She liked the pop music, ________ she would not turn on hers.
Her husband worked in an office. He worked hard so that he was paid a lot. The things in his home, such ________ the television, the computer, the fridge and so on, were all left by his parents. He and his wife only had to pay ________ their food and clothes. They tried to save money. If they ever felt sick, they just bought some medicine instead of ________ (see) a doctor.
Suddenly the woman ________ (hear) someone coming upstairs. It was her husband who came back. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As ________ as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired. \\ \
\great!\the woman said ________ (happy). \after a taxi next time and you ________ (save) even.
【答案】 eyes;but;as;for;seeing;heard;soon;Why;happily;will save
【解析】【分析】本文讲述了Beet夫妇虽然有钱,但是很节省,不开灯,也不坐公共汽车。
(1)句意: 她闭上眼睛仔细听着。形容词性物主代词her后是名词,表示泛指用复数,故填eyes。
(2)句意: 她喜欢流行音乐,但她不会打开她的电视。 根据 liked the pop music 和 would not turn on可知是表示转折,故用转折连词,但是,but , 故填but。
(3)句意: 他家里的东西,如电视机、电脑、冰箱等,都是他父母留下的。such as,固定搭配,例如,故填as。
(4)句意: 他和他的妻子只需要付他们的食物和衣服的钱。 pay for,固定搭配,付款,故填for。
(5)句意: 如果他们感到不舒服,他们只是买了一些药,而不是去看医生。介词of后是动名词,故填seeing。
(6)句意: 突然,那个女人听到有人上楼来了。 根据 t was her husband 可知描述过去用一般过去时,hear的过去式是heard,故填heard。
(7)句意: 当他坐下时,她打开灯,发现他看起来很累。as soon as,固定搭配,一……就,故填soon。
(8)句意: 亲爱的,你为什么回来得这么晚?根据 asked the woman 可知此处是问原因,故是为什么,why ,故填Why。
(9)句意: 太好了!女人高兴地说。副词修饰动词said,happy的副词是happily,故填happily。
(10)句意: 下次追一辆出租车,你就可以节省更多。根据 next time 可知是一般将来时,故填will save。
【点评】考查语言综合运用能力,注意谓语的时态,非谓语动词,词性,连词搭配等多种用法。
6.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形
式。
Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway's father________(teach) him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Instead of ________(go) to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.
Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver ________ the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years ________, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became friends with other ________(America) writers, including Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Hemingway developed ________ style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly(俭省地), avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand ________(mean) of his writing. As he put it, \(write) on the principle(原则) of the iceberg(冰山). There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. \style continues to influence Writers today. In his career(生涯), which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest writers of the________(twenty) century.
For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes(脚趾), which a ship's captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are ________(child) of Hemingway's six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961.
【答案】 taught;going;for;later;American;a;meaning;to write;twentieth;children 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了海明威及其写作风格。
(1)句意: 海明威的父亲很早就教他如何打猎和钓鱼。描述过去用一般过去时,teach的过去式是taught,故填 taught。
(2)句意: 海明威没有去上大学,而是成了《堪萨斯城明星报》的记者。of是介词其后是动名词,故填going。
(3)句意: 后来,在欧洲,他在意大利军队当司机,直到他受伤并被运回家,在那里他再次为报纸写作。work for,固定搭配,为……工作,故填for。
(4)句意: 四年后,他搬到巴黎,希望在那里提高写作水平。时间段+later,……之后,故填later。
(5)句意:在那里,他和其他美国作家成了朋友。writers是名词其前是形容词做定语,America是名词,American是形容词,故填 American。
(6)句意: 海明威形成了一种简单直接的写作风格。style是名词单数,以辅音音素开头,故用不定冠词a表示泛指,故填a。
(7)句意:他谨慎地选择词语,避免使用形容词,并相信读者能理解他作品的意思。understand后是动名词做宾语,故填 meaning。
(8)句意:我总是试图用冰山的原理写作。try to do,固定搭配,尝试做某事,故填 to write 。
(9)句意: 他是20世纪最优秀的作家之一。根据定冠词the可知,此处是序数词,twenty是基数词,twentieth是序数词 , 故填 twentieth。
(10)句意: 其中一些是海明威六趾猫的孩子。 根据are,可知表语是名词复数,child的复数是children , 故填 children。
【点评】考查语法填空,注意谓语的时态,非谓语动词,词性,介词搭配等多种用法。
7.语法填空
The Chinese first ________ (make) paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces ________paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants.
Paper was not made in ________ (south) Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia( 斯堪的纳维亚半岛),which now makes a great deal of the ________ (world) paper, did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German ________ (name) Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States ________ (become) the largest paper producers. Today in Finland, which makes the ________ (good) paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest on the land. New papermaking machines are very big, and ________ (them) make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper that is 300 metres long and 6 metres wide ________ one minute.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes and writing paper. ________there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers, etc.
【答案】 made;of;southern;world's;named;became;best;they;in;But 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了全世界的造纸工艺。
(1)句意: 大约2000年前中国制造了第一张纸。根据 2,000 years ago可知2000年前是一般过去时的标志,make的过去式是made , 故填made。
(2)句意:中国仍然有在那之前制作的纸。pieces of,固定搭配,张,故填of。 (3)句意: 直到大约1100年,纸才在南欧制造出来。Europe是名词其前是形容词,south是名词,southern是形容词,故填 southern。
(4)句意:斯堪的纳维亚半岛现在在世界报纸上占有很大份额,直到1500年才开始发行。paper是名词,此处是所有格,故填 world's。
(5)句意:是一个叫谢弗的德国人发现人们可以用树做最好的纸。name和German是被动关系,故用过去分词做后置定语,故填 named。
(6)句意:此后,森林国家瑞典、挪威、芬兰和美国成为最大的纸张生产国。描述过去用一般现在时,become的过去式是became,故填 became。
(7)句意:今天,在世界上造纸最好的是芬兰,造纸工业是世界上最大的。根据 the biggest on the land 可知此处是最高级,good的最高级是best,故填 best。
(8)句意:新的造纸机很大,而且造纸很快。此处缺少主语,故用主格,them是宾格,主格是they,故填 they。
(9)句意:最大的机器可以在一分钟内制造出一张长300米、宽6米的纸。此处缺少介
词表示时间范围,in one minute,在一分钟之内,故填in。
(10)句意:但还有很多其他用途。此处缺少连词,此处表示前后的对比,故是转折关系连词but,故填But。
【点评】考查语法填空,注意谓语的时态,语态,非谓语动词,词性,连词搭配等多种用法。
8.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Nowadays, with the development of Internet technology, two-dimensional code (二维码) is very popular among us. It's also ________ (call) quick response code (QR code). It's a group of black square dots on a white background. This special code was invented ________ a Japanese company in 1994. It's ________ (wide) used all over the world.
QR code is used ________ (store) information. It can also store pictures. It is easy to use a QR code. If you want to get the information, just take out your cellphone and scan (扫描) the code by a special app, and then you can get ________ easily.
Today, QR codcs are popular in China. There are QR codes on televisions and the Internet. The codes have been used and printed on Chinese train tickets ________ 2010. When a machine scans the code on the ticket, information of the ticket owner and the train ________ (appear) on the screen in a few seconds.
QR codes have many special uses. For example, in 2008, ________ Japanese company planned to put QR codes on gravestones (墓碑). By scanning the code, visitors could get information about the departed (去世的) person. Recently, special cards ________ QR codes were introduced to old people in some cities in China. If they get ________ (lose), people can know about their names, addresses and telephone numbers of their family members by scanning the codes.
【答案】 called;by;widely;to store;it;since;will appear;a;with;lost 【解析】【分析】本文讲述了二维码的应用。
(1)句意: 它也叫做快速响应码。根据call与主语是被动关系,已有助动词is,故此处是过去分词,故填called。
(2)句意: 这种特殊代码是1994年一家日本公司发明的。根据 was invented是被动语态可知用介词by,被,故填by。
(3)句意: 全世界都广泛地使用它。副词修饰动词used,widely是副词 , 故填 widely。
(4)句意: 二维码码用于储存信息。 be used to do,被用来做某事,故此处是不定式,故填 to store。
(5)句意: 那么你可以很容易地得到信息 。information是不可数名词,故此处用it指代,做宾语,故填it。
(6)句意: 自从2010年以来,这些代码已经被使用并印在中国火车票上。根据 The codes have been used 可知时态是现在完成时,since+时间点2010,是现在完成时的标志,故填since。
(7)句意: 当机器扫描火车票上的代码时,几秒钟后火车票所有者和火车的信息就会出
现在屏幕上。when引导的时间状语从句,时态是主将从现,故此处的主句是将来时will+动词原形 , 故填 will appear。
(8)句意: 例如,2008年,一家日本公司计划在墓碑上贴二维码。Japanese是名词单数,用辅音音素开头,故用不定冠词a,表示泛指 , 故填a。
(9)句意:近年来,我国部分城市向老年人推出了二维码专用卡。此处缺少介词,做后置定语,根据 special cards 和 QR codes可知是一种携带关系,with,有……,故填with。 (10)句意:如果他们迷路了,人们可以通过扫描密码知道他们的家庭成员的姓名、地址和电话号码。get lost,迷路,固定搭配,故填lost。
【点评】考查语法填空,注意适当调整词性,时态和介词等用法。
9.语法填空
From deserts and beaches to playgrounds, sand is a common sight. But you might not know that sand is also a useful resource. Sand is the second most-used resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of ________.
Sand is made up of very small ________ (piece) of rock, soil and minerals(矿物质). It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________ (quick) than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year ________ build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________ [si:] to make new islands. For example, the Palm islands are made up of three________ [lɑ?d?] man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they ________ (take) 94 million cubic meters of sand to build. If people keep________(use) this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction sand by 2020, Live Science noted.
________ [sins] people need so much sand, they are trying to mine(开采) more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may ________ beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats (栖息地) of many plants and animals.
【答案】 it;pieces;quickly;to;sea;large;took;using;Since;cause 【解析】【分析】大意:本文主要介绍了沙子这种常见的景观。
(1)句意:然而,联合国说,沙子并不是无限的,我们有可能会用完它们。run out of“用完,用尽”的意思。这里用it来指代上文的沙子(sand是不可数名词)。故答案为:it。 (2)句意:沙子由非常小的岩石、土壤和矿物质组成。根据rock, soil and minerals(矿物质)可知,这是几种成分,因此piece用复数pieces。故答案为:pieces。
(3)句意:但现在我们使用沙子的速度比它形成的速度要快。根据副词修饰动词可知,此处应用形容词quick的副词形式quickly修饰动词use“使用”。故答案为:quickly。 (4)句意:据英国广播公司报道,我们每年用大约150亿吨沙子建造房屋、道路和其他东西。根据固定搭配 use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某物,可知此处用动词不定式to do做目的状语。故答案为:to。
(5)句意:人们还把沙子放进海里,制造新的岛屿。由语境和音标[si:]提示可知,填: