杨浦区2018学年第二学期高三英语二模质量测试卷 2019.4 I.Listening(略) 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?form?of?the given?word;?for?the?other?blanks,?use?one?word?that?best?fits?each?blank. My?head?was?so?full?of?digital?noise?(21)?_____?it?felt?like?my?brain?was?about?to?explode.?I?had no?greater?power?of?concentration?than?a?goldfish?and?the?lifeless?stare?of?a?goldfish?as?well.?As?a?writer,?I was?ashamed?to?admit?that?my?love?of?books?had?been?weakened?by?a?brain?that?simply?could?not?sit?still. So,?at?the?start?of?this?year?I?committed?to?restoring?books?to?the?place?that?they?held?in?my?life?before the?Internet?broke?my?brain. My?goal?was?52?books?:?It?seemed?like?an?impossible?task.?A?400-page?book?will?take?the?average person?around?eight?hours?to?read.?Finding?the?time?to?read?was?a?challenge?but?here’s?how?I?did?it.?Firstly, I?decided?to?treat?my?mind?like?a?child?(22)?_____?(behave?)?badly?and?lay?down?some?ground?rules. Then?I?decided?that?I?(23)?_____?(read)?for?an?hour?or?two?at?a?time?(24)?_____?distraction?each?day. It?was?something?I?hadn’t?done?in?years?and?it?was?scary?(25)?_____?difficult?it?was. In?his?book,?The?Distracted?Mind,?Larry?Rosen?says?that?the?more?we?practice?spending?time?away from?our?electronic?devices?,?the(26)?_____?(calm)?and?more?focused?we?become?.?And?this?is?what?I found.?Again?and?again,?I?would?gently?bring?myself?back?to?the?page,?resisting?the?urge(27)?_____?( reach?)?for?that?screen.?I?took?inspiration?from?Nikki?Gemmell,?who?describes?in?On?Quiet,?how?investing in?a?safe?to?lock?away?her?family’s?devices?for?long?periods?had?opened?up?a?space?for?deep?reflection. For?me,?finding?that?quiet?time?meant?finding?time?in?my?day?just?to?read.?It?was?a?date?between?me and?my?book.?And?it?meant?actively?choosing?to?read?at?times?(28)?_____?I?ordinarily?would?reach?for my?phone. I?read?on?the?tram,?at?the?park,?in?red?at?night?and?on?lunch?breaks. (29)?_____?(renew)?my?love?affair?with?books,?I?created?a?sacred?space?where?I?pressed?pause?and found?inspiration?,?knowledge?and?reflection?.?In?our?modern?world,?reading?for?the?sake?of?reading?is?not selfish.?It?is?a?powerful?and?beneficial?way?to?slow?down?and?be(30)?_____. III.?Directions:?Fill?in?each?blank?with?a?proper?word?chosen?from?the?box.?Each?word?can?be?used?only once.?Note?that?there?is?one?word?more?than?you?need. A.?intentions B.?feature C.?inviting D.?conservation E.?entertaining F.?matched G.?confused H.?fascination I.?survive J.?defining K.?evaluate The?odds?are?high?that?you’ve?seen?a?beauty?pageant（选美比赛）or?two?in?your?life.?They?are?among the?most?attended?and?viewed?events?in?the?world.?Despite?numerous?different?opinions,?beauty?pageants continue?to?not?only 31 but?also?become?more?popular. Miss?World,?Miss?Universe,?Miss?International?and ... ...
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