上海市黄浦区2021届高考一模英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛.docVIP

第 PAGE 6 页 共 NUMPAGES 7 页 上海市黄浦区2021届高考一模英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. Consider the Mechanical Pencil If you used to collect small objects. I’m sure (if you were anything like my younger self) that you used to collect mechanical pencils. In one of the math preparatory classes I _____1_____ (go) to in elementary and middle school, we used to receive mechanical pencils as prizes for doing well on the in-class exams or answering questions in class. This was _____2_____ I built up my collection of Cadoozles, which are short mechanical pencils decorated with brightly color1ed spaceships and ice cream bars. But I’ve long since used up all my Cadoozles and a majority of the mechanical pencils that I _____3_____ (hide) in an empty moon-cake tin so many years before, which makes me reflect fondly back on those old days, when receiving a mechanical pencil was as easy as drinking a glass of water. Mechanical pencils are not only more convenient than your traditional Ticonderoga in the sense that they never need _____4_____ (sharpen); they also produce thinner, cleaner lines, which is extremely important for drawers and drafters. Furthermore, they are environmentally friendly, since you don’t have to buy _____5_____ wooden pencil whenever you run out of lead（铅芯）. You can simply refill your mechanical pencil. There is only one slight negative I must remark on, _____6_____ is that as someone who calls mechanical pencils “lead pencil” in casual conversation, the term “lead pencil” is confusing. Mechanical pencil lead is actually not made from the chemical element lead. It is made from a mixture of graphite a