上海英语模拟试卷3
纸笔考试
I. 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.
Norway's new law on edited photos
    A new law has been put into effect in Norway recently. The law makes it illegal for advertisers and social media influencers to share promotional photos online without disclosing whether the images (1) ________ (alter). It modifies the 2009 Marketing and Control Act and sets to go into effect when the King of Norway decides it (2) ________.    Th
e law concerns advertisers and people (3) ________ receive "payment or other benefit" in exchange for their posts. It will impact "brands, companies, and influencers' sponsored posts,” and concerns posts on all social media sites.
    The new law requires disclosures for edits that are made (4) ________ the image is taken and before. Examples of edits that people who are being paid for pictures are required to label include "enlarged lips, narrowed waists, and exaggerated muscles," among other things.
    Body pressure in Norway, is a major topic of conversation in the country, the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs said in its report. "Young people are exposed to a massive pressure to look good through advertising and social media, and the models (5) ________ (display) are often digitally retouched, which exposes young people to an ideal of beauty that is impossible (6) ________ (achieve)?"
    By (7)________(prohibit) advertisers and influencers from posting such photos without proper documentation with a government-authorized stamp, the Ministry said it hopes to le
ssen the negative impacts of body pressure(8)________ young people. "It is especially important to prevent the desire to make more intrusive and long-lasting changes  in one's own look," the Ministry said.
    Some of Norway's top influencers have thought positively about the new law, “Young people today (9) ________(grow) up to a completely improbable beauty ideal," Husebye, who was awarded "Influencer of the Year”，said "I feel that the new law can only help them to understand that this is not (10)________ you look, but it has been edited.”
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.
A. breakthroughs    B. consequently  C. fiction  D. historically
E. human-caused    F. long-standing  G. picture  H. reveal 
I. unaffected  J. understanding  K. unrecognized
A New Dark Age Possibility
    Imagine a future in which humanity's wisdom about Earth-our vast experience with weather trends, fish migration patterns and much more—turns out-of-date. Civilization enters a dark age in its ____11_____ of our planet.
    To comprehend how this could occur, _____12_____ yourself in our grandchildren's time. Significant global warming has occurred, as scientists predicted. Nature's _____13_____ patterns~relied on for millennia by humanity to plan everything一are no longer so reliable. Cycles that have been largely repeatable are disrupted(打乱)by dramatic climate changes.
    As Earth's warming becomes stable, new patterns begin to appear. At first, they are hard to identify. These new patterns need many years—sometimes decades~to _____14 _____ themselves fully. Until then, farmers will struggle to predict new seasonal patterns and regularly plant wrong crops. Early signs of major disasters will go _____15_____ . Disruptive impacts will be widespread.
    Such a dark age is a growing possibility. In a recent report, scientists concluded that    _____16_____ global warming was already changing patterns of some extreme weather events.
    Our foundation of Earth knowledge, largely obtained from _____17 _____ observed patterns, has been central to society's progress. Early cultures kept track of nature's ebb and flow (起伏盛衰)，passing improved knowledge about Earth to each new generation. Science has sped up this process through advanced observation methods.
defending    However, as Earth warms, our historical understanding will turn out-of-date faster than we can replace it with new knowledge. Some patterns will change significantly; others will be largely _____18_____ , though it will be difficult to say what will change, by how much, and when.
  Without big scientific_____19_____ , we will remain reliant on pattern-based methods. The problem is, these patterns will become increasingly difficult to track. Predicting extreme weather may become even tougher than it is today. We _____20_____ will face huge chall
enges.

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