2021届嘉定区高考英语二模
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 from of the given word;for the other blanks,u one word that best fits each blank.
Why Acting Is So Much More Than It Appears to Be
For many people,acting appears to be people talking while getting emotional,which is why so many people think they can do it.No one imagines(21)_________waking up one day and being a professional singer or pianist.But for actors,they say,“Acting is hard only(22) _________one has to memorize lines.If I could remember,I could be an actor,too.”
But acting isn’t just about memorizing lines and talking in conversational reality.As Meisner said,“Acting is doing things truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”If(23)_________ (understand)correctly,this definition is an ambitious and remarkable thing to strive for.
To do things truthfully,actors must acquire many challenging skills.(24)_________the skills,the script will remain flat on the page,despite being recited out loud.To make a script come to life in a believable way,the actor(25)_________make active choices.
Imagine for a moment how many different ways there are(26)_________(deliver)one single line.Even something as simple as“clo the door”can mean so many different things and
(27)_________(express)in so many different ways.The words are the writer’s,but the behavior
(28)_________brings them to vivid life?That is the actor.
The goal of great actors?That’s to act naturally.Good quality acting must always come down to kind of naturalness that makes tho acting skills(29)_________(visible)to the audience.In other words,a good actor must not appear to be acting at all.
So do not be fooled into thinking that(30)_________can read and speak can be an actor. The naturalness displayed by great actors is exactly what makes you think that way,but it took them years of training to get to this point.It is so much more than you know.
Section B
Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chon from the box.Each word can be ud only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.
A.leave
B.signal
C.brief
D.interruption
E.marking
F.indicated
G.practice
I.unified
J.struggling
What Is a Paragraph Break?
It is one of the most important punctuation marks.A paragraph break is an indentation（缩进）or a single line space__31__the division between one paragraph and the next in a body of text.Generally,paragraph breaks rve to__32__the transition from one idea to another in a stretch of text,and from one speaker to another in an exchange of dialogue.
Few readers would think of the paragraph break as a punctuation mark,but it certainly is.In ancient times there were no paragraphs.Sentences simply flowed into one another without__33__. During medieval（中世纪）times,the mark evolved into the paragraph symbol[‘]and eventually became the modern-day paragraph break,which is__34__now only by a line break or indentation.
Today,the paragraph break is ud to give readers a break.The art of creating paragraphs is called paragraphing,the__35__of dividing a text into paragraphs.Paragraphing is a kindness to your reader becau it divides your thinking into manageable bites.Paragraphs that are too long __36__reader w
ith den blocks of text to read through,while more frequent paragraphing provides readers with convenient__37__points at which to take a break and relaunch themlves into thinking.
To fully understand when to inrt a paragraph break,it’s helpful to know that a paragraph is a group of cloly related ntences that develop a central idea.Therefore,each paragraph discuss one__38__topic.Also,a paragraph break is employed before each new topic is introduced.In this way,the writing will flow,and readers will be able to proceed through the writing in a logical fashion instead of__39__all the way to get to the last line.
奇异性
Paragraphs ud to be longer,but with the development of the Internet,which gives readers access to literally millions of sources of information,paragraphs have become increasingly __40__.The style for many websites,for example,us paragraphs no more than two to three ntences.
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension
Section A
寒食解释Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phras marked A,B, C a
nd D.Fill in each blank with the word or phra that best fits the context.
There have been many times during my travels when I’ve needed something repaired,from broken zips to memory cards that have lost data.From India to Ethiopia,I have had__41__ trouble in finding menders to repair what is broken.But in rich countries,such items would often be__42__and replaced with new ones.
Now the idea that something that works fine should be replaced is now to deeply-rooted in our__43__that few people question it.We are increasingly convinced by manufacturers to __44__replace a product.The earliest example may be the so-called“light-bulb scheme,”in which a group of companies signed an agreement that__45__each other to ll light-bulbs with a longer than1,000-hour lifespan（寿命）,even though bulbs lasting more than100,000hours __46__.The result was that houholds needed to replace their bulbs regularly,greatly__47__the consumer market.
This way of lling more products by designing products that__48__fail,cannot be repaired, or have a t lifespan is known as“planned obsolescence（报废）”.However,it is not just a way for__49__to increa profits,many politicians believe it to be a societal necessity.During the 1930s Depression in
the US,it was en as a way to get the__50__moving again by urging people to buy more stuff.By the1950s,it had become the dominant practice in large-scale production with things no longer built to__51__.Clever advertising persuaded people to shop. Consumer culture was born.
Some industries,such as fashion,rely heavily on“planned obsolescence”,with items being made to last a single ason or less.Other industries are__52__fashion to bring out products that will soon appear dated.For example,__53__lifespans are programmed into chips（芯片）,so that printers will stop working after a pret number of pages.
__54__,some consumers are starting to hit back,advising people on the Internet how to find and remove the printer chip.They began taking apart computers and other equipment,getting around the copyright protection.People like them are contributing to a__55__of the consumer culture.Instead of being driven by it,they choo new products bad on how long-lasting they are and how easy they are to be repaired.Perhaps,“planned obsolescence”will begin to e its end.
al B.much C.little D.big
42.A.worked out B.thrown away C.fixed up D.boasted about
43.A.industry B.culture C.product D.route
44.A.permanently B.fundamentally C.nsibly D.frequently
45.A.forbade B.reminded C.allowed D.instructed
46.A.failed B.existed C.flashed D.boomed
47.A.shrinking B.distributing C.stabilizing D.expanding
48.A.mirably B.barely C.deliberately D.slightly
49.A.opponents B.manufacturers C.delegates D.immigrants
ployment B.fashion C.politics D.economy
51.A.last B.transfer C.collap D.tempt
ploiting B.following C.derting D.entitling
53.A.decent B.additional C.valid D.limited
54.A.Therefore B.Besides C.However D.Anyway
55.A.shift B.knowledge C.ri D.success
Section B
Directions:Read the following three passage.Each passage is followed by veral questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choo the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
睡眠健康(A)
①On Monday,a scientist and doctor Robert Winston is to formally ask a question in congress about what asssments the government has made“for requiring dults riding bicycles in
city centres to have a licence and third-party insurance.”The letter below is the entirely imagined respon I would like the government to make to him.法国结
②Dear Robert,
③You ask what asssments we’ve made for your proposal about obliging cyclists to have licences and insurance.The brief answer is:none.Nor do we have any plans to do so.
④Why?Again,the short answer is this:it’s a silly and pointless thing to suggest,as evidenced by the fact that practically no countries or territories anywhere in the world require
cyclists to be licend,or to have compulsory insurance.
⑤I suppo it’s only fair if I explain why I think it is such a non-issue.It’s pretty simple: such a plan would achieve pretty much nothing,while causing significant problems.More widely,
any nsible governments will do everything in their power to get more people cycling,not to put
pointless obstacles in their way.
⑥Let’s just take one example.As I’m sure you know as a doctor,one of the problems facing our nation is that the National Health System is likely to collap under the caring for an
increasingly overweight population.Inactive living is central to this.Even a fairly brief daily like
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⑦Next,how would such rules even work?Would the licensing and insurance be just for adults,or also children?How would the system even be enforced-would it also require all bikes
to be veguistered with number plates?
⑧Finally,what would you hope to achieve by this?If you believe licensing transport urs stops wrongdoing,can I point to you the data showing how a third of drivers admit to using
hand-held phones while driving,despite the law forbidding it.
⑨So,to summarize:your plan would be to introduce a hugely new administrative scheme that would most likely have limited effect on the behaviour of averagely law-abiding（守法的）
transport urs who rarely harm others,while putting people off from this beneficial type of
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⑩I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
56.What does Robert most probably want to know by asking the question?
A.whether the government has made efforts regarding his proposal.
B.whether each bike rider has applied for a third-party insurance.
C.whether the congress has sympathy towards the cyclists.
D.whether doctors can receive the government’s support.
57.What does the author think of the plan propod by Robert?
A.It may rai people’s insurance awareness.
B.It can motivate people to obey the law.
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C.It imitates what other countries are doing.
D.It is difficult to implement and enforce.
58.The example in paragraph6is ud_________.
< draw people’s attention to overweight problems
