高中英语语法填空试题

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It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by     . I was taken to a small room. Lina lay   (sleep) quietly on a table.
This wasn’t   first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours   the poison stopped doing its harm.
I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around again. “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room     I gave birth   Lina seventeen years ago.  happy I was then!
Lina used to be such a bright,   (health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her   (take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something   (serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”

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The "selfie" is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up        (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the      (good). In that picture, he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him     (remove) ,because that smile is what gives him the     (determine) to love himself.
I read    poem recently and the young man said,“If I ask you   you love, the answers will most likely roll your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, your daughter, or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say 'I love  .
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life .I still do. And in  way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway confidence.   ,the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.

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Nowadays，the ice bucket challenge is among the     (hot) news of a11．It is an activity  (hold)by an American charity organization．It not only helps the sick people to get the money to heal their disease，but also makes more and more people aware   the disease，so that they can give more care to the patients,
Ice bucket challenge is like the epidemic(流行病)， becomes popular around the world very   (quick)．The starter holds the activity，   (hope)people can experience the ALS  patients’ pain．In the activity，people need to pour the ice water down from their heads，and then propose another three people．They can either choose to accept the challenge    donate 100 dollars，or do the both．
The ALS makes people’s muscles become hard．It is hard for the patients to move．Stephen Hocking is one of the    (suffer)．Ice bucket challenge is     great success．Until now，a big donation  (receive)．

The blacksmith Jones worked hard in his shop. The son of Mr. White, ______ rich neighbor, came to see him everyday. “Young man, why not learn to make shoe tacks (钉)?” said Jones. “It may be useful to you      day.” After a little practice, the boy found he could make some of the finest tacks. Old Mr. White died and because of the war the son lost all his goods. He _______(force) to leave home and live in another country. It happened _____ in this village many shoemakers spent a lot of money ______ (buy) tacks for their shoes and sometimes they were not able to buy them _________ there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes. Young Mr. White, who was finding _______difficult to earn his ______ (day) bread, told the shoemakers that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him ______ (settle) in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. Soon Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village. “How funny,” he said, “Even making tacks can bring a fortune. My trade is ______ (much) useful to me than all my former riches.”

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Worker: Customer Service, Anthony Grant speaking.     can I help you?
Customer: I can’t believe this is happening! I called and ordered a 32-inch bag last Friday,     today I found that you sent a 24-inch one. I was planning to use that bag during our vacation in Mexico, but it doesn’t seem possible any more because we’re taking off on Saturday. It’s only three days away. What am I    (suppose) to do?
Worker: I’m really sorry, madam. I   (check) it right away. Would you please tell me your order ?
Customer:      is CE29.
Worker: Er, just a moment. I do apologize, madam. There does seem to be a mistake. I’ll have the correct size bag     (send) to you by over-night mail right away. It shall arrive by this Friday. It will be    time for your Saturday trip. Again I apologize for any    (convenient) caused by out mistake. I promise it won’t happen again.
Customer: OK. Well, thank you.
Worker: Thank you, madam, for choosing Linch Mail Order Company. I hope you have   wonderful vacation.

It was a city in Hubei Province. On International Children's Day, some orphans (孤儿) from the Wuhan Welfare Institute for Children __(take) to the park. An elderly westerner was with them. The children were eager to tell him everything that was going on. They held him by the hand and never hesitated to call ____ Grandpa. This man was Professor William Dorrity, from Florida，USA. In 2003, ___ Professor Dorrity and his wife retired, they came to Wuhan and started to work as volunteers at the Welfare Institute.
The Dorritys have been working hard _ (improve) the conditions at the Welfare Institute since they came. They often take children on day trips, __ (bring) along with them all kinds of food for the kids to enjoy. They recently bought audiphones for four orphans _ hearing problems and small tape recorders for three blind children. They also bought a wheelchair for tenyearold Tan Jun, ___ suffers from a brain problem. With the __ (arrive) of spring, the Dorritys took the children for ___ outing. “We love China and we love children,” Dorrity said, “ ___ we are happy to do this.”

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Anna pushed herself up from the bench and walked steadily with her walking sticks toward the office. As soon as she entered the room, she saw it. blue umbrella was there, unopened,a floor-to-ceiling window.  (see) it so near, nearly within reach, Anna forgot herself and pointed to her possession.
“That is mine,” she said. “My son brought it to me from Paris and I want it back.”
The man had risen when she entered and he (remain) standing. He turned to look at the umbrella  she pointed. “Yes. I know the umbrella is from Paris, ”he said, showing a mix of innocence and curiosity. “Actually, it is (make) in Italy, but it’s sold in Paris. It’s not the one your son gave you. I bought it myself.”
Anna stared at him. Was he claiming that it was his own umbrella? She had run all the way to this office building from the shopher umbrella was stolen.
“My son gaveto me,” Anna countered. “It means everything to me, because my son is (die).”
As soon as she said them, Anna knew she had made a mistake. She had opened herself up to a stranger. He had no business knowing the most important fact of her life, a grief she kept private. could anyone understand what her son’s death meant to her?

A hobby means    favorite activity that a person does     pleasure in his spare time. It differs from person to person     from age to age. Some people like to ski, fish, swim, raise flowers and collect stamps.   like to watch football games, take pictures and play    (music) instruments. Hobbies can help people relax after a period of intense work and provide a balance      work and rest. They can also help people improve     mental and physical health. Sometimes hobbies can help cure sick persons.
But in the old days, workers worked long hours in factories to support their families. Farmers worked in the fields from sunrise to sunset. They had no time or money       (enjoy) hobbies. Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, and with the improvement of       (life) standard, people from all walks of life have more free time and leisure time for hobbies. By developing various hobbies, many old people, especially retired people,      (spend) their remaining years in ease and comfort nowadays.

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Americans love pets. In America, there are       families with pets than those with children.     is common that U.S. homes have some sorts of pets, such as monkeys, snakes and even wolves. But Americans’ all-time favorites are cats and dogs, because dogs can offer      (protect) from thieves and unwelcome visitors and cats can help get rid of the home unwanted pests. Beneath keeping pets, there lies    basic American belief: Pets have a right to be treated well. In Houston, Texas, dogs can have their dinner      (deliver) to their homes, just like pizza. Pets can even go with their owners on vacation. Besides, at least 75 animal welfare organizations exist in America    can provide care and adoption services for   (home) and ill-treated animals.      (pay) for the high-tech health care, people can buy health insurance for their pets. Pets are as basic to American culture      hot dogs or apple pie. By now researchers       (discover) that interacting with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Pets even encourage social relationships: They give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide a good topic of conversation.

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The idea of reading online      (take) on a whole new meaning lately as a lending library has opened on Line2 of Shanghai’s metro. This "underground" library allows subway riders to choose a book at one station and leave it at another station when they’ve finished reading it.     the service is free!
The idea is to encourage more people to read books and to make better use    their time while they ride back and forth to work. So far, it’s been     great success with most people    (return) the books and also leaving a one Yuan donation which is used      charity.
Shanghai’s underground library is an example of "guerilla libraries" (流动图书馆) which have been springing up all over the world.      (like) a traditional library, a guerilla library is usually set up by individuals     want to connect people of similar interests within a community. It may be a few shelves of books set up on the corner in a neighborhood, or just a book left in a coffee shop with      (instruct) inside to pass the book along after it’s read.
According to the guerilla library movement, e-books have taken the passion out of reading. They say people are losing out on the very emotion     comes with holding a real book in their hands and also the satisfaction that comes with sharing a book with another person.

When I was seven years old, my family grew our first square watermelon. No one  (see) a square watermelon before, so it became famous instantly. People visited our garden to see  unusual fruit. What’s so great about square watermelons? Well, besides their   (usual) shape, the melons pile nicely, fit in the refrigerator, and won’t roll off the table.
Whenever people ask they can grow their own square watermelons, my dad tells them to “use square seeds”. Truthfully, though, my dad discovered the key square fruit by accident.
We have a small vegetable garden   we plant watermelons every summer. The young melons were placed on cinder blocks (空心砖) to keep them from rotting on the wet ground. In 1996, we went to London for vacation. When we returned weeks later, we were surprised   (find) a young melon stuck in the centre of a cinder block. The watermelon had grown inside the block until   was squeezed too tightly to remove.
“We didn’t want to kill it, so we just left it there, ” my father remembers. “ (surprise), when we broke the cinder block at harvest time, we found a perfectly healthy melon–but it was also perfectly square.” Since that summer my family has been growing square watermelons on purpose because they are always well (receive).

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Among the few scientists who have had a great effect on science and history, Albert Einstein is perhaps the ___ (great). An American university president once commented that Einstein had created __ new view of the universe. Now, more and more people agree that the universe is something more complicated than ___ they have ever thought before.
Einstein ____ (bear) in Germany in 1879. In 1914, young Einstein, already internationally famous, became a professor at an institute in Berlin. However, ___ peaceful life was soon broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. He was deeply affected by the war; he sat ___ (happily) in his office doing nothing and ___ (lose) interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.
In the years ___ (follow) the First World War, people showered honor upon him. He became the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble Prize ____ Physics and was greatly honored and respected in Germany. However, the Second World War broke out and Einstein had to move to the US，___he lived until his death in 1955.

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Tim: Jeff, do you prefer working in a group or working ____?
Jeff: I’m good at ____(work) by myself because if I am doing something I like, I can get it ______(do) quickly. ___, if I am working with a team where people all want to do a good job, I think ___ team is fun.
Tim: Do you prefer working wearing a uniform or putting whatever you want?
Jeff: I think ___ you wear a uniform, sometimes you get respect.
Tim: So, how about a working schedule? Would you prefer a set time job?
Jeff: No. I think ___ is difficult to do a set time job. Last year, I ___(produce) furniture in a factory. Every morning, I had to get up at six. When I got home after work, it was almost eight.
Tim: You __ be very tired. By the way, do you prefer being paid by the hour or do you prefer salary?
Jeff: I think salary may be a ____(good) way to go than being paid by the hour.

Eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a  (say) –Eat good things for breakfast, “eat a big meal for lunch, but eat       (little) at dinner. Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast,   their ideas about lunch and dinner are     (difference).
Most Americans only give    (they) a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family (talk) about their day is a way to take  good rest after a long. hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants  (be) also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing  _(loud), and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They want a quiet place  they can eat a  good meal far away from the noises of the outside world.

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Recently a new science behind incentives（激励）,   _  （include） in education, has been discussed．For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children  _  （do） better in school．___  some cases, he gave students incentives based on input（输入）, like reading certain books, while in   ___, the incentives     （base） on output, like results on exams．His main   ___  （find） was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output．Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be    ____（effect） because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”．Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over    __  they have much more control．
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have  __  much higher chance of success．And it’s easier to start again  _   you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do．