高中英语语法填空试题

My older brother and I are busy     (arrange) a trip to Africa. We will leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco. We are going to travel on camels    the Sahara Desert. After the trip by camel, we’re going to travel down the River Nile. We’ll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water     (actual) gets quite rough. So, we’ll go white-water rafting,    is quite dangerous, but very exciting! After white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.
  we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack
  advance to carry my    (supply) of food and water. It is so dangerous that our guides will have guns    (scare) the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see    elephant close up. After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania,     we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks and we will surely have a happy time.

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(肿瘤) that (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands.He was completely broken at the time, so he had to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.
Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past, he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So, for the purpose of (leave) something behind for his wife, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure
the book would be published nor not, but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.
“was January of 1960,” he said, “and according to the prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer 【小题7】  (live) through, and would die with the fall of the leaf.”
In that time Burgress wrote energetically, finishing a lot of novels beforeyear was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist, he wrote more than 70 books,turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer, he may not have written at all.

Sue: Hi, Josh. I just saw you having your driving lesson. Howit go?
Josh: It was OK at first. But I had to do some parking at the end and I kept (get) that wrong.
Sue: I’m sure it’s all hard. My sister’s just learned to drive but I’ve (decision) to leave it for another year or two. I don’t think I’m old enough.
Josh: I just don’t want to ask my parents for lifts. It would be(easy) for them if I could drive.
Sue: It would be of great(useful). But are you ready to take the driving test soon?
Josh: Perhaps I will fail in this time. I need some time (practise) any way.
Sue: Are you going to get your own car after the test?
Josh: My parents have said they’ll get for me. They know I can’t(real) afford it.
Sue: You’re lucky. Are you planning to drive to college like our classmates each day?
Josh: I think I (continue) taking the bus. The petrol would cost too muchthere’s nowhere to park either.
Sue: Maybe that’s best.

Nowadays, it is popular that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For    , it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.     many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,  should be used to study.
In my view, I am greatly in favor    this activity. Today the Internet is playing    important and essential role in our life. Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this     (value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such  writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while    (organize) our micro blogs.
In fact, micro blog    (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it   matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

Leaving for college can be a big challenging learning experience. Maybe this is the first time for you to live with peoplearen’t your family members. Because of the differences in values and personalities, unavoidably, conflicts may easily arise betweenroommates.
So how can you develop a successful roommate relationshipfewer conflicts? First, lose your shyness open up to your roommates by talking about the common interest, which can help you learn each other’s different cultural or social backgrounds., be flexible with your roommatesand adjust your thinking to new situations. Don’t get stuck with thinking patterns and habits that you bring from home. At last, your roommate does something that bothers you, don’t let turn into a bad situation.Try to work together to reach a compromise thatcan both live with.
In a word, a harmonious roommate relationship lies in the friendly communication, mutual respectand acceptance of others’ differences.

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How do you know what is happening in the world every day? Do you watch news programmes _________television? Or do you read a newspaper or listen to the radio ? There are_____ called news agencies that gather the news so that we read and hear about______（事件）quickly．
News agencies usually have a main office in a capital city and small offices in other capital cities around the world．Many journalists are________（雇佣）in each office and they gather information in the country，and in other countries nearby．
News agencies try to be quick，fair andt______ When they gather news stories．If the news is inaccurate，it will be worthless．And people like to know about important news stories, especiallyt______ with pictures．
The oldest news agency in the world is Reuters，which was_________in 1851.Their
work has changed a lot，especially________ email and the Internet began to be used．They also provide news for people________on（飞行）on airplanes, so even in the air you can know what is happening many thousands of metresb   on the Earth!

But how could the survivors believe it was _________ （nature）? Everywhere they looked __________ （near） everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes _________ （be） gone. Bricks __________ （cover） the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow ______ away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for _________ （travel）. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were _________ （die）. Sand now filled the wells instead __________ water. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake________ was almost as strong as the first one shook Tang Shan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food and electricity were hard __________ （get）. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.

Some students get so nervous before a test, and they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
Sian Beilock：“They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about     this exam is going to prevent    from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it     (actual) uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam. ”
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed      possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes      (write) about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock：“       we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess the situation. They might realize it's not as hard as they might think it was before and, in fact, it       (prevent) these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a test. ”
The        (research) tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students.  They gave them two short math tests.     the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly      write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.

People ___ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred ____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ____ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need ___these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. __ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary _ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books ___ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you come across ___ new word, look it ____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your __ (much) useful book.

Have you ever dreamed of being famous __________ a musician? At first many singers may form a band to practise their music. And then they may get the chance to give _________ (perform) in pubs or clubs. Later they may gradually become popular._________, the Monkees started in a different way. They began as a TV show. The TV organizers had put an advertisement in a newspaper __________ (look) for rock musicians who could act as well as sing._________ (honest) speaking, only one of them was good enough and the other three members pretended _________ (sing). So it couldn’t _________ (call) a real band at the beginning. Anyhow, their shows were __________ (humour) and they became popular. After a year or so, they worked harder and produced ________ own records and started touring. About 1970, the Monkees broke up but they reunited in the mid-1980s and in 1996 produced a new record, with _________ they celebrated their former happy time.

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building a hat next to his feet. He held a sign which said, “ I am blind. Please help me.”
There were only a few coins in the hat, but a man walking by took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. Soon the hat begam to fill up. That afternoon the man came to seethings were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked. “ Are you the one   changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “ I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was, “today is a beautiful day, but I cannot   it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the   thing?
Of course   signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day,   the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were  lucky that they were no blind.
There are at least two   we can learn from this simple story.
The first lesson is : Treasure what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second lesson is: Be creative. Think   . There’s always a better way.

The Hawaiian islands include eight major islands, several circular reefs and numerous smaller islands. Of the eight major islands, Niihau and Kahoolawe are the     (small). These islands are quite unlike the       --- they do not have hotels or resorts for tourists. Both islands, for different reasons,   (have) no tourists at all for many years. Niihau is located just 17 miles  the west coast of island Kauai. It is owned by one family, the Robinsons,     bought the island from King Kamehameha of Hawaii. The Robinsons do not allow any     (invite) visitors on the island and so it is often called "the Forbidden Island". Kahoolawe, the other "mystery island" does not have anyone    (live) on it today. In the past      (century), Hawaiians lived here and used the place for religious ceremonies. Then, the United States Navy took over the place as_____        practice ground for bombing and explosives. So regularly did the Navy bomb the place _____ Hawaiians were not happy with the situation. They wanted to return to Kahoolawe. After many efforts, their wish came true, and the island won't be bombed any more.

While he was still a  , Mozart was already a big star and    Europe  concerts. Hayden met Mozart in 1781 and was very  with him. “He is the greatest the world has known.” he said. They two were friends until Mozart’s death in 1791.

Every student will  (face) with the question when he  (pass) the college entrance examinations: Should we choose a good major(专业) or a good university first?
Some students prefer to consider majors first so that they can learn  they are interested in. It will also make  possible for them to take their favorite jobs in the future. However, those who think   (different) believe that the environment is important to one's (develop) and that graduates from leading universities are often more likely  (find) a good job.
In my opinion, the best choice is a good major at a good university. If we cannot obtain    ,  the first thing to consider is a good major, because no matter we study, we can still achieve a lot in certain field if we try our best.

There’s a science to setting goals．Below，we share some research-backed tips to help you carry out successful goals．
Choose a goal that matters，not just easy win．
A meaningful goal—that truly inspires you to change—requires going deeper．Think about what you want in the coming year, then ask yourself you want that．For example，if you walk to quit (smoke), ask why do you want to quit? Then, if you want to quit for your health ask why do you want good health? Then，if your answer is to be alive long enough (meet)your grandchildren，ask why do you want to meet your grandchildren?
Set up your goals positively．
How you describe your goal makes big difference．Focusing on you want to“bring into your life —not what you want to avoid—wi11 make you more likely to(actual)pursue it.
Prepare for failure(in a good way)．
Moments of failure (be)unavoidable，but most of us abandon the goal entirely when slight failures and setbacks start piling up．At the moment when you fail，often the first instinct(本能)is to push the goal away. It's so(comfort)to be in that condition of self-doubt or self-criticism and guilt．
Your task is not to avoid failures， to plan for them．Ask yourself, how am I likely to fail? For example，if you’re likely to choose unhealthy meals when you’re hungry, carry a light snack with you．