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2020年上海市闵行中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

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第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Artificial intelligence (Al) is practically everywhere today. There are so many products out there which use Al.

Some are being developed, some are already in use, and some failed and are being improved, so it’s very difficult

to name a few of them and regard them as the best.

Vi

It is an Al personal trainer which is mainly concerned with fitness and coaching. It, however, requires the use

of bio-sensing earphones and other fitness tracking equipment! It can play your favourite music while you work

out and all you have to worry about is the exercise you're doing.

Deep Text

Do you ever wonder how an ad appears suddenly just when you are looking for something similar? This is

because of Deep Text. It uses real-time consumer information to produce data which in turn is used to target

consumers. Thus, if you search online for flight tickets fromBangaloretoDelhi, it is very likely that an ad relating to

hotels inDelhiwill soon follow.

Hello Egg

If you live alone and miss your mother because you always miss your breakfast or don’t know what to eat for

dinner, then Hello Egg is exactly what you are looking for. A very healthy choice of the 2-minute noodles and oats,

Hello Egg provides you with a detailed weekly meal plan about the needs of your body. It is truly a modern

AI-powered home cooking tool for the young.

Wordsmith

You can put Mr. Smith into your Microsoft Excel using their free API, and let it write up detailed analysis of the

stories behind your numbers. It can produce detailed reports on thousands of pages of spreadsheets in seconds.

1. What can we learn about Vi from the text?

A. It is an AI music player.

B. It is a bio-sensing earphone.

C. It doesn't work without bio-sensing earphones.

D. It can make you more energetic while you work out.

2. Which can help you improve cooking skill?

A. Deep Text. B. Vi.

C. Wordsmith. D. Hello Egg.

3. What can Wordsmith do for us?

A. Produce a detailed report.

B. Provide us with a detailed meal plan.

C. Book a ticket ahead of time.

D. Offer us information on hotels for traveling.

B

My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people tostop dropping cigarette（香烟）butts（烟头）for seven

years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made

the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts. We called it “No Butts

About It”.

At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray（烟灰缸）”written on them. We put the pictures

around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that

dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does,

and all rubbish does!

Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to

give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts.

At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some

companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No

Butts About It” groups inAmerica.

Now there even groups inEngland,Australia, andIndia! Many newspapers have written about my sister and

me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes.

We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.

One day, it will be.

4. What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?

A. They made the town smelly. B. They made the town unhealthy.

C. They made the town dirty. D. They made the town poor.

5. What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?

A. Give ashtrays to the smokers. B. Stop people buying cigarettes.

C. Pick up the cigarette butts. D. Win prizes for starting groups.

6. From the passage we can know that _____.

A. no companies wanted to give money to them

B. The writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place

C. There are only 45”No Butts About It”

D. The writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes

27. Which is the best tittle for the passage?

A. Save our Town From Cigarette Butts. B. Buy Yourself An Ashtray.

C. Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries. D. No Butts Prize.

C

Who is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.

Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want

to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more

intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?

In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps

this is not a surprise. It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for

admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of

a different color1 or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.

A study recently published bySciencefound that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that

members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief:

Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet

afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn't take a genius to know the answer: ly

not.

Here's the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we're all positioned to see

flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like

gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from

those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the

world.”

8. Whatdoes the author think of victors' standards for joining the genius club?

A. They're unfair. B. They're conservative.

C. They're objective. D. They're strict.

9. What can we infer about girls from the study inScience?

A. They think themselves smart.

B. They look up to great thinkers.

C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.

D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs

10. Why are more geniuses known to the public?

A. Improved global communication.

B. Less discrimination against women.

ance of victors' concepts.

D. Changes in people's social positions.

11. What is the best title for the text?

A. Geniuses Think Alike B. Genius Takes Many Forms

C. Genius and Intelligence D. Genius and Luck

D

Saroo Brierley, a 4-year-old boy, livedin ruralIndia. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and

fell asleep. When he woke up, he found himself alone. So he got on the train in front of him to search for his

brother.

That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and

then in an orphanage (孤儿院), where he was adopted by an Australian family and taken to Tasmania.

Brierley is a famous writer now, and in his new book,A Long Way Home, he wrote he couldn’t help but

wonder about his hometown back inIndia. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn’t know his town’s name,

finding a small neighborhood in a vast country seemed impossible.

Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program’s

satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town’s

central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the

three-platform train station”—and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain”—and

there it was. Everything matched!

Standing in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing at the entrance. It took

him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like.

In an interview Brierley says, “My mother came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, my eyes

filled with tears and my brain blank. I just didn’t know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother

would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her.”

12. Why did Brierley get on the train when he was a little boy?

A. To go back to his home.

B. To look for his brother.

C. To travel toTasmania.

D. To follow a stranger.

13. What made it difficult for Brierley to find his hometown?

A. The vast area ofIndia.

B. The fact that he was nobody then.

C. His not remembering the town’s name.

D. The distance betweenAustraliaand his hometown.

14. How did Brierley find his hometown?

A. By studying digital maps.

B. By analyzing old pictures.

C. By travelling all aroundIndia.

D. By spreading his story via his book.

15. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Love for Mother

B. Union with Brother

C. Memory of Hometown

D. Long Way back Home

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InChina, traveling by train is a common way to visit new places and go back to one’s hometown during

holidays.___16___It wasn’t always that way, though.

___17___Later, many railway companies started up and competed with each other to build new railway

routes. Trains became a symbol of progress, with New York City’s Grand Central Station becoming a major cultural