2021年上海市静安区高考英语二模试卷
课题研究内容Ⅱ.Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections： 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 from of the given word； for the other blanks， u one word that best fits each blank.
1．Scientists confirmed Monday that a skeleton（骷髅）found under a car﹣park in the English city of Leicester was that of King Richard Ⅲ， in a weird end to a 500﹣year﹣old mystery.
DNA from the bones （1） （match） that of existing generation of the king's sister and the skeleton had the battle injuries consistent （2） contemporary accounts.
The remains of the king， viewed as one of English history's worst guys， will be reburied later in the local church.
The discovery has caud huge excitement among historians， as it provides firm evidence about a ruler who life （3） （shadow），in spite of official records， by rumours（传言）concerning his cold blood since his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
According to historical accounts， Richard's body was transported naked and bloody on the back of a pack hor to Leicester before being buried in an unmarked grave at Grey﹣friars， a Franciscan temple in the central English city.
Then the crown pasd to the Tudor rulers who painted Richard as an ugly bad guy who stopped at （4） in his pursuit of power， even murdering his two young nephews， the so﹣called Princes in the Tower， （5） 仔细考虑英语（cure） the power.
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The hunt for his body began years ago when archaeologists（考古学家）started to dig beneath the municipal car﹣park （6） the king was suppodly buried. They family found the skeleton.
On Monday archaeologists said the skeleton confirmed that the king had vere injury in the backbone. It may have been painful and caud his right shoulder to appear higher than his left，but there was n evidence of the deformed arm （7） （mention） in Shakespeare's "Richard Ⅲ".
Historians now hope to clear some of the myths about Richard. （8） （publicize） evidence to argue against the claim that he killed the two young princes. They intend of focus on（9） Richard achieved in his brief two﹣year ruling，including the establishment of a system of legal aid.
According to Philippa Langley， a member of the Richard Ⅲ Society，（10） cruel Richard Ⅲ appeared to be in the past， a new image will emerge of the king. "We have arched for Richard and we have found him. Now it's time to honour him，" she said.
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As colleges and universities nationwide revealed their admission decisions， news broke of a dramatic decline in acceptance rates ﹣ and not just at Ivy League schools. The shift meant that many high school students who pinned all their hopes on particular dream schools might find themlves（1） with real disappointment.
美的电扇 Why were admissions so low the years？ It's a number game. The years，colleges saw the number of applicants soar to record﹣high levels. But considering（2）炒排骨 budgets， the number of spots colleges could offer had to be（3） . As a result， both state schools and private colleges kept eing their acceptance rates fall rapidly.
It's not that most students won't get into colleges at all. Instead， there are more than enough spots nationwide for every qualified applicant to find a place for study. But for ma
ny， the school they end up enrolling in may not have been their first， or even third choice. The（4） strike of rejection， in some cas， could be heartbreaking. The are kids who are ud to being the best of the best.
But some of the pressure is（5） ， without excus， by students themlves， according to Laurence Steinberg， professor of Psychology. He thinks that Americans fall（6） 补办行驶证 to their own addiction to school rankings and fame. Students and their parents have formed strong commitments to particular schools long before admission decisions are made. "When they are rejected， it's like being rejected by a boyfriend or girlfriend." Steinberg says. "They（7） it： What's the matter with me？ What could I have done differently？"
