高中英语填空题

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。
This is a most incredible tale. In the summer of 1903, an American businessman named Henry had some bad luck. He was carried out to sea by ____strong wind and was ______ (spot) by a ship before giving up. Then he landed in Britain _____ chance. He earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand, ___ accounted for his ___ (appear). He was lost in London and had no money on him. ___ knows who he was.
Then ____ (expect) he was invited to a large and beautiful house by two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver. Henry told his experience to them. He asked if they _____ (can) offer him some kind of work there. To his surprise, they gave him a letter with money in it. He couldn’t open it until two o’clock. Henry thought this was silly. In fact, Henry didn’t want charity but an honest job. He was ____ (puzzle) at what he did and ____ (promise) to open it until two o’clock.

A group of robbers dug their way into to basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes. They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building ____ (equip) to dig holes and destroy walls ____ Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent the next nine hours____ (rob) the bank.
One investigator described the robbery___ a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday and ___ (leave) at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighboring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80cm thick to get into the bank, ____ was having building works at the time.
When they left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, ____ (switch) on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. ____ (fortune), the guard escaped unharmed. ___ is difficult to estimate the total value of what ___ (steal) as only the bank’s clients know the content of their private safes.

Old age may not sound_______ (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people _______ (worry) about getting older.
The findings came from ______ survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned ______ by telephone in 2008.At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, ________(sad) and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. The research team found that levels of stress were ________ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped_______ (sharp) after people reached their fifties.
Happiness_______ highest among the youngest adults and those_______ their early seventies. The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. ______ , woman at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

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。
With the   (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because of air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the   (follow) reasons. It is  (main) caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads and they give off   (poison) gases. About 25% of air pollution is caused by factories.  Another factor is the smoking,    not only does harm to smokers’ health but also to others’.   these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures  ( fight) against pollution. New fuel can be used to take   place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everyone realizes the importance of environment  does something to stop pollution, the problem will   (solve).

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will       (probable) say that they go to school to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other knowledge. That is quite true, but       do they learn these things?
We send our children to school        (prepare) them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that        only reason why they go to school?
There is more in education than just        (learn) facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man       really knows how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will but also be able to teach        how to do it in the best way. The        (educate) person, on the other hand, is either unable to do something new, or just       it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is       (teach) languages, arithmetic, history science, etc., but to teach pupils the way to learn.

阅读下面短文，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。
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It   (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it   (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of    most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
 the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work   (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is    (clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit     is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are    (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the   (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be (patience).

Sports should help a man to learn fairness, not only in games but also in life. If two teams play    game, one team must lose. If a dozen      (team) attend an athletic competition, one team will get the most points and all the      eleven teams will get      points. If a school team comes out last, that is no loss of face.      that team and that school must do is to admit that it    (lose). The only intelligent reaction     defeat must be: next year we will do our best to come out on top, because from now on we will devote     to a stricter course of training under competent instructors.
Lessons     (learn) in sports can help us in our dealing with other people. But even more    (value) are the lessons learned in extra-curricular activities in school: in speech, dramatic and musical contests, in “house” activities, and, especially, in the student council.

Today, after finishing dinner in town, my husband and I were driving back home. As we pulled over, we saw a neighbor couple     (paint) their furniture.
I went inside our home,    (change), and then went back out again to ask our neighbors if they needed any help. While leaving my home, I was plagued (困扰) by thoughts of embarrassment, denial, or being received but looked down on skeptically.   , I gathered the courage to go down and ask them anyway!
Initially, the woman denied. Then, the man said, “Sure”, and he handed me a spray paint (喷漆) bottle. We got into some good conversations    painting with great effort.  When we finished, I briefly chatted    them before leaving.
In the end, not only     I enjoy helping them, but also learned about my neighbors. On the way home, I must admit, I couldn’t help     wonder what they might be thinking about me.    is tough to do a good deed for others and not expect that they will be thinking good about you.
Today’s experience taught me some     (value) lessons in my life!    (hope), these lessons will help me continue my acts of kindness in future.

阅读下面短文，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卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
China's top track and field star, Liu Xiang,  (office) announced his retirement on Tuesday through his Weibo account    being sidelined for more than two years in rehabilitation修复of an ankle surgery. The 31-year-old athlete star chose a low-key way to announce his retirement. "From today on, I will say goodbye to my   (profession)   athletics career. It's a decision     (make) through thorough consideration. I have no other    (choose) despite reluctance and pain. Goodbye, my track, my hurdles!"  Rumors of Liu's retirement  (report) periodically定期的 since he fell down at 2012 London Olympic Games 110-meter hurdles' preliminary contest,    was the last match he ever attended. In Athens, Liu tied the 12.91 seconds world record to claim the gold medal .His breakthrough of winning the Olympics and world championships proved   Asian people can be competitive  Western counterparts in men's sprint冲刺 events at the highest level. That's   huge motivator激励 that should be reckoned考虑 with.

A concert violinist is performing a difficult piece in front of a large audience. Suddenly there is a loud noise. The audience immediately knows that a string has broken. The concert is fully expected __________ (put ) off until another string or instrument is brought to the musician.
But instead, the violinist calms __________ down, closes her eyes and then signals the constructor to begin again. The orchestra restarts and now the musician plays the music on three strings. A work that few people can play well on four strings, the violinist plays on three with the broken string.
When she finishes, __________   awesome silence hangs in the room. And then the crowd rises to their feet and cheers __________  (wild). The violinist smiles and wipes the sweat from her brow. When silence returns to the room she explains _________ she continued to play in spite of a broken string. “You know,” She says, still _________   (breath), “sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make _________   what you have left.”
There will come a time __________ we all experience loss. Maybe disease has robbed us __________ our ability to work. Or maybe a meaningful relationship has ended and we feel lonely in the world. Can we still make music? And if it takes extra courage to make music, many _________  (praise) you for your effort.

语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文,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卡标号为1～10的相应位置上。
The first rescue team sent by China arrived in Nepal on Sunday at the scene of the devastating earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people, with more       (rescue) on their way to the Himalayan nation.  The magnitude-8.1 quake hit the landlocked country     Saturday afternoon and also shook part of China's Tibet autonomous region.
It is said that so far the death toll      (cause) by the quake has reached 2152. In Tibet, the quake left at least 18 people      (die) and had affected more than 200,000 by Sunday, Xinhua reported.  Shortly after the disaster, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered         deep condolences(慰问) to victims. Xi also expressed his confidence       the government in Nepal will tackle the disaster and said China is willing to provide all necessary assistance.        62-strong China International Search and Rescue Team left for Nepal early on Sunday morning and later arrived in Kathmandu, the capital. Shankar Koirala, Nepal's joint secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister , described the team's arrival      "timely assistance". Later on Sunday, the team spent about four hours in the northwest of Kathmandu and rescued its first survivor, a 20-year-old man.
As the death toll rose, the United States and European nations began to send emergency teams to find survivors in Kathmandu and in rural areas that       (strike) and cut off.  A search and rescue team from Singapore was heading for Nepal,          a 70-strong emergency service team from Japan also departed on Sunday.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says     children really need for health development is more good, old-fashioned playtime.
Many parents load their    (child) schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help them do better. The efforts often begin as early as babyhood. Free play is neglected in the shuffle, a new academy report says.
Numerous studies have shown that free play is very     (benefit). It can help children become creative, develop problem-solving skills, relate to others and adjust to school settings,     academy report says.
“Perhaps above all, play is something     is a cherished part of childhood,” says another report,     (prepare) by two academy committees for release Monday     the group's annual meeting in Atlanta.
  adds that enrichment tools and organized activities can be helpful,     should not    (view) as a requirement for creating successful children. They must be balanced with plenty of free playtime.

语法填空：（每小题1分，共10分）
Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person ___________ hasn’t experienced online shopping? Definitely not.
Online shopping ___________ (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective of consumer, it can save some time for people who don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get___________ they want while staying at home. For the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who don’t have much circulating funds. ___________ (compare) with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in renting a house. ____________, there are still some disadvantages in online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less reliable and trustworthy. Second, people will lose _________ fun of bargain.
_________ is undeniable that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. It’s __________ great urgency that we need to make the relative laws _____________ the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and ____________ (convenient) of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

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Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town.      first he wanted to find out    they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed         very large stone. Then he        (hide)behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road? ”said the old man, but he did not try    (remove)the stone. Instead, with some      (difficult)he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove     . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,      (say)to himself: “The night      (be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. ”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his       (strong)to move it. How great was his surprise at last! Under the stone, he found a bag of money.

World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It        (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries.       aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone _              (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write           (belong) to all people.
The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce     number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world. It is            (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, "It's time to start by reading aloud to          might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently       someone else's story as they share with you." The United Nations says, "Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge,   to participate fully in society." In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a            (different).