2020-2021学年格致中学高二下期末考试英语卷
IL.GrammarandVocabulary(20分)
SectionA
Directions:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow.fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithgivenwords,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthewordgiven:fortheotherblanks,useonewordforeachblankthebestfitsthecontext.
OneofthemostimportantNewYearsresolutions____1____everyparentshouldmakefor2021istoensureeveryoneinthefamilyspendslesstimewithscreens.Sincelastyear,anumberofnewstudies____2____(confirm)thattheeffectsoftechnologyonkidsareevenworsethanmanyparentsfeared.
Childrenbetweentheagesof8and11whospendmorethantwohoursadaylookingatscreenswereassociatedwithlowercognitivefunctionthanthosewhoengagedinlessscreentime,accordingtoresearcherswhopublishedastudyinTheLancetinSeptember.Whileresearchersnotedthereisnocausallink,theywrote,“Emergingevidencesuggeststhatmobiledeviceandsocialmediauseshaveanunfavorablerelationshipwithattention,memory,impulsecontrol,andacademicperformance”perhaps____3____technologyencouragesmulti-taskingandcancutintokidssleeptime.
TheTimesalsoreportedmanyeliteschoolsaremovingtowardseliminatingorreducingscreens,whilemanypublicschoolsaretoutingtechnologyinclassrooms.____4____fearsofatechnologicaldividewereoncecenteredonthehighcostoftechnologyandhigh-speedinternetaccess,theconcernisnowthatlessaffluentchildren____5____bespendingmoretimewithtechnology.Already,researchbyCommonSenseMediahasfoundthathigher-incometeenagersspendlesstimewithscreensforentertainmentcomparedtolower-incometeens.Ofcourse,atotalbanisntnecessarilyasmartstrategy,either.Somescreentimecanbeimportantforhelpingkidslearntousetechnologythey____6____(need)intheircareers.Theymightalsouseitinbeneficialways____7____(acce