高中英语填空题

It's reported that over 300 million people in China are suffering from near-sightedness（近视）. As more children have got eye trouble, their parents hope to cure    disease by medicine or equipment or by correcting the way children read and sit.     in fact the care given to one's eyes should start with the exercise on one's feet. Three methods on how to protect are   follows:
Firstly, don't fasten your shoes too tightly. Try wearing loose shoes    walking bare-footed at home. When traveling, try wearing cloth shoes to make blood circulation (循环) easier.
  , walking on tiptoes(脚尖) will help improve one's eyesight and prevent near-sightedness.  Figures show that few ballet performers are near-sighted.
Thirdly, rope skipping also does good   one's eyesight. When skipping the rope, one has to react quickly,      excites the brain and the eyes.      foot exercises, it's good to pull one's ears. Pulling the ears 20 times is found to be an effective way to reduce the pressure on one's eyes.

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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.

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).

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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.

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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.

Eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a  (say) –Eat good things for breakfast, “eat a big meal for lunch, but eat       (little) at dinner. Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast,   their ideas about lunch and dinner are     (difference).
Most Americans only give    (they) a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family (talk) about their day is a way to take  good rest after a long. hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants  (be) also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing  _(loud), and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They want a quiet place  they can eat a  good meal far away from the noises of the outside world.

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Recently a new science behind incentives（激励）,   _  （include） in education, has been discussed．For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children  _  （do） better in school．___  some cases, he gave students incentives based on input（输入）, like reading certain books, while in   ___, the incentives     （base） on output, like results on exams．His main   ___  （find） was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output．Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be    ____（effect） because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”．Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over    __  they have much more control．
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have  __  much higher chance of success．And it’s easier to start again  _   you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do．

Paper-cutting is a(n)                     (tradition) Chinese folk art with a long history.
Paper-cuts            (use) during festivals to decorate gates and windows. The main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or a knife. Clever craftsmen are very good at ________ (cut) in the theme of daily life. When you look at works created by paper cutting            (careful), you will be amazed by the true-to-life            (express) of the figure’s appearance and thoughts.
Although other art forms, like painting, can show similar scenes, paper-cutting still stands out for its beautiful lines and patterns           are all hand-made. Learning about cutting a piece of paper           (be) easy but mastering (精通)           is very difficult. One must hold the knife upright (竖直地) and press on the paper without much strength. Any carelessness will lead
        damage to the whole image. Craftsmen try________ (create) a circle like the moon, a straight line like a stem(干) of wheat, and a square like a brick. They have to be careful and keep practising to make the scenes seem as alive as possible.

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Canada is a country       North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories.       （locate）in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic       the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Covering 9.98 million square kilometers in total, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area.       common border with the United States forms the world's longest land border.
Canada is a developed country and one of the       (wealthy) in the world, with the tenth highest nominal per capita income       (global), and the eighth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among       highest in international measurements of government transparency(透明度), civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. Canada is        member of the Commonwealth of Nations,       is furthermore part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings,      (include) NATO, the G8, the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

Everyone may have a complex and different process of    (grow up). There are many  (influence)factors in a person's growth and development of his personality.
As for me,what has affected me most in my growth and personality is my family and friends, the two   （equal） important factors. As we know, children who  (bring up)in a good atmosphere have a better character than those   are not.  (fortune), I belong to the former. Besides, friends in some ways affect me a lot.  we my have many different opinions and personalities, I have really learned something positive from them. In    (conclude), I get lots of valuable things from them. My family offers me warmth and cares,    my friends give me      (strong) and courage. Both of them have influenced me most since I was born.

Two young girls were proud of their beautiful hands. One put them in shining water, and the     looked like diamonds dripping  (滴下) from them.“What beautiful hands I have！” she said, and then     her hands for others to admire. They were very soft and white, for she had done      but wash them in clear water.
The other girl crushed some flowers in her hands, and they      like perfume  (香水). “What beautiful hands I have！” she said. Her hands smelled like flowers,      she’d never done anything but wash them with      every morning.
Another girl nearby didn’t show her hands. She hid them in the     of her coat.
An old woman came down the road and     before the girls. The first two     their hands and asked her whose hands were more beautiful. She     her head at them and then asked to see the hands of the     girl.
“Oh, these hands are clean,     ,” said the old woman,“but they are hard from    .These hands have been helping the girl’s mother and father dry the dishes, sweep the floor, water the garden,      for the baby, and show the little brother      to build blocks. These hands have been      making the house a happy home.”     the old woman brought out a ring set (镶嵌)     a diamond.“Here, wear this ring, my child. You deserve the     for the most beautiful hands that are always the most     .”

In the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about five years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching________hair of the doll and looked very sad. I wondered who he wanted to give the doll _________. So I walked towards him and asked him all about it.“It is the doll_____ my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.”
I told him not _________ (worry). However, he replied sadly, “No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to _________she is now. I’ll have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there.” His eyes were filled with ________ (sad) while saying this. “My sister ______ (go) to be with God. Daddy said that Mommy will also join God very soon, so I think that she can bring the doll with _________ to give it to my sister.”
My heart almost stopped________ (beat) wholly. The little boy looked up at me and said, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I asked him to wait _________ I come back from the store.”

My dear friends,
…
There isn't enough space here to thank everyone who has travelled on my journey with me, but I must thank those that have stuck with me through the highs and the lows and have helped me become the person that I am today.
THANK YOU TO:
My mother …
My father …
…
And lastly, to tennis fans in China! I am grateful to each and every one of youpushing me to be my best, embracing me and loving me (conditional). There is no limit to far we can take the sport of tennis in China, together.
When I started playing tennis, I was just a neighborhood kid an after-school hobby, not realizing what magical journey lay ahead of me.my journey hasn't been easy, it has been rewarding. I (see) change happening in front of my eyes, young girls picking up tennis racquets, setting goals and believing in . I hope that I've had the opportunity    (inspire) young women all over China to pursue their goals with energy and self-belief.
you want to be a tennis player, a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher or a business leader, I urge you to believe in yourself and follow your dream. If I could do it, you can too! Be the bird    sticks out. With hard work, your dreams will come true.
Li Na

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In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom,    8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop    sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled     right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit     (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said    (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins   . "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked   . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long    the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised    what she saw. There,    (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!

M: Are you pleased   your new job? How is it going?
W: It’s great. I’m really (enjoy) it. The people are nice and I’m learning lots of new things. It’s a shame about the travel  .
M: Oh, why?
W: Well, it’s quite far from   I live. I travel over   hour each way every day.
M: That’s quite a journey. Is there a direct route from your place?
W: No,  (fortunate). I leave for work at about 7:30 am and catch the bus not far from my place. When I get to downtown, I have to get off   take the metro all the way up to north of the city. The ride   (last) about 30 minutes.
M: Well, can you read a paper  a book?
W: , it’s the rush hour. It’s usually standing room only.