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届虹口区高考英语二模

2021届虹口区高考英语二模

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabularySectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperfromofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

TheYearinaWordorTwo

Cananybodydescribeayearwithonlyoneword?

EachDecember,theOxfordEnglishDictionary（OED）nominates（提名）awordtodescribetheveryyear（21）hasjustpassed.

2020wasaveryunusualyearthatwasreallyworthy（22）（describe）withtwowords.TwooftheobviouswordstheOEDsuggestedwere“pandemic（疫情）”and“lockdown”,duetomostofhumanactivitiesacrosstheglobe（23）（bring）toastopbythelife-threateningdisease.Businesseshavebeenclosedandpeoplehavehadtostayintheirhomesforweeksorevenmonthsonend.

（24）Iwouldliketonominate“cooperation”and“hope”asmywordsoftheyearbecauseitissupposedtobedescribedinamorepositiveand（25）（helpless）way,becausetherewasagreatdealofcooperationbetweencountriesandinternationalhealthorganizations.ChinatookaleadingroleinthiseffortbysendingmasksandprotectiveclothingtoCanada,theUnitedStatesandEurope,（26）tocountriesintheMiddleEastandAfrica.Withoutthiscooperation,thepandemic,bad（27）ithasbeen,couldhavebeenmuchworse.

Andthatbringsmetomysecondword:

hope.Wearebeginningtoseethelightattheendofthetunnel,and,withalittle“hope”,wewillgettoseetheworldbegintoreturntonormal.

Foryoungpeople,itwasthefirsttimethatthey（28）（experience）somethingbig,aworrythattheysharedwiththeirfamilies,friendsandneighbors,andasuffering（29）（endure）atthismomentandtobeendurednextfewweeks.Andtheyalsolearnedthat“hope”-thebeliefthat（30）youwillseetomorrowwillbebetterthantoday-isattheheartofeveryhumanbeing.

With“cooperation”and“hope,”2021shouldmakeforawonderfulyear.

SectionB

A.mobility

B.concerning

C.joblessness

D.upcomingE.unemployed

F.automated

G.deliberately

H.inequality

I.quoted

J.assumedK.significantly

Directions:

Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

WillaRobotReallyTakeYourJob?

Itisoneofthemostwidelyquoteddataofrecentyears.Noreportorconferencepresentationonthefutureofworkiscompletewithoutit.Ithasbeenpointedtoasevidenceofa（n）31jobs

disasterbythink-tanksandgovernmentagencies.Thefindingthat47percentofAmericanjobsareathighriskofbeing32bythemid2030scomesfromapaperwrittenbytwoOxfordacademics,CarlBenediktFreyandMichaelOsborne.Ithassincebeen33inmorethan4,000otheracademicarticles.Suchmisunderstandingsreflectthepolarized（两极分化的）debate

34thenatureofautomationandthefutureofjobs.

Atoneextremearethenegativists.Theywarnofmasstechnological35justaroundthecorner.Oneadvocateofthisposition,MartinFord,haswrittentwobest-sellingbooksonthedangersofunemploymentcausedbyautomation.Heworriesthatmiddle-classjobswilldisappear,economic36willcease,andtherichestpeopleinacountrycould“shutthemselvesawayingatedcommunities,perhapsguardedbyself-directedmilitaryrobotsanddrones.”The37masseswillliveonauniversalbasicincome.

Atthepositiveendofthedebate,classicaleconomistsarguethatinthepast,newtechnologyhasalwaysendedupcreatingmorejobsthanithasdestroyed.Itwasseveraldecadesbeforeindustrializationledto38higherwagesforBritishworkersintheearly1800s.Whileautomationislikelytoincrease39intheshortrunbypushingsomepeopleintolower-paidjobs,iteventuallyincreasestheoverallsizeoftheeconomicpie.

Freyisoften40tobeinthefirstcamp.Hispapersimplywantedtopointoutthat47percentofthecurrentjobsinAmericaweremorelikelytobeaffectedbyautomation.Itgotmoreattentionthantheywouldeverhaveexpected.Inpart,thisisbecausefearsells,particularlywhenitisstirredupbyamisunderstanding.

Ⅲ.ReadingComprehensionSectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

IsTapWaterSafetoDrink?

Tapwaterisnotwithoutitsproblems.Morerecently,theMichiganCityofFlinthasbeenstrugglingwithhighlead（铅）levelsinitsdrinkingwater.Overtheyearspeoplehavewitnessedmajor41ofgroundwaterpollutionleadingtounhealthytapwater.

ThenonprofitEnvironmentWorkingGroup（EWG）detectedsome260pollutantsinpublicwatersuppliesin42statesandfaultedtheU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency（EPA）for

42toestablishstandardsonsomanyofthepollutants--fromindustry,agriculture,andurbanrivers-thatdoendupinourwater.

Despitetheseseemingly43statistics,theNaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil（NRDC）,

whichhasalsoconductedaseriesof44testsonmunicipa（l市政的）watersuppliesaswellas

bottledwater,says,“Intheshortterm,ifyouareanadultwithnospecialhealth45,andyouarenotpregnant,thenyouandrinkmostcities’tapwaterwithouthavingtoworry,”Thisisbecausemostofthepollutantsinpublicwatersuppliesexistatsuchsmallconcentrationsthatmost

peoplewouldhaveto46verylargequantitiesforhealthproblemstooccur.

47,lookatyourwaterbottlescarefully.It’scommonforthemtolistthesourceas“municipal”,whichmeansyoupaidforwhat48isbottledtapwater.

“Pregnantwomen,youngchildren,theelderly,peoplewithchronicillnessesandthosewithweakenedimmunesystemscanbevulnerable（脆弱的）totherisksposedbypollutedwater,”NRDCdoes49,however.Thegroupsuggeststhatanyonewhomaybeatriskobtainacopyoftheircity’sannualwaterqualityreportandreviewitwiththeir50.

Asforbottledwater,25to30percentofitcomesstraightfrommunicipaltapwatersystems,despitetheprettynature51onthebottlesthatimplyotherwise.Someofthatwatergoesthroughadditionalfiltering（过滤）,butsomedoesnot.What’smore,bottledwaterisrequiredtobe52lessfrequentlythantapwaterforbacteriaandchemicalpollutants,andU.S.Foodand

DrugAdministrationbottledwaterrulesallowforsomepollutionbyE.coli（大肠杆菌）,53toEPAtapwaterrulesthatprohibitanysuchpollution.

Also,NRDCfoundthatthereareno54forbottledwatertobedisinfectedortestedforparasites（寄生虫）,unlikemorestrictEPArulesregulatingtapwater.Thisleavesthepossibility

55,saysNRDC,thatsomebottledwatermaypresentsimilarhealththreatstothosewithweakenedimmunesystems.

41.A.cases

B.patterns

C.models

D.modes

42.A.managing

B.failing

C.competing

D.skipping

43.A.endless

B.appealing

C.alarming

D.meaningless

44.A.expansive

B.expensive

C.aggressive

D.extensive

45.A.motivations

B.focuses

C.conditions

D.proportions

46.A.turnin

B.giveaway

C.takeup

D.takein

47.A.Tostartwith

B.Afterall

C.Inaddition

D.Onthewhole

48.A.necessarily

B.essentially

C.accordingly

D.dramatically

49.A.recommend

B.caution

C.justify

D.urge

50.A.supervisor

B.secretary

C.authority

D.physician

51.A.scenes

B.brands

C.data

D.prints

52.A.questioned

B.produced

C.tested

D.advertised

53.A.contrary

B.similar

C.relative

D.parallel

54.A.requirements

B.suggestions

C.permission

D.approvals

55.A.real

B.minor

C.uncertain

D.open

SectionB

Directions:

Readthefollowingthreepassage.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.

（A）

Eachgeneration-fromBabyBoomerstoGenerationXtoMillennials-hasitsownsetofvaluesandcharacteristics.Butonethingcommontoallgenerationsisthattheyaresufferingfromstress.InarecentpollbytheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation（APA）,allagegroupsnowreporthigherlevelsofstressthaninthepast.BabyBoomers（thosebornroughlybetween1946and1964,andwhoarenowmovingintotheirretirementyears）saidthattheyarestressedaboutearningandhealthissues.GenXers（bornroughlybetween1965and1980）areconcernedaboutwork,incomeandjobstability.However,Millennials（bornroughlybetween1981and2004）areturningouttobethemoststressed-outofallthegenerations.Pollresultsindicatethatstresslevelsfortheseyoungerrespondentsaresignificantlyaboveaverage.Sowhat’sworryingtheMillennials?

Millennialsarethefirstgenerationtogrowupwithcomputersinthehomeandtheclassroom.Duetotheriseofmoderntechnologyandsocialmedia,theyareconstantlyshoweredwithinformation.Overtime,thisinformationoverloadcanbecometoomuchtohandleandcanresultinstress,whichinturncancauseseriousphysical,psychological,andemotionalproblems.Anothercontributingfactor.accordingtoauthorMichaelD.Hais,isthatmanyMillennialshavelivedshelteredlivesduetooverprotectiveparents.Theseyoungadultslackproblem-solvingskillsandmaystrugglewithfearoffailureoncetheyleavehome.Makingmattersworse,the2008economicsdepressionoccurredwhenmanyMillennialsweregraduatingfromhighschoolorcollege.Theresultingeconomicslowdownreducedthenumberofavailablejobsforgraduates.Sureenough,intheAPApoll,Millennialssaidthatwork,money,relationships,familyresponsibilities,andthee