2019-2020学年南洋中学高二上英语9月月考

高二年级英语学科9月学习能力诊断测试题

Ⅰ. 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.

(A)

England became England, the land of English-speaking people, at the beginning of the Middle Ages. __1__ that it had been the home of Iron Age Tribes known as Celts, and for a time, part of the Roman Empire. Then beginning in the 400s AD, tribes from the north, known as the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, __2__ (move) in.

The most famous leader of this time period in England was Alfred the Great. Alfred lived in Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons, which __3__ (locate) in the southern part of England. He was a good leader __4__ made his kingdom stronger. He created a system of defenses（防御）, __5__ (call) burhs, across the country. He reorganized the army so that his men __6__ have time to fight and time to farm. Alfred’s efforts protected his people from the Vikings and allowed Wessex to grow. Eventually the rulers of Wessex would rule all of England.

Alfred also made other improvements. He made laws for his people. He encouraged learning and translated several important books __7__ his Saxon language. This was __8__ modern people think of as the start of the language we call English today.

Two important pieces of literature from that time period are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Beowulf, both __9__ (write) in Old English. Old English lasted through most of the Middle Ages. Middle English came in during the late Middle Ages, and Modern English began about the time of the Renaissance.

England and English got their names, not from the Saxons, but from one of the other tribes, and Angles. The original name of England must have been __10__ like Angle-land (only in old English of course).

(B)

This was no ordinary dog. Dyngo, a ten-year-old Belgian Malinois, __11__ (train) to move

his 87-pound body toward people, locking his jaws around them. He __12__ (serve) three tours in Afghanistan and had saved thousands of lives. I had traveled across the country to retrieve Dyngo __13__ he could live out his remaining years with me in civilian retirement.

That first Arizona night, Dyngo sat on my hotel bed __14__ (wait) for me. __15__ I drifted off to sleep, I felt his body twitch, and I smiled: Dyngo is a dog who dreams. The next morning, I gave him a toy and went to shower. When I emerged from the bathroom, it was like stepping into a henhouse __16__ feathers floated in the air. In the middle of the bed was Dyngo, panting over a pile of shredded pillows. On the flight home, __17__ (sit) at my feet in the roomy first row, Dyngo soon had bouts of vomiting in between his attempts to shred the Harry Potter blanket I’d brought. The pilot announced __18__ military status, inspiring applause from the whole cabin.

I met Dyngo in 2012 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and had heard about how Dyngo had saved many lives in Afghanistan. In early 2011, Kitts and Dyngo boarded a helicopter on their way __19__ a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Dyngo wore a wide choke chain and a vest that said MWD Police K-9 to indicate __20__ he was a military -working dog.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

“Jawline,” Reviewed: A Chilling Look at the Making of a Teen Influencer

Liza Mandelup, the director of “Jawline” a new documentary about the teen-influencer, has said that she filmed for a year before she found her __21__, Austyn Tester. he curls around his cats, who sometimes slink into the __22__ as he broadcasts on YouNow, a platform for real-time, chat-based live streaming. “Broadcasting” is what YouNow calls it, and so does Austyn, his voice puffing up to meet the importance of the word -- his vocation in life. He’s set up a rig in his small bedroom, where he records himself __23__ to a small number of viewers, mostly teen-age girls he barely knows. On the Web site’s dash, we can see that he is __24__ at No. 28 under the hashtag #guys. The conversations are plain, adorably ordinary. In an early scene in the film, he apologizes