2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷(b卷)
2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷（B卷）
第I卷（共100分）I. Listening Comprehension（25分）Section ADirections：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．（1分）A．In a gym．
B．In a department store．
C．In a shoe﹣repair shop．
D．On the playground．
2．（1分）A．She appreciates the man's help．
B．She worked hard on her speech．
C．Her speech was somewhat long．
D．She should have made better preparation．
3．（1分）A．Forty．
B．Thirty．
C．Fifteen．
D．Twenty．
4．（1分）A．Indifferent．
B．Apologetic．
C．Excited．
D．Disappointed．
5．（1分）系统找不到该试题
6．（1分）A．A holiday plan．
B．An outdoor activity．
C．The weather forecast．
D．The view of a lake．
7．（1分）A．Fix the camera．
B．Take photos．
C．Set up a sign．
D．Teach the woman．
8．（1分）A．She seldom receives letters from her old friends．
B．She keeps touch with her former classmates regularly．
C．The man must reply to the e﹣mail immediately out of courtesy．
D．The man should drop a few lines occasionally．
9．（1分）A．She must have left the book in the reading room．
B．She needn't have borrowed so many books．
C．She should remember to put things in good order．
D．The notebook might be hidden under the pile of journals．
10．（1分）A．She will not stay up late in the future．
B．She couldn't understand why the man enjoyed the lecture．
C．She was too tried to focus on the lecture．
D．The literature class was too boring for her
Section BDirections：In Section B，you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages，and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation and the passages. The conversation and the passages 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.
11．（4.5分）（1）A．The benefit of chewing gum．
B．Signs in the classroom．
C．The importance of attention．
D．Ways to remove the sticky substance．
（2）A．Do some calculations．
B．Write down some numbers．
C．Answer questions．
D．Finish a test paper．
（3）A．By asking for a leave．
B．By pretending to chew gum．
C．By wandering in class．
D．By taking in more oxygen．
12．（4.5分）（1）A．1973．
B．36，500．
C．20．
D．300，000．
（2）A．Workers' wages increase largely every year．
B．More money is spent on citizens' welfare．
C．Foreign investment is favoured．
D．Business activity is regulated．
（3）A．lreland's traditional values．
B．Ireland's future development．
C．Ireland's amazing history．
D．lreland's economic growth．
13．（6分）（1）A．How to care for precious metals．
B．A standard unit for measuring weight．
C．The value of precious metals．
D．The wide use of scales．
（2）A．To check the accuracy of scales．
B．To calculate the density of other metals．
C．To observe changes in the atmosphere．
D．To measure amounts of rainfall．
（3）A．Someone lost it．
B．Someone spilled water on it．
C．It was made of low quality metal．
D．The standard for measuring had changed．
（4）A．It is reasonable for an object with such an important function．B．It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal．
C．It is difficult to judge the value of such an object．
D．It is too high for such a light weight．
II. Grammar and Vocabulary（20分）Section A（10分）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.
14．（10分）The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security，the Ministry of Education and other central departments，recently issued a notice （1）forbids any gender discrimination against women in the workplace．
China has made great achievements in establishing gender equality．（2）some women，especially in pregnancy﹣related conditions，are still more likely to face discrimination in the workplace or （3）looking for jobs．
To ensure the rights of women to give birth，the notice requires employers not ask female applicants non﹣job﹣related questions （4）（involve）their marital status or number and ages of their children，（5）have new female hirees take pregnancy tests．（6）coordinated face﹣to﹣face meeting mechanism will be established to ensure the implementation of the new regulation．Employers who are reported （7）（discriminate）against job applicants based on gender will be summoned．Those who refuse to stop or rectify the situation will be punished according the law and exposed to the public through media．
Employers and human resource companies who post in portals job advertisements that include gender bias shall be ordered to make corrections，and may face penalties and have their business licenses （8）（suspend）．
In addition，more favorable measures （9）（take）to further support the employment of women （10）enhancing job﹣training services for women，providing child care services for children under 3，and improving the maternity insurance system for female employees．
Section B（10分）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. 15．（10分）
A．genuine B．subjected C．twisted D．chiefly E．influential
F．ruling G．occupying H．commonlyI．exploitation J．ultimately K．account The picture of miseries and sufferings of the Black woman in America may appear，perhaps darker and more depressing than Dante's（但丁）description of Hell because in the history of human race，the Black woman in America has suffered the most．A close and critical（1）of the history of the Black woman's life and condition since her arrival in a strange land will unfold very well the long story of her pain and sorrow associated with her mutilated（被切断的）soul．Since her arrival on the foreign shore，the Black woman has been facing the worst kind of（2）and oppression．As a Black she has had to endure all the horrors of slavery and has been the object of continually inhumane treatment in all kinds of work，（3）the lowest place on the wage scale and restricted to the lowest﹣status and the most uncreative jobs．Since times of slavery，Black womanhood has been destroyed，（4）and abused with racial and inhuman practices by black men and white men and women．In the process，they have lost their（5）"self"，and have developed a（n）complexity in themselves﹣though as black women，they see themselves with the eyes of white men and women and black men．This has（6）been responsible for the destruction of their self ﹣confidence and the feeling of being human．They look upon themselves as masters' belongings．
As a mother she has seen her children sold into slavery．She has seen them left at home without attention while she attended to the needs of the children of the（7）class．She has seen her children suffer from drug addiction，the lack of decent education and experience attacks by a racist society，and populating the prisons of this nation．In addition，besides suffering the common fate of all oppressed people，the African﹣American women continue to undergo the oppression of woman by men，which existed for long．In the home she becomes "the slave of a slave"．Men may be cruelly treated and（8）to all sorts of dehumanizing treatment on the part of the ruling class．However，at least they can take out their frustration on someone else，their women．
Thus feminism in America means much more than what it stands for in other European countries，chiefly because it has different role and meaning with respect to the Black women．If a feminist is（9）defined as one who is involved in transforming and
reinterpreting familiar realities，then Black women are innate（天生的）feminists．Black women writing exhibits and constructs a Black women's literary tradition that is inherently feminist．Barbara Smith，an （10）Black feminist critic，states that the ability of Black women to survive in the face of White America exhibits an innate feminist potential．III. Reading Comprehension（45分）Section A（15分）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.
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Our Global Village
Nearing autumn's close．My neighbor ﹣How do Our es he live，I wonder？
These lines were written by a famous poet nearly three hundred years ago．They express
a timeless and universal curiosity in one's fellow man．The word 'neighbor' in the poem （1）
people very much like one's self．He may live next door，similar in dress，diet，custom and language．Today，few people are surrounded by neighbors who are cultural copies of themselves．Tomorrow we can expect to spend most of our lives in the （2）of a variety of neighbors．They may speak in a different tongue，seek different values and behave according to different norms．As our world is （3），our neighbors increasingly will be people whose life styles contrast sharply with our own．
Science and technology has turned our world into a global village．The term﹣global village﹣was （4）by Marshal Mcluhan．It is used to describe the （5）of the world as a result of the mass media．Nowadays，the mass media is able to bring （6）from all corners of the globe into people's homes．Communication technologies make it possible to connect with people in other countries on the phone and the Internet．Modern transportation systems also （7）to the creation of the global village．Now astronauts can （8）around the globe in eighty minutes．The moon is already within our range of travel，and the addition of Mars is just a （9）of time．A visit to major cities such as New York，London，and Tokyo shows that movement of people from one country to another has become commonplace．
People everywhere are gaining （10），and this is just the beginning．Our mobility places us in （11）with people from other cultures．And when we meet，
we need to communicate．In fact，we must communicate．This communicative behavior is called （12）communication．It occurs whenever a message sender is a member of one culture and a message receiver is of another．We may find intercultural communication difficult．Even if we overcome the natural （13）of language differences，we may fail to understand and to be understood．Misunderstanding may even become the rule （14）the exception．
In order to communicate effectively and appropriately in English，we need，（15）to become aware of the interrelationship between language and culture．Language is part of culture and plays an important role in it．Without language，culture would not be possible．
（1）A．refers to B．appeals to C．devotes to D．connects to
（2）A．company B．form C．need D．maintenance （3）A．transferred B．transplanted C．transformed D．formed
（4）A．developed B．coined C．made D．charted
（5）A．changing B．reformation C．shrinking D．sinking
（6）A．evidence B．convenience C．events D．accidents
（7）．A．contribute B．owe C．distribute D．attribute
（8）A．circle B．cycle C．circulate D．surf
（9）A．matter B．coming C．result D．future
（10）A．freedom B．pleasure C．chances D．mobility
（11）A．contract B．contrary C．contact D．contrast
（12）A．foreign B．domestic C．intercultural D．inner
（13）A．cause B．barriers C．resolution D．foundation
（14）A．other than B．rather than C．in addition to D．or rather
（15）A．therefore B．otherwise C．nevertheless D．however Section B（22分）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.
17．（8分）As degrees have become more common，their importance as signaling devices is rising．A recent study by Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman of Harvard Business School found that companies routinely require applicants to have degrees，even though only a minority of those already working in the role have them．This increases the graduate premium﹣but by punishing non﹣graduates rather than boosting the absolute returns to degrees．Analysis by The Economist of American census data ?nds that between 1970 and 2015 the share of workers aged 25﹣64 with at least a bachelor's degree increased in 256 out of 265 occupations．Some of these are intellectually demanding jobs that changed a lot over that period，such as aerospace engineer or statistician．Others are non﹣graduate jobs such as waiting tables．Sixteen percent of waiters now have degrees﹣perhaps，in most cases，because they could not ?nd a graduate job．But other jobs that are mostly done by graduates，such as journalism，nursing and teaching in primary schools，used to require only shorter training，often received while working．Today，having a degree is usually an entry requirement．26.5m workers in America﹣two﹣thirds of those with degrees﹣are doing work that was mostly done by non﹣graduates a half﹣century ago．
Advances in technology have doubtless made some of these jobs more demanding．But not all of them，at least judging by pay．We ?nd only a weak link between higher shares of graduates in an occupation and higher salaries．For around half of the occupations that employ higher shares of graduates now than a half﹣century ago，real wages have fallen．Andreas Schleicher，the head of education research at the OECD，reckons that "countries have skills shortages，not degree shortages"．The way universities have come to monopolise higher education，he says，is a problem in part because universities do not suit all kinds of learners．And university dropouts tend to see little in the way of financial benefit from the part of their course that they have finished．
（1）According the first paragraph，the demand for degrees．
A．means a majority of staff in company are now have degrees．
B．enables those with degrees to earn more money．
C．signals that non﹣graduates will find it more difficult to find a job．