2018年高考英语试卷（上海）（秋考）（空白卷）

绝密★启用前 2018年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷） 英语试卷 （满分140分，考试时间120分钟） 考生注意： 答题前,务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名,并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上, 在答题纸反而清楚地填写姓名。 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 grocery B. In a cafe. C. At a tailor’s. D. At a toy shop （ ）2. A. He is pleased with his job. B. He is not satisfied with his work. C. He finds the huge workload unbearable. D. He finds his office much too big for him. （ ）3.A. He is most probably checking whether everything is OK. B. He is most probably jumping from the desk. C. He is most probably repairing the desk. D. He is most probably changing the bulb. （ ）4. A. £200. B. £300. C. £600. D. £700. （ ）5. A. It's difficult for the woman to get the job if she takes the interview. B. The woman can get the job if she takes the interview. C. The woman has less chance to get the job than others. D. The woman should work harder from now on if she wants to get the job. （ ）6. A. The man drinks too much wine. B. The man drinks little wine. C. The bed is too soft. D. The bed is too hard. （ ）7. A. He may change the shirt because it's too large. B. He may change the shirt because it's too small. C. He doesn't like the color of the shirt. D. He likes the shirt. （ ）8. A. To put him to another flight. B. To arrange the next flight. C. To take him to somewhere.D. To arrange his accommodation. （ ）9. A. The news on TV. B. Many people came to the new hotel. C. It is difficult for people to find a job. D. The man still has got a job. （ ）10. A. The woman thinks it easy to learn physics. B. The woman is good at physics. C. The man thinks Professor Smith explained the physics problem very clearly. D. The man can't understand the physics problem. Section B Directions: In Section B you will hear two short passages, and one longer conversation ,after each passage. The passages or conversation you will be asked several questions, 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. Spain. B. France C. America D. England. （ ）12. A. Visitors shouldn't overlook it because it suffered a lot in history. B. Saint Augustine is the oldest city in the nation. C. Florida was ruled by Spanish until the United States took over it. D. Many visitors support the Florida’s coast recovery for its beauty. （ ）13. A. Florida's Atlantic coast. B. St. Augustine's history. C. Spanish control over Florida. D. Spanish history. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following talk. （ ）14. A. A lost property office in Europe. B. A lost property office in London. C. A lost property office in Tokyo. D. Paul Cowan's office. （ ）15. A. Lost items become the property of transport for London. B. Lost items are taken good care of by Cowan's team. C. Almost all of the lost items were returned to their owners. D. Twenty percent of the lost items are claimed in three months’ time. （ ）16. A. Because they think their lost shoes are useless. B. Because they have already bought new shoes. C. Because they would like to get a new pair. D. Because they can't find their lost shoes. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. （ ）17. A. She is most probably bargaining for a house. B. She is most probably visiting one of her friends. C. She is most probably looking for a house. D. She is most probably contacting her bank for a house. （ ）18. A. The kitchen attached bathroom. B. A wine storage area. C. The floor covering. D. The relaxing colors of the wall. （ ）19. A. The price is reasonable. B. The price is too high. C. The price is low. D. The offer is unfair. （ ）20. A. The woman will buy the house because the price is reasonable. B. The house is really good because the bathroom is attached to the bedroom. C. The inside of the house is better than the outside. D. The woman likes the house so much that she will buy it. II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. A comprehensive study of 4, 500 children conducted by the National Institutes of Health in 2018 shows that children who spent more than seven hours a day staring at screens showed evidence of premature thinning of their brain's cortex-the outer layer that processes sensory information. “We don't know if it ___21___ (cause) by the screen time. We don't know yet if it's bad thing. It won't be until we follow them over time ___22___ we will see if there are outcomes that are associated with the differences that we're seeing in this single snapshot,” Dr. Gaya Dowling. “What we can say is that this is ___23___ the brains look like of kids who spend a lot of time on screens. And it's not just one pattern.” The problem isn't just screens ___24___, but also the way screens tempt kids (and adults) away from something far more important: physical activity. More than 23 percent of adults and 80 percent of adolescents don't get enough physical activity, and according to a 2019 report from the World Health Organization. (WHO), these patterns of activity and rest arise ___25___ habits we develop early in life, “What we really need to do is ___26___ (bring) back play for children,” says Dr. Juana Williamson, a WHO specialist in childhood obesity and physical activity, in a statement about new WHO guidelines issued in April 2019. This is about making the shift from sedentary time to playtime, while ___27___ (protect) sleep. Of course, children aren’t completely to blame for their screen addiction. Sometimes, the parents ___28___ complain about the role of screens in family life are just as guilty of spending too much time in front of one. A 2016 study ___29___ (conduct) by Common Sense Media found that parents spend up to nine hours a day in front of screens, mostly not for work-related reasons. While 78 percent of parents said they believed they were good screen time role models, the study found a disconnect between their behavior and their perception of their behavior. Parents need to limit screen time for themselves and especially for their kids- ___30___ it means playing the bad guy. Our mental and physical health depends on it. 21. _________ 22. ________ 23. _______ 24. _________ 25. _________ 26. _________ 27. _________ 28. _________ 29. _________ 30. _________ Section B Directions: 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. committed B. compared C. contact D. delegation E. destructive F. weak G. negotiate H. respelled I. similarity J. superiors K. witnessed Some Very “American” Words Come from Chinese On a recent program, we told you the stories of English words borrowed from other languages. Today, we will tell you about words that English has taken from Chinese. Many of the Chinese words that are now part of English were borrowed long ago. They are most often from Cantonese or other Chinese languages rather than Mandarin. Let’s start with kowtow. kowtow The English word kowtow is a verb that means to agree too easi