1482999516上海市杨浦区2017届高三上学期12月模拟质量调研英语试题 Word版.doc

杨浦区2017届高三第一学期模拟质量调研英语试题 2016.12 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 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, use one word that best fits each blank. In two days , it will be Christmas, children all over world(21)_____(look)forward to this day for weeks. People celebrate Christmas with food, decorations,music and more. But for many people , gift-giving is the most exciting part of the holiday. I have fond memories of Christmas shopping with my family as a child. I enjoyed the challenge of keeping my parents’ gifts a secret. It was hard to buy gifts right(22)____their noses without them seeing.Everyone placed(23)_____(wrap) gifts under the Christmas tree until Christmas morning,(24)______we opened them. Picking a great gift require (25)______(know) the person you’re giving it to. You need to know the person’s tastes and find something the person doesn’t already have. This can be quite a big challenge . Often it’s wise to provide a receipt (26)______ _________the person needs to exchange the gift. The best gifts are personal . Many Americans don’t feel money constitutes a good gift(27)_______it doesn’t require any thought. They prefer something chosen just for the person. If the gift is a high-quality homemade gift, that’s even better. Gift-giving reflects the reason(28)______ people celebrate Christmas. Christians in particular remember the birth of Jesus. When he was born, wise men traveled many miles to visit him,(29)________(bring) expensive gifts. But the greatest gift wasn’t from the wise man, but from Godthe baby Jesus. God gave this gift because everyone needed it. We needed God to forgive our bad actions so that we (30)______ live forever with him. So on Christmas we give presents to imitate God’s action of giving the per