【正文】 崇明區(qū) 2017 屆第二次高考模擬考試試卷 英 語 （考試時間 120 分鐘，滿分 140 分。 請將答案填寫在答題紙上 ） 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. In a bank. B. In a hospital. C. In a garage. D. In a store. 2. A. Office secretary. B. Hotel receptionist. C. Restaurant waitress. D. Travel agency clerk. 3. A. Take his coat off. B. Get out of the car. C. Make a right turn. D. Pay the parking fine. 4. A. At 10:25. B. At 10:05. C. At 9:55. D. At 5:10. 5. A. Pay for some of the food. B. Thank Gary for his generous offer. C. Insist on choosing their own food. D. Treat Gary to dinner some other time. 6. A. Operating on a patient. B. Giving firstaid to a patient. C. Arranging a bed for a patient. D. Looking for an available doctor. 7. A. The job is unsettled. B. He?s eager to start his new job. C. His job starts next week. D. The job interview will go well. 8. A. He doesn?t want to drive any more. B. The road to Bridgeport has just closed. C. It doesn?t take long to go to Bridgeport. D. He has memorized every part of the drive. 9. A. He already has plans for Saturday night. B. He will make a reservation at the restaurant. C. The woman should ask her brother for a suggestion. D. The woman should decide where to eat on Saturday. 10. A. The championship will help him to keep in shape. B. She is sure the man will win back the championship. C. The championship is to be put off until a few weeks later. D. She wishes the man to be able to attend the championship. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 news. 11. A. Norway. B. Denmark. C. Canada. D. New Zealand. 12. A. People can lengthen their life B. People are honest with each other. C. The country is strong enough. D. People are free to choose their life. 13. A. The happiness rating of the USA ranked 15th last year. B. People in Europe are the happiest around the world. C. National poverty can make its people unhappy. D. The least happy country is South Africa. Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Unlucky people who have just lost their jobs. B. Young people who are beginning their careers. C. College students who are doing voluntary work. D. Inefficient employees who often make mistakes. 15. A. Learning in a workplace is crucial. B. Knowledge is important in finding a job. C. Enthusiasm is essential for one?s career. D. Making mistakes in work is unavoidable. 16. A. Errors in work won?t cause severe consequences. B. It is a golden rule to be careful not to fail in work. C. It is you yourself who are able to control your career. D. Your first jobs can?t help your career unless attractive. 17. A. To make a “fiveyear plan”. B. To give it up and continue your study. C. To assume that you actually love it. D. To accept it and try to learn something useful. Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 18. A. His fault in the basketball game. B. His failure to control his emotion. C. His teammate?s rudeness to him. D. His team?s losing the basketball game. 19. A. He didn?t think it was his fault. B. He didn?t want to worsen the situation. C. He was afraid of Caleb?s scold. D. He wanted to respect his teammates. 20. A. Apologize to Caleb. B. Think twice before acting. C. Do the same to Caleb. D. Express his opinions enough. II. Grammar and Vocabulary 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, use one word that best fits each blank. Delivering Food by Drone A Singapore restaurant plans to use drones (遙控飛機 ) to transport food and drinks from the kitchen to a wait station near customers? tables. Infinium Robotics, the Singapore pany that?s developing the drones for restaurant chain Timbre, has spent the past two weeks testing the technology at the restaurant before it opens each n i g h t 21 business and hopes to have it in place by the end of the year. But how does the drone know where to hover (盤旋 )? What if someone bumps into the drone or is standing in its way? “There?s no chance at all 22 it will hit anything,” says Infinium Robotics chief executive Junyang Woon. The drones automatically charge while 23 (wait) in the kitchen. 24 the chef puts an order on the drone, he hits a bu