高中英语语法填空试题

完型填空2 （共8小题；满分12分）
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
The gorilla (猩猩) is ______ rare animal that lives in Africa. Gorillas are very big animals. Male gorillas are usually taller and bigger ______ female gorillas. Male gorillas can reach a height of 1.8 m and can weigh 140-180 kg. Female gorillas can reach a height of 1.5 m and, on average, weigh 90 kg. Gorillas are usually black ______ color. Their bodies are covered with black or brown fur. Some gorillas have red hair on their heads. Male gorillas over ten years of age have silver hair on ______ backs.
Gorillas are social animals and live in family groups. A typical family includes one adult gorilla, ______ is the leader of the family. Some families can have as many as 50 members_____ others include only a few members. Gorillas sleep about 13 hours a night ______ rest for several hours during the day. Gorillas are quiet and shy animals and their only natural enemy is human beings. ______ the growth of the human population and the development of farming, there is a question as to whether gorillas can survive. Thankfully, most countries have passed laws to protect them.

Buying books on the Internet is a great way to save time and money. Online bookstores offer new books and used books that can save you a lot of money. What’s more, they are far better           (compare) to traditional bookstores as they offer much broader kinds of books. You can either click the kind of e-books online          type the book title and get it in seconds. Another advantage of shopping online           (be) that you can also read the book reviews as well as readers’ reviews to get an idea         the book is worth buying. Online bookstores offer great discounts,             is a big attraction for book lovers.
For book lovers,             is most important to get books in time. Therefore, you need to find             reliable online bookstore that will be able to provide fast deliveries.
Here are some tips to use when selecting an online bookstore. Some online bookstores are popular for fiction books; some are           non-fiction books or novels, etc. Understanding their specialization will help you to get the right kinds of books in time. Check whether you will be buying the books from a third-party seller or        (direct) from the websites. Never jump at stores that offer super cheap prices, as books            (sell) at such a low price could be in very bad condition.

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)
There was a young flower in the desert   all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,       (enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "       shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be         (patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,          she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
     one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was     (die), but because she would      (ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her      second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because       the little flower.

The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, consisting of millions of pages of data. In 1969, DARPA,      US defence organization, developed a way for all their computers to “talk” to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers and only the US army could use    in the following 15 years. Then in 1984, the US National Science Foundation started the NSF network, also known   the Inter-network or ”Internet”. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well.  The World Wide Web,     (invent) in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, is a computer network that makes the information from millions of websites   (access) to computer users. At the moment, about
80 % of web traffic is     English, but by 2020, Chinese could take the lead. Obviously, it was Berners-Lee     made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just the universities and the army. He designed the first “web browser”,     allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. With the web and the Internet     (grow), the number of Internet users rose rapidly from 600,000 to 40 million within 5 years.
So far, the Internet     (create) thousands of millionaires all over the world, but Berners-Lee is not one of them.

Many people think that teachers give pupils too much homework．They say that it is unnecessary for children to work at home in their free time．Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not (proper)plan the homework tasks they give to pupils．The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks that they(do)at school already．
In Greece，many parents complained about the difficult homework that teachers gave to their children．The parents said that most of the homework was waste of time，and they wanted to stop it．Spain and Turkey are two countries  stopped homework．In Denmark，Germany and several other  (country)in Europe，teachers cannot set homework at weekends．In Holland，teachers allow pupils (stay)at school to do their homework．The children are free to help one another．Similar  (arrange)also exists in some British schools．
Most people agree that homework is not fair．A pupil doing his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much (good)position than a pupil who does his homework in a small，  (noise)room with the television on．Some parents help their children with their homework．Other parents take no interest  their children’s homework at all．

短文填词(共10题;每题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
One day while walking through the woods, an old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. Heb  it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared, he watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop  (取得)any progress .It appeared as if it could hardly go further .Then the man decided to h  the butterfly, so he took a p  of scissors to cut the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it can never    (飞).The man didn’t understand the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was just the nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly     its wings, which would be ready for flight once it achieved its  (自由)from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly    we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life  any struggling, it would weaken us seriously .We would not be as   (强壮) as what we could have been.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词；并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Children’s education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children sit     (安静) for hours. They made them remember all k   of things. The children had to go on reading things again and again u    they know them “by heart”. Today, many teachers wonder________it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and _______(发现) things for______.
But for some of the children, school is a kind of place they cannot escape________. They are there only because their _________(父母) make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave. Many of them want to find jobs but the law will not let them w_______ until they reach a certain age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn ______at all and hate every moment.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I felt upset when I _____(tell) that I would have to leave the company. In order to find _____ new job to support the family, I read almost all the newspapers _____ set down almost all the telephone numbers in ads _____ my notebook and tried to call almost all the companies that needed new clerks. Not until I_____ (find) a job in a small town near Townsville did I calm down. My new boss, Mr. Brown, was one of my schoolmates _____ I was getting along well with at school. Both of us were____(excite) to see each other and we spent the whole afternoon _____(talk) about things and persons ___ we remembered at school. He asked me to give him some advice on how to enlarge his present business and he was ____(entire) happy about my advice.

A man and his friend were walking through the desert. During the trip they had a quarrel, and the man hit his friend in   face. His friend was hurt, but    saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me.”
They kept on     (walk) until they found a lake, where they decided   (take) a bath. The man’s friend fell into the lake and was in a    (danger) situation, but the man saved him   (immediate). After he came back to life, he wrote on a    , “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The man  had hit and saved his best friend asked, “When I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend    (reply), “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where wind can blow it away. However, when someone does something good for  (we), we must write it down in stone, where it can last for ever.”

Good morning, everyone,
I am Li hua from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.
As ______ (know) to us all, _______ the improvement of people’s living standards,
cars______(become)a popular means of transport, ______(bring) great convenience to our life. _______, they have also caused some problems such as air pollution and traffic jams.
How can we solve the problems then? As far as I________(concern), bicycles is a good solution. For one thing, bicycles don’t need any petrol and they are energy-saving. For______, bicycles are___________(environment) friendly because they won’t give off waste gas. What’s more, riding bicycles is a good way for us to exercise and it is beneficial to our health.
________, let’s take the________(responsible) to build up a carbon city by riding bicycles.
Come on and join us!
Thank you!

M: What do you think of a friend?
W: Here is my idea about  a friend is like. Firstly, a friend is someone you can  your secrets with. If you  him a secret, never  he talk about it with anybody else. Besides, a friend is always a good (1isten) when you need one. After hearing your sad stories, he will say some words that are nice and warm. Still, your (happy) makes him happy too.
M: What else?
W: What's  , a good friend is  (will) to offer the help which you need, or can at least give you some advice. In  word, friends are those you like and trust, and those you will enjoy every minute that you spend  .
M: Have you made some good friends just like what you said?
W: Yes, I have. My friend, Mary, is such person.
M: You're lucky to have such a good friend.
W: Certainly!

Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great cities are ________ (locate) on rivers, and almost _________ country has at least one river flowing through it that plays __________ important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people ________ (use) rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. _________ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people _______ live along their banks.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow ________ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes _________ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the _________ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean ________ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Dear editor,
I’m a student of Senior Three in a middle school in Fujian Province. In order to make the best of learning ________(材料), the Students’ Union of our school is _______(安排) an activity. We students of Senior Three are called on to give _______ our used books, newspapers or magazines to the students in the lower _______(年级) after graduation. The idea, _______ is intended to promote friendship and encourage economy, is highly praised and s     by the teachers and students alike. The activity will be h     on the first floor of the school library and it will last about ten days, from June 10 to 20. As a student, I am strongly _____(支持) the activity because it is very meaningful and h   . I hope that this kind of activity will continue every year in the _______.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming

Many children hope to grow up quickly and do what the adults do. But g   _ up is not easy. Sometimes all that is needed is someone to rely   . For many years, it was Mum. My mother was a career woman and had her    (自己的) problems to take care of,          when I needed her, she was always there. Her         (力量) came from somewhere I don't quite know, somewhere very deep. She was so strong that she would never       down, even if I went to her with all my little-boy problems and            (喊) at her. She m      me stronger and gave me          (勇气) to try things others thought were impossible. A helping hand is always strong e     to lift you up.

There are （amaze）things in the world. The story about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is one of the widely spread（legend）in the early 20th century.
On 22 July 1933, two visitors, Mr and Mrs George Spicer, were driving along the Loch Ness —one of the most famousin the highlands of Scotland. Suddenly, they saw an animal on the road in front of them. Unlike any other animals that they （see）before, it had a very big body and a small head, but no legs. When Mr and Mrs Spicer saw it, it was moving towards the lake like    a snake.
Soon, stories about this strange and Loch Ness became famous all over the world. Now people are still  (interest) in Nessie and many visit Loch Ness in the hope of  (see) Nessie.
Some scientists think that Nessie is a monster(怪兽) at all, but a very large animal such as a seal(海豹),   perhaps a shark. Other scientists do not think so. They think it may be something unusual lives in the water. Anyway, they are all sure that a kind of large animal lives in the lake.