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。
I enjoy doing physical training in my free time. Yesterday, when I was working out at a gym on my lunch hour, I saw       elderly lady there riding on a bike. She couldn’t walk very well, so she had a cane (手杖) near her,       she was still there     (work) hard. After I finished my exercising, I told her that I was going to wait for her       she got done and that I would walk her out to her car. It was a little far to her car and it was a       (fog) day yesterday in Missouri. I walked her to the car and opened the car door for her,      won me her big smile and gratitude. I know    is a small thing, but I felt so good inside for helping her.      my help, she could have fallen so easily out in the wet parking lot, and no one would have known she had fallen. I knew she     (need) my help, and her smile was enough    (make) my day.

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W：Jack．how have your two sons been doing at school recently?
M：Don’t ask! Mark never starts studying，and Jason never stops     (study)．
W：You’re joking! I hear that Jason is likely   (be)at the top of his class after exam this year．
M：Yes，so his teacher say．He’s been  (work)very hard at his books every    evening for months on end recently．He is hoping toHarvard University．
W：Great．Maybe he’ll become a university professor(he)in the future．
M：Maybe．But sometimes I wish he'd go out and enjoy himself   change．
W：Yes…What about the younger one?
M：Well，Mark's teachers say he has abililty，but he  (rare)does his best．He does his homework in ten minutes every day and then   (rush)out to play football.
W: Perhaps he can make his fortune at football. People can make   (plenty)of money from sports now．
M：My wife always worries about their future
W：Perhaps you can have a talk with him now to find out    he is thinking about his studies and future plans．
M：Good idea．I'll take your advice．

Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the       (hard) challenge for an artist.     (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know         stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and        . (imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based         contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of     French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene         the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they        ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes        look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king,       had been involved in appointing the ship's captain.

【原创】Years ago, when Barbara started looking for her first job, wise advisers urged,"Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you__ (far)than any amount of experience." How right they were!
Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into  adventure, extra work into opportunities and strangers into  (friend).
"Nothing great had been ever     (achieve)without enthusiasm," wrote Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that     (whisper)"I can do it!" when others shout,"No, you can't do it."
It took years and years for the early work of Barbara to be __(general)accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experirments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never     (think)stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder—as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant's delight at the jingle of keys. It is the     (child)wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air,   their age.
How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The     , I believe, lies in the word itself. Enthusiastic people also 1ove what they do, regardless of money or title or power.

【原创】What is red but green, open but closed and old but new? Answer: London's new double-decker buses.
The traditional red double-deckers are     symbol of London. Their symbolic status was settled in 2008 when one bus made the longer-than-usual trip to Beijing    (collect) a very special passenger: the Olympic Flame.
Now a new bus design  (uncover) and it has been exciting Londoners.
The new bus uses more efficient green technology and has two staircases and an open platform,    (make) people able to hop on and hop off. It also has a unique design for the front end, which gives it an innovative（新颖的）look.
Despite(尽管）  innovations, the design is not all new. Its outward appearance takes after London's faithful old double-decker, the Route master.
In July 2008 a    (compete) was launched by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to design a new Route master bus for the capital. There were over 700 entries,   several designers jointly winning the £25,000 (244,000 Yuan) prize.
The new double-deckers, _____ _____ have three doors to speed up boarding, are expected to be in service in 2012.
Mr. Johnson said: “This iconic new part of our transport system is not only beautiful, but also has a green heart beating beneath its __________ (attract) appearance.”
He expects cities around the globe to be “beside themselves with envy” for _________ he described as a “stunning red symbol” of 21st-century London.

Everyone has his own attitude to  getting old. The night before her eighth birthday, I found my daughter Lizzy sat on her bed ________ (weep).“I love being seven,”she cried.“I don’t want to be eight!”I held her in my arms and explained that it  was going to be even better to be eight than being seven. I told her how much I loved her and  what a wonderful birthday she was going to have. _______ (eventual) she was comforted. It’s always strange ____ (tell) that you are a year older, even when you aren’t very old. Now I’m in my early 60s, and I don’t always recognize the face in the mirror, but something has changed the way that I think. The process of aging increasingly interests and amazes me, annoys and irritates me, and sometimes still makes me _____ (frighten), too, but much, much less than it used to. There is an ongoing sadness at the absence of the friends and family members who  have died before me.

Many people think that teachers give pupils too much homework．They say that it is unnecessary for children to work at home in their free time．Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not     （proper）plan the homework tasks they give to pupils．The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks that they     （do）at school already．
In Greece，many parents complained about the difficult homework that teachers gave to their children．The parents said that most of the homework was a  waste of time，and they wanted to stop it．Spain and Turkey are two countries which stopped homework．In Denmark，Germany and several other       （country）in Europe，teachers cannot set homework at weekends．In Holland，teachers allow pupils        （stay）at school to do their homework．The children are free to help one another．Similar        （arrange）also exists in some British schools．
Most people agree that homework is not fair．A pupil doing his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much       （good）position than a pupil who does his homework in a small，     （noise）room with the television on．Some parents help their children with their homework．Other parents take no interest in their children’s homework at all．

Dear Mum and Dad,
The College Entrance Examination is around the corner, I wish I c___have a heart-to-heart talk with you.  Thanks to your    (鼓励) and unselfish love, I have been  m great progress in my studies. It will be less than three weeks before I take the exam, which makes me under great pressure.  Therefore, good studying conditions and timely help will  do me a lot of good. My dream is the very one you always have. In order to make f      use of the time, I decide to make a few detailed study    (计划) for the exam. What’s m , it’s also necessary that I do some physical exercise once in a while so that I can keep f  .  All in all, I have   (自信) in my future life and   I do wish you good health and a happy life.
Yours,
Li  Hua

There are  ____（amaze）things in the world. The story about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is one of the widely spread_______（legend）in the early 20th century.
On 22 July 1933, two visitors, Mr and Mrs George Spicer, were driving along the Loch Ness —one of the most famous  ______（湖）in the highlands of Scotland. Suddenly, they saw an animal on the road in front of them. Unlike any other animals that they _____（see）before, it had a very big body and a small head, but no legs. When Mr and Mrs Spicer saw it, it was moving towards the lake like a snake.
Soon, stories about this strange ___ (动物)and Loch Ness became famous all over the world. Now people are still  ___ (interest) in Nessie and many visit Loch Ness in the hope of  ____ (see) Nessie.

There are various reasons why people compose(创作) poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that     ( 留下印象) the readers deeply, while others try to c    certain emotions. The first poems       (写) in English were nursery rhymes, which were used to delight small children. With their strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, they were easy to learn and to       (背诵).Cinquain is another form of poetry which  （包含）of five lines. People can describe a picture in just a few words with these poems.The Japanese form of poetry Haiku, made up of seventeen syllables, is not a traditional form of English poetry but p  with English speakers. In      （此外）, Tang poems are borrowed by English speakers, which are translated into English, making the English poetry more colorful.

Every evening, Blackie would be waiting for Alan to come back from school. He would greet Alan with a woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was a dog and Alan was his master. Blackie liked to play with Alan.
One evening when Alan returned from school, there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was missing. Early the next morning, Alan and his brother went____ (look) for Blackie. They walked and searched from morning to evening, _____(shout) “Blackie, Blackie!”But there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. The children were very sad and tired.
One day, the children heard a woa woa coming from a house. It sounded like Blackie. The children ran to the house and ____(ring) the bell. A man opened the door. The children asked,“Uncle, have you seen a black dog?” The man replied,“No.”But the children still heard a woa woa coming from the house.
The children decided to climb a small hill that leads to the back of the house. It was not easy to climb the hill. They had to hold on to twines and pull___ (they) up the slope. When the children reached the top, they saw Blackie tied to a chain. Then the man realized that he could no longer hide the _____(true) from the children so he returned Blackie to them. Blackie looked ____(happiness) and greeted the children with a woa woa and a wagging tail.

How do you know what is happening in the world every day? Do you watch news programmes on television? Or do you read a newspaper or listen to the radio ? There are _____ （组织）called news agencies that gather the news so that we read and hear about______（事件）quickly．
News agencies usually have a main office in a capital city and small offices in other capital cities around the world．Many journalists are____（雇佣）in each office and they gather information in the country，and in other countries nearby．
News agencies try to be quick，fair andt____ When they gather news stories．If the news is inaccurate，it will be worthless．And people like to know about important news stories, especiallyt___ with pictures．
The oldest news agency in the world is Reuters，which was___（成立）in 1851.Their work has changed a lot，especially since email and the Internet began to be used．They also provide news for people____on（飞行）on airplanes, so even in the air you can know what is happening many thousands of metresb    on the Earth!

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ______ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much nor too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, why  not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very ______ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, who had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more _______ (cheap) if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt at a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t ____(possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only a  very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always _____ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

The Olympic motto is "faster, higher, stronger." The ___( intend) meaning is that one's focus should be on bettering one's achievements, rather than on coming in first.
The motto ___  （be） with the Games from the    _    (found) of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. It was proposed by the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, who got it  from a speech given by a friend of his.
Eachof the five Olympic rings is a different color. Together, they represent the five inhabited continents, although no particular ring ___   (mean) to represent any specific continent. The rings are interconnected to represent the idea that the Olympics are universal, __    （bring）athletes from the entire world together.
The Olympic flag places the Olympic rings on a white background. As every national flag in the world contains at least one of the flag's six colors (black, blue, green, red, yellow, white), this further symbolizes the universality of the Olympics.

Nowadays many parents leave their work in order to provide necessary help for their children when they reach Senior Three. They usually live with their children in the rented apartment to keep their children________(陪伴).There are positive effects as well as negative effects over the issue.
The advantage is obvious. With parents preparing food and doing all the washing, children can eat41．_________(有规律) and have more time to study and enjoy themselves. Most of all, children can enjoy the love of their parents every day.
However, it costs more money and gives students more43．_________(压力) because they have to think about how to44．_________(回报)their parents.