1 11 上海市英语高考模拟试卷上海市英语高考模拟试卷 五五 I Listening Comprehension Section A 10 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 Working B Jogging C Having a drink D Dancing 2 A The exam B The paper C His teacher D The interview 3 A Five weeks B Three days C Two days D Not mentioned 4 A He had a fever B He was in the hospital C He overslept D He had an unexpected visitor 5 A He is too busy himself B He doesn t want to help her C He d be glad to help her after he has finished his own homework D He has already finished his own homework 6 A Go to a game B Have his supper C Miss his class D Meet Miss Oilman any minute 7 A The blue one is too large B The blue one doesn t suit her C Blue always makes her sad D The blue one looks terrible 8 A He came back home late B He had trained too much that day C He had no sports facilities D He had no homework to do at night 9 A He should go on his diet B He should not eat sugar any longer C He should give up tea and coffee D He should listen to her advice 10 A Wait for her cousin B Go to the airport C Stay at home D Do her homework Section B 15 Directions In Section B you will hear two passages and one Longer conversation After each passage and conversation you will be asked several questions The passages and the conversation will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once When you hear a question read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage 11 A It had a fire accident B It slopped half way C It was turned off by the writer D It moved fast up to the top floor 12 A More and more scared B Calmer and calmer C More and more bored D Clearer and clearer 13 A The lift was to start again B The repair worker rang the lift alarm C The building was on fire D The writer pressed the lift alarm bell Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14 A Create different feelings for us B Help us to develop good habits C Develop our interest in money D Influence natural environments 15 A Light music B Rock music C Sweet music D Soft music 16 A Music in Restaurants B Good and Bad Music C Types of Music D Music and Behavior Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation 17 A Having an interview B Travelling C Taking a test D Asking for passport information 18 A Britain B Germany C France D Italy 19 A Call the authorities concerned B Download an application form from the website C Fill in the form D Prepare all the documents 20 A Two photos B Birth certificates C The fee of 11 pounds D ID card II Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 10 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 I used to joke that I spoke French like a three year old until I met a French three year old and couldn t hold up my end of the conversation This was after a year of intense study including at least two hours a day with self instruction software and weekend classes followed by two weeks of an immersion program 沉浸式教学 at one of the top language schools in France My failure was in fact quite unremarkable Despite advertising claims 21 learn a foreign language is a challenging task for any adult In the end though 22 turns out that spending a year not learning French may have been the 23 good thing I could have done for my 57 year old brain In the last few years I was unable to hold a list of four grocery items in my mind So to reassure 24 that nothing was wrong I took a cognitive 认知的 assessment just before tackling French The results were anything 25 reassuring I scored below average for my age group in nearly all of the categories especially on the composite memory 综合记忆 test and the visual memory test After a year of struggling with the language I retook the cognitive assessment and the results shocked me My scores had skyrocketed 26 place me above average in 7 of 10 categories and average in the other three Studying a language had been like drinking from a mental fountain of youth What might explain such an improvement Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong 3 11 and Northwestern University noted that the cognitive tasks 27 involve in language study like working memory inductive reasoning 归纳推理 sound discrimination 识别 and task switching map closely to 与 紧密相关 the areas of the brain that are most associated with declines due to aging If my experience is any indication you might be better off study