崇明县2016高三英语二模试卷及答案.docVIP

PAGE 高三英语 共10页 第PAGE 2页 崇明县2015届第二次高考模拟考试试卷 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) Happiness Is an Attitude The 92-year-old confident and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably combed and makeup perfectly applied, (25)_____ _____ she’s legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, (26)_____ (make) the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she (27)_____ (smile) sweetly when told her room was ready. As she got into the elevator (28)_____ her wheelchair, I provided a description of her tiny room. “I love it,” she started with the enthusiasm of (29)_____ eight-year-old child having just been presented with a new dog. “Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.” “That has(30)_____ to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. (31)_____ I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged…it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body (32)_____ no longer work or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones working. Each day is a gift, and (33)_____ _____ _____ my eyes open, I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away…just for this time in my life.” (B) A sculptor has scaled new heights by building the world’s tallest toothpick (牙签) model. Stanley Hayes Munro, 45, from Syracuse, New York, is a toothpick engineer, who(34)_____ (hook) by toothpick modelssince he built his first sculpture in school when creati