201徐汇06一模试题.doc

2015学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷 高三英语试卷 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) My business has to come before sleep The moment I fall into bed at around 10.30pm, I’m dead to the world ... until － ping! － it’s 3 a.m. and I’m wide awake. I instantly check my phone and spend the next 40 minutes in bed (25) ________ (answer) emails on my computer. By 4 a.m., my brain is in overdrive and there is only one thing for it: to get up and start working. I know most people are foggy at this time, but I find the early morning to be (26) ________ period of great creativity. I get more done in those few hours than the rest of the day, (27) ________ I’m constantly interrupted. People ask (28) ________ I find time to run a business, prepare presentations, write books, network with clients and raise a family. Well, this is the answer: by having only four-and-a-half hours of sleep. Yes, I probably (29) ________ just about do everything if I got up at 6.30 a.m., but it would mean working in the evening when I need to spend time with my family. I have lots of friends with the same problem. We have what we jokingly call “Insomniacs(失眠症患者) Group” on Facebook, where we chat with each other in the middle of the night. It has become a real way (30) ________ friendship, and I’d miss it if we didn’t have that time to chat. While I’m often perfectly happy starting my day at 3 a.m., sometimes, (31) ________ I’m tired, I feel annoyed with myself. Why can’t I just switch off? But then I don’t want to either. There are so many things I have to do, and a 3 a.m. start is the only way (32) ________ (achieve) everything. (B) The Renaissance (文艺复兴) For many people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century Italy, and the developments