviving man continued, as well, including one by armed gunmen in 2009, according to local news reports. “For me, he was somehow a miracle: to be able to survive on his own, not speak to anybody and avoid all contact maybe out of grief or determination," said Fiona Watson, a research director at Survival International, a London-based rights organization.

56. The death of "the Man of the Hole” _______.

A. was hidden from the public by ranchers

B. symbolized the disappearance of a tribe

C. revealed his name, age and family background

D. was broadcast live by Brazil's Indigenous protection agency

57. The underlined word "undermined” (paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. afforded

B. monitored

C. sought

D. weakened

58. In 1996,"the Man of the Hole” ______.

A. made his last contact with the outside world

B. witnessed the most severe deforestation in history

C. escaped being shot by a group of aggressive gunmen

D. learned more survival skills with arrows offered by Funai

59. What docs Fiona Watson regard "the Man of the Hole” as?

A. An image of fear and isolation.

B. An image of culture and mystery.

C. A symbol of resistance and strength.

D. A symbol of history and struggle.

(B)

Welcome Buddies at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)

Your Welcome Buddy is here to support you when you start your undergraduate course at ARU.

Whether you're leaving home for the first time, or are a mature student returning to higher education, you may be feeling a mix of emotions, from excitement to nervousness, or perhaps worry about feeling lonely as you won't know anyone yet. Don't worry, this is perfectly normal and it's why we have our Welcome Buddy organization - students supporting other students in the transition to ARU.

What does a Welcome Buddy do?

Your Welcome Buddy will get in touch with you when you start at ARU, taking away those first-day panic! Once you've started ARU, they will then be in touch to arrange a face to face meet up through video caller in person, so at least you'll already know one friendly face.

Your Welcome Buddy can share their ARU experience with you and let you know about the amazing clubs, societies, sports teams and volunteering opportunities that you might want to get involved in. They will help you settle in, whether that's showing you around campus or the city ; directing you to where your first lecture will be or sign posting you to all the fantastic support that's available to you.

How will l be matched with my Welcome Buddy?

Every undergraduate student starting ARU will automatically be matched with one of our current undergraduate Welcome Buddies in the same department and on the same course.

Postgraduate Research students will be matched to a Welcome Buddy with a similar research area if they choose to join the organization.

How will my Welcome Buddy contact me?

We will set up on an online designated(指定的) chat space for you and your Welcome Buddy and you will receive an email notification to your ARU email whenever you get a message on the chat, so it's really easy for you to stay in touch. Our brilliant Welcome Buddies will each look after a handful of new students, who will be added to the same chats pace too so you can connect with them as well.

60. If you are a newcomer, what will your Welcome Buddy do to help with your transition to ARU?

A. Video calling you to ease your tension.

B. Involving you in the most popular school clubs.

C. Introducing you to other new comers face to face.

D. Familiarizing you with school life as soon as possible.

61. If you are an undergraduate in visual communication department, who is most likely to be your Welcome Buddy?

A. Adam, a postgraduate automatically matched to you.

B. Joyce, an undergraduate taking the same course as you.

C. Peter, a postgraduate in visual communication department.

D. Grace, an undergraduate student in the English language arts department.

62. What can you do in the online designated chat space?

A. Stay in touch with other brilliant Welcome Buddies.

B. Open your ARU mailbox to check message updates.

C. Set up your own chat space with other new students.

D. Contact your Welcome Buddy and other newcomers.

(C)

ChatGPT became the hottest issue due to its ability to produce human-sounding essays, poetry , and screenplays on virtually any subject in seconds. Soon after ChatGPT was released, the potential for it to be misused to do things such as spread misinformation and write junk mails became apparent. Schools and educators also have warned of the potential for students to use it to write essays or other work they have been assigned. Last December, the software passed all three parts of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination as part of a research experiment.

So the startup, OpenAl behind the viral chatbot, revealed a tool for detecting text generated by artificial intelligence amid growing concerns the technology will be abused by cheaters, junk mail senders and others. OpenAl said that its so-called Al classifier was designed to help people distinguish between text written by a human versus a range of artificial intelligence programs—not just ChatGPT.

OpenAl said it had schools in mind when developing its latest classifier tool. "We recognize that identifying Al-written text has been an important point of discussion among educators, and equally important is recognizing the limits and impacts of AI-generated text classifiers in the classroom," it said.

The classifier isn't good enough on its own, though it can be used to go with methods that educators, employers and others rely on to determine the source of a piece of text. In evaluations, the new tool correctly identified 26% of AI-written text as “likely Al-written ", while it also had false positives 9% of the time in which it incorrectly labeled human-written text as AI-written. Another problem is that the tool can 't easily tell if a list of facts—U.S. state capitals for example—was written by a person or AI, because the correct answer would be the same. Al-written text can also be edited to escape the classifier.

“While it is impossible to reliably detect all Al-written text, classifiers like ours can be updated and re-trained based on successful attacks," OpenAl said. "But it is unclear whether detection has an advantage in the long-term."

63. ChatGPT's passing the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam is mentioned to

A. account for its operating principles

B. illustrate its complex structure

C. emphasize its growing popularity

D. warn against its potential danger

64. What's the function of Al classifier?

A. Deepening the impact of AI writers.

B. Identifying the texts generated by AI.

C.Promoting the use of Al in classroom discussion.

D.Arousing educators' awareness of AI-related technology.65. What can be concluded from the evaluation of AI classifier?

A.It is a work-in-progress.

B. It is good at storing factual information.

C. It can help a journalist to edit a text.

D. It is a reliable educational tool.

66. What does OpenAl think of Al classifier?

A. It will be reliable after continuous self-update and retraining.

B. Whether it can help educators in the long-term is out of question.

C. Whether it can solve the problems as intended remains a question.

D. lt will succeed in detecting all human-written texts in the near future.

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.

Deepfake technology is now a threat to everyone

Last October, MIT Prof. Sinan Aral warned his Twitter followers that he had discovered a video of himself that he hadn't recorded supporting an investment fund 's stock-trading algorithm(算法). In reality, it wasn't Prof. Aral in the video, but an artificial-intelligence creation in his likeness, or what is known as a highly persuasive “deepfake."

lt is striking that scammers (诈骗犯) targeted Prof. Aral, considering he is a leading expert on the study of misinformation online. 67______ Thanks to a number of free deep lake apps that are just a click away, anyone can become a victim of such a scam.

The term deepfake has come to mean the use of Al to create fake media in which someone appears to be doing or saying what in reality they haven 't done or said. 68______ But positive use cases are likely to be overshadowed in coming years by the technology 's potential role in financial scam, identity theft, etc.

Another big challenge is that in an online world where people can upload content of unknown names, it can be difficult to find the individuals behind deepfakes. 69______

One such solution is to detect deepfakes through machine-learning methods. While these detectors can be successful in the short term, people looking to avoid such systems will likely just respond with better technology, creating a continuing and expensive cat-and-mouse game. 70______ While lawmaking eventually may offer protection against deepfakes, I believe the market could be quicker—provided we, as consumers and citizens, care.

IV. Summary Writing

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Why you 're more creative in coffee shops

Some of the most successful people in history have done their best work in coffee shops. Pablo Picasso, JK Rowling. Bob Dylan - whether they 're painters, writers or singer-song writers, people across nations and centuries have tapped into their creativity working away at a table in a cafe.

There are many ways coffee shops activate our creativity in a way offices and homes don't.

Some of us stick in our earbuds (耳塞) as soon as we sit down to work in a public setting. But a 2012 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research showed that a low-to-moderate level of relaxing noise on all sides in a place like a cafeteria can actually increase your creative output. The idea is that if you're very slightly distracted from the task at hand by background noise, it enhances your abstract thinking ability, which can lead to more creative idea generation.

Another study from 2019 had similar findings, that is, the right amount of noise benefits our senses. And audio stimuli in the background also help us improve decision making.

There's also the fact that in a coffee shop, we're surrounded by people who've come to do the same thing as us, which acts as a motivator. A 2016 study backed up this idea when researchers asked participants sitting next to each other in front of a computer to do a task on the same screen. The study showed that "simply performing a task next to a person who makes a lot of effort in a task will make you do the same". One of the biggest things about coffee shops is the social-facilitation effect: you go there, you see other people working and it pus you in a mood where you just naturally start working as well.

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V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

72．每逢节假日，很多热门酒店往往一房难求。(It)

73．我们在那场足球赛中的失利是众多因素共同作用的结果。(contribute)

74．为了避免在检票口排长队，他提早很久到达了机场。(before)

75．非盈利机构是我们社会的重要组成部分，为有需要的人提供服务，帮助他们重拾生活的信心。(need)

VI. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假设你是海平中学高三学生李明，你所在的社区将在暑假开设面向小学生的日间托管服务，现招募社区高中生志愿者，要求每一位志愿者能根据自己的特长开设一门微课程。请写一封应聘信（信中请不要出现真实的个人信息)），信的内容须包括:

1)简单的自我介绍;

2)你准备开设的微课程的名称和主要内容;

3)你开设这门微课程的理由。

参考答案

I. Listening Comprehension

1-5 BCDBB 6-10 ADBBD  11-14 DDCD 15-17 BCB 18-20 ACC

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

21. which

22. creating

23. have reduced

24. on

25. that

26. to support

27. shared

28. who

29. either

30. allow

31-35 CKHGB   36-40 FJDEI

Ill. Reading Comprehension

41-45 BAADD  46-50 DDDAA  51-55 BCADD  56-59 BDAC

60-62DBD 63-66DBAC 67-70BADE

IV. Summary Writing

Research shows that a cafe is a place that will boost creativity. The seemingly distracting background noise, as long as at a proper volume, can benefit your creative thinking and decision making. Also, those in the coffee shops who are working hard can push you to do the same. (49 words)

V. Translation

72. lt's difficult to book a room in many popular hotels in holiday seasons.

73. A combination of factors contributes to our loss in the football game.

74.He arrived at the airport well before the flight / the plane took off (just) to avoid long queues at the checking desks.

75. The non-profit institution is an important part of our society, providing services for those in need and (thus) helping them restore confidence in life.

VI. Guided Writing

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