【上海市重点中学】2019-2020学年位育中学高二上英语10月月考试卷及参考答案

Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the sentences or passages below, fill in the blanks to make the sentences or passages coherent and grammatically correct.
Fries are often seen as an unhealthy accompaniment（附加物）to our favorite foods. But (21) _______ father and son in Belgium won’t hear a word said (22) _______ the humble chip -- they’ve created the world’s first museum dedicated to fries.
The friet-museum in Bruges offers chip lovers an educational insight into one of Belgium’s national specialties. it introduces the history of the potato, (23) _______ originated in Peru, and the Belgian production of fries.
The museum, opened by Eddy van Belle and his son Cidric, is located in the oldest building in Bruges. “Over the years, fries (24) _______ (know) worldwide and enjoyed by adults and children in almost all countries,” Eddy said. “We are so proud that they actually originate from Belgium. This is (25) _______ it is absolutely necessary that the first museum for fries should be opened in Belgium.”
Potatoes, chips and the various condiments（佐料）which can (26) _______ (enjoy) with them are celebrated in the museum. The building is spread over two floors. All of the rooms are painted a nice chip-colored yellow and the museum shows off a range of exhibits including ancient potato cutters and a video which shows the process of (27) _______ (make) potato chips. And there are various kinds of chips on the menu in the museum’s restaurant.
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The van Belies are not the only food enthusiasts in the world (28) _______ (pay) respect to their favorite food by opening up a museum. A Florida man, Harry Sperl, turned his home (29) _______ a museum d edicated to hamburgers. “Hamburger Harry” (30) _______ (fill) his home with 1,000 souvenirs based on his favorite food that took around 23 years to collect.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
wrote a letter to Britain describing a cruel ritual he had witnessed in the city of Puri. During this ritual, an (31) _______ large and heavy cart was rolled through the streets loaded with the wooden idol（神像）of the god Jagannath. Devotees（信徒）of the god would sometimes throw themselves before the cart to be crushed and killed beneath its weight. In the reverend’s letter, the name of the god was spelled “juggernaut,” which is the fo rm of the word we know today. The term is now used to describe a “huge, powerful and overwhelming force or institution.”
The last twenty years has seen the birth of a new technological juggernaut with the (32) _______ of the internet, one that holds huge significance for questions
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(33) _______ privacy as well as control over our very identities.
For most people today, attending to social media (34) _______ a good deal of their time. They feed it each day as if it were a living organism. They check it (35) _______ to see if they get likes, comments and replies, which shows them that their devotion is being well rewarded. In today’s society, we have the (36) _______ notion that media is free and that what we do with it, especially when it concerns our private lives, belongs to us. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Take for instance FaceApp, an app that (37) _______ your face to give you the appearance of being elderly, has become so popular recently that even the Avengers got in on the act. While fun, notice that it is free to download. This is a clear (38) _______ of two possibilities: The developer earns revenue（收益）from either advertising or user-created content, i.e.the developer owns your picture and likeness.
To take it a step further, the Chinese app Zap gives users the ability to swap （交换）their face onto their favorite celebrities in video footage. Again, since it is free and has no advertisements, the company owns the content uploaded by users. This app is also part of a worrisome field of video editing tools called “deepfakes,” which, in wrong hands, can depict people (39) _______ criminal acts or saying things that they hadn’t. Even if these “deepfakes” can later be revealed as false, people’s lives or (40) _______ co uld have already been ruined as a result.
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
Section A
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
What do celebrities do always look so amazing?
Jennifer Aniston swears by her “wonder smoothie” for a better body, Liv Tyler (41) _______ green juice for clearer skin, and Victoria Beckham is said to (42) _______ her slim figure by sticking to a strict gluten-free diet.
(43) _______ these beauty secrets may sound tempting, our advice is to wait
a second before you try them. Health experts warn that celebrities’ beauty (44) _______ do not work for everyone, and, if used in the wrong way, could (45) _______ harm your skin.
US actress Jennifer Aniston is the envy of women worldwide with glowing appearance. So when fashion magazine Grazia earlier this year revealed that the (46) _______ to Aniston’s ageless beauty was a “wonder smoothie”, the drink became all the rage.
A source told the magazine that the drink is (47) _______ fresh, organic vegetables -- beetroot, cucumbers, spinach, garlic,carrots, celery and kale. The star drinks (48) _______ else on one day every week to purify her body.
If you’re doing it Aniston-style and eating (49) _______ for most of the week, it probably won’t do you any serious harm, but a juice fast that (50)_______ a couple of weeks, or even just several days, could do you more harm than (51) _______ , said
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health experts.
As soon as you pulp any fruit or vegetable, you (52) _______ all the fibre in them. “With no fibre in your (53) _______, even after a couple of days, constipation will become a problem, and in the long term, your cholesterol levels could be (54) _______ as fibre helps keep them low, “Natalie Jones of the British Dietetic Association told the Daily Mail.
If that’s not (55) _______ enough, you could also find your hair starting to fall out two to three months later, warned hair care expert Philip Kingsley.
41. A. relies on B. gives out C. takes over D. sets up
42. A. continue B. watch C. lose D. maintain
43. A. When B. As C. While D. Once
44. A. results B. tips C. comments D. complaints
45. A. properly B. necessarily C. actually D. helplessly
46. A. motto B. solution C. clue D. secret
47. A. made up of B. devoted to C. opposed to D. faced with
48. A. everything B. none C. nothing D. anything
49. A. swiftly B. normally C. powerfully D. immediately
50. A. lasts B. fills C. operates D. opens
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