广东省20XX年高考英语专项训练-----语法填空
语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
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Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 16. she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 17. a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 18. (stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 19. she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak 20 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished 21. he was saying, Ms. Mary opened
the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 22. (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she had 23 (success) done this, she took the thread out
of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now
it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts 24. your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times,
he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary 25. (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.
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In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 16. spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 17. , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 18. language learning. 19. good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 20. (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and 21. meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 22 . we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn
through use” is a good piece of 23. (advise) for those 24. are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 25. (write) the language whenever we can.
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Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 16 __ _____ had four wives.
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He loved the 4 wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing
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17__________the best. He also loved the 3 wife very much. He was very 18 __ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his nd
2 wife. She is __ 19 ___________very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant’s close friend. __20__________ the merchant faced some
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problems, he always turned to his 2wife and __21____________ would always help him
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out and tide(帮助渡过) him 22__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant’s 1 wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 23___________(contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 24____________(take) care of the household. _ 25 ________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.
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Keeping a diary in English is one of the 16__________ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.
17._____________ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes 18.____________ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. 19.____________ we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many 20.__________. In the first place, 21.____________ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.
As far as I _22. ______________ (concern), my 23._____________(suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 24.___________ great use to keep a diary in English for 25.___ ________ development of our writing skills.
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There are moments in life ___16____ you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug（拥抱） them for real!
When the door of happiness closes, __17_____ opens, but often we look so long at the closed door ___18____ we don’t see the one which has been opened for us.
Don’t go for looks; they can deceive (欺骗). Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone __19_ makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be __20 __ you want to be.
The ___21__(happy) of people don’t ___22__(necessary) have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that ___23__ (come) along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a _24____ (forget) past.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone _25____ you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
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Night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years. __16_____ (follow) her longstanding custom, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember ___17___ it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say ___18____ in reply. But never again ___19_____ my mother close out my day __20_____ that familiar expression of her love.
Time after time, with the passing years, my __21_____ (think) returned to that night. By then I missed my mother’s hands, — missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.
Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family. I frequently recalled the night my young voice complained. One night, catching Mom’s hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she’d remember ___22_____ I did. But Mom didn’t know what I __23__ (talk) about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ___24___ (appreciate) for my gentle mother and ___25__ caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
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People 16 (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 17 in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 18 five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 19 these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 20 you leave school; you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 21 (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books
22 (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 23 new word, look it 24 in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 25 (much) useful book.
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Although it could not compete with the speed of email today, the 1800’s experienced a revolution in communication that played an important role in creating the tradition of the Christmas greeting card. ____16____（help) by the new railway system, the public postal service made corresponding a popular past time. In England, Sir Henry Cole recognized the advantage of ___17____ more efficient mail service and initiated (开始） the practice of sending Christmas greeting cards__18_____ friends.
The first card ___19___ (design) by J.C. Horsley as a commercial endeavor. One thousand copies were sold in London, ____20____ soon others followed suit. An English ____21____(art), William Egley, produced a popular card in 1849. Louis Prang, a German born printer, working from ___22____ shop in Massachusetts, printed his
first American cards in 1875. Even more ____23____ (importance) than his printing was the fact ____24____he did more than anyone else to popularize the cards by instituting nationwide contests for the best Christmas designs, __25______ were awarded cash prizes.
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Tony, a robot made by Larry Belmond’s company, was expected to do house work. And it was tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire, when he was 16 (absence) for three weeks. The handsome and smooth-haired Tony left Claire 17 (alarm) at first sight of Tony because he was too handsome for a machine. When Tony offered to help her dress, Claire felt embarrassed.
But when Tony’s sympathy won her trust Claire told Tony how she and her home weren’t elegant(优雅的，极好的) and how she envied Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around. As Tony made effort to help Claire get herself and her home 18 (improve), Claire began to feel her earlier attitude 19 Tony really absurd(荒唐可笑的，荒唐的，不合理的).
Then one day, Claire got protected from a rude salesman by ringing 20 Tony and asking the man to speak to Tony but found her “affair” with Tony discovered as she turned 21 to see Gladys Claffern standing nearby. But then Claire, 22 (advise) by Tony, arranged a party to invite Gladys and her friends to the house when it was 23 (complete) transformed. The love scene well planned by Tony without Claire’s knowledge won Claire a sweet victory as her guests had seen everything, but she shouted “Leave me alone!” and cried her heart out. 24 Tony caused no risk to Claire’s marriage; he was finally taken back to the company to be 25 (built), for he was a heartbreaker for women!
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In social life, time plays a very important part．In the U.S.A.,guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation 16 a dinner party is extended only three or four days 17 the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In 18 areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make 19 appointment too far in advance because plans that are made for a date more than a week away tend 20 (forget)．The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world．Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures 21 time is treated differently．Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example．If people
are not punctual, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully 22 (responsibility). In the U.S.A. no one would think of keeping a business associate 23 (wait) for an hour; 24 would be too impolite．A person who is 5 minutes late will say a few words of explanation, 25 perhaps he will not complete the sentence．
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Scientists have developed a non-stick chewing gum. The new gum can _16_____ (remove) easily from pavements, shoes and clothes. It’s the result of polymer (聚合体) research at the University of Bristol and could be launched commercially in
2008. ___17___ it catches on(流行), the product will solve __18___ major headache for present authorities around the world.
“The advantage of our Clean Gum is that _19_______ has a great taste, it is easy to remove and has the potential to be __22________ (environment) degradable (可降解的),” said Terence Cosgrove, a professor of chemistry __21 ___ helped to found a company called Revolymer to commercialize the technology.
Today’s chewing gums are made from synthetic(人工制造的) latex(植物的乳汁), which is resistant _22____ the weather and is strongly sticky. The new gum adds a special polymer to modify(修改，改变) its properties(特性), _23 _____ (make) it far __24 ___ sticky.
In two street trials, other commercial gums remained stuck to the pavement ___25 ___ Clean Gum came away(脱掉，脱落) naturally in all cases.
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They called her “the Black Pearl”, “the Black Gazelle” and “the fastest woman in the world.” In nineteen sixty, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman ___16_____ (win) three gold medals in one Olympics. She was __17______ extraordinary American athlete. She also did a lot to help young athletes ___18_____ (success).
Wilma Rudolph was born ___19___a very large, poor, African-American family. She was the ___20_____ (twenty) of twenty-two children. She was born too early and only ___21___ (weigh) two kilograms. She had many illnesses ___22___ she was very young, including pneumonia(肺炎) and scarlet fever(腥红热). She also had polio (小儿麻痹症), ___23___ damaged her left leg. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces because she could not use _24_____ leg. With her family’s attention and care, ___25 ___(lucky), by the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces.
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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously ___16___ hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed ___17_______ (cover) up anyway; it just wasn't worth ___18____ to save the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel（铲） and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized ___19___ was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He _20_______ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt __21____ hit his back, the donkey was doing something _22______ (amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.
__23____ the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal; he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over __24____ edge of the well and happily ran off!
Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just ___25___ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
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广东省高考英语一轮复习 专项训练 语法填空(20篇)
