2017届上海高考英语模拟试卷

2017届上海高三英语模拟试卷

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.

A friendly dog （21）（name）Bonnie, who also happens to be deaf, is being praised by her owner for helping him catch a (22)(suspect) intruder in their home.

Dan Strasser said he heard Bonnie (23)(run) around the living room at about 6 a.m. Saturday, so he got out of bed to see why she was so excited. He said Bonnie didn‘t bark or bite like a guard dog, but (24) _____ she behaved was enough to alert him.

When Strasser walked into the living room, he caught the intruder trying to steal his computer. The man took off, but (25)running out of the back door where he came in, he accidentally ran into the garage and was seized there.

Strasser grabbed his gun and held the intruder in the garage while his girlfriend called 911. Police showed up and arrested the intruder,(26)they later identified as Thomas Lowell, who

(27)(accuse) in court Monday of burglary (入室行窃) and possession of drug. He is due back in court on Oct. 2nd.

Strasser said Lowell got in (28) the P.F. Productions back door, which he kept open at night (29) Bonnie could get into the backyard. He plans to keep it (30) _____(lock) from now on.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A.unmanned

B. escape

C. usually

D. strike

E. dropping

F. blowing

G. observed

H. common

I. specifically

J. aimed

K. involves

A tornado is a violently turning tube of air suspended from a thick cloud. Tornadoes form when winds (31)in different directions meet in the cloud and begin to turn in circles.

Tornadoes have been (32)on every continent except Antarctica. Weather experts say they are most (33)in the United States. Each year，the United States has more than one thousand tornadoes.

These storms can happen at any time of the year. But most happen from late winter to the middle of summer. There is a second high season in November.

Tornadoes can (34)with little or no warning. Weather experts operate warning systems to tell people about possible tornadoes. But the storms often move too fast for people to (35). Last year，tornadoes killed more than one hundred