2021年上海高三高考模擬英語試卷（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）

2021年上海高三高考模擬英語試卷（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）-學生用卷

一、語法填空（本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）

1、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）第21~30題10分（每題1分）

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentand

grammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthe

givenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

Imaginethatyouare1emergencyphysicianlikeHarrisonAlterorPat

Croskerry.Inmostinstances,youdon'tknowthepatientsyousee.Soyouhavetorelyonasnapshotview

oftheirillness—unlikeaninternistinhisoffice,2isfamiliarwithhispatients

andtheirfamilies,knowstheircharacterandtheirbehavior,andcanobservetheevolutionofaclinical

problemovertimeimaginethatitisatypicallybusyevening,andthetriage

nurse3（assign）threepatientstoyouoverahalf-hourperiod.Eachpatienthas

ahostofcomplaints.PatCrokerrytoldmethatatmomentslikethishe

feels4heisnplate-spinningonsticks1'likeacircus

performer5（use）stickstospinplateswithoutlettingthemslowdownorfall.

Actually,itisharderthanspinningplates,becauseplate-spinningrequiresasinglerotarymotionand

alltheplatesareofsimilarsizeandweight.Eachpatient,ofcourse,isdifferent,andforeach

you6havetogothroughdifferentmotionsquicklytoreachaworking

diagnosis,treatanyurgentproblems,andthendecideonthesafestdisposition:admissiontothehospital,

transfertoanotherinstitution,7dischargetohome.Nowconsiderwhatyou

mustdo8（meet）thesegoalsofdiagnosis,treatment,anddisposition.First

youhavetofigureoutthemainreasoneachpatienthascomeforemergencycare.Whilethatmayseem

straightforward,itisnot.Patientsmaygiveatriagenurseoradoctorareasonthatistangentialto（不切題

的）thereal,9（serious）underlyingproblem,ortheymayofferthesymptoms

thatbotherthemmostbutmaybeunrelatedtotheirunderlyingdisease.Alldoctorsworkundertime

constraints,andthisisespeciallytrueintheemergencydepartment.So,aswesawwithAlter,the

questionsyouchoosetoaskand10toaskthemwillshapethepatienfs

answersandguideyourthinking.Youmaygooffonthetangentifyoutrytoelicitahistorytooquickly,

butyouwillneglectyourothertasksifyoutaketoolongtohearwhatiswrong.

二、選詞填空（本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）

2、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）第31~40題10分（每題1分）

A.applaudedB.avaihbleC.bridesD.lackE.included

F.optionsG.proposedH.representative1.scaleJ.visibilityK.walk

Yourarelyseefemaleemojis（表情符號）ofpoliceofficers,doctorsandathleteswhenyouareusing

yoursmartphonetotextothers.Thisispossiblybecausesomepeoplebelievethatwomencannotbepolice

officers,doctorsorathletes.Womenarealwaysdepictedasprincesses

and1intheworldofemojis.

Butthingswillchangesoon.Emojiuserswillsoonbeabletoselectemojisthatshowwomenatwork,

ascriticshavespokenoutaboutthe2ofemojisthatrepresentprofessional

women.

TheUnicodeConsortium,anon-profitorganizationthatdecideswhatnewemojiswill

be3,hassaidthat33existingcharacterswillbechangedtoallowsmartphone

userstochoosebetweenmaleandfemale4,reportedTheTelegraph.In

addition,therewillbe11professionswithnewemojisforbothmenandwomenandavarietyofskin

colorsbytheendoftheyear.

TheplanisbasedonaproposalGooglemadeinMay,aimingtopromotegenderequalityinthe

workplace."Nomatterwhereyoulook,womenaregaining5andrecognition

asneverbefore,"Googleemployeeswroteintheirproposal/'Isn'tittimethatemojis

also6therealitythatwomenplayakeyrolein

every7oflifeandineveryprofession?"Andtheyalsomentionedsurveys

showingthegrowingimportanceofemojisincommunication,especiallyforyoungwomen.Ofthose

emojiusers78percentofwomenarefrequentemojiusers,butonly60percentofmenare.

Manyhave8GoogleandUnicodeforpromotingequality.UIthinkthat

it'sgreatthatthey'verecentlychangedtheskincolorsandincludedgenderequalityinemojis,"AlyPirbay,

15,toldCBCNews.InablogpostaheadofWorldEmojiDayonJuly17,Googlemadeitclearthat

the9changescouldbe"includedinfutureplatformversions,andGoogleis

workingtoincorporate（包含）themintofutureversionsoftheAndroidoperatingsystem".

"Wehopetheseupdateshelpmakeemojisjustalittlemore10ofthe

millionsofpeoplearoundtheworldwhousethem,“Googlesaidinitsannouncement.

三、完形填空（本大題共15小題，每小題1分，共15分）

3、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）第4b55題15分（每題1分）

TopManagersAreQuitting,withoutaNew

Job

WhenLiamMcgeedepartedaspresidentofBankofAmericainAugust,hisexplanationwas

surprisinglystraightup.Ratherthancoveringhisexitintheusual1excuses,

hecamerightoutandsaidhewasleaving"topursuemygoalofrunninga

company".2hisambitionwasnverymuchmydecision,"Mcgeesays.Within

twoweeks,hewastalkingforthefirsttimewiththeboardofHartfordFinancialServicesGroup,which

namedhimCEOandchairmanonSeptember29.

Mcgeesaysleavingwithoutaposition3gavehimtimetoreflectonwhat

kindofcompanyhewantedtorun.Italsosentaclearmessagetotheoutsideworldabout

his4.AndMcgeeisn't5.Inrecentweeksthe

No.2executivesatAvonandAmericanExpress6withtheexplanationthat

theywerelookingforaCEOpost.Asboardsexaminesuccessionplansinresponsetoshareholderpressure,

executiveswhodon'tgetthenodalsomaywishtomoveon.Aturbulent（動蕩的）businessenvironment

alsohasseniormanagerscautiousoflettingvagueannouncements7their

reputations.

Asthefirstsignsofrecoverybegintotakehold,deputychiefs（副總裁）maybemorewillingto

makethejumpwithoutanet.Inthethirdquarter,CEOturnoverwasdown23%fromayearagoas

nervousboards8theleaderstheyhad,accordingtoLiberum

Research.9,astheeconomypicksup,opportunitieswillspringupfor

aspiringleaders.

Thedecisiontoquitaseniorpositiontolookforabetteroneisnot10.

Foryears,executivesandheadhuntershavestucktotherulethatthemostattractiveCEOcandidatesare

theoneswhomustbe1J.SaysKorn/FerryseniorpartnerDennisCarey:"I

can'tthinkofasinglesearchEvedonewhereaboardhasnotinstructedmetolook

at12CEOsfirst."

Thosewhojumpedwithoutajobhaven'talwayslandedintop

positions13.EllenMarramquitaschiefofTropicanaadecadeago,saying

shewantedtobeaCEO.Itwasayearbeforeshebecame14ofatinyinternet-

basedcommoditiesexchange,RobertWillumstadleftCitigroupin2005withambitionstobeaCEO.He

finallytookthatpostatamajorfinancialinstitutionthreeyearslater.

Manyrecruiterssaytheolddisgraceisfadingfortopperformers.Thefinancialcrisishasmadeit

more15tobebetweenjobsortoleaveabadone.MThetraditionalrulewasit*s

safertostaywhereyouare,butthat'sbeenfundamentallychanged,"saysoneheadhunter."Thepeople

who'vebeenhurttheworstarethosewho'vestayedtoolong.”

A.adequateB.vagueC.disappointingD.regretful

A.AchievingB.AbandoningC.RestrictingD.Broadcasting

A.linedupB.givenupC.takenupD.backedup

A.departureB.ambitionC.failureD.default

A.typicalB.aloneC.lostD.afraid

A.resignedB.rebelledC.retiredD.responded

A.establishB.secureC.spoilD.enhance

A.objectedtoB.identifiedwithC.appealedtoD.stuckwith

A.HoweverB.OtherwiseC.ThereforeD.Moreover

A.wiseB.toughC.crucialD.traditional

A.ApprovedofB.HuntedforC.GuardedagainstD.Attendedto

A.ambitiousB.sittingC.disloyalD.dismissed

A.actual]yB.eventuallyC.QuicklyD.successfully

A.headB.partnerC.legend!）,model

A.ridiculousB.uniqueC.fashionableD.acceptable

四、閱讀理解（本大題共11小題，每小題2分，共22分）

4、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（A篇）第56~59題8分（每題2分）

InanarticlesomeChinesescholarsaredescribedasbeing"tantalizedbythemysteriousdragonbone

hieroglyphics."TantalizedisoneofmanyEnglishwordsthathavetheiroriginsinmythsandlegendsof

thepast（inthiscase,GreekandRomanones）.Themeaningoftheverbtantalizeisaveryparticularone:

"topromiseorshowsomethingdesirabletoapersonandthentakeitaway;toteasebyarousinghope."

Many（butnotall）Englishdictionariesgiveyouabriefindicationofaword'soriginsinbracketsbeforeor

aftertheexplanationofthemeaning.Fortantalizethefollowingexplanationisgiven:Tantalus.Thismeans

thatyoushouldlookupthenameTantalustofindouttheword'sorigins,andifyoudo,youwillfindout

thatinGreekmythology,Tantaluswasakingwhowaspunishedinthelowerworldwitheternalhunger

andthirst;hewasputuptohischininwaterthatalwaysmovedawaywhenhetriedtodrinkitandwith

fruitonbranchesabovehimplacedjustalittlebitoutofhisreach.Canyouseewhyhisnamewaschanged

intoaverbmeaning"toteaseortormentbyarousingdesire"?

Anotherexampleisthewordsiren,familiartousasthemechanicaldevicethatmakessuchan

alarmingsoundwhenpolicecars,ambulances,orfireenginesapproach.Thiswordalsohasitsoriginsin

Greekmythology.ThetravelerOdysseus(UlyssestotheRomans)madehismenplugtheirearssothat

theywouldn'thearthedangerousvoicesofthesirens,creatureswhowerehalfbirdandhalfwomanand

whoattractedsailorstotheirdeathsonsharprocks.Sothewordcametobeassociatedbothwithaloud

soundandwithdanger!

Whensomeonespeaksofa"jovialmood"ora"Herculeaneffort",heorsheisusingwordswith

originsinmythology.Lookthesewordsuptofindtheirmeaningandrelationshiptomyths.

Manycommonwords,suchasthenamesforthedaysoftheweekandthemonthsoftheyear,also

comefrommythology.WednesdayderivesfromtheancientNorsekingofthegods,Woden,andThursday

wasoriginallyThor'sday,inhonourofThor,thegodofthunder.Asamatteroffact,alltheplanets,except

theoneweliveon,bearnamesthatcomefromRomanmythology,includingtheplanetthatisfarthest

awayfromthesunandforthatreasonwascalledaftertheRomangodofthedead.Thisgodhasalsogiven

hisnametooneofthechemicalelements.

Severalotherelementshavenamesthatcomefrommythology,too.Itseemsthatmythsandlegends

liveonintheEnglishlanguage.

(1)Welearnfromthepassage,allEnglishdictionariesinclude.

A.legends

B.mythology

C.wordorigins

D.worddefinitions

(2)Theexampleoftantalizeistoshow.

A.howthewordcameintoexistence

B.howTantaluswaspunishedinthelowerworld

C.howallEnglishdictionariesshowwordorigins

D.howthemeaningofthewordchangedovertheyears

(3)Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingdoesNOThaveoriginsinmythsorlegends?

A.Jovial.

B.Wednesday.

C.Earth.

D.March.

（4）Whichofthefollowingcanbestserveasthetitleofthepassage?

A.GreekandRomanMythologyinLanguage.

B.MythologicalOriginsofEnglishWords.

C.HistoricalChangesinWordMeanings.

D.MythologyandCommonWords.

5、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（B篇）第60?62題6分（每題2分）

King'sCollegeSummerSchool

King*sCollegeSummerSchoolisanannualtrainingprogramforhighschoolstudentsatalllevels

whowanttoimprovetheirEnglish.CoursesaregivenbytheteachersofKing'sCollegeandothercolleges

inNewYork.Tripstomuseumsandculturecentersarealsoorganized.Thisyear'ssummerschoolwillbe

fromJuly25toAugust15.

Moreinformationisasfollows:

Applicationdate

Courses

?StudentsinNewYbricshouldsend±eirapplicationsbefore

?EnglishLanguage

July18,2010.

SpokenEnglish:22hours

?Studentsofothercitiesshouldsendtheirqjplicationsbefore

ReadingandWriting:10hours

July16,2010.

?AmericanHistory:16hours

?ForeignstudentsshouldsendtheirapplicationsbeforeJuly

?AmericanCulture:16hours

10,2010.

Cost

Stqps?Dailylessons:$200

?Aletterofself-introduction?Sportsandactivities:$100

?Aletterofrecommendation?Travels:$200

*ThelettersshouldbewritteninEnglishwithallthenecessary?Hotelservice:$400

information."Youmaychoosetolivewithyourfriendsor

relativesinthesamecity.

Pleasewriteto:

Thompson,Sanders

1026King'sStreet

NewYbrk,NY10016,USA

B-mail:KC-Summer-School@yahoo.com

(1)WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutKing'sCollegeSummerSchool?

A.Onlytopstudentscantakepartintheprogram.

B.King'sCollegeSummerSchoolisruneveryotheryear.

C.Visitstomuseumsandculturecentersarepartoftheprogram.

D.OnlytheteacherofKing,sCollegegivecourses.

(2)IfyouaretolivewithyourrelativesinNewYork,youwillhavetopaythe

school?

A.$200

B.$400

C.$8500

D.$900

（3）Whatinformationcanyougetfromthetext?

A.Theprogramwilllasttwomonths.

B.YoucanwritetoThompsononlyinEnglish.

C.AsaChinesestudent,youcansendyourapplicationonJuly14,2010.

D.YoucangetintouchwiththeschoolbyE-mai1orbytelephone.

6、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（C篇）第63?66題8分（每題2分）

Ascientistturnsouttobeabletoseethefuturebyofferingeachoffour-year-oldsapieceofcandy

andwatchinghowheorshedealswithit.Somechildrenreacheagerlyforthetreattheysee.Somelasta

fewminutesbeforetheygivein.Butothersaredeterminedtowaituntilthelastmoment.

Bythetimethechildrenreachhighschool,somethingremarkablehashappened.Asurveyfoundthat

thosewhoasfour-year-oldshadenoughself-controltoholdoutgenerallygrewuptobemorepopular,

adventurous,confidentanddependable.Thechildrenwhogaveintotemptation（誘惑）earlyweremore

likelytobelonely,easilyfrustratedandinflexible（固守己見的）.

Actually,theabilitytodelayrewardisasignofemotionalintelligencewhichdoesn*tshowuponan

IQtest.

Thehardwareofthebrainandthesoftwareofthemindhavelongbeenscientists'concerns.Butbrain

theorycan'texplainwhatwewonderaboutmost,likethequestionwhysomepeopleremainupbeatinthe

faceoftroublesthatwouldsinkalessresistantsoul.

HerecomesthetheoryofDanielGoleman,writerofEmotionalIntelligence:whenitcomesto

predictingpeople'ssuccess,brainabilityasmeasuredbyIQmayactuallymatterlessthanthequalitiesof

mindoncethoughtofas"character".

EQisnottheoppositeofIQ.Whatresearchershavebeentryingtounderstandishowtheywork

together;howone'sabilitytohandlestress,fbrinstance,affectstheabilitytoconcentrateandput

intelligencetouse.Amongtheingredients（要素）fbrsuccess,researchersnowgenerallyagreethatIQ

countsforabout20%;therestdependsoneverythingfromsocialclasstoluck.

Whilemanyresearchersinthisrelativelynewfieldaregladtoseeemotionalissuesfinallytaken

seriously,somefewfearEQinvitesmisuse.

（1）Theexperimentwiththefour-year-oldsmakesitclearthat.

A.theageof4isapropertimeforscientificexperiment

B.emotionalintelligencewon'tshowupuntiladolescence

C.theabilityofself-controlplaysaroleinpersonalsuccess

D.candycanbeusedtomeasureaperson，semotionalintelligence

(2)WhichofthefollowingisTRUEofEQandIQaccordingtothetext?

A.ThereisnolinkbetweenEQandIQ.

B.Thehigheraperson'sIQis,thehigherhisorherEQis.

C.Somepeoplecanbeblessedwithlotsofboth,butsomewithlittleofeither.

D.ScientistsaretryingtodiscoverthewayinwhichEQandIQworktogether.

(3)Theunderlinedword"upbeat"inParagraph4probablymeans.

A.kind

B.floating

C.excited

D.optimistic

(4)Whatismostlikelytobewrittenintheparagraphthatfollows?

A.InformationaboutfamouspeoplewithhighEQ.

B.ExamplesshowingtheoppositevoiceaboutEQ.

C.SomereasonswhyEQisarelativelynewfield.

D.Strongdemandforbasicemotionaleducation.

五、語篇補全(本大題共4小題，每小題2分，共8分)

7、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬(進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八)第67~70題8分(每題2分)

Whafsinaword?

Somewordsaremoredifficultthanotherstoexplainordefine.Somearehardtodefinebecausewe

havestrongfeelingsaboutthem.Wehavestrongemotionsaboutwordsuchasdivorceorchildhood.We

mayfeelsad,happy,orangrywhenwethinkaboutthesewords.Definitionsofotherwordshavechanged

aspeopleandtheworldhavechanged.Traditionally,thewordmothermeantbothfemaleparentand

primarycaregiver(thepersonwhocaresforthechildren).Thewordfathermeantbothmaleparentand

breadwinner(thepersonwhoearnsmoneyforthefamily).1Ingenerally,this

isstilltrue,buttwopointsofthistraditionaldefinitionarechanging.

Thereisagrowingnumberofsinglewomenwhowanttobemothers.Theyhavenotincludedaman,

or"father",intheirplans.Thesewomenarechoosingtohavebabiesandraisethemalone.Theyarenot

widowsordivorces.Theyaremostlywomenwithgoodjobs.Theyareeconomicallyindependent.They

areintheirlate30s,andtheyhaveneverfound"Mr.Right",(amantheywouldliketomarry)."IdecideI

wasn'tgoingtoturn40withoutatleastexploringthepossibilityofhavingachild,"explainsMarianne

Boswell,asinglemotherlivingintheBostonareanIwantedittobeaconsciousdecision,asopposedto

somethingthatjustdidn'thappentome.”

Thesewomenbecomemothersindifferentways.Someadoptababy.Somecarefullychooseapartner.

Otherschoosedonorinsemination,amedicalprocessthatcancausepregnancy.TheNationalCenterfor

HealthStatisticsreportsthat32%ofallbirthsarenowtounmarriedwomen.In1960,theratewasonly

5.3%.__________2__________

Thereisanothergroupthatisalsoquestioningthetraditionaldefinitions.Inthisgrouparemenwho

choosetostayathomeandcarefortheirchildren.They,nottheirwives,aretheprimarycaregivers.As

RandallMitchellsaysinthemovie"Mr.Mom,whenmydaughterwakesupatnight,shecallsforher

daddy."__________3__________

Associetychanges,ourdefinitionschange.4Asaresult,wemayneedto

createsomenewwords,somehow,nsinglemother"and"Mr.Mom"donotseemlikeverygoodnames.

A.Peopleredefinethemselvesandtheirfamilyrelationships.

B.Yes,thedefinitionofmotherhaschangedforsomewomen,butnotforall.

C.Iftherewasa〃mother”,thenusuallytherewasa"father”.

D.Childrenneedparentswhowilllovethem,notownthemorusethem.

E.Aftertwoyearsofcarefullythinkingaboutthedecision,Mariannechosetoadopt

andnowhasabeautifullittleboy.

F.Thisuntraditionalparentthinksheislucky.

六、讀后續(xù)寫(本大題共1小題，共10分)

8、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬(進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八)第71題10分

Directions:Readthefollowingpassage,summarizethemainideaandthemainpointsofthepassageinno

morethan60words.Useyourownwordsasfaraspossible.

Therearenowmanyproductsandservicesonthemarketwhicharesimilarincontentthough

producedbydifferentcompanies.Itisvital,therefore,foracompanytodistinguishitselffromits

competitorsbyhavingastrongcompanyimagewhichisimmediatelyrecognizable.

Logosarepartofthisimage.Theyaresymbolswhichoftenincludeanameorinitialstoidentifya

company.Thelogoestablishesavisualidentityfbrthecompany,justasdifferentgroupsofyoungpeople

expresstheiridentitythroughhairstylesandclothes.Allgroupsfromallculturesandthroughouttheages

haveusedcolorsandsymbolstoshowtheiridentity.

Indifferentcultures,differentcolorscarrydifferentmeanings.Somecolorsmaybeconnectedwith

coldnessinonecultureandwithwarmthinanother;somecolorsrepresentlifeinoneculturebutdeathin

another.Internationalcompanieshave,therefore,tomakesurethattheirlogoswillnotbemisunderstoodin

differentcountries.

Thelogosoflargeinternationalcompaniesareinstantlyrecognizablethroughouttheworld.Oneof

themostfamouslogosisthatofCoca-Cola.Thedesignofthewords"Coca-Cola"hasnotchangedsince

1886,althoughthesurroundingdesignhasbeenchangedfromtimetotime.Manycompanieshave,over

theyears,renewedtheirlogostofitinwithcontemporarydesignandtopresentmorepowerfulimages.

Companylogoscanbeemotiveandcaninspireloyaltybyinfluencingthesubconscious.Somelogos

includeanideaoftheproduct:thesteeringwheelintheMercedeslogo,forexample,andtheaeroplanetail

ofAlitalia.

Logosareusedonpackagingandbrochuresaswellasontheproductitself.Theymayalsoappearin

newspapersorontelevisionaspartofanadvertisingcampaign.Companiesneedtohaveastrongcorporate

identity.Thelogohelpstopromotethisimageandtofixitinthemindsoftheconsumers.Logos,therefore,

needtobeoriginalandtohaveimpactandstyle.

七、翻譯（本大題共4小題，共15分）

9、【來源】2021年上海高三高考模擬（進階卷-優(yōu)化模擬八）第72題4分

翻譯

盡管布萊克（Blake）寫