控江中学2018学年第二学期高二英语期中试卷Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword.fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordbestfitseachblank.HaveyoueverseenanoldmoviecalledThreeCoinsintheFountain?ItisaboutthreeyoungAmericanwomen(21)________(search)forpermanentromanceinRomeandtheyallfindit.Far-fetchedHollywood?Well,fromtheworldhistorypointofview,romancedid,infact,setdownitsrootsinRome.ThewordromanceevolvedinLatinfromRomatoRomanicusoftheRomanlanguage,totheOldFrenchromanzescrive,(22)________means“towriteinaRomancelanguage.”andontotheEnglishromance.Theromancelanguages(23)________(compose)ofsevengroupsoflanguagesthatallhaveLatin(24)________theirbasis.TheselanguagesincludeFrench,Italian.SpanishandPortuguese.ThecommonpeopleinancientRomespoke(25)________isreferredtoasVulgarLatin,aninformalspeech,asopposedtotheclassicalLatinofthemoreeducated.MostlanguageexpertsagreethatVulgarLatinisthechiefsourceoftheRomancelanguages.MedievalRomancesweretales(26)________(write)primaryinFrenchverseaboutbraveheroes.Thenotionofhavingaromancewithanotherpersonisthought(27)________(develop)sometimeduringtheMiddleAges.Inthelate18thcenturyandonthroughthe19th,aromancewasnotalovestory(28)________aworkofprosefictionthatcontainedfar-fetched,mysteriousevents.Romancesofthisperiod(29)________(include)EnglishGothicnovelslikeTheCastleofOtrantobyHoraceWalpole.Whatexactlyisatwentieth-centuryromance?Doesithaveanyrelationshipwiththelively.Popularnovelswrittentoday.withtheirfantasticplotsofloveaffairs?OrdidtheplaywrightOscarWildehaveitrightinthepictureofDorianGray:“Whenoneisinlove,onealwaysbeginsbydeceiving(30)________.Andonealwaysendsbydeceivingothers.Thatiswhattheworldcallsaromance.”SectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.positiveB.responseC.processD.offeredE.strongF.praiseG.pronounceH.reportedI.emotionalJ.achievementK.chooseWho’sagooddog?Well,thatdependsonwhomyou’reasking,ofcourse.Butnewresearchsuggeststhatthenexttimeyoulookatyourpup,whetherMalteseorMastiff,youmightneedto___31___yourwordscarefully.“Bothwhatwesayandhowwesayitmattertodogs,”saidAttilaAndics,aresearcheratEotvosLorandUniversityinBudapest.Dr.Andics,whostudieslanguageandbehaviorindogsandhumansalongwithseveralothercolleagues,___32___thefindingsinapaperpublishedinthejournalScience.Aswithpeople’sbrains,partsofdogs’lefthemisphere（左半球）reacttomeaningandpartsoftheirrighthemispherereacttointonation（语调）---the___33___contentofasound.Onlyawordof___34___saidinapositivetonecanreallymaketherewordsystemofadog’sbrainlightup.Theexperimentitselfwassomethingofa(n)___35___.Dr.Andics’teamtraineddogstoenteramagneticresonanceimagingmachine（磁共振成像机）andlieinaharness（背带）whilethemachinerecordedtheirbrainactivity.AtrainerspokewordsinHungarian---___36___wordsusedbydogownerslike“goodboy,”“super”and“welldone.”Thetraineralsotriedneutralwordslike“however”and“still.”Boththepraisewordsandneutralwordswere___37___inpositiveandneutralintonations.Itturnedoutthatthepositivewordsspokeninapositivetoneprompted___38___activityinthecaninebrain’srewardsystem.Alltheotherconditionsresultedinsignificantlylessactiona...
