2017-2018年上海市第一学期金山中学期中考试 高三英语（解析版）.docxVIP

2017年度第一学期金山中学期中考试 高三英语 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. (Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda, Md. No card or note came with it.) ...... I don’t remember ever slamming my door (21)_____ anger at her and shouting, “You just don’t understand!” Because she did understand. One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment, fear and over-whelming anger that my dad was missing some of (22)_____(important) events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the prom. But my mother, in the midst of her own grief, (23)_____ not hear of my skipping any of those things. The day before my father died, my mother and I (24)_____ (go) shopping for a prom dress. We’d found a spectacular one, with yards of dotted Swiss in red, white and blue. (25)_____ made me feel like Scarlett O’ Hara, but it was the wrong size. When my father died, I forgot the dress. My mother didn’t. The day before the prom, I found that dress – in the right size – draped majestically over the living room sofa. It (26)_____(present) to me – beautifully, artistically, lovingly. I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel (27)_____ (love) and lovable, creative and imaginative, imbued with a sense (28)_____ there was magic in the world and beauty in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see (29)_____ much like the gardenia – lovely, strong and perfect – with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery. My mother died ten days after I was married, I was 22. That w