上海市复旦大学附中2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷.doc

复旦大学附属中学2015-2016学年第一学期 高三年级英语期中考试试卷 第I卷? （共103分）II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A??Directions: After reading the passages 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. (A) Libraries are my world. Ive been a patron all my life, and for the past nine years I (25) ______ (work) at multiple libraries and archives in and around Detroit. The library (26) ______ an institution has many roles, but as our country struggles through an economic crisis, I have watched the library where I work evolve into a career and business center, a community gathering place and a bastion for hope. In the spring of 2007 I got a library internship at the Southfield Public Library, just north of Detroit. Summers at SPL (27) ______ (be) usually slow, but that year, we experienced a library that hustled and bustled like science-fair project week, midterms or tax season. Yet patrons werent looking for Mosbys Nursing Drug Reference or 1040 forms. They were coming for information on entrepreneurship and growing their small business. I interpreted peoples interest in our business collection as the first step to (28) ______ (pursue) their dreams, but these patrons were not motivated by dreams. They were responding to reality, and they were looking for Plan B. Things worsened in 2008, and in 2009 the economic crisis continues to suffocate Michigan. Last year, we put up a display with a variety of job resources that we restocked every hour. Each night the library closed, the display was bare. (29) ______ we normally keep displays up for a week, we kept the job resources display up for months. Then theres the tightening credit market. People see the writing on the wall and they want to get educated. They cant afford a financial adviser, but checking books out is free. Some of (30) ______(popular) titles now are