预测卷05 -【大题精做】冲刺2023年高考英语大题突破+限时集训 （上海）

( 绝 绝 密★启用前|学科网试题命制中心 ) 预测卷05 （上海） I.Listening Comprehension Section A （略） II. Grammar and Vocabulary （每题1分；共20分） 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. Couponing for Charity Feeding 5,000 people every month is a tall order. For Lauren Puryear — single mother, full-time mental health therapist, and founder of the nonprofit For the Love of Others — the secret ingredient is coupons. Lots and lots of coupons(优惠券). The meals themselves are often quite impressive. 29-year-old Puryear prides ____1____ on preparing and serving dishes to the poor and homeless. She feeds them several weekends a month, in a number of cities.     Still, she manages to do it all for nothing,  _____2_____ the menu depends entirely on that week’s bargains. “The best way to get _____3_____(low) cost is to match the coupon when the item is on sale.’’ she explains. Her brilliant talents save between $250 and $1,000 per grocery trip. Puryear inherited her passion ____4____ culinary (烹饪的)giving from her grandmother Marison Smith. When Smith saw beggars on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey, she would offer to buy them food instead of giving them money. Puryear got into the act when she was ten. If there were leftovers from dinner, Smith would put them in a container, _____5_____(rely) on her granddaughter to give them to the homeless man on the street. When Puryear founded her nonprofit, she chose the name For the Love of Others to honor her grandmother, who passed away in 2012. “Love was just the central core of her being,’’ Puryear says. Mrs. Smith would certainly be proud of her granddaughter’s efforts and her impact. At one meal in Baltimore, three boys asked ___6___they could take extra sandwiches. ‘‘We’ll eat this today, but we’ll be hungry t