2019年上海市黄浦区格致中学高考英语二模试卷（附解析）
2019年上海市黄浦区格致中学高考英语二模试卷
1. A Venturing Pilot
Charles Lindberg born in December Michigan was raid on a farm in Minnesota，where his father（1）______（elect）to the U．S．Congress in 1907．From then on，he spent his boyhood alternatively in Washington D．C．，and Little Falls，Minnesota．（2）______ Lindbergh exhibited exceptional mechanical talent，in 1921，he was admitted to the University of Wisconsin to study engineering．（3）______（ek）more challenges，he left university before graduation and became a pilot，who performed exciting flight show at country fairs and public asmblies．This unusual and dangerous undertaking paid off so greatly in the n that it allowed him to gain all-round experience in
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flying．He was particularly delighted in（4）______ he called "wing-walking" and
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（5）______（train）in air rvice for a year，Lindberg completed his program at the Brooks and Kelly airfields at the top of his class．He was offered a job in Robertson
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capeverdeAircraft Corporation of St．Louis in Missouri where he retained his job （6）______ 1927，running the routes between St．Louis and Chicago．During this period，he t out to win the Raymond B，Orteig prize of $25，000 to be awarded to the first pilot （7）______（fly）nonstop from New York to Paris．He knew this ambitious flight（8）______（change）his life．
On board the greatest adventure of his time，Lindberg left Roovelt Airport at 5：52 a．m．on May 20，1927 and landed at Le Bourget Field at 5：24 p．m．the next day．Fearing that he would be unknown when he arrived，Lindberg carried letters of introduction to the officials in Paris，but when his plane came to a stop，he found himlf （9）______（crowd）with welcoming people．He was decorated in France，Great Britain，and Belgium．President Coolidge nt a specially designated cruir，the emini
Memphis to bring him back．His accomplishments in flying brought（10）______ more medals and awards that had ever been received than any other person in private life．
Is Boasting Good or Bad Business？
Sweden is one of the most creative countries in the world，yet has a culture that warns against boasting about its success in public．And is this (1) manner a help or an obstacle when it comes to start-up？
From houhold names such as Spotify and Skype，to gaming leaders King and Mojang，Sweden is a land of (2) for industrial changes and new products．Despite just 10 million
(3) occupying a land mass largely defined by forest wildness，the nation has in recent
years created billion-dollar companies per head than everywhere el outside Silicon
Valley．
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The more familiar narrative for Sweden's start-up success story typically includes the
following factors．It has strong digital facilities，a highly educated，tech-experienced workforce，and an ideal population size for testing innovations．And for tho who ideas are not in line，there is a strong social welfare (4) to t them back on their feet．While Ingvar Kamprad，founder of Ikea，has emphasized his being modest and
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economical in his attitude，rearch is always at the heart of Ikea's (5) ．The firm-held cultural features have (6) the attention worldwide．Local and global obrvers are
admiring their constant role in promoting Sweden's lively economy．fbt
"Trying to keep boasting to a (7) and finding a common ground so that everybody is on the same page" remain to be two of the most spreading practice in the Swedish workforce，says Lola Akinmade Akerstrom，a cultural commentator，who (8) this in her recent book Lagorm：The Swedish Secret of Living Well．
Rather than focus on a rock star's or a CEO's "killing it" ，in Swedish business ："It's abo
ut everybody getting together，making sure their voices are heard (9) ，so that they can all reach a most desirable solution together，" she says．
This culture has its roots in what Swedes call "Jantelagen"，which describes a century-old tradition that discourages unnecessary (10) of wealth or success．In other words，nobody should consider themlves better than anyone el．
The novelist's medium is the written word．One might almost say the(3)world．Typically the novel is consumed by a silent，individual reader，who may be anywhere at the time．The
paperback novel is still the cheapest，most portable and adaptable form of (4) entertainment．It is limited to a single channel of information-(5)．The narrative can go，effortlessly，anywhere，into space，people's head，palaces，prisons and pyramids without any consideration of cost or practical possibility．In determining the shape and content of his narrative，the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria （标准）．The novelist keeps absolute control over his text until it is published and recei
ved by the audience．He may be advid by his editor to revi his (6)，but if the writer refud to meet this condition，no one would be surprid．It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript and expect the publisher to print it(7)as written．However，not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer would submit （提交）a script and expect it to be(8) without any rewriting．This is becau plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms of narrative，using more than one channel of (9)．The production of a stage play involves，as well as the(10)of the author，the physical prence of the actors，their voices and gestures，the "t" and possibly music．Although the script play is the esntial part of both play and film，it is a(11) for subquent revision negotiated between the writer and other creative people involved．They're given "approval" of the choice of a director and actors and have the right to attend(12)，during which period they may undertake more(13) work．In the ca of screenplay，the writer may have little or no control over the final form of his work．Contracts for the production of plays protect the rights of(14) in this respect．
