上海市洋泾中学2014年第一学期高三期中考试.doc

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1、上海市洋泾中学2014学年第一学期高三期中考试试卷SectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks, useonewordthatbestfitseachbl

2、ank.(A)Everypeople_____25_____(have)itsownwayofsayingthings,itsownspecialexpressions.ManyeverydayAmericanexpressionsarebased_____26_____colors.Redisahotcolor.Americansoftenuseittoexpressheat.Theymaysaytheyarered-hotaboutsomethingunfair.Whentheyarered-hotthey

3、areveryangryaboutsomething.Thesmallhottastingpeppers_____27_____(find)inmanyMexicanfoodsarecalledRedHotsfortheircolorandtheirfierytaste.Fastloudmusicispopularwithmanypeople.Theymaysaythemusicisredhot.Pinkisa_____28_____(light)kindofred.Peoplesometimessaythey

4、areinthepickwhentheyareingoodhealth.TheexpressionwasfirstusedinAmericaatthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.Itprobablycomesfromthefact_____29_____manybabiesarebornwithanicepinkcolorthatshowsthattheyareingoodhealth.Thecolorblackisusedofteninexpressions.Peoplede

5、scribeaday_____30_____everythinggoeswrongasablackday.Thedateofamajortragedyisrememberedasablackday.Ablacklistisillegalnow.Butat_____31_____time,somebusinessesrefusedtoemploypeoplewhowereonablacklistfor_____32_____(belong)tounpopularorganizations.(B)_____33__

6、___(belong)backatthe21-year-oldthatIwasatgraduation,isaslightlyuncomfortableexperienceforthe42-year-oldthatshehasbecome.Halfmylifetimeago,Iwasstrikinganuneasybalance_____34_____theambitionIhadformyself,andwhatthoseclosesttomeexpectedofme.I_____35_____(convin

7、ce)thattheonlythingIwantedtodo,ever,wastowritenovels.However,myparents,bothofwhomcamefromimpoverishedbackgroundsandneitherofwhomhadbeentocollege,tooktheview_____36_____myoveractiveimaginationwasmeaningless.SotheyhadhopedthatIwouldtakeavocationaldegree.Itoldt

8、hemIwantedtostudyEnglishLiterature.Buttheythoughtnoothersubjectcouldbe_____37_____(useless).Iwouldliketomake_____38_____clearthatIdonotblamemyparentsfortheirpointofview.WhatIfearedmostformyselfa