2015高考预测金卷英语（上海卷）word版.docVIP

2015高考预测金卷（上海卷） 英语 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. (A) Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered __1__ difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy __2__ (please) as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume. Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not a pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or __3__ (push) you with their elbows（肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain. Jane paused in front of a counter __4__ some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk，” the assistant tried to attract her. “They are worth double the price.”__5__ Jane knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes on sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while，she knew that this was a present __6__ was certain to please him. When Jane got home，with her small but carefully __7__ (choose) present in her bag，her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane __8___ (inform). (B) About 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering __9__ a major lung operation. My mother had recently passed away, and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years and had lost interest in life. __10__(try) to get him to eat each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything. The one thing, however, that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream. One evening, to our surprise, he refused ___11___(eat