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2020年1月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）
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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. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A policeman. D. A boss.
2. A. Worried. B. Anxious. C. At ease. D. Excited.
3. A. He plays the violin very well. B. He was surprised by the woman’s skills.
C. He never knew the woman before. D. He will win the competition.
4. A. The ticket is still expensive. B. The ticket is very cheap.
C. He is jealous of the girl. D. He doesn’t want to buy the ticket.
5. A. They are talking about a song. B. They are talking about an opera.
C. They are talking about a film. D. They are talking about a novel.
6. A. She doesn’t like basketball.
B. She thinks there is no valuable player.
C. She doesn’t want to talk with the man.
D. She is disappointed with their basketball team.
7. A. She thinks the man disturbs her. B. The man is out of luck.
C. The only position was occupied yesterday. D. She wants the man called her yesterday.
8. A. They will have a date. B. They will go shopping together.
C. They will attend class in the school. D. They will play badminton together.
9. A. They have enough time to finish this work.
B. They are unlucky to do this big assignment.
C. He doesn’t think it’s a big assignment.
D. He will not start working on this task until next month.
10. A. On Monday. B. On Saturday. C. On Thursday. D. On Sunday.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation, and you will
第1页 | 共17页be asked several questions on each of the passage and the conversation. The passages and the
conversation will be read twice，but the question 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. The pizzas become cold when they reach you.
B. The pizzas need a long time to deliver.
C. The pizzas need a long time to cook.
D. It takes too much manpower to make pizzas.
12. A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes. C. Half an hour. D. An hour.
13. A. Online shopping can stimulate consumption.
B. Working together with robots can improve our efficiency.
C. We should take the good use of the fragmented time.
D. The pizza house improved the speed of making pizzas.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because the workforce is not well-trained.
B. Because supermarkets don’t have the space to add more checkout lines.
C. Because their security systems is never upgraded.
D. Because there are always many interruptions.
15. A. We should make sure that each customer has a checkout counters.
B. Another line is always moving faster than yours.
C. The chances of your line being the quickest is lower.
D. We are in bad luck if we choose the slowest line.
16. A. How can we choose the fastest line when we check out.
B. We can beat the system if given the chance
C. Queueing theory can provide an explanation to checkout at the store.
D. More complex problems are passed up to people with more training.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. She will talk with George and help him out.
B. She will take George to consult a psychologist.
C. She will take George to play baseball.
D. She will help George to get the promotion.
18. A. He thinks George is good at cooking.
B. He thinks George will be fine.
C. He thinks George needs to consult a psychologist.
D. He think George is a sentimental man.
19. A. George just wanted to stay alone.
B. George’s favorite basketball team was lost in the game.
第2页 | 共17页C. George was crossed in love recently.
D. George didn’t get the promotion he was promised.
20. A. Maggie loves Jack very much.
B. Maggie is George’s sister.
C. Maggie takes George and Jake like a family.
D. Maggie is not optimistic at all.
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.
The Ball Game of Mesoamerica
The sport known simply as the Ball Game was popular across Mesoamerica and played by all
the major civilizations from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. The impressive stone courts became a
staple feature of acity’s sacred complex and there were often several playing courts in a single
city. (21)_________ it is more than just a game, the event could have a religious significance and
featured in episodes of Mesoamerican mythology. The contests even supplied candidates for
human sacrifice, for the sport could, quite literally, be a game of life or death.
The game (22) _________ (invent) sometime in the Preclassical Period (2500—100 BCE),
probably by the Olmec, and became a common Mesoamerican-wide feature of the urban
landscape by the Classical Period (300—900 CE). Eventually, the game was even exported to
other cultures in North America and the Caribbean.
In Mesoamerican mythology the game is an important element in the story of the Maya gods
Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú. The pair annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy
playing and the two brothers were tricked into descending into Xibalba (the underworld)
_________ (23) they were challenged to a ball game. (24) _________ (lose) the game, Hun
Hunahpús had his head cut off; a foretaste of (25) _________ would become common practice for
players unfortunate enough to lose a game.
In (26) _________ legend, a famous ball game was held at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan
(27) _________ the Aztec king Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (r. 1502—1520 CE) and the king of
Texcoco. The latter (28)_________ (predict) that Motecuhzoma’s kingdom would fall and the
game was set-up (29 ) _________ ( establish) the truth of this bold prediction. Motecuhzoma lost
the game and did, of course, lose his kingdom at the hands of the invaders from the Old World.
The story also supports the idea (30) _________ the ball game was sometimes used for the
purposes of divination.
Section B
第3页 | 共17页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.focused B. collaborating C. assumed D. occupations
E.frustrations F. widespread G. necessarily H. extension
I. experiences J. mistakes K. crucially
Burnout in the Hospital：Why Doctors Are Set Up for Stress
Some experts call physician bum out “inevitabl”, given the high-pressure environment in
which they must make potentially life-saving, and almost always life-altering, choices on a
constant basis. Research shows that up to 40% of U. S. doctors experience emotional, physical,
and psychological burnout from their jobs, and the consequences are no different for them than
they are for people in other (31) _________ — substance abuse and cutting comers.
In the premiere issue of the journal Burnout Research, which is devoted to research on the
topic, Anthony Montgomery, an associate professor in the Psychology of Work and Organizations
in the University of Macedonia in Greece, (32) _________ on physician burnout, and argues that
the way doctors are trained may set them up for a career of (33) _________ and high-stress
situations. And the consequences may be hurting the care they provide patients.
He says that while doctors interact with people on a daily basis, their training and their worth
as physicians are focused almost entirely on their technical capabilities, leaving them with few
tools for understanding and navigating social interactions and for (34) _________ as part of a
larger team or organization.
Montgomery argues that most medical students are chosen because of their high-test scores,
so medical school becomes like a(n) (35) _________ of school. They then become residents,
thrown into a more social environment in which they are expected to interact with patients,
hospital staff and colleagues in ways they may not have expected to or been prepared to do. It’s
(36) _________ they have the leadership skills and the proper emotional capacity to guide patients
through extremely stressful and often traumatic (37) _________, but not having the tools to
manage these situations can be stressful on the doctors themselves. While burnout among
physicians is (38) _________, some studies have shown surgeons and OBGYNs can be at a
particularly high risk.
“The irony is that doctors are the one group of people we don’t want to be stressed, yet we
are increasing the possibility for them to make (39) _________,” says Montgomery. “Doctors
understand that their job is to be the best doctor they can, but they do not (40)_________
understand their part in helping the hospital as a whole better serve the community.” In his
practice, for example, Montgomery says that his colleagues admitted to learning skills like
communication and teamwork on the job, after they left medical school.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
第4页 | 共17页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..
“Clean eating” is a phrase thrown around a lot in the health-and-wellness scene. I use it all the
time. I (41) _________ it because there’s no formal definition, and it’s not a one-size-fits-all plan.
Let’s face it: There isn’t one perfect plan that will work for everyone, (42) _________ or
behaviorally. Our bodies work differently from one another. Some physiologically need more fat,
some need more carbs, and all need different mixes of vitamins and minerals.
Behaviorally, there isn’t one plan that fits everyone’s (43) _________, either. Some of us
(44) _________ daily, while some of us can’t make toast. For some, food is often out of their
control, and they (45) _________ hotels, airports and restaurants, while others raise, grow and
cook their own food. We also have different (46) _________. Some have had a health scare or are
feeling low-energy and sluggish, and are curious about whether food could make them feel better;
some are concerned about the environment and ecology, and the impact of how foods are grown
and sold; some have yet other (47) _________.
These (48) _________ are important, because your version of clean will depend on your
values and goals. Forcing yourself or someone else into an eating plan is (49) _________ a
foundation for success. Instead, understanding why you are doing what you are doing will help
you make choices you can stick with and make you feel better about how you eat.
When I think of eating clean, what comes to mind is knowing exactly what I’m putting into
my body and making mindful decisions that are (50) _________ my values. You have seen people
who ask several questions before ordering at a restaurant or making a choice at a grocery store.
While it can be entertaining (or frustrating) to watch, being curious about what’s in your food is
fair game and, I would argue, important. We live in a world where we must ask questions because
we can’t (51) _________ that we’re eating whole foods. I don’t necessarily need to meet the
farmer growing my spuds, but when I eat mashed potatoes, I want to be sure they are, well, actual
(52) _________. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.
The best first step toward clean eating is knowing what’s on your (53) _________.
Everything on it! We are trained to look at calories and grams on food labels, but I (54)
_________ you to look at ingredients first. Do you understand what is in the food you are about to
eat? Are you okay with eating those ingredients? Not all food products are the same. Take a
moment and compare products based to on ingredients, (55)_________ solely calories, to decide
whether they’re what you want.
41. A. change B. favor C. charge D. alter
42. A. accidently B. deliberately C. physiologically D. crucially
43. A. lifestyle B. handwork C. willpower D. income
44. A. cook B. buy C. sell D. handle
45. A. center in B. go on C. catch in D. rely on
第5页 | 共17页46. A. ambitions B. compliments C. motivations D. procedures
47. A. challenges B. concerns C. benefits D. damages
48. A. scales B. declines C. ranges D. distinctions
49. A. rarely B. really C. mostly D. largely
50. A. in search of B. in honor of C. in line with D. with respect to
51. A. maintain B. deny C. guarantee D. separate
52. A. potatoes B. tomatoes C. heroes D. zeroes
53. A. desk B. plate C. pot D. handle
54. A. persuade B. encourage C. provide D. convince
55. A. apart from B. more than C. less than D. rather than
Section B
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 the passage you have just read.
(A)
When I was in high school, I wanted to attend an Ivy League university on the East Coast. I
had the grades and SAT scores to get into Harvard but my father refused to pay even though
tuition back then was much more affordable than it is today, well within the means of our family. I
went to UCLA instead, a good university but not an Ivy. I worked at least 20 hours per week
throughout my four years and have always felt that I missed out on a lot of college. I feel that I
didn’t have enough time to devote to my studies. One of my biggest regrets is not having had the
kind of immersion experience that my oldest son enjoyed. I envy him, but it’s not a bitter feeling.
It doesn’t make me lose sight of my own accomplishments and the very real goodness in my life
so far.
I believe my own father envied me, too. Early in high school, he had to drop out and help
support his family during the Depression. Although he never said as much, I know he wished he
could have finished high school and gone on to higher education. I was the only one of his
children to do so. When I earned my doctorate and built a life as a professional, he felt a mixture
of pride, vicarious fulfillment and envy.
I graduated first in my high school class. Years later, I learned that for months after, Dad had
carried the little slip announcing my class rank in his pocket, showing it to friends and business
associates. He was obviously proud, though he never told me so. It strikes me as a narcissistic sort
of pride, about him rather than me. Many of you will relate to this experience. In your comments
to my posts, you’ve told me about parents who exploited you for narcissistic gain. I don’t think
my father was a bad man, or that his experience of pride was particularly unusual. Don’t most
parents like to brag about their child’s success because it reflects well upon them? When I speak
第6页 | 共17页of my sons’ lives, I feel pride in them as well as myself.
Envy gets a bad rap but there’s nothing unusual about it. Envy, as I’ve said before, can teach
you what you want. Problems only arise when it links up with shame, as I’ve written about before.
When the success/beauty/youth enjoyed by someone else makes us feel like a loser in comparison,
our envy may become poisonous. In the illogical unconscious, we may feel as if it is precisely
because the other person has the trait or thing we want that we cannot have it. We may feel that
the only possible relief would be to destroy the object of our envy.
56. According to the text, the author envies his son because________.
A. his son possesses the precious years of youth
B. his son has a perfect and impressive childhood
C. his son gets into Harvard successfully
D. his son has the immersion experience on his study
57. It can be learned that most parents are proud of their children because ________.
A. they want to exploit their children for narcissistic gain
B. they regard the success as their own and also feel pride in themselves
C. they like to brag about their child’s success
D. they want to catch their friends’ attention
58. Which of the following is TRUE of this passage?
A. The author studied in an Ivy League university on the East Coast.
B. The author’s son completed author’s unfinished studies.
C. Problems only arise when envy links up with shame.
D. The author’s father didn’t care about his study and dropped out.
59. What is the author’s attitude toward envy?
A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Skeptical. D. Indifferent.
（B）
Top Apps For Climate Activists
The world population is at 7 billion and it’s predicted that by the end of this year there will be
one smartphone for every five people in the world. That’s a lot of phones and a lot of information
literally at our fingertips.
Information is constantly changing and those of us working hard to protect the environment
for ourselves and future generations need to have access to up-to-date material. Being a climate
change activist can be time consuming. But…There’s an app (or ten) for that! The number of apps
out there is staggering.
With these apps you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to stay in the know when it comes to your
health, and the health of the environment.
第7页 | 共17页Carbon Emissions Calculator for Air Travel
(iOS-Free) This app allows passengers to estimate the carbon
emissions attributed to their air travel. It is simple to use-just select
your origin and destination airports, specify the class of travel and
number of passengers. View the carbon footprint and the distance
traveled for your trip.
Fooducate ( iOS and Android- $ 4. 99 ) This app empowers food
shoppers everywhere to make healthy, informed decisions while at
the supermarket. Scan your food and Fooducate generates a letter
grade ( A, B, C, or D) for each product scanned, along with brief
explanations and warnings about its nutrients and ingredients.
There is also an option to enter the bar code manually. The app
will recommend minimally processed, real foods which are
naturally rich in nutrients and antioxidants.
Locavore (iOS and Android-Free) If you’re looking for the closest
farmers market selling your favorite in season produce, then
Locavore is the app for you. Locavore is a great app for those
searching for local, in season, organic foods in your area. The app
has one-click access to thousands of healthy, seasonal recipes and
other information that can be shared with your friends and family.
I like how the app not only lets you know which fruits and veggies
are in season-it also lets you know how long they’ll be in season.
Zimride (iOS and Android-Free) Ridesharing apps are all the
rage. Zimride is a new spin on ridesharing, using social networks
to enable real connections. Once you set up a profile you are able
to book a ride in your area, or post a ride of your own. Drivers can
charge for rides and Zimride doesn’t take a cut. Rides seem to be
reasonably priced and since profiles are linked with Facebook it’s
easy to check out your potential ride companions.
60. According to this text, the author recommends APPs because___________.
A. those APPs could help people gain the up-to-date material
B. those APPs could forecast the changing climate accurately
C. those APPs could help people who have a fast-paced lifestyle
D. those APPs are free for those people who have a designated phone
61. If you want to find in season foods, which Apps should you download?
A. Zimride B. Fooducate C. Locavore D. Findfood
第8页 | 共17页62. Which of the following is true about the APPs mentioned in this passage?
A. Carbon Emissions Calculator for Air Travel could calculate the accurate carbon emissions of
passengers.
B. Locavore can not only tell us which fruits and meat are in season, it also tell us how long
they’ll be in season.
C. Zimride will charge for rides and then take a cut and the rest is belong to drivers.
D. Fooducate will recommend minimally processed foods which are naturally rich in nutrients
and antioxidants.
(C)
Our green spaces are shrinking, despite all the benefits they give us. If we want to save them,
we need to value the ecosystem and health and wellbeing services they offer. Sheffield city
council’s balance sheet shows its parks as a £16m liability. Traditional accountancy methods focus
on a park’s saleable value, or its operational costs associated with maintenance. So England’s
27,000 parks are considered as financial liabilities rather than the amazing asset to our health and
wellbeing that any of their 37 million regular users could vouch for. They also deliver a range of
ecosystem services such as improved air and water quality, flood risk mitigation by absorbing
water run-off, and cooling the urban environment as well as providing much-needed habitat for
wildlife. By using a “natural capital” accounting approach that puts a value on all these social,
environmental and economic contributions, Sheffield discovered that for every £1 spent on its
parks, they generate £34 of benefits.
Yet this true value is not widely measured or recognised. As Ian Walmsley, Stockport
council’s green space manager told the Communities and Local Government select committee
parks inquiry, “an argument has never been successfully made that if you spend x on a park，
there will be a saving in the health budget and therefore you should take money out of the health
budget and put it into parks”. As a result，the MPs inquiry report published last week warned that
parks are at a tipping point of decline, ravaged by a 92% reduction in their budgets since 2010-11
because of local authority cuts. Less money means fewer park rangers, less maintenance, more
litter, dog poo and antisocial behaviour, including gang and drug-related activities, and gradually
much-loved local parks turn into dangerous eyesores. Tragically it’s the small, green spaces in
poorer, built-up areas that suffer disproportionate cuts to park rangers and maintenance. We have
been here before. Uncared-for, litter-strewn parks were emblematic of Thatcher’s Britain before
an injection of public spending by a Labour government and £850m of lottery cash revived them.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Andrew Hinchley，green space development officer at the
London Borough of Camden, told MPs if we had new ways of valuing the services parks provide
for improving water quality, for example, then you could ask water companies to pay towards
their upkeep.
The committee wants councils to publish strategic plans to recognise the real value of parks
第9页 | 共17页and to set out how they will be managed (possibly by a charitable trust, as Newcastle is looking
into) to maximise their contribution to wider local authority goals such as promoting healthier
lifestyles. It suggests the government’s obesity strategy could fund parks. It also suggests that it
could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies.
63. According to the text, parks are regarded as financial liabilities because ___________.
A. the area of the park is gradually decreasing due to poor protection
B. the budget for the construction of the park is gradually decreasing
C. the value of the park is low by using a “natural capital” accounting approach
D. the traditional accountancy methods focus on a park’s saleable value
64. According to the text, which of the following is NOT the benefit of the park?
A. Improving air and water quality.
B. Symbolizing the city civilization.
C. Cooling the urban environment.
D. Providing much-needed habitat for wildlife
65. Due to the reduction in budgets, what could probably happen?
A. The government will take money out of the health budget.
B. The local authorities will centralize the management of the park.
C. Much-loved local parks will turn into dangerous eyesores.
D. The true value of the park will be widely measured or recognised.
66. What can be learned from the last two paragraphs?
A. The committee has published strategic plans to recognise the real value of park.
B. It could be a legal requirement for councils to produce such strategies.
C. The local citizens should pay for the improving water quality.
D. The Labour government will spend £850m of lottery cash to revive the park.
Section C
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 sentences than you need.
A. Then I took them all off the shelf and started again.
B. I opened one of books and enjoyed the beautiful words about fairy.
C. This sky belongs in my book of fairy tales, I thought.
D. There were dark circles under my eyes； my hair was a tangled brown mess.
E. I put my book of fairy tales on the bedside table; it didn’t live with my other books.
F. At night, some animals wandered around the window, whispering about what they saw.
That night I couldn’t sleep.
I spent an hour or more sitting on the floor of my bedroom in my nightgown, unpacking my
books from the traveling trunk and putting them on the bookshelf. I arranged them
第10页 | 共17页alphabetically： Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens…
(67) _________. This time I use the spines to create a rainbow of color-blue, green, gray, black…
(68) _________ My brother, Robert, had given it to me for my twelfth birthday, very nearly a
year ago. It was filled with the most beautiful pictures you could ever imagine-page after page of
enchanted forests, underwater cities, and royal palaces. The longer you looked at those pictures,
the more you would see—there were pictures within the pictures, worlds within worlds.
My new bedroom was at the back of the house overlooking the garden and the woods
beyond. I opened the heavy curtains and stood at the dark window, but all could see was my own
reflection looking back at me.
(69) _________ A year ago, Mama would have laughed and said, “You look like you’ve
been dragged through a hedge by a runaway pony, Hen.’’ She would have pulled me toward her
and gently brushed at the bird’s nest until my hair shone. She would have kissed me good night.
I blinked away the tears, and pulled the curtains together behind me to shut out the light.
The darkness beyond the window was vast and deep, nothing like the hazy gray of London at
night. (70) _________ An evil queen’s black velvet cloak, embrotaerea with diamonds…
And then I saw the smoke.
It was drifting up in a thin wisp from the shadowy woods. As I squinted at it, I saw a tiny
orange light flickering among the trees. A fire. Someone has lit a fire in our forest.
IV. 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.
Global Cooperation
In the 21st century, we’ve seen a new trend that is pushing the boundaries (边界）of human
invention and innovation—global cooperation. Scientific and technical research and development is
now so complicated that no one scientist can know it all. So, increasingly, innovation is coming
from the combining of cutting-edge expertise (专业知识) from different scientific fields.
There are now over 8,000 scientific journals worldwide and it is impossible to be an expert in
all areas. Therefore, in this highly specialized world, scientists, medics and engineers have to
cooperate in order to innovate. Professor Bob Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) has made significant breakthroughs in the field of biomedical engineering. But he hasn’t
done it on his own. He has invited experts from around the world in different fields to form a
global team to design new substances which can go inside the body, deliver medicines and then
dissolve.
Also at MIT, when Cesar Harada heard about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he
quit his dream job there and tried to develop a more efficient way to remove the oil. But rather
than focusing on profit，he decided to ‘open-source’ the design. He shared his own ideas on the
web for free and then got experts from all around the world to contribute ideas and even
第11页 | 共17页donations. Thanks to this free, not-for-profit way of sharing ideas and intellectual property on the
internet, a boat capable of cleaning oil quickly came into being. Obviously, international
cooperation based on sharing information freely has produced innovative approaches to solving
problems.
It appears that the days of brilliant individuals working in their garages on their own are over.
Global teams with a united purpose building on everyone’s expertise can collectively do far more
than one brilliant individual. Today’s world calls for global cooperators，sharers, and not
protectors of ideas.
V. Translation
Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
brackets.
72. 我很感激他们为保护上海方言所做的努力。（appreciate)
73. 就像那个小册子介绍的那样，这里的司机有礼让行人的习惯。（as)
74. 每周三，那些大学生们总是雷打不动地前往孤儿院，教孩子们剪纸与编织。（a rule)
75. 当这首歌在今年的艺术节上首发时，因为它节奏明快，风格诙谐而引起轰动，然而这只
是昙花一现。（when)
VI. Guided Writing
Directions：Write an English composition in 120——150 words according to the instructions
given below in Chinese.
如果你是明启中学的高三学生李华，你在某英语节目中看到一超市对于临近保质期的
食物处理办法向公众征求意见，请给超市经理写一封信谈谈你的看法。
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英语试卷参考答案及听力原文
1. M:Good morning. Please have a seat here. What's the problem?
W: I've taken the pills as you instructed, but I still keep sneezing.
Question: What is most properly the man?
2. W:Jean was reported missing yesterday, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
M:Great. You can't imagine how worried I was yesterday.
Question: How is the man feeling now?
3. M：I never fancy you playing the violin so wonderfully.
W: Thanks. This year's competition is just around the corner.
Question: What can we learn about the man?
4. W: Don't you think the ticket is cheaper for this week's ballet show?
M: Cheaper? Maybe for you.
Question: What does the man mean?
5. W: The rhythm is slow and weird. Who on earth wrote it?
M: I'm in the dark as much as you are.
Question: What are the speakers most probably talking about?
6. M: What do you think of our most valuable player of this year?
W: I don't want to talk about our basketball team anymore. Everytime I thought we would win.
I was discouraged.
Question: What does the woman mean?
7. M: Is the position you mentioned last month still vacant?
W: If only you had asked me yesterday, you always have bad timing.
Question: What does the woman imply?
8. W: I am taking a badminton class this afternoon. Do you want to go with me?
M:Why not? I need to do some exercise to lose weight.
Question: What are the speakers most probably going to do this afternoon?
9. W: That's a big assignment we've got for the project.
M: It's not as bad as it looks. It isn't due until next month.
Question: What does the man imply?
10. W: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest bank of China?
M: It's over there, but it's open on weekdays Only. You’d better go the day after tomorrow.
ake place?
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be
第13页 | 共17页asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the
conversation will be read twice, but the question 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.
When you order a pizza online, it goes through quite a journey before arriving at your door
from kitchen oven to warming counter to the backseat of a car. But why is it can be only slightly
warm by the time you take your first bite? A pizza house in new york has fixed that. It's secret
weapons are robots after a customer places an online order. The request comes into its central
kitchen. At its headquarters, fair robots and a few humans on staff start preparing the pizza. Each
robot has a name and a duty, like spreading the source or putting the pieces into the oven.
Each pizza is baked first for 90 seconds in an 800 degree oven, then the half baked pizza is
loaded into one of the mobile ovens in the truck. Another robot takes over the task of loading and
reloading the pizza into the trucks oven. When the truck is four minutes away from its destination,
the oven containing the order would turn on to finish cooking the pizza. Thanks to the assistance
of robots, delivery orders take an average of 20 minutes, 10 minutes less than before. The pieces
are hot when they reach you.
Now, listen again.
Questions
11. What problem has the pizza house in New York solved?
12. On average how long did it take the pizza house to deliver an order in the past?
13. What can we learn about the pizza house?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
The next time you end up on the slowest moving queue at the supermarket, don't blame your
bad luck anymore. According to queuing theories, mathematicians who predict queue length and
waiting times, you are not alone in such an unpleasant situation.
Queuing theory explains why there's probably no way you can always be in the fastest line.
The explanation goes something like this. A supermarket tries to have enough checkout counters
open to get all their customers through with minimum delay. Despite the well trained workforce
and ever upgrading security systems, there are always going to be busy periods. Because
supermarkets don't have the physical space to add more checkout lines. During these busier times,
their system becomes overloaded. One small interruption, such as a price check or chatty customer
results in a chain of reactions to affect the entire line behind them.
If there are three lines at a store, these delays will happen randomly at different checkout
counters. The chances of your line being the quickest are only one and three. So you are not just
imagining another line probably is moving faster than yours.
Now listen again.
Questions
第14页 | 共17页14. According to the passage, why are there long queues in supermarkets during busy hours?
15. What does queuing theory try to tell us?
16. What is the passage mainly about?
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Jake, I want to talk to you about our little brother, George.
M:What's the matter with him?
W: I'm worried about him. We must do something. He's been in low spirits for weeks.
M: Come on, mikey! George, he's changeable like the weather. He could be laughing next week.
W: Jake, he's our brother. And we are supposed to be there for him, aren't we?
M: Yes, but how independent he is. We can't help him if he doesn't want it coming.
W: I’ll feel guilty. He is family after all. We mustn't ignore problems in the family or they will just
get bigger.
M: Do you want me to encourage him to consult a psychologist?
W: No, you don't have to do that. But he should talk about things with people that he knows.
M: Yes, he should. He cooks all things inside.
W: Exactly. Just talking will help him so much.
M: He's very unhappy about not getting the promotion he was promised.
W: Of course, we should get george to know every cloud has a silver lining.
M: You think?
W: He can't get any better chance in his terrible apartment? Can he watching baseball 24 hours a
day?
M: Basketball.
W: Please, Jake. I hate to see george like that. Do something next week. You must get him out of
that apartment. Get him doing something new.
M: I'll do it. I hope you'll help me like this the same thing happens to me.
W: You bet! We are family.
Now listen again.
Questions
17. What is maggie trying to do?
18. What does Jake think of George?
19. What happened to George?
20. What can be concluded about Maggies from the conversation?
I. Listening Comprehension (共25分。 1-10每题1分；11-20每题1.5分)
1—5 BCААА 6—10 DCDAB 11—15 ACВBC 16—20 CABDB
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共20 分。每小题1分)
第15页 | 共17页21. Although/ Though/ While 22. was invented 23. where 24. Losing 25. what
26. another 27. between 28. had predicted 29. to establish 30. that 31—40
DAEBHCIFJG
III. Reading Comprehension (共45分。 41-45每题1分；56-70每题2分)
41—55 BCAAD CBDACCABBD 56 —59 DBCB 60—62 ACD 63—66 DBCB
67—70 AEDC
IV. Summary Writing (共10 分)
71. In this century, global cooperation in science and technology is desirable because no
single scientist can be a know-all due to the complexity of research and development. Scientists
are working together to make breakthroughs. They also manage to solve problems by sharing
ideas information freely. Gone are the days when one expert can make it alone. (56 )
V. Translation (共15分。第1小题和第2小题，每题3分；第3题4分；第4题5分。)
72. I appreciate their efforts to protect Shanghai dialect.
Or I appreciate it very much that they take pains to protect Shanghainese.
Or I appreciate their taking pains to preserve Shanghai native language.
73. The drivers here are used to being polite to pedestrians as the brochure introduces.
Or Divers here all have the habit of patiently waiting for pedestrians to go first as instructed in the
booklet.
74. On the third day of every week, the college students make it a rule to volunteer in the
orphanage to teach the children how to cut paper and knit.
Or On Wednesdays, the college students make it a rule to volunteer in the orphanage to teach
children about cutting paper and knitting.
75. When the song's released first at this year's festival, it caused a sensation because of its bright
rhythm and humorous style, but it was only a flash in the pan.
Or When the song's a hit when released at this year's festival, it caused a sensation because of its
cheer rhythm and humorous style, however, which was only a flash in the pan.
V. Guided Writing(共25分。)
To whom it may concern,
Having watched your recent report about a huge stock of food approaching expiry date, I'd
like to offer some suggestions to help.
The Chinese New Year is round the corner. Meanwhile. there are housing and railway
construction sites running round the clock. where hundreds of migrant workers sacrifice their
precious family reunion to meet the deadline. I suggest launching a New Year Purchasing
Program for these builders of Shanghai. Allowing them a special discount on the food in these
supermarkets.
Shanghai couldn't have been such a commercial hub and financial center but for the sweat
第16页 | 共17页these migrant workers shed. Thus. they deserve some favorable treatment for their prime years
devoted to the city. Meanwhile , milk, bread, coffee and snacks are consumed by many, but are
considered expensive by those who save every penny for their faraway families. This program
serves as a token of our locals' gratitude, respects their needs and maintains the dignity of them for
they can decide the amount and sort of food to buy by themselves. Last but not least. it serves the
need of supermarket managers as well. By no means can they find a more meaningful and
affordable way to address this problem.
I sincerely hope my advice can help both the supermarkets and the people in need. Thank you
for taking it into account.
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