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模拟演练42023上海名校高中自主招生英语
一、语法从、、、四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项A BC D
1.Leaves arefound on all kindsof trees,but theydiffer greatlysize andshape.A.on B.form C.by D.in
2.The mayorhas offereda rewardof$5000to whocan capturethe tigeralive ordead.A.both B.others C.anyone D.another
3.Alan isa carefuldriver,but hedrives of my friends.A.more carefullyB.the mostcarefully C.less carefullyD.the leastcarefully
4.My morningincludes joggingin thepark andreading newspapersover breakfast.A.drill B.action C.regulation D.routine
5.John wasdismissed lastweek because of hisattitude towardshis job.A.informal B.casual C.determined D.earnest
6.With thehelp ofhigh technology,more andmore newsubstances in the pastyears.A.discovered B.have discoveredC.had beendiscovered D.have beendiscovered
7.---How was the televiseddebate lastnight---Super!Rarely somuch mediaattention.A.a debateattracted B.did a debate attractC.adebatedid attractD.attracted adebate
8.The littleboy cameriding fullspeed downthe motorwayon hisbicycle.it was!A.What adangerous sceneB.What dangerousa sceneC.How adangerous sceneD.How dangerousthe scene
9.Pop musicis such an importantpart ofsociety ithas eveninfluenced ourlanguage.A.as B.that C.which D.where
10.After aknock at the door,the childheard hismothers voicehim.A.calling B.called C.being calledD.to call
11.There is nothing moreI cantry youto stay,so Iwish yougood luck.A.being persuadedB.persuading C.to bepersuaded D.to persuade
12.The TownHall in the1800s wasthe mostdistinguished buildingat thattime.A.to becompleted B.having beencompletedC.completed D.being completed
13.His moviewon severalawards at the filmfestival,was beyondhis wildestdream.A.which B.that C.where D.it
14.Small sailboatscan easilyturn overin thewater theyare notmanaged carefully.A.though B.before C.until D.if
15.he referredto inhis articlewas unknownto thegeneral reader.A.That B.What C.Whether D.Where
二、词汇填空Directions:Fill ineach blankwith aproper wordchosen from the box.Each wordcan beused onlyonce.Notethat thereis oneword morethan youneed.A.habitable B.sensible C.potential D.compete E.accommodate F.conceptG.draw H.advocated I.survival J.expanse K.receivedMars-the nextfrontierIt soundslike somethingfromthefields ofscience fiction-a spaceexpedition into the vast1of space,heading towardsthe RedPlanet.While werenot quiteready toput aperson onland,the questionwe asktodayis:why areso manycountries interested in goingto MarsThespace racesaw theUSA andUSSR2to achievefirsts inspaceflight.The SovietUnionreleased Sputnik1,an artificialsatellite,before anyoneelse,and theUS landedon theMoon first.Now itappearsthat Marsis thecelestial bodyof desire.While thehonour ofbeing the first nationto touchdownis anobvious3,there areother reasonswe wantto getthere.One of these couldbe the4of ourspecies.You onlyhave tolook atthe fossilisedremains ofthedinosaurs tosee thebenefit offinding another5planet.While Marsdoesnt havethe rightconditionsto call it homejust yet,theres alwaysthe ideaof terraforming—changing theenvironment of a planetto6our needsto live.However,not everyoneagrees.Leading astrophysicistNeil deGrasse Tyson hassaid the7ofaltering habitabilityof anotherplanet becauseofthedamage wehave doneto Earthisnot8whenwe cansimply terraformEarth.It seemshe mainreason atthe momentis the search fbrsigns oflife.It haslong beenbelieved that,at onetime,Mars was abundant withlife.Now seeminglydead,the9fossils couldanswer questionsaboutour ownevolution andthat ofour planet.One theoryis thatbacterial lifeon ourplanet didn*t starthere,but(小彳亍星)was transferredvia asteroidfrom Mars.One benefit10by scientistslike NeildeGrasseTysonis thatlanding onMars mayinspiremore peopleto becomeinterestedinscience andastronomy.Surely inspiringa newgeneration tovisit the stars isreasonenough.
三、完形填空Its strange,but Idont reallyremember about the hurricaneitself.It allhappened so1I was(屋顶)sitting inmy roomwhen the roof justflew off.All of a sudden,there wassky wheretheroofhad beenandI wasvery
2.Without aroof,staying insidewas really
3.It wasAugust,so it was reallyhot and it smelledso4everywhere!Living in the openair,we becamebreakfast,(蚊子)lunch anddinner fbr the mosquitoes.We hadlost ourhome andeverything in it.But asMom kepton5us,we wereall together and safe.Moms wordsmade usfeel
6.I rememberus alllying underthe midnightsky andlookingup atthestars.Even thoughwe hadlost alot,moments likethose gaveus7fbrthefuture.Although it was onlya fewdays beforewe were8,it feltlike months.We weretaken toanother townin afarawaycounty.Now,one yearhas passedand Imback homein NewOrleans.We arestarsof NewOrleans,their beautyinspiring usand givingus10to moveon.
1.A.informally B・currently C.regularly D.quickly
2.A.pleased B・frightened C・curious D.impressive
3.A.hard B.confusing C.unique D.inspiring
4.A.sweet B.wet C.bad D.hot
5.A.watching B・improving C・ignoring D.reminding
6.A.worse B.better C.terrible D.positive
7.A.money B.hope C・time D.option
8.A.recognized B,saved C・contacted D.remembered
9.A.observe B・explore C・struggle D.rebuild
10.A.confidence B・comfort C.challenge D.directionworking togetherto9our homesand ourlives.Now wehave anotherchance tolook upatthe
四、阅读理解ATea drinkingwas commonin Chinafbr nearlyone thousandyears beforeanyone inEurope hadever heardaboutit.People inBritain weremuch slowerin findingout whattea waslike,mainly becausetea wasveryexpensive.It couldnot bebought inshops andeven thosepeople whocould affordto haveit sentfrom Hollanddidso onlybecause itwasafashionable curiosity.Some ofthem werenot surehow touse it.They thoughtitwasavegetable andtried cookingthe leaves.Then theyserved themmixed withbutter andsalt.They soondiscoveredtheir mistake.(稀少的)Tea remainedscarce and very expensivein Englanduntil theships ofthe EastIndia Companybeganto bringit directlyfrom Chinaearly inthe17th century.During thenext fewyears somuch teacame into thecountry that the pricefell andmany peoplecould affordto buyit.Tea hadbeen drunkwithout milkin itat first,but one day afamous Frenchlady namedMadame deSevignedecided tosee whattea tastedlike whenmilk wasadded.She foundit sopleasant thatshe wouldnever drinkitwithout milkagain.She wassuchagreat ladythat her friends thoughtthey mustcopy everythingshe did.Slowlythis habitspread untilit reachedEngland andtoday onlyvery fewBritons drinktea without milk.At firsttea wasusually drunkafter dinnerintheevening.No oneever thoughtof drinking tea inthe afternoon(公爵夫人)until aduchess found that acup of tea anda pieceof cakeat threeor fouro*clock stoppedher gettingasinkingfeeling^as shecalled it.She invitedherfriendsto havethis newmeal withherandso,teatime wasbom.
1.What canwe learnabouttheBritons fromthe textA.They gotexpensive teafrom India.B.They boughttea outof curiosityat first.C.They hadtea untilthe early17th century.D.They werethefirstto drinktea inEurope.
2.When didtea becomea populardrink inBritainA.In the17th century.B.In theearly18th century.C.In thelate18th century.D.In the19th century.
3.The underlinedwordsthis habit^in Paragraph3refer todrinkingtea.A.after dinnerB.intheafternoonC.with milkin itD.withoutmilkinit
4.What isthe lastparagraph mainlyaboutA.The historyoftea.B.The birthof teatime.C.The waysof makingtea.D.The habit of drinkingtea.Australia was always acountry Iwanted tovisit,so Isaved upsome moneyand bookeda flightto gotravelingup theeast coastof Australiaattheend of my workin London.The flightmade merealize exactlyhow faraway Australia is fromhome.I spent10hours travelingonaplanefrom Londonto HongKong,then afurther8hours toSydney,my firststop in Australia.The flightwent quitequicklythough,since there were lotsof filmsto watchto keepme amused.It wasstrange whenT arrivedbecauseeverything wasupside downover there;itwasthe startof winterin May!It alsotook mea whileto getused tothetime differenceas Iwasalwaysone dayahead ofall my friends andfamily backhome.The countryis trulybeautiful,full ofamazing viewsand wildlifeyou wouldntfind anywhereelse intheworld.One ofmy experiencesofmytrip wasseeing koalasclosely inBrisbane—therewerekoalas everywheresleepinginthetrees andI evengot the chance tohold one.There was also biggrassland fullof kangaroosthat wewereallowed tofeed.They werereally smartandveryfriendly.The highlightofmytrip wassnorkeling inthe GreatBarrier Reef,asthewater wasamazingly clearwith abeautifulshade ofblue.I alsogot thechance tosee somespecial creaturesunderwater,such assea turtlesand evenashark.Australiaisan amazingcountry andworth visitingonedayif youever getthechance.
5.What didthe authorthink ofthe journeyon theplaneA.Time-wasting.B.Disappointing.C.Dangerous.D.Pleasant.A.Tired.B.Excited.C.Unfamiliar.D.Upset.
7.What doesParagraph3mainly talkaboutA.Unique wildanimals livinginAustralia.B.Beautiful naturallandscape inBrisbane.C.Wonderful experienceswith wildanimals.D.Exciting sportsduring thetrip inAustralia.
8.What doesthe underlinedword snorkelingin Paragraph4meanA.Fishing onthesea.B・Swimming underwater.C.Watching animalshows.D.Feeding turtlesand sharks.
6.How didthe authorfeel whenhe reachedSydneyCImagine this:Youre ata movietheater foodstand loadingup onsnacks.You havea choiceofasmall,medium orlarge soda.The smallis$
3.50and the large is$
5.
50.Its atough decision:The smallsize maynot lastyouthrough thewhole movie,but$
5.50fbr somesugary drinkseems ridiculous.But theres a thirdoption,amedium sodafor$
5.
25.The mediummight bejust rightfbr you,but thelarge onlycost aquarter more.If yourelikethe majorityof people,you endup buyingthelarge.If yourewondering whowould purchasethe mediumsoda,the answeris almostno one.Actually,theresa(诱饵),good chancethatthemarketing departmentpurposely pricedthe mediumsoda asa decoymaking youmorelikely tobuy thesoda ratherthan thesmall.I havewritten aboutthis uniquehuman naturepreviously withmyfriendDan Ariely,who,after noticing(订|阅)pricing forsubscription toThe Economist,studied thisphenomenon extensively.The digital subscriptionwas$59,the print subscription was$125,and the print plus digitalsubscriptionwasalso$
125.No onein theirrightmind wouldbuy theprintsubscriptionwhen youcould getdigital aswell fbrthe sameprice,so whywas iteven an『option Arielyran anexperiment andfoundthatwhen onlythe tworeachoices wereoffered,more peoplechosethe less-expensive digitalsubscription.However,the badoption increasedpeoples likelihoodof selectingtheexpensive printplusdigitaloption.Brain scientistscall thiseffecfasymmetric dominance^^anditmeans thatpeople areattracted tothe option(较差的)that isclosest toan obviouslyinferior option.Marketing professorscallitthe decoyeffect,which iscertainlyeasier toremember.It worksbecauseofthe wayour brainassign valuewhen makingchoices.Value israrelyabsolute;rather,we decidean objecfsvalue relativeto otherchoices.If moreoptions areintroduced,the(方程)value equationchanges.
9.Whats thefunction ofthe examplein paragraph1A.To offerbackground information.B.To explainan economicalphenomenon.C.To arousethe readers5interest inthe topic.D.To illustratea rulewhen buyingdrinks.
10.What dowe learnfromDan ArielysexperimentA.The Economistsprint editionturns outto sellthe best.B・More readerschoose thedigital over theprintedition.C.Lower-priced goodsattract morecustomers.D.The Economists promotionalstrategy works.
11.From whichwebsite wouldyou mostprobably findthis text
12.How dowe assessthe valueofaproduct,according tothe passageA.by consideringits usefulness.B.Comparing itwith otherchoices.C.By examiningits valueequation.D.By takingits lowquality intoaccount.
四、阅读七选五How toImprove SpeedReading SkillsSpeedreading isone ofmany skillsthat canimprove your reading comprehensionand shortenyour studytime.1Look atgroups ofwords,not singlewords.2,then thiswill slowyourreadingspeed down.However,if you can getintothehabitofreading(大量)groups orchunks ofwords atonetime,then youcan readmuch faster.Start bytrying tolook ata groupofthree orfour wordsat once,then workup tolooking atan entireline ofworks.Focus onwords thatgive thesentencemeaning,such asthe nounsand verbsand payless attentiontothefiller words,such asa,the,and,etc.____3____Scanning isa highlyeffective wayof extractinganswers froma textwithout reallyreading it.If youknowexactly what you are looking for-a name,a date,a statistic,or aspecific word-youcanfind itquickly byskippingover largechunks ofthe text.To scan,first visualizethe word,number,or phraseyou wouldlike tofind.4Theinformation youarelookingfor shouldpop outatyou.Race theclock.You cantrain yourselfto readfaster bytiming yourselfas yougo.Start bygetting yourbase time.Set a timer(定时器)for fifteenminutes,and speedread asyou normallydo.5,check tosee howfar you have got.Do notcountthe words,just thepages orparagraphs.Record yourfigures:for instance,you mightwrite15min/
6.5pages.”A.Then,run youreyes rapidlyoverthetextB・Check yourcomprehensionC・Scan forkeywordsD.Here aresome speedreading techniquesE.When thetimer goesoffF.youhaveto pausesometimes tounderstand whata passageis sayingG.If youread atext oneword atatime。