高中英语语法填空试题

On keeping a Diary in English
Keeping a diary in English is one of the__ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.
__ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes___ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English.___ we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many __（difficult）. In the first place, __ often happens that we have trouble __(find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.
As far as I _ (concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is __ great use to keep a diary in English for __ development of our writing skills.

Sarah :What can you refer to if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is?   is only one place ,where you will find the information. And that ' s the GuinnessBook of World Records. This morning we have someone from the Guinness Company that produced that famous book , Tomas  Manning.    to the  program, Tomas !
Tomas : Thanks, Sarah. It ' s a pleasure to be here.
Sarah : Perhaps you could start by telling us where the idea for the book came from?
Tomas : Well ,it was first suggested in the early  1950s. Sir Hugh Beaver .the managing director of Guinness, was out shooting birds with some friends. A bird    ( fly)  away so  quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe. And it wasn't the fastest. He wondered      it was.
Sarah :So I suppose he went to the      ( near)  library to look for the information and he couldn't find it.
Tomas : Yeah , that ' s  exactly what  happened. And  this  made  Sir Hugh  think  there    be other people in the same  situation who wanted this kind of information. He thought that ,  like     ,people would be interested in finding facts about the records to satisfy their      ( curious) .
Sarah : So    idea for a book of records was born. And when did the first book' come out ?Tomas : A few years later, in  1955. S0       ( answer)  your question : the  tallest  person  in the  world is 231. 7cm tall.

    Two businessmen    (fly) to Australia to play in a weekend golf match.  Their team won and they both received green jackets.  their last night in Australia, they stayed up late drinking beer. They were still drunk in the morning, _  they drove their rented car to the airport. The road was empty.  Suddenly. something jumped in front of the car. The driver couldn't stop in time and the car hit it，
The men got out of the car and found a large kangaroo   (lie) on the road. The drunken men began to laugh and decided to take some photos with the "dead" kangaroo.  One of the men decided to put the jacket on    kangaroo. So they dressed the poor kangaroo in a green jacket .Then they posed with it for some photos. Suddenly, something amazing happened. The kangaroo opened     eyes. It was not dead. But it was very    (anger). The kangaroo hit the two  men and knocked them out. Then it ran  .In the kangaroo's new green jacket were the car keys ,a passport, and the air tickets.
Later that day, a motorist phoned the police .”You're 90ing  to  believe  this .”he  said,“but a kangaroo in a green golf jacket (run)  along the road to the airport ”The police finally found out the whole story,  and they punished the two drunken men.

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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at a big firm.
The HR manager _____ (interview) him, then a test: clean the floor. “You are hired,” he said, “give me your email address, _____ I’ll send you the application to fill.” The man replied “I don’t have a computer, _____ an email”.
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager, “that means you do not exist. And _____ doesn’t exist cannot have the job.” The man left _____ no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10 KG tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he _____ (success) in doubling his capital. He repeated the operation 3 times, and returned home with $60.
5 years later, the man is one of the _____ (big) food retailers(零售商) in the US. He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called _____ insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email”. The broker replied _____ (curious), “You don’t have an email, and yet have established an empire! Do you imagine _____ you could have been if you had an email?
The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy!”

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Dear Tom，
How time flies! You  (study) in Beijing for nearly a month, during which you must have achieved a lot. Well, how’s everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days, which is very different from   of your country. Have you adapted to it? In addition, you once complained that the food    (serve) there was not     your taste. I hope that should have been improved.
I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an English speech contest in July,    is not only an honor, but also a great opportunity for me to improve    . And now I try my best to make   (prepare) for it.    , I have some trouble in collecting the materials relevant and using the language. I will appreciate if you give me a hand to solve the problems.
After the contest, I am to drop    at your school to visit you.
Please wait for my phone.
Li Hua

Amy: Excuse me, are you a collage student?
Brain: Yes, I am.    about you?
Amy: Me, too.  (forgive) me for asking you, but do you have to take a part-time job in the holidays?
Brain: Not really. My parents are fairly well off, so I get money from my father.
Amy: You are lucky, aren’t you?
Brain: I think   . What about you? Are your parents wealthy?
Amy: No,    (certain) not.
Brain: Do you work during the holidays?
Amy: Well, last Christmas I did for two weeks as a postman and a door-to-door   (sale). Then in the summer I spent four weeks picking fruit, and I did a bit of babysitting.
Brain: Can you get enough money to finish your    (educate) by taking a part-time job?
Amy: Of course not. But I am a top student and I can get a scholarship     the collage.
Brain: Where do you live then?
Amy: I share a flat with two    boys. It’s not large    fairly tidy, and the most important point is that the rent is quite low.
Brain: Sounds not bad. Uh, this is my phone number. Call me   you have any problems.
Amy: Thank you.

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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.

Bob: Hi, Linda. What are you doing?
Linda: Hi Bob. I         (prepare) for the test tomorrow.
Bob: But        are you here in the garden?
Linda: Well, the library is full and the classroom is too         (noise).Are you ready for the test?
Bob: I am afraid not. Ｉfeel very nervous. We don’t have much time          (leave).
Linda: We can prepare together. Maybe that can help.
Bob: Good idea! How many units will be included?
Linda: Three. They are unit4, unt5 and unit 6.
Bob: Really? I             (think) unit 6 would not be covered.
Linda: It will. Now let’s ask each            questions. You go first.
Bob: All right. Name three             (Europe) countries.
Linda: Easy. France, Germany and Italy. I can even say more.
Bob: It seems you are well prepared. Now it’s your turn            （ask）questions.
Linda: OK. What are the seven           of the world?
Bob: Asia, Europe, Africa, and ….Er, I really can’t remember             all.
Linda: Don’t worry. You still have time.

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Late in September, a photo show was held in our school．
It lasted a week and was a great success! All the photos were t                 
by the students themselves．They were    （大多数）color photos，but             
some are black-and -white ones, p     our school life, the beauty           
of nature, festival activities and so on．All the       （作品）of art were            
on display in the      （图书馆 ）on the second floor． Every day a large             
number of students went to enjoy    , and they were surprised to             
find the photos were       wonderful that some teachers also were           
present．Those w   photos were chosen the best were given different               
prizes． In short, this photo show r         made our life more colorful.             
We hope we will have more activities like this in the f             .                

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Lin Hai, a senior middle school student, had a problem recently. He used to get marks of over 110 points (out of 120 possible points) on his math tests.    during last term’s final exams, his math score was only 90 points. It was a shock. “I didn’t know what    (happen) ,” said Lin, who kept feeling nervous and frustrated about math during the   (follow) month.
Like Lin，many of us have setbacks in life. What would you do to deal    these setbacks ? Would you just let them be and give up? Lin chose to face his problems. His parents and teacher also gave him help. After some hard word he now gets marks   100 and 110 points on his math tests.   he still isn’t at his original level. Lin doesn’t panic anymore.
Chen Xing also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl is not good at    (do) sit-ups, which is necessary for the coming high school PE entrance exam.    has to do at least 35 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. Most of Chen’s classmates can do 40.   , Chen could only do 20.    (feel) worried, Chen decided to do something. She did sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. Now, after a month, she can do 30 sit-ups a minute.

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Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was ____ (interest).
Joyce: ____ do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.
Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He ____ (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He want to go to Oxford University next year.
Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline: I hope so. ____ I think he works too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy ____ for a change. How about your son Carl?
Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.
Caroline: You’re joking. I heard that Carl ____ (win) the composition prize.
Joyce: You have made ____ mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community ____ we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a ____ (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.
Caroline: ____ he practices singing, he will become a singer in the future.
Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.

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The Internet has become part of young people’s life. A report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet. Most of them get    (use) information on the Internet    use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it    a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites    shouldn’t enter. So bad things may happen    (填连词) students spend too much time on the Internet.
    is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook,     uses many examples to teach students some good ways    usethe Internet. It gives good advice.
Some students also make    on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face       (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.

Jim is a ______ (talent) man who can do quite a lot of things. He is an honest man as ______as a kind man., but he is never at ______ mercy of anybody. In a way, it’s his shortcoming. The ______day, he and I went to the zoo together. When he saw the tiger in the distance, he thought of a foolish ______ to control the tiger by attempting ______ (ride) it! If the adults had not come in time, he wouldn’t have escaped from the jaws of ______(die). Another time I went surfing with him. When he set loose, he surfed ______ the direction of the middle of the sea without anybody following him. I ______ next to him at the beginning, but he surfed so fast that I couldn’t keep up with him. Gradually, we couldn’t see him at all. It was not until late in the afternoon ______ he returned to the shore.

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The Tower of Pisa may be the most beautiful bell tower in Italy. However, it is perhaps the  （最奇怪的）tower in the world. It leans to one s and looks as if it is going to fall over.
The building of the tower began in  （八月）1173 and continued about two hundred years. The tower has eight floors. It is 54.5 metres tall, with 294 steps up to the bell room. There is a very beautiful v from the top.
In fact, the tower began leaning during the c of the third floor in 1178. The builders tried to make the tower  （直的）again when they added more floors, but it did not work. It continued to lean until finally, on January 7, 1990, it was  to the public.
For ten years, scientists worked hard to save the tower. The top was leaning by 5 metres to the south and was becoming w . According to the scientists, the tower would fall over by 2050. After 10 years   hard work, the tower was reopened on June 16, 2001. However, the  of visitors is still limited.

Dr. Kate: Radio _  (change) a lot since we were young. It used _  be the major source of' fun for the family.
Bob:      Nowadays when you turn on the radio, you either hear music, a talk show news.
Dr. Kate:   (Fortunate), you can choose the kind of music you want to hear.
Bob:      Yes, and there is a lot of points of view when you listen to talk shows. I usually enjoy    (listen) to them. I particularly like it w-hen a caller disagrees with the talk show host. I like to hear how he will defend his ideas.
Dr. Kate: Some talk show hosts are very rude to those   have opposing ideas. I really find that terrible.
Bob:     It seems that people only listen to the radi0    they are driving in their car ，
Dr. Kate: That is true for me. but I know that my husband listens to it while he is working   home.
Bob:   Now that f think about it, I realize that a lot of stores have the radi0    (play).
Dr. Kate: It's still a usefully and pleasant form of   (communicate).