高中英语填空题

This tradition was started by mom several years ago. My mom, my brother, my sister and I all went to the cancer treatment center with some flowers. Each patient, doctor ,and nurse received flower from us. “why do you send us flowers?” they would asked and our answer was that” it’s just because you’re special.”       this went on, we often sent even more of flowers. One day , I accidently found a boy was making     (beauty) cards in the street, with the words “just Because You’re Special” on them. Out of curiosity, I     (chat) with the boy and this remind me to make some cards to send together       some flowers .
Today, after our mom passed away from cancer,    still take flowers to the patients ,doctors and nurses with our own “Just Because You ‘re Special “card      (tie) to them.
Even though the cancer treatment has moved to different location, we still pass this on.  One patient told us      (excited) that it was the first rose that he      (receive）over ten years and the rose made his life       (energy)during his stay in hospital . We plan to continue to do this and I will encourage more people to do this. Giving a flower to others might make their day special.

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.

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

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Tom and Jack are good friends. They have dreamed about _____( take) a great bike trip. It was Tom who first had the idea to cycle ______the entire Mekong River. They _____ (ride) bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, ______source is in Qinghai Province. When it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly through low valleys to the plains, _____ rice grows. ______ the difficulties , Tom and Jack were determined to begin their journey at an altitude of _____( much) than 5,000 metres in Qinghai Province. During their journey , they enjoyed the continuous change of the weather. _____(finally), they reached Dali in Yunnan Province , where David and Sam joined____.   ____ four of them  went on with their great bike trip.

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.

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The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one hundred and five years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life___ (help) the needy in her beloved city.
She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier___(marry)，she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came from a family____had been rich for least one hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the___(rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization___ (found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving___his money. And apparently she did. Miss Astor gave tens of millions of dollars___ (main) to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was___the money had been made. She gave financial support to the city's cultural centers, the poor and disabled as___as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today____her support.

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Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the longer it (keep), the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best (choose), but when we have enough time to enjoy ourselves, it is also the most fragrant drink.
, in this fast-developing modern society, the reality is not that. More and more people forget (enjoy) the beauty of life and the beauty of friendship; they work hard in order to gain a (high) position in the society and to earn more money for their work. Of course, we don't deny that is important to find a better place in our lives, but we wish more and more people could pay a little more attention themselves and their friends. All of us have to spare some time for personal lives. We have to find the chance to express our emotion and love. When (stay) with our friends, we can release ourselves (complete). We can do whatever we want, we can laugh together, talk together, and even cry together. I should say that being together with our best friends is the most wonderful moment of our lives.
As we know, we would feel lonely if we didn't even have a friend, but it doesn't mean we could depend on our friends all the time. There is famous motto saying that “a friend is like a quilt with cotton wadding, but the real thing that keeps you warm is your own temperature.”

Today，many people think(compete) is the key to success．They pursue their own(person) goals with no regard for the people around them．I believe such thinking isof date．Contemporary society demands that we (cooperate) with others．Real success will come when we grow together，than hold each other down．In order to(success)，we must cooperate to solve problems．
Today，information and knowledge are growing so rapidlyno individual can master everything．We need each other to fill in the gaps in our knowledge and understanding．By (be) flexible，supportive and willing to compromise，we will have more success in our lives and careers．_cooperation，we will develop stronger relationships，are the source of happiness and satisfaction in life，and achieve more．

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The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two choices are      (nature) gas or electric-powered stoves.
The World Health Organization warns that millions of people       (suffer) from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of dangerous         (fuel) and cook-stoves in the home.
WHO officials say nearly three billion people are    (able) to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking ，heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in     （develop）countries, such as lndia, China and Latin American countries.
WHO officials say opening a window or door    （let）out the harmful air will not correct the situation ,    will only pollute the outdoors.
Nigel Bruce,    is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cook-stoves and other equipment to burn fuels      a more efficient way.
But, this is just a start. It is urging developing countries to use    (clean) fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances（用具）.

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The question “How are you?” seems simple, but _____ can actually make people feel very strange.
Last month, Alina Simone wrote in The New York Times about the difficulty ________ Russians have with this question. _______ same question, in Russian language and culture, is always answered in a negative manner. In Russia, when people are asked “how are you?”, they usually complain ________ health, weather or things that  _____ (happen) recently. So when they’re asked “How are you?” in English, they don’t know what to do.
In English-speaking countries, “How are you?” has one standard answer: “Fine, and you?” It is not _______ (actual) about getting information --- it’s a greeting. If a native English-speaking friend really wants to know _______is going on in your life, he or she is more likely to ask: “What have you been up to?” or “What’s new?”
But I understand why people are so ______(confuse). When we learn second languages, we have to learn ________(rule) for using words. How can you learn them?  ________(watch) English-language TV shows is a good place to start. If you can, try to make a native English-speaking friend and talk to him or her directly.

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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __ (they). Some watch TV__go to the cinemas. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways_   (spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __  others don’t cost anything at all. Some _    (collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and _  (think) the price was reasonable. _   the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt__   they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __   (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __   (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.

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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!

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分）
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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing _________ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once _____ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes __________ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of ______remain with them as long as they live.______(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many _______ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has ______to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ______ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits______ will be good for ourselves and others.

Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting attractive option if you live far away from family and friends, __ you are on a budget.
You can also complete ___ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation __ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage___ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.
Because you can do kinds of tasks_ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to, can make it difficult to complete other tasks.

Different people may bid for different things. As for me, I want dream, friendship and     admission notice to a famous university most.
Dreams would be on the top of my list. Only by pursuing our dreams     we enjoy a meaningful and fulfilled life. Money can buy a cozy life,      without dreams, even a millionaire would find his life boring.
A person without friends can__  be happy. Our life is full of joys and sorrows,   __  we need people to share with. Faced with difficulties, we need friends to give____  comfort and help. Just as a saying goes. "A friend in need is a friend indeed. "Friendship can help us  ups and downs of life, so friendship would be in my list as well.
After working hard for so many years, I deserve to go to a good university,      being admitted to a famous university can help me live up to my parents’ expectations and bring me a bright future.