上海徐汇区2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷
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1. Directions: 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 other blanks, u one word that best fits each blank. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
John, an ESL tutor of a community college, moved to New York City with all the members of his family. John is a remarkable teacher, so 【小题1】 (be) his students for veral years, we all misd him very much since he left. It was not long 【小题2】 John came back to North Carolina to handle some rounding-off (结束) affairs, ESL teachers and we students held a small party for him.
the gilroyAt the party, 【小题3】people walked around and talked with each other cheerfully, I certain
ly would not lightly give up that good opportunity to learn English. Then I tried to think of all sorts of topics to conver with Monica, another ESL teacher.
Just before I was about batch【小题4】 (run) out of my topics of conversation when I heard John said to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I immediately asked Monica riously, “Is it really difficult to find a job in New York? Why does John, such 【小题5】 outstanding ESL teacher, have to do laborious work?”
Looking puzzled, Monica asked, “Why do you have such a feeling?”
“Haven’t you heard him say that he 【小题6】研究生条件 (dig) New York? Is he building a tunnel?” I replied. When she finally understood 【小题7】 I said, Monica laughed so hard as to narrowly escape spewing (喷出) her food in her mouth. Wearing a broad smile, she gestured to us to stop talking, and then asked us, the ESL students, 【小题8】 we knew the meaning of “I dig New York.” All of us shook our heads and said no. Monica then requested John to explain it to us.英语口语考试
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tightly【小题9】 turns out that, in American slang, “I dig New York” means, “I love New York.” Though few people say like that nowadays, we can still find it 【小题10】 (u) in literary works.
2. naval academyDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. invisible B. regularly C. contributes D. mercy
E. moderately F. trapped G. amateurs H. remaining
I. decline J. comparable K. bragging |
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The sale of The Washington Post to Jeff Bezos is just the most recent episode in the decline and fall of professional journalism. By lling out to a mega-billionaire without any newspaper experience, the Graham family has put a priceless national ast at the 【小题1】 of a single outsider. Perhaps Jeff Bezos will u his new plaything responsibly; perhaps not; if not, one of the few 【小题2】 sources of rious journalism will be lost.
The crisis in the English-speaking world will turn into a disaster in smaller language zones. The English-speaking market is so large that advertirs will pay a lot to gain access to the tens of millions of readers who 【小题3】 click onto The New York Times or 在线网站翻译The Guardian. But the Portugue-reading public is far too small to support rious journalism on the Internet. What happens to Portugue democracy when nobody is willing to pay for old-fashioned newspapers?
The blogosphere can’t be expected to take up the 【小题4】 of rious journalism. First-class reporting on national and international affairs isn’t for 【小题5】. it requires lots of training and lots of contacts and lots of expens. It also requires reporters with the well-trained capacity to write for a broad audience. The modern newspaper created the right incentives, but without a(an) 【小题6】 business model for the new technology, blogging will degenerate into a postmodern nightmare—with millions 【小题7】 without any concern for the facts.
We can’t afford to wait for the become的意思【小题8】 hand to come up with a new way to provide eco
nomic support for rious journalism. To be sure, the financial press has proved 【小题9】 successful in persuading readers to pay for online access; and mainstream media are now trying to imitate this success. Each news article on the web will end by asking readers whether it 【小题10】 to their political understanding. If so, they can click the yes-box, and nd the message to a National Endowment for Journalism—which would obtain an annual appropriation from the government. This way, rious journalism will succeed in gaining mass support.
3. Whether it is 艾迪留学tossing the Frisbee(掷飞盘) on the campus or reprenting your town in the local baball league, sports remain prevalent in American society.
Athletics begin at a young age. As they learn to walk and talk, kids in America also learn to run, throw and kick. They are _________ to sports at a young age so that they form a habit of remaining _________ and fit, while also _________ themlves. Most towns offer a “Parks and Recreation” program, which sponsors various educational physical activities, such as sports summer camps or monthly hikes. _________, towns often creat
e youth leagues that _________ children to complete against other towns. The programs, run by volunteers, stress not only skill development, but also values of ________ and enjoyment no matter what the outcome.
