2020_2021学年上海普陀区上海市曹杨第二中学高二下学期期中英语试卷

2020~2021学年上海普陀区上海市曹杨第二中学高二下学期期中英语试卷一、GrammarandVocabulary（本大题共20小题）1.Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenwordfillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.ApaintingofParisbyVincentvanGogh,barelyseenbythepublicafterbeingstashedinaFrenchfamily'sprivatecollectionformorethanacentury,soldatauctionThursdayfor13.1millioneuros(＄15.4million):StreetsceneinMontmartrewaspaintedinthespringof1887,threeyearsbeforetheDutchmasterisbelieved1(die)bysuicide.Itfetchedsignificantlymorethanthetopestimateof8millioneuros(＄9.4million)duringasaleatSotheby'sinParis.Buttheauction,whichalsosawworksbythelikesofEdgarDegasandRenéMagrittegounderthehammer,generatedanamountofconfusion,withSotheby'sinitiallydeclaring2theVanGoghhadsoldforover16millioneuros(＄19.1million),FollowingwhataSotheby'sspokespersoncalledabiddingerror,thepaintingwasthenofferedtobuyersagainattheendofthesalewithase