浦东新区2015度第二学期教学质量检测教学教材Word格式文档下载.docx

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Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;

fortheotherblanks.useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

（A）

Oneday,whenMr.Pottswasoutoftheroom,hiscolleaguesexaminedthehatverycarefully.Thentheywenttoanearbyshopandboughtanotherhatexactlylikeit,butquiteabitlarger.Whentheyreturnedtotheoffice,Mr.Pottswasstillout,sotheyexchangedthenewhatfortheoldone.

Attheendoftheafternoon,Mr.Pottsgotuptoleave.Whenheputhishatonhishead.however,it（11）__（drop）downoverhiseyes.Afterhelefttheoffice,everyoneroaredwithlaughter.

Thenextday,toeveryone'

ssurprise.Mr.Pottsturnedupwithhishatinitsnormalposition.Hiscolleagues

（12）（puzzle）bythis,andwhileMr.Pottswasouttheystudiedthehatcarefully.TheyfoundthatMr.Pottshadfixedsomepiecesofnewspaperroundtheinsideofthehattoreduceitsdiameterandmakeit（13）__（small）

ThenextdaytheydecidedtotakeMr.Potts'

soldhatfromthecupboard（14）_theyhadconcealedit.Theymadeitsmallerinthesameway,andreplacedthenewhatwiththeoldone.Attheendoftheday.Mr.Pottsgotuptoleaveasusual.（15）_heputhishatonthistime.however,itstuckrightontopofhishead.Again,everyoneroaredwithlaughterwhenhelefttheoffice.

Mr.Potts'

scolleagueschangedthehatseveryday.Theresultwasthatonalternatedaysheworethebighatandthenthesmallone.Intheend,thebelief（16）anillnesswasmakinghisheadchangesizefromdaytodayledMr.Pottstogotoadoctor.'

Nonsense'

.saidthedoctor.'

Thereisnosuchdisease'

.

（B）

Americansmovearoundquiteoftenandlearntodevelopfriendshipseasilyandquickly.AboutoneoutofeveryfiveAmericanfamiliesmoveseveryyear.Peoplemovetonewplacesbecausetheybeginnewjobs.attenddistantcolleges,getmarried,havechildrenorsimplywantachangeintheirlives.asaresultof（17）_.peopleformandendfriendshipsquickly.

Relationships（18）_（base）onacommonactivitymaystoporendwhentheactivityends.Studentsmightmeetinclassesandremainfriendsforthedurationofthecourseandthenstopseeing

（19）afterthefinalexamination.Thesameholdstrueforneighbourswhoaretheclosestoffriendsuntilonemovesaway.Inthesefriendships,shareddailyexperiencesformthefoundationfortherelationship.Long-Iastingfriendshipsdevelopwhenindividualshavesimilarinterestsandacommonoutlook（20）_life.ThehighrateofmobilityintheUScanexplainagreatdealaboutshort-tennfriendships.

Friendshipandfriendlinessdonotmeanthesamething.FriendlinesscharacterizesmuchofAmericandailyinteractionbutisnotalwaysanindicationoffriendship.Strangersmaysharelifehistorieswithoutanywishtosetuparelationship.Instantfriendshipsarecharacterizedbytheappearanceoftwopeople（21）（become）closebut.inreality,thereisnostringconnectionbetweenthem.Twopeople（22）_（say）hellotoeachotherafterbeingintroducedforthefirsttimedonotalwaysmeanthattheyhaveastrongwishtodevelopafriendship.Manypeople

frequentlysmileorsay"

Haveaniceday"

or"

Seeyoulater"

orevengiveaninvitationaspartofaculturalpatternofpoliteness.Suchexpressionsdonotalwayssuggestanofferofcontinuedfriendship.

III.Vocabulary8%

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.voiceB.pointC.abandonD.lossE.occursF.accessedG.shrinkingH.differenceI.matters

TheEndofaMedium

TheIndependent,anewspaperthatshookupBritain'

sjournalisminthel980sbeforefallingonhardtimes.hasannouncedthatitwillstopprintingandinsteadpublishonlyonline.ItsfinalprinteditionwillcomeonMarch26.

Maybeweshouldallfeelsadaboutthenews,butperhapswealsoneedtogetusedtothatFeeling.forsoonerorlater.allpaperswillgo.Indeed,formostpeopleunder25.thenewspaperisalreadyextinct.Fewofthemseethe

（23）ofbuyingapapercopyeverymorning.

Sowhatarewelosing?

Whatdifferencedoesitmakewhenonenationalpaperor.finally.allourpapers

（24）_printandappearonlyonline?

Tostartwith,andimportantly,itmakesno（25）totheyoungerreaderswhoneverembraced（接受）printandwho.astimepasses.willcometoruntheworld.Theyfeelabouttheprintnewspaperthesamewaytheydoaboutthehorse-drawncarriage.

Fortherestofus.therewillbesome（26）becauseaprintpapercanstillcarrypowerandinfluence.ltsfrontpagechallengesus.itsflowofpagesworksuponour