金山區(qū)2016學年第一學期期中考試高二英語試卷

1、1金山區(qū)2016學年第一學期高二年級期中考試英語試卷（時間120分鐘，滿分150）2016.11第Ⅰ卷（共卷（共70分）分）Ⅱ.Grammarvocabulary（16%）SectionA（8%）Directions:Afterreadingthepassagesbelowfillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentgrammaticallycrect.Ftheblankswithagivenwdfi

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