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上海高中名校优等生英语强化训练内部讲义（高一培优） 上海高中名校优等生英语强化训练内部讲义（高一培优） 2024年下学期高一期中复习模拟试卷02 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、语法填空 Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with given words, fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given; for the other blanks, use one word for each blank that best fits the context. My Life on an Island We live on the island of Hale. It’s about four kilometers long and two kilometers wide at its broadest point, and it’s joined to the mainland by a causeway 1 (call) Stand—a narrow road built across the mouth of the river 2 separates us from the rest of the country. Most of the time you wouldn’t know we’re on an island because the river mouth between us and the mainland is just a vast stretch of tall grasses and brown mud. But when there’s a high tide and the water rises a half meter or so above the road and nothing can pass 3 the tide goes out again a few hours later, then you know it’s an island. We were on our way back 4 the mainland. My old brother, Dominic, had just finished his first year at university in a town 150 km away. Dominic’s train was due in at five and he’d asked for a lift back from the station. Now, Dad normally hates being disturbed when he 5 (write) (which is just about all the time), and he also hates having to go anywhere, but despite the typical sighs and moans –why can’t he get a taxi? What’s wrong with the bus? — I could tell by the flash in the eyes that he was really looking forward to 6 (see) Dominic. So, anyway, Dad and I had driven to the mainland and picked up Dominic from the station. He had been talking non-stop from the moment he’d got in the car. University this, university that, writers, books, parties, people, money…I didn’t like the way he spoke and waved his hands around 7 he was some kind of scholar or something. It was embarrassi