上海市高二下学期期中英语试题Word文档格式.docx

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SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperfromofthegivenword;

fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

AMoviereview:

TheWanderingearth

Inthenearfuture,thesunisdying,leavingthefreezingplanetontheedgeofdestruction.21isleftofhumanityishuddledinundergroundcitiescreatedwithaneye-catchingcombinationofsteam-punk（蒸汽朋克）,brutalist（野兽派的）,andfuturistinfluencesbytheproductiondesigner.TheUnitedEarth?

Government,22isneverseenandrepresentedonlybyaFrenchvoice,hasdecidedtheonlysolutionistopropeltheplanettoanothergalaxy4.2lightyearsaway.23dependson10,000giantrocketthrustersbeingkeptalightforthe2,500-yearjourney.LiuPeiqiang,awidowedastronautplayedwithappropriatesolemnityby“WolfWarrior”seriessuperstarWuJing,issenttoaspacestationandtaskedwithnavigatingEarth’spaththroughthesolarsystem,leavingbehindyoungsoLiuQiandfather-in-lawHanZi’ang.Seventeenyearslater,Liu’sstillinorbit,whileLiuQi（QuChuxiao）hasbecomeanangryyoungmanandself-proclaimedgeniuswhoblameshismother’searlydeath24hisabsentfather.Ontheverydaywhenhisdadisduetofinishstintandreturnhome,LiuQiandadoptedteenagesisterDuoduosneakawaytoseethefrozensurfaceforthefirsttime.Asthey25（take）inthespectacularsightsofice-coveredBeijing,amajorrocketthrustermalfunctionsendsEarthintothesightsofice-coveredBeijing,amajorrocketthrustermalfunctionsendsEarthintothegravitationalpullofJupiter.26amiracleoccursinthenext37hours,itwillbeGoodbyeEarth.

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‘TheWanderingEarth’Chinesecommercialcinemareachesasignificantlandmarkwithitsfirst-eversci-fimegahit.DirectorFrantGwo’sadaptationofthe2000novellabyLiuCixinisnogenreclassic,butitsfuriouspace,spectacularvisuals,andfancifulplotdeliverdecentescapistentertainment.Afteraccumulatinganastronomical$640million-plusdomestically-plusatidy$5milliononlimitedNorthAmericanscreens-sinceFeb.5,thisdisplayofcapabilityfromChina’scommercialfilmsectorwassnappedupbyNetflixforfuturereleaseonthestreaminggiant’splatform.Ahyperactivemixtureofdoomsdayfilmsrangingfrom‘50sclassic.“WhenWorldsCollide”toMichealBaysbombastic“Armageddon”and,27（notably）,IshiroHonda’s1962Japanesespaceopera“Gorath”,“TheWanderingEarth”isperhapsmoststrikingforitslackofnationalismandpropaganda（宣传）.Softdiplomacy,atmost,istheorderoftheday.Politicians,bureaucrats（官僚）,andarmycommandersarenowhere28（see）.There’sbarelyaChineseflaginsight,noranychest-beatingaboutChineseingenuityandleadership.Instead,aChineseflaginsight,noranychest-beatingaboutChineseingenuityandleadership.Instead,whatispresentedisatraditionaltaleofnationsandpeople29（pull）togethertosavetheplanet,withheavydoesofguilt,sacrifice,andredemptionfromthehumancharacters.Withglobalconflictanddivisionsoprevalenttoday,it’snowonderthanthesemessagesofhopeandunity30strikeanemotionalchordinmanyviewers,createpositiveword-of-mouth,andmakethefilmmuchmoreaccessibleforinternationalaudiences.

Ⅲ.Vocabulary

Completethefollowingpassagesbyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

（A）

A.maximizeB.adaptationC.bendableD.respectively

AB.combinationAC.availableAD.discourageBC.neatly

BD.foundationCD.faultyABC.transform

Tabletsarereallyusefuldevices,buttheirbigscreensalwaysmakethemaburdentocarryaroundwithoutabag.Wouldn’titbegreatiftherewereaphonewiththepowersofatabletthatcouldbefoldedupandfit31intothehand?

Nowsomethinglikeatablet-shapedbutfold-ablephoneisabouttobecome32.InFebruary,SouthKoreanelectronicscompanySamsungandChina’sHuaweibothunveiledfold-ablephonesGalaxyFoldandHuaweiMateX33.Mobilephoneusehasenteredthe“fold-ablefuture”,TheVergenoted.

Thetechnologycouldchangeourlivesinsignificantways.Thesedevices,duetotheir34screens,giveusthelargerscreenswewant.Meanwhile,theystillfiteasilyintothepocket.AsUSATodaynoted,they’re“the35ofasmalltabletsandsmart-phone,allinasingledevice”.

Thetechnologycould36otherdevicestoo.Forexample,wecouldmakeTVsthatsticktowallslikeposters,orfoldupeasilytohideawayindrawers.Incrowdedmodemcities,theywillhelpusto37availablespace.

Inakeynoteaddress,Samsung’sseniorvicepresidentofmobileproductmarketing,JustinDenison,calledthefo