2015年上海市高考英語(yǔ)試卷

1、2015 年上海市高考英語(yǔ)試卷I.ListeningComprehension1 （ 1 分） A impatientB confusedC pleasedDregretful 2（1 分）Aat a bus stopBat a laundryCat the dentistsDatthe chemists3（1 分）AAn actorBA salesmanCA translatorDAwriter 4（1 分） A He lost his classmates homeworkBHe cant help the woman with her mathCHe broke the womans c

2、alculatorDHe doesnt know where theonbutton is 5（1 分） A The woman should go to another counterBThe woman gives the man so many choicesCThe man dislike the sandwiches offered thereDThe man is having trouble deciding what to eat6（1 分） A She has no idea where to find the mans exam resultBShe isnt allowe

3、d to tell students their gradesCDrWhite hasnt finish grading the papersDDrWhite doesnt want to be contacted while hes away7（1 分） A Move to a neat dormitoryBFind a person to share their apartmentCClean the room with the roommateDWrite an article about their roommate 8（1 分） A Bob wont take her adviceB

4、Bob doesnt want to go abroadCShe doesnt think Bob should study overseasDShe hasnt talked to Bob since he went aboard19（1 分） A The snack bar isnt usually so emptyBDessert is served in the snack barCThe snack bar is near the libraryDSnacks arent allowed in the library10（ 1 分） ATake her bicycle to the

5、repair shopBLeave her bicycle outsideCClean the garage after the rain stopsDCheck if the garage is dry11（ 3 分） Questions 11through 13are based on the following passage11AIt helps care for customersdogsBYou have to buy food for dogsCNone of the dogs are cagedDThere is a dog named Princess12AShe likes

6、 the food thereBShe enjoys the fun with a petCShe can have free coffeeDShe doesnt like to be alone13AA new kind of cafeBA new brand of cafeCA new home for petsDA new way to raise pets14（ 3 分） Questions 14through 16are based on the following passage14AA trend that high achievers are given a lower sal

7、aryBA view that life quality is more important than pay CA dream of the young for fastpaced jobsDA new term created by high achievers15 A.10%B.12%C.6%D.7%16APeople are less satisfied with their lives2BThe financial investment may increaseCWellpaid jobs are not easy to findDUnexpected problems may ar

8、ise17（ 4 分） Directions：In Section C， you will hear two longer conversations The conversations will be read twiceAfter you hear each conversation，you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Write your answers on your answer sheetBlanks 17through 20are based on

9、the following conversationComplete the form Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answerSRTService NotesAccount No：（17）Service Request： Check the（18）Solutions： Send another（19）2pm on（ 20）21（ 4 分） Blanks 21through 24are based on the following conversationComplete the form Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORD

10、S for each answerIn what way are these climbers special？They are all （21）Why did they choose to conquer Mount（）To prove22Kilimanjaro？What did they do in time of difficulty ？They turned（ 23）How did they record their adventure？By keeping （ 24）II.GrammarandVocabulary25（ 3 分） Gift from a strangerMy loca

11、l supermarket is always busyThe first parking space I found was convenient，but Id noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while（25） I was in a good mood， I let her have itOn the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spotit was a tight fit Pretty soon Id made my way through the s

12、upermarket and was back in the fresh3airFeeling good，I （26） （ empty） my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse parkJust as I approached my car，1saw the woman Id let have my car space earlier Shewas giving me （ 27）odd lookhalf puzzled，half intent （熱切的）I sm

13、iledand wished her a pleasant dayAs I squeezed back into my car， I spotted the samelady （28）（ look） in at me Hello，she said，hesitantly This （29）sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mothers things off at thecharity bins You are just so much （30）herYou helped those people，Inoticed，and yo

14、u seemed so happyShe looked at me meaningfully and passed a boxin through the window I think she would like you to have it（31）（shock），I took it from her automatically She smiled and walked awayAfter a pause，I opened the box Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a largegrey pearlIt was （32） （nice

15、） gift Id ever received ，and it was from a complete strangerThe necklace was around my neck，a warm reminder of human kindness33（ 3 分） Ask helpful HannahDear helpful Hannah，Ive got a problem with my husband ，SamHe bought a smart phone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation t

16、o Colorado，it was a great tripexcept for one problemHe has a constant urge（33） for next messages； he checks his phone every five minutes!Hes so addicted to it that he just cant stand theidea （ 34） there may be an important text He cant help checking even at inappropriate times like when we are eatin

17、g in a restaurant and I am talking tohim!He behaves （35） any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he know he shouldnt The temptation to see（ 36）is connecting him is just too great When I ask him to put down thephone and stop （37）（ignore） me，he say，In a minu

18、tebut still checksto see if （ 38）has posted something new on the Internet Our life （39）（ interrupt ）If we go somewhere and I ask him to have the phone at home，he4suffers from withdrawal symptomMay this dependency on his smart phone has become more than an everyday problemI recently read an article a

19、boutnomophobia，（40）is a real illness people cantsuffer from the fear of being without your phone!I am worried that Sam maybesuffering from this illness because he feels anxious if he doesnt have his phone with him， even for a short timeWho would have thought that little devices like these could have

20、 brought so much trouble!Sick and Tired Sadie41（ 3 分） Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box Each word can only be used once Note that there is one word more than you needA accessB alternatiCassignedDconfirmE conflictiFelemenvesedngtsGfunctionH innovatiIprospectJsepa

21、rateK supportiveivengConsidering how much time people spend in offices，it is important that work be well designedWelldesigned office spaces help create a cooperations imageThey motivate workers and they make an impression on people who visit and might bepotential or ，（41） ，customerThey make business

22、es work better，and they are a part of the corporate culture we live inAs we move away from an industrialbased economy to a knowledgebased one，office designers have come up with （42）to the traditional work environmentsof the pastThe design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup andcreated

23、moreflexiblestrategicmanagement environments These （ 43 ）solutions are to meant to support better organizational performancesAs employee hierarchies （等 級(jí)制度） have flattened or decreased， office designers responsetothis change has been to move open plain areas to more desirable locations within the of

24、fice ，and create fewer formal private offices The5need for increased flexibility has also been （ 44）by changes in work stationdesignOffices and work spaces often are not （45）to a given person on apermanent basis because of changes to method of working ，new designs allow for expansion or movement of

25、desks ， storage ， and equipment within theworkstation Another important design goal is communication，which designers haveimproved by lowering the walls that （46）workstationsDesigners have alsocreated informal gathering places，and upgraded employees（ 47）to heavilytrafficked areas such as copy and cof

26、fee roomsCorporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number ofcompeting and often（ 48）demands， including budgetary limits ，employeehierarchies ， andtechnologicalinnovation（especiallyinrelationtocomputerization ）These demands must also be balanced with the need to createi

27、nteriors （內(nèi)飾）that in some way enhance ，establish，or promote a company simage and will enable employees to （49）at their bestAll these （ 50）ofoffice design are relatedThe most successful office designs are like a good marriage the welldesigned office and the employees that occupy it are seemingly made

28、 for each otherIII.ReadingComprehension51（3 分）If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning ， you would not detect interest in romance among theartists （51） ，you would see plenty of animals with people running after them Life for ancient peop

29、les earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for mealsIn modern times，when food is available in grocery stores，finding love is more （ 52）in peoples livesThe（ 53） is all around usIt is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love An endless number of books and movies qu

30、alify as love stories in popular cultureResearchersare studying whether love，a highly valued emotional state，can be6（ 54） They ask， what is love？Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth ，but clean teeth go only so farScientists wonder how much the brain gets involved

31、 You have probably heard that opposites attractbut that （55） attract ，too One thing is certain：The truth about love is not yet set in stoneFirst ImpressionTo help determine the （56） of attraction ，researchers paired 164college classmates and had them talk for 3，6or 10minutes so they could get a sens

32、e of eachothers individuality Then students were asked to （ 57） what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners After nine weeks，they reported what happenedAs it turned out ，their （58）judgements often held true Students seemed to（ 59）at an early stage who would best fit into

33、their livesThe （60）KnowsScientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction Many animals give off pheromones natural chemicals that can be detected by，and then can produce a response in，other animals of the same speciesPheromones can signal that an animal is either ready

34、 to fight or is feeling（ 61） to partnershipsIn contrast，humans do not seem to be as（62） as other animals at detecting such chemicalsSmell，however，does seem to play a part in human attraction Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously， we give and receive loads of informati

35、on through smell in every interaction with other people Face ValueBeing fond of someone seems to have a number of factors， including seeingsomething we find attractive Researchers had people judge faces for（63） The participants had 0.013seconds to view each face， yet somehow they generally considere

36、d the images the same as people who had more time to study the samefacesThe way we （ 64）attractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic7When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations，people responded to（65） words faster after viewing an attractive faceSeeing something attrac

37、tive seems to cause happy thinking51AInsteadB ThereforeC MoreoverD Otherwise52AromanticB stressfulC centralDbeneficial53ApriorityB proofC possibilityDprinciple54AtestedB imposedC changedD created55AappearancesB virtuesC similaritiesDpassions56AillustrationsB imaginationsC ingredientsD instructions57

38、ApredictB investigateC diagnoseD recall58AcriticalB initialC randomD mature59AmemorizeB distinguishC negotiateDquestion60ANoseB EyeC HeartD Hand61AopenB alertC resistantD superior62AdisappointedB amazedC confusedD gifted63AemotionB attractivenessC individualityD signals64AenhanceB possessC maintainD

39、 assess65AfamiliarB plainC positiveD insultingSectionBDirections:Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.66（ 3 分） Look

40、 to many of historys cultural symbols，and there youll find anancestor of Frosty，the snowman in the movie FrozenIt appeared on some of the8first postcards，starred in some of the earliest silent movies，and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos，dating all the way back to the 1800sI discove

41、red even more about one of humanitys earliest forms of life art during several years of research around the worldFor example，snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages，built with great skill and thought At a time of limited means of expression，snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky I

42、t was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art Some were created by famous artists，including a 19 yearold Michelangelo，who in 1494was appointed by the ruler of Florence，Italy， to build a snowman in his mansions courtyardThe Miracle of 15

43、11 took place during six freezing works called the Winter of Death The city of Brussels was covered in snowmenan impressive scene that told stories on every street cornerSome were political in nature ， criticizing the church and governmentSome were a reflection of peoples imaginationFor the people o

44、f Brussels，this was a defining moment of defining freedom At least until spring arrived，by which time they were dealing with damaging floodsIf you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed ，dont worry ： Ive learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made todayEvery year since 1818，th

45、e people of Zurich， Switzerland，celebrate the beginning of spring by blowing up a snowmanOn the third Monday of April ，the holiday Sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the

46、 crowds The parade ends with the Boogg being placed on a 40foot pile of firewood After the bells of the Church of StPeter have rung six times，representing the passing of winter，the pile is lit When the snowman explodes，winter is considered officially overthe quicker it is burnt down，the longer summe

47、r is said to be66According to the passage，why did snowmen become a phenomenon in theMiddle Ages？9APeople thought of snow as holy art suppliesBPeople longed to see masterpieces of snowCBuilding snowmen was a way for people to express themselvesDBuilding snowmen helped people develop their skill and t

48、hought67The heyday of the snowman（paragraph 4）means the time whenAsnowmen were made mainly by artistsBsnowmen enjoyed great popularityCsnowmen were politically criticizedDsnowmen caused damaging floods68In Zurich，the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizesAthe start of the paradeBthe coming of a longer s

49、ummerCthe passing of the winterDthe success of tradesmen69What can be concluded about snowmen from the passage？AThey were appreciated in historyBThey have lost their valueCThey were related to moviesDThey vary in shape and size1070（3 分）70In the film review ， what is paragraph A mainly about？AThe int

50、roduction to the leading rolesBThe writers opinion of actingCThe writers comments on the storyDThe background information71According to the film review，monster （paragraph B） refers toAa gun crazy hunterBa brainy dogCa scary rabbitDa giant vegetable1172Which of the following is a reason why the write

51、r recommends the film？AIts full of wit and humour BIts characters show feelings without wordsCIt is an adventure film directed by Peter SallisDIt is about the harmony between man and animals73（ 3 分） One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day long leadership workshop using the wo

52、rks of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius CaesarBrutus was not an honorable man， he said He was a traitor （叛徒）And he murdered someone in cold bloodThe agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him He made a bad decision，th

53、ey saidat least as it was presented by Shakespeareto take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind ，Caesar was nevertheless his superior You have to endeavor，the executives said，our policy is to obey the chain of commandDuring the last few years，business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiti