1、【2013学年第一学期普陀区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: 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
2、. (A)Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage (25)_ the river running across their city. (26)_ cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that its unsafe for sw
3、imming or fishing. Still, Susan, (27)_ has just completed her third summer camp on the river cleanup, sees a change in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot (28)_(clean),” she says. Environmental scientists praise the teenagers for removing garbage (29)_ can harm
4、wild life. Water birds, for example, can die of plastic bottle rings and get cut by tiny metals. Three years ago, when the cleanup started, garbage was everywhere. But this year the teenagers can row their boats fast. By the end of the six-hour cleanup, they (30)_(remove) enough garbage to fill more
5、 than two large trucks. “(31)_(see) all that garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. She hopes that when others read that, she and her peers care enough (32)_(clean) it up, maybe they would think twice before they throw garbage into the river.(B)Dave
6、Fuss lost his job (33)_(drive) a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave an
7、d Gerrie received a timely gift-$7,000,a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in (34)_ accident. “It really made a difference (35)_ we were going under financially.” says Dave. But the Fusses werent the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexp
8、ected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families (36)_(touch) by the Hatches generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000. It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $ 3millionthey were an elderly couple who liv
9、ed in an old house on (37)_ was left of the family farm. (38)_ _ the financial crisis, Ish and Arlene developed the habit of saving. They were fond of comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, (39)_(check) prices before making a new purchase. Through the years, the Hatches paid
10、 for local children to attend summer camp when their parents (40)_ not afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked whether you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see the things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”【2013学年第一学期宝山区高三英语质量调研试卷】Directions: f
11、or the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.( A )As a student, I get so many assignments every day. I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework. I used to complain about all this pressure (25) school with my classmates. We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard w
12、ork. We only (26) (know) that we got a lot of homework.After a few months, we did not complain about homework anymore (27) we knew that our teachers worked (28) (hard) than we did. We had no right to complain. Sometimes, we said, “I didnt go to bed until 12:00 oclock last night. Now I just want to s
13、leep.” Our teacher would answer us, “I go to bed at 1:00 a.m. every day.” Since we knew how hard teachers work, we started to appreciate them. To give our thanks, we wrote a big card to the teachers (29) it was teachers day. When they got our card, they (30) (touch) because their students finally kn
14、ew the teachers effort.After giving the card, I realized (31) powerful the sentence “thank you” is. When we give our thanks to somebody, the world is full of love. I say “thank you” to my friends, family, classmates, teachers, and even strangers. I like to see the smiles on their faces, so (32) (say
15、) “thank you” every day is the way I make the world a better place.( B )The year before last, a new superhero landed on Earth to live among humans. When people needed help, Thor became their defender and saved (33) world. People loved Thor and the actor who played him Chris Hemsworth.Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983. His family moved between Melbo
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