2016学年度上海高考英语口试试卷
（共分三个部分满分为10分）
Section A （共1题，满分2分）
Directions: Read aloud the following passage. You will have one minute to prepare and thirty seconds to read.
In the midst of a downpour, a young girl in a blue shirt held an umbrella for a traffic police officer. The scene was photographed, posted and widely reposted.
The officer, Zhao Lixin, explained that the incident occurred around 6 p.m. on July 21. It was raining heavily during rush hour, so the road was crowded and vehicles were moving very slowly. Although he was wearing a raincoat, his hat was already quite wet.
“The traffic light changed and I turned around. When I looked up, a girl stood behind me, holding an umbrella. I was astonished. The concrete island in the middle of the street was really only big enough for one person to stand on.” Zhao recalled. “I told her to leave because it was dangerous. I had a raincoat, but she still refused to leave. She said my hat was wet and she would hold an umbrella for me.”
Section B （共2小题，满分2分）
Directions: Ask two questions about the situation given below. At least one special question should be asked about the situation.
Question 1~2: Your cousin has been admitted into a famous university. Ask your cousin two questions about the university.
Section C （共1题，满分1.5分）
Directions: You will have one minute to prepare and another minute to talk about the following pictures in at least five sentences. Begin your talk with the sentence given:
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Last Saturday morning, Dave and Jane went shopping together.
Section D（共2小题，满分2分）
Directions:In section A, you will hear 2 sentences. Make quick responses to the sentences you have heard.
1. The movie is okay, but I don’t like the actors.
(I’m afraid I can’t agree with you. / I quite agree with you. / I think so.)
2. I lost your dictionary. I should have been more careful.
(Oh, forget about it. Never mind, It’
s not your fault.)
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。
Section E（共2小题，满分2.5分）
Directions: In Section B, you will hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. After you hear the passage, answer the first question with the information you have heard and the second in your own opinion with at least 3 sentences. For the first question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare and 30 seconds to talk. For the second question, you will have one minute to prepare and another minute to talk.
1. What will possibly happen if robots are used in different kinds of areas?
(There will be fewer jobs for humans).
2. Do you think human beings will be replaced by robots in certain less skilled jobs in the
future?
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2016学年度浦东新区高考英语笔试试卷
第 ? 卷（共110分）
I. Listening Comprehension（30%）
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, you will be asked a question about what was said. Each conversation and question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you’ve heard.
1. A. His friend didn’t call him. B. He doesn’t have fishing tools.
C. He isn’t patient enough. D. He went to see a patient.
2. A. The woman also plans to get a pet.
B. Dan doesn’t like cats.
C. Animals will soon be allowed in Dan’s building.
D. Dan will give a gift to his relative.
3. A. Waiting for the man at the entrance. B. Getting another ticket at the cinema entrance.
C. Exchanging the ticket for a better one. D. Trying to sell the ticket.
4. A. At a bank. B. At a post office. C. In a book store. D. In a library.
5. A. Boss and employee. B. Customer and waitress.
C. Customer and sales girl. D. The man and his friend.
6. A. Pity . B. Excitement. C. Anger. D. Embarrassment.
7. A. 8:00. B. 8:30. C. 9:00. D. 12:00.
8. A. Attend an interview. B. Give a meeting.
C. Interview the mayor. D. Apply for a job.
9. A. Every one in the company likes Mr. Dale.
B. Mr. Dale has become director of the department.
C. Mr. Dale gets on very well with his colleague.
D. Mr. Dale is the focus of people’s attention.
10. A. Shopping for new clothes. B. Having a party.
C. Looking for her black dress. D. Getting dressed.
Section B
Passages:
Directions: You will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three 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 in you paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Giving feedback to visitors. B. Preserving the collections in the museum.
C. Exploring the treasures in the museum. D. Maintaining the building they are proud of.
12. A. 5,000. B. 50,000. C. 500,000. D. 5,000,000.
13. A. you B. me C. builders. D. visitors.
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14. A. To advertise for more scientists. B. To recruit new members.
C. To welcome visitors to the museum. D. To call on visitors to donate collections. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
15. A. New applications of video cameras. B. Video cameras to be installed in police cars.
C. Unusual lawsuits against the police. D. Citizen’s reaction to an approved proposal.
16. A. It is to be voted on by the authorities. B. It was accepted six weeks ago.
C. It is to be carried out in six months. D. It was put forward years ago.
17. A. different B. approval C. disappointed D. sad
18. A. It’s a waste of money. B. It’ll be of no use.
C. It’ll invade their privacy. D. It is a chase for high tech.
Longer Conversation：
Directions: You’ll hear one longer conversation and you will be asked four questions on the conversation. The conversation will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in you paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following passage.
19. A. She was generally satisfied despite a minor defeat.
B. She was disappointed at the man’s performance.
C. She disliked the content of the presentation.
D. She thought it was perfect.
20. A. deleting the unimportant points. B. making eye contact with the audience.
C. reading the slide word for word. D. communicating with the audience.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary（20%）
Section A
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, used one word that best fits each blank.
A drug has stopped brain deterioration in Alzheimer’s（早老性痴呆病）, patients for the first time, scientists announced yesterday.
Mental decline was stopped for 18 months in some patients, in results described as
(21)______ (strong) sign yet that an effective treatment for the disease is near. Researchers said that the drug — (22)______ (take) as a tablet twice a day — could soon become the first medicine given to Alzheimer’s patients to keep the disease at bay for as long as possible.
The final-stage trial had at first appeared (23)______ (be) a failure as the drug did not work in patients who were taking other dementia（痴呆，精神错乱） medicines. (24)______, among the 15 per cent of 891 patients not taking other medicines, the drug appeared to have remarkable effects.
These patients say no drop-off in their reasoning and memory skills over 18 months, nor in their ability to carry out everyday tasks.
(25)______, key areas of their brain shrank a third less than other patients in the trial, researchers told the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto.
“There is a pattern of disease modification here,” Serge Gauthier, of McGill University,
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(26)______ presented the results, said. “This is the first time it (27)______ (happen) in our field that a drug reduces the rate of brain atrophy（萎缩）.”
At present patients are prescribed drugs such as donepezil, which help to control symptoms for a time but do not stop worsening damage to the brain.
Doctor Gauthier said it was a surprise (28)______ other dementia drugs appeared to cancel out the effects of the new drug, called LMTX or LMTM, but (29) _______that just as cancer patients were given some medicines initially and then switched (30)______ _______ those stopped working, so Alzheimer’s patients could be given LMTX as a first-choice drug.
“I’m excited about the promise of LMTX,” he said.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
A. investment B. curriculum C. gains D. involved E. scale F. matters G. pushH. positive I. weigh J. copiedK. attention
Preschool is getting a lot of attention these days. President Obama and mayors across the country are touting（标榜）preschool as an important investment in the economy.
As policymakers _31_ the costs and benefits of “preschool for all,” they’re trying to figure out what actually works in the classroom.
School officials say the system of intensive coaching is a key to classroom success. Boston uses coaches for teachers as part of its larger _32_ for preschool quality. The district has installed a strict _33_ and requires teachers to get masters degrees.
Academics have known for some time that quality _34_, but much of the research has focused on small-scale programs. The Boston program is different.
Last year, a Harvard University study found big _35_ in math and vocabulary in Boston after the program, where the preschool system spans 68 schools.
“That you can develop high quality across 68 schools was not obvious,” says Harvard economist and education professor Richard Murnane, who was not _36_ in the study. “We can do better in preparing poor children for school, and it can be done at considerable _37_.”
But not everyone is sold. Some preschool research shows academic gains disappearing by third grade. Critics say a program without staying power is hardly worth a big public _38_.
“So we just don’t know about Boston, whether the _39_ effects that are talked about at the end of the pre-K year are going to be there at the end of first grade, second grade or third grade,” Whitehurst says. “Without knowing that, it’s hard to make a decision about whether this is a great program that ought to be _40_ in other places.”
But policymakers around the country aren’t waiting for a long-term study. They’re coming to Boston to see the preschool program up close.
III. Reading Comprehension （45%）
Section A
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.
We have been putting smart women on the couch for 40 years without making full use of
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their talent. Today the portion of top jobs that go to women is still _41_ low. Why aren’t more women running things in America? It isn’t for lack of ambition or qualifications. The real _42_ to getting more women to the top is the difficult issue of time commitment: Today’s top jobs in major organizations _43_ 60-plus hours of work a week. Isn’t it too much?
But for businesses and reformers are serious about making their companies _44_ for the large number of American talented women, here are three ways to handle it.
Re-think time. We can break away from the belief that high-level work can be done only by people who work extra time. Maybe working time can be _45_ by setting the right amount of work that needs to get done. Senior roles should actually be easier to adapt in this way because highly paid people have the desire to give up some _46_ in order to work less.
Availability matters. It’s important to differ between availability and absolute time commitment. Many professional women would _47_ agree to check email seven days a week and come to office, _48_, for intense project — so long as over the course of a year, the time devoted to work is more _49_. Managers need to know that 24/7 availability is not the same thing as a 24/7 workload.
Quality is the goal, not quantity. Leaders need to create a _50_ in which talented people are judged not by the quantity of their work, but by the quality of their _51_. One who works 20 hours a week and who delivers exceptional results on a pro rata（摊派）basis should be qualified for _52_ and viewed as a top performer.
“Devotion” may help talented women who can live with the way that top jobs require today — and if that’s their _53_, give more power to them. But only a small percentage of women will choose this route. Until the rest of us get serious about _54_ the present way that work gets done in American corporations, we can only complain about the _55_ of it all while changing almost nothing.
41. A. shockingly B. possibly C. relatively D. consequently
42. A. desire B. barrier C. challenge D. solution
43. A. promise B. suggest C. track D. demand
44. A. cautious B. careful C. nervous D. Hopeful
45. A. shortened B. adjusted C. lengthened D. Unchanged
46. A. time B. income C. freedom D. promotion
47. A. happily B. reluctantly C. hesitantly D. rapidly
48. A. if necessary B. when possible C. if convenient D. when likely
49. A. expected B. limited C. paid D. excluded
50. A. rule B. situation C. civilization D. culture
51. A. duties B. contributions C. donations D. commitments
52. A. managers B. supervisors C. promotions D. employments
53. A. comprehension B. advantage C. principle D. choice
54. A. altering B. considering C. setting D. fighting
55. A. dream B. time C. injustice D. cruelty
Section B
Directions: Read the following 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.
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(A)
Even as a child, the best-known North American woman painter, Frida Kahlo exhibited an independent, rebellious spirit and lack of restraint (克制) that often got her into trouble.
At the age of six, however, Frida’s life changed dramatically. She got polio and was confined to her bed for nine months. The disease left Frida’s right leg shorter and thinner than her left, and when she had recovered enough to return to school, she walked with a limp. She was often teased by her playmates, and although that was emotionally painful for her, she compensated by being outgoing and gained a reputation as a “character” .
A turning point occurred in Frida’s life in September, when she was involved in a near-fatal accident. The bus in which she was riding home after school crashed into a trolley car. The impact caused a metal rail to break loose, piercing Frida’s entire body with the steel rod. The Red Cross doctors who arrived and examined the victims separated the injured from the dying, giving the injured first priority. They took one look at Frida and put her with the hopeless cases.
The doctor eventually treated Frida, and miraculously she survived. She suffered a broken spine and two broken ribs. Her right leg was broken in 11 places, and her right foot was smashed. Her left shoulder was dislocated. From that point on, Frida Kahlo would never live a day without pain.
Although Frida recovered enough to lead a fairly normal life, the accident had severe psychological and physical consequences. She had to abandon her plan to become a doctor. Her slowly healing body kept her in bed for months, and it was during this time that Frida began to paint. Some artists look to nature or society for their inspiration, but Fria Kahlo looked inward. After her accident, Frida described her pain in haunting, dreamlike self-portraits. Most of her 200 paintings explore her vision of herself. The Broken Column (1944), a small deer with Frida’s head and a body pierced with arrows runs through the woods.
When she was in her forties, her health seriously declined, but Frida always kept her lively spirit. By then she was internationally known. When a Mexican gallery wanted to have a major exhibition of her work, she arranged to have her elaborately decorated, four-poster bed carried into the gallery so that she could receive people.
56. Polio left Kahlo with a limp, and as a result she became ___________________.
A. shy and withdrawnB. polite and graceful
C. friendly and unconventional D. weak and straightforward
57. Kahlo began to paint ___________________.
A. when she was still a child B. after she suffered from polio
C. after a serious traffic accident happened D. while she was already in her forties
58. Which of the following doesn’t describe Kahlo’s artwork?
A. She painted many beautiful landscapes.
B. She painted pictures showing pain and suffering.
C. She often used herself as a subject for her work.
D. She painted even when she was very ill.
59. At the time of her death, Kahlo was ___________________.
A. still an unknown artist. B. sorry she had taken up art
C. not accepted as an accomplished D. a famous North American woman artist
(B)
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60. Where is the passage most probably from?
A. A speech introducing the National Gallery. B. A thesis on western European art. C. A guide to the National Gallery. D. A newspaper article about collections in the gallery.
61. What is the right unique to members of the National Gallery?
A. Access to exclusive events and special offers. B. Admission free and free Wi-Fi.
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C. Free meals inside the National Gallery. D. No need to queue at all entrances.
62. If you feel hungry when you visit the National Gallery at 7pm on Saturday, where can you go for refreshment?
A. Shops. B. The National Dining Rooms. C. Espresso Bar. D. The National Café.
(C)
Beauty is big business in China. The country’s cosmetics market is worth $26 billion a year, making it the third-biggest in the world. Euromonitor, a research firm, believe it will grow 8% each year from now to 2017.
It would seem surprising, then, that some of the world’s best-known brands are giving up on such an attractive market. This week L’Oreal of France, the world’s biggest cosmetics firm, said announcement by Revlon, an American rival, that it would leave the country altogether.
L’Oreal insists that this is not a step back from the Chinese market, of which it commands an 11% share, but rather a shift in strategy. It says it will henceforth concentrate on selling Chinese consumers it’s L’Oreal Paris and Maybelline New York lines. Revlon has done rather less well in China, which accounts for a tiny share of its global revenues. It is said to have suffered a big fall in sales in recent months and blames this on a slowing Chinese economy.
A few years ago, when China’s annual GDP growth was in double digits and its consumers had barely begun to fill their repressed desire for foreign luxury, the firms that sold it set themselves ambitious targets. Now China is coming to resemble a more normal emerging market: still with much potential for growth, but with no guarantee that every fancy foreign product entering it will get a piece of the action. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated, and are increasingly unwilling to pay extra money for all but the very best brands.
At the same time costs are high. Wages for “beauty assistants” and other saleswomen are rising at double-digit rates annually. Marketing in such a huge and diverse country, are complex. To cap it all, Chinese cosmetics firms are quickly catching up with the foreign ones.
As the costs rise and the growth slows, L’Oreal and Revlon are unlikely to be the last foreign cosmetics firms to think again about their ambitions in China.
63. Which statement is true about China’s cosmetics market?
A. It is worth $26 million a year.
B. It is growing at a rate of 8% each year.
C. China’s domestic brands have defeated foreign brands overwhelmingly.
D. China’s cosmetics market is the third-biggest in the world.
64. The underlined phrase “came on the heels of” (Para.2) is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. followed B. affected by C. caught up with D. was prior to
65. Why did some world’s famous cosmetics brands change their strategy in China?
A. Because L’Oreal commands a share of 11%, leaving little potential for other brands.
B. The costs are high and China’s economic growth is slowing down.
C. Chinese consumers began to fill their repressed desire for foreign luxury.
D. There is limited potential for development in China’s cosmetics market.
66. How will the author probably predict China’s future cosmetics market?
A. It will grow at a rate of 8% each year from now to 2017.
B. L’Oreal and Revlon will be the only two foreign brands to reconsider their ambitions in China.
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C. Foreign brands will face fierce competition with domestic brands.
D. For all the challenges, foreign cosmetics firms are optimistic about their ambitions in China.
Section D
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. Dr Rogers gets round this by using a different material for each layer of the stack.
B. The technology continues to pop up in new devices all the time, from sunglasses to electric vehicle charging stations.
C. But many scientists would like to replace it with something fundamentally better.
D. Suitably improved, Dr Rogers reckons, their efficiency could rise to 50%.
E. The hope for a “solar revolution” has been floating around for decades.
F. The band gap defines the longest wavelength of light a semiconductor can absorb (it is transparent to longer wavelengths).
Sunlight is free, but that is no reason to waste it. Yet even the best silicon solar cells – by far the most common sort – convert only a quarter of the light that falls on them. Silicon has the merit of being cheap: manufacturing improvements have brought its price to a point where it is snapping at the heels of fossil fuels. 67. ______
John Rogers, of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is one. The cells he has devised can convert 42.5% of sunlight. 68. ______ Their secret is that they are actually not one cell, but four, stacked one on top of another.
Solar cells are made of semiconductors, and every type of semiconductor has a property called a bank gap that is different from that of other semiconductors. 69. ______ It also fixes the maximum amount of energy that can be captured from shorter wavelength. The result is that long-wavelength photons are lost and short-wave ones incompletely utilized.
70. ______ He chooses his materials so that the bottom of the band gap of the top layer matches the top of the band gap of the one underneath, and so on down the stack. Each layer thus chops off part of the spectrum, converts it efficiently into electrical energy and passes the rest on.
The problem is that the materials needed to make these semiconductors are costly. But Dr Rogers has found a way to overcome this. Normal solar-cell modules are completely covered by semiconductor, but in his only 0.1% of the surface is so covered. The semiconducting stacks, each half a millimeter square, are scattered over that surface many dots. Each stack then has a pair of cheap glass lenses mounted over it. These focus the sun’s light onto the stack, meaning that all incident light meets a semiconductor.
?V. Summary Writing (15%)
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.
Stress for a teenager is as real a problem as stress for an adult. Therefore, it’s important to understand the causes of stress in teenagers.
When parents change their jobs or if the family decides to move to a different place, the child has to change schools, find new friends, adapt to the new social circle and fit into new groups. It is always difficult for children to adapt to such changes, which can be a serious cause of stress in their life.
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Academic difficulties, such as inability to understand a certain subject can cause stress. Not every child has the ability to understand every subject. Some kids need extra help besides school work to grasp a few concepts. Poor academic performance is often laughed at and is looked down upon by both teachers and peers. In such cases, it can make the child feel isolated, neglected and hurt. All of this, put together, can add to stress, which many times worsens grades.
Extra curricular activities (课外活动) such as playing a sport, or attending art classes can weigh heavily on your child’s mind. Balancing school and extra curricular activities does seem like a burden when you have to be outstanding at both. When the pressures from both the ends get unmanageable, teenagers tend to get tired and annoyed. Tiredness sets in, leading to stress related issues such as lack of concentration in school.
These are the common causes of stress in teenagers, which can be noticed through signs such as poor memory, anxiety, negative and pessimistic attitude. If the signs of teenage stress go unrecognized for a long time, it can make the child emotionally out of balance. And next step, if this happens, it is necessary for parents to know how to deal with stress.
第II卷（共40分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. (15%)
1. 自开业以来，上海迪斯尼乐园天天游人如织。(full)
2. 多吃水果，你就不用担心缺少维生素。(lack)
3. 他似乎在全神贯注地读着今天报纸末版上的体育新闻。(absorb)
4. 尽管Alpha Go在最近的比赛中胜出，但我还是坚定认为人工智能不可能取代人脑。
（possibility）
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. (25%)
学校就校园环境建设正在征询学生的意见。假如你是王凯，给校长写一封信，从有利于学生的学习和发展的角度对改建方案提出自己的设想。你的信必须内容包括以下两个方面：
1. 你对园环境建设的建议；
2. 说明你的建议的理由。
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