1、2021年上海市高考押题卷英语学科（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）I. Listening Comprehension (25%)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 onc
2、e. 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. Excited.B. Dissatisfied.C. Bored.D. Exhausted.2. A. 7:00.B. 7:10.C. 9:00.D. 9:10.3. A. A cook.B. A shop assistant.C.
3、A saleswoman.D. A waitress.4. A. At a gas station.B. In a work shop.C. At an art gallery.D. In a department store.5. A. He hasnt had a chance to meet Kathy yet.B. Kathy had already told him the news.C. He didnt know that Kathy was being moved.D. His new office will be located in New York.6. A. The w
4、oman wants to go to Toronto.B. The man wants to go to Vancouver.C. There are no flights to Toronto.D. There are two direct flights to Toronto.7. A. She should do more careful work.B. She is not concerned about Georges remarks.C. George does not care about her.D. George shouldnt have said much about
5、her.8. A. She cant afford that much for a trip.B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.C. She doesnt think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.D. She considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.9. A. Playing tennis.B. Writing a term paper.C. Gathering materials.D. Holding a meeting.
6、10. A. The man was seriously injured in the car accident.B. The man had poor imagination because of the car accident.C. The man wasnt wearing the seat belt when the accident happened.D. The mans daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home.Section BDirections: In Section B, you wil
7、l hear two short passages, and you will be asked to questions on each of the passages. 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
8、 have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Future researchers.B. College students.C. Company employees.D. Successful artists.12. A. To teach the listeners how to work hard.B. To enable the listeners to get better salaries.C. To prepare the listeners to get better j
9、obs.D. To encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.13. A. Kindness.B. Diligence.C. Willingness.D. Interest.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The benefits of walking.B. The importance of keeping fit.C. The way of forming a habit.D. The possibility of excising regula
10、rly.15. A. Because it needs much thinking.B. Because people can improve their memory.C. Because it is suitable for everyone.D. Because people neednt concentrate on it.16. A. It is the easiest way to lose weight.B. It can be made part of peoples life.C. It can make peoples hearts stronger.D. It preve
11、nts people suffering from cancers.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.17. A. He has just been back from South America.B. He has been burnt for
12、a few hours.C. He has been surfing the Internet for long.D. He has been doing school work all night.18. A. To look for something interesting for pleasure.B. To meet new friends in the net chartroom.C. To release pressure from heavy work.D. To look for information for his project.19. A. Quite a few s
13、ites are just old event calendars.B. Its a waste of time to surf the Internet.C. A lot of information can be found.D. A lot of friends can be made on the Internet.20. A. People spend much time talking about other interests.B. It takes long to find things because of many useless sites.C.It is hard to
14、 start chatting with others in the chat room.D. Its hardly the best source of information available.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A(10分)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
15、 in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Oscar EnvelopeThe shining Oscar statue is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards,but there is another symbol on the Oscars scene.(21)_(weigh) a quarter of a pound and seen by millio
16、ns of viewers around the world, its the Oscar envelope. It bears, after all, the Oscar winners name. The golden envelope was initially developed as a safeguard (22)_ leaks to the media of the winners name. Yet the envelope holds some secrets of its own.While 24 envelopes appear on the Academy Award
17、telecast-one for the winner of each category, three sets are produced, totaling 72 envelopes. Thats because the two extra sets are emergency backups, (23)_ _ the first set gets delayed in its delivery.The production team also construct 363 heavyweight cream color winner cards (24)_(print) with all t
18、he nominees names. Yet the stuffing of the envelopes takes place outside of the studio, in a top-secret process (25)_protects the Academys picks of the year until the formal presentation.Although 72 envelopes are made,only one third of them (26)_ （make) it to the Oscar stage. The winner of each cate
19、gory takes home both a golden statue and the winning envelope, but the extra sets of envelopes(27)_ (destroy) .The elimination is to prevent leftovers from appearing on some online stores or markets and(28)_(preserve) the honor of the winners,Mare Friedland, designer of the Oscars envelope said. The
20、 value of each envelope as a souvenir is priceless. Hopefully a winner looking back at the envelope will recall that moment in time when (29)_ was watching, and the hosts announced in that particular second (30)_ the Oscar winner was.”Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the
21、 words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.adoptingB.delightC.differentlyD.employE.helpF.instructedG.predictedH.regulateI.orderlyJ.shiftingK.surprisinglyAll Weekends Can Be HolidaysThere is a reason most people return to work Monday feeling n
22、o better than they did Friday afternoon. Exhaustion and stress on the job are problems for two out of three workers, and weekends usually arent much_31_, studies shows. New research suggests a rather_32_simple solution: Pretend your weekend is a vacation. People_33_to adopt a vacation mindset on the
23、 weekend returned to work feeling happier and more refreshed, without spending any additional money or time off, according to research on nearly 1,000 full-time workers. Although participants spent a little more time eating and staying with loved ones, researchers found after controlling the results
24、 for specific behaviors that just one factor - their increased focus on the present moment, or mindfulness- _34_ greater happiness. Cassie Holmes, a researcher on the project, said, “Merely_35_how youre thinking can have these wonderful effects on your emotional experience and your time.”This doesnt
25、 always require changing your_36_ weekend routine. It may mean just thinking about and prioritizing activities_37_. Interviews with a dozen people who consciously cultivate mindfulness on the weekend offer insights into the time management and planning skills they_38_.Mindfulness has been shown in r
26、esearch to improve self-control, helping people_39_their emotions. Those who enjoy vacations tend to take great_40_in positive emotions, expanding feelings of joy and happiness, according to a 2018 study.III. Reading comprehension. (45分)Section A （15分）Directions: For each blank in the following pass
27、age 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.Youre ready for your first day on a new jobuntil you arrive and find your new colleagues miserable. Is it ever OK to quit on your first day？Making a wise decision requires_
28、41_for a moment. Then you may find the key is to distinguish between challenges you should try to overcome and_42_problems that are truly deal breakers.More new hires are heading for the _43_fast, employers and career coaches say. Two-thirds of employees have taken a job only to realize later that i
29、t was a(n) _44_fit, and half of those employees quit within six months, say a recent Career Builder survey in the US.Lori Cheek quit after a few days on a furniture-sales job several years ago. She was_45_by dragging a suitcase loaded with heavy product manuals around the city all day on the subway
30、to meet with clients, then continuing to work until 8 p.m. she quickly found what looked like a better sales job at a showroom nearby, selling stylish designer furnishings. “it was the worst decision ever,” Ms. Check says. Her supervisor on the first job, who had spent time training her, was deeply
31、disappointing, and one manager on her new job_46_her even more. “At first sight she could not stand the way I dressed,” Ms Check says. She reluctantly toned down her jewelry, makeup and hair. To _47_earning a reputation as a job-hopper, however, she stuck with the new position for almost a year. Loo
32、king back, Ms. Check wishes shed stayed on the first job and tried to negotiate better conditions.It isnt wise to quit just because you dont like the person next to you or have to do_48_work all day long. If the boss is offensive, _49_a bit. One intern at a Wall Street financial-services firm asked
33、his boss, who seemed rude. “Are you just having a bad day, or are you always like this?” says Rebecca Zucker, a career and executive coach in San Francisco. The intern not only_50_the exchange but earned better treatment from the boss, Ms. Zucker says._51_, youd better quit early if an employer trie
34、s a bait-and-switchpromising one job and assigning you to a different one, or going against other _52_terms, says Chicago career coach Jody Michael. “if you are told youll be reporting to the CEO, but in fact theres someone positioned between you and the CEO, thats a _53_,” Ms. Michael says.Whatever
35、 the reason, its important to leave on as _54_as a note possible, says Jill Tipograph, co-founder of Early Stage Career, a New York City coaching service for recent college graduates. “First and last_55_are what people remember,” she says.41A. arguingB. fantasizingC. exercisingD. pausing42A. socialB
36、. minorC. fundamentalD. changeable43A. exitsB. destinationsC. offices D. communities44A. good B. badC. newD. old45A. revolvedB. criticizedC. praised D. exhausted46A. pained B. comfortedC. assistedD. neglected47A. considerB. continueC. forbidD. avoid48A. repetitiveB. challengingC. surprisingD. eviden
37、tial49A. set aside B. push backC. take onD. make up50A. involvedB. requestedC. survived D. encouraged51A. Consequently B. NeverthelessC. OtherwiseD. Subsequently52A. built-inB. agreed-uponC. well-receivedD. fully-equipped53A. problem B. deal C. promiseD. bonus54A. distant B. regretfulC. mysteriousD.
38、 positive55A. rewardsB. opportunitiesC. impressionsD. elementsSection BDirections: 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 i
39、nformation given in the passage you have just read.(A)Chimpanzee culture refers to groups differing behavioral traditions, which are passed on by learning and imitation rather than genes. For example, some chimps in Uganda have learned to use some plants to soak up water, which they can then drink.
40、Those elsewhere dont do this.In 2002, Carel van Schaik at the University of Zurich in Switzerland suggested that human interference could destroy this cultural diversity. Now, a decade-long study has found strong evidence that van Schaik was right. A team co-led by Hjalmar Khl at the German Centre f
41、or Integrative Biodiversity Research in Leipzig, Germany tracked 31 cultural behaviors, such as using tree branches to catch termites, a species of ant, in 144 chimpanzee communities across Africa.The researchers used camera traps to record behaviors, looked for the remains of tools and studied faec
42、es (排泄物) to see if the chimps had eaten things like termites that can be obtained only by using tools.The team then placed the different communities on a map and overlaid a measure of human disturbance, which combined factors like the density of human population and the amount of infrastructure (基础建
43、设).In areas with a greater human footprint, the chimps were found to have fewer cultural behaviors. Each behaviour was 88 per cent less likely to occur in these human-dominated landscapes.In those places, we find the chimpanzees have suffered a loss in behavioral or cultural diversity, says study co
44、-leader Ammie Kalan at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.It is thought that the loss of culture comes from older chimps being killed and there being less interaction between groups, so that if one group dies out, their ideas die with them.It is a discouraging finding,
45、 says Jill Pruetz ar Texas State University. Losing some of thebehaviors poses a real risk to the chimps because if they stop fishing for termites or cracking nuts, they can no longer access those foods.56. According to the passage, which of the following is a feature of chimpanzee culture? A. More
46、than one group shares certain kinds of behaviour.B. The behaviors spread through cross-group imitation.C. Young chimpanzees learn the behaviors from older ones.D. The behavioral traditions disappear with certain genes.57. The word interference in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A. interaction
47、B. intervalC. invasionD. investment58. What did the study by Hjalmar Khl and Leipzig confirm?A. Chimpanzee communities are decreasing in number.B. Humans are to blame for the loss of chimpanzee culture.C. Human-dominated landscapes have been increasing in size.D. Chimpanzee are good at hunting for f
48、ood with certain tools. 59. According to Jill Pruetz why does losing some behaviors put chimpanzee at risk? A. They may have fewer things to feed on.B. The older ones are more likely to be killed.C. There will be less interaction between them.D. They can no longer live in traditional ways.(B)For mor
49、e than 60 years, English speakers used because as a conjunction meaning for reason that, dutifully following with a fall clause of explanation (or at least the word of). Then, a few years ago, this old word suddenly began bursting with new life, as people started using it in a manner that disobeyed
50、all grammatical rules: How do you know climate change is real? Because science. Why are you sleepy? Because wine Academics went nervously excited, debating whether because had evolved into a preposition and which types of nouns fit this new construction. But there was little disagreement on the driv
51、ing force behind the change.The tile of Gretchen McCullochs new book, Because Internet : Understanding the New Rules of Language, is in honor of this kind of linguistic change evolution made possible by the dominance of the web and the never-before explosion of informal writing that has come with it
52、. Her aim is to explain how the Internet has shaped language.McCulloch is an Internet linguist, and her book about Internet language is, fittingly, a mixture drawn from academic and Internet culture. In some measure, Because Internet offers a history of the web, an introduction to linguistic and a s
53、urvey of the most fascinating research from her field, including , a study that took advantage of geotags on social media slow how new words spread from place to place. Her work is also a well-researched retort to grammarian who think technology is the cause why kid are making lazy, senseless tala.
54、On the contrary, she argues, its making us more creative in our writing than ever before.The formal, unemotional writing we were all taught in the classroom simply wont do in places designed for virtual communications, McCulloch explains. And she breaks down the many ways weve managed to use keyboar
55、d to restore the dynamism of face-to-face interaction. For a start : We tap all caps when we feel LIKE SHOUTING. We use the abbreviation lol not just to mean laughing out loud but also to get out of awkward situations or to offer empathy. And we lengthen words to show just how much we feel.60. Accor
56、ding to the passage, which of the following examples best reflects how people use the word because nowadays when answering the question why are you late for school this morning? A. Because traffic.B. Because of the traffic.C. Because I met traffic jam.D. Because the traffic was bad when I came here.
57、61. The book Because Internet introduces the readers_.A. how to organize meaningful sentences in EnglishB. how to make effective communications onlineC. how to keep pace with the evolving languagesD. bow to use new words and signals on social media62. Gretchen McColloch believe the way we talk has b
58、een changed because_.A. we have developed abbreviation to replace quite some wordsB. virtual communication is very different from face-to-face talkC. no longer signal our identify trough the language we useD. todays kids are not taught how to make communications at school(C)Children who dont read pr
59、oficiently by the end of third grade are far more likely to be left behind in many ways.The first thing to know about early literacy is that it is critically important; the next, that it connects to a whole lot of other conditions and challenges. But the best thing to know is that there are solution
60、s to the problem of poor reading skills and some smart people working toward them. They could use your help.“Its more than an education issue, more than a reading issue,” says Arianne Weldon, director of the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, a collaborative nonprofit founded in 2013. “Getting more kids
61、to read takes more than good schools, more than great teachers, more than loving families. It really does take all of us working together.”Only 42 percent of Georgia public school children are now reading proficiently by the end of third grade, according to 2019 Georgia Department of Education (DOE)
62、 figures not a great number, but an improvement over the 37 percent recorded in 2015 and lower scores prior to that.Weldon says children not in that proficiency group are four times more likely to drop out of high school and, further, that every student who doesnt finish represents an estimated $260
63、,000 in lost earnings and productivity.“By the end of third grade,” says Mindy Binderman, executive director of Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, or GEEARS, a nonprofit concerned with early learning, “if children are not reading at grade level, they are less likely to be successfu
64、l in school, less likely to graduate on time, more likely to engage in risky behavior. The third grade reading marker is such an important indicator of all that comes later and, frankly, all that came before.”A key national study released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2010 highlighted the read
65、ing problem, especially among students from low-income families and children of color; subsequent research has reinforced the correlation between poverty and both reading ability and failure to graduate from high school. Clearly, poverty plays a key role in childrens reading proficiency, influencing
66、 the schools they attend and the community resources they can utilize. Parents education level, especially mothers, is a factor as well. “Maternal education and maternal literacy is a huge predictor of child literacy and educational outcomes,” says Dana Rickman, vice president of the Georgia Partner
67、ship for Excellence in Education (GPEE), established by the Georgia Chamber and the Georgia Economic Developers Association to promote and support education. “Weve got a pretty high adult illiteracy rate in Georgia that a lot of people dont like talking about.” Improving adult literacy ultimately im
68、pacts childrens reading ability.63. According to the passage, early literacy is important mainly because it _A.indicate how well a childs brain has been developingB.explain the reasons why a child drops out of high schoolC.tells whether a child may become successful as an adultD.reports the average
69、educational level of a certain region64. According to Arianne Weldon, what is the most possible consequence of poor reading skills?A.Entering schools with fewer resourcesB.Achieving more poorly in high schoolC.Earning less than the ordinary peopleD.Causing more risks in future life65. From what Dana
70、 Rickman says, we can infer that _A.improving mothers education is useful for bettering childrens reading abilityB.exposing children to reading tasks at an early age is part of family supportC.illiteracy rate can be greatly reduced by upgrading childrens communitiesD.parents can predict their childr
71、ens early literacy based on their resources66. If this passage has several remaining paragraphs, which of the following is the most probable topic they will cover?A.Why third grade is seen bu experts as a critical periodB.How the government may improve parents education levelC.Why adult illiteracy r
72、ate is higher in Georgia than in other placesD.How poverty may influence a childs future academic developmentSection C （42=8%）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 sentence
73、s than you need.A. Everyone wants to have friends, but you cant have friends without making them.B.For students,friends became good or best friends after about 119 hours.C. Its the first to explore not just what activities bring us closer, but exactly how many hours it takes for an acquaintance to b
74、ecome a friend。.D.Shared activities dont always make us closer,either. E.Unfortunately,theres no manual for this crucial life skill.。F.Unsurprisingly, the more time two people spent together, the closer their relationship. Making friends can be frustrating, something I recently found out after movin
75、g to a new city.You might hit it off with an acquaintance(泛泛之交), but whats the next step? And how long does it take to move pastgetting to know you?_67_ But University of Kansas researcher Jeffrey A. Hall has helped us to know the process of friendship-building in a new study. Hall surveyed 112 coll
76、ege students every three weeks duringtheir first nine weeks at a Midwestern university. He also gave a one-time questionnaire to 355American adults who had moved to a new city in the past six months.In these surveys,the newcomers picked a friend or two and reported how much time they spend together,
77、what activities they do,and how close the friendship is. _68_Through his analysis, Hall was able to approximate how many hours it took for different levels of friendship to emerge。： -It takes students 43 hours and adults 94 hours to turn acquaintances into casual friends. -Students need 57 hours to
78、transit from casual friends to friends. Adults need, on average,164 hours. -_69_Adults need an additional 100 hours to make that happen. But time on its own does not bring about closeness: it depends on how we spend that time, asHall found when he analyzed what activities friends did together. In ge
79、neral, spending more time talking didnt make student or adult friends feel closer.Student friends did tend to be more friendly when they engaged in certain types oftalking-namely,catching up about their lives,talking playfully, and showing attention, but student friends who engaged in small about cu
80、rrent events actually tended to become more distant over time. _70_For study participants, spending time together on shared interests didnt seem to move the needle on feelings of closeness. Nor did spending time together at work or school, places youre supposed to be anyway. But a few activities wer
81、e more common in closer friendships: relaxing and hanging out and watching movies.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. New Year ResolutionEvery time a new
82、year rolls around, people set out to better themselves. They promise they will lose weight, find a new job, or maybe even take that vacation theyve always talked about. But why do we make these promises to ourselves, and where did this tradition come from? Why does this tradition live on when so man
83、y people fail to keep the resolutions they make? Well, we can start by blaming the ancient Babylonians.Around 4000 years ago in Babylon, the earliest recorded celebration honoring the coming of a new year was held. The collective ceremonial lasted 11 days. The Babylonians felt this would help them s
84、tart the new year off on the right foot. Resolutions continued on with the Romans Julius Caesar decided to make a change. He consulted with the best astronomers and mathematicians of the time and introduced the Julian calendar, which more closely represents the modern calendar we use today. Caesar d
85、eclared January 1 the first day of the year to mark new beginnings.To this day, the traditions of the ancient Babylonians and Romans continue on around the world. So much so that Google launched a Resolution Map in 2013 where people could add resolutions and see others adding theirs in real time. Th
86、e most common new year wishes are Lose Weight, Get organized, Save More Money, Enjoy life, Stay healthy, Learn Something New, Quit Smoking, Help Others Pursue Their goals, and Spend More Quality Time With Their Family Members.However, how many resolutions finally come true? No matter how many people
87、 participated in Googles project, only few can maintain their resolutions. only eight percent of people are successful in sticking them out. If those failed resolutions above look familiar and remind you that the whole concept is a complete failure, or if they inspire you to create your own list of
88、promises for a new year, just remember that this tradition is destined to live on. We have 4000 years worth of history telling us so, and thats a statistic thats hard to argue with.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.把屋子的
89、窗帘拉上，免得太晒。（keep）73.这位相貌平平的小伙子想不到是位知名的联合国口译译员。（turn）74.那位高中生见到街角的老奶奶突然摔倒在地，她立即三步并作两步冲上前去。（Seeing）75.昔日贫困闭塞的村落如今大力发展生态旅游，游客们对那儿的农家乐趋之若鹜，（so that）VI. Guided Writing （25分）Directions: Write an English composition in 120-l50 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.76. 美，给人一种愉悦感，每个人都有追求美的权利和自由，请谈谈你对美的理解，并结合实际谈谈如何让自己变得更美丽。