2023届上海市崇明区高三下学期二模英语试卷含解析

崇明区 2022 学年第二学期高三第二次模拟考试

英语

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. In a library. B. At an airport. C. In a hotel. D. At a travel agency.

2. A. He will watch the ceremony online. B. He isn’t interested in the ceremony.

C.He has already recovered from the flu. D. He won’t be able to attend the ceremony.

3. A. He works as an artist. B. He sells paint supplies.

C. He owns an oil company. D. He works in an art museum.

4. A.Find out who her audience will be. B. Watch him give his presentation.

C. Practice her presentation in front of him. D. Try not to think about her audience.

5. A. He’ll be late for the party. B. The soccer practice will end later than usual.

C. He’ll miss the soccer practice. D. The soccer practice will take place after the party.

6. A. Katie doesn’t have a new roommate. B. Katie didn’t give reasons for her unhappiness.

C. The woman doesn’t believe in the man. D. The man doesn’t think Katie is really unhappy.

7. A. Their career plans. B. Their dream universities.

C. Their favourite teachers. D. Their attitudes to different jobs.

8. A. He arrived at the theater late. B. The production isn’t to his taste.

C. He left his watch in the theater. D. The production isn’t long enough.

9. A. The thesis proposal is unacceptable. B. He has returned the thesis proposal already.

C. He hasn’t read the thesis proposal yet. D. The woman didn’t submit the thesis proposal.

10. A.Which lecture the man wants to attend. B. Whether the man keeps money in the bank.

C. Where the man learned about the lecture. D. Whether the man has brought that newspaper.

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 them. 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 is the best answer to the question you

have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Working from home has its benefits. B. Workplace friendships are easy to develop.

C. Young people favour remote employment. D. Working remotely limits workplace friendships.

12. A. Financial support. B. Emotional comfort.

C. Frontline services. D. Educational resources.

13. A. Workplace friendships help to avoid disagreements at work.

B. Workplace friendships motivate employees to work longer hours.

C. Workplace friendships contribute to efficiency and security at work.

D. Workplace friendships encourage employers to interact with customers.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Inequality still exist globally. B. Pollution is severe in wealthy countries.

C. The rich pollute the world more. D. Governments are responsible for pollution.

15. A. 52%. B. 8.5%. C. 10%. D. 15%.

16. A. By expecting a positive return from companies.

B. By greenlighting companies’ business practices.

C. By facilitating more investment in the stock market.

D. By forcing companies to stop using traditional fuels.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. The man’s dream career. B. The woman’s request for a salary increase.

C. The man’s working experience. D. The woman’s contribution to her company.

18. A. He’ll probably get a promotion. B. He thinks it too exhausting.

C. He’ll work for his vice president. D. He considers it demanding.

19. A. She isn’t productive enough. B. Her promotion is already on the way.

C. She doesn’t have the courage. D. Her salary is quite fair for her position.

20. A. Regard the company as a charity. B. Stop her plan to buy a new car.

C. Stress her family’s need for money. D. Display her value to the company.

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.

Tea Art

It’s common to see people in coffee bars create coffee art, but it’s a whole different ballgame doing the same

thing with tea. Han Zheming has managed to perfect the skill, creating tea art in cups, or dian cha in Chinese,

___1___ used to be a ritual during the Song Dynasty.

Over the past six years, the 40-year-old Shanghai resident ___2___ (use) tea and spoons to create nearly 200

patterns based on ancient paintings. “It’s like ___3___ (add) bells and whistles to tea, giving people a stronger

sense of occasion, so drinking tea is more fun,” Han says. It’s also his intention to bring the old ritual back to

modern life and have more people ___4___ (appreciate) its charm. Dian cha enhances the taste of tea, Han says. “It

is similar to the foam (泡沫) on top of a cup of coffee, except ___5___ it is made of tea rather than milk.”

Chinese tea culture started to enjoy popularity during the Tang Dynasty and boomed throughout the Song

Dynasty, ___6___ tea became a necessity for almost everyone, from nobles and scholars to common people, just

like other essential items, such as rice, oil and salt, as suggested by Song politician and thinker Wang Anshi.

Different from the method of making tea during the Tang period, in the Song Dynasty, the popular way of

having tea was through dian cha. The process begins with hot water being poured over fine ___7___ (powder) tea

creating a mixture. Then more hot water is added slowly ___8___ the tea is constantly beaten by hand with a

bamboo stick. It is believed that this method later spread to other parts of East Asia, including Japan, where

similarities ___9___ be seen in the way matcha (抹茶) is prepared today.

This action of pouring hot water is called dian; hence the name dian cha ___10___ (list) as an intangible

cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, in 2019.

【答案】1. which

2. has used

3. adding 4. appreciate

5. that 6. when

7. powdered

8. as##when##while

9. can 10. was listed

【解析】

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 “点茶”艺术的历史以及韩喆明对这一技术的传承与发展。

【1题详解】

考查定语从句。句意：韩喆明设法完善了这项技能，创造了杯茶艺术，或中国的点茶，这曾经是宋朝的一

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