2015学年度第一学期高三年级英语期中试卷(浦东新区).docx.doc

浦东新区2015学年第一学期期中考试 高三年级 英语  = 2 \* ROMAN \* MERGEFORMAT II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically collect. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A) Black Fridayis the day after Thanksgiving which is considered the first day of. the holiday shopping season in the United States. The name comes from the idea __(25)__store owners begin to show a profit for the year on that day. In the past before calculators and computers, workers recorded the profits and losses of American businesses in special books. They used the term,in the red__(26)__ (mean) losing money.In the blackmeant making a profit. soBlack Friday was the day__27__ the store owners moved from beingin the redtoin the black. Many people considerBlack Fridayto be the busiest shopping day of __(28)_year Researchers say it may be he day for be largest number of people to go to stores. But it is not necessarily true that shoppers will spend he largest amount of money. It is said that Americans just want to get __(29)__ ____(29)_____ the house the day after Thanksgiving. And many stores reduce some of their prices on “Black Friday. However, experts say that many people wait__ (30)__much closer to Christmas December 25, __(31)__(hope) that they may find even lower prices. They say the__ (32)__ (busy) shopping day of the year is usually the Saturday before Christmas. (B) In 2011, a three-year-old girl named Yueyue was hit by a van in a street in the city Foshan near Guangzhou. Eighteen people passed by the __(33)__(injure ) girl before person, an elderly woman street-cleaner, stopped to help. But by then it was too late and little Yueyue died. __(34)_.that incident resulted in people __(35)_(question) their responsibility to help strangers in trouble--the responsibilit