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Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
SectionA
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.
Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out.
So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured (冒险) onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois,___1___(get) a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, then they stepped on it.____2____(convince) the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few s teps, then … FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. There was no sound, he just fell instantly.
Cruz rushed to help his terrified friend. FOOMP -- the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift
___3___out of the frozen water and onto a more solid section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice ____4____(not hold), and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. There was not much chance ___5___they could free themselves from the trouble. Cruz was sure he was going to die.
Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys ____6____(fall) into the pond and started creaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy(浮标)，kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water,___7___(chop) his way through the ice with his free fist. Lavin made his way___8___Cruz and Anthony and pull them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water___9___(lower) their body temperature nearly ten degrees.
Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered,___10___they are still a little awestruck(惊叹的)by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “If he hadn’t been there, I would have died.”
【答案】1. to get
2. Convinced
3. himself
4. didn’t hold
5. that
6. fall
7. chopping
8. to9. had lowered
10. though/although
【解析】
本文为记叙文。文章讲述了两位男孩不慎跌入冰窟后，一位邻居见义勇为而获救的故事。
【1题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：因此，在去年1月一个寒冷的夜晚，这两位朋友冒险来到他们位于伊利诺伊州法兰克福市的家附近的结冰池塘，想要更好地看一看。两个好朋友踏上结冰的水塘是为了更好的看清冰面上的鸟是鸭子还是鹅，本句需要不定式做目的状语，故填to get。
【2题详解】
考查省略to的不定式。句意：确信冰块能承受它们的重量，安东尼走了几步，然后……根据固定短语sb. be convinced that…“某人确信……”的表达，主句的主语是Anthony，此处形容词作状语，故填Convinced。
【3题详解】
考查反身代词。句意：Cruz成功地从冰冻的水面上爬了起来，爬到了一个更坚固的地方。固定短语lift oneself/sth. out of...“使自己从……中出来”，此句的主语是Cruz，故填himself。
【4题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：但是冰撑不住，他又掉了下去。故事发生在过去应用一般过去时，故填didn’t hold。【5题详解】
考查固定句式。句意：他们摆脱困境的机会不大。固定句式t here was not much chance that…“没有多少机会”，故填that。
【6题详解】
考查省略句。句意：Anthony的姐姐看到男孩们掉入池塘并开始尖叫求救。感官动词see后面接省略to的不定式作宾补，表示动作发生全过程。Anthony的姐姐“had seen”,因此表达是的看到他们掉下去的整个过程。故填fall。
【7题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：看到孩子们，他抓起附近的一个浮标，踢掉鞋子，跳进水里，用空出的拳头在冰面上劈出一条路来。这里chop的动作是Lavin发出的，是主动，且跟grab, kick, ran这一系列的动作几乎同时进行，故填chopping。
【8题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：Lavin向Cruz和Anthony走去，把他们拉回了陆地。固定短语ma ke one’s way to “向……进发；前往某处”，故填to。
9题详解】
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长宁区：延安中学、市三女中、天山中学、复旦中学、建青实验学校； 静安区：市西中学、育才中学、民立中学、市一中学； 普陀区：曹杨二中、晋元中学、宜川中学； 闸北区：市北中学、新中高级中学、风华中学、六十中学、彭浦中学； 虹口区：华师大一附中、复兴高级中学、澄衷中学、北虹中学、虹口中学、继光中学、北郊中学； 杨浦区：控江中学、杨浦高级中学、同济中学、建设中学、中原中学、同济大学一附中、延吉中学、市东中学； 闵行区：七宝中学、闵行中学； 嘉定区：嘉定一中、嘉定二中； 宝山区：行知中学、吴淞中学、罗店中学； 浦东新区：进才中学、建平中学、洋泾中学、东昌中学、上南中学、三林中学、川沙中学、高桥中学； 金山区：金山中学、华师大三附中、上师大二附中、张堰中学； 松江区：松江二中、松江一中； 南汇区：南汇中学、大团中学、周浦中学； 奉贤区：奉贤中学、曙光中学； 青浦区：青浦高级中学、朱家角中学； 崇明县：崇明中学、民本中学。 按国际奥赛奖牌数目(注意不包括国家级奖牌) 绝对领先的是：华东师大二附中、复旦大学附中 较好的是：上海向明中学、上海延吉中学 一般的是：上海中学、上海延安中学、上海建平中学、上海大同中学、上海控江中学 上海市重点中学各种排名 学生质量： 1复旦附中2师大二附中3上海中学4上外附中5交大附中 6建平中学7控江中学8延安中学9复兴中学10位育中学 教师质量： 1师大二附中2上海中学3格致中学4建平中学5七宝中学
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