语法填空专项练习

广东梅县东山中学高三语法填空专练2008年8月

一

Do you ever wonder why you yawn? Why you surrender to an uncontrollable urge to open your mouth wide and take a deep breath? Well a scientist at the University of Maryland is searching for the answer.

Professor Robert Provine has been studying yawning for the past two years. But he says he still does not know 1______ people yawn. In fact, no one seems to know much about it. Professor Provine’s students have helped him find out more about yawning. They agreed to 2___________ (watch) while sitting alone in small rooms. In the rooms, they watched television programs, or pictures of people yawning. Or they just sat and thought about yawning. Students also kept records of when they yawned throughout the day.

The professor says he has learned 3______ number of things from these experiments. He says yawning seems linked in some way to sleeping. His students yawned most just before sleeping or just after waking from sleep.

He found that people yawn 4_______ (much) when they are bored or not interested in what they are doing. He discovered that people do not yawn 5_____ a way to force out carbon dioxide gas from their lungs or to get more oxygen. Students breathing pure oxygen did not yawn any less 6______ those breathing air with higher than normal levels of carbon dioxide.

Professor Provine is planning future experiments to help him find the purpose of yawning. He said there is some evidence that yawning is linked to 7__________ (excite). Yawning is common among runners 8_________ (wait) to begin a race. It is also common among people waiting to make a speech.

Professor Provine says he is most interested in learning why seeing someone yawn makes others yawn as well. He says almost 9________ connected with yawning can make people yawn. As a matter of fact, I found myself yawning a lot as I prepared this report. I wonder if hearing it 10________ make you yawn. If it does, ( yawn )excuse me, if you did yawn, write and tell me. 1.why 2. be watched 3. a 4. more 5. as

6. than

7. excitement

8. waiting

9. anything 10 .may

二

Next week, in Atlantic City, fifty-one beautiful women will step out onto a stage. They will parade in long dresses and in swimsuits. They will sing, or play a musical instrument, or tell jokes. And they will talk a little about 1_________ (they). Then, one will be named “ Miss America”. “Beauty contests”—like the competitors themselves—come in all shapes and sizes. Some competitions are organized by nationwide companies that do nothing else. 2________ are organized by businesses in small towns, or by industries in big cities.

Some competitions seek only beautiful women. Others say they seek women 3_______ are intelligent and talented, as well.

Every year in the United States, women 4_______ all ages compete in more than seven-hundred-thousand of these so-called beauty contests. They compete for money, which some use for 5______ university education and for other prizes. For young, unmarried women, the goal is the Miss America pageant. This pageant began in nineteen twenty-one and is still the most popular competition in the United States.

It 6________ time and hard work to become Miss America. The story of one winner, Debra Sue Maffett, is not unusual. Miss Maffett entered 7_______ beauty competitions to gain experience. She exercised every day. She studied political developments in the world. She took lessons to improve her public speaking. She even had a 8_________ (medicine) operation to make her nose straighter and smaller. Beauty competition remain popular in the United States. But there are critics. These people say the contests place too much 9__________ (important) just on how a woman looks.

Even some winners agree. A former “Miss World” said the competitions can make a woman believe that no one will love her 10_______ she looks perfect all the time.

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三

New Year’s Day is the world’s oldest celebration. In fact, ancient people celebrated the new year even 1________ they had exact ways of measuring time. New Year’s is also the one holiday that is observed everywhere in the world, 2_______ people of all national and religious groups.

The most popular way to welcome the new year in the United States is with a big party. 3_________ very old tradition is drinking alcohol at New Year’s parties. This is 4_______ that is left of a religious ceremony observed many centuries ago. The biggest, 5___________(noisy) New Year’s party in the United States takes place at Times Square in New York City. Thousands of people gathered there. Some of them ring bells or explode firecrackers. Others blow whistles or car horns. And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple 6__________ (light) up on top of a tall building.

The Time Square celebration has become 7_______ popular that many American hotels and eating places put up big television screens so their guest can watch it on New Year’s Eve. At twelve o’clock everyone stops talking and dancing to join in the television broadcast from New York.

The Time Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. When the crowds in Time’s Square start cheering the 8_________ (arrive) of the new year, television cameras show the band 9__________(play) the song Auld Lang Syne, which is a Scottish song written by port Robert Burns.

After all the celebrations, many Americans begin the first day of the new year a little tired.

Americans observe 10__________ other important tradition as the new year begins. They make resolutions. These are decisions about how to improve themselves in the year ahead. Experts say the most common New Year’s resolution in the United States is to stop smoking, or to stop drinking alcohol, or to be nicer to their friends and families.

Experts find that fewer than ten percent of Americans carry out their New Year’s resolutions. Still, few want to give up his tradition. Almost everyone seems to enjoy looking back over the year that has just ended…while looking forward to a nice beginning of a new year.

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9. playing 10. one

四

It was the last day of final examinations in a large Eastern university. On the steps of one

building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin 1_______ a few minutes. On their faces was confidence. This was their 2_______ exam before they went on to commencement and jobs.

Some talked of jobs they already had; others of jobs they 3________ (get). With all this assurance of four years of college study, they felt ready and able to conquer the world. The approaching exam, they knew, would be a snap. The professor had said they could bring any books or notes they wanted, requesting 4______ that they did not talk to each other during the test.

5.___________ (happy), they came to the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And their smiles broadened as the students noted there were only

6._______ essay-type questions. Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. No one spoke as the professor faced the class 7__________ the papers in her hand.

She surveyed the 8__________ (worry) faces before her, then asked, “How many completed all five questions?”

9________ a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?”

Still no hands.

“Three? Two? One?”

The students shifted restlessly in their seats and remained silent. The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I expected,” she said.

“I just want to impress upon you that, even though you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about subjects you don’t know.”Then ,10__________(smile), she added,“you will all pass this course, but remember that even though you are now college graduates, your education has just begun.”

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5. Happily

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8. worried

9. Not 10. smiling

五

A well-balanced life is necessary to live in today’s world. 1_______ a well-balanced life a person can neither function properly nor develop into a well-rounded individual. Without some sort of balance in life people tend to be 2________ (fulfill) and unhappy.

I’ve experienced great stress in my study and work. And I’ve tried every means to adjust 3__________ (me) and relieve my stress. Finally I found a way 4__________ in my leisure time. Leisure time is very important and necessary for me. Without it I am sure I 5____________ (go) mad. I spend most of my extra time reading, listening to music, talking to my real life friends, or talking on the Internet with people I meet. I really enjoy going out into a quiet place and 6.__________ (read) poetry or books by Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. 6________ I did not make time for all of this I would not be able to handle everything else in life. Along with reading to relax, listening to music is very important to me. If I feel sad, I listen to slow songs, 8_________ if I am happy I like listening to fast songs. Music is 9_________ universal language and it can express different feelings. It can relate 10________ the soul, or in fact I think it is the soul of feelings.

1. Without

2. unfulfilled

3. myself

4. out

5. would go

6. reading

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8. while

9. the 10. to

六

Summer vacation is just 1_________ the corner. You might already be busy 2__________(pack) for a trip with friends or family. But what should you wear? This summer, it’s cool to dress like a backpacker(背包旅行者).

The style was born in 3_________ late 1990s, when hiphop fans began wearing large backpacks. The style has since evolved（发展）to meet the needs of people who like to hike and camp out.

Girls can wear loose T-shirts and long skirts 4_________ patterns. If you want to get a tan(晒黑), wear sleeveless tops and miniskirts 5________ your shoulders and legs can catch some sunshine. Abstract(抽象的) flower or figure prints look cool on shirts.

For boys, you could wear long-sleeved cotton shirts with the sleeves 6________ (roll) up to get a manly look. Wear shorts and pants made with lightweight material. They give off a laidback(休闲) look.

For footwear, nothing carries a more relaxed look 7_______ flip-flops（夹指拖鞋）. But they are only suitable for short-distance walking. If you want to hike or climb, remember to wear sneakers.

Of course, to be a professional backpacker, you’d better have a good bag. Choose 8_______ that fits 9_____________ (comfortable) over your shoulders and helps you stay organized. Make sure the bag is light-weight and made of water-resistant material. Bright colors, such as orange and pink, 10_________ (be) a hit this summer.

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七

No one knows how much money Dr. Lyle Tullis gave away to students. I was his colleague for nearly a decade and I never stopped 1________ ( amaze) at his generosity.

Our college has a program of providing cross-cultural experiences for students. Lots of students take advantage of summer experiences overseas. I discovered that there was not 2______ single group that left for overseas without some of its members receiving financial help from Dr. Tullis.

It wasn’t 3________ he made a lot of money. For one thing, he taught at a church-run school. There, his salary was half that 4_______ people like him earned in a tax-supported school.

Other colleagues 5________ (occasion) complained about the low pay. Not Lyle Tullis. Occasionally a professor would leave our campus 6_______ a better-paid position. They told me they did so because, with better pay, they could 7________ (well) provide for their family.

The size of Lyle Tullis’paycheck never seemed to be the most important thing to him. I realized 8_______ one day when I was thanking him for helping a student.

His eyes shone as he said to me,“I’ve got so much money that I don’t know what to do with it. So, I just give it away.”

Most people wouldn’t 9__________ (think) that way. Dr. Tullis drove one of the oldest cars on campus. It was even older than almost any of the students’ cars. His home, while comfortable, was not fancy at all. But Lyle Tullis lived with the feeling that he had so much money that he needed to give it away.

He was one of the favorite on campus. A cynic(愤世嫉俗者) might say that he bought fame.

10______ they would misunderstand. Lyle wanted to invest his life, all of it, in people. He’ll never leave a large estate, but he will leave a legacy(遗赠财物).

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八

People from different lands went to America because they needed the chance for a new life. Among those who went in the nineteenth century was a large group of people from Ireland.

In 1_______ 1800s, life was very hard for the peasants of Ireland. The peasants rented the land 2_______ which they lived. In order to pay the rent, they spent much of their time 3_________ (farm) for their landlord.

The British government ruled Ireland at this time, and most of the food grown in Ireland 4_________ (ship) to England. Because the peasants had no money, they depended on potatoes for food. Potatoes could be grown on a small piece of land 5________ a few pennies. For more than half the people in Ireland, potatoes were the only food.

In 1845, disaster came to the potato fields. A plant disease attacked the potato plants, and they turned black and 6_______ (rot). For three years, the potato crop of Ireland was destroyed.

7________ their only source of food gone, the peasants were starving. People searched the countryside for food, and starving crowds gathered in the cities. The English government tried to help 8_______ setting up“soup kitchens” to feed the hungry. But it could not 9_______ everyone. More than a million people died, and many of those left decided that they had to leave Ireland.

A great 10_________ (migrate) to American began. Thousands of people gathered at the seaports. Then they took steamships to a new land and a new life.

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2. on

3. farming

4. was shipped

5.for

6. rotted

7. With

8.by

9. feed 10. migration

九

To camouflage something means to disguise it. From the ancient Greeks comes a legend of a camouflage so successful that it won a war.

The Trojan War( 特洛依战争) began 1_______ the kidnapping（拐骗）of a beautiful woman. Paris, the son of the King of Troy, fell in love with Helen, wife of the King of Sparta. He kidnapped Helen and brought her to his home in Troy. The angry Greeks decided to bring Helen home and destroy Troy. For ten long, hard years, Trojans fought Greeks outside the walls of Troy, but 2_______ side was able to conquer the other.

At last, a Greek leader thought of a way to get inside the strong Trojan walls. He ordered a huge and hollow wooden horse to 3_______ (build). The horse was so huge that it could easily hold 100 Greek soldiers. The wooden animal, with soldiers hidden 4_______, was placed outside the walls of Troy. The Greeks then made a big show of leaving Troy and 5_______ (sail) off in their ships.

The Trojans, 6_______ (see) the Greeks leave, flung open the gates of their city and crowded around the great wooden horse. A wise priest warned that it was a trick, but the curious Trojans moved the horse inside the gates. They insisted it was not a trick. 7_______ their own eyes they had seen the Greeks depart.

That night, 8_______ the Trojans celebrated their seeming victory, a Greek prisoner managed

to reach the horse and open a hidden door in its side. The Greek soldiers slipped quietly out of their 9_______ (hide) place, opened the gates of Troy, and signaled the Greek ships.

The city of Troy fell that night to the clever 10_______.

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6. seeing

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9. hiding 10. Greeks

十

There is, perhaps, no other sport in the world quite so exciting 1______ skiing. For viewers, it is a spectacle of unsurpassed（无比的）beauty. For 2_______(ski), it is a vivid personal experience, a 3_______ (thrill) test of mind, muscle, and nerves. And more and more, Americans are discovering this thrill for themselves. Not too long 4______, skiing had virtually no part in the American sports scene. If it were thought of at all, it was purely 5_____ a European sport. Then came the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. Americans got their first good look at 6_______ and made for the hills. Today ski trains make regular runs from our cities 7______ the great, white outdoors. Small wooden houses dot the mountain sides offering skiers the 8_______ (warm) of their firesides.

In addition to joy and exhilaration（高兴，兴奋）, skiing offers other 9______ (attract). It is a comparatively inexpensive sport, and, for the young, the art of skiing is often mastered 10_____ a very short time.

The special thrill of skiing is well described by Buddy Werner, “It’s all up to you,” he says. “No teammates can help. You’re alone. It’s you against the snow, the mountains, the terrain（地形）yourself. You are a warrior.”

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2. skiers

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9. attractions 10. in

十一

Sometimes two countries work together to carry out a large project. Building the St. Lawrence Seaway was such a huge and costly task that it was completed by 1_____ Canada and the United States.

In some places, the Lawrence River 2_____(run) between Canada and our country. Canals were built around the waterfalls in the river long ago. Locks in the canals acted like elevators to lift 3________ lower ships around the falls. But the canals were so narrow and shallow 4______ large ships could not use St. Lawrence. Both countries wanted 5______ ships to come up the river so they could trade at inland cities.

The two governments discussed building the new seaway for 6_____ (near) twenty years. Laws and treaties were signed. At last, in 1955, work began. Four years later, the seaway was ready. 7________ the cost was more than a billion dollars, the two countries share both the work and the cost.

Today, foreign ships dock at Chicago, even though the city lies near the center of North America. Ships sail 2,250 miles from the Atlantic Ocean through 8_____ St. Lawrence Seaway. 9______ the opening of the new seaway, these ocean-going ships could not reach Chicago at all.

Canada, too, has 10_____ (good) transportation to its cities. All ships pay to use the locks. The two countries that worked together on the seaway divide the money.

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十二

Most Europeans want small cars. Many Americans prefer large cars. As a result European auto-makers produce a wide variety of economical, lightweight cars 1______American auto-makers tend to build bigger, heavier cars.

The price of gasoline has 2_____ to do with this. Gasoline is expensive in Europe, so Europeans 3______(nature) prefer cars that will go a long way on a small amount of fuel.

4______ reasons also enter into the big or little car decision. Many Old World cities have very narrow, winding streets. In these cities a small car is more practical and easier to handle 5_____ a large one.

Some Americans like powerful engines in their cars. They enjoy having roomy cars that are comfortable for large families and long trips. They are 6_______ (prepare) to pay higher operating costs to get these advantages.

Other Americans, however, have leaned to like the small, nimble (敏捷的) cars. Many visitors to Europe during 7______ after World WarⅡdiscovered that small cars were fun to drive and easy to park in small spaces. They were delighted to learn how far small cars could go 8_____ a few gallons of gasoline.

In the 1950s many Americans began buying European cars. In 1957, for the first time, the United States imported more cars than it exported. The best seller among these imported cars 9_____ (be) an odd-looking but dependable small car from Germany. Americans promptly nick-named it “the bug”.

Today , American car buyers have 10_____ wide choice. There are big cars for people who want elbow room（足够的空间）, comfort, and power. And there are small cars, mostly imported but some American-made, for people who want easy parking and economical operation.

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十三

I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car 1_____ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 2_______ should have the honor of receiving me 3_______ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me 4_____ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 5______ small town some 20 kilometers away 6______ there was a garage.

I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. 7_______ villagers brought me goat’s cheese and honey. We drank together and talked 8_____ (merry) till far into the night.

When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman 9______ the trouble I had caused 10______.

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十四

This ability to see words on either side of the point at which your eyes focus is called peripheral(周围的) vision. Foreign students of English often feel that it is impossible to recognize so many words 1______ a single glance. It is difficult for many native speakers, but it can be done. It is something that has to be done if you are to read as 2______ (rapid) as you should. You can increase your peripheral vision 3_______ eye exercises.

Equally important 4__________ (be) the importance of moving your eyes from point to point in 5________ uniform rhythm. Slow reading often results from regression(退回), the number of times your eyes have to go back. While practicing to increase your peripheral vision and uniform rhythm, you may 6_________ (occasion) have to go back to reread. Do not get 7__________ (discourage). A smooth, forward rhythm comes with practice. Eventually your speed will get to the point 8_______ your eyes move comfortably forward without regression.

A final cause of slow reading is vocalizing, or 9________(form)the sounds of each word, even though you might not speak them aloud. The average American speaks English at 180 to 200 words a minute. 10______ you vocalize each word, it is impossible to read faster than this. Reading 200 words a minute is a dangerously slow speed.

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十五

Every evening, some part of the British Commonwealth hears the chimes of Big Ben, largest of the bells in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. The tower is popularly called Big Ben, but it is the great bell which really is Big Ben. It is this bell that chimes out(报时) the 1_______ to the people of London. For Britons at sea or living in distant lands, the sound of Big Ben is still a link with home, for the chimes are broadcast 2_______ evening by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Big Ben has been chiming out the quarter hours now for just a century. It started chiming 3_______ June 11, 1859.

At that time, Parliament couldn’t decide 4_______ to name the bell. A light-hearted member of Parliament called attention, in a speech, to the impressive bulk of Sir Benjamin Hall, Queen Victoria’s Chief Lord of the woods and forests.

“Call it Big Ben”, said the speaker, and the name 5_______ (stick).

Big Ben is 9 feet in diameter, 7 feet 6 inches tall, and the 6______ (thick) where the hammer strikes is 8.75 inches.

The clock 7_______ regulates the chiming of Big Ben keeps good time. In 1939, the Royal Astronomer made a 290-day check on the performance of the clock. He found that during this test the margin of error was 8_____(little) than two-tenth of a second in 24 hours on 93 days and greater than one second only on 16 of the 290 days.

There was 9_______ unexpected lapse(过失) on August 12, 1945, and consternation swept through the Ministry of Works. On that dark day, the clock was five minutes 10_______. A flock starlings(燕八哥鸟) had roosted(栖息) on the minute hand.

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