2014宝山中学高二第一学期第一次月考试卷2014宝山中学高二第一学期第一次月考试卷.doc

2014宝山中学高二第一学期第一次月考试卷 I hated dinner parties. But I decided (25)_________(give) them another shot because Im in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because(26)_______ dinner parties in London are very different from those in New York. In New York,Im having a dinner party means: Im booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you (27)______ hardly afford and we’ll be sharing the check evenly , (28)_______ you eat. Worse, In Manhattan, there is always someone who (29)_________(leave) before the bill arrives. Theyll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who dont drink, end up (30)________(pay) even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: Where are you going ? And it’s not like that I cannot say I have somewhere to go: everyone knows I have nowhere to go. But in London, dinner parties are in peoples homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India, Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations. In New York, the mix is like a gathering at Bloomingdatles, a well-known department store. Personally, I think dinner parties in London are(31)______(impressive) than this. For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn(District) and Queens(District) in New York. But at Mallerys, when I said that I (32)________(be) to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was, In New York people would think it was a usual new club. (B) Several factors led to my recent car accident. First of all, a heavy snow and freezing rain that had fallen the day before made the road I was driving on dangerous. The road had been cleared, (33)__________ it was still dangerously icy. Despite the slippery road, I was stupidly going along (34)__________ about 50 miles an hour, instead of driving more cautiously. Another factor was a dirty green van that suddenly pulled onto