高三英语专项训练 ---- 语法填空
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Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out 16 _______ they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town,he placed 17 ___ very large stone. Then he 18____ (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. “ Who put this stone in the centre of the road? ” said the old man, 19____ he did not try to removestonthe. Instead, with
some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.20 ______ man came along and
did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but did not tried to remove 21______. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 22 _______ (say) to himself: “ Thenight will be very dark. Some neighbors will come along later 23 _____ the dark and will fall against the stone. ”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 24 ________ (strong) to move
it. How great was his surprise at last! 25 ________ the stone,he found a bag of money.
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The best gift I ever received is the parents that were given to me. I could not have picked out 16 _______ (good) parents myself. My mom is smart,funny, and very artistic. She loves painting and encouraging other people to paint as well. She owns 17______ own book and art store. And at night she teaches adult 18 ________ (educate). She helps kids 19 _________ have dropped out of high school 20 _________ (get) their diploma.
She always has time for me and my brothers. She hardly ever gets mad 21 ______ us and loves doing new things with us,22 _____ going to a new museum or going out onto the beach in the middle of the winter and taking pictures at the beach in the snow. My dad knows 23 _____ to fix anything and loves to play musical instruments.
He helps me with my science projects and other school projects. He works hard to make money for our family and hardly ever complains. He loves skating with me and 24______ (build) us a half pipe and other cool things.
So I have to say that 25 _______ gift I ’ most grateful for is the one the God gave me my—
parents.
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Sometimes Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questions,“ Have you got any skills in reading comprehension? ” Actually,many of the teachers can ’ t give students 16 ___ efficient way to deal with reading. Anyway, 17 _____ often simply say,“ Read more and practise more,and you 18 ______ (get) more experience in reading comprehension. ” Frankly, these teachers ’ good (suggest) are only helpful to arouse students ’ interest in reading 20 ____ not helpfultheto deal wit questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally, I think the skill for reading comprehension should be based 21 ______ the knowledge of English writing. Since the English
passages are written under some rules or principles, the science of reading 22 ______understanding may have a close relationship with writing.
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. However, 16_____ I came out of my teacher ’office,s I told myself: “ Smile!It ’nots so serious. ”
I smiled a big smile and 17___ worked a little, really.
Everyone gets18 ________ (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came19______ a sentence in the Bible: “ Do n about tomorrow, 20 ___________ tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day ’ s own trouble be sufficient for the day. ” It suddenly struck me: “ 21_________ (worry) about a problem doesn Why not just give a big smile and face up 22____ the trouble? ”
Now every time I want to cry, I remind 23 _______ that laughter is better than tears and anger. I 24 ____________ (convince) that there ’ s something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recove confidence and gives me 25 ____ courage to move on.
Remember, whenever you’ re faced with a setback, whenever you ’ ve been treated unfairly, all takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, and it will shine on you.
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A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see16_____ animal would find them first.
The 17________ (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, 18 ________ (dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, 19______ (lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.
The rabbit dug 20______ hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. 21 ___ the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less than needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field 22_____ (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to 23______ the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.
This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to 24____ right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone 25_______he only complained and didn ’ t try at all.
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There once were a goat and a donkey who lived on a farm. The donkey worked 16________(hard) so the farmer fed him more food. This made the goat so 17_______ ( jealousy) that he began plotting against (谋划对付 ) the donkey. “,donkeyHey,” the goat said one day. “ I think you do too much wor 18 ___ this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don ’ t you prete sick so 19 _____ you can take a day off? ” The donkey 20_______ (think) the goat had.Soa great ide the next morning the donkey lay in the stable (畜栏 ) on his side with his eyes 21 ______ (close).
Right away,the farmer called the doctor. 22______looking at the donkey, the doctor said 23 _____ needed a special medicine made 24 ____ the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 25 ____ goat and gave the donkey medicine made from his heart.
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I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school 16 ____ job is to hand out call-slips(索
书单 )and prevent students from leaving campus 17 _______ permission. Before today I had never seen her smile.
The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her walking around. When
she came 18 ______(close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs 19______________(recognize) for all her hard work. So I wrote a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and 20 ______ her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “ Somethankful students and” slipped it into 21 _____ envelope. Then I
’ t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but 22 _____ knew her name. I realized I didn
finally went to ask the lady at student services and 23 _______ (tell) that her name is Kathy. I bought her a bouquet of 24 ________(colour) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left 25 ______in her office.
She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call-slip, and there it was a
smile on her face!
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years I ’ vebeen teaching kids about a simple16____ powerful concept —the ant Over the philosophy. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. They’ llclimb over, they ’ ll climb under, and they ’ ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What了不a neat ( 起的 ) philosophy it is to never quit 17______ (look ) for a way to get 18 ______ you ’re sup
’ s 19 ___ important attitude. go! Second, ants think about winter all summer. That
You can ’ t be 20 ___ na?ve幼稚(的 ) as to think summer will last forever. People who have a little
’ s experience are clear about this. So ants are gathering in their winteroodf in the middle of summer. It
important to be realistic. You have to think about rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is that ants think summer all winter.
“ This won ’ t last long; we ’ ll soon be outDuring the winter, they remind 21 _______,
And 22____ the first warm day, the ants are out. If it 23 _____ (turn) cold again, they
’ t wait 24______ (get) out. Last, how mudown. But they come out again if it is warm. They can
an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it 25_______ (possible) can.
What a great philosophy to have— the ant philosophy:never give up, look ahead, stay positive
and do all you can.
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The story happened in Japan 16______ a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko (壁虎 ) inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail 17_______ (come) through the wall from outside. The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye. Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it is 18___ the gecko to have lived in the wall in complete19_______ (dark) for ten years!
But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through 10 years with its tail 20______ (nail) down and being unable to go anywhere? So he tried to find out how this small creature could be fed. After a little while, there appeared another gecko with food in 21____ mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the trapped
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