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PAGE PAGE 1 徐汇区 II. Grammar（15%） 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 Dating from 1971 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather won three Oscars. (18)__________(last) almost three hours, the film is Shakespearean in its scope and ambition. It is the story of a New York mafia family headed by Marlon Brando as “the Godfather”. (19)__________ Brando has the title role，it is Al Pacino playing his troubled son Michael (20)_________ steals the show in a masterly performance. (21)__________(achieve) his aim of taking the audience on an emotional rollercoaster tide，the director intersperses(点缀) long scenes of family life with shorter sequences of extreme violence. Having been shot in explicit detail, this violence may shock some viewers. But anyone (22)__________(prepare) to put up with this will enjoy (23)_________ unique dramatic experience. In fact, for many people The Godfather is the greatest American film made in the 1970s. B I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (24)_________ how well they performed at tennis and other skills.? For them, playing well and (25)___________ (win) are often life-and-death affairs.?However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, (26)_________ take an opposite attitude.? In a culture (27)__________ values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition.?Among the most vocal are the youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressure from their parents or society.? While teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail.? They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success.? By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I m