高中英语语法填空试题

In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain,     led to a groove (槽) in the bark. The groove was deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason,      did not kill the tree.
After some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain,     (leave) the link around the tree.
Then one year, agricultural catastrophe      (strike) Michigan in     form of Dutch elm disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected      died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the     . The farm owners considered     (go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died.
     (amazing), the tree did not die. It’s said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Or,      a plant pathologists (病理学家 ) put it , “Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places.”

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1-5分，满分15分）
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I have a daughter who just entered the 7^th grade, which is known in our area one of the most awkward and socially difficult years for girls．
I did not want my daughter to be someone who did things just to be populara person confident in her own shoes and following her own likes．
I have done activities for Awkward Years Project-for website; Many women write a bit about themselves during the （embarrass） part of their lives - how their-life was arid how it's used out, always a positive inspiration．My daughter and her friends love checking the website and discuss（happy）how they recognize the women who have shared．shared about the end of the 5^th grade when my mother convinced me to cut my hair short …Oh, it tumid out terribly awful just before I started middle school! I（run） away at a few teases．
But many years later, I realized that it made me （draw）to people who became my friends because of who I was and notI looked like and them toward me, for the same reason!
I also became a mom who respected her daughter's likes and graded her towards （decide） but never forced them on her, especially ones that had no effect on the type of person she would be．

Yesterday, as I approached the front door of our public library, a white-haired gentleman stepped back to hold the door for me. You see, I have to go everywhere these days with a walker, and folks are _________ (constant) holding or opening doors for me, so this was not unusual.
However, I told the gentleman that the door had _______ automatic opener, and he did not need to stay to hold it open. He said “Here I thought I would have an opportunity to be _________ (help).”
At that, I backed up, let the door close, and allowed him to reopen the door, not ________ (use) the automatic control this time. His comment then was “Well, now I feel like that I _______ (accomplish) something helpful and worthwhile today.”
We never know_________ someone else is feeling. We seniors seem to feel we can take care of ________ at all times. That random act of kindness brightened not only my day, but to my joy and delight, also the day of that white-haired senior citizen. I felt a glow for the rest of the day, and,________ (hope), so did he!
So, gentle readers, never hesitate ________ (offer) kindness. You may find to your ________ (amaze) that there is more kindness in your community than you ever believe possible.

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After graduation from university, I (able) to secure a permanent（固定的）job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, _I might have a better chance to find a good job. (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started working in a local café a waiter. I believe that if I (offer) a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (tire) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps what my mother had told me was ( deep ) rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job. To my delight，after nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned did I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me. Here the air is fresher. Besides, the environment is cleaner that in the city.

Most Americans don’t like to get advice __________members of their family. They get advice from “________(strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. _________ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines ________ give advice on many different subjects, _________ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how_________ (buy) a house or a car.
Most newspapers regularly print letters from__________ (read) with problems. Along with the letters _________ are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors,__________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special ________ (train) for this kind of work.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。
Snake dishes have become popularrecent years. Snake meat in various flavors (风味) is often seen in restaurant ads. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you (consider) “out of date”. But I wonderall the trends are worth following.
Some people may defend themselves _saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don’t realize that many parasites(寄生虫)，do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.
According a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
These figures warns us that if no action is taken, number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which will in a decrease(减产) of crop output. Who will see such tragedy happen?
So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect ”

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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds (hold) everywhere since ancient times．Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn．At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months．
Today's festivals have many origins, some( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events．Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm．For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in(memorize) of their ancestors．People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music  they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth．In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November． this important feast day, people eat food in  shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them．They offer food, flowers and gifts to the deaD． The Western holiday Halloween also had origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people．It is now a children's festival, they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets．The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan．India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's （depend) from Britain．

Directions：After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct．For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Koran
Most religions have some kind of holy text on which the religious beliefs are based．For Christians this text is the Holy Bible; for Jews it is the Torah and for Muslims it is the Koran.
Muslims believe that the Koran(consist) of revelations from God to Muhammad during the years 610 to 632 when Muhammad died．These revelations were written down by those  were close to him during this time and for several years after his death．They were gathered into the text (know) as the Koran during the years 630 to 650.
The interpretation of the Koran has always been a difficult task, even for Islamic scholars．For example, the meanings of some words are determined by dots above the vowels(元音)．In ancient Arabic, however, very often these dots (omit)．As a result some letters looked identical．Thus, the meanings of these words depended in many cases  the memories of the men who had written them．Early Muslims had to try to get the exact meanings of the words these people died and it was too late.
Unlike the Bible, in which the events are provided in time order, there is no reference tothings occurred in the Koran．In any case, unlike the Bible, most the suras - sections - are composed of orders and warnings．Unlike in the Bible, there are very few stories in the Koran．
Muslims believe that by (recite) the book, they create a holy atmosphere, and there are many Muslims who have learned the Koran by heart.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on FridayIndia's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles the suppression（压迫）of children and for young people's rights，(include) the right to education．
Yousafzai came to  (globe) attention after she (shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago forher efforts (promote) education for girls in Pakistan．
Through her heroic struggle，Yousafzai has become a(lead) spokeswoman for girls' rights to education．According to the Nobel committee，at 17 she's the youngest ever peace prize winner．“I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani or the first young woman  gets this award，” she said in Birmingham，England．
She doesn't believe that she deserves the award but considers an encouragement to continue her campaign．Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu (give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India，and between different religions．

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As a well-known doctor in London, John Snow was willing to help ordinary people   (expose) to cholera. He knew that only when      cause of it was found could the     (dead) disease be controlled. He has two theories in mind explaining how cholera killed people.    was that cholera multiplied in the air without reason; the other was      people absorbed it into their bodies       their meals. After many   (investigate), he found the drinking water was to blame because the river      (pollute). Immediately John Snow told the people to remove the handle from the water pump       that it could not be used. Soon the disease began to slow down. To prevent the disease from     (happen) again, the water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally "King Cholera" was defeated

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many stories happened at the Children’s Medical Care Center,       deeply touched us. We saw a lot of children without hair because of their treatment. We played with them and taught them to draw pictures. They suffered great pains,    were very friendly. It was much easier to communicate with them than we    (expect).
One day, a girl suggested    (teach) us how to fold paper. She taught us      great patience, explaining each step slowly and clearly. Though we could easily do that, we still pretended (假装) to know nothing about it. We followed her and did everything she told us. Finally, when we finished our work    (success), she gave each of us      big hug. We could see the pride and happiness on her face. Her father was       thankful to us that he held our hands tightly, tears in his eyes. It was not until then    we knew the girl would receive an operation the next day.
It was really a valuable experience to us all. We began to think about how to deal with the difficulties in life, because    (compare) with what these kids are going through, our “troubles” seem not worth mentioning at all.

语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Crying marriage?      (surprise), isn’t it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and      (remain) in fashion until the end of the Qing Dynasty.     not so popular as before, the custom is still kept by people in many places,      (especial) Tujia people, who view it necessary to marriage procedure.
It is very much         same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride（新娘）had to cry at the wedding. Otherwise, the bride’s neighbors would look down upon       as a poorly        (educate) girl and she would become the laughing stock of the village. In fact, there were cases     the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
   a word, crying at wedding is a means by custom to express the happiness of the wedding through sorrowful words.   , in the arranged（安排）marriages by the Chinese parents, a lot of brides did cry over their unsatisfactory marriage.

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。
How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It is useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away” also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results (include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes _ the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits --- --- keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by (write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and (mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What`s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I (conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.

My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. I always felt blessed growing up in her home       a boy. She worked hard, laughed loud, and was never afraid of        life threw at her.
When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties, my Dad          (force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart          Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.
Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room. It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had         her.
Shortly after that birthday, however, life gave her the          (tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia(痴呆) grew worse and worse. At times when I visited her she didn’t know        I was. During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize        . She looked down at my hand        (hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me. Then she closed her eyes and went         (peace) back to sleep. I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me, her spirit still remembered love.

The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as ___  investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the _ (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from   countries and cultures. However, ______there are many positive developments  ____ (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns.  ___  concern relates to a lack of control over____  appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are  (restrict限制) on what kinds of programs can  _ (broadcast) and at what times of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable ____ their children to see.