上海市11校2016届高三12月联考英语试卷(附答案)

2015-2016学年度第一学期十一校联考（附答案）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A(16分)

(A)

Strange things happen when you travel …

The Johnson family expected to see some whales when they rented a boat to sail around the Australian coast. But they didn’t ex pect a 30-foot humpback whale to leap out of the ocean onto their boat. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt, not even (25) whale.

If you think that’s unbelievable, how about the story of Roger Lausier? Aged four, he had wandered away from his mother on Salem beach, Massachusetts and (26) (save) from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise. After nine years, Roger was on the same beach when he saw a man fall overboard. Roger saved his life. The man turned out to be Alice Blaise’s husband.

Some of the most unbelievable travel stories, it seems, are about a pet. Charlie, a cat who decided to take a nap inside the engine of his neighbour’s car and was found after (27)(drive) 160 miles away. Luckily for him, he was completely unhurt.

What about the things people lose and find when they are travelling? Rings top the list. In Hawaii, Ken Da Vico, who is a professional diver, claims (28) (find) about fifteen wedding rings a year in the sea. He returns many of them to their owners. (29) a fish eats the ring, there is still hope. There are many reports (30) rings are found years later inside the stomachs of sharks, and other kinds of fish.

(B)

The World’s Best Restaurant

One day, my colleague and I went to visit a factory in Marinjab. As we drove back along the long road, (31) of us were hungry and tired. Our only hope was of finding a small roadside café to have some weak tea and a little sugar.

Just then we came to a village made of small huts with flat roofs. Outside one of the many huts (32) (be) a sign, “ghahvehkhaneh” (café) so we went in. It was cool inside, and the owner came in from the back and greeted us. “Good afternoon,” he said, (33)perfect English. “My name is Hosseini. We do not usually get any f oreigners here. It will be a pleasure and an honour to prepare a meal for you.”

A pale-faced lady appeared with a tablecloth, and some knives and forks, shortly followed by Mr Hosseini himself, (34) (carry) a couple of bowls of soup. (35) (make) with spinach and yoghurt, it was the most delicious soup I have ever eaten. Soon, the next courses arrived. We ate in silence, and finished with Turkish coffee. We asked Mr Hosseini how much it (36) (cost), and I can tell you it was astonishingly cheap.

I told a lot of friends about the meal I had, but no one believed me. “How (37)you get such a meal in such a remote place?” an English engineer friend asked me.

A few months (38) (late), I returned on exactly the same route with this engineer friend. We reached the village but there was no sign of the café. It seemed (39) the building had never existed. We drove away disappointed. Naturally, my companion laughed at me. “You have a wonderful imagination,” he said. I don’t have an y explanation. I only know that I definitely had a meal in this village, in a café (40) , ever since, I have called “the world’s best restaurant”.