2020年高考英语阅读七选五专练(一) (3)

语法填空专练(三)

Test 1

[2019·广州综合测试一] In Hebei Province lies a vast forest called Saihanba. This green Great Wall, 1.________ at its peak during the Qing dynasty covered thousands of hectares, had by the 1950s 2.________ (virtual) disappeared. This allowed sand to blow into Beijing from the northern deserts.

Saihanba is a combination of Chinese and Mongolian, 3.________ (mean) “beautiful highlands”. Until the Qing dynasty, it was a royal hunting land because of its cool summer weather and beautiful surroundings. However, most of the area had turned into a desert by the end of the Qing dynasty.

In fact 56 years ago there was only one tree left. But without that tree, there 4.________ (be) no miracle of Saihanba today. In the early 1960s, over 350 foresters 5.________ (send) to this area to fight the desert. They were required 6.________ (rebuild) the forest in Saihanba. Few people, including the foresters themselves, believed they would succeed.

Their doubt disappeared, however, when they found the 200-year-old tree, swaying alone in 7.________ wind. If one tree could survive here, 8.________ could millions of trees, they thought.

After decades of hard work, three generations of the foresters have restored almost 80% of the original Saihanba forest. Recently, they were awarded the 9.________ (high) environmental honor from the United Nations for their great 10.________ (contribute) to creating a greener world.

体裁：说明文题材：环保主题：塞罕坝的历史

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了塞罕坝的历史。

1．答案与解析：which'考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词This green Great Wall，空处在从句中作主语，故填which。

2．答案与解析：virtually'考查副词。修饰动词应用副词，空

处修饰后面的动词disappeared，故用副词，填virtually。

3．答案与解析：meaning'考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，动词mean与其逻辑主语构成主谓关系，故用现在分词meaning。

4．答案与解析：would be'考查虚拟语气。分析句子结构可知，该句是含蓄条件句，要用虚拟语气，根据该句中的“today”可知，此处表示与现在的事实相反，故填would be。

5．答案与解析：were sent'考查时态语态。根据时间状语In the early 1960s可知，应用一般过去时，且foresters和send是被动关系，故填were sent。

6．答案与解析：to rebuild'考查非谓语动词。sb. be required to do sth.固定短语“某人被要求去做某事”，故填to rebuild。

7．答案与解析：the'考查冠词。该处表示这棵有200年历史的树独自在风中摇曳，in the wind固定短语“在风中”，故填the。

8．答案与解析：so'考查倒装句。如果一棵树在这里能存活，那么数百万棵树也能在这里存活。这里表示后面发生的情况与前面的一样，前面是肯定句，故后面用“so＋could＋主语”的结构，故填so。

9．答案与解析：highest'考查形容词。根据句意可知，这里表示环境保护的最高荣誉，故应用形容词的最高级，填highest。

10．答案与解析：contribution(s)'考查名词。根据空前的“their great”，并结合语境可知，此处应用名词，故填contribution(s)。

Test 2

[2019·福建省质量检查] Every Wednesday at 7 pm, a group of running enthusiasts from different countries gather at a bar in Shanghai before setting 1.________ on their 5-kilometer run. But this is no ordinary run. These people 2.________ (arm) with trash (垃圾) bags. The members of this group don't simply run for the sake of good health. They do it for the sake of the Earth 3.________ well.

Called “plogging”，this new fitness activity originated in Sweden in 2016 and was introduced to Shanghai in 2018. The term is a combination of the words “jogging”and “plocka upp”，4.________ means “pick up”．

By the summer of 2018, just a few months after Trash Running China was founded, 5.________ (it) WeChat group had grown to include more than 400 runners. To make the