高中英语填空题

People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned        (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants       this list of copycats (盲目的模仿者).
Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist,         studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises         (make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was      8-year-old African elephant       it lived near a highway.
Dr. Poole says that she couldn’t tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the          (distance) truck noise. Why did        copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy        (practice) new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds.
So far Dr. Poole        (spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.
Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

On receiving my learner's permit a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn't until two days ago    Dad finally allowed me to drive on the  motorway. Our destination was Orewa,   seaside town.
That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times    we left. I thought l was totally prepared__the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's complaints.
“Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel so     (tight)." called a nervous voice from the backseat.
"Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to _(1).
How    (annoy)! To content them ,I  (step) hard on the accelerator, and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.
‘‘Stop! Slow down! Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above l00km/h'?"
Finally I drove into the city, where the speed limit was only 50km/h.
My family seemed relieved and stopped__(tell) me what to do. On our way home, the journey was much (easy) than before as everyone else fell fast asleep. So ,I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.

I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting for the train ____ (start). Suddenly I heard someone shouting on the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man on duty put out his hand to stop her but she ran past____ and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle ___ (blow) and the train started. “I nearly missed it, didn’t I?” the girl said.  “How long does it ____ to get to London?” “It depends on the engine driver” I said.  “Some days it’s much slower than others.” “I’ll have to have my watch ___ (mend), so as not to be late again tomorrow,” she said.
“It’s my first day at work with a new firm today and they told me that the man I’m going to work for is very strict. I haven’t met him yet so I don’t know what he is like,   he sounds a bit __ (frighten).”
She talked about her new job ___ the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. It was only fair to tell her. “Oh, dear,” she said.  “____ a terrible mistake! I wish I had known”. “Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late, ____ (I) will be, too.”

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Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,   (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged    their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One pe rson was killed,     several people seriously hurt and a number of other people slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were    (home) after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I    (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down     top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was  missing. I went back inside and found him, safe    very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong     husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of    flooded area and the welfare department brought food, clothes and shelter.

语法填空(适用地区:河南、山西、河北、青海、西藏、黑龙江、吉林、宁夏、内蒙古、新疆、海南、云南、贵州、甘肃)
Wife: It’s Friday today. How do you want to spend the evening, darling?
Husband: Well, why not go  (dance)? We haven’t done that   a long time.
Wife: Oh, to tell the truth, I don’t really feel like going dancing tonight. I had a hard day and I’m sort of tired. What’s more, I  (suppose) to go rock climbing with my colleague Dorothy tomorrow morning.
Husband: Well, in that  , we could go to the new movie Life of Pi by that world-famous director Ang Lee. I really like his work,   will stop showing the day after tomorrow.
Wife: Oh, we go to the movies   much. Can’t we do something different for a , honey?
Husband: Well, do you have any suggestions?
Wife: Let me see. How do you feel about asking some friends over to play cards?
Husband: It’s OK with me,   we don’t have any beer or anything to eat at home.
Wife: Well,   is better to call Juliet and ask her and that neighbor of  , David, to come over, and I’ll go to the store and buy some food and drinks.
Husband: OK. That’s a good idea.

I can hardly believe it, __________ my school life is almost over. I’ve received my high school diploma at last. __________ seems strange to think that in a few days’ time I will be walking out of the school gates forever.
Meanwhile, I find myself looking back at my senior year and _________ ( think ) about all the wonderful things. One of the _________ ( good ) things about this year has been working as an arts editor for the newspaper,__________ has been a real success for me.
Working __________ a peer mediator, I help students to settle problems they have with others. Besides, I’ll never forget being elected to the student council. I really enjoy meeting the teachers and telling them _________ we feel about things. All these things have been wonderful. However, the highlight of the year was the senior prom, for which I found a dress that suited me __________ ( perfect ). The big surprise of the evening was when I __________( elect ) from queen-- it was unforgettable. Afterwards, we had __________ enormous dinner. It was a perfect ending to a perfect school year.

Sarah and Janet have been friends since they_____ (start) school. They do everything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen to music. Anyone_____ has a problem can ask the other for help. When Sarah was in the ____ (three) grade, some of the other students made fun of her_____ she was shy. Janet told the other students to stop_____ (make) fun of Sarah, and she helped Sarah overcome her shyness. In the fifth grade, Janet had_________ (difficult) in her maths class. She studied hard, ________ she just couldn’t understand the homework. Sarah helped Janet_______ her homework and________ (patient) explained every exercise to Janet. After six months, Janet did much better and even got _____  “A” in the maths exam.

Lionel Messi,   player from the SOUTH American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today . At a young age, he  (move ) to Spain and now plays      (profession ) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team       (own ) by his father . Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old , he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much      (tall ). There was a way to help him grow more,    his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club       would be able to do this for them . The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered       (accept ) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain . In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best      (play ) through his teen years.      his incredible talent , Messi has surprised the word.

If the population of the Earth keeps on       (increase) at its present rate, there will       (eventual) not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21^st century, if present trends continue, we        (use) up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on Earth will make it      (necessity) for us to look for open space somewhere else. But      of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem,      , has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes that        the Earth’s resources are completely      (exhaust), it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and       create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth.     , there is only a tiny amount of water there.

Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang,Hubei. I waited for the boat    (take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me.     both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this    (happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the   thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most   (photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see people     look different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I   (wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,      (secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they     take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask    they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.

Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he realized none of his regular customers would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion,       could be better than his fried mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Something terrible       (happen).      (curious) drove him into Yong Hui’s newly-opened slimming restaurant and he       (amaze) at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious     Yong Hui was telling       (lie) when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research.       he found out was that Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. So Wang Peng wrote his own sign, saying “Energy-giving food served”. In fact, there was a weakness in Wang Peng’s menus     . Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So   only solution is to combine the two menus together so as to provide a      (balance) menu with food full of energy as well as fibre.

A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and stayed with his wife at    best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet.     (sudden) he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man    walked past him quickly. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman found that his watch   (go). He thought that it    be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided    (follow) him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian.     of them understood the other's language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) while     (point) at the Italian's watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife     had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that he had robbed the watch   mistake.

I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school _______ job is to hand out call slips(借书单)and prevent students from leaving campus ______ permission. Before today I had never seen her smile. The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her_____ (walk) around. When she came ____ (close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs recognizing for all her hard work. So I ______（write） a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and _____her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “some thankful students” and slipped it into _____envelope. Then I realized I didn’t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but no one knew her name I finally went to ask the lady at student services and ____ (tell) that her name was Kathy. I brought her a bunch of ______ (color) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left ______in her office. She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call slip, and there it was a smile on her face！

This year, I will spend Thanksgiving Day at my elder brother’s home. I will be offered wines, seafood, turkey and other delicious   (dish). But the Thanksgiving I remember with the _____________ (sweet) memories is the first one. It made me understand the meaning of “Thanksgiving”
That Thanksgiving, my family gathered on the floor and ate two turkeys ________(give) to us by a charity. The children fought over the food __________ the adults talked about job matters. There was even talk of _____ possible trip the following summer to the place I had been looking forward _____________ seeing: Disneyland. Although I wore old clothes at that time, I was very happy. I had many friends. They tried their best to help me. Eric __________ (teach) me to play baseball; Jack protected me from naughty children, and Robert offered ____________ (take) me on vacation with his family. And best of all was _________ English teacher: Mr. White. Whenever I missed the bus, he ______________ drive ne home after school.

My life is a lot easier at high school because my ______ students have accepted me. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me _____, and I just ignore them.
My ambition is to work for a ___ that develops computer software when I grow up.
As a ___ Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed a ___ of books from the library for him to read, or other, ___.
Without ___ we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and ___ out into the bay.
Within a moment or two, the baleen whale’s body was ____ swiftly by the killers down into the ____ of the sea.