2016-2017学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高二(下)期末英语试卷.doc

第PAGE1页（共NUMPAGES1页） 2016-2017学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高二（下）期末英语试卷 　 II. Grammar and VocabularyDirections： 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. 1．You（ 21）　 　think your English skills are good，but do you know what aknowledge navigatoris？How about a：replenishment controller？ Dont worry if you dont understand what these two job titles are（ 22）　 　would most native English speakers．But thanks to（ 23）　 　 UK company，we know that these titles from two job adverts meanteacherandshelf stacker（货架整理员） The Plain English Campaign（PEC）（ 24）　 　（work） since 1979 to rid the UK of over﹣complicated language．Its aim is to make English as clear as possible for members of the public．It rewrites and edits documents，such as goverment application forms or job advertisments，（ 25）　 　 （make） them understandable． Research carried out last year by Business in the Community，a UK charity，even found that two third of 16﹣to﹣24﹣year﹣olds are put off applying for jobs （26）　 　 they dont understand their descriptions． （ 27）　 　Jargon（专业术语）is describing is very important．It should be articulated（表达）very clearly，Steve Jenner，PEC spokesperson，told the BBC． According to the Guardian，some of （ 28）　 　 （unusual） workplace jarjon includesblue﹣sky thinking﹣meaning open﹣minded planning﹣touch base offline﹣meaning to meet and talk（29）　 　person﹣anddont let the grass grow too long﹣which is another way of asking someone to work faster． But its not just documents and workplace language （ 30）　 　 the PEC targets．Every year，it nominates public figures for itsFoot in Mouth award．To put ones mouth is a phrase that means to say something foolish．For the last two years，US president Donald Trump has features on the list． Trump is notoriously（极度地） generous when it comes to providing memorable nonsen