2018-2019学年上海实验学校髙二下学期期末试题II. Grammar and Vocabulary 20%Section ADirections; 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, used one word that best fits each blank. Is This Art?Have you ever looked |at a painting and thought “I could do better than that”? Have you ever seen a film (21) arty story or characters? Or heard a piece of music that doesnt quite sound like music? If you can answer “ yes” to any of these questions, the chances are that (22) you were looking at, watching or listening to was something“avant-garde”.One of the most famous examples of avant-garde art (23) (come) from the world of music. John Cages piece of music 433” consists of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. It was written by Cage, a leading Ametican member of the avant-garde, in 1952. It was divided into three movements, (24) (perform) without a single note being played. According to the composer, the music is actually the sounds the listener hears while“listening” to the performance. These might include, of course, listeners (25) (ask) each other how they know when the piece ends.Cinema has always had avant-garde directors. Possibly the best known is Andy Warhol. (26) better known as a painter, between 1963 and 1968 Warhol made more than 60 films, nearly (27) of them experimental. One film, Eat, consists of a man eating a mushroom for 45 minutes, while Sleep shows poet John Giomo sleeping for 6 hours. Empire is 8 hours long and only shows the Empire State Building as the sun (28) (set) at dusk. You could eat a lot of popcorn in 8 hours.Some people love avant-garde art and some hate it. Some believe avant-garde artists are geniuses, while others tend (29) (think) theyre pretentious. However, whether you love them or hate them, you will probably have to accept that these people are just no (30) (passionate) about their art than Michaelangelo, Beethoven or Orson Welles were in their day. Section BDirections: 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. A. address B.mighty C.financing D.stem E. warming F.signsG.gathering H. approximate I.shortages J. proving K. priorityPresident Donald Trumps decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change isnt the only obstacle facing the global effort to (31) temperature rises.From unchecked deforestation to difficulty (32) clean-energy projects in the developingworld, the global effort to achieve the targets in the Paris Agreement appears to be falling shorteven as the issue remains a top (33) outside the U.S. The reason for the gap is simple:keeping the world off fossil fuels that have driven centuries of growth is (34) harder thanexpected.Climate scientists, policymakers and diplomats hope to come up with a road map to (35) that challenge when they gather in Katowice, Poland, next December for the annual U.N. climate conference. The (36) , officially billed as a stock-taking exercise, is an opportunity for diplomats to assess whether countries are doing enough to stop the planet from (37) to dangerous levels.In Paris, countries agreed to work to keep temperatures from rising more than 2by 2100.Thats the (38) temperature at which scientists say the planet will begin to experience the worst irreversible effects of climate change: sea-level rise that destroys coastal communities,extreme heat that makes parts of the globe unlivable and agricultural disruption that drives widespread food (39) .The 2018 conference comes only three years after the Paris Agreement, but diplomats saythats enough time to look for (40) of progress. Some 20,000 people in total are expected to attend the two-week conference, including delegations from virtually every nation, including U.S. Reading Comprehension 35%Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrase s marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. “You understand grandmother when she talks to you, dont you, darling?” The girl nods. I met her, her Japanese mother and English father on a plane to Japan. The parents were eager to41_their experience of bringing up their daughter bilingually (使用双语地)in London. It isnt easy; the husband does not speak Japanese, so the child hears the language only from her mother，who has come to 42_that the girl will reply in En