上海市奉贤区2018届高三下学期调研测试（二模）英语试卷word版含答案

2017-2018第二学期奉贤区调研测试三高英语

I. Listening Comprehension Section A Short Conversations

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.At an airport B.In a hotel C.At a police station D.At a restaurant 2.A.At 4:20 B.At 4:40 C.At 4:50 D.At 4:30 3.A.Its price B.Its location C.Its comfort D.Its facilities 4. A Employer and employee. B. Husband and wife. C. Teacher and student. D. Patient and doctor. 5. A. To caocl his trip. B. To go to bed early. C. To catch the later Flight D. To ask for a morning call

6. A. Cathy already knows about the exhibit B. Cathy has to act in a play.

C. He did show her one of the signs. D. There will be an exhibit in the theatre 7. A The critic has a very fumy comment on the musical. B. The woman agrees will the man's opinion of the musical. C. The woman has it very positive comment on the musical.

D. The men and the woman differ in their opinion of the musical.

8. A. David never likes to play tennis. B. David's unable to play tennis with them. C. David isn't a very good tennis player. D. David is in town for a game of tennis. 9．A. Satisfied. B. Impatient. C. Exhausted. D. Amused.

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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.

Time to End Loneliness

US author Henry Rollins once wrote: \sunsets and makes night air smell better.\go out of style. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that(21) . (inspire) by loneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme.

In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic. Instead it's a \

On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as the country's very first \for Loneliness\Her job is (22)(deal) with the loneliness that the country's been feeling--a problem which, according to UK government research, is

affecting more than 9 million people in the country, and (23)be more harmful to one's physical and mental health than smoking l5 cigarettes a day.

Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the \capital of Europe\by The Telegraph. A survey carried out by the newspaper found that British people were (24)(likely) to get to know their neighbours or build strong relationships with people than those from other European countries.

But this doesn't mean it is the problem (25)(affect) Britons only. In fact, we're all suffering from loneliness now more than ever, in spite of most of the world now being linked to the internet,

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(26)_____has enabled us to be more connected than ever. (27). we need, according to Kim Leadbetter, sister of the late UK politician Jo Cox,is to have “proper human connections\

\laptops. (28)busy we are,we need to press pause on that and actually sit down and speak to human beings,\

But the first steps toward (29)(fight) this problem are to accept its existence and not be ashamed or frightened by it. After all,

.(30) loneliness, many beautiful paintings,songs, and literary works wouldn't even exist. Whether it is \

Section B

Direction: 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. A .analyzing B.maintain C. designed D. covered E. capableF. figures G. recently H. weighing I. undoubtedly J.releaseK. posts Robots Writing Newspapers

Whether it's robots working as hotel receptionists or artificial intelligence creating poetry, it's becoming more and more common to read about technology doing the jobs of humans. And now,it seems that software is even 31 of writing news stories-such as the very one you're reading.

BBC News 32 reported that the Press Association (PA), a UK news service, has created a computer program that's competent to create articles that are almost impossible to tell apart from those written by human journalists. Called \journalism” by BBC News, such

software \itself by 33 thousands of news stories written by humans. The PA's software is already so advanced that many UK newspapers and websites publish articles created by it.

According to the Reuters Institute of Journalism,many publishers are using robo-journalism to 34 interesting information quickly, from election results to official 35 on social issues.For example, US news organization The Washington Post has its own robo-journalism software, Heliograf.

According to each website Digiday, Heliograf \hundreds of social media 36 . So what does this mean for regular journalists? \cautious about any technology that could replace human beings.\Fredrick Kunkle,“Washington Post reporter, told Wired. \that nobody else wants to do.\

Indeed, it appears that robo-journalism software is 37 to help humans, rather than take away their jobs.

\the future, Heliograf could do things like searching the web to see what people are talking about, checking The Washington Post to see if that story is being 38 , and, if not, alerting editors or just writing the piece itself, Wired reporter Joe Keoha wrote.

However, Joshua Benton at Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab believes that while

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