高中英语语法填空试题

There’s no one reason why women return to school.Going back to school provides private and public benefits.College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, ___ (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions.College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely _____ (little) on government support.
Making the switch from ___ (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, __ __ often a necessary one.Financial ____ (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland.“I think ___ important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced __ never married.”
To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run.She says, “ You are going to do much better than before ____ you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have ___ education that enables you to do what you have to do in life.The question is __ you are ready at this time to go for it.

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If you put a buzzard（秃鹰） in a pen（围栏） six to eight feet square and     (entire) open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be a prisoner．The reason is       a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with run of ten to twelve feet．Without space to run, it will not even attempt to fly,       remain a prisoner for life in a small prison with no top．
The ordinary bat, if       (place) on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to move slowly about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight    (high) from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash．
A bumblebee （大黄蜂）, if dropped into an open glass, will be there       it dies, unless it is taken out．It never sees the means of escape at the top, but insists on   (try)to find some way out through the sides near the bottom．
   many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee．They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not      (realize) that the answer is right there above them．

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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing _________ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once _____ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes _________ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of _______remain with them as long as they live.____ __(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many ______ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has ______to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away _______ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits_____ will be good for ourselves and others.

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Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple , showed off their     （late）product, the Apple Watch. “It will change what people expect form       watch,” Cook said, “and the watch will be one of the best      （product）Apple has ever created.” The Apple watches.   （sell）at different prices, from $ 349   $15,000.
An Apple Watch will be able to do the same things       an iPhone. You can read email, texts, news, health data and other information on a small screen. Besides , you will be able to answer telephone calls on your wrist. By      （turn）the crown on an Apple Watch, you can zoom in and out, to look at a map. You can also capture and send your heartbeat to another person with an Apple Watch. , its 24-hour battery is a big problem. You need to charge（充电）your watch every night,     will be very inconvenient.
Apple fans look forward to getting an Apple Watch, but it remains to be seen   other customers can accept it.

This tradition was started by mom several years ago. My mom, my brother, my sister and I all went to the cancer treatment center with some flowers. Each patient, doctor ,and nurse received flower from us. “why do you send us flowers?” they would asked and our answer was that” it’s just because you’re special.”       this went on, we often sent even more of flowers. One day , I accidently found a boy was making     (beauty) cards in the street, with the words “just Because You’re Special” on them. Out of curiosity, I     (chat) with the boy and this remind me to make some cards to send together       some flowers .
Today, after our mom passed away from cancer,    still take flowers to the patients ,doctors and nurses with our own “Just Because You ‘re Special “card      (tie) to them.
Even though the cancer treatment has moved to different location, we still pass this on.  One patient told us      (excited) that it was the first rose that he      (receive）over ten years and the rose made his life       (energy)during his stay in hospital . We plan to continue to do this and I will encourage more people to do this. Giving a flower to others might make their day special.

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The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one hundred and five years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life___ (help) the needy in her beloved city.
She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier___(marry)，she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came from a family____had been rich for least one hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the___(rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization___ (found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving___his money. And apparently she did. Miss Astor gave tens of millions of dollars___ (main) to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was___the money had been made. She gave financial support to the city's cultural centers, the poor and disabled as___as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today____her support.

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The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two choices are      (nature) gas or electric-powered stoves.
The World Health Organization warns that millions of people       (suffer) from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of dangerous         (fuel) and cook-stoves in the home.
WHO officials say nearly three billion people are    (able) to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking ，heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in     （develop）countries, such as lndia, China and Latin American countries.
WHO officials say opening a window or door    （let）out the harmful air will not correct the situation ,    will only pollute the outdoors.
Nigel Bruce,    is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cook-stoves and other equipment to burn fuels      a more efficient way.
But, this is just a start. It is urging developing countries to use    (clean) fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances（用具）.

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The question “How are you?” seems simple, but _____ can actually make people feel very strange.
Last month, Alina Simone wrote in The New York Times about the difficulty ________ Russians have with this question. _______ same question, in Russian language and culture, is always answered in a negative manner. In Russia, when people are asked “how are you?”, they usually complain ________ health, weather or things that  _____ (happen) recently. So when they’re asked “How are you?” in English, they don’t know what to do.
In English-speaking countries, “How are you?” has one standard answer: “Fine, and you?” It is not _______ (actual) about getting information --- it’s a greeting. If a native English-speaking friend really wants to know _______is going on in your life, he or she is more likely to ask: “What have you been up to?” or “What’s new?”
But I understand why people are so ______(confuse). When we learn second languages, we have to learn ________(rule) for using words. How can you learn them?  ________(watch) English-language TV shows is a good place to start. If you can, try to make a native English-speaking friend and talk to him or her directly.

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In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom,      8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop     sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled    right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit       (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said       (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins      . "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked      . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long       the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised      what she saw. There,     (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分）
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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing _________ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once _____ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes __________ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of ______remain with them as long as they live.______(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many _______ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has ______to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ______ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits______ will be good for ourselves and others.

按照课文内容填空 （共8小题；每小题0.5分,满分4分）
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It’s easy for you to start smoking, but  ___you become addicted to it, you may find it  ____to stop smoking. Firstly, you may become __ addicted to nicotine, one of the hundreds of harmful chemicals __(consist) in cigarettes. When the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. Secondly, you get addicted ____ habit. ___ is, if you do the same thing repeatedly, you begin to do it ____. Lastly, you become mentally addicted to it, when you may believe that you will only feel good when you smoke and may find all kinds of negative emotions in you when you stop smoking. Smoking may have all kinds of harmful effects on the health of both the smokers themselves and non-smokers around them. So it is time that smokers ____(quit) smoking.

语法填空（共10题，每题1分，满分10分）
______(exact) when the first people arrived in what we now know as California，no one really knows. However,______is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.
Scientists believe that these first settlers______ (cross) the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America _______ means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the _____ (arrive) of Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died_____ the diseases brought by Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans ______  (live) in California than in any other state.
In the 18th century, California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of _______ we now call the United States. Of ______ first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was _______(teach) the Catholic religion to the natives.

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My interest in Chinese food started years ago, when I was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, ______ I found some very good Chinese restaurant.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food, I loved it. I _______ (notice) the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why ______ has this special feature.
Many years ago, china had ______ energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This_____ (lose) was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their_____ (value) wood, or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in _____ (cook), they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked____ (fast) and they saved more fuel. The food ____ (prepare) in this way kept its fresh flavor--- and it’s this flavor _____ attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.

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Painting a picture of Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain, in 1881. His father,      was also an artist, encouraged him        (start) drawing at a very young age. The father soon noticed that his son was        far more talented painter than he was, so he promised never to pick up a paintbrush again. In 1895, Picasso and his family moved to Barcelona, where he attended the school of Fine Arts. After            (graduate), he continued his studies in Madrid, but instead of going to class, he spent his days at the Prado Museum, copying the style of famous old painters.
When he later returned to Barcelona, Picasso started to visit the Four Cats, a café which            (be) popular with artists. Picasso would spend hours debating art with poets and other artists. These lively meetings at the café led to two          (importance) events in Picasso’s life: first, he met the poet Jaime Sabartes and the painter Carlos Casagemas, who became his closest friends; second, he decided to devote his life            experimenting with different styles of art instead of producing traditional art. In October 1900, Picasso           (leave) Barcelona for the bright lights of Paris, and his life as a wandering artist really began.
Picasso formed his own style where the world is being      (construct)of cubes and rectangles and finally he a huge       (succeed)in the world of art.

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Jane: Hi, Leo. You seem tired and sleepy today. Are you OK?
Leo: Oh, my neighborhood is so ______ (noise)—I can’t sleep much.
Jane: What’s going on in your neighborhood?
Leo: The road near my home ______ (repair), and that makes a lot of noise. That’s____ ___ I can’t sleep well at night these days.
Jane: Is it really loud?
Leo: Oh, it’s terrible! ______ (hope), the construction won’t last long.____ ___ they don’t finish the road soon, I’m afraid I’m going to go deaf.
Jane: Oh, that’s awful. How about your neighbors? Are they quiet and friendly?
Leo: Yes, most of them are. But one of my neighbors, David, ________ holds parties every night, won’t stop making noise. Being exposed____ ____ so much noise day after day really drives me mad!
Jane: It’s no use just________ (complain). Why not hold a neighborhood meeting? I’m sure you could come up with some good ______ (approach).
Leo: That’s a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that? _______ seems that I haven’t got a brain in my head these days.