2025届上海市奉贤区奉城高级中学高三下学期5月模拟练习英语试题（原卷版）-A4.docxVIP

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奉城高级中学2024学年第二学期高三英语5月练习

(满分：115分考试时间：105分钟)

I.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

WhyDoWeNeedDictionaries?

Haveyouheardof“snain”?Don’tbother____1____(look)foritinMerriam-Webster’sCollegiateDictionary.Theword,meaning“amixofsnowandrain,”neverappearedinthedictionary.

LivingLanguage

Some1,000newwordsorusagesjointheEnglishlanguageeachyear.Somegointothedictionary,while____2____fadefromuse.“Ourlanguageisalivingthing,”JimLowe,____3____editoratMerriam-Webster,explains.“Itkeeps____4____(grow).”

Merriam-WebsterfirstpublishedtheCollegiateDictionaryin1898.Sincethen,atleast100,000words____5____(add).Asthewordchanges,weneednewwordstodescribeit.

Thedictionary’seditorslookineverythingfrombrochurestocomicbooks____6____thelatestlingo(行话).Newwordsgooncardsthatnotewhenand____7____theyfirstappaered.

Dictionaryupdate

Lowereviewsthesewordsfortheedition’sannualupdate.Every10years,thedictionarychangesalot.Loweandtheothereditorsreviewtheonemillionorsonewtermsthey____8____(find).About10,000makeitin.Forawordtobeadded,it____9____showupregularlyinalotofplaces.

Loweisnolongersurprisedbythewords____10____hefinds.“WhenIfirstsawspam(香火腿，现指垃圾邮件)，Ithoughtitwasunusual,”hesays.“Itishardtoassociatemeatwithe-mail,”Butthereitinowonpage1,195,inblackandwhite.

SectionB

Directions:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.unspecific

B.create

Cunique

D.definition

E.hopefully

F.interacted

G.greatly

H.significa