上海英文報暑假作業(yè)高中進(jìn)階版第一套(語法填空+詞匯+完形)適合高二升高三基礎(chǔ)中等的學(xué)生(金山中心)

1、語法&詞匯&完形填空第一套Grammars: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passagescoherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in eachblank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word thatbest fits each blank.(A)James Bowen s

2、pent nearly a decade battling homelessness and drug addiction毒癮，but in 2007 he saved a kittens life. In return, the cat saved his and even(1)_(inspire) an international bestseller(暢銷書).One day, Bowen found the tiny orange kitten (2)_(curl up) in the hallwayof his government-sponsored apartment build

3、ing in London. The kitten had a severecase of fleas(跳蚤，so Bowen begged enough money to get him to the pet hospital.He named the cat Bob and the found his place at Bowens side.Bob provided Bowen with companionship and soon became the lifeline (3)_saved Bowen from drug addiction. Bowen was an unsucces

4、sful street musician,(4)_ when he started bringing Bob to his daily performances, he began makinga good living. With his friendly cat on his shoulder, he attracted crowds of tourists andpassersby, who were more than willing (5)_ (drop) a few coins into his guitarcase.Later, Bowen wrote a book titled

5、 A Street Cat Named Bob about how a stray(流浪的) kitten turned his life around, and its now an international bestseller that(6)_(translate) into 28 languages.Today, Bowen and Bob rarely perform on streets. They mostly spend their daysdoing charity work or attending book signings. At signings, Bob can

6、often be seen(7)_(wear) one of his favorites is (8)_(give) visitors a high five.“Bob is such a smart little man,” Bowen said. “Most cats are loners( 不合群的動物), but Bob loves hanging out h me. We are best friends.”(B)OK, the most frequently spoken word on the planet celebrated its 175thanniversary on M

7、arch 23. However, though people all over the world use OK in theirdaily life, seldom do they know where the word comes from.Some people thought that OK (9)_(derive) from the Scottish expression“och aye,” the Greek “ola kala” (its good) or the French “aux Cayes,” which(10)_(refer to) to a Haitian (海地

8、的) port famous for its rum (朗姆酒). But(11)_ actually has no direct relationship with Latin or Greek or any otherancient tongue.In fact, OK was born (12)_ a 19 th-century abbreviation (縮寫) craze andwent on to international fame with its own hand gesture. Late etymologist( 詞源學(xué)家)Allen Walker Read traced

9、 the two-letter word to 1839, (13)_ it first appeared inprint on the Boston Morning Post on March 23 of that year. It is (14)_abbreviation derived from “orl korrekt,” a jokey misspelling of “all correct” duringthat time.Today, OK is used to ask for express agreement, approval or understanding, or to

10、add emphasis to sentence, (15)_ in “Im going to stay here, OK?”Internationally, OK has travelled remarkably well on the wings of American popularculture and found a position in the digital era, (16)_(fit) easily into140-character microblog and text messages.VocabularyDirections:Complete the followin

11、g passage by using the words in the box. Each wordcan only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. legendE. measuresI. welfareB. rangeF. qualityJ. puzzledC. released guardiansK. unfortunateAccording to superstition(迷信) dating back at least 300 years, there must be six渡鴉) in t

12、he Tower of London or else the kingdom and the Tower itself willfall.However, an urban fox recently _1_ and killed two ravens in the Tower ofLondon. The _2_ ravens, Jubilee and Grip, were seized and eaten just before theywere _3_ to be locked up in their cages overnight.A spokeswoman for Historic Ro

13、yal Palaces said, “Raven deaths at the Tower arenot common, with man ravens living long healthy lives here. Currently we have eightens at the Tower. The _4_ mentions six ravens and we like to have two extra.”“We take the _5_ of the ravens seriously and have been reviewing ourcurrent pest control _6_

14、. The Tower is home to a wide _7_ of wildlife andfoxes often visit the site,” she added.The origins of the myth are unknown and have long _8_ folklorists( 民俗學(xué)研究者) because ravens are usually seen as an ill omen( 不祥之兆) rather than good.But the black birds are known an the “_9_ of the Tower.”Jubilee an

15、d Grip were _10_ into the grounds of the 1,000-year-old RoyalPalace last year as part of the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebration (60 周年慶典).They have now been replaced with ravens of the same names.ClozeDirections:For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrasesmarked A, B, C a

16、nd D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits thecontext.Nowadays, the sales of printed books have decreased in almost all marketsacross the world; while on the contrary, the sales of digital books have _1_.Therefore, many people now _2_ whether digital books will alter, or maybe h

17、asalready altered, the way we read.Are printed books dead? No! It isnt true at all. Reading has always beenextremely _3_ some like old books while others prefer first editions. Thereis no end to the range of _4_, and in many ways the digital revolution has merelyadded one more _5_ to the readers.Of

18、course, we cant deny that digital books have obvious _6_. Digitalbooks are excellent forwhat is known as “recreational reading.” In other words, if youfeel a strong _7_ read War and Peace on your way to work, you would be wiseto carry it in its slim digital version. And with the improvement of digit

19、al books, youcan now _8_ your favorite quotes easily, and search for _9_ of words orphrases in away you would never do with a printed book.But if you would like to have any kind of _10_sense of how much youveread, then the digital book is frustrating. Knowing what percentage of the book youhave read

20、 is not the same. It is an essential _11_ of reading that one should beable to see around the corner.There is, after all, one more thing that digital books cant do: they cant_12_ your home with a record of what has passed through your mind. Manypeople have found that it isnt _13_ to only read digita

21、l books. With printedcopies on their bookcase, they say, they are able to have the _14_ ofremembering in future how they felt when they read those books.So, _15_ wondering whether printed books are dead, perhaps we should ask:can we really live without them?1. A. declined2. A. question3. A. popular4. A. variety5. A. direction6. A. advantages7. A. needB. jumpedB. challengeB. personalB. optionsB. bookC. SoaredC. confirmC. individualC. preferencesC. editionD. slowed downD. mentionD. emotionalD. referenceD.