上海市实验学校2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试英语试题

II.Grammar and Vocabulary SectionA 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 NFTS are officially taking over and entering the mainstream.(21) you turn.that three-letter acronym(首字母缩略词)seems to be inescapable.How did this happen,.and what even is an NFT? "NFT"stands for non-fungible token(非同质化通证).It is a kind of cryptocurrency that transforms digital artworks and other collectibles into a one-of-a-kind verifiable asset that is tradeable.You can quite literally purchase an image(22) more money than most of us will ever make in a year's salary. An example of a real-world non-fungible asset would be the Mona Lisa.(23) there's only one authentic Mona Lisa.The authenticity,exclusivity and a mix of society's cultural-monetary evaluation of art give Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece (24) s850 million price tag.The same rules apply in the virtual world of NFTs.Therefore,screenshotting someone's NFT does not mean you own it. On the surface level,NFTs seem to be an interesting emergence in cyberspace.However,the technology has drawbacks. Minting ()the process of generating and authenticating NFTs and cryptocurrency,is bad for the environment.Authenticating,auctioning and selling NFTs each take massive amounts of energy because they happen on the blockchain. Visual artist and climate change activist Joanie Lemercier reported that selling just two NFTs hosted on the NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway used 175.773 kWh and(25) (emit) 103.129 kilograms of CO2.To put this into perspective,this is equivalent to single EU resident's electricity usage for 49 years.a computer(26) (leave)on for 401 years or flying an airplane for 992 hours. Theft is common within virtual spaces (27) unbeknownst to digital artists.their artwork is sold without their permission.The Twitter