2023年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试模拟英语卷（上海）（解析版+听力）

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2023年高考英语考试冲刺卷03 （上海）

1. Listening Comprehension （第1-10题, 每题1分；第11-20题，每题1.5分；共25分）

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. On a plane.     B. At the tailor’s.   C. In a hospital.  D. At a gas station. 

2. A. 5:45.   B. 6:45.     C. 7:45.    D. 8:45.

3. A. He didn’t know Caroline was in hospital.  B. He took Caroline to the hospital.

  C. He forgot to call the woman.     D. He slipped on the way to hospital.

4. A. To work in July.    B. To print a form.  C. To go back to school.    D. To take a vacation.

5. A. He dropped his phone.      B. He hates long-distance calls.

  C. His call got cut off.          D. His mobile is too long.

6. A. They will meet Angela on the way.      B. They will have an early start.

  C. Angela is usually a latecomer.    D. Angela may not come tomorrow.

7. A. He is a person of generosity.     B. He is in charge of the department.

  C. He is rather mean on money.      D. He doesn’t get on well with colleagues.

8. A. Teacher and student.      B. Father and daughter.

  C. Shop assistant and customer.     D. Boss and employee.

9. A. There are several Jacks in his class.   B. Jack’s personality has changed greatly.

  C. Jack had received training on debate.   D. Jack was not likely to win the debate contest.

10. A. He was forced to go to the calligraphy exhibition.

   B. He found no interest in the calligraphy exhibition.

   C. He was poor at investing in exhibits of calligraphy.

   D. Watching soap operas is his favorite recreation.

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 the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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. To encourage its people to retire later.

   B. To import more goods from abroad.

   C. To give its people additional social welfare.

   D. To change the long-held Western prejudice.

12. A. Small companies.   B. Industrialists.   C. Trade unions.  D. Young people.

13. A. They know how to spend money.

   B. They are forced out of their class.

   C. The hold the same belief as the retired.

   D. They support their hardworking parents.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. There is a great difference between reading and listening.

   B. There are some effective ways to practice your reading skill.

   C. Highly educated and poorly educated people have different reading habits.

   D. The speed and efficiency of reading greatly depend on contents and purposes.

15. A. They move very fast through the text.

   B. They vary their speed when reading.

   C. They concentrate on the key words.

   D. They re-read the text at least twice.

16. A. Too slow for a difficult book though just right for a non-serious one.

   B. Too slow for a non-serious book but too fast for a difficult one.

   C. Too fast for difficult material though just right for a non-serious book.

   D. Too fast for a non-serious book as well as for a difficult one.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. In a studio.        B. In a clothing store.

   C. At a fancy-dress ball.    D. At a fashion show.

18. A. To stay for half a year.

   B. To live there for good.

   C. To find a better job to support herself.

   D. To sell leather goods for a British company.

19. A. Designing fashion items for several companies.

   B. Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.

   C. Working as an employee for Ferragamo.

   D. Serving as a sales agent for Burberry.

20. A. It has seen a steady decline in its profits.

   B. It has become much more competitive.

   C. It has lost many customers to foreign companies.

   D. It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.

2. Grammar and Vocabulary   （每题1分；共20分）

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.

You know that the business of business is making money. What you may not realize is ___21___simple that business is. You need two fundamental ingredients — a good product that customers want to own, and bright, charismatic people who will ___22___sell it and, if necessary, defend it. And of the two —___23___(desire) product and competent people — good people are, in the long run, more important than good products.

You can’t expect to produce one popular product after another. You can, however, cover your bets by staffing your enterprise with superb employees who will continue to reflect the company’s strengths ___24___  ____24_____the products are weak. It is your responsibility to keep those employees ___25___(perform) as well as they can. They won’t remain superb ___26___reliable leadership and, infact, there is a perfect time to address this issue. Most successful companies have a defining moment ___27___profits are skyrocketing, and business ___28___not be better. That is precisely the time to look closely at your customer service. That you are earning more money than ever before ___29___(indicate) your product is terrific, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the same about your customer service. It is the ideal time to examine your reputation and expand the success you are earning from your product to include customer service.

Every business wants to be known for its customer service. Although even a slow but steady giant such as Radio Shack Corporation will often come up with a hot product, it is its customer service ___30___keeps it in business year after year.

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.

Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes(酶)in the automobile to monitor ____31____ and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what The New York Times calls “Metal-hungry microbes(微生物)that might be used to ____32____ valuable trace metals from ocean water.” They have already demanded and won the right to patent new life forms. Nervous ____33____, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific competition in the entire biotechnological field. They create images not of oil spills, but of “microbe spills” that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and ____34____ release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and ____35____ scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger(动摇)the imagination.

Should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby ____36____ the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction time or assembly-line workers ____37____ to do our monotonous work for us? Should we use genetic forecasting to pre-eliminate “unfit” babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a “savings bank” full of ____38____ kidneys, livers or hands?

Wild as these notions may sound, everyone has its ____39____ (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? “Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way as assembly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance becomes ____40____ practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created.”

3. 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

Human beings have somehow managed to engineer the night to receive us by filling it with light. This kind of control is no different from the feat ( 壮 举 ) of damming a river. Its benefits come with____41____ — called light pollution — whose effects scientists are only now beginning to study. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design. ____42____ lighting washes out the darkness of night, altering light levels and light rhythms to which many forms of life, including ourselves, have____43____. Wherever man-made light spills into the natural world, some aspects of life-migration, reproduction, feeding-is affected.

For most human history, the phrase “light pollution” would have____44____. Imagine walking towards London on a moonlit night around 1800, when it was Earth’s most populous city. Nearly a million people lived there, ____45____ candles, torches and lanterns, as they always had. Only a few houses were lit by gas, and there would be no public gaslights in the streets or squares for another seven years. From a few miles away, you would have been more likely to____46____ London than to see its dim collective glow.

We’ve lit up the night as if it were a(n) ____47____ country. As a matter of fact, among mammals (哺乳动物) alone, the number of species active at night is astonishing. Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet attracting them to it. The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being____48____ by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms, circling and circling in the thousands until they drop.

It was once thought that light pollution only affected astronomers, who need to see the night sky in all its glorious clarity. Unlike astronomers, most of us may not need a____49____ view of the night sky for our work. _____50_____, like most other creatures, we do need darkness. _____51_____ darkness is pointless. It is as essential to maintaining our biological welfare as_____52_____ itself; the price of modifying our internal clockwork means it doesn’t operate as it should, causing various physical discomforts. So fundamental are the regular rhythms of waking and sleep to our being that_____53_____ them is similar to altering our center of gravity.

In a very real sense, light pollution causes us to_____54_____ our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best_____55_____ against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way — the edge of our galaxy — arching overhead.

41．A．consequences B．achievements C．agreements D．circumstances

42．A．Randomly-designed B．Well-designed 

C．Poorly-designed D．Economically-designed

43．A．appealed B．adapted C．objected D．amounted

44．A．come under criticism B．made no difference 

C．come into effect D．made no sense

45．A．making do with B．fed up with 

C．identifying with D．overflowing with

46．A．visit B．greet C．feel D．smell

47．A．independent B．disconnected C．unoccupied D．excluded

48．A．exposed B．captured C．dismissed D．frustrated

49．A．clear B．comprehensive C．traditional D．critical

50．A．Subsequently B．However C．Therefore D．Similarly

51．A．Reviewing B．Embracing C．Denying D．Regulating

52．A．light B．rhythm C．status D．dawn

53．A．emerging from B．withdrawing from C．messing with D．coinciding with

54．A．keep track of B．lose sight of C．catch hold of D．let go of

55．A．measured B．neutralized C．undergone D．supervised

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)

By my mid-20s, I’d finished my master in psychology, and I was working in Dublin as a health researcher. It was mostly data and statistics work staring at a screen. I was earning more than most of my friends, living the city life, going out at weekends. I had a good pension (养老金) and annual leave but it caused a lot of anxiety and worry.I was really unhappy.

I wanted to get back to feeling passionate about something so I started thinking about the things I used to love. As a child, I’d always been involved in the outdoors, and I used to love hiking but all that had stopped after secondary school. I decided to volunteer with a local youth group and within a month, I’d gone camping with them. I absolutely loved it. It was likes witching on a lightbulb. This was what I’d been missing.

I started taking courses in mountain skills and wilderness first aid, and by August I was working my usual job in the week, and I was a climbing club leader at weekends. I loved connecting with nature, connecting with other people.

Through all this, I learnt about the whole field of nature-based therapies (疗法). It was the perfect fit to combine my psychology background with my passion for the outdoors. I began taking courses in wild therapy, forest bathing and ecopsychology. I left my government job and in July 2020 I launched my business Nature Therapy Ireland, which is booming now.

I’d thought I’d always live in a city but last year, I moved to Tipperary to live at the foot of a mountain, surrounded by nature. If I’m feeling stressed, I can step outside in my bare feet and stand on the grass to ground myself. In Dublin, the front door felt like a barrier—I had to have my keys, my phone, my jacket before I could even go out and find a green space. My life now is leading nature connection hikes and forest bathing walks. My salary has halved for the moment but I’ve adjusted. I’ve never looked back.

56．What did the writer think of her job in Dublin?

A．Stressful. B．Valueless.

C．Insecure. D．Demanding.

57．What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?

A．She enjoyed her voluntary work.

B．She realized what she really loved.

C．Recalling the past made her happy.

D．A bright future was in store for her.

58．What drove the writer to launch her business Nature Therapy Ireland?

A．Her adventurous experience.

B．Her leadership and background.

C．Her connection with other people.

D．Her major and passion for nature.

59．Why did the writer compare her life in Dublin with that in Tipperary?

A．To highlight how boring city life was.

B．To call on people to get back to nature.

C．To show her satisfaction with her change.

D．To indicate how successful her business was.

 (B)

Immersive Van Gogh

From the creators of the blockbuster show in Paris seen by over two million visitors and still wowing crowds in Toronto, the west coast premiere (首场) of the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit will bring the art of Vincent to life in Los Angeles.

Immersive art is not just a technical way to represent video and audio in huge spaces. The word immersive indicates a deep commitment of intentions which connect images and sounds in a way that the audience is able to experience a different way of the art.

True to its name, this exhibition transforms the iconic (偶像的) paintings of Vincent van Gogh into moving, wall-filling projections. “Immersive Van Gogh” promises half-a-million cubic feet of projections that pull from some of the post-impressionist’s most recognizable pieces, including The Bedroom, Sunflowers and, yes, The Starry Night.

You will experience art like never before—lose yourself in entrancing, moving images that highlight brushstrokes, detail, and color—truly illuminating (照亮) the mind of the genius.

LOCATION

The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is located at a secret place situated in the heart of Los Angeles. To be announced before the exhibit opens, existing ticket holders will receive an email with the place name and location once it is made public.

TICKET PRICES

Tickets are available online at www.vangoghla.com. GIFT SHOP

Stop by our Exhibit Gift Shop to take the magic of Van Gogh home with you! From clothing and jewelry to home décor, children’s books, and so much more, you will find unique and thoughtful souvenirs at the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit. Also be sure to check out at our online store!

Experience the organic landscapes of Van Gogh’s imagination, and journey through his brilliance and madness in a completely new and unforgettable way.

60．According to the passage, the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit ________.

A．presents Van Gogh’s art in a modern way

B．begins a journey to Van Gogh’s hometown

C．displays Van Gogh’s paintings on moving walls

D．designs projects on Van Gogh’s learning experience

61．From where can people find information about the exact location of the exhibit?

A．An email. B．A website.

C．The ticket office. D．The gift shop.

62．How much should a couple with a 5-year-old child who would like to own a Van Gogh cushion at least pay for the visit?

A．$109.98. B．$154.98.

C．$159.98. D．$199.98.

 (C)

Your emotion helps you make sense of the world. At the core of an emotion is a subjective experience of the valence of it — what emotion scientists call “affect” (情感). Generally speaking, affect is what we are most focused on. Do you have chocolate cake in front of you? That’s good! Do you see a spider on the table! That’s bad!

Your affective reactions tell you which experiences are desirable, and which aren’t, but the total emotional experience includes all you do and think. You can learn a lot by observing and describing them. You can also learn a lot by appreciating their secret life.

The problem is: the affective features of emotions tend to dominate. Our subjective valence of emotion is almost all we can see. When emotions are only about what is pleasant or unpleasant in subjective experience right now, the more important features of emotion disappear.

If you can slow down and expand; if you stop running or clinging (沉浸其中) and adopt a sense of curiosity, emotions become more subtle and different. When fear comes up, don’t walk away so that fear dissipates. Instead, stay. Allow yourself to feel the nervousness, the sweating, and everything else that comes along with it. It is one of the hardest things to do in life, but it’s also one of the most rewarding. If you run, you are telling basic parts of your brain, “I guess this threat really was real. I better stay away from it.” You are training yourself to fear, regardless of that situation. If you cling, you are saying, “Escape from this emotion is a threat”, and since it is not a happy experience, happiness slips through your hands like sand.

Note that you can not fool yourself. Just allow the full emotion. You will never enter into their secret life until you stop running or clinging. To control your life, you need to actively train your emotions to be your ally (同盟). Observe. Describe. Appreciate. Do that and you may find you have allies for healthy living that were there all along.

63．Why does the author mention “chocolate cake” and “spider” in paragraph 1?

A．To explain the complex response of emotions.

B．To show the subjective experience of emotions.

C．To indicate the goodness and badness of the world.

D．To emphasize the significance of emotions in life.

64．What is the consequence if you just focus on your present feelings?

A．The present feelings are less obvious.

B．The subjective emotions are less powerful.

C．The overall picture of emotions is easier to ignore.

D．The observation and description of emotions are easier.

65．What does the underlined word “dissipates” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to?

A．Deepens. B．Spreads. C．Disappears. D．Sticks.

66．What is the text mainly about?

A．The secret of emotions. B．The subjective experience.

C．The importance of allies in life. D．Magical functions of emotions.

Section C

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

The explosion of new media, ranging from the internet to digital television, means that people working in advertising will have to come up with more ways to catch the public’s attention in the future.____67____ No longer will all members be watching the same programme: some will be watching different channels on their own TVs, surfing the net or doing both at the same time. The advertising industry will have to work “harder and smarter” to cut through the “mess” of the future with a wide range of new media, all competing to catch the consumers’ eyes.

People have become more individual in their consumption of advertising. New technology has made experimenting with new forms of advertising possible. The monologue where the advertisement tells housewives that this is the washing powder they should buy is just a cliché (陈词滥调) now. ____68____ There is, consequently, little hope of them surviving for more than another twenty years. A much closer relationship with the consumer is gradually being created.

The definition of what constitutes advertising will expand well beyond the conventional mass media. Shopping environments will themselves become a part of the advertising process. Increasingly, they will exist not simply to sell goods, but also to entertain people and to make sure that they enjoy their time there. The aim will be to “warm” people towards these places so that they will return to purchase goods there again.

In spite of these and other changes, it is highly unlikely that TV, print and radio will disappear altogether as advertising media. ____69____ But other marketing strategies, such as public relations and direct marketing, will become as important as advertising. Advertising agencies will have to reinvent themselves. They will no longer be able simply to produce advertisements and then support these through PR, direct marketing or the internet. Instead, they will have to change the whole way they look at communication and start thinking about ideas which are not specific to one discipline.

____70____ Originality of thinking has always been in short supply. It will continue to be so in the future. But there will be increasing coston the advertiser’s ability to be imaginative and to think laterally about engaging the consumer in a broader variety of media.

IV.Summary Writing

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point( s)of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Advertising Objectives

When developing a successful advertising campaign, marketers must first set an advertising objective. The objective is the purpose for the advertising campaign. There are four main advertising objectives—to inform, to persuade, to compare, or to remind.

Companies use informative advertising to give information about a new type of product. In this case, the purpose is to increase demand for the new product. DVD players are a good example. The first sellers of these products had to tell consumers about the quality and convenience of the new product. Big sales soon followed.

However, informative advertising doesn’t work so well when there are many companies with the same kind of product. This is because consumers already know the normal features of the product. Instead, they need to see how one company’s version is better than all the others. This kind of advertising is called persuasive advertising. For instance, when DVD players became common, Sony began trying to persuade customers that its brand has the best quality for their money to keep sales high.

Comparative advertising also tries to persuade. Thus it is really a kind of persuasive advertising. In this, a company compares its brand with one or more other brands. Comparative advertising has been used for products from soft drinks to car rentals and credit cards. An example is Avis, a car rental company, which compared itself with its bigger rival Hertz by claiming, “We’re number two, so we try harder?”

A different kind of advertising is reminder advertising, which is important for products later in their life. Unlike the other types, its objective is to help to keep strong relationships with customers and to keep them thinking about the product. This is why expensive Coca-Cola television ads mainly build and maintain the Coca-Cola brand relationship, rather than trying to inform or persuade people to buy the drink straight away.

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V.Translation (共15分。第1小题和第2小题,每题3分;第3题4分;第4题5分。)

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

72．这些路边咖啡店都有各自的回头客。(own)

73．每个人都对小女孩用蜡笔画出的这精美的图案惊叹不已。(marvel)

74．网上信息参差不齐，有些只是为了博眼球而夸大其词。(which)

75．儒教在中国历代盛行数千年,虽地位不如昔日举足轻重,但仍然是了解灿烂中华文明一把钥匙。(as … as)

VI.Guided Writing  (共25分)

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

假定你是明启中学的高中学生李华。某电视台线上学习节目打算增设两个栏目。初步拟定从“Reading for Fun”、“Textbook Learning”、“Homework Guidance”、“Online Listening”以及“Questions and Answers”五个栏目中选取两个，特此向所有在线学习者征求意见。请你给电视台写封邮件，推荐两个栏目。邮件内容须包括:

1) 你推荐的两个栏目；

2) 你推荐这两个栏目的理由。

注意：作文中不得出现你本人的姓名、班级及学校等真实信息。

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