上海市嘉定区第二中学2020-2021学年高一上学期第一次月考英语试题含解析.docVIP

PAGE 1 2020- -2021上海市嘉定二中高一英语上 第一次月考试题 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage 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. The Goosehead guide to life Ashley Powers mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she ____1____not find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, If I had my own website, Id make it a really interesting site for teenagers. So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called Goosehead. She had no idea how big a success it ___2___ (be), but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees. After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles,____3____(ask) to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life. The book is about ____4____to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called All About Ashley, ____5____Ashley tells readers what its like ____6____(be) the boss of a company when youre only sixteen - not always easy! I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed. I mean. I was only sixteen - I didnt even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, youd be stressed too! In her book, Ashley talks about the problems facing teenagers today, and about the importance of friendship, but also about being independent. Learn to love your friends but not rely on them. I did that by ___7___ (create) Goosehead on my own. Ashley says that The Goosehead Guide o Life is not a book of teenage advice. It isnt a book thats going to tell you what to do. I hope you can work that out for ___8___,”she says.“I just want to provide a