上海市八校2017届高三上学期11月联考英语试题

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1、2016年11月10日八校联考试卷II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Readthefollowingpassage.Fillineachblankwithoneproperwordortheproperformofthegivenwordtomakethepassagecoherent.Makesurethatyouranswersaregrammaticallycorrect.HaveyoueverseenanoldmoviecalledThreeCoinsintheFountain?ItisaboutthreeyoungAm

2、ericanwomen(21)(search)forpermanentromanceinRomeandtheyallfindit.Far-fetchedHollywood?Well,fromtheworldhistorypointofview,romancedid,infact,setdownitsrootsinRome.ThewordromanceevolvedinLatinfromRomatoRomanicusoftheRomanlanguage,totheOldFrenchromanzescrive,(22)means"towriteinaRomancelanguage/

3、^andontotheEnglishromance・TheRomancelanguages(23)(compose)ofsevengroupsoflanguagesthatallhaveLatin(24)theirbasis-TheselanguagesincludeFrench,Italian,SpanishandPortuguese.ThecommonpeopleinancientRomespoke(25)isreferredtoasVulgarLatin,aninformalspeech,asopposedtotheclassicalLatinofthemoreeduca

4、ted.MostlanguageexpertsagreethatVulgarLatinisthechiefsourceoftheRomancelanguages・MedievalRomancesweretales(26)(write)primaryinFrenchverseaboutbraveheroes.Thenotionofhavingaromancewithanotherpersonisthought(27)(develop)sometimeduringtheMiddleAges.Inthelate8thcenturyandonthroughthe19th,aromanc

5、ewasnotalovestory(28)aworkofprosefictionthatcontainedfar-fetched,mysteriousevents.Romancesofthisperiod(29)(include)EnglishGothicnovelslikeTheCastleofOtrantobyHoraceWalpole.Whatexactlyisatwcnticth-ccnturyromance?Docsithaveanyrelationshipwiththelively,popularnovelswrittentoday,withtheirfantast

6、icplotsofloveaffairs?OrdidtheplaywrightOscarWildehaveitrightinThePictureofDorianGray:^Whenoneisinlove,onealwaysbeginsbydeceiving(30)andonealwaysendsbydeceivingothers・Thatiswhattheworldcallsaromance?9SectionBDirections:completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcannlybeusedonc

7、e・Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed・A.astonishinglyB・surroundingC.collapseD・unnoticedE.interruptedF.previouslyG・congratulateH.predictionsI.potentialJ.producingK.propertiesInthewakeofthehistoricannouncementofthediscoveryofgravitationalwavesonFeb