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1、虹口区2016-2017学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试高三英语试卷 2016.12II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 o

2、ther blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Wedding in the United StatesWeddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain tops with guests (21) _ (seat) on the rocks and even barefooted; and the

3、re have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, (22) _ _ _ or how they are performed，include certain traditional customs.Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and thei

4、r relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes (23) _ (exciting) moment of all.The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party is walking through the aisle of the church as the Wedding March (24) _ (play). The bride carrying a bouquet (花束) enters la

5、st with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar (圣坛), the bride and groom exchange vows. (25) _ is traditional to use the words “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, fo

6、r poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. (26) _ (follow) the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.(27) _ the ceremony there is often a party called a “reception”, which gives the w

7、edding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlywed.The car in (28) _ the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamer and shaving cream. The words “Just Married” are painted on the trunk or back window to tell people (29) _ they are married. Now comes the last step of the wed

8、ding ceremony. As a tradition, the bride and the groom (30) _ run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鸣喇叭) and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.Sect

9、ion BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. public B. inadequate C. lowered D. released E. disappointment F. casting G. possibility H. objective I. desperately J. balance K. comparedWhy

10、 Arent Women Happier?Why arent women happier these days? Thats the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, _31_ last month. The research showed that over the past 35 years womens happiness has declined, both _32_ to the past and relative to men even t

11、hough the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades by most _33_ measures.The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and made _34_ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be widespread among women across a varie

12、ty of demographic (人口统计的) groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single parents and married parents, “_35_ doubt on the hypothesis (假设) that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family _36_ are at the root of the happin

13、ess declines among women,” they wrote.One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and general advancement were raised too high by the womens movement and women might feel _37_ for not “having it all,” as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it.The researchers ack

14、nowledge thats a _38_:“If the womens movement raised womens expectations faster than society was able to meet them,” the paper says, “they would be more likely to experience _39_ in their lives.” But they add things could change for the better: “As womens expectations move into adjustment with their

15、 experiences, this decline in happiness may reverse.”Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past? Do you think that if expectations for “having it all” were _40_ to “move into adjustment with experiences,” women might be happier? III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For

16、each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.A Cashless SocietyThere is nothing worse than feeling around in your pocket trying to find some small change to pay for a newspaper or a coffee. S