高中英语语法填空试题

Once upon a time there was an idiot named Hugh. The town's folk would often make fun of him, but a few felt sorry for him and gave him hand-me-down clothes, leftover food, and even a small old house to live ._____ at the edge of town. Hugh lived on the donations made by the few kind people.
One day, Hugh showed up at the village square ._____ (wear) a brand new suit. Everyone ._____ (amaze),for few people in the town could afford new clothing, let alone a nice suit. One of townsfolk asked Hugh where he got his new suit, thinking he must ._____ (steal) it." I bought it!" he told them. And he added that the fine new house being built on the mountainside ._____ everyone was wondering about was ._____. ._____ questioned where he got the money, he told them it was the money they gave him. ._____ people giving him food, clothing, and shelter, he ._____ (simple)saved and invested everything they gave him. "I may be your village idiot, but I'm no fool." Hugh smiled, and then handed out hundreds of dollar bills to ._____ who had been kind to him.

Whatt is the real meaning of peace? Once, a king in Britain made an offer that he __________ （give） a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artistes tried. The king looked at all the pictures but found that only two of them were _______(attract) to him, and he had to chooose between them. One picture had a calm lake ________ (paint) in the middle with high mountains all around it. Overhead was a buled sky with white clouds. Those who saw this picture all thought, without any different ideas, that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The ________ picture had mountains, too. Above _________ (be) an angry sky, form which rain fell and in which lightning played. A waterfall fell quickly down the side of the mountain. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the king looked _______(close), behind the waterfll he sww a small bush _________ (grow) in the rock. In the bush, a bird had built a nest. There, among the rush of angry water, sat ________bird on her nest-in perfect peace.
The king was abosorbed in the second picture, chose it and explained the reason _______ he preferred the latter, “Real peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is _______ real peace is.

Just now, I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel interested in the report on middle school students’ _________(use) cell-phones on campus. In fact, more students now come to school with cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. _________ think it is convenient to get in touch _________others with the cell-phone, _________also makes you feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides it is nice to enjoy various functions of different cell-phones. Others think differently. _________, the cell-phone is not _________ must in school, as there are some IC phones, making _________ easy to call others. Second, many students often play e-games and send e-massages with their cell-phones, even in class, which will surely have bad effects _________ their study. What’s more, it will result _________ in a great waste of time and money. In my opinion, the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use _____ (free) in school.

A Bird Startled by the Mere Twang of a Bow-String
　　During the Warring States Period ,in the Wei State there lived a famous archer named Geng Lei. One day, Geng Lei and the King of Wei ________ on a high terrace saw some birds flying past._______ this ，Geng Lei said to the King:"I'll shoot a flying bird down for Your Majesty by drawing a bow with no arrow." The King asked, "Is it possible _______ one's archery can attain such a level?" A little later, ______ wild goose was flying from the east. Geng Lei just drew ________ bow but didn't shoot an arrow. As expected, the wild goose fell to the ground with the twang.
The King asked in surprise, "How can your archery reach such a high level?"
Geng Lei replied ,"This wild goose __________."
　　The King got _________(much) surprised, asking, "How do you know it, sir?"　
　  Geng Lei explained, "This wild goose flew slowly and cried _______. Its flying slowly suggested that it was still aching with the old wound; its crying sadly suggested that it had strayed long from its flock. _______ it heard the twang the wild goose had to flutter hard to fly high for its life. So it is evitably fell down with its old wound burst."
This set phrase figuratively denotes those ________ have suffered disasters and so have a lingering fear when anything happen.

One day, an old monk named Wisdom, followed by two young monks, was walking from one town to another when they caught sight of a lake. Tired and thirsty, they stopped to have a rest. The old monk, ____（point）to the lake, asked the younger one to get him some water.
When the little monk reached ____ lake, a cart drawn by an ox started crossing the lake, __ made the water very muddy. The little monk thought, “How can I give this muddy water to my master to drink!” So he came back without any water, saying, “The water is very muddy. I don’t think   is suitable to drink.”
After a while, the same monk ______ (ask)to get water again. When he went back to the lake, he found that the mud had settled down already, ____ he collected back a pot of water. Wisdom looked at the water   (happy) and then up at the monk, “To make the water clean,  you need to do is just to let it be and the mud would settle down ___ its own.”
It is also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down ____.

Every country has its own culture. Even though each country uses doors，doors may have   different functions and purposes ___________ lead to cultural differences.
When I first came to America，I noticed that
a public building had two different doors and ___________ had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door_________ the word “PULL” to enter  the building. This was new to me, _________ we use the same door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed _________ (go )out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed. The way of using school bus doors was also strange to me. I used to take __________ school bus to classes.
The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors，students who ___________off the bus should get off first，and students who were getting on should get on later.
In South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get _________. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I _____________(conscious) tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally embarrassed, and ___________ face went red. 

Origin of Mother's Day goes _______ to the era of ancient Greek and Romans. But the roots of Mother's Day history can also be traced in UK ________ a Mothering Sunday was celebrated much before the festival saw the light of the day in US. _______, the celebration of the festival as it is seen today is_______ recent phenomenon and not even a hundred years old. Thanks ________ the hard work of the pioneering women of _______ times, Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis that the day came into _______ (exist). Today the festival of Mothers day _______ (celebrate) across 46 countries (though on different dates) and is a hugely popular affair. Millions of people across the globe take the day as an opportunity _______ (honor) their mothers, thank them for their efforts in giving them life, _______ (raise) them and being their constant support and well wisher.

It was a very _____(fog) day in London. The fog was so thick ____ it was impossible to see _____(many) than a foot or so.Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the side of the road.People were trying to find their way about on foot but were losing their way in the fog.
Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons and had to get there but no one could take him.
　 He tried to walk there ____ found he was quite lost. Suddenly he bumped into a stranger. The stranger asked____he could help him. Mr. Smith said he wanted to get to the Houses of Parliament. The stranger told him he would take him there.Mr. Smith thanked him and they started to walk there. The fog was getting thicker every minute but the stranger had no difficulty in_____(find) the way.
　　He went along one street, ______(turn) down another, crossed a square and at last after about half_____hour's walk they arrived at the Houses of Parliament.　Mr. Smith couldn't understand how the stranger found his way. "It is wonderful,” ____ said. "How do you find the way____this fog?" "It is no trouble at all to me," said the stranger, "I am blind."

Do you know who Father Christmas is?It is said that in the year of 300 AD ,there was a kind old man ____namewas Saint Nicholas.He was always ready to help ____poor and often gave presents to them .
Today ,Father Christmas is an imaginary figure,but nearly all young children believe ___ him .They think he is an ____ (interest) old man with a long white beard and a long red robe. ____the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace .He ____(put) presents in the kids’ stockings by their beds .So when children go to bed that night ,they hang their stockings.On Christmas morning they wake____(find) them full of presents .Of course , ____ is really their parents who fill the stockings .
For today’s Christians,the origin of Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ as ____（record） in the Bible.However, most of what we witness on December 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day, _____probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2,000 years ago .In fact,most of the customs and traditions of Christmas actually came into being before the birth of Jesus .

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Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, ___ biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic ____ (discuss) by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two ____ (kill). And to date, doctors have not found ___ effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology ____ (apply) , not only these two diseases can be cured completely, _ __ (bring)  happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spent on curing their diseases can be saved, so ____ benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial(皇室) family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, ____ is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases, ____ gene technology can solve this problem ____ (perfect). The scientist just needs to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.

One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw _______   elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked ________    ( close ) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body, _______   ( dress ) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back ________ the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, ________   smile just melted me  _______   almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of   _______   life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and   ___________   ( bring ) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and   __________  ( warm ). I’m a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught  _________   .

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How do you understand happiness? Views on it v       from person to person. As far as I’m concerned, happiness doesn’t mean a large amount of money or being in the highest social status but       (意味) to obtain something that enriches my mind.
However, many people have seldom experienced happiness. There are several f      for it. Some people aren’t good at finding the sun face. They’ve just        （抱怨）about their own misfortune or enlarged others’ joy,          (看不见) the happiness belonging to them. Some people lack faith. They only keep telling themselves to make money as______, not knowing their life’s aims         what on earth they really want,        can hardly let them have the feeling of happiness. Some people always like to compare with others in every aspect, such as positions, housing conditions and treasure. Some do not know devotion, not understanding helping others will bring them more pleasure. Still some others do not know to meet. Such people u        have possessed much but still want to seek more.
In my opinion, s       happiness equals pleasure what pleasure for long is happy. Therefore, just keep ourselves cheerful for every minute.

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.

___________(curious) drove Wang Peng inside. It was full ______people. The hostess, ____very thin lady, came forward. "Welcome," she said. "My name is Yong Hui. I'll help you lose weight and be fit in two weeks______you eat here every day." Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There were _______ choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water. Wang Peng was ___________(amaze) at this and especially at the________. It cost more than a good meal in his restaurant! He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outside. _______ his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find ______. He could not have Yong Hui _________ away with telling people lies! He had better do some research!

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M: Michelle, why are you dancing? I  ____【袭栎1】____(think)we had to study for our math test!
W: Oh, hi, Drake! I was just doing some exercise. I thought you wouldn’t get here __________later. Let me ___________ the music off.
M: You exercise by dancing? I thought things like _________(run) and bicycling were considered exercise.
W: Well, those are other good ways to work out, but I like to dance. It’s fun to move around _________ music, and you can _________(definite) work up a sweat. Do you like to dance?
M: I sometimes dance at parties, but I am not a very good dancer. For exercise, I prefer ___________(play) soccer. I want to get really good this year. I hope to make the soccer team in __________ fall.
W: Cool! I know you like to go to the park on the weekends and play soccer. Maybe you should try dancing, and I will try playing soccer.
M: Do you know how to play soccer? It is really very easy once you try, but it does take some practice.
W: I can’t play soccer very well, even though I used to play a lot _________ I was a kid. If you teach me some of your soccer moves, I’ll teach you some dance moves! How does that sound?
M: It’s a ________. If there weren’t the math test tomorrow, we could definitely go to the gym right now.
W: Right. No more fun and games. Let me get my notebook.