上海市上海中学2022-2023学年高考模拟英语试卷

试卷编号：23015 2022-2023学年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试 上海英语模拟试卷 I. Listening comprehension 略 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. Will the coronavirus bike boom lead to greener cities? The coronavirus pandemic (新冠疫 1W) has led to an explosion of interest in bikes and biking. With the pandemic (21) __________(continue) to spread, people began looking for ways of getting around that didn't involve crowded forms of public transportation. Because biking happens in the open air, and the chance of catching the coronavirus while riding (22) __________(be) very low, biking is seen as a safe way to travel. In many places, governments are encouraging bike use. In Italy, for example, the government itself is offering up to $575 for people to buy new bikes, while France will chip in $55 to help riders with their bike repair costs. Families appreciate biking, too. With schools (23) __________ (close), and kids unable to hang out with their friends, biking is a welcome activity. For many people, (24) encourages them to ride bikes is that biking is fun. But bikes are also practical. Experts say that for people in some cities, roughly 60% of their trips can be made by bike. Many cities are seeing this as an opportunity (25) __________(make) their streets safer and greener. Cities around the world are adding miles and miles of bike lanes (26)__________ their streets to encourage biking. New York says it will close off up to 100 miles of roads so they (27) __________ be used by bikers and walkers. Oakland, California plans to close 74 miles to traffic, (28) __________ accounts for almost 10% of the streets in the city. Paris has set up over 400 miles of new bike lanes. Cars and trucks (29) __________(ban) from 75 m