2020届高三英语二模汇编--完型填空

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2020 届高三英语二模汇编 ——完型填 空

1、 2020黄浦二模 Directions : For 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.

Retailers （零售商 ） closed more than 9,000 stores in 2019. Some people call what has happened to the shopping

landscape “the retail ___41___. ” It is easy to owe it t-oc othmem rieserc oef, ewhich has boomed while physical stores

struggle. But this can be ___42___. Online sales have grown tremendously in the last 20 years, but internet shopping still

represents only 11 percent of the entire retail sales total. Collectively, three major ___43___ forces have had an even bigger

impact on physical retail than the internet has.

To begin with, we have changed ___44___ we shop — away from smaller stores like those in malls and toward stand-alone

“Big Box ” stores, which is a greater problem for most physical stores.

Also, rising income ___45___ has left less of the nation 's money in the hands of the middle class, and

traditional retail stores that ___46___ them have suffered. It is estimated that since 1970, the share of the nation income earned by

families in the middle class has fallen from almost two -thirds to around 40 percent. As the ___47___ of income at the top rises,

overall retail suffers simply because high -income people save a much larger share of their money. The government reports

___48___ for different income levels in the official Consumer Expenditure Survey. In the latest data, people in the top 10 percent of

income ___49___ almost a third of their income after tax, while people in the middle of the income distribution spent 100 percent of

their income. ___50___, as the middle class has been squeezed and more has gone to the top, it has meant higher saving rates

overall.

Lastly, we have spent ___51___ less of income on things and more on services with every passing decade. Since 1960, we

went from spending 5 percent of our income on health to almost 18 percent. We spend more on education, entertainment,

business services and all sorts of other products that aren 't ___52___

stores. Economists debate theories of why people have ___53___ to services and away from goods, but no one questions that it

has happened. It means that over time, retailers selling ___54___ will have to run harder and harder just to stay in place.

In short, the broad forces hitting retail are more a lesson in economics than in the power of ___55___. It lesson all retailers

will have to learn some day.

41. A. business B. disaster C. investment D. strategy

42. A. advanced B. confirmed C. overstated D. undervalued

43. A. economic B. legal C. physical D. political

44. A. how B. what C. where D. why

45. A. distribution B. inequality C. level D. tax

46. A. aim at B. approve of C. compete with D. stem from

47. A. concentration B. influence C. security D. source

48. A. education B. employment C. housing D. spending

49. A. concealed B. donated C. earned D. saved

50. A. Instead B. However C. Moreover D. Therefore

51. A. cautiously B. intelligently C. proportionately D. prospectively

52. A. available B. insufficient C. popular D. uncommon

53. A. applied B. committed C. shifted D. tied 2

services D. things

55. A. consumption B. habit C. income D. technology

【答案】 41-45: BCACB 46-50: AADDD 51-55: CACDD

【难度】中等偏难

2、 2020普陀二模

Growing Adoption of Green Cleaning

When we clean the bathroom, we ' ve got all kinds of stuff to help us out: a cleaning solution that removes dirty

marks from the shower walls and something in a squeeze bottle that makes the toilet sparkling clean. When all is done, the room is

neat and clean, ___41___ dirt and bacteria. There ' s just one problem — the

clean can be harmful to people and the environment. For this reason, many people say that traditional cleaners should be

___43___ and replaced with less harmful “ green ” products.

The problem ___44___ the fact that some cleaning products contain harsh chemicals that just aren for humans, animals, or

the planet. Think of the ___45___ coming from a factory and getting into the air. The smoke creates air pollution, which harms the

environment and makes us feel ill when we breathe it in. ___46___, the chemicals in cleaning products pollute the air and can hurt

us when we breathe them in or when they get on our skin. However, not all cleaning products are harmful. Green products, which

do not contain harsh chemicals, are said to be good ___47___ because they are effective at cleaning and are safe for people and

for the planet.

___48___ about chemicals has led many states to require schools and government buildings to use environmentally friendly