2019届上海市静安区高三二模考试
英语学科试卷
考生注意:
1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。
2. 本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答題必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
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I Listening Comprehension
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A 10%
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. When Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her way to accept her best actress Oscar one year, her pink
princess-like Dior dress ____21____(capture) in all its glory. The unscripted moment became hot
topic throughout social media.
That bonus air-time for a single dress at one of the worlds global events is priceless for
the likes of Dior, one of the ____22____(influential) fashion houses in the luxury marketplace.
Success on the red carpet can earn exposure and profits for luxury brands for years ____23____(come). The red carpet, which will be televised live before Academy Award ceremony,
presents a great opportunity for a designer to reach an audience that expands
____24____the fashion
setting. The Lawrence dress received about 40 million mentions on various social media. One way of estimating the monetary benefits of having a standout dress on the red carpet is
to compare how much a brand would otherwise spend on commercial advertising during the same time.
____25____Lawrence had only 75 seconds of solo camera time for her Oscar acceptance speech, Dior
had to pay more than $4 million for a commercial spot of the same duration on similar occasions.
And this didn't include the time ____26____(devote) to Lawrence and her dress on the pre-show
televised red carpet. Lawrence, 23, had an advertising contract with Dior. ____27____the group's
deal with Lawrence affected its sales was clearly stated in its annual financial report.
That
year, the group clothing section's profits ____28____(total) 165 million euros, up 26 percent
from the previous year.
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Jimmy firm, introducing publicity ____29____success stories include Heston, the founder of a
dominated that the Oscar today red carpet is believes Choo shoes and designer Saab to Hollywood,
by established luxury brands. Finding it much more difficult to compete with big brand names to
rising _____30_____(bet) on promising many young designers turn to dress super stars on big events,
stars, expecting an overnight success if the young stars rise to sudden fame.
21. was captured 【答案】22. most influential
23. to come
24. beyond 25. Although
26. devoted
27. How 28. totaled
29. whose 30. betting
Section B.
word chosen from the box. Each word can in each blank with a proper be used only Directions: Fill
once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
For several decades, various types of artificial intelligence kept shocking the world. Robots
could ____31____ people in highly competitive games and then quickly destroyed their human
competitors.
AI long ago mastered chess, the Chinese board game Go and even the Rubik's cube, which it
managed to solve in just 0.38 second.
Now machines have a new game that will allow them to ____32____ humans: Jenga, the popular game in which players ____33____remove pieces from an increasingly unstable tower of 54 blocks,
placing each one on top until the entire structure would ____34____.
A newly released video from MIT shows a robot developed by the school's engineers playing the game with surprising accuracy. The machine is equipped with a soft gripper(夹子), a
