上海英文报暑假作业高中进阶版第一套(语法填空+词汇+完形)适合高二升高三基础中等的学生(金山中心)

Shanghai Students’ Post

语法&词汇&完形填空第一套

Grammar

Direction s:After reading the passages 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.

(A)

James Bowen spent nearly a decade battling homelessness and drug addiction (毒瘾)，but in 2007 he saved a kitten’s life. In return, the cat saved his and even (1)______(inspire) an international bestseller(畅销书).

One day, Bowen found the tiny orange kitten (2)_______(curl up) in the hallway of his government-sponsored apartment building in London. The kitten had a severe case 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 Bowen’s side.

Bob provided Bowen with companionship and soon became the lifeline (3)_____ saved Bowen from drug addiction. Bowen was an unsuccessful street musician,

(4)______ when he started bringing Bob to his daily performances, he began making

a good living. With his friendly cat on his shoulder, he attracted crowds of tourists and passersby, who were more than willing (5)______ (drop) a few coins into his guitar case.

Later, Bowen wrote a book titled A Street Cat Named Bob about how a stray(流浪的) kitten turned his life around, and it’s now an international bestseller that (6)_______(translate) into 28 languages.

Today, Bowen and Bob rarely perform on streets. They mostly spend their days doing charity work or attending book signings. At signings, Bob can 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(不合群的动物), but Bob loves hanging out wit h me. We are best friends.”

(B)

OK, the most frequently spoken word on the planet celebrated its 175th anniversary on March 23. However, though people all over the world use OK in their daily 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” (it’s good) or the French “aux Cayes,” which

(10)______(refer to) to a Haitian (海地的) port famous for its rum (朗姆酒). But

(11)______ actually has no direct relationship with Latin or Greek or any other ancient tongue.

In fact, OK was born (12)_______ a 19th-century abbreviation (缩写) craze and went on to international fame with its own hand gesture. Late etymologist(词源学家) Allen Walker Read traced the two-letter word to 1839, (13)______ it first appeared in print on the Boston Morning Post on March 23 of that year. It is (14)_______ abbrevi ation derived from “orl korrekt,” a jokey misspelling of “all correct” during that time.

Today, OK is used to ask for express agreement, approval or understanding, or to add emphasis to sentence, (15)_______ in “I’m going to stay here, OK?” Internationally, OK has travelled remarkably well on the wings of American popular culture and found a position in the digital era, (16)_______(fit) easily into 140-character microblog and text messages.

Vocabulary

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

According to superstition(迷信) dating back at least 300 years, there must be six ravens(渡鸦) in the Tower of London or else the kingdom and the Tower itself will fall.

However, an urban fox recently ___1___ and killed two ravens in the Tower of London. The ___2___ ravens, Jubilee and Grip, were seized and eaten just before they were ___3___ to be locked up in their cages overnight.

A spokeswoman for Historic Royal Palaces said, “Raven deaths at the Tower are not common, with man ravens living long healthy lives here. Currently we have eight rav ens 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 our current pest control ___6___. The Tower is home to a wide ___7___ of wildlife and foxes often visit t he site,” she added.

The origins of the myth are unknown and have long ___8___ folklorists(民俗学研究者) 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 and Grip were ___10___ into the grounds of the 1,000-year-old Royal Palace last year as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration (60周年庆典). They have now been replaced with ravens of the same names.

Cloze

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases