2020年上海市静安区高考一模英语试题（解析版）.pdf

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. How Do Avalanches Happen If you re ever skiing in the mountains, you ll want to be aware of avalanches. An avalanche is a sudden flow of snow down a slope, such as a mountain. The amount of snow in an avalanche [ (vary) based on many things, but it can be such a huge amount that it can bury the bottom of a slope in dozens of feet of snow. Avalanches 2 be caused by natural things. For example, new snow or rain can cause built-up snow to loosen and fall down the side of a mountain. Artificial triggers (诱发因素)can also cause avalanches. For example, snowmobiles, skiers, and explosives 3(know) to lead to avalanches. Avalanches usually occur during the winter and spring,4 snowfall is greatest. As they are dangerous to any living beings in their path, avalanches have destroyed forests, roads, railroads and even entire towns. Warning signs exist that allow experts to predict -・ and often prevent — avalanches from 5 (occur). When over a foot of fresh snow falls experts know to be on the lookout for avalanches. Explosives can be used in places 6 massive snow buildups to trigger much smaller avalanches that don t pose a danger to persons or property. When deadly avalanches do occur, the moving snow can quickly reach over 80 miles per hour. Skiers caught in such avalanches can be buried under dozens of feet of snow.7 ifs possible to dig out of such avalanches, not all are able to escape. If you get tossed about by an avalanche and find yourself 8(bury) under many feet of snow, you might not have a true sense of which way is up and which way is down. Some a