2017 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（1月份）上海英语模拟卷II（附答案）

The meetings are also designed to help students become more open-minded. Students often play the role of representatives for countries other than their own. This encourages them to learn more about other cultures and to think about important problems in different ways. While pretending to be from a different country, students are exposed to a lot of ideas and information that they would not normally consider. Usually, they come away with a much better understanding of people in different cultures. This experience often gives them an advantage over schoolmates who only learn about world events and international relations in traditional classrooms.

56. What is the passage mainly about?

A. What students learn at model UN conferences. B. How to solve invented problems at the UN. C. The main procedures of model UN conferences. D. Why viewpoints are changing at the UN.

57. Why do students at model UN meetings participate in presentations, debates, and written assignments?

A. To solve one major world issue. B. To learn good communication skills. C. To help them decide between careers.

D. To get student representatives to support them.

58. The author mention imaginary wars and natural disasters in order to. A. contrast them with real world problems.

B. point out that students have the ability to find moderate solutions to them. C. give two examples of invented problems.

D. explain how problems are solved at the model UN.

59. What does the author imply about students who only learn in traditional classrooms?

A. They are given a lot of information but poor in communicating. B. They don't learn about international events.

C. It is very easy for them to understand their schoolmates. D. It can be hard for them to understand other cultures.

（B） Dear student:

Volunteering has never been an easy task. But if you are one of us, you will make a difference. Anyone who wants to volunteer in any capacity – whether you work full-time or part-time – can find a way to make an impact in our district. Below is an easy how-to guide to becoming a volunteer in our school.

You need to complete an online volunteer application, which includes your personal information and volunteering experiences. The application is located on the school website. Once you are notified that you have been cleared to volunteer, you will simply have to sign in with our clock system, wear your badge, and upon leaving, sign out to make sure your volunteer hours are recorded.

Things you need to remember:

? Sign in with the clock system every time you are on campus ? Wear your badge

? Sign out when you leave to make sure your volunteer hours are recorded

Everyone, regardless whether you are a volunteer or visitor, will be asked to present one of the following forms of identification in order to move beyond the front desk: ? A valid driver’s license (any state); ? A state-issued I.D. card;

? A work visa or A green card.

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If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out a campus volunteer registration form and return it to the campus Volunteer Coordinator or front office. The campus volunteer coordinator will contact you to discuss ways in which you can make an impact in our school.

Kevin Winberry

Volunteer Program Director

60. What is the main topic of this e-mail? A.How to become a volunteer. B. How long a volunteer needs to work. C. The privilege a volunteer can get. D. The various volunteer programs. 61. What is TRUE about the volunteer application? A. You need to download it from the school website.

B. It includes personal information and volunteering experiences. C. It is located on the library website.

D. You need to hand it to the campus Volunteer Coordinator. 62. If you are notified to be a volunteer, what do you need to do? A. Wear a uniform. B. Record the volunteer hours yourself. C. Both sign in and sign out. D. Bring your own tools.

（C） Being able to land safely is a critically important skill for all flying animals. Whereas terrestrial(陆生的) animals face no particular challenge when they need to stop running or

crawling, flying animals move at much higher speeds, and they must be careful about how they land. Hitting the ground, or even water, at full flight speed would be quite dangerous. Before touching down, they must decrease their speed in order to land safely. Both bats and birds have mastered the skill of landing, but these two types of flyers go about it quite differently. In the past it was believed that, in terms of flying mechanics, there was little difference between bats and birds. This belief was based only on assumption, however, because for years nobody had actually studied in graphic detail how bats move their wings. In recent years, though, researchers have discovered a number of interesting facts about bat flight. Bats are built

differently from birds, and their wings incorporate both their front and hind limbs(肢). This makes coordinating their limbs more difficult for bats and, as a result, they are not very good at flying over longer distances. However, they are much better at maneuverability: a bat can quickly change its direction of flight or completely reverse it, something a bird cannot easily do.

Another interesting characteristic of bat flight is the way in which bats land-upside down! Unlike birds, which touch down on the ground or on tree branches, bats can be observed flying around and then suddenly hanging upside down from an object overhead. How do they do it? A group of researchers recently used video cameras to film bats landing on nets suspended from the ceiling of their laboratory and studied the recordings in slow motion. They painted spots on the bats' wings to see in detail what happens to the wings in flight and during touchdown. It turns out that the bats flew in a straight line up to the net and then quickly flipped over and attached

themselves to it upside down. One downside to this landing routine is that the bats often slam into their landing spot with some force, which probably causes pain. However, not all bats hit their landing spots with the same speed and force; these will vary depending on the area where a bat species makes its home. For example, a cave bat, which regularly perches on a hard stone ceiling, is more careful about its landing preparation than a bat more accustomed to landing in leafy treetops.

63. According to the passage, what skill is crucial for flying animals？ A. Diving under water. B. Slowing down to land. C. Flying over great distances. D. Balancing on high branches.

64. Which of the following is a falseassumption about bats that was recently corrected?

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A. They cannot hear. B. They sleep upside down. C. They fly similarly to birds. D. They hide in tree branches. 65. The researchers used all of the following to study bats EXCEPT . A. nets B. paint C. cables D. cameras 66. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Places where flying animals choose to land. B. Why scientists have difficulty observing bats. C. Differences in the eating habits of bats and birds. D. Ways in which bats move differently from birds. Section C

Directions: Read the following passage. 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. The products which contain real fruit are popular with people. B. Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit. C. They found that about 60 percent of them didn't contain any fruit at all. D. If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so. E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products. F. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all. Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored (水果味道的) contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.

\need to check the labels before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,\said Food Commission spokesperson Lan Tokelove.\production is highly competitive. 67 It will increase profits, and consumers won't always realize they are being tricked.\

Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors.Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores. 68 Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit.In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.

69 Let's take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained no strawberries at all.

The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.

Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought.Under current UK law. Food packages do no not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. \strawberries is misleading. 70 Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,\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.

The Lascaux cave complex

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France，it is not usual news. Rather，it is art ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays attention to them. However，when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats.Other images show birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

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Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.

Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside.

Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have been destroyed and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered. V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 很明显，最近他取得了很大进步。（evident） 2. 就人口而言，华盛顿还不能算是一个大城市。（terms）

3. 和你一起工作的这位教授非常固执（stubborn），与他争论没有意思。（point） 4. 穿过屋顶矗立着太阳之塔，在里面有一棵 160 英尺高的生命之树。（Rising）

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2017 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（1 月份） （暨 2017 年上海市普通高校春季招生统一考试）

上海 英语模拟 II 卷

答案要点及评分标准

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C5. D6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B

11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. D16. D 17. A 18. B 19. A20. D

21. in which 22. across 23. so that 24. within 25. is scored 26. who 27. served 28. including 29. to describe 30. but 31. F 32. J 33. C 34. D 35. H 36. B 37. K 38. G 39. A 40. E

41.C42.A43.B44.D45.B46.A47.C48.A49.D

50.B51.D52.B53.A54.C55.C56.A57.B58.C59.D60.A61.B62.C63.B 64.C65.C66.D 67.D68.C69.B70.F

1. It’sevidentthathehasmadegreatprogressrecently.

2. Intermsofpopulation,Washingtoncannotberegardedasabigcity.

3. Theprofessorwhoisworkingwithyouisverystubborn,thereisnopointinarguingwithhim. 4. RisingthroughtheroofistheToweroftheSun,insidewhichstandsa160-foot-tallTreeofLife.