2022年上海市虹口区6月线下高考二模英语试题（含答案）

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虹口区2021学年度第二学期学生学习能力诊断测试
高三英语试卷 2022.6
考生注意：
1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。
2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。
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. Get the man’s salad.
B. Check the order again.

C. Find a table for the man.
D. Pay for the man’s bill.
2.
A. Delighted.
B. Respectful.
C. Relieved.
D. Doubtful.
3.
A. In a bookstore.
B. In a shop.
C. In a restaurant.
D. In a market.
4.
A. Go to the office.
B. Repair her car.
C. Give the woman a ride.
D. Go to school.
5.
A. Continue to read.
B. Meet the woman at the library.

C. Make some coffee.
D. Go out with some friends.
6.
A. He has taken a course in Russian opera.
B. He has learned some Russian words in the opera.
C. He enjoys seeing the opera even though it is in Russian.
D. He does not understand why students are required to perform an opera in Russian.
7.
A. The speakers are unhappy with their life.
B. The speakers share a similar view on life.
C. The woman is just as unlucky as the man.
D. The woman is more sensitive than the man.
8.
A. The woman does not like the movie.
B. The man pays for the tickets as a rule.
C. The speakers happened to meet in the cinema.
D. The speakers hold different ideas about the movie.
9.
A. The woman should be optimistic.
B. The woman should have trust in herself.
C. The woman should make better preparations.
D. The woman should let the team believe in her.
10.
A. The man is suffering heart disease.
B. The man and his family have fallen sick.
C. Something happened to the man’s daughter.
D. The woman has experienced something similar to the man.
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 passages and the conversation. 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 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. 15. B. 20. C. 25. D. 30.
12. A. a microwave oven. B. a bottle of water. C. a picnic table. D. a barbecue.
13. A. PS Camping has a system to keep customer loyalty.
B. PS Camping is a travel agency which originated in UK.
C. Customers can book a camping holiday in the U.S. with PS Camping.
D. Customers are not allowed to cook dinners indoors for the safety reasons.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Work-life balance and its necessity.
B. Benefits of breaks and the suggestions.
C. The information overload and its solution.
D. Effective methods of promoting productivity.
15. A. Because breaks can be easily distracting.
B. Because breaks can help them reduce pressure.
C. Because breaks can boost employees’ productivity.
D. Because breaks can leave people in the comfort of the home.
16. A. Pausing your work.
B. Taking a well-timed break.
C. Focusing on one thing for hours on end.
D. Arranging the daily schedule for work hours.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Use visual tools to illustrate the detail.
B. Provide information about the economy.
C. Help people know better about the location.
D. Start from the historical background of the island.
18. A. The Media Room. B. The Resources Room.
C. The Tourist Reception. D. The Tutorial Centre.
19. A. Attend the tutorial with the man.
B. Book a meeting room on Monday.
C. Prepare the visuals and things needed.
D. Search for information and accurate statistics.
20. A. The preparation of a travel leaflet.
B. The content of a geography lecture.
C. The content of a campus introduction.
D. The preparation of a geography presentation.
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.
The Office of the Future
The office used to be a place which people went to because they had to. Now the pandemic has exposed the office to competition from remote working, and brought up a host of questions about (21) _____ it should be designed in the future.
Start with what the office is for. In the past, (22) _____ _____ _____ form it took, it was a place for employees to get their work done. Now other conceptions of its role compete for attention. Some think of the office as the new offsite, the purpose of (23) _____ is to get people together so they can do the things that remote working makes harder: establishing deeper relationships or cooperating in real time on specific projects. (24) _____ talk of the office as a destination, a place that has to make the idea of getting out of bed earlier seem attractive. With fewer people coming in and more emphasis on cooperation, fewer desks (25) _____ (assign) to individuals. Instead, there will be more shared areas, or “neighbourhoods”, where people in a team can work together flexibly. (26) _____ (bridge) gaps between teams, one method is to set aside more of the office to display the work of each department, so that people never (27) _____ (encounter) each other on Zoom can see examples of what their colleagues do.
Variety will be another theme, implying the need for flexibility. A best-known furniture firm compares the difference between the pre- and post-pandemic office to that between a hotel and a home. Hotels are largely given over to rooms for individuals, (28) _____ “Home is thought of as a place for a family over years, hosting lots of different activities.”And meeting rooms are likely to be more flexible, too, with desks sliding and walls (29) _____ (remove).
Another theme is data. Managers alike will want more data in order to understand how facilities are being used, and the question of who owns data and what data are needed is about to become (30) _____ (pressing).
Whatever happens, the office won’t be what it was.
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.
A. fertile B. rewoven C. deep-rooted D. recapture E. produce F. needlessly
G. foodstuffs H. minerals I. worthlessly J. document K. deforested
The Promise of the Circular Economy
The origins of the expression “waste not, want not” can be traced to the 1500s.We feel bad when we expend resources __31__ (like leaving lights on when we’re away) or throw out things that shouldn’t have become trash (like uneaten, past-its-prime produce). This is a __32__ guilty feeling.
But we do waste in ways big and small. The result is this shocking fact: Of the __33__, fossil fuels, and other raw materials that we take from the Earth and turn into products, about two-thirds end up as waste. And, more likely than not, that waste is part of a larger environmental problem.
“Plastic trash drifted into __34__ soils, rivers and oceans. A third of all food rotted, even as the Amazon was __35__ to produce more,” writes senior environment editor Robert Kunzig in “The End of Trash”. Climate change is what happens when “we burn fossil fuels and spread the waste – carbon dioxide -- into the atmosphere.”
What if we could __36__ waste and turn it into something else? This concept, called the circular economy, is not entirely new. For generations, in Prato, Italy, old wool sweaters have been reduced to their knitting thread and __37__ into new clothes. And environmentalists have supported the ideas of “reduce, reuse and recycle” since the 1970s.
Kunzig was sent to __38__ where the new circular economy is taking hold. They found a lot of examples. In London, researchers are feeding rotted farm __39__ to insects, which are made into animal feed. In hotel kitchens around the world, chefs are reducing waste from __40__ like cookies, yogurt and Coke with AI garbage cans that measure it.
“It reminds me of a line in Diner, a movie I love: If you don’t have good dreams, you got nightmares.” Kunzig said, “The circular economy is like that -- it’s a dream we have to try to make real.”
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.
“Be present.” This is the slogan of mindfulness meditation and a supposed key to self-awareness and acceptance. In any type of mindfulness exercise, the goal is to perform routine activities with a __41__ sense of attention.
Although mindfulness has its advantages, psychological research has also revealed that in some circumstances it’s important to be __42__. That is, as we develop skill in complex tasks, we can perform them with increasing facility until attention seems to be __43__. Everyday examples range from riding a bike to chopping cucumbers to brushing your teeth.
Forming this state of “automaticity” are mental processes that can be executed without paying attention to them. These processes proceed without conscious __44__. We don’t perform all tasks automatically, but many can be performed this way once they are well __45__.
To be clear, paying attention is important when learning a new skill. But research has also revealed that paying too much attention to what you’re doing can have __46__ effects, particularly when you perform well-practised skills. In fact, this is one reason why some experts appear to “choke (窒息) under __47__”: They think too much about the mechanics of the task at hand.
In a classic study, cognitive scientist Sian Beilock and her colleagues had skilled golfers attempt to sink putts (推球入洞) under different experimental conditions. In one scheme, the golfers were simply __48__ to pay attention to the swing of their club (球杆) and say “stop” when they finished their swing. In another condition, they were directed to listen for a target sound while __49__ other noises and say the word “tone” when they heard the target sound.
__50__, the skilled golfers performed considerably worse when they focused on their swing than when they paid attention to irrelevant sounds. The effect of paying attention to their swing was so damaging that when they were warming up before the __51__ began, the golfers actually did better.
Focusing too carefully on the __52__ of well-practised motor sequences (运动序列) can cause mistakes, which is the important message from this research. __53__, we should not resign to go through life on autopilot, missing opportunities to make deeper connections with ourselves, one another and our environment. But there are situations where we should let automaticity __54__.
The next time you ride a bike or join in a sport, don’t __55__ it.
41. A. lowered B. heightened C. typical D. vague
42. A. attentive B. single-minded C. mindless D. cool-headed
43. A. unnecessary B. unrecognizable C. unusual D. unwelcome
44. A. preparation B. decision C. awareness D. reaction
45. A. assigned B. shared C. fulfilled D. practised
46. A. apparent B. moderate C. positive D. damaging
47. A. attack B. development  C. pressure D. observation
48. A. commanded B. instructed C. recommended D. challenged
49. A. making B. reducing C. noticing D. ignoring
50. A. Surprisingly B. Instantly C. Unfortunately D. Inevitably
51. A. assessment B. process C. investigation D. experiment
52. A. performance B. consequence C. influence D. automation
53. A. In contrast B. Of course C. On the other hand D. By the way
54. A. take over B. follow on C. hold up D. get away
55. A. highlight B. outperform C. overthink D. underestimate
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)
Whether it’s doing the washing up or filing a tax return, unfortunately, in life there are a range of dull but important tasks that we just have to get done. And in these modern times making sure that your most important files are backed up (备份) can be added to this list. Hard disks fail, phones fall out of our pockets, and tablets are beaten up by grandchildren. This is why it is important to think carefully about your back-up strategy. You don’t want to lose a lifetime of family photos just because your laptop had an unfortunate encounter with a glass of water.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a single gadget or app that can take care of backing up for you. But what I recommend is that you should aim to have two different sorts of back-up: one online, and one offline.
Having both is a good idea though it may sound extra redundant. You don’t want to entirely rely on the Cloud, just in case you lose access to your account, or if the provider closes down. And you don’t want to rely exclusively on offline storage, say, on a plug-in hard disk stored at the back of a cupboard, because if disaster strikes then your back-up will burn down alongside your computer and the rest of your belongings.
Online back-ups are arguably the easier of the two to sort out. All of the big tech players have online storage you can treat like your own hard disk. All you have to do is download the app for whichever service you want to use to your computer or phone.
Offline storage is slightly trickier. Figuring out what equipment to buy is something you need to figure out for yourself. The most obvious option is to buy a portable USB hard drive. Just plug it into your computer and you can copy important files to it. This is definitely a better approach than doing absolutely nothing.
So, as annoying as it might sound, this is important. Just as you wouldn’t leave your home with a risky boiler or drive a car with faulty brakes. It’s time to do the boring but important thing and spend the money to get your data backed up -- before it is too late. 
56. In paragraph 1, the author mentions filing a tax return to illustrate that ______.
A. data back-up is even more challenging than tax filing
B. Digital data storage should be considered daily routine
C. keeping family photos in hard disk is part of household jobs
D. backing up important files is a troublesome yet essential task
57. The underlined word “redundant” in paragraph 3 most probably means ______.
A. unnecessary B. demanding C. meaningful D. useless
58. Which statement is the author most likely to agree with?
A. It is advisable to keep two copies of data online.
B. There is no once-and-for-all data back-up strategy.
C. Storing data online is not as trustworthy as storing offline.
D. Online data storage runs a risk of a breakdown in digital devices.
59. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Better Late Than Never B. Store Your Data in the Cloud
C. Why Data Back-up Is So Vital? D. Online Back-up vs. Offline Back-up
(B)
Mars, the distant red planet, carries China’s great dream in spaceflight as well as the numerous puzzles of curious people: Why do humans explore Mars? Will humans really emigrate to Mars? What will the everyday life be like on Mars if humans really live there? Shanghai Astronomy launched its original situational exhibition “Living on Mars” -- to reveal the secrets of Mars and solve visitors’ puzzles about the life on Mars.
Time: October 15, 2021 to March 2, 2022 (closed on Mondays, except national holidays)
Location: B1 Temporary Exhibition Hall
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITION
Fully situational display
In the exhibition there are artistic installations and scenes created against Martian landscapes, such as the famous Martian sandstorm, Olympus Mons, and Valles Marineris. Visitors can get a glimpse of the beauty of Mars. The amazing blue sunset on Mars, in particular, is indeed a feast for eyes. The area where a giant astronaut model floating in the air greets visitors has become a popular check-in spot.
Mars Convenience Store
Rows of shelves in the store allow visitors to have a direct knowledge of what animals and plants can live on Mars and even get a receipt with scientific knowledge printed on it. There is also an area of “imported food” in the store where visitors can not only “purchase” the spicy diced chicken with peanuts, chocolate, and ice cream eaten by astronauts but also see the astronauts’ food of different times and packaged in different shapes, such as a toothpaste tube and a can.
Mars Farm
What plants can grow on Mars? Why adopt such a model? The unique “store in the front and farm at the back” model of “Mars Convenience Store” allows visitors to visually see what to eat on Mars and learn how the food is produced.
Housing on Mars
What would the house look like if we live on Mars? How can we get water and oxygen? Why does it take 45 minutes for you to receive an answer to a question you asked when you make a call to Earth from Mars? Come to the Mars Base to find the answers.
60. Which feature of the exhibition appeals most to a visitor who is interested in the astronauts’ diet?
A. Mars Convenience Store. B. Fully situational display.
C. Mars Farm. D. Housing on Mars.
61. Which of the following statements can be concluded from the passage?
A. The exhibition offers visitors an immersive (沉浸式) experience of life in space.
B. The exhibition features a combination of scientific knowledge and artistic display.
C. Visitors can have a taste of humans’ future life on Mars in this permanent exhibition.
D. Visitors can experience life on Mars in the aspect of food, housing and transportation.
62. Where can this passage most probably be found?
A. In a travel brochure. B. In a science magazine.
C. On an art show poster. D. On a museum website.
(C)
People with a rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi syndrome never feel full, and this excess hunger can lead to life-threatening obesity (肥胖症). Scientists studying the problem have now found that the fist-shaped structure known as the cerebellum (小脑) -- which had not previously been linked to hunger -- is key to regulating satiation (饱食) in those with this condition.
This finding is the latest in a series of discoveries revealing that the cerebellum, long thought to be primarily involved in movement harmony, also plays a broad role in cognition, emotion and behavior. “We’ve opened up a whole field of cerebellar control of food intake,” says Albert Chen, a neuroscientist at the Scintillon Institute in California.
The project began with an accidental observation: Chen and his team noticed they could make mice stop eating by activating small pockets of neurons (神经元) in regions known as the anterior deep cerebellar nuclei (aDCN), within the cerebellum. Fascinated, the researchers gathered data using functional MRI to compare brain activity in 14 people who had Prader-Willi syndrome with activity in 14 unaffected people while each testee viewed images of food -- either immediately following a meal or after fasting (禁食) for at least four hours.
New analysis of these scans revealed that activity in the same regions Chen’s group had accurately pointed out in mice, the aDCN, appeared to be significantly disturbed in humans with Prader-Willi syndrome. In healthy individuals, the aDCN were more active in response to food images while fasting than just after a meal, but no such difference was identifiable in participants with the disorder. The result suggested that the aDCN were involved in controlling hunger. Further experiments on mice, conducted by researchers from several different institutions, demonstrated that activating the animals’ aDCN neurons dramatically reduced food intake by weakening how the brain’s pleasure center responds to food.
For years neuroscientists studying appetite focused mainly either on the hypothalamus, a brain area involved in regulating energy balance, or on reward-processing centers such as the nucleus accumbens (伏隔核). But this group has identified a new feeding center in the brain, says Elanor Hinton, a neuroscientist at the University of Bristol in England who was not involved with the study. “I’ve been working in appetite research for the past 15 years or so, and the cerebellum has just not been a target,” Hinton says. “I think this is going to be important both for Prader-Willi syndrome and, much more widely, to address obesity in the general population.”
63. Before the recent study, scientists had assumed that the cerebellum ______.
A. helps control everyday food intake
B. plays a minor role in movement harmony
C. has nothing to do with appetite regulation
D. has a direct link to behavioral development
64. According to the project conducted by the researchers, ______.
A. the healthy testees were more likely to overeat after fasting
B. food images increased the appetite of the testees with Prader-Willi syndrome
C. the aDCN in the healthy testees responded to food images more actively after fasting
D. the aDCN in the testees with Prader-Willi syndrome made no response to food images
65. What does Elanor Hinton imply about future appetite research?
A. It may help in the early diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome.
B. It will have broader implications for the treatment of obesity.
C. The potential feeding center in human brain remains to be discovered.
D. More studies are needed to understand the link between appetite and reward-processing.
66. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. How our brain controls overeating.
B. How the aDCN works up our appetite.
C. How Prader-Willi syndrome can be prevented.
D. How lowering food intake benefits our overall health.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. 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.
A. A wealth of such data already exists for common birds.
B. They altogether will generate nearly a million hours of audio.
C. These machine-learning AI systems still have room for improvement.
D. Such recordings can create valuable snapshots (简介) of animal communities.
E. This is a tricky problem because it takes humans a long time to decode recordings.
F. Such systems start by analyzing hundreds of recorded bird calls, each “labeled” with its corresponding species.
Artificial Intelligence Develops an Ear for Birdsong
We can learn a lot from nature if we listen to it more -- and scientists around the world are trying to do just that. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, biologists are planting audio recorders to eavesdrop (窃听) on the whistles and songs of whales, elephants, bats and especially birds. This summer, for example, over 2,000 electronic ears will record the sound scape of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. __67__
“Audio data is a real treasure because it contains vast amounts of information,” says ecologist Connor Wood, a Cornell University postdoctoral researcher, who is leading the Sierra Nevada project. “We just need to think creatively about how to share and access that information.” __68__ Fortunately the latest generation of machine-learning AI systems can process thousands of hours of data in less than a day.
Stefan Kahl, a machine-learning expert at Cornell’s Center for Conservation Bioacoustics and Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, built BirdNET, one of the most popular avian-sound-recognition systems used today. Wood’s team will rely on BirdNET to analyze the Sierra Nevada recordings. __69__ The neural network then teaches itself which features can be used to associate an input (in this case, a bird’s call) with a label (the bird’s identity).
__70__ Although they analyze audio much more quickly than humans, they still lag behind in filtering out overlapping sounds to home in on a signal of interest. Some researchers see this as the next problem for AI to tackle. Even the current imperfect versions, however, enable sweeping projects that would be far too time-consuming for humans to tackle alone. “As ecologists,” Wood says, “tools like BirdNET allow us to dream big.”
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.
71. Why Is Littering a Surprisingly Big Issue?
Compared with the blindingly obvious environmental issues we hear about every day, littering often takes a backseat -- but it’s more pressing than we may think.
If you were to throw, say, a banana peel (香蕉皮) out of your car while driving along the motorway, that would be a completely harmless action, due to the fact that it’s part of a fruit -- right? Actually, no. A banana peel can take up to two years to decompose (分解), and with a third of motorists admitting to littering while driving, that’s a whole lot of abandoned banana peels, or much worse. An orange peel and a cigarette butt has a similar biodegrading (生物降解) term to that of a banana, but tin and aluminium cans last up to 100 years, and plastic bottles last forever, as do glass bottles, Styrofoam cups and plastic bags.
Despite the fact that longer-lasting materials will serve to damage the environment and its animals for longer, we can’t only measure the severity of a certain type of rubbish by its lifetime. For example, despite having a fairly short biodegrading period, more than 120 tons of cigarette-related litter is abandoned in the UK every day. Similarly, our regular littering here and there has caused the UK’s rat population to increase by 60 million. This suddenly isn’t so mysterious when you consider that since the 1960s our annual littering has increased by an astonishing 500 per cent.
It’s not a cheap habit either: UK taxpayers shelve out £500 million in order to keep our streets clean, and when you include our green spaces, that goes up to £1 billion. So, it’s not surprising that if caught fly-tipping you could face a £20,000 fine or even jail time and, if you littered something dangerous, the court could give you five years to serve.
To take back our beautiful countryside and cities we need to do more than simply not leaving rubbish where it ought not to be. We need a pride makeover, and we need to truly care more about the world around us.
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72. 研究表明饲养宠物有助于人的心理健康和性格培养。(contribute)
73. 一言以蔽之，绿色环保理念理应是本届冬奥会最靓丽的底色。(suppose)
74. 凭良心说，生活中总有我们在乎的人，也有在乎我们的人，所以每个人都值得善待。(deserve)
75. 无需多久，无人驾驶飞机送外卖，这个当下鲜为人知的小行业，将迅速发展成为一个年销售额愈千亿美元的大产业。(before)
VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 -150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
76. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李华。某英语杂志最近发起了一个高中生英语征文活动，其主题与内容见下表。要求参加征文活动者除了写出规定的内容外，还须补充至少两点内容，并进行进一步的阐述。请按要求写一篇作文，参加这个征文活动。
英语征文活动
主题
the power of a smile
内容
微笑有助于缓解压力，提高学习效率；微笑是有感染力的（contagious），可以影响身边的人。
你补充的内容
1. ……； 2. ……; (3. ……)
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。










虹口区2021学年度第二学期学生学习能力诊断测试
高三英语试卷
参考答案
听力部分：1-10 ADCDA BBABC 11-20 BDA BBC ACDD
语法部分：21. how 22. no matter what 23. which 24. Others 25. will be assigned
26. To bridge 27. encountering 28. while 29. removed 30. more pressing
词汇部分：31-35: FCHAK 36-40: DBJEG
完型填空：41-45: BCACD 46-50: DCBDA 51-55: DABAC
阅读理解：56-59: DABC 60-62: ABD 63-66: CCBA
选句填空：67-70: BEFC
概要写作：
71. Though often overlooked, littering is actually an urgent environmental problem. First of all, litter like plastic bottles may take years to decompose, thus causing a destructive effect on the environment. Even rubbish with a shorter biodegrading term can bring about serious problems like rat issues. Furthermore, it is surprisingly costly to clear up litter thrown on the street. (58 words)

翻译部分：
72. Research / A study shows / indicates that keeping pets contributes to people’s mental health and character cultivation / building / development.
73. To sum up / In a word / To sum up in a word / Briefly / In a nutshell / In one word / In short / To make a long story short, the concept of green environmental protection is supposed to be the most beautiful / attractive background (color) / foundation / essence / principle of this winter Olympic Games.
74. In (all / good) conscience, there are always people (whom) we care about and people who care / caring about us in life, so everyone deserves to be treated / treating well / good treatment.
75. It will not be (too) long before drone delivery / delivering takeout by drone, (which is) a little-known / seldom-known small business /industry (a small business / industry that people seldom know / know little), quickly / rapidly develops into a large industry with annual sales of over / more than 100 billion dollars.

作文：
76. 略






虹口区2021学年度第二学期学生学习能力诊断测试
高三英语试卷
听力材料
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.
M: Excuse me. The salad has only four types of vegetables, but you told me there’d be six.
W: Oh, it’s my fault. I’m really sorry about this. It’s for table 9. Yours will be ready soon. A moment, please.
Q: What will the woman do next?
2.
M: I have decided to learn to play the piano. What do you think, Cathy?
W: Once again?
Q: How does the woman feel about the man’s decision?
3.
W: I’ll pass on your praise to our manager right away, sir. Don’t forget to take your book and the bag on the table with you.
M: Thanks for your reminding. This Friday evening, we’ll come here for the fish, which is our favorite.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
4.
W: Terry, my car has got a flat tyre. Could you give me a ride to my office?
M: Well, I would. But I am supposed to be at school in six minutes.
Q: What will the man most probably do?
5.
W: Hey, Larry. Wanna meet a few of us for coffee in a little while?
M: Hmm. I would if I weren’t so far behind in this reading. I’m doing for history.
Q What will the man probably do?
6.
W: I’ve noticed that you are preparing an opera in Russian?
M: Yeah, it was a little frustrating at first, not understanding the words. But once I got past that, I actually get a lot out of it.
Q: What can be inferred about the man?
7.
M: My life experience tells me that life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders.
W: Your words remind me of the saying to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
8.
M: I’m not surprised that you didn’t like that movie. I find it really a waste of time.
W: I can’t agree with you more. I don’t care much for romance as a rule.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
9.
W: I can hardly breathe, tomorrow will be the first time for me to show my design.
M: I’m sure your ideas are great. Stop doubting yourself. The more you believe in yourself, the more others will believe in you.
Q: What does the man indicate?
10.
W: I wanted to assure you that we support you 100%. We can imagine what you and your family are going through. And we just hope for the best for your daughter.
M: Well, thank you, Emily. I don’t know what to say except that I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
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 passages and the conversation. 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 13 are based on the following passage.
Thank you all for coming to my talk this evening. For those of you who don’t know very much about PS Camping, let me start by giving you some background information about the company.
The company started 25 years ago. It actually opened as a retail company selling camping equipment, and then twenty years ago, it bought a small number of campsites in the UK, and began offering camping holidays. The company grew rapidly and has been providing holidays in continental Europe for the last fifteen years.
If you book a camping holiday with us, you’ll have a choice of over three hundred sites in Europe. And we’ve upgraded all these sites, improving them considerably from their original three-star rating.
When it comes to our tents, they are equipped to the highest standard. We really do think of every essential detail, from an oven and cooking rings fuelled by bottled gas, to mirrors in the bedroom areas. If you don’t want to cook indoors, you can borrow a barbecue if you ask in advance for one to be made available, and there’s even a picnic blanket to sit on outside your tent.
There are many advantages to choosing PS Camping, and as a regular customer, you’ll be kept informed of special offers, and your friends can benefit from ten per cent off their holiday, or book a luxury tent for the price of a standard one. In return, we’ll send you a thank-you present, which you can choose from a list of high-quality items.
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. For how long has PS Camping organized its camping holiday service?
12. Which of the following is available on request?
13. What can be inferred from the passage?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
Taking breaks is important, no matter what task you’re solving. It’s easy for your brain to hit an information overload, so even just a few minutes away can help.
Breaks are even more important as a remote worker. One study found that working from home can actually make employees more productive. But, if you’re easily distracted, or you’re feeling pressured, that obviously won’t be the case.
When you’re working remotely, you might feel like you don’t need a break because you’re already in the comfort of your home. But, breaks matter no matter where you are. Not only are they beneficial to your health, but also they give your mind a chance to relax and recharge. Some of the benefits you can experience include: feeling re-energized, having improved focus, less stress, and boosted creativity.
When you’re working remotely, it can sometimes be difficult to find a healthy work-life balance. But non-stop focus on one thing for hours on end will only leave you drained. Take a well-timed break, however, and your mind will be more energized. While setting up a routine and specific work hours throughout the day can help, giving yourself enough breaks will also make a difference.
In all, the more effective you make your breaks, the more you can get done when you get back to work.
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
14. What is the passage mainly about?
15. Why are breaks necessary for remote workers?
16. What is bad for a healthy work-life balance?

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Remind me, Trevor. When should we make the presentation?
M: Dr. White said it’s on May 4th.
W: So that’s 10 days later. What are we going to include in it? Do you think we ought to start from some historical background of the island? Maybe something about the economy, or the role of the English language as well?
M: Oh no, we won’t have that time! And Dr White said we shouldn’t go into that sort of detail.
W: OK. But I think we ought to talk about the geographical location because not many people know where the islands are. And an overview of their education system. That means statistics on things like literacy rates and school places.
M: All right, so these are the topics we need to cover. Dr White said he wanted us to use plenty of visual tools and we might as well try them out before the presentation.
W: I see. The most important thing is the overhead projector.
M: No problem. That’s in the Media Room. Please remind me to book it.
W: Well, and we’ll need a map, probably two. One about the islands in a large scale. And one about West Africa.
M: Well, the West African one is no problem, because there’s one in the Resources Room. But the islands one is not easy.
W: Tell you what, there’s a very clear map of Santiago in a brochure from the Tourist Reception. I showed you last week, remember it?
M: Oh yeah. That’s a good idea. Listen, Julie, I really like your idea, but it’s almost time for my tutorial. May we split up? I will book all the visuals and you do the other stuff, and let’s meet again on Monday.

(Now listen again, please.)

Questions:
17. What did Dr. White suggest the students do?
18. Where can the map of the islands be found?
19. What will the woman most probably do next?
20. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

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