（上海押题）2020-2021学年上海市高三年级英语秋考押题密卷06.docxVIP

2020-2021学年高考押题密卷 英语学科 （满分140分，考试时间100分钟） II. Grammar and Vocabulary (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, use one word that best fits each blank. The United States of America (commonly (1) (refer) to as the United States, the U.S.,the USA,the States or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.The country is situated mostly in central North America, (2) its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington,D.C.,the capital district,lie (3) the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans,bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent,with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with more than 300 million people,the United States is the third or fourth (4) (large) country by total area,and third largest by land area and by population.The United States is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S.economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US$14.3 trillion. The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4,1776,they issued the Declaration of Independence, (5) proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and their formation of a cooperative union.The rebellious states (6) (defeat) Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War,the first successful colonial war of independence. A federal convention adopted the current United States Constitution on September 17,1787; its ratification the (7) (follow) year made the