学年交大附中高三上英语月考.docx

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学年交大附中高三上英语月考

2019-2020学年交大附中高三上英语10月月考

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

BenjaminWest,thefatherofAmericanpainting,showedhistalentforartwhenhewasonlysixyearsofage.Buthedidnotknowaboutbrushesbefore__21__visitortoldhimheneededone.Inthosedays,abrushwasmadefromcamel’shair.Therewerenocamelsnearby.Benjamindecidedthatcathairwouldworkinstead.Hecutsomefurfromthefamilycat__22__（make）abrush.

Thebrushdidnotlastlong.SoonBenjaminneededmorefur.Beforelong,thecatbegantolookragged（蓬乱）.Hisfathersaidthatthecat__23__besick.Benjamin__24__（force）toadmitwhathehadbeendoing.

Thecat’slotwasabouttoimprove.Thatyear,oneofBenjamin’scousins,Mr.Pennington,cametovisit.HewasimpressedwithBenjamin’sdrawings.__25__hewenthome,hesentBenjaminaboxforpaintandsomebrushes.Healsosentsixengravings（版画）byanartist.__26__werethefirstpicturesandfirstrealpaintandbrushesBenjaminhadevenseen.In1747,whenBenjaminwasnineyearsold,Mr.Penningtonreturnedforanothervisit.Hewasamazedat__27__Benjaminhaddonewithhisgift.HeaskedBenjamin’sparents__28__hemighttaketheboytoPhiladelphiaforavisit.

Inthecity,Mr.PenningtongaveBenjaminmaterialsforcreatingoilpaintings.Theboybeganalandscapepainting.WilliamWilliams,awell-knownpainter,cametoseehimwork.WilliamswasimpressedwithBenjaminandgavehimtwoclassicbooksonpaintingtotakehome.Thebookswerelonganddull.Benjamincouldreadonlyalittle,__29__（be）apoorstudent.Buthelatersaid,“Thosetwobooksweremycompanionsbyday,and__30__mypillowatnight.”Whileitislikelythatheunderstoodverylittleofthebooks,theywerehisintroductiontoclassicalpaintings.Thenine-year-oldboydecidedthenthathewouldbeanartist.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybesuedonce.Notethethereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.witnessedB.amountedC.imaginaryD.immigrant

E.naturalF.financialG.increasedH.similarI.vehicle

J.citizenshipK.residence

FLORENCE,Italy-SvetlanaCojochrufeelshurt.TheMoldovanhaslivedheresevenyearsasacaregivertoItaliankidsandelderly,butinordertostayshe’shadtoproveherlanguageskillsbytakingatestwhichrequireshertowriteapostcardtoa（n）__31__friendandanswerafictionaljobad.

ItalyisthelatestWesternEuropeancountrytryingtocontrolagrowing__32__populationbydemandinglanguageskillsinexchangeforworkpermits,orinsomecases,__33__.

Someimmigrantadvocatesworrythatashard__34__timesmakeitmoredifficultfornativestokeepjobs,suchmeasureswillbecomemorea__35__forintolerancethanintegration.Otherssayit’sonly__36__thatnewcomerslearnthelanguageoftheirhostnation,seeingitasaconditiontoensuretheycancontributetosociety.

OtherEuropeancountrieslaiddowna__37__requirementforimmigrants,andsometermsareeventougher.Thegovernmentsarguethatthiswillhelpforeignersjointhesocietyandpromoteunderstandingacrosscultures.

Italy,whichhasamuchweakertraditionofimmigration,has__38__asharpincreaseinimmigrationinrecentyears.In1990,immigrantnumberedsome1.14millionoutofItaly’sthen56.7millionpeople,orabout2percent.Atthestartofthisyear,foreignerslivinginItaly__39__to4.56millionofatotalpopulationof60.6million,or7.5percent,withimmigrants’childrenaccountingforanevenlargerpercentageofbirthsinItaly.

Cojochru,theMoldovancaregiver,hopedobtainingpermanent__40__wouldhelpherbringhertwochildrentoItaly;theylivewithhersisterinMoldova,wheresalariesareamongthelowestinEurope.Shewasskepticalthatthelanguagerequirementwouldencourageintegration.

Italiansalways“seemeasaforeigner,”anoutsider,eventhoughshe’sstayedinthecountryforyearsandcanspeakthelocallanguagefluently,shesaid.

Ⅲ.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

Apersonwithpositivethinkingmentalityexpectshappiness,healthandsuccess,andbelievesthatbeorshecanovercomeanyobstacleanddifficulty.

__41__thinkingisnotaconceptthateveryonebelievesandfollows.Some,consideritasnonsense,andscoff（laugh）atpeoplewhofollowit.__42__,thereisagrowingnumberofpeople,whoacceptpositivethinkingasa