2020年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）高考英语模拟试题（二）（含答案）.docxVIP

PAGE 1 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）模拟试题（二） 英语 上海高中教研教学 II. 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. The Story of Lego The world-famous LEGO company has its origins in the workshop of a poor Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen in the first half of the 20th century. Despite these humble beginnings, it (21)__________ (grow) to become one of the most popular toys of all time. Ole, the tenth son in the family, earned a living (22) __________ (make) toys with his father. Finally, he became a master carpenter and in 1932 he set up (23) __________own business. He called the company LEGO,（24) __________means play weir in Danish. Unfortunately, ten years later his factory burned down. However, despite being under great financial pressure, Ole had it (25) __________ (rebuild). This took three years and during that time he learnt of a British company which specialized in plastic moulding machines. (26) __________his managers thought they were too expensive, Ole still bought one. It was worth the investment. At the end of the decade, the company was producing a successful range of toys and interlocking bricks, and Ole’s son, Godtfred, had joined him in the business. Sadly, Ole didn’t see (27) __________successful his company later became. He died at the age of 66 and Godtfred became managing director. The modem brick design (28) __________ (patent) on 28 January 1958, and bricks from that year are still compatible (兼容的) to bricks today. Unbelievably, in the 1960s, the LEGO factory was struck by lightning and burned to the ground again. After this, Godtfred had to rethink the direction of the company. This time, (29) __________the advice of his directors, he decided to concentrate mainly on the hugely successful