高中英语语法填空试题

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：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。（每题1分；共10分）
All the students present, may I have your attention, please? I'm Elizabeth Taylor. As editor of the Voice, I'd like to i_____ you to our school newspaper. We need new hands to help us ______ can tell the students what's new every day through our newspaper. Experience isn’t quite necessary, but writing and typing skills are in great      . We need people to read our ______（文章）to type and check them. We could also use a good photographer and several engineers. Since the voice comes       five days a week, we need good students who know how to make the _____ of their time. There’s some money for salaries d______ on how much work to do, but don't expect to get rich, this isn’t something you do for money. Mostly it's just for fun. Anyone who’s w______ to joining us should speak to me ______（立刻）after this meeting. Be p______ to start right away. Our first paper appears tomorrow.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely       cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color       represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children      (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect       against evils（灾祸）.
People’s      (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be       most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally       physically. People     (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.
Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that      (easy) catches a person’s eye.
Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So       you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.

For many times in the past years I went to the hospital for some minor ____(treat) during my travel in other cities. It was the ___(sad) moment of my life, I think，because nobody would come to the hospital to visit me. ___ patients had family or friends to visit them during the visiting hours. I felt really alone. ____ is it possible that out of a whole world full of people，___ would come to visit me for just an hour? The answer in my case was simple. With a bit of medication (药物治疗), I was back in the stream of life again. But I___(leave) with a deep thought for all the people and the elderly. ___ knows how many others that lie in the hospital with nobody ___(visit) them or give a kind word of comfort? I had this wonderful idea of forming __ organization in cities around the world，getting to hospitals to visit the patients who never get a visit and someone local could drop ___ with a smile and a kind word. Wouldn’t it be nice and relatively easy to do?

Long before, there was a large mountainside, where rested an eagle's nest with four large eagle eggs. One day      earthquake rocked the mountain, causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain to a chicken farm     (locate) in the valley below. The chickens were kind enough to care for the eagle's egg, and an old hen volunteered to nurture (哺育) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly,  , the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more    a chicken. The eagle loved his present family, but his spirit cried out     more. While playing on the farm one day, the eagle happened to notice a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds."
The chickens roared with  (laugh), “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring at his real family up above,   (dream) that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams   (know), he was told it couldn't be done. That is    the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.
You become what you believe you are. So, if you ever dream of becoming an eagle, follow     dreams... not the words of a chicken.

At one point along an open highway，I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but ___ I drove up to the light，it turned red，and I braked to a halt. I looked left, right，and behind me. Nothing，___a car，no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat，__(wait) the light to change，the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering __I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of ___(catch) by the police, because there was obviously no cop anywhere around and _certainly would have been no danger in going ___ it.
Much later that night，the ___ question of why I’d stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract(合同) we all have with each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have，and we trust each other to honor ___：We don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more ready to be stopped from doing something bad by the social agreement that disapproves of it ___ by any law against it.

A new campaign to ban smoking in taxis is part of a wider push to clean up the city’s image before the 2010 World Expo(2010年世界博览会). The Shanghai Dazhong Taxi, a taxi company, said drivers __(find) smoking in their cabs could “possibly” be fined or even temporarily banned ___ working. Signs __(place) in all of the taxi company’s 9,100 strong fleet (车队) saying “No Smoking in Taxis. Welcome to Shanghai World Expo”．
“We hope the sanitation(卫生环境) of cabs in the city will be improved through our no-smoking campaign，___ is a mutual benefit for ___ drivers and passengers. ”
Dazhong said it would ___(close) monitor the campaign’s progress.
Drivers caught smoking will undergo the company’s training and inspection program. “Cabs found to have cigarette smell will be called back”， Zhao said.
Many taxi drivers smoke ___(relax) from working long hours. The official admitted ___ would not be an easy task to achieve a total smoke ban in a short time.
“Promoting non-smoking taxis in the whole city is ___ long journey，” Zhao said. “___ having a long way to go, we are confident of fulfilling our ‘smoke-free taxi’ program in the city through our diligence.”

I met Kumkum at a children’s home in Delhi. It is a home    children who are sick are provided treatment and care before  (send) to some other orphanage. Kumkum was 7 years old, and a very brave soul. Despite suffering from tuberculosis(肺结核), I never saw   crying. She had lost her parents and was struggling herself through this terrible disease.
Upon meeting, we took an instant liking   each other. Every Saturday I would visit Kumkum and play with her. She would love to sit on my lap. It was one such moment that the child felt like   (kiss) me... and I suddenly remembered that she was suffering from tuberculosis which is a communicable(传染性的）disease. I tried to stop her    she really wanted to show her affection for me, so I overcame my fear and let her place the     gentle and sweet kiss on my cheek that I ever had.
Although I overcame my fear at that moment, I    (not forgive) myself ever since for refusing her    (initial). Although the child kissed me, I think she sensed my hesitation   she has never kissed me again. I will never forget that the most beautiful thing in this world is a child’s kiss... so full of love and innocence.

Siva, the wise father of Ganesh, once called his two sons and suggested a small contest.
“I will give this sweet to ___ goes around the world faster，” he said, holding out a large, delicious milk sweet. Murugan, Ganesh’ s brother, glowed with pride knowing the prize would soon be ___， for he could fly __(swift) in his chariot(敞篷双轮马车), circle the earth, and be back in only hours，while his big, clumsy brother Ganesh would take so much __(long) to do the same.
Bidding farewell to his parents, Murugan set off happily. Ganesh thought for a moment, then smiled and ___(begin) to move. His large elephant with its heavy trunk did slow him down，__ he did not have far to go. For he simply walked carefully ___ both of his parents. In a few minutes he had circled them，__(stand) respectfully in front of his father once again.
“Father, please give me the prize，” he said.
“Why? You did not go around the world. You stayed right here，” replied Siva.
“But Father，” argued Ganesh, “I have just gone around the world. You see, my parents are indeed the __ world to me.” His parents smiled, well pleased.
Much later, a tired Murugan returned home. ___， the prize was already eaten up. And now you know who won it and why.

People around the world may feel that the climate ___ (get) steadily warmer and warmer in recent years. Places __ used to be abundant in snowfall have frequently experienced snow-free (无雪的) winters. Droughts last __(long) in some dry areas. People find that __ air conditioners they could hardly work or fall asleep in hot summer days.
The side effects of global warming are alarming. ___ warming global climate melts the ice caps，__ (raise) sea levels. What is more，__ disturbs weather patterns, causing droughts, severe storms and hurricanes. People suffer a lot from disasters relevant to global warming. ___ (stop) global warming we should make immediate and ____(continue) efforts. We hope the situation will soon change. Global warming catches and holds our concern，___ it affects us and will affect our later generations. We cannot wait any longer. Do it right. Do it right now.

If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer, you can hear frogs singing __ (joy) here and there. It seems as if they were performing a field symphony.
The frog is a good and useful creature that benefits human beings. They can catch fast-moving insects. Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful ___ crops. This little creature is regarded ___ “the natural enemy of pests”．
_ now frogs are getting fewer and fewer. This is because they are killed and put on the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings. It is ____ shameless and cruel act, isn’ t it？__ cause responsible for the rapid reduction of frogs is that farmers use insecticides (杀虫剂) to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water ___ eating poison-killed insects.
Something must be done without delay __(save) frogs. If we don’t punish those ___ sell and kill frogs to make money, then one day all of us ____(punish) by nature for failing to keep the balance of nature.

SHANGHAI: Plans for a tall tower at the renowned West Lake scenic spot that were shelved(搁置) two years ago for exceeding the height limit were recently brought up again — with the building’s design still taller ___ is allowed.
The latest blueprint for the property，___ display in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, shows a 48-meter tower that will contain ___ five-star hotel boasting views of the lake. This replaces the 85-meter building ___(propose) two years ago.
But the new tower still exceeds the height limit of 25 meters as dictated in Hangzhou’ s plan for buildings within the West Lake scenic spot，____ was developed to “better protect the landscape and flavor of the world-famous scenic site”．
The developer, Kerry Property, declined __ (comment) yesterday.
Staff from Hangzhou’s municipal urban planning bureau said ____ had not received any ____(apply) from the developer, which means the project has not yet been approved by the authorities.
“The newly proposed height is still too high for the West Lake area. The developer should take the interests of the whole region ____ consideration，” Zhou Fuduo, a city-planning professor from Zhejiang University, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The developer said the additional stories_ ___ (need) to make more profits, he said.

[2011·广东卷] One Sunday morning in August I went to a local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment____ (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me____ the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man___ (sit) at the front. He___ (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be___ (mental) disabled.
Behind him were other people to____he was trying to talk, but after some minutes___ walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed.
I didn’t want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him___ his own either.
After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had__ amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I’m glad I made the choice. It made___ of us feel good.

The following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop(主教) in the Crypts of Westminster Abbey(西敏寺):
When I was young and free and my____(imagine) had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world.__ __ I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I ____ (short) my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country. But ___， too, seemed immovable.
As I grew ___ my twilight years (晚年), in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family，those ____(close) to me, __alas, they would have ___ of it.And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only changed myself first, then by example I ___ (change) my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able ___(better) my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world.

Does going to college really pay off？Certainly!
I remember taking ____ English class in college on the short story. Our first assignment was to read ____ short stories and then discuss which one was better. After ____(read)both，I wasn’t sure. Over the ____ several months, my professor taught me ___ one story was so much better than the other.__ __ was rich in metaphor(隐喻)and character development, ___ the other was humorous _ too shallow. I couldn’t see this at first. Yet,
in a few months, my brain got reeducated and ____ could see the difference between good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level.
Going to college helps build a strong mind, which leads ____ greater success in one’s life.

One night，at 1130 p．m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm.Her car had broken ______and she desperately needed a ride.Soaking (湿透) wet，she ______(decide) to flag down the next car.A young white man stopped _____(help) her—generally unheard of in those conflictfilled 1960s.The man took her to _____(safe)，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his address，thanked _______.
Seven days went by and _____knock came on the man’s door. _____his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.A special note was attached.It read，“Thank you so much ________assisting me on the highway the other night.The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes_______ my spirits.Then you came along.Because of you，I was able to make it to my _______(die) husband’s bedside just before he passed away.God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.”