高中英语语法填空试题

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.”

Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Germany.He was the fifth of six children.In 1845，his father died.All six children decided ________(go) to the United States.Strauss went to the southeastern part of the US.For eight years，he walked along the country roads ________(sell) dry goods from door to door—just like his father in Germany.
In 1853，Strauss decided to move to San Francisco，______thousands of people were looking for gold. _______his way to California，Strauss sold almost all of his dry goods.He had only one thing________(leave)some canvas (帆布)．
In California，Strauss tried to sell the canvas to the gold miners.He said they could make tents from the canvas.But they weren’t _______(interest) in canvas for tents.Strauss didn’t know _______to do with the canvas.Before long Strauss found the miners needed new pants.There were holes in their pants ______the cloth wasn’t strong.He decided to make the canvas _______pants.They called them “Levi’s”．Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and used a different cloth.It was a heavy cotton cloth—the same kind people wear today.
Levi Strauss died in 1902.He never married and left money to his nephews.He left the world much more—the jeans ________so many people wear.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：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，并将该词完整地写在答题卷相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
For 25 years Terry Cemm was a policeman, but for the last 17 years he has been    （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u   to someone. Terry’s a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）.
Nearly everything in his cottage has come    the sea – chairs, tables, even tins of food. “I even found a box of beer just before Christmas. That was nice,” he remembers. He finds lots of bottles with messages in them,    （主要地）from children. They all get a r   if there’s an address in the bottle. Shoes? “If you find one, you’ll find the   the next week,” he says.
But does he really m   a living? “Half a living,” he smiles. “Anyway I have my police pension. But I don’t actually need money. My life is rich in    （多样性）.” Terry is happy. “You have to find a way to live a simple life.”
“Some people say I’m mad,” says Terry. “  there are much more who’d like to do   I do. Look at me. I’ve got everything I could possibly want.”

  Today more than 56 million Americans are attending a wide variety of schools and universities across the nation．One half of all the people in the country between the   of 18 and 25 attend a university．Schools are expected to  the needs of every child regardless of his ability and also of society  （本身）．This means that tax-supported free education  ．（包括）courses in such subjects as sewing, typing, radio and automobile repairs as  as in the customary school subjects such as history and language．Students can choose among a. great variety of subjects   （取决于）on their interests，future plans and level of ability．There are，  ，some basic courses that everyone is required to study，such as reading，writing，mathematics and English．During the 1800’s and early 1900’s，when millions of people   many countries around the  w____ came to the United States to settle，schools were an i_  part in“Americanizing”the children，and through them the parents，too．

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD that best fits the context.
In our day to day life we have so many tasks in our to-do list. Some are smaller, some are bigger, some are highly important and _____ are least important. We keep working ____ these throughout our lives. Sometimes we prioritize and sometimes we don’t. However I would emphasize that _____ we prioritize the tasks, our daily lives can improve dramatically.
However, do you really understand the differences ____ urgent and important? _____ really matters if you do.
“important” is something which can not and should not be ignored at any cost. “Urgent” means that a quick action is required to be done as soon as possible. Sometimes, urgent things are not very important, for example, turning a running tap off to avoid wastage of water ____ save the bills. However there are times ____ urgent things are most important as well, for example, helping ____ crying baby in the kitchen due to the fire stove.

阅读下面两篇短文，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，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。
A policeman pulled over a florist’s van yesterday and arrested the driver, Karl Rover, for smoking and transporting illegal things. The police got ____ (sceptic) when Karl remained stopped even after the light had turned green.
One officer asked Karl ____ he was heading. Smiling widely, Karl said he was making a delivery. The officer told Karl to turn off the radio, which was blasting(轰鸣) out rock music. “Duke, this is ____ Grateful Dead,” said Karl.
A moment later, Karl’s cell phone rang. Karl said, “Hey, dude. What’s up?” The officer took the phone ____ Karl.
“Did you get the cash for the weed?” asked the voice on the other end.
“Yes,” the officer replied, ____(pretend) that he was Karl.
“How much did you get?”
“$1,000.”
“$1,000! $1,000! ____ is the matter with you?” That’s $50,000 worth of grass, you idiot! I’m going to kill you!”
The officer laughed when the other person ____(hang) up. He went around to the back of the van and opened the doors. ____ there were lots of flowers in the back, there were also many plastic bags, ____(tight) packed with illegal things.
The officer brought out his handcuffs. Karl’s smile disappeared. “Hey, at least let ____ have one more hit!”

Zengzi(曾子505---435BC), a Chinese philosopher and student of Confucius(孔子)， (believe) to be the author(作者) of Daxue. One day, as Zengzi’s wife set off(出发) for the market，her little son insisted on(坚持) going with her，  (make) a tearful scene(场面).
“Stay at home,”she said to the boy, “When I come back, I  (kill) the pig for you to eat.”
When she got back from the market, Zengzi was prepared to catch the pig and kill it. His wife stopped him, saying I was only kidding(开玩笑) to when I said that.” “Children can’t be humored(幽默)   this way. ” he replied, “They have little  (understand). They learn from their parents and listen to  they say. To lie to him is to teach him to lie to .” Her son will not trust her any more   a mother lies to him. This is not the way to teach child. With that, Zengzi went to kill the pig and then cooked it for his son.