上海市重点学校2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试英语试题（PDF版含答案无听力部分）

第第页上海市重点学校2023-2024学年高三上学期开学考试英语试题（PDF版含答案，无听力部分）II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentand

grammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformof

thegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank

NFTSareofficiallytakingoverandenteringthemainstream.(21)

youturn,that

three--letteracronym(首字母缩略词)seemstobeinescapable.Howdidthishappen,.andwhat

evenisanNFT

"NFT"standsfornon-fungibletoken(非同质化通证).Itisakindofcryptocurrencythat

transformsdigitalartworksandothercollectiblesintoaone-of-a-kindverifiableassetthatis

tradeable.Youcanquiteliterallypurchaseanimage(22)

moremoneythanmostofus

willevermakeinayear'ssalary.

Anexampleofareal-worldnon-fungibleassetwouldbetheMonaLisa,(23)

there'sonlyoneauthenticMonaLisa.Theauthenticity,exclusivityandamixofsociety's

cultural-monetaryevaluationofartgiveLeonardodaVinci'smasterpiece(24)

$850

millionpricetag.ThesamerulesapplyinthevirtualworldofNFTs.Therefore,screenshotting

someone'sNFTdoesnotmeanyouownit.

Onthesurfacelevel,NFTsseemtobeaninterestingemergenceincyberspace.However,the

technologyhasdrawbacks.

Minting()theprocessofgeneratingandauthenticatingNFTsandcryptocurrency,is

badfortheenvironment.Authenticating,auctioningandsellingNFTseachtakemassiveamounts

ofenergybecausetheyhappenontheblockchain.

VisualartistandclimatechangeactivistJoanieLemercierreportedthatsellingjusttwoNFTs

hostedontheNFTmarketplaceNiftyGatewayused175,773kWhand(25)

(emit)

103,129kilogramsofCO2.Toputthisintoperspective,thisisequivalenttosingleEUresident's

electricityusagefor49years,acomputer(26)

(leave)onfor401yearsorflyingan

airplanefor992hours.

Theftiscommonwithinvirtualspaces(27)

unbeknownsttodigitalartists,their

artworkissoldwithouttheirpermission.TheTwitteraccountNFTthefts,createdinSeptember

2023,(28)

_(document)thousandsofplagiarized(剽窃的)NFTs,whilealsosharing

resourcesfordigitalartistsiftheproblemarises.

(29)

thedisadvantages,NFTsaren'tentirelydoomandgloom.Insteadofrelying

oncommissionedwork(委托创作的作品)ortheoccasionalbranddeal,.NFTssupportdigital

artists.JacquelineChoe,knownonlineasJisuArtist,normallysellsprintsandmerchandiseofher

artworkforaround$20-S60onherwebsite.Now.she(30)

alsoauctionherartasan

NFT.

Whicheversideyou'reon,thehypeofNFTsresultinginthemreachinga(n)criticalmassof

mainstreamappeal.Currently,itseemslikeNFTsareheretostay.

SectionB

Directions:Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.