(新课标)高考英语二轮复习方案 专题限时训练(八)说明文型语法填空

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A

WeChat was launched on Jan. 12, 2011, and took more than a year 1.________ (draw)

100 million users. By September，2012, it 2.________ (reach) the 200 million mark, Tencent said.

“The number of people 3.________ (use) WeChat, a voice­messaging service developed by the Internet giant Tencent Holdings, has hit 300 million in less than

two years 4.________ the service was released，” the Shenzhen­based company said

on Wednesday.

“The 300 million number is 5.________ milestone for WeChat, and we hope the service will be ready to perform 6.________ the global stage in 2013，” Pony Ma, Tencent chairman and chief executive officer, said on his microblog on Wednesday morning.

The function of WeChat is very similar to the text messaging and voice call services7.________are provided by telecom carriers. Late last year saw the

8.________ (introduce) of an English version of WeChat in a bid to draw more international users. Tencent has released versions in Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai.

Tencent said it is 9.________(most) pursuing its expansion plans in emerging Asian markets. It said the company finds10.________easier to reach its goals in such places, in part because they have cultures that are similar to China's.

B

Nearly all of us have dreamed about winning the big prize in a lottery(彩票)．We dream about 1.________ we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about how the money would change us.

For most of us, our way of life is closely linked 2.________ our economic circumstances. The different parts of 3.________ (we) lives fit together like

a jigsaw(拼板)—work, home, friends, hobbies, and sports make up our world.

4.________ sudden fortune would change it all and break the jigsaw. For example, most people like the idea

5.________ not having to work, but winners have found

that without work there is no reason to get up in the morning. It seems great 6.________ (move) to a bigger house in a wealthy area, 7.________ if you do that, you leave old friends behind.

Usually, winners 8.________ (advise) not to publicize their address and phone number, but begging letters still arrive. 9.________ they are not careful, most

of their money will be spent on the 10.________ (protect) of their homes and swimming pools and their sanity!

C

The 2，298­kilometre Beijing­Guangzhou High­speed Railway 1.________ (official) opened to passengers on December 26，2012. It is the world's longest

high­speed rail route. The 2.________ (design)speed of the track is 350 km/h, though speeds during the initial period of operation will be limited to about 300

km/h. The new route cuts the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou 3.________ almost two thirds, from 22 hours to roughly eight hours.On December 1, 2012，not

long before the opening of the Beijing­Guangzhou High­speed Railway, the Harbin­Dalian High­speed Railway, 4.________ first high­speed line ever to cross land that lies frozen for almost half a year, began operations, 5.________ allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning,

6.________ the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon.At present

the total 7.________ of high­speed lines in China 8.________ (reach)9，

349 km. With four main lines 9.________ (run) east­west and four north­south,

the country's high­speed train network is the world's largest. China plans to expand

10.________ high­speed railway network to 50，000 km by 2020, to cover almost

all large and medium­sized cities.

D

Some say that madness and genius (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Van Gogh is famous for1.________amazing use of colour and shape. Born in 1853,

he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real, like photographs.2.________later on, art became more about the artist's own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it won't look like the real world. It will look even3.________(beautiful)．

Some of Van Gogh's most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such

as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful self­portraits (自画像), 4.________ brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting, however, he was

a5.________(trouble) man. At one point, he cut off his own ear.

Van Gogh is now one of the world's most famous artists. But he died at the age

of 37, alone and poor. Almost6.________knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered7.________(great). Some say that his madness was8.________he paid for his art.

Actually, if Van Gogh9.________(die) at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. Instead he would have been remembered

by those close to him10.________a dutiful son.

E

The long history of the Chinese knot dates back to ancient times and 1.________ people first used knots for fastening, wrapping, hunting and fishing. The knot was developed 2.________ an art form during the Tang (618—907 AD) and Song (960—1279) dynasties and later popularized in the Ming and Qing Dynasty (1368—1911 AD).