高考英语上海卷
模拟试卷（―）
II. Grammar and Vocabulary （每题 1 分，共 20 分）
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, used one word that best fits each blank.
    Social Networking Sites: Are They Changing Human Communication?
    It is hardly news that people are using the Internet for communicating with others more and more. Some people fear that someday we will no longer feel the need to talk to one another face-to-face. However, some recent studies suggest that people communicate, or
stay in touch, even more than they used to. (21)_______ side you fall on, what is clear and not debatable, is  that human communication (22)_______ (undergo) tremendous changes in the 21st century. But results of recent scientific studies may have us (23) _______ (reconsider) just how much our new communication forms have changed our world.
    In June 2008 a British psychiatrist, Himanshu Tyagi, warned the generation of people born after 1990 use the Internet to communicate with others so much that they may have trouble (24)_______  (form) real relationships. The Internet is a world where everything moves fast and changes all the time, where relationships are quickly disposed of at the click of a mouse.
    Another psychologist, Dr. Arie Sigman, warned of physical effects (25) _______ using social networking sites. He suggests that the decrease in the amount of time (26) _______  (devote) to interacting with people face-to-face could have biological effects on the human body, (27)_______ can potentially lead to the development of illnesses, such as cancer.
    Finally, another British scientist, Susan Greenfield, warned members of the British government that social networking sites could actually be changing the human mind, (28) _______ (make) it more childlike. Since everything, including responses, is immediate on social networking sites, in actual life people may expect an immediate response. When this doesn't happen, their behavior can be described as almost childlike.
    Despite all of these warnings, studies can be found (29) _______ demonstrate the positive aspects of social networking sites. The results of one study show that using social networking sites has boosted the self-esteem of young adults. In addition to scientific studies, there are many who feel that the benefits of social networking sites far outweigh the possible negative aspects. Many people, especially those who spend a lot of time at home, for various reasons, (30) _______ (find) the Internet a lifeline. They are able to communicate with many people using these sites.
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 more word than you need.
submitting
A. capture  B. creative.  C. document.  D. intervention.  E. irrelevant F. mount
G. noticing    H. potential  I. stretching.  J. technical.  K. temptation
    When photography was first invented, it changed the world: what people saw could be recorded as it really was without the (31) _______of an artist. Photography as historical record has been very important ever since. But equally important, the very first pioneers saw that it too, was an art form, not merely a way to (32) _______reality. True photographers are artists of the camera.
    Photography is charming because it is both an art and a science. It is an art over which the photographer has (33) _______ control but only to a certain extent: unlike a painter, you can only take photographs of what is there. If the sun is not shining, you cannot photograph sunlight. So you need to find a subject. But the greatest photographs are of s
ubjects that most people would have walked past without (34) _______. The truly great photographers are those who can see, in their mind's eye, the photograph that they can create through their vision, artistry and skill.
Vision comes first. If you cannot see the (35) _______ , you can never be a true photographer. Artistry, by contrast, can be learned and developed: you can read a book or you take lessons. You can learn from a great practitioner. Perhaps the simplest aspect to describe is framing.
    The human eye has a huge field of view (36) _______ almost 180 degrees. The lens of a camera, by contrast, has a very restricted field of view. This is both a curse and a blessing. Try as you might, you cannot (37)_______ the sheer scale of the human perspective of the world. But you can and must, select the image that you are attempting to snap ——or rather to create. Look through the viewfinder: learn to see the world through the lens. Understand the difference it makes when you remove the (38) _______and select only what really matters. That is artistry.

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