2014年高考英语上海卷第I卷（共103分）I.Listening Comprehension（共30分）略 II.Grammar and vocabulary（共两节，共26分）Section A Directions:After reading the passages below,fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.(A)1.My Stay in New York After graduation from university,I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town.So I decided to leave home for New York,_01_ I might have a better chance to find a good job._02_(earn)some money to pay the daily expenses,I started work in a local caf as a waiter.I believe that _03_ I was offered a good position,I would resign at once.Over time,the high cost of living became a little burden on my already _04_(exhaust)shoulder.On the other hand,my search for a respectable job had not met with much success.As I had studied literature at university,I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies.Mother had just said that _05_ I want to have a better career advancement,I had to find work in the city.Perhaps _06_ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind.I just did as she had expected.Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it.Apparently,I had difficulty _07_(adapt)myself to life in the city,let alone finding a job to my delight.After nine months of frustration,I eventually decided to go back to my small town.Not until I returned _08_ I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.1.1.第01处应填_.1.2.第02处应填_.1.3.第03处应填_.1.4.第04处应填_.1.5.第05处应填_.1.6.第06处应填_.1.7.第07处应填_.1.8.第08处应填_.B2.The giant vending machine(自动售货机)is a new village shop Villagers have long 1/16been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies.However,help is now nearer at hand in form of the countrys first automatic push-button shop.Now residents in the Derbyshire Village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.Peter Fox,who is _01_ electrical engineer,spent two and a half years working on the project.The machine _02_(equip)with securing cameras and alarms and looks like a mini shop with a brick front,a grey roof and a display window.Mr.Fox said he hoped his invention,_03_ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months,will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities.He said:“I had this idea a few years ago but I couldnt find a manufacture who could deliver what I wanted,so I did it by _04_.The result is what amounts to huge outdoor vending machine.Yet I think the term“automatic shop”is far _05_(appropriate)In recent years,the commercial pressure from supermarket chains _06_ force village shops across the country to close.In 2010,it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed,_07_(urge)the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new communities stores.Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteer-run shops,but Mr.Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution _08_ these villages without a local shop.2.1.第01处应填_.2.2.第02处应填_.2.3.第03处应填_.2.4.第04处应填_.2.5.第05处应填_.2.6.第06处应填_.2.7.第07处应填_.2.8.第08处应填_.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.3.Lets say youve decided you want to eat more healthfully.However,you dont have time to carefully plan menus for meals or read food _01_ at the supermarket.Since you really _02_ yourself to a healthier lifestyle,a little help would come in handy,wouldnt it?This is where a choice 2/16architect can help _03_ some of the burden of doing it all yourself.Choice architects are people who organize the contexts in which customers make decisions.For example,the person who decides the layout of your local supermarket-including which shelf the peanut butter goes on,and how the oranges are piled upis a choice architect.Governments dont have to _04_ healthier lifestyles through laws for example,smoking bans.Rather,if given an environment created by a choice architect-one that encourages us to choose what is best-we will do the right things.In other words,there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices,without removing freedom of choice.This idea combines freedom to choose with _05_ hints from choice architects,who aim to help people live longer,healthier,and happier lives.The British and Swedish governments have introduced a so-called traffic light system to _06_ foods as healthy or unhealthy.This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat,sugar,and salt each product contains _07_ by looking at the lights on the package.A green light _08_ that the amounts of the three nutrients are healthy;yellow indicates that the customer should be _09_;and red means that the food is high in at least one of