高中英语语法填空试题

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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.

I haven’t heard ____ you for weeks. Is everything OK with _____ ? Do you still go to the gym every day? I used ___ go to the gym three times a week, ____ I don’t work___ any more. Most young people want a slim figure these days, especially here___ Canada. I _____ trying to lose weight because I am so ashamed of____ body.

语法填空（共10小题，每题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。
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear _____ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation _____  we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success _____ language learning. _____good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____ (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and _____meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language._____we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _____ (advise) for those_____are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and_____ (write) the language whenever we can.

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Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time or it   (consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very       (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us,       a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go     this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some      (surprise) conclusion.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes growth. It also improves  (concentrate),attention span, and the ability to get along with others. Industrialist Henry J.Kaiser believed that much of his success was due     the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured      as an inventor.
For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came     .Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself…in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself      (vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.

语法填空
Enough sleep is important to health. The amount of sleep ______(need) depends on the age of the person and the conditions in ______ sleep takes place. The young may need more sleep than _____ old, but usually eight hours are enough for the health of grown-ups. Some can do with _____ than this amount,____ ___ others may need more. Every person knows his own need. _____ is then a matter of good judgment to satisfy his need. Sleep should always be enough to make one bring back his ______ (strong) and get ready for a day’s work.
Fresh air is necessary to sound sleep. So it is not ______ reason for some people to think that it is practicable to sleep in the open air. A bath at bedtime, ________ hot nor cool but of body temperature, may be helpful to sleep. Sleep-producing drug should never be taken except when ______ (suggest) by a doctor.

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).

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary.
Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear ____ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. ____ ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success ____language learning.___ ___ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ____meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. _____we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _____(advise) for those _____are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and ____(write) the language whenever we can.

There are various reasons why people compose(创作) poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that    ( 留下印象) the readers deeply, while others try to c   certain emotions. The first poems      (写) in English were nursery rhymes,     were used to delight small children.    their strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, they were easy to learn and to      (背诵).Cinquain is another form of poetry which   of five lines. People can describe a picture in just a few words with these poems.The Japanese form of poetry Haiku,     up of seventeen syllables, is not a traditional form of English poetry but p  with English speakers. In    , Tang poems are borrowed by English speakers, which are translated into English, making the English poetry more colorful.

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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.

Dear Mum and Dad,
The College Entrance Examination is around the corner, I wish I chave a heart-to-heart talk with you.  Thanks to your   (鼓励) and unselfish love, I have been  m great progress in my studies. It will be less than three weeks before I take the exam,   makes me under great pressure.  Therefore, good studying conditions and timely help will   me a lot of good. My dream is the very one you always have. In order to make f  use of the time, I decide to make a few detailed study        (计划) for the exam. What’s m  , it’s also necessary that I do some physical exercise once in a while so that I can keep f   .  All in all, I have     (自信) in my future life and   I do wish you good health and a happy life.
Yours,
Li  Hua

This happened in a third-grade classroom. Jim sat at his desk and all of a sudden, there was a puddle(一滩水)  his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He felt his heart was going to stop. He knew   would happen when his classmates found out. He looked up and there came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he    (discover).
As the teacher was walking towards    , a classmate named Susie was carrying    goldfish bowl full of water to her desk. Suddenly, Susie tripped(绊倒) and,       (strange), dumped the whole bowl of water in Jim's lap. He pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his heart, “Thank you!”
Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule(嘲笑). The teacher brought him gym shorts to put on. All the others crawled(爬) on their hands and knees,      (clean) up around his desk. But   life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred(转移) to Susie. She tried to help,       they told her to leave the room.       school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

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A few months ago we started a blog called "Confessions（自白） of an English Learner." This blog is____you to share your stories about language misunderstandings. Many of you provided advice about ____  you learned English. Thanks to everyone who ___  (join) the discussion on the blog so far.
One web visitor described his ___ (difficult) with two English language words that sound similar ___  are very different in meaning. Moises wrote from his home in El Salvador. He described a mistake he made on his first visit ___ the United States.
At the time, Moises was working on a cruise ship. It was his second day. He was organizing some of his belongings ____ a co-worker came into the room they were sharing. The co-worker asked, "Hey, my friend, do you want soap?" Moises wrote that he was surprised by the question and excited ____ (use) his English. He answered, "No thanks. I am not hungry."
Well, everyone in the room started laughing and Moises did not understand the joke. ____ new friends then explained that "soap" is something you use to wash yourself. "Soup" is what you eat.
Moises said this incident happened ten years ago. He added, "Do you imagine that I am ____ English teacher now?"

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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.

Being a veterinarian (兽医), I had to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their boy Shane, loved Belker very much.
I examined Belker and found he_______ (die) of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do ________ for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia (安乐死) procedure in their home.
As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought _______ would be good for six-year-old Shane to watch. They felt Shane might learn something.
The next day, Belker’s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, _______ (pet) the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was happening. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped _______ (peaceful) away.
The little boy seemed to accept it ________ any difficulty. We sat together after Belker’s death, wondering why animal lives are shorter than human lives.
Shane, who _______ (listen) quietly, said, “I know ________.”
________ (surprise), we all turned to him. What he said next amazed me. It has changed my life.
He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life – like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”
The six-year-old boy continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that, _______ they don’t have to stay as long.”

Mother are generally the ones responsible for caring for their children. There isn’t any        (differ) in the animal kingdom. Mothers in the wild bear similar responsibilities         mothers in the city. They bring us into the world, nurture us, love us, teach us the skills we need to survive and protect us from harm, until we are ready       (go) off on our own. Here we can cite the dolphin (海豚) as an example.
When baby dolphins are born, they imitate (模仿)      their mother does, such as following her every move and         (learn) the skills to live. Using echo(回音) location, the mother teaches her baby        most basic and necessary skill: finding food. But the dolphin mother still has some other special hunting        (trick).
Some years ago, researchers       (discover) something strange on the mouth of a dolphin in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It was first believed to be a tumor (肿瘤) ,but after analyzing the strange object, they realized it was (actual) a marine sponge (海绵状物). In fact, the sea-sponge is used as a hunting technique, passed on from mothers to their daughters,       originated in a single female. This finding is also the first evidence of a culture of tool- use in marine mammals.