2019年高考英语二轮专题闯关 课时26

课时26　语法填空(4)
【能力提升演练】
A
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 I was young, I thought about many jobs such as a lawyer, an accountant and an engineer that I could do in the future. But __1__of these jobs satisfied me. Finally I chose __2__(study) nursing mainly because I wanted to help other people out. I’ve got a great deal of comfort from seeing other people happy. I’ve always tried to make others laugh and be able to enjoy themselves . Becoming a nurse wasn’t an easy decision, though. Medicine is not an easy field for people to work in. However, I made a promise that I would become an excellent nurse.
I encourage others to become a nurse too. In my opinion it is a field in __3__ both men and women can work well. It is a very interesting job and you will never see something twice. Patients bring various problems that you should try to help with.I think the advice both my patients and my colleagues often give me is very __4__(value).
__5__(work) in the hospital for about ten years, I have made many achievements in the field. __6__ present every month I can earn twice as much money __7__ I did five years ago. Both my colleagues and director(院长) of the hospital are satisfied with my good performance. And a book about my working experiences __8__(write) by me now and it will be finished in __9__(approximate) a half month . In the book I mention that you should have much __10__(patient) and be able to work long, flexible hours is what you need to do the job well. You can be called in at any time if there is an emergency. I still think it is a great career, though.
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B
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。

On Thursday Mrs. Clarke locked the door and went to the women's club as usual.
When she came home she sensed __1__ unusual. Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was __2__ sign of forced entry. Had anything been taken? She went from room to room checking and __3__ (find) her spare camera missing.
The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but she just took a short walk in a park nearby, came home through the back door and settled down to wait and see what __4__ (happen)．
It was 4 o'clock __5__ the front doorbell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter－box __6__ (push) open. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of __7__ appeared through the letter－box, and then a hand. __8__ wire turned and caught around the knob (圆钮)on the
door－lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the hot water __9__ the hand. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was __10__ (instant) pulled back, which was followed by the sound of running feet.
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C
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。

It was a sunny day. A little boy's father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer while watching __1__ basketball match. Seeing this, the boy rushed to his father and shouted, “Daddy, show me how to play catch！” The father, staring __2__ the television screen, replied, “Let me finish watching the match. Play outside and come back in five minutes.”
“Okay, Daddy！”said the boy, running out of the room. Five minutes later, the boy returned, __3__ (scream), “Daddy, let's play catch now！”
By this time, the father had opened another cold beer and another match was beginning. __4__ (patient) with the boy's interruption, the dad brought a magazine to his son. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angry and __5__ (bother), began tearing the magazine cover into small __6__. Then, the father turned to his boy and said, “Son, once you put this picture back together, we can play catch, but do not interrupt me again __7__ you finish.”
A few minutes later, the boy returned and said, “I __8__ (finish), Daddy! Can we play catch now？”Surprised, the father glanced towards his child, and __9__ lay the magazine with the world pieced perfectly together in his small hands. The dad asked his child how he put the world together so quickly.
“__10__ was simple，”said the boy. “On the back of the world was the picture of a person, and once I put the person together, that's when the world came together.”
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D
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。

Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We were not exactly sure __1__ we were doing it. Part of it was __2__ (test) ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was __3__ teenager I often daydreamed that I __4__ (walk) across the United States after I graduated from high school. __5__，I didn't do that. Before I knew it I was in my __6__ (thirty), married，had a job，yet still had this idea in my mind with each __7__ (pass) year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed. Then, a few years ago, I met
Tony, who was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn't doing it for a cause __8__ as part of an organization. He was doing it __9__ (simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to take about 6 months realizing it could take __10__ (long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.
E
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。

Near China's northern borders lived a man who was well versed (精通) in the practices of Taoism (道教). His horse, __1__ no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone felt sorry for __2__ “Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a __3__ (bless)，” he said.
After a few months, his horse came back, __4__ (lead)a fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him. “Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of __5__ (fortune)，” he said.
Since he was well­off and kept good horses, his son became fond of riding and __6__ (eventual) broke his leg falling from a horse. Everyone commiserated (同情) with him. “__7__ am I sad? Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing，” he said.
One year __8__ (late), the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions. All able­bodied young men took up arms and __9__ (fight) against the invaders，and as a result，around the border nine out of ten men died. __10__，this man's son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled (残疾的) and so both the boy and his father survived.
F
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 I was ten years old, I lost my sight after falling off a box car in Atlantic City and landing on my head. __1__(face) the trouble and disaster, I felt miserable and hopeless at one time. Now I am thirty­three. I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is.
It __2__(occur) to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I mean that the __3__(lose) of them made me appreciate more what I had left. Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more __4__(ready) a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world can become. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally __5__(confuse) and afraid. __6__ I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in __7__(I)—a potential to live, you might call it—which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
I owe my thanks to my parents and teachers, __8__ advice and encouragement are quite valuable. When I say I have belief __9__ myself, I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that. I mean I intend __10__(be) a real and positive person. And I mean there is a special place where I can make myself fit.。