2024学年金山区第一学期质量监控 高三英语试卷 (时间105分钟,分值115分) Grammar and vocabulary (20分) Section A (10分) Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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. Frybread In one version of his 1996 song “Frybread”, rock artist Keith Secola sang: “You can’t do much with sugar, flour, lard and salt. But you can add one fundamental ingredient: love.” Since its creation in the 1800s, the subject of Secola’s song, frybread, (1) _____ (become) a culturally significant comfort food within local communities across Canada and America. The taste, colour and size of these fried dough (生面团) discs differ across the continent, with each family and community adding their own touch. One online comment says, “Your mom’s or your aunt’s frybread (2) _____ never be made by anyone else in the world.” (3) _____ the variety, most versions have a few things in common. The basic ingredients are flour, baking powder or soda, and salt, (4) _____ are mixed together into a dough ball using water, milk or buttermilk. After letting it rise, the ball (5) _____ (divide) into pieces, rolled into discs and then fried until bubbly, golden and crispy. Even though widely loved, there is no denying that the treat is heavily loaded with calories – one piece of 500 calories and 20 grams of fat. Besides, it is also a painful symbol of survival. One origin story says the bread was first made by the Diné. In 1864, the Diné were forced to leave their traditional homeland in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico and walk the nearly 500-kilometre journey, (6) _____ (know) as the Long Walk. Hundreds of them died of starvation along the way. (7) _____, among the cheap ingredients, was given to them by the U.S. government as daily rations was wheat flour previously unknown to them. As the legend goes, the Diné fried the often spoiled flour to kill off parasites (寄生虫). Today, a food-valuing movement, (8) _____ (aim) to bring back traditional diets, is booming. However, the diets don’t include frybread. “There is no oral tradition (9) _____ (teach) about frybread,” wrote Devon A. Mihesuah, a historian as well as a professor at the University of Kansas. (10) _____ _____ _____ the future holds for frybread, it will always stand as proof to the adaptability of those native communities. As an enduring food, frybread has demonstrated its lasting significance. Section B (10分) Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. access B. firmly C. grounded D. identity E. insistence F. locally G. luxurious H. place I. reduced J. resistant K. scale Change of heart It was October 2005. The destructive earthquake, killing some 79,000 people in Pakistan, I ... ...
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