（2021年静安一模）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Survey Says Libraries Lead!
You might guess that Americans’ top go-to spot for culture and entertainment would be a movie theater or sports stadium. But a recent study p___56___ a place doesn't need buttered popcorn to attract visitors.
In 2019, the research company did a survey about Americans’ leisure activities. People were asked how often in the last year they had visited certain types of p___57___. These included libraries, museums, theme parks, and zoos. Libraries topped over the competition. They got more than twice as many total visits as movie theaters, which landed at number two.
Being number one is nothing new for libraries. The findings of a s___58___ study in 2001 were about the same. But one thing has changed since then. Today, many people can c___59___to the Internet. They’re able to read just about anything, just about anywhere. Some people predicted the Internet would make libraries out of date. However, it’s actually part of their popularity. In 2016, a Pew Research Center study found that 29 percent of adults went there to use computers, the Internet, or Wi-Fi. But the most c___60___ reason people go to the library is to check out books.
What books do library-goers borrow the most The New York Public Library (NYPL) set out to answer this question. In 2020, the library released a list of the most checked-out books in its 125-year history.
Three books in the top five are kids’ favorites, i___61___ Where the Wild Things Are (#4) and The Car in the Hat (#2). The highest honor, meanwhile, goes to The Snowy Day (#1). It's a beautifully illustrated (有插图的) tale about boy exploring city turned into winter wonderland. The book has been checked out almost half a million times.
Why are so many children's books on the list One reason is that they're short. So they’re read and returned f___62___. As The Cat in the Hat might put it: a quick-to-read hit comes back lickety-split!
【答案】56. proves/points
57. places 58. similar
59. connect
mon 61. including
62. fast
【解析】
调查显示，美国人最热衷的文化娱乐场所是图书馆。图书馆的借书榜中，儿童读物很受欢迎。
【56题详解】
句意：但最近的一项研究证明/指出，有一个地方不需要涂黄油的爆米花来吸引游客。本句话陈述客观事实，用一般现在时，空格处缺谓语动词，主语“a recent study”是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词用三单形式；能和主语“a recent study”搭配且首字母为“p”的动词有“prove 证明”和“point 指出”，都符合语境，它们的三单形式为“proves”和“points”，故填proves/points。
【57题详解】
句意：人们被问到在过去的一年里，他们有多少次去过某些地方。后一句“These included libraries, museums, theme parks, and zoos.”中，“These”指代空格处的名词，所以空格处缺名词复数，“libraries, museums, theme parks, and zoos”都是地点，所以名词“place 地方，地点”的复数形式“places”符合语境，故填places。
【58题详解】
句意：2001年一项类似研究的结果大致相同。空格处缺形容词作定语修饰名词“study”；根据“Being number one is nothing new for libraries.”可知，图书馆成为第一不是新鲜事，所以2001年的研究结果和现在的类似或相同，形容词“similar相像的，类似的”符合语境，故填similar。
【59题详解】
句意：今天，许多人可以连接到互联网。“can”是情态动词，后接动词原形，所以空格处缺动词原形；根据“Internet”和给出首字母“c”提示可知，动词“connect 连接”符合句意，connect to the Internet表示“连接到网络”，故填connect。
【60题详解】
句意：但人们去图书馆最常见的原因是借书。空格处缺形容词作定语修饰名词“reason”；根据“check out books”和给出首字母“c”提示可知，形容词“common 普遍的，共有的”符合语境，common reason表示“普遍的原因，常见的原因”，去图书馆借书是常见原因，故填common。
【61题详解】
句意：前五名中有三本书是孩子们的最爱，包括《野生动物在哪里》（第四名）和《帽子里的车》（第二名）。分析句子可知，空格处缺介词；“Where the Wild Things Are (#4) and The Car in the Hat (#2)”都包含在“Three books in the top five”中，表示“包含”且为字母“i”开头的介词是including，故填including。
【62题详解】
句意：所以他们很快就被读完然后还回来了。空格处缺副词修饰动词“read”和“returned”；根据“One reason is that they're short.”可知，儿童读物受欢迎原因之一是篇幅很短，所以读起来很快，读完马上就被还给图书馆了，副词“fast 快地”符合句意，故填fast。
C. （2021年杨浦区一模） Fill in the blanks with proper words.
Unless you are one of those rare people with an excellent memory, you probably have trouble remembering the names of people you have just met. This problem can be frustrating（令人沮丧的）and embarrassing. F___51___, there are a number of ways you can overcome this human weakness.
Before examining the methods to help remember people’s names, let’s look at the reasons why we are so f___52___ in the first place. Researchers think it’s due to a lack of motivation. People are better at remembering things that they want too learn. To put it simply, you’re just not that i___53___. Another reason is that putting a new face to a name is more complicated than we think, which leads to another problem. We usually don’t make the effort to m___54___ new names immediately. Not only that, but when meeting someone new, we may be thinking about other things and not be paying enough attention.
All of this means that we need to take measures to avoid the embarrassment of forgetting a person’s name. One good method is to say a person’s name when you g___55___ them and also repeat it silently to yourself a few times. This type of repetition is essential for learning any type of skill. Using a memory method, such as l___56___ individual names with something else, also helps. For example, if someone’s name is Ben and he is tall, you can label him（to yourself, of course）“Big Ben.”In addition, focusing on people and listening more closely when you meet them will assist you in recalling their names. Although forgetting name isn’t a matter of life or death, it’s uncomfortable. Putting these t___57___ into practice will help you better avoid this social discomfort.
【答案】51. Fortunately
52. forgetful
53. interested
54. memorise
55. greet 56. linking
57. tips
【解析】
文章大意：除非你是罕见的记忆力超强的人，否则你可能很难记住你刚遇到的人的名字。文章介绍了这些人健忘的原因以及一些帮助人们克服这个弱点的方法。
【51题详解】
句意：幸运的是，有很多方法可以克服这个人性弱点。根据上文“This problem can be frustrating（令人沮丧的）and embarrassing.”以及下文“there are a number of ways you can overcome this human weakness.”结合首字母提示，可知此处表达的是“幸运地”fortunately，副词，因其位于句首，首字母要大写，故填Fortunately。
52题详解】
句意：首先让我们来看看我们为什么会这么健忘。根据上文“Before examining the methods to help remember people’s names,”结合首字母提示，可知是让我们先看看我们为什么会这么健忘，forgetful“健忘的”，形容词，在句中作系动词was的表语，故填forgetful。
【53题详解】
句意：简而言之，你只是没那么感兴趣。根据上文“People are better at remembering things that they want too learn.”结合首字母提示，可知你只是不感兴趣，interested“感兴趣”，符合题意，故填interested。
【54题详解】
句意：我们通常不会立即努力去记住新名字。根据下文“Not only that, but when meeting someone new, we may be thinking about other things and not be paying enough attention.”结合首字母提示，可知我们通常不会立即努力去记住新名字。memorise“记住、记忆”，动词，to memorise sth“记住某事”，动词不定式符号to后接动词原形，故填memorise。
【55题详解】
句意：一个很好的方法就是在问候别人的时候说出他的名字，并且自己默默地重复几次。根据“One good method is to say a person’s name”，结合首字母提示，可知是在问候别人的时候说出他的名字。greet“问候、打招呼”，动词，句子陈述的是一般事实，时态用一般现在时，主语是you，谓语动词用原形，故填greet。
【56题详解】
句意：使用一种记忆方法，比如将名字与其他东西联系起来，也会有帮助。根据“individual names with something else”，结合首字母提示，可知是将名字与其他东西联系起来，link“联系、连接”，动词，as为介词，后接动词的ing形式，故填linking。
【57题详解】
句意：将这些建议付诸实践将帮助你更好地避免这种社交不适。根据“Putting these … into practice will help you better avoid this social discomfort.”联系上文语境，结合首字母提示，可知是将这些建议付诸实践将帮助你更好地避免这种社交不适。tip“建议”，可数名词，前面有these修饰，用复数，故填tips。
（2021年奉贤二模）
The “Double Eleven” Shopping Festival is one of the largest shopping festivals in China. Last year, the festival went on for eleven days. Alibaba alone saw 498.2 billion yuan in trade.
Many people believe such large shopping festivals can help them s____71____ lots of money. After all, many stores do discount(打折) their goods. But if you take a second look at the sales prices, you’ll find that of them end in“9”or“99”. In our everyday lives, we r____72____ say,“Just give me 5.99 minutes,”It’s not common to say, “Just give me 59 minutes,”either. We are more likely to say,“Just give me 6 minutes” and“Just give me 60 minutes.”Why do stores prefer the other way round
The strategy(策略) is based on the f____73____ that we read from left to right. On a price tag, the number on the far left impresses us the most. So, even though 5.99 yuan is very c____74____ to 6 yuan, it’s the “5” that impresses us. A product that sells for 5.99 yuan just seems like a better deal than a similar one that sells for 6 yuan.
In a 2016 study, Hibbett, a professor of marketing asked a clothing company to r____75____ the price of one of its dresses from $34 to $39. He and his colleagues all thought fewer people would buy the dress. The result, however, s____76____ them. Demand(需求)increased by a third. Increasing the price from $34 to $44 made no difference at all.
So be c____77____ with prices that end in“9” or “.99”. They may make you spend more money!
答案
71-77save; rarely;fact ;close; raise ;shocked/surprised; careful
（2020年长宁金山一模）
Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）
Free-diving is diving underwater, holding your breath, without the use of equipment. In ancient times people had to free-dive to get food, such as fish and shellfish. Free divers also c 56． treasures lying at the bottom of the ocean. The Mediterranean Sea, south of Europe, had many trading ships passing through. Often ships sank, sometimes because of storms. They would swim down to the shipwreck and try to lift the most precious pieces. In modern times, free-diving is part of many different a57．such as underwater photography and spearfishing. Sports such as underwater football, rugby and hockey also involve free-diving.
The most dangerous free-diving is practised by a small group of extreme sportsmen and sportswomen who swim very deep. They aim to go to great depths and d58． for a long time on a single breath, wearing only a wetsuit. Deep under the water it is cold and black. The weight or pressure on your body is much h59． than that at the surface. That weight, and going so long on only one breath, can cause a person to become unconscious（无意识的）because of a lack of oxygen, and then die.
Why do people want to take part in a sport that is so dangerous
You need to be fit to swim so deep, but you also need to be very strong mentally（精神上）. At first it is difficult to sink. You have to stay c60． and even slow your thinking. But finally the air is pushed from your body, and you start to sink. It is as if the water were d 61． you down. This is a very peaceful feeling.
Natalia wrote many poems about her love of being in the deep blue ocean. She felt at one with nature there, as if in an ancient space. She would go into a deep state of being quiet and thinking before she went into the water. She would leave b62．her the stress of life, which she called “surface fuss”. According to Natalia, when you stop breathing, most of your body’s functions stop. It is as if time itself stopped.
【答案】
56．collected
57．activities
58．dive
59．heavier
60．calm
61．dragging/ drawing
62．behind
【分析】
文章大意：本文介绍的是与自由潜水有关的一些事情。在古代，人们必须自由潜水来获取食物，自由潜水员也在海底收集宝藏。在现代，自由潜水是许多不同活动的一部分。最危险的自由潜水是由一群游得很深的极限男女运动员进行的。你需要身体健康才能游得这么深，但你也需要有很强的意志力。Natalia写了很多关于她对深海的热爱的诗。
56．考查动词。根据下文They would swim down to the shipwreck and try to lift the most precious pieces. 他们会游到沉船的地方，试着举起最珍贵的东西。结合Free divers also c __1__treasures lying at the bottom of the ocean.及首字母提示，可知句意为：自由潜水员也在海底收集宝藏。 collect收集，动词，这里描述的是过去的事情，时态应用一般过去时，故答案填collected。
57．考查名词。根据下文such as underwater photography and spearfishing. 如水下摄影和鱼叉捕鱼，结合In modern times, free-diving is part of many different a__2__及首字母提示，可知句意为：在现代，自由潜水是许多不同活动的一部分。activity活动，可数名词，前面有many修饰，所以这里用其复数形式，故答案填activities。
58．考查动词。根据上文The most dangerous free-diving is practised by a small group of extreme sportsmen and sportswomen who swim very deep. 最危险的自由潜水是由一群游得很深的极限男女运动员进行的。结合They aim to go to great depths and d__3__ for a long time on a single breath, wearing only a wetsuit.及首字母提示，可知句意为：他们的目标是潜到很深的地方，只穿着潜水服，一口气潜到很长时间。dive潜水，动词，dive for a long time潜水很长时间，故答案填dive。
59．考查形容词比较级。根据下文That weight, and going so long on only one breath, can cause a person to become unconscious because of a lack of oxygen, and then die. 这个重量，加上长时间只呼吸一次，会导致一个人因为缺氧而失去意识，然后死亡。结合The weight or pressure on your body is much h__4__than that at the surface.及首字母提示，可知句意为：你身体上的重量或压力比水面上的要重得多。heavy重的，形容词，由than可知应用其比较级，故答案填heavier。
60．考查名词。根据You have to stay c__5__ and even slow your thinking.结合首字母提示，可知句意为：你必须保持冷静，甚至放慢你的思维。calm平静，stay calm保持冷静，故答案填calm。
61．考查现在分词。根据上文But finally the air is pushed from your body, and you start to sink. 但最后空气从你的身体被推开，你开始下沉。结合It is as if the water were d __6__ you down.及首字母提示，可知句意为：就好像水正在把你拖下水一样。drag/draw拖动、牵拉，动词，前面有系动词were，可知这里用过去进行时态，所以用drag/draw的现在分词形式dragging/ drawing，故答案填dragging/ drawing。
62．考查介词。根据上文She would go into a deep state of being quiet and thinking before she went into the water. 在下水之前，她会进入一种安静和思考的深度状态。结合She would leave b__7__her the stress of life, which she called “surface fuss”.及首字母提示，可知句意为：她会把生活的压力留在身后，她称之为“表面的忙乱”。behind在…之后，介词，故答案填behind。
（2020年嘉定一模）
Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）
Do you remember when you wrote a letter last time If the answer is “not recently”, don’t worry. You are not a _____56_____ .
A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter, half had not written a thank-you letter, and a quarter had not even written a birthday or Christmas card. In fact, 58 percent of teenagers c___57___ that handwriting was “too slow” and 17 percent believed it was “outdated”.
These results have caused w___58___that the art of handwriting may one day die out
“Hand-writing” is one of the most c____59____ art forms we have and should be given the same importance as other art form such as painting, or photography,” Jonathan Skyrme, general manager at BIC UK & Ireland, told the Daily Mail.
The New York Times once explained that a handwritten letter sends a message in a way that o___60___messages can never do. “When you get an email, you can never be sure that you are the o _____61_____ person to have received it -- or even that it was written by the person who sent it,” said the newspaper.
As US author Simon Garfield once wrote, “Emails are a poke（蜻蜓点水）, but letters are a loving touch.” So imagine the powerful message you send when you actually write out your thought by hand, buy a stamp, take it to a mailbox, and wait days for your special s___62___to receive it.
【答案】56. alone
plained
58. worries
59. creative
60. online 61. only
62. stranger
【解析】
作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了关于青少年是否写信的调查，事实显示如今大多数青少年都没写过信，并比较了电子邮件与写信的各自的优点。
【56题详解】
句意：你还记得你上一次写信是什么时候吗？如果答案是：“不是最近”，没关系，并不是只有你。
空格前are是系动词，后接形容词，作表语。根据下文“A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter”，通过调查可知，大部分的青少年都从未写过一封信，根据提示字母，可推测空格处要表述你并不孤单。故答案为alone。
【57题详解】
句意：事实上，58%的青少年抱怨手写信太慢了，17%的青少年认为它已经过时了。
根据句子结构，that引导的是一个宾语从句，空格处是谓语动词，从句中was是一般过去时，所以主句的谓语动词也用一般过去时。根据句意，空格后表述的内容是手写信的不好一面，结合空格处所给的字母，用动词complainted表示抱怨。故答案为complainted.
【58题详解】
句意：这些结果让人们担心，手写艺术可能有一天将会消失。
根据句子结构为一个宾语从句，主语谓语动词cause，后面接名词。根据“the art of handwriting may one day die out”阐述了作者的担忧，所以空格用worry表示担忧，是可数名词，空格前没有不定冠词修饰，所以要用名词复数形式。故答案为worries。
【59题详解】
句意：手写是最有创造力的艺术之一，应该跟其他类似喷绘，摄影等艺术给予同样的重视程度。
最高级的固定用法one+of+the+形容词最高级+名词复数，表示最…之一。空格处的形容词是修饰art，结合语境，和空格处所给的首字母，可推测是最有创造力艺术形式之一。故答案为creative。
【60题详解】
句意：纽约时报曾经抱怨，一个手写信在某种程度上传递了一种信息，这是在线消息永远做不到的。
空格处后messages是可数名词复数，前用形容词修饰。根据下文When you get an email，email属于在线的消息，根据首字母提示，空格处用online。故答案为online。
【61题详解】
句意：当你收到一封邮件时，你永远不会确定你是唯一一个收到它的人，甚至你也不知道是谁写的。
空格处后person是可数名词，前用形容词修饰。空格处的句子是在描述在线消息的弊端，结合句意，当你收到邮件时，是无法确定你是唯一的收件人，结合首字母提示，空格处填only。故答案为only。
【62题详解】
句意：所以，想象一下你所传递的强大信息，当你用手写出你内心的感受，买一张邮票，把它放到邮箱里，等待着特别的人收到它。
空格前special是形容词，所以空格处是名词。根据前文“Emails are a poke, but letters are a loving touch”，可知，我们是把信寄给对我们特别的人。结合首字母，填写stranger。故答案为stranger。
（2020年徐汇二模）
My dad is a patient, loving and giving person but his kind spirit that really touched me was one night as we were driving home after visiting my grandmother.
Pulling up at a small crossing, we saw a car stopped in the m56． of the road. An older lady was talking on her phone and staring up at a street sign, clearly trying to work out where she was. She came back to her car, looking more u57．. Dad watched her out of his rear-view (后视) mirror before pulling over to see if he could help. As he stood at her window and asked if she was OK, she broke down in tears, explaining she had lost her way.
It turned out she was a caregiver (照料者) and was t58． to find the house of the client she was meant to be helping that night. When she showed Dad the address she was meant to be at. Dad handed her his b59． card and told her to follow him, and to call him on the number on the card if she lost us in t60． .
My dad drove to the address, only a suburb or two out of our way, and found the house for her. The look of thankfulness on her face was reward enough for Dad.
The next morning as Dad was driving me to school his phone rang. It was the lady he'd helped the night b61． calling him to thank him again for his kind deed. 1 don't think Eve ever been so p62． to be his daughter.
【答案】
56．middle
57．upset
58．trying/ told
59．business
60．traffic/ travel/ traveling
61．before
62．proud
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了伊芙的爸爸是一个有耐心，有爱心，乐于奉献的人，有一次爸爸帮助一位迷路的女士找到了需要去的地方，后来这位女士也再次给爸爸致电表示感谢。通过这件事情，伊芙深深地被父亲所打动，并且感到自豪。
56．句意：我们在一个小十字路口停车，看见一辆汽车停在路中间。
考查名词。此处有定冠词the，故可知此处填写名词。根据前半句“Pulling up at a small crossing,” 在一个小十字路口停下，表示伊芙他们所在的位置是在马路的中间，可以推断，那位女士的汽车也是停在马路的中间。middle名词，中间，中部，in the middle of 表示“在……中间”。故填middle。
57．句意：她回到车里，看起来更沮丧了。
考察形容词。此处有现在分词looking，表示“看上去”，后接形容词。根据“she broke down in tears, explaining she had lost her way.”她哭了起来，解释说她迷了路。可知老妇人应该是因为迷路而感到很难过。upset形容词，难过的，心烦的，前有more表示比较级，此处填upset原形。故填upset。
58．句意：事实证明她是一个照料者，并且在那天晚上正在试图找到她要帮助的客户的房子。
考查现在分词或者过去分词。此处有并列连词and，可知此处填写与前半句谓语动词turned并列的谓语动词。此处有be动词was，后接现在分词，表示过去进行时；也可以接过去分词，表示一般过去时的被动语态。根据“When she showed Dad the address she was meant to be at.”当她给爸爸看她应该在的地址时……，可知老妇人正在试图寻找她要去的房子；或者老妇人被告知要去指定的房子。try动词，试图，尝试，现在分词形式为trying；tell动词，告诉，过去分词为told。故填trying/told。
59．句意：爸爸递给她他的名片，告诉她跟他走，如果她在路上迷了路，就按名片上的号码给他打电话。
考查名词。此处有形容词性物主代词his，空格后有card，可知此处可以填写形容词或者名词，作定语修饰card；“…and to call him on the number on the card…”并按卡片上的号码给他打电话。可知爸爸交给老妇人的卡片上有电话号码，推测此处应该指名片。business名词，商业，business card名片。故填business。
60．句意：……如果她在路上迷了路，就按名片上的号码给他打电话。
考查名词或者动名词。根据空格前介词in，可知此处填写名词或者动名词。由句意可知，父亲让老妇人跟着车走，如果跟丢了，就打电话。故此处表示“在路上”。traffic名词，交通；travel名词，旅行；traveling现在分词，旅行。以上这些词，前加介词in，都可以表示“在路上，在路途中”。故填traffic/travel/traveling。
61．句意：是他前一天晚上帮助过的那位女士打来的电话，再次感谢他的善举。
考查副词。根据“It was the lady he'd helped the night…”是他那晚帮助过的那位女士……，可知本句中主要成分都齐全，故可以填写副词。根据文意，老妇人打电话是在第二天，故此处可以填写表示“过去”的含义。before副词，过去，以前。故填before。
62．句意：我想伊芙从来没有像现在这样以作为他的女儿为荣。
考查形容词。根据此处be动词been以及副词so可知此处填写形容词。根据前文文意，父亲帮助老妇人找到了地方，后来老妇人专门打电话对父亲表示感谢，因此伊芙为父亲感到自豪。proud形容词，自豪的，be proud to do sth做某事很自豪。故填proud。
（2020年普陀区二模）
Roy is a middle-aged man who lives happily with his family in a big house. He is a successful craftsman now. But his life is not a56． so great. He had a learning disability from an early age. He went to a school for children like him and he got plenty of extra help in this school. He still suffered(受苦) the rest of his school days in public schools.
His life improved so much when he discovered art. The art world gave him a chance to express himself w57． words. He went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay. Then he learned an important lesson: Though he was disabled in language, he could still be s58． and successfully express himself with clay.
He got his n59． lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but he was scared from the start. He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing; it was just p60．. So he did it more. After about five years of climbing, he found himself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. He learned that if a person fell in love with something and did it all the time, he would get better at it. And his confidence came along with it.
Later he found his e61． really helpful when learning how to read and write. Every day he spent many hours reading and writing, which he used to a62． as much as possible. After two hard years, he could read and write as well as others.
He has gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, reading and writing. Now he has got to a point in his life where he knows he is also able to dive into an area that is totally hard, unknown, but interesting.
【答案】
56．always
57．without
58．smart
59．next
60．practice
61．experience
62．avoid
【分析】
本篇讲述从小就有学习障碍的罗伊在公立学校上学，即使得到了很多额外的帮助，他还是备受煎熬；后来艺术给了他一个表达自我的机会，给他的生活带来很大的改善。他经历了艺术、攀岩、阅读和写作的漫长过程，达到他认知所能达到的顶点。
56．句意：但他的生活并不总那么美好。
空格在be动词和形容词之间，判断填副词；上文“罗伊现在是一个成功的工匠”和下文“他有学习障碍”可知他的生活并不总那么美好，根据首字母提示，always总是，副词，故答案为always。
57．句意：艺术给了他一个不用语言就能表达自己的机会。
空格在名词前，判断填介词；由上文可知罗伊有学习障碍，由此推断空格指艺术给了他一个不用语言就能表达自己的机会；根据首字母提示，without没有……，介词；故答案为without。
58．句意：虽然他不善言语，但他仍然可以很聪明，用泥土成功地表达自己。
空格在be动词后面，判断填形容词；虽然他不善言语，但他仍然用泥土成功地表达自己，由此推断空格指他仍然可以很聪明；根据首字母提示，smart聪明的，形容词；故答案为smart。
59．句意：他从攀岩中又学到了一个经验。
空格在名词前，判断填形容词；由上文可知，罗伊从艺术中得到了表达自己的机会，由此可知，攀岩是他又一个学习经验；根据首字母提示，next下一个的，形容词；故答案为next。
60．句意：他很快发现这不是天资的事，只是练习而已。
空格在be后面，判断填名词当表语；根据上文“He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing”推断空格指罗伊认识到攀岩不是天资的事，只是练习而已；根据首字母提示，practice练习，名词；故答案为practice。
61．句意：后来他发现自己的经验对学习如何读和写很有帮助。
空格在形容词性物主代词后面，判断填名词；由上文可知罗伊成功地学会制作陶器和攀岩，由此推断空格指这些经验对他学习如何读和写很有帮助；根据首字母提示，experience经验，名词；故答案为experience。
62．句意：他每天花很多时间读书和写作，这是他以前尽量避免的。
由上文可知罗伊从小有学习障碍，即使得到了很多额外的帮助，他还是备受煎熬；由此推断空格指以前尽量避免学习；used to do sth过去常常做某事，由此可知空格填动词原形；根据首字母提示，avoid避免，动词；故答案为avoid。
（2019年杨浦二模）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）
I recently took part in a very exciting five-week trip for teenagers, to volunteer at an international wildlife study centre, off the coast of a country far from where I live. The a 81 of the center was to help protect wildlife. So the project I signed up for included attending classes about wildlife, and going on daily dives underwater to collect important information for the scientists back at the centre.
We were w 82 by staff about our accommodation(食宿) before we arrived at the centre. Sure enough, when we got there, we were shown to some small wooden huts where we would live. They were quite b 83 : no indoor washroom and no fridge, so our meals were all vegetarian. However, I hadn’t eaten meat for years, so it was perfect for me.
The day after our arrival, we started our t_84 - learning the names of all the different fish, and how to count and describe them in a way that would be useful to the scientists. We also learnt a very important underwater creature called coral. However, this creature is now in danger because of problems such as global warming. So a 85 we did very little work involving the coral itself, we really felt our work in helping local sea creatures was essential.
Every day at the study centre was amazing, but there was one in particular when I was under the water as usual, with my ' diving buddy’, collecting data on the fish in the area. I s 86 looked up-and found myself face to face with two absolutely beautiful fish. My partner and I decided to spend our last few minutes under the water with these amazing creatures. As we got nearer to the fish, they didn't seem at all w 87 about us, and just watched us in an interesting way, before swimming of towards the coral reef. Unforgettable!
【答案】aim; warned; bad/basic; task; although; suddenly; worried
【解析】
aim; 本空前有the，所以本空需要填形容词，根据句意，我们去那里的的目标是去保护野生动物；
warned；前有were，后有by，所以为被动；根据句意，我们的食宿由员工安排；
bad；根据句意，后面说的没有窗户，没有冰箱，所以条件很不好；
task；后面说到让我们去了解不同鱼类的名称，同时学会如何更好地描述，所以这些是我们的任务。
although 根据句构，本空为连词，根据句意尽管我们能做的非常少，但是我们我们的工作依旧至关重要；
suddenly 本空位于主谓之间，填副词；我突然看到我自己与两条鱼面对面；
worried 根据本空的位置，前面有seem，后面有介词about，所以需要填写形容词；根据句意，他们似乎一点都不担心我们；
（2018年宝山一模）
C. Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14 分)
Popcorn(爆玉米花) was first discovered thousands of years ago by the people living in what is now Peru (秘鲁). It is believed that the first use of corn was popping. The English settlers
w 81 came to America in the 16th and 17th centuries, learned about popcorn from the Native Americans. Native Americans brought a bag of popped com to the first Thanksgiving. A common way to eat popcorn at that time was to hold an o 82 ear (穗) on a stick over the fire, then chew the popped corn off it. Natives throughout America also made popcorn soup and popcorn beer.
Popcorn was very popular in the United States from the late 19th century through the middle of the 20th century. It was a 83 in parks, from street vendors (摊贩), and near the theaters. Street sellers used to follow crowds around, pushing steam-powered popcorn machines (蒸汽爆米机) through parks and expositions (博览会) .
During the Depression (美国大萧条时期), popcorn 5 to 10 cells a bag was one of the few luxuries poor families could a 84 . While other businesses faded, the popcorn business became more and more successful. An American banker, who went broke (破产) when his bank failed, bought a popcorn machine and started a business in a small store near a theater. A 85 a couple of years, his popcorn business made enough money to buy back three of farm he had 1ost.
During World War II, when sugar was rationed (限量供应), Americans changed their snacking habits--they ate three times as much popcorn as they had before. P 86 the favorite place to eat popcorn was at the movies. When television took off (开始流行) in the 1950s, popcorn sales dropped for a while.
Americans today eat about 15 billion kilograms of popcorn each year. But the United States isn't just a land of popcorn 1 87 , it's also the land of popcorn. Most of the world now gets its popcorn from Nebraska (内布拉斯加州) and Indiana.
答案：
81. who 82. oiled 83. available 84. afford
85. After 86. Perhaps 87. lovers
中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台（2021年静安一模）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Survey Says Libraries Lead!
You might guess that Americans’ top go-to spot for culture and entertainment would be a movie theater or sports stadium. But a recent study p___56___ a place doesn't need buttered popcorn to attract visitors.
In 2019, the research company did a survey about Americans’ leisure activities. People were asked how often in the last year they had visited certain types of p___57___. These included libraries, museums, theme parks, and zoos. Libraries topped over the competition. They got more than twice as many total visits as movie theaters, which landed at number two.
Being number one is nothing new for libraries. The findings of a s___58___ study in 2001 were about the same. But one thing has changed since then. Today, many people can c___59___to the Internet. They’re able to read just about anything, just about anywhere. Some people predicted the Internet would make libraries out of date. However, it’s actually part of their popularity. In 2016, a Pew Research Center study found that 29 percent of adults went there to use computers, the Internet, or Wi-Fi. But the most c___60___ reason people go to the library is to check out books.
What books do library-goers borrow the most The New York Public Library (NYPL) set out to answer this question. In 2020, the library released a list of the most checked-out books in its 125-year history.
Three books in the top five are kids’ favorites, i___61___ Where the Wild Things Are (#4) and The Car in the Hat (#2). The highest honor, meanwhile, goes to The Snowy Day (#1). It's a beautifully illustrated (有插图的) tale about boy exploring city turned into winter wonderland. The book has been checked out almost half a million times.
Why are so many children's books on the list One reason is that they're short. So they’re read and returned f___62___. As The Cat in the Hat might put it: a quick-to-read hit comes back lickety-split!
（2021年杨浦区一模） Fill in the blanks with proper words.
Unless you are one of those rare people with an excellent memory, you probably have trouble remembering the names of people you have just met. This problem can be frustrating（令人沮丧的）and embarrassing. F___51___, there are a number of ways you can overcome this human weakness.
Before examining the methods to help remember people’s names, let’s look at the reasons why we are so f___52___ in the first place. Researchers think it’s due to a lack of motivation. People are better at remembering things that they want too learn. To put it simply, you’re just not that i___53___. Another reason is that putting a new face to a name is more complicated than we think, which leads to another problem. We usually don’t make the effort to m___54___ new names immediately. Not only that, but when meeting someone new, we may be thinking about other things and not be paying enough attention.
All of this means that we need to take measures to avoid the embarrassment of forgetting a person’s name. One good method is to say a person’s name when you g___55___ them and also repeat it silently to yourself a few times. This type of repetition is essential for learning any type of skill. Using a memory method, such as l___56___ individual names with something else, also helps. For example, if someone’s name is Ben and he is tall, you can label him（to yourself, of course）“Big Ben.”In addition, focusing on people and listening more closely when you meet them will assist you in recalling their names. Although forgetting name isn’t a matter of life or death, it’s uncomfortable. Putting these t___57___ into practice will help you better avoid this social discomfort.
（2021年奉贤二模）
The “Double Eleven” Shopping Festival is one of the largest shopping festivals in China. Last year, the festival went on for eleven days. Alibaba alone saw 498.2 billion yuan in trade.
Many people believe such large shopping festivals can help them s____71____ lots of money. After all, many stores do discount(打折) their goods. But if you take a second look at the sales prices, you’ll find that of them end in“9”or“99”. In our everyday lives, we r____72____ say,“Just give me 5.99 minutes,”It’s not common to say, “Just give me 59 minutes,”either. We are more likely to say,“Just give me 6 minutes” and“Just give me 60 minutes.”Why do stores prefer the other way round
The strategy(策略) is based on the f____73____ that we read from left to right. On a price tag, the number on the far left impresses us the most. So, even though 5.99 yuan is very c____74____ to 6 yuan, it’s the “5” that impresses us. A product that sells for 5.99 yuan just seems like a better deal than a similar one that sells for 6 yuan.
In a 2016 study, Hibbett, a professor of marketing asked a clothing company to r____75____ the price of one of its dresses from $34 to $39. He and his colleagues all thought fewer people would buy the dress. The result, however, s____76____ them. Demand(需求)increased by a third. Increasing the price from $34 to $44 made no difference at all.
So be c____77____ with prices that end in“9” or “.99”. They may make you spend more money!
（2020年长宁金山一模）
Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）
Free-diving is diving underwater, holding your breath, without the use of equipment. In ancient times people had to free-dive to get food, such as fish and shellfish. Free divers also c 56． treasures lying at the bottom of the ocean. The Mediterranean Sea, south of Europe, had many trading ships passing through. Often ships sank, sometimes because of storms. They would swim down to the shipwreck and try to lift the most precious pieces. In modern times, free-diving is part of many different a57．such as underwater photography and spearfishing. Sports such as underwater football, rugby and hockey also involve free-diving.
The most dangerous free-diving is practised by a small group of extreme sportsmen and sportswomen who swim very deep. They aim to go to great depths and d58． for a long time on a single breath, wearing only a wetsuit. Deep under the water it is cold and black. The weight or pressure on your body is much h59． than that at the surface. That weight, and going so long on only one breath, can cause a person to become unconscious（无意识的）because of a lack of oxygen, and then die.
Why do people want to take part in a sport that is so dangerous
You need to be fit to swim so deep, but you also need to be very strong mentally（精神上）. At first it is difficult to sink. You have to stay c60． and even slow your thinking. But finally the air is pushed from your body, and you start to sink. It is as if the water were d 61． you down. This is a very peaceful feeling.
Natalia wrote many poems about her love of being in the deep blue ocean. She felt at one with nature there, as if in an ancient space. She would go into a deep state of being quiet and thinking before she went into the water. She would leave b62．her the stress of life, which she called “surface fuss”. According to Natalia, when you stop breathing, most of your body’s functions stop. It is as if time itself stopped.
（2020年嘉定一模）
Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给）
Do you remember when you wrote a letter last time If the answer is “not recently”, don’t worry. You are not a _____56_____ .
A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter, half had not written a thank-you letter, and a quarter had not even written a birthday or Christmas card. In fact, 58 percent of teenagers c___57___ that handwriting was “too slow” and 17 percent believed it was “outdated”.
These results have caused w___58___that the art of handwriting may one day die out
“Hand-writing” is one of the most c____59____ art forms we have and should be given the same importance as other art form such as painting, or photography,” Jonathan Skyrme, general manager at BIC UK & Ireland, told the Daily Mail.
The New York Times once explained that a handwritten letter sends a message in a way that o___60___messages can never do. “When you get an email, you can never be sure that you are the o _____61_____ person to have received it -- or even that it was written by the person who sent it,” said the newspaper.
As US author Simon Garfield once wrote, “Emails are a poke（蜻蜓点水）, but letters are a loving touch.” So imagine the powerful message you send when you actually write out your thought by hand, buy a stamp, take it to a mailbox, and wait days for your special s___62___to receive it.
（2020年徐汇二模）
My dad is a patient, loving and giving person but his kind spirit that really touched me was one night as we were driving home after visiting my grandmother.
Pulling up at a small crossing, we saw a car stopped in the m56． of the road. An older lady was talking on her phone and staring up at a street sign, clearly trying to work out where she was. She came back to her car, looking more u57．. Dad watched her out of his rear-view (后视) mirror before pulling over to see if he could help. As he stood at her window and asked if she was OK, she broke down in tears, explaining she had lost her way.
It turned out she was a caregiver (照料者) and was t58． to find the house of the client she was meant to be helping that night. When she showed Dad the address she was meant to be at. Dad handed her his b59． card and told her to follow him, and to call him on the number on the card if she lost us in t60． .
My dad drove to the address, only a suburb or two out of our way, and found the house for her. The look of thankfulness on her face was reward enough for Dad.
The next morning as Dad was driving me to school his phone rang. It was the lady he'd helped the night b61． calling him to thank him again for his kind deed. 1 don't think Eve ever been so p62． to be his daughter.
（2020年普陀区二模）
Roy is a middle-aged man who lives happily with his family in a big house. He is a successful craftsman now. But his life is not a56． so great. He had a learning disability from an early age. He went to a school for children like him and he got plenty of extra help in this school. He still suffered(受苦) the rest of his school days in public schools.
His life improved so much when he discovered art. The art world gave him a chance to express himself w57． words. He went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay. Then he learned an important lesson: Though he was disabled in language, he could still be s58． and successfully express himself with clay.
He got his n59． lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but he was scared from the start. He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing; it was just p60．. So he did it more. After about five years of climbing, he found himself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. He learned that if a person fell in love with something and did it all the time, he would get better at it. And his confidence came along with it.
Later he found his e61． really helpful when learning how to read and write. Every day he spent many hours reading and writing, which he used to a62． as much as possible. After two hard years, he could read and write as well as others.
He has gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, reading and writing. Now he has got to a point in his life where he knows he is also able to dive into an area that is totally hard, unknown, but interesting.
（2019年杨浦二模）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）
I recently took part in a very exciting five-week trip for teenagers, to volunteer at an international wildlife study centre, off the coast of a country far from where I live. The a 81 of the center was to help protect wildlife. So the project I signed up for included attending classes about wildlife, and going on daily dives underwater to collect important information for the scientists back at the centre.
We were w 82 by staff about our accommodation(食宿) before we arrived at the centre. Sure enough, when we got there, we were shown to some small wooden huts where we would live. They were quite b 83 : no indoor washroom and no fridge, so our meals were all vegetarian. However, I hadn’t eaten meat for years, so it was perfect for me.
The day after our arrival, we started our t_84 - learning the names of all the different fish, and how to count and describe them in a way that would be useful to the scientists. We also learnt a very important underwater creature called coral. However, this creature is now in danger because of problems such as global warming. So a 85 we did very little work involving the coral itself, we really felt our work in helping local sea creatures was essential.
Every day at the study centre was amazing, but there was one in particular when I was under the water as usual, with my ' diving buddy’, collecting data on the fish in the area. I s 86 looked up-and found myself face to face with two absolutely beautiful fish. My partner and I decided to spend our last few minutes under the water with these amazing creatures. As we got nearer to the fish, they didn't seem at all w 87 about us, and just watched us in an interesting way, before swimming of towards the coral reef. Unforgettable!
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Popcorn(爆玉米花) was first discovered thousands of years ago by the people living in what is now Peru (秘鲁). It is believed that the first use of corn was popping. The English settlers
w 81 came to America in the 16th and 17th centuries, learned about popcorn from the Native Americans. Native Americans brought a bag of popped com to the first Thanksgiving. A common way to eat popcorn at that time was to hold an o 82 ear (穗) on a stick over the fire, then chew the popped corn off it. Natives throughout America also made popcorn soup and popcorn beer.
Popcorn was very popular in the United States from the late 19th century through the middle of the 20th century. It was a 83 in parks, from street vendors (摊贩), and near the theaters. Street sellers used to follow crowds around, pushing steam-powered popcorn machines (蒸汽爆米机) through parks and expositions (博览会) .
During the Depression (美国大萧条时期), popcorn 5 to 10 cells a bag was one of the few luxuries poor families could a 84 . While other businesses faded, the popcorn business became more and more successful. An American banker, who went broke (破产) when his bank failed, bought a popcorn machine and started a business in a small store near a theater. A 85 a couple of years, his popcorn business made enough money to buy back three of farm he had 1ost.
During World War II, when sugar was rationed (限量供应), Americans changed their snacking habits--they ate three times as much popcorn as they had before. P 86 the favorite place to eat popcorn was at the movies. When television took off (开始流行) in the 1950s, popcorn sales dropped for a while.
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Americans today eat about 15 billion kilograms of popcorn each year. But the United States isn't just a land of popcorn 1 87 , it's also the land of popcorn. Most of the world now gets its popcorn from Nebraska (内布拉斯加州) and Indiana.
