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1、松江区2013学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷II.GrammarandVocabularySectionA（16分）(A)Englishis(25)________(widely)usedlanguageinthehistoryofourplanet.Oneineverysevenhumanbeings(26)________speakit.Morethanhalfoftheworld’sbooksandthreequartersofinternationalmailareinEnglish.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—
2、perhapsasmanyastwomillionwords.However,let’sfaceit:Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoeggin(27)________eggplant,neitherpinenorappleinapineappleandnohaminahamburger.Sweet-meatsarecandy,whilesweetbreads,(28)________aren’tsweet,aremeat.WetakeEnglish(29)_______granted.Butwhenweexploreitsparadoxes(矛盾)
3、,wefindthatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,publicbathroomshavenobathsinthem.Andwhyisit(30)________awriterwrites,butfingersdon’tfing,grocersdon’tgroce,andhammersdon’tham?Ifthepluraloftoothisteeth,shouldn’tthepluralofboothbebeeth?Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawisemanan
4、dawiseguyareopposites?Howcanoverlookandoverseebeopposites,whilequitealotandquiteafewarealike?Howcantheweatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext?SofarEnglish,(31)________(invent)bypeoplenotcomputers,(32)________(reflect)thecreativityofhumanbeings.（B）The(33)________(ring)bellindicatedtheendoft
5、helastclassonFridayafternoon.Studentsswarmedoutoftheclassroomsandheadedbacktotheirdormitories.OnlyXiaoDiheadedtoanotherclassroom.“Goaheadandhavedinner.Don’twaitforme,”the20-year-oldtoldherfriends.“Ihavetogettoagoodseatformyminorsubject.”LikeXiao,manystudentsaresigningupforminorsubjectsintheirsp
6、aretime.(34)________thereasonsaredifferent,theyallbelievethattakingaminorsubjectisarewardingexperience.LiKeren,22,isaseniorwho(35)________(involve)infinanceatTianjinUniversityofFinance&Economicsnow.Heenrolledininternationalfinanceashisminorsubjectandmanagedtostayontopin(36)________ofhismajorand
7、minorsubjects.“Differentfrommoststudents,Ipayequalattentiontomymajorandminorsubject,”hesays.Hethinksthatstudentshavesignedupforminorsubjects(37)________theyhavetheenergyandtimetodoso.Thedisadvantageof(38)________(pay)lessattention
