精品解析：上海市七宝中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题

2022-2023学年七宝中学高二上12月测评英语试卷 II. Grammar (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. You know what they say, marriage is like a box of chocolates and you never know what you are gonna get. My wife and I had a “ferocious” argument the other night ____1____ we were watching one episode of the latest season of a reality show called See You Again. Basically, the show was about three couples ____2____ (embark) on an 18-day vacation to try to work out their marital issues in the hope of saving their marriages. For them, it was really a make-it-or-break-it vacation. ____3____ we both agreed on most men’s incompetence in expressing their true feelings in any intimate relationship, my still beloved wife and I failed miserably to see eye to eye on reasons for that. She blamed it on men’s upbringing while I thought it had more to do with the influence of outdated social norms and stereotypes on men. Our society ____4____ (discourage) emotional expression in men for ages, telling them they can’t shed a tear or show any vulnerability. These outdated ideas about what it means to be a man have messed them up big time. To me, it is no wonder that in the marriage market, the most common type available ____5____ women is the silent but dominant type of men with the whole breadwinner and homemaker roles still ____6____ (stick) in their heads. So when things don’t go that way, of course, they will feel lost. “Intimidated” by my rigorous logic, my wife purposefully shifted the focus of her argument to ____7____ we two should raise our son and what I could have done better if I had taken her advice seriously. However, things started to get much ____8____ (personal) when both of us seemed to run out of witty arguments. Realizing this disagreement wo