1、2015上海高考英语真题及答案第I卷 （共103分）I. Listening Comprehension SectionADirections: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 hea
2、r 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 questions you have heard.1. A. impatient B. confused C. pleased D. regretful2. A. at a bus stop B. at a laundry C. at the dentists D. at the chemists3. A. An actor
3、 B. A salesman C. A translator D. A writer4. A. He lost his classmates homework. B. He cant help the woman with her math. C. He broke the womans calculator. D. He doesnt know where the “on” button is.5. A. The woman should go to another counter. B. The woman gives the man so many choices.C. The man
4、dislike the sandwiches offered there. D. The man is having trouble deciding what to eat.6.A. She has no idea where to find the mans exam result. B. She isnt allowed to tell students their grades. C. Dr. White hasnt finish grading the papers. D. Dr. White doesnt want to be contacted while hes away.7.
5、A. Move to a neat dormitory B. Find a person to share their apartment C. Clean the room with the roommate D. Write an article about their roommate8.A. Bob wont take her advice B. Bob doesnt want to go abroad C. She doesnt think Bob should study overseas D. She hasnt talked to Bob since he went aboar
6、d9.A. The snack bar isnt usually so empty. B. Dessert is served in the snack bar.C. The snack bar is near the library. D. Snacks arent allowed in the library.10. A. Take her bicycle to the repair shop. B. Leave her bicycle outside. C. Clean the garage after the rain stops .D. Check if the garage is
7、dry.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be askedthree 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 on your paper and decide which
8、one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. It helps care for customers dogs. B. You have to buy food for dogs. C. None of the dogs are caged. D. There is a dog named Princess.12. A. She likes the food there. B. She en
9、joys the fun with a pet. C. She can have free coffee. D. She doesnt like to be alone.13. A. A new kind of cafe. B. A new brand of cafe. C. A new home for pets. D. A new way to raise pets.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A trend that high achievers are given a lower s
10、alary. B. A view that life quality is more important than pay. C. A dream of the young for fast-paced jobs. D. A new term created by high achievers.15. A. 10% B. 12% C. 6% D. 7%16. A. People are less satisfied with their lives. B. The financial investment may increase. C. Well-paid jobs are not easy
11、 to find. D. Unexpected problems may arise.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on you
12、r answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer. SRT Service NotesAccount No.: 17 Service Request: Check the 18 Solutions: Send another 19 2 pm on 20 Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversati
13、on.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.In what way are these climbers special?They are all 21 .Why did they choose to conquer MountKilimanjaro?To prove 22 .What did they do in time of difficulty? They turned 23 .How did they record their adventure?By keeping 24 .II. Gra
14、mmar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 bl
15、ank.(A) Gift from a strangerMy local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but Id noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. (25) _ I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spotit was a tight
16、fit.Pretty soon Id made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I (26) _(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman Id let have my car space earlier. She was givin
17、g me (27) _ odd lookhalf puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady (28) _ (look) in at me. Hello, she said, hesitantly. This (29) _ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mothers things off at the charity b
18、ins.” You are just so much (30) _ her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.” (31) _ (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.After a pa
19、use, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was (32) _ (nice) gift Id ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.(B)Ask helpful HannahDear Helpful Hannah, Ive got a problem with my
20、 husband, Sam. He bought a smart phone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado, it was a great trip except for one problem. He has a constant urge (33)_(check) for next messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! Hes so addicted to it that he just cant stan
21、d the idea (34)_there may be an important text. He cant help checking even at inappropriate times like when we are eating in a restaurant and I am talking to him! He behaves (35)_ any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he knows he shouldnt. The temptation
22、 to see (36)_is connecting him is just too great. When I ask him to put down the phone and stop (37)_(ignore) me, he say, “In a minute.” but still checks to see if (38)_has posted something new on the Internet. Our life (39)_(interrupt). If we go somewhere and I ask him to have the phone at home, he
23、 suffers from withdrawal symptom. Maybe this dependency on his smart phone has become more than an everyday problem.I recently read an article about “nomophobia,” (40)_is a real illness people cant suffer from the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam maybe suffering from this illn
24、ess because he feels anxious if he doesnt have his phone with him, even for a short time.Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble! Sick and Tired SadieSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only
25、 be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. access B. alternatives C. assigned D. confirmed E.conflicting F.elements G.function H.innovative I.prospective J.separate K.supportingConsidering how much time people spend in offices, it is important that work be well designed. Well-d
26、esigned office spaces help create a cooperations image. They motivate workers and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential or, _41_, customer. They make businesses work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture we live in. As we move away from an industrial-based
27、 economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers have come up with_42_ to the traditional work environments of the past. The design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible “strategic management environments.” These _43_ solutions are to meant to support better
28、organizational performances. As employee hierarchies (等级制度) have flattened or decreased, office designers response to this change has been to move open-plain areas to more desirable locations within the office, and create fewer formal private offices. The need for increased flexibility has also been
29、 _44_ by changes in work station design. Offices and work spaces often are not _45_ to a given person on a permanent basis because of changes to method of working, new designs allow for expansion or movement of desks, storage, and equipment within the workstation. Another important design goal is co
30、mmunication, which designers have improved by lowering the walls that _46_workstations. Designers have also created informal gathering places,and upgraded employees _47_to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms. Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a
31、 number of competing and often _48_ demands,including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies, and technological innovation(especially in relation to computerization). These demands must also be balanced with the need to create interiors(内饰) that in some way enhance,establish,or promote a companys im
32、age and will enable employees to _49_at their best.All these _50_ of office design are related. The most successful office designs are like a good marriage -the well-designed office and the employees that occupy it are seemingly made for each other.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For
33、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.If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect interest in ro
34、mance among the artists._51_, you would see plenty of animals with people running after them. Life for ancient peoples earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals. In modern times, when food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more_52_in peoples lives. The_53_is all ar
35、ound us. It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love. An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture. Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be_54_. They ask, what is love? Toothpaste companies want us t
36、o think attraction is all about clean teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that_55_attract, too. One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.First Impression To help determ
37、ine the_56_of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each others individuality. Then students were asked to_57_what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reported
38、 what happened. As it turned out, their_58_judgments often held true. Students seemed to_59_at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.The _60_ Knows Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction. Many animals give off pheromones natural chemicals that c
39、an be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling_61_to partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be as_62_as other animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, however, does see
40、m to play a part in human attraction. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.Face Value Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we
41、 find attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for_63_. The participants had 0.013 seconds to view each face, yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we_64_attractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic. When shown an
42、 attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded to_65_ words faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.51. A. insteadB. ThereforeC. MoreoverD. Otherwise52. A. romanticB. stressfulC. centralD. artificial53. A. pr
43、iorityB. proofC. possibilityD. principle54. A. seatedB. impressedC. changedD. created55. A. appearancesB. virtuesC. similarityD. passions56. A. illustrationsB. imaginationsC. ingredientsD. instructions57. A. predictB. investigateC. diagnoseD. recall58. A. criticalB. initialC. randomD. transfer59. A.
44、 memorizeB. distinguishC. negotiateD. question60. A. NoseB. EyeC. HeartD. Hand61. A. openB. alertC. resistantD. superior62. A. disappointedB. amazedC. confusedD. gifted63. A. emotionB. attractivenessC. individualityD. signals64. A. enhanceB. possessC. maintainD. assess65. A. familiarB. plainC. posit
45、iveD. irritatingSection BDirections: 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 re
46、ad. (A)Look to many of historys cultural symbols, and there youll find an ancestor of Frosty, the snowman in the movie Frozen. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s. I discovered even more about one of humanitys earliest forms of
