上海市格致中学二〇一六学年高三年级第二学期英语模拟考试.doc

格致二〇一六学年度高三年级第二学期模拟考试 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section 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. The twenty-four horses dash around a racetrack. The thunder of their hooves (蹄) rings in the riders’ ears, nearly 21 (drown) out the cheering of the crowd. After three or four minutes of suspense, one horse crosses the finish line first, winning the Melbourne Cup and earning a place in history. The horses that compete in the Melbourne Cup—one of the world’s most famous horseraces—were fated to race. 22 (breed) for speed, these horses are the few 23 were singled out as having potential to become champions. Preparing a racehorse to compete requires a team. A horse’s owner manages the team and decides which races to enter. A trainer determines the racehorse’s diet and exercise. Regular exercise makes a horse 24 ( likely) to be injured, but overtraining tires the horse. A groomer (动物美容师) cares for the racehorse and reports any problems he discovers to the trainer. And of course, no horserace could25 (run) without a rider. These riders train for long hours and travel constantly from one race to another. They need to make a strategy, adapt 26 to changing conditions and communicate with their horse to guide it to victory. Australia’s most famous horserace, the Melbourne Cup, is 3,200 meters of pure excitement. Each year 300 or 400 horses are nominated (提名), but only 24 can run. The competitors are chosen in terms of a number of factors, but winners of certain races qualify automatically. Each racehorse receives a handicap—a certain weight it must carry to give each horse an equal chance of winning —two months before the race. Originally, horses that seemed likely to win were assigned larger handicaps. But t