高中英语填空题

Violence is more than a criminal problem. It's also a public health issue.
More than 6,000 people       (injure) annually due to violence, mostly young people in low-income neighborhoods .Job programs for teens done with school have proven        ( cost) and seem to do little    ( reduce) violence.
But summer employment for kids still in school may be effective, according to a study by criminologist Sara Heller at the University of Pennsylvania.
She followed more than 1,600 young people, many of     took part in a Chicago program called One Summer Plus. It offers 8-week stints at jobs such as camp counselors, community gardeners, or government office workers at minimum wage.
One group of kids worked 25 hours a week, with an adult mentor. Another group worked 15 hours and got 10 hours of social-emotional    ( educate).
A control group got nothing.      ( base)on school and police records, Heller found a 43 percent decrease in __  ( violence) crime in the two groups that had jobs. This lasted long after the program ended.
The work    ( apparent)helps students learn to manage conflict, reduce frustration   improve self -control.
Heller concludes that intervention programs can be low-cost and effective, “even for     problem as destructive and complex as youth violence.”

短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）.
A recent study found that some people could be devoted to their cell phones. The study was c_____ at Staffordshire University in England. About 40 percent of students    (survey) said they couldn’t do without their cell phones. About 90% said they took their    with them everywhere. One third of students surveyed said they used cell phones to c themselves up.
The study also asked students 18 to 25 questions designed to check addictive behavior. The results found that one in six cell phone users have a lot in with gambling addicts. Some people said they sometimes lied about their cell phone use. The others admitted _____(steal) to pay for their cell phone habit.
Dr David Sheffield,    conducted the study, said he wasn’t surprised by the results. “Students use their phones frequently, and this has both p____ effects such as staying in touch with friends and family, and negative ones too, such as financial costs and social costs,” he told Weekly Reader. “The most    (surprise) finding was that a number of people reported they had l__a relationship or job because they spent too much time on mobile phones .”

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).

I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9 ! You can imagine how      (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that--- with so many eyes     (fix) upon me. I had no     (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part     (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began _   I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my      (listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding---I made     ! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience       (appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way    success is our fear. Overcome it, _  we will be able to achieve our goals.

It is always good to come to an understanding with your parents．
Gurdjieff used to say,“  you are in good communion with your parents, you have missed your life．" If some anger persists between you and your parents, you will never feel ease． Wherever you are, you will feel a little guilty． You will never be able to forgive   forget…Parents are not just a social relationship． It is out of them    you have come． You are part of them, _  branch of their tree． You are still rooted in them． When parents die, something very deep-rooted dies within you． When parents die, for the first time you feel alone, uprooted．while they are alive, do everything that you can so that an understanding can arise and you can communicate with them and they can communicate with you． Then,    they leave the world-and they will leave someday，you will not feel guilty; you will not repent; you will know that things have settled．have been happy with you and you have been happy with them．
Part m Reading Comprehension （30 marks）

In the summer of 1848, in Guatemala, a man called Ambrosio Tut went into the jungle, as he did almost every day. Tut was a gum-collector(树胶采集者)，(look) for gum in the jungle. To do this, he had to climb the trees. this particular day, he got to the top of one tree and something caught his eye. He looked out across the trees and saw the tops of some old buildings.
Tut didn't really know what he had seen but he knew it was something (specially). He ran to tell the local governor, and together they (walk)into the jungle. There they found Tikal(蒂卡尔)，the city that the Mayans (玛雅A) had built many hundreds of years before. The two men saw temples and pyramids, squares and houses, and places  kings had lived when the Mayan people ruled the region.
For a long time before that day, local people had known that somewhere in the jungle there was an old Mayan city, no one had seen it for centuries. 200 and 900 AD, the city of Tikal had been the center of Mayan civilization in the region, but then the Mayans left ─nobody knows why! After 1000 AD, the jungle began to cover it and people forgot that it was there.
Seven years before Tut looked out for the trees, two British explorers had gone to Guatemala and had written a report about Mayan treasures in the jungle, but they didn't mention Tikal. Even (early)than this, local Indians had told European travelers about a great city(hide) in the trees, but no one would listen to them. Now the lost city had been found again, and archaeologists (考古学家) went there immediately to see it.

I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking  nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then, Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I (see) many like him before.
But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought ,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t only important things. We need happiness, too.”
“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

Six days of spring rain had created a wild river ____(run) by Nancy Brown’s farm．As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she ______(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk．Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great ____(difficult）．The water _____(rise)．Nancy’s pace got slower and slower．Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on．About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to ____ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land．
It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy．____ helicopter lowered a doctor, ______attached Nancy to a life-support lift．They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, _____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter．
When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland．Lizzie was gone.  ______was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost．“I owe my life ____her,” said Nancy sobbingly．

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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival _____(mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu _______(situate) in the present day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period (战国时期)．He was upright, loyal and highly respected._______, he was dismissed from office. ____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were ______(able) to recover his body.
The people of Chu _______mourned Qu's death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost _______year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile (爬行动物)in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised ________to wrap the rice and bind it ______throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize (象征,表示) the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon boat races symbolize _______many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.

Breakfast has long been regarded as the most important meal of the day, vital for getting the body going and preventing overeating later on. C       to popular belief, the study found the first meal of the day had little impact         snacking or portion sizes later in the day.
The researcher added:“The         (信念) that breakfast is the ‘most important meal of the day’ is so widespread        many people are surprised to learn that there is a lack of scientific evidence
(表明）whether or how breakfast may directly cause changes in our health.       is certainly true that people who regularly eat breakfast tend to be slimmer and healthier but these         (个人）also typically follow most other recommendations for a healthy lifestyle, so have more b        diets and take more physical exercise.”
In another studyp      this month, researchers at Birmingham d      volunteers into three groups. One skipped breakfast, others always ate it and a third continued with current diet. Four months later, no one in any group lost much weight.

Will       matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test     (give) in the United States. Those tests included people of different      from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got      breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see     well their bodies worked and when they ate    certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect       if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be      (especial) true if a person works       his brains. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with      (much) attention in class.

The club in my town is an _ (organize) very popular ____ young people. I have been __ member of it for four years now and I’ve taken part in a lot of interesting projects. These include fun activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized sports competitions and we have even made a video._ _it isn’t all just enjoyment; we _  (start) doing social work to help people in our neighborhood. We have organized activities for small children during the holidays. We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop __(smoke)! We are _ (extreme) proud of the most recent group we have created. It organizes regular visits to the local old people’s home. The old people, ___ were very excited by our visit, told us their personal stories. We sang songs and played games with them and had tea together. Some of _were in poor health and were very unhappy. After this visit, my friends and I decided to do whatever we can    (help) improve the quality of their lives.

Nowadays, almost everyone ___（realize）that smoking is___（harm）to people’s health．Sometimes it ______ causes fire．
In China, about 38% of the people smoke．Every year, they smoke millions of packets of ______．It’s bad news for the health of nation．
It’s known that smoking can cause different kinds of disease．Every year, many people die ___ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers．It also costs the government much money to look ___ these sick people．Smoking is also harmful to those____ don’t smoke, _____（especial）to children and women．
In a word, smoking is no good．_____ you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases ____ the fires that destroy people’s lives and properties!

Eric Clapton is one of the most      (success) rock stars of all time. He has sold millions of copies of his records        has appeared in concerts all over the world.
Clapton was born in 1945 in a small town,        is near London. When he was only two years old, his mother left him. Eric was brought        by his grandparents. Until he was nine he believed that they were his parents and it was        terrible shock when he found out that they weren't. But his grandparents treated him well. They paid for him     (go) to art college.      Eric had already become interested in music and he started playing the guitar in bars and clubs.
Clapton first became famous when he started a group       (call) Cream. Not only           he play the guitar and sing but also he could write excellent songs. But while on stage he was the brilliant guitar-playing superstar, his private life was falling apart.     his marriage broke off, he started taking drugs.

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Jimmy:  Alice, how was your journey to the countryside?
Alice:   Wonderful. We     (enjoy) beautiful sights and food in the country.
Jimmy:  Food? Did you have    big dinner in the countryside? What have you had?
Alice:   It was not a big dinner at all,     there were a lot of foods which only can be eaten in the local place, such     some wild vegetables.
Jimmy:  Oh, I see. Did you do anything    ?
Alice:   Yes. We got     well with the villagers and sent pens and books we carried to the poor students.
Jimmy:  That is really great! I think they must study harder with your help.
Alice:   It is far from enough.    (actual), I felt a little sad as soon as I saw the joy on the children who got the pens and books.
Jimmy:  Why do you have this kind of feeling?
Alice:   As far as I am    (concern), these things are nothing for the children who live in our city.
Jimmy:  You are right. We can do more for the children living in that area.
Alice:   Yes. Many of us who went to the place   (plan) to give more help to the children.
Jimmy:  Can you tell me what you are going to do?
Alice: We are going to buy a number of books and donate（捐赠）to the local school.
Jimmy: It is a good idea. I am entirely willing to join you.
Alice:  It’s very kind of you.