高中英语填空题

Nowadays, it is popular that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For      , it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.       many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,  should be used to study.
In my view, I am greatly in favor      this activity. Today the Internet is playing      important and essential role in our life.

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A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.    ___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder  __  had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man    ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled    ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let    student taste the water. He spit it out,     ___(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like   _____ ?" The teacher replied,  " You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be __   (sweet). "
We understand this lesson best      we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

So, we’ll go white-water rafting,         is quite dangerous, but very exciting! After white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.
    we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack
   advance to carry my supplies of food and water.

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A:Susan, good evening. Why are you so ____ up? 
B:I am on my way out to a New Year’s banquet. How do I look? Is my ___ OK?
A:You look great. Your make-up is perfect. 
B:Do you think I should ____ a different dress?
A:No, the one you have on _____(look) fabulous, ____with your hair like that. 
B:Thanks for saying. Do you have any ideas _____ necklace I should wear?
A:With that dress I'd say your white diamond necklace would look perfect. 
B:Thanks for ___(help) out. Now that I’m ready, what are you doing tonight?
A:Not much, just a house party with some friends. 
B:______(Sound)fun. Anyone I know?
A:Yeah, most of the people are from our office. 
B:Sounds Like I'm missing out on a good time. Oh, well, there is always next year.
A:I’m sure you will have fun _____(where) you go. Remember __take your bag.

It seemed that the water led to cholera．John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets．He found that it came from the river,        had been polluted by the dirty water from London．Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the water pump so it could not be used．Soon the disease began to slow   ．
John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas．___  addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day．

Billy:    I’m really busy with work these days, and most of the time I just eat fast food.
Jennifer:  Aw, you shouldn’t eat that much fast food. It’s terrible for you.
Billy:    I wish it ________ (be) this way either, but the pace of city life these days is ___ fast that anything you do needs to be really efficient（有效率的）.If you’re a little slower than other people, it could give the impression that you’ve failed somehow.
Jennifer:  OK, but when you’ve got some free time, I’ll take you out to a special restaurant, ________ you might change your mind.
Billy:    What’s so special about this restaurant?
Jennifer:  It’s a “slow food” restaurant? The foods there_________ (cook) carefully, and the atmosphere of the place is really________ (peace).There’s a snail _______(paint) on the wall of the restaurant, expressing the hope that people will enjoy their food at a snail’s pace.
Billy:  _______ (sound) really interesting! Who first put_______ this idea of “slow food”?
Jennifer:  In the 80s, a few Italians established a “Slow Food Society” as _______ way of speaking out against fast food. In fact, the “slow food movement” is a kind of return to the more natural beginnings of life. “Slow food” doesn’t just mean _______ you eat slowly; it’s also supporting food with personality.
Billy:  Well, I can’t wait to go and eat there now.[

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。
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.

Table manners vary from culture to culture. ______ is acceptable in one country may be considered extremely rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners _____ the modern table manners in Korea. _____ (tradition), it was the woman’s job ______ (cook)food and set the table. The woman would sit ______ her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a pleasant meal. Only _____ the husband finished would the woman and her children eat. Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot.  _____ of the family members eat together at the same time. It is common to see everyone help with the meal, ______ (include) the husband. One tradition,  however, has not changed. It is the oldest person that starts the meal. _______(stay)until the oldest person is finished is considered to be ______ basic tradition of Korean table manners.

He met his wife at a party. At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal .At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee  him. She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed. He was too nervous  (say) anything . As a result, she felt so (comfortable) that she wanted to go home . Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put  in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and  (drink) it . She asked him curiously, “ Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the  (salt) coffee.” She was deeply touched because she thought a man could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family. After 40 years, he passed away,   (leave) her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. That was    only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar,  I said salt.”

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.

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 .”

Many people have the hobby of collecting things，e．g．stamps，postcard or antiques．In the 18th and 19th centuries，（1）　　（wealth）people travelled and collected plants，historical objects and works of art．They kept their collection at home until it got too big （2）　or　until they died，and then it was given to a museum．The 80，000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane，for example，（3）　　（form） the core collection of the British Museum（4）　　opened in 1759．

The parts of a museum open to the public （5） 　　（call） galleries or rooms．Often，only a small part of a museum's collection（6） 　　（be） on display． Most of it is stored away or used for research．

Many museums are lively places and they attract a lot of visitors．As well as looking at exhibits，visitors can play with computer simulations（模拟）and imagine（7） 　　（they） living at a different time in history or（8） 　　（walk） through a rainforest．At the Jorvik Centre in York，the city's Viking settlement is recreated，and people experience the sights，sounds and smells of the old town．Historical（9） 　　（accurate） is important but so is entertainment．Museums must compete（10） 　　people's spare time and money with other amusements．Most museums also welcome school groups and arrange special activities for children．

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Polar bears live in such environment that is too cold for most animals. For much of the year, they live and hunt on the ________ (freeze) Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared them for the cold conditions but nothing has prepared them for the danger ________    threatens(威胁) their only home.
The polar bears’ world is melting. Polar bears________   (suffer) in a warmer world are in danger. Studies show that the polar ice ________   (reduce) by 9.8% every 10 years since 1978.At present , about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their ________   (survive). “The sea ice is more than just the platform that the bears walk  ________    ,” says Andrew Derocher, who studies North American polar bear populations. “Without   ________   , they can’t exist.”
Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. But in a ________    (warm) world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. ________    (normal), they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight and the extra fat is used later,   ________   the bears are not actively hunting. Therefore, it is urgent to protect the environment and maintain the ecological balance.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
When he was a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once noticed his mother turning the wheel of her sewing machine with her hand. “Won’t it work quickly if a machine      (turn) the wheel for you?” he asked. “I suppose it will.” said his mother, without paying any attention to him. Christopher knew she always had a lot of work and that she was       stubborn that he could hardly do anything to change     mind. But he wanted to help. In his bedroom there was a toy steam engine      (buy) by his father as a gift to him. “I will make better use of it,” little Christopher said to himself. So, when his mother was not using her sewing machine, he decided to fix the toy steam engine onto it. When he finished      (do) it, he was quite pleased, thinking his mother would like it. “Very clever,” his mother said when she saw it. But then she sat down and went on turning the wheel       hand. “I       (work) like this for too many years,” she explained. Christopher felt very     (disappoint). He couldn’t understand his mother’s      (behave).
This teaches Christopher a lesson that anyone     tries to improve anything has to learn: many people don’t like new ideas.

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Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not (real) prepared me for anything practical. I knew I felt like (make) a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey   a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my (decide) to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. did my family.
Eventually, however, I  (win) the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call (ask) me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.