2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷（B卷）第I卷（共100分）I. Listening Comprehension（25分）Section ADirections：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．（1分）A．In a gym．B．In a department store．C．In a shoe﹣repair shop．D．On the playground．2．（1分）A．She appreciates the man's help．B．She worked hard on her speech．C．Her speech was somewhat long．D．She should have made better preparation．3．（1分）A．Forty．B．Thirty．C．Fifteen．D．Twenty．4．（1分）A．Indifferent．B．Apologetic．C．Excited．D．Disappointed．5．（1分）系统找不到该试题6．（1分）A．A holiday plan．B．An outdoor activity．C．The weather forecast．D．The view of a lake．7．（1分）A．Fix the camera．B．Take photos．C．Set up a sign．D．Teach the woman．8．（1分）A．She seldom receives letters from her old friends．B．She keeps touch with her former classmates regularly．C．The man must reply to the e﹣mail immediately out of courtesy．D．The man should drop a few lines occasionally．9．（1分）A．She must have left the book in the reading room．B．She needn't have borrowed so many books．C．She should remember to put things in good order．D．The notebook might be hidden under the pile of journals．10．（1分）A．She will not stay up late in the future．B．She couldn't understand why the man enjoyed the lecture．C．She was too tried to focus on the lecture．D．The literature class was too boring for herSection BDirections：In Section B，you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages，and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation and the passages. The conversation and the passages 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.11．（4.5分）（1）A．The benefit of chewing gum．B．Signs in the classroom．C．The importance of attention．D．Ways to remove the sticky substance．（2）A．Do some calculations．B．Write down some numbers．C．Answer questions．D．Finish a test paper．（3）A．By asking for a leave．B．By pretending to chew gum．C．By wandering in class．D．By taking in more oxygen．12．（4.5分）（1）A．1973．B．36，500．C．20．D．300，000．（2）A．Workers' wages increase largely every year．B．More money is spent on citizens' welfare．C．Foreign investment is favoured．D．Business activity is regulated．（3）A．lreland's traditional values．B．Ireland's future development．C．Ireland's amazing history．D．lreland's economic growth．13．（6分）（1）A．How to care for precious metals．B．A standard unit for measuring weight．C．The value of precious metals．D．The wide use of scales．（2）A．To check the accuracy of scales．B．To calculate the density of other metals．C．To observe changes in the atmosphere．D．To measure amounts of rainfall．（3）A．Someone lost it．B．Someone spilled water on it．C．It was made of low quality metal．D．The standard for measuring had changed．（4）A．It is reasonable for an object with such an important function．B．It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal．C．It is difficult to judge the value of such an object．D．It is too high for such a light weight．II. Grammar and Vocabulary（20分）Section A（10分）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.14．（10分）The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security，the Ministry of Education and other central departments，recently issued a notice （1）forbids any gender discrimination against women in the workplace．China has made great achievements in establishing gender equality．（2）some women，especially in pregnancy﹣related conditions，are still more likely to face discrimination in the workplace or （3）looking for jobs．To ensure the rights of women to give birth，the notice requires employers not ask female applicants non﹣job﹣related questions （4）（involve）their marital status or number and ages of their children，（5）have new female hirees take pregnancy tests．（6）coordinated face﹣to﹣face meeting mechanism will be established to ensure the implementation of the new regulation．Employers who are reported （7）（discriminate）against job applicants based on gender will be summoned．Those who refuse to stop or rectify the situation will be punished according the law and exposed to the public through media．Employers and human resource companies who post in portals job advertisements that include gender bias shall be ordered to make corrections，and may face penalties and have their business licenses （8）（suspend）．In addition，more favorable measures （9）（take）to further support the employment of women （10）enhancing job﹣training services for women，providing child care services for children under 3，and improving the maternity insurance system for female employees．Section B（10分）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. 15．（10分）A．genuine B．subjected C．twisted D．chiefly E．influentialF．ruling G．occupying H．commonlyI．exploitation J．ultimately K．account The picture of miseries and sufferings of the Black woman in America may appear，perhaps darker and more depressing than Dante's（但丁）description of Hell because in the history of human race，the Black woman in America has suffered the most．A close and critical（1）of the history of the Black woman's life and condition since her arrival in a strange land will unfold very well the long story of her pain and sorrow associated with her mutilated（被切断的）soul．Since her arrival on the foreign shore，the Black woman has been facing the worst kind of（2）and oppression．As a Black she has had to endure all the horrors of slavery and has been the object of continually inhumane treatment in all kinds of work，（3）the lowest place on the wage scale and restricted to the lowest﹣status and the most uncreative jobs．Since times of slavery，Black womanhood has been destroyed，（4）and abused with racial and inhuman practices by black men and white men and women．In the process，they have lost their（5）"self"，and have developed a（n）complexity in themselves﹣though as black women，they see themselves with the eyes of white men and women and black men．This has（6）been responsible for the destruction of their self ﹣confidence and the feeling of being human．They look upon themselves as masters' belongings．As a mother she has seen her children sold into slavery．She has seen them left at home without attention while she attended to the needs of the children of the（7）class．She has seen her children suffer from drug addiction，the lack of decent education and experience attacks by a racist society，and populating the prisons of this nation．In addition，besides suffering the common fate of all oppressed people，the African﹣American women continue to undergo the oppression of woman by men，which existed for long．In the home she becomes "the slave of a slave"．Men may be cruelly treated and（8）to all sorts of dehumanizing treatment on the part of the ruling class．However，at least they can take out their frustration on someone else，their women．Thus feminism in America means much more than what it stands for in other European countries，chiefly because it has different role and meaning with respect to the Black women．If a feminist is（9）defined as one who is involved in transforming andreinterpreting familiar realities，then Black women are innate（天生的）feminists．Black women writing exhibits and constructs a Black women's literary tradition that is inherently feminist．Barbara Smith，an （10）Black feminist critic，states that the ability of Black women to survive in the face of White America exhibits an innate feminist potential．III. Reading Comprehension（45分）Section A（15分）Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.16．（15分）Our Global VillageNearing autumn's close．My neighbor ﹣How do Our es he live，I wonder？These lines were written by a famous poet nearly three hundred years ago．They expressa timeless and universal curiosity in one's fellow man．The word 'neighbor' in the poem （1）people very much like one's self．He may live next door，similar in dress，diet，custom and language．Today，few people are surrounded by neighbors who are cultural copies of themselves．Tomorrow we can expect to spend most of our lives in the （2）of a variety of neighbors．They may speak in a different tongue，seek different values and behave according to different norms．As our world is （3），our neighbors increasingly will be people whose life styles contrast sharply with our own．Science and technology has turned our world into a global village．The term﹣global village﹣was （4）by Marshal Mcluhan．It is used to describe the （5）of the world as a result of the mass media．Nowadays，the mass media is able to bring （6）from all corners of the globe into people's homes．Communication technologies make it possible to connect with people in other countries on the phone and the Internet．Modern transportation systems also （7）to the creation of the global village．Now astronauts can （8）around the globe in eighty minutes．The moon is already within our range of travel，and the addition of Mars is just a （9）of time．A visit to major cities such as New York，London，and Tokyo shows that movement of people from one country to another has become commonplace．People everywhere are gaining （10），and this is just the beginning．Our mobility places us in （11）with people from other cultures．And when we meet，we need to communicate．In fact，we must communicate．This communicative behavior is called （12）communication．It occurs whenever a message sender is a member of one culture and a message receiver is of another．We may find intercultural communication difficult．Even if we overcome the natural （13）of language differences，we may fail to understand and to be understood．Misunderstanding may even become the rule （14）the exception．In order to communicate effectively and appropriately in English，we need，（15）to become aware of the interrelationship between language and culture．Language is part of culture and plays an important role in it．Without language，culture would not be possible．（1）A．refers to B．appeals to C．devotes to D．connects to（2）A．company B．form C．need D．maintenance （3）A．transferred B．transplanted C．transformed D．formed（4）A．developed B．coined C．made D．charted（5）A．changing B．reformation C．shrinking D．sinking（6）A．evidence B．convenience C．events D．accidents（7）．A．contribute B．owe C．distribute D．attribute（8）A．circle B．cycle C．circulate D．surf（9）A．matter B．coming C．result D．future（10）A．freedom B．pleasure C．chances D．mobility（11）A．contract B．contrary C．contact D．contrast（12）A．foreign B．domestic C．intercultural D．inner（13）A．cause B．barriers C．resolution D．foundation（14）A．other than B．rather than C．in addition to D．or rather（15）A．therefore B．otherwise C．nevertheless D．however Section B（22分）Directions：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in thepassage you have just read.17．（8分）As degrees have become more common，their importance as signaling devices is rising．A recent study by Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman of Harvard Business School found that companies routinely require applicants to have degrees，even though only a minority of those already working in the role have them．This increases the graduate premium﹣but by punishing non﹣graduates rather than boosting the absolute returns to degrees．Analysis by The Economist of American census data finds that between 1970 and 2015 the share of workers aged 25﹣64 with at least a bachelor's degree increased in 256 out of 265 occupations．Some of these are intellectually demanding jobs that changed a lot over that period，such as aerospace engineer or statistician．Others are non﹣graduate jobs such as waiting tables．Sixteen percent of waiters now have degrees﹣perhaps，in most cases，because they could not find a graduate job．But other jobs that are mostly done by graduates，such as journalism，nursing and teaching in primary schools，used to require only shorter training，often received while working．Today，having a degree is usually an entry requirement．26.5m workers in America﹣two﹣thirds of those with degrees﹣are doing work that was mostly done by non﹣graduates a half﹣century ago．Advances in technology have doubtless made some of these jobs more demanding．But not all of them，at least judging by pay．We find only a weak link between higher shares of graduates in an occupation and higher salaries．For around half of the occupations that employ higher shares of graduates now than a half﹣century ago，real wages have fallen．Andreas Schleicher，the head of education research at the OECD，reckons that "countries have skills shortages，not degree shortages"．The way universities have come to monopolise higher education，he says，is a problem in part because universities do not suit all kinds of learners．And university dropouts tend to see little in the way of financial benefit from the part of their course that they have finished．（1）According the first paragraph，the demand for degrees．A．means a majority of staff in company are now have degrees．B．enables those with degrees to earn more money．C．signals that non﹣graduates will find it more difficult to find a job．D．leads to those non﹣graduates being punished by their employers．（2）What can be learned from the text？A．Non﹣graduate jobs such as waiting tables now need a college degree．B．Some jobs that are mostly done by graduates，such as journalism must go through training．C．Degrees don't necessary lead to higher wages．D．Most graduates receive higher salaries now than a half﹣century ago．（3）What does the underlined word "monopolise" mean？A．promoteB．controlC．sponsorD．recognize（4）Which opinion will Andreas Schleicher most probably agree with？A．The emphasis on degrees will hinder the career choice for those without a degree．B．Countries should attach more importance on degrees．C．Universities dropouts tend to have more skills than graduates．D．Financial benefit is little for university degrees．18．（6分）University Room RegulationsApproved and Prohibited ItemsThe following items are approved for use in residential （住宿的）rooms：electric blankets，hair dryers，personal computers，radios，televisions and DVD players．Items that are not allowed in student rooms include：candles，ceiling fans，fireworks，waterbeds，sun lamps and wireless routers．Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life．Access to Residential RoomsStudents are provided with a combination （组合密码）for their room door locks upon check﹣in．Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone．The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others．The fee is ﹩25 to change a room combination．Cooking PolicyStudents living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen．Students must clean up after cooking．This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff．Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use．With the exception of using a small microwave oven to heat food，students are not permitted to cook in their rooms．Pet PolicyNo pets except fish are permitted in student rooms．Students who are found with pets，whether visiting or owned by the student，are subject to an initial fine of ﹩100 and a continuing fine of ﹩50 a day per pet．Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect．If，one week from the date of written notice，the pet is not removed，the student is referred to the Student Court．Quiet HoursResidential buildings must maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University．Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11：00 pm to 8：00 am Sunday through Thursday．Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1：00 am to 8：00 am．Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of ﹩25．（1）Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms？A．Ceiling fans and waterbeds．B．TVs and electric blankets．C．Hair dryers and candles．D．Wireless routers and radios．（2）What if a student is found to have told his combination to others？A．The combination should be changed．B．He should be fined $25．C．The Office replace the door lock．D．He should check out of the room．（3）What can we learn from the passage？A．A microwave oven is allowed to be used．B．students enjoy a party in residences on 7：00 am，Sunday．C．A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen．D．No pets are permitted in student rooms．19．（8分）If plastic had been invented when the Pilgrims（清教徒移民）sailed from Plymouth，England，to North America ﹣and the Mayflower had been stocked with bottled water and plastic﹣wrapped snacks ﹣their plastic waste would likely still be around，four centuries later．If the Pilgrims had been like many people today and had simply thrown their empty bottles and wrappers over the side，Atlantic waves and sunlight would have worn all that plastic into tiny bits．And those bits might still be floating around the world's oceans today，waiting to be eaten by unfortunate fish，and eventually perhaps by one of us．Because plastic wasn't invented until the late 19th century，and production really only took off around 1950，we have a mere 9．2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with．Of that，more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste．And of that waste，a shocking 6.3 billion tons never made it to recycling facilities．No one knows how much unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean，Earth's last sink．In 2015，Jenna Jambeck，a university of Georgia engineering professor，caught everyone's attention with a rough estimate：between 5.3 million and 14 million tons each year just from coastal regions．Most of it isn't thrown off ships，she and her colleagues say，but is dumped carelessly on land or in rivers，mostly in Asia．It's then blown or washed into the sea．It's unclear how long it will take for that plastic to completely biodegrade （降解）．Estimates range from 450 years to never．Meanwhile，ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year．Nearly 700 species，including endangered ones，are known to have been affected by it．Some are harmed visibly ﹣﹣﹣strangled（勒死）by abandoned fishing nets．Many more are probably harmed invisibly．Marine species of all sizes，from fish to whale，now eat microplastics，the bits smaller than one﹣fifth of an inch across．On Hawaii's Big Island，on a beach to which no paved road，I walked ankle﹣deep through mocroplastics．After that，I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as an approaching disaster，worthmentioning in the same breath as climate change．And yet there's a key difference：Ocean plastic is not as complicated as climate change．There are no mean waste deniers（否认者），at least so far．To do something aboutit，we have to remake our planet's entire energy system．"This isn't a Problem where we don't know what the solution is，" says Jambeck．"We know how to pick up garbage．Anyone can do it．We know how to deal with it．We know how to recycle．" It's a matter of building the necessary institutions and systems，she says ﹣﹣﹣ideally before the ocean tums，for centuries to come，into a thin soup of plastic．（1）In the first paragraph the author emphasizes the fact that．A．British people migrated to America four centuries ago．B．people have kept doing research in plastic for four centuries．C．there was no plastic pollution four centuries ago．D．plastic waste would remain in the ocean for four centuries．（2）How are marine animals harmed invisibly by ocean plastic？A．They eat microplastics．B．They drown in microplastics．C．They are coated with waste plastic bags．D．They are struggling in abandoned plastic nets．（3）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？A．People all agree reducing plastic production is the solution．B．People all agree plastic waste has caused ocean plastic．C．It has been scheduled to reverse the trend of climate change．D．It has been scheduled to reverse the trend of ocean plastic．（4）Which of the following is the best title of the passage？A．Ocean Plastic and Climate Change．B．To Biodegrade or to Recycle？C．Planet or Plastic？D．Earth's Last Sink．Section C（8分）Directions：Read the following passages. 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.20．（8分）A．This means that it's not that math itself hurts；rather，the anticipation of math is painful．B．Researchers have developed a mind﹣reading device that can retrieve images from the person's memory with the help of brain scans．C．For most students，math can be tough but scientists have proved that math problems can actually trigger physical pain．D．Using a brain﹣scan machine，scientists noticed that whenever people from Group One saw a yellow circle，their brain would respond in a way similar to when their body is feeling pain．E．The higher a person's anxiety of a maths task，the more he activated brain regions associated with threat detection，and the experience of pain．F．Most students，especially girls，are extremely scared of math．Does solving a math problem give you a headache？Do you feel nervous when you sit a math exam？（1）Scientists came to his conclusion with an in﹣depth experiment，which was published in the Public Library of Science One journal．They began by finding out how much participants fear math．Those involved were asked a series of questions such as how they feel when they receive a math textbook or when they walk into a math lesson．Based on their answers，participants were divided into groups．One group was made up of people who were particularly afraid of math and participants in the other group were more comfortable with the subject．Both groups were then given either math tasks or word tasks．When a math task was going to come next，a yellow circle would appear but when a word task was soon to come，a blue square would be shown．（2）It was like the pain they would fee，for example，if they burnt their hand on a hot stove．But they reacted less strongly when they knew that they would be faced with a word task．However，scientists saw no strong brain response from people in the second group．Math can be difficult，and for those with high levels of mathematics﹣anxiety （HMA），math is associated with tension，apprehension and fear．"When you are really thinking about the math problems，your mind is racing and you are worrying about all the things that couldgo wrong，" explained Ian Lyons from University of Chicago，US，leader of the study．"（3）"More interestingly，the brain activity disappeared when participants actually started dealing with the math tasks．"（4）" Lyons said．Based on the study，scientists suggested that things could be done to help students worry less and move past their fear of math，which might mean they perform better in tests．IV. Summary Writing（10分）21．（10分）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 rise of multinational corporations，global marketing，new communications technologies，and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR．Surprisingly，since modern PR was largely an American invention，America's relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries．Ten years ago，for example，the world's top five public relations agencies were American﹣owned．In 1991，only one was．The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative．A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate planning activities，compared to about one﹣third of U．S．companies．It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR．Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race？First，Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs．Knowledge of world geography，for example，has never been strong in this country．Secondly，Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts in knowing a second language．Less than 5 percent of Burson﹣Marshall's U．S．employees know two languages．Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage．Conversely，some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language．Finally，people involved in PR abroad tend to keepa closer eye on international affairs．In the financial PR area，for instance，most Americansread the Wall Street Journal．Overseas，their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist，publications not often read in this country．Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN （Cable NewsNetwork）．Turner recently announced that the word "foreign" would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts．According to Turner，global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such things as foreign．第II卷（共40分）V. Translation（15分）Directions：Translate the following sentences into English，using the words given in the brackets.22．（3分）多吃富含维他命的蔬菜和水果有助于保持身体健康．（maintain）23．（3分）救援人员千方百计去营救困在井下的工人．（lengths）24．（4分）经过一年的努力，他的各科在班上名列前茅，然而他却把成功归功于他身边的人们．（owe）25．（5分）正是为了人民的利益，一些政府官员抵制金钱和权力的诱惑，将经济改革进行到底．（It）．VI. Guided Writing（25分）26．（25分）Directions：Write an English composition in 120﹣150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese．近年来英语学习热持续升温，许多幼儿园开设了英语课．然而，许多专家认为孩子不宜过早学习外语，应该先学好中文．请就幼儿园是否应该开设英语课谈谈你的看法并说明理由．2020年上海市高考英语二模试卷（B卷）参考答案与试题解析第I卷（共100分）I. Listening Comprehension（25分）Section ADirections：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．（1分）A．In a gym．B．In a department store．C．In a shoe﹣repair shop．D．On the playground．【解答】B2．（1分）A．She appreciates the man's help．B．She worked hard on her speech．C．Her speech was somewhat long．D．She should have made better preparation．【解答】B3．（1分）A．Forty．B．Thirty．C．Fifteen．D．Twenty．【解答】A4．（1分）A．Indifferent．B．Apologetic．C．Excited．D．Disappointed．【解答】D。