2025~2026学年上海市七宝中学高二上学期12月考英语试卷.docVIP

2025~2026学年上海市七宝中学高二上学期12月考英语试卷

一、语法填空

Directions:Afterreadingthesentenceorthepassage,fillintheblanksbyusingthegivenwordinthebrackettomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.

IfirstnoticedLabubuwhenIvisitedBeijinginJulyaspartofaculturalexchangeprogram.Irecognizeditas1IwouldseeGenerationZoryoungerkidscarryingaround,butIwouldn’thaveguesseditwasChinese.

Fromadesignpointofview,Labubu’spopularitydoesn’tsurprisemeatall.Thereissomuchmassmarketingaimedatperfectcutenessorbeauty2peopleoftengettiredofit,soitbecomesclicheandboring.IntheUS,counterculturehasbeeninfluentialforabout60years,sosomethingunpleasantlikeaLabubu’sgremlin(小精灵)smilehasthekindofedgethatanotherprincessdolllacks.

Ithinkit’saphenomenonsimilar3modernart,makingfunoftheconceptofagallerybypresentingvacuumcleaners,tapingabananatoawallordestroyingapaintinguponpurchase.Orantiheroesinfilmandliterature.LabubudoesremindmeofMinions,whichcameoutofamovie4themaincharacterisatextbookarchetypalcartoonvillain(反派).

Today’stoysandcharacterdesignsaresohigh-qualityandrealistic—thingsweremuch5(realistic)whenIwasakid.PikachuandSpongeBobSquarePantsaresimple.Souvenirtoystoday,however,areasdetailedassomethingyouwouldfind6(display)inanoldwaxmuseum.Ithinkitbecomestoomuch.Everythingistooperfect.Howisthatsupposedtobecoolorinteresting?

ThefactthatLabubu’sfaceis—byconventionalbeautystandards—uglyremindsmeofpugs(哈巴狗),thoselittlesmushed-facedogs.Somepeopledon’tlikethewaytheylook,7pugsarestillpopularpets.They’reoftenlovinglycalled“pugly”,whichmeansuglyinacuteorlovableway.

AsforLabubu’sChineseoriginandhowitshows8