语法填空专练: By Charlie Qin
(一)
You may wonder why we have a holiday in summer (1)_________ winter, but not in spring (2)_________ autumn. There are some reasons for it. Like most people, your intelligence changes from season (3)______ season. You are properly a lot sharper in the spring (4)_________ you are (5)___________ any other time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, who’s well known to us all concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect (6)___________ our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This (7)____________ mean that all people are not (8)__________ quick at learning in the summer as they (9)__________ during the best of the year. It tells us, (10)_____________, that intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.
(二)
Some day, if you are lucky, you may see a bongo(大羚羊). But the (1)______ way most people will see it is in a zoo. They are found in Africa, where they lived (2)________ in forests. Even in Africa, very few people (3)________ get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very (4)_____. It is an animal that keeps to itself.
The bongo has (5) _______ coloring. Its hair is bright brown mixed with (6)__________ and red. Down its back and across its (7)_______the bongo has yellow-white strips(条纹). Animals that look for food at night usually have big (8)_________. This helps them see better at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble in living in the darkness.
Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside on (9)_________ days. They only go outside on those days when it is dark or very (10)_________.
(三)
There was once a teacher in a village. He was a man named Goldsmith. He was a kind-hearted man. He was always poor (1)____________. He taught himself (2)___________, so sometimes people called him Doctor Goldsmith. One day a poor woman asked Mr. Goldsmith to go and see her husband, because he was very ill and couldn’t get up. Mr. Goldsmith did (3)______. He found that the family needed help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not (4)__________. He was just hungry because there was no food in his house.
“Come to my room this (5)_________”said Mr. Goldsmith to the woman, “I will give you some medicine for your husband.”
In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith Gave her a little paper box.
“(6)________is the medicine,” he said.” Take it and it will (7)_________ your husband a great deal of good, but don’t open the box until you get home.”
“What are the direction for (8)_________ it?” asked the woman.
“You will find them inside the box.” he answered.
When the woman (9)_________ home, she sat down by her husband’s side, and they opened the box. They found it was full of (10)__________. And on the top were the direction;” TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.”
Goldsmith had given all the money he had.
(四)
Bassanio fell in love (1) Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him (2) he was poor. He had to borrow some money (3) his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and greedy money lender. Shylock agreed to (4) him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh (5) he couldn’t repay him within three months.
Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost (6) sea. Knowing that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (7) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut (8) one pound of flesh (9) Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he (10) lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.
(五)
Dear Lifeline,
I shall be getting married (1)_______ August. My mother wants me to have a white wedding in (2)_________, because I am the only daughter, and she wants me to have the kind of wedding that she had. I, on the other (3)________, should like to have a simple wedding (4)______ a small party (5)________ for immediate family and close friends. I don’t want my parents (6)_____ go to a lot of expense just for one day; I’d rather they spent the money (7)____ things that my husband and I will need, that will last us for many years.
Do you agree (8)______ me that this is a reasonable point of (9)_____? Can you think of a way in which I might persuade my parents (10)_____ think as I do?
Yours,
Money-Conscious
(六)
Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored (1) the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved (2) the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got married (3) the age of 13. in 1888 he sailed to England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he (4) (surprise) found the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight (5) equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was (6) (control) by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and (7) (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians (8) (include) Gandhi were put in prison. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give (9) and India won its independence in 1947.
(fortunate) Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.
(七)
Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, (1) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with (2) when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to (3) for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was (4) to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too (5). That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed (6) four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window (7) she saw the neighbor’s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What (8) happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor wanted each guest (9) meet him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired (10) not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,”he cried.”My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden….”
(八)
Last Monday morning, I was (1)___________ (cycle) along a street in the rush hour (2)________ my way to an interview for an important job. A yellow car passed me and (3)________(sudden) stopped. I had to (4)__________ my bike hard and of course, I fell. I was so angry (5)_______ I stopped the driver and kept on shouting at him rudely.
(6)_____________, I was in time for the interview. By chance, (7)________ of my interviewers, the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me (8)_________my rudeness. (9)___________, he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager (10)__________ I thought of him.
(九)
If you want to improve your (1)_________, you’d better (2)_________ (listen) to BBC English which is part (3)__________ the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such (4)_______ difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences (5)___________ written and spoken English and (6)______ on. It is easy for you to find out some information (7)___________ the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English (8)________ ask for it.
In China there are (9)__________ English programmes like Follow Me on TV (10)__________ on the radio. They are usually easy to receive and understand and they are very useful to you.
(十)
It is known to all (1)________ the Chinese diet is considered to (2)_________ the healthiest in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit (4)________ green vegetables. It is rich (5)________ fiber and low in sugar and fat.
How (6)________ the western food? It has too much fat in the form (7)________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As a (8)___________, the (9)__________(west) usually become very fat and have bad teeth, and many of many of them even die at an (10)______________ age from heart illnesses.
(十一)
I attended a birthday party in 1991. my teacher was then 59 years old. (1)__________ her fellow teacher said (2)__________ we were celebrating her 39th birthday! We were all (3)____________ (surprise) and puzzled.
After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about (4)___________ (birth). If a woman is (5)________ 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is (6)_________ the 39th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her (7)___________, it’s 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are (8)__________ 20.
This shows that American women, (9)____________ elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be (10) _____________ . ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is that if you don’t know it, don’t ask about it; if you really know it, don’t mention it.
(十二)
One day, Pierre, (1)_________ worked in a government office, received an (2)___________ (invite) to a Palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money (3)____________ jewellery, so she borrowed a beautiful necklace (4)__________ her friend Jeanne. She looked very beautiful (5)___________ they had a wonderful time that evening. Bu t after the ball, she found the necklace (6)___________. They had to (7)___________ a lot of money to buy a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay (8)_________ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her (9)___________ they met in the park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t be affected (10)__________ vanity, otherwise it will cost him a lot.
(十三)
(1)________ is known to all, China is a large country (2)_________ agriculture. Science of farming was first (3)_________ (study) here.
Jia Si Xie, living (4)______ the 6th century AD, was one of the farming pioneers. After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time (5)_______ research into agriculture. He studied (6)_________ to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on.
During the year 533~544, he wrote a book (7)__________ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu (8)_________ is about both farming and gardening, (9)__________ (include) advice on how to grow green vegetables, how to keep fish in lakes and so on. It was considered to be (10)________ important summary of farming knowledge.
(十四)
Walt Disney, a great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901 (1)_________ died in 1966. (2)_______ a young man, he wanted very much to be an artist. He went to newspaper office in the hope (3)__________ getting a job there, (4)_________ he had no luck.
He didn’t lose heart. He kept on (5)___________ (draw) lots of pictures. Being poor, he had to sit in the family garage drawing pictures. Day (6)_________ day, he worked hard. Several years (7)__________, he succeeded in (8)_________(make) his first cartoon character---Mickey Mouse. From then (9)_________, he became a successful cartoon maker. Many characters in his cartoons are very popular, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, (10)_____________ are loved by everyone, especially by children.
(十五)
Nowadays, almost everyone has realized (1)_________ that smoking is harmful (2)_________ people’s health. Sometimes it (3)__________ causes fire.
In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of cigarettes. It’s bad news (4)_________ the health of nation.
It’s known that (5)_________ (smoke) can cause different kinds of disease. Every year, many people die (6)__________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money (7)__________ look after these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those (8)____________who don’t smoke, (9)________ (especial) to children and women.
In a word, smoking is no good. If you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases (10)__________ the fires that destroy people’s lives and properties!
(十六)
Many people like to (1)________ the latest newspaper. But (2)_______ is it produced so quickly?
The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (3)________ to do. Every morning the (4)___________ (journal) are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (5)_________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends photographer to (6)________ the pictures they need.
Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (7)___________ (develop) photos to the editor. (8)_________
The chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (9)__________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. (10)___________ the newspaper is printed and delivered to different places.
(十七)
We all know that computers have played and (1)______ play a very important part (2)_______ various fields.
In personal lives, computers can do lots of work. It can carry (3)_______ people’s instructions.
In agriculture, computers are used (4)_________ control the (5)__________ (grow) conditions of vegetables and plants. In transportation, computers can work out the best distance (6)__________ trains and operate the trains instead (7)________ human beings. In the fields of education, health and scientific research, computers are important, (8)_________. People use them to store information (9)__________ records.
Because of the computers, life is easier and (10)__________ convenient for people.
(十八)
Xiao Mao is a primary school student and he enjoys (1)__________ (draw) very much.
One day, he went to the small woods not far (2)___________ town to draw from nature, carrying a drawing board. He was glad to find a tree living (3)____________ the rest had been cut down. “Let me start work at (4)________” he thought and began to set up his (5)__________.
Just (6)_________ a strong young man came (7)___________ a big axe and got down to cutting the tree. Soon he cut it down and pulled it away.
When Xiao Mao got (8)__________ and turned back to draw, he found the tree had (9)____________ (disappear).
“Dear me! Where on earth is the (10)__________ ? ”Xiao Mao wondered, very disappointedly.
(十九)
With the (1)_____________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more (2)_________ more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because (3)_________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused (4)_________ the following reasons: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give (5)_________ poisonous gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another (6)_________ (fact) is the smokers. Smoking not only does (7)_________ to
their health (8)__________ also to others. Besides these, about 10%of air (9)_____________ is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight (10)___________ pollution. New fuel can be used to replace gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the importance of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will be solved.
(二十)
Recently, a website has carried (1)________ a survey about the common view on graduates (2)________ Beijing University.
28% of the interviewed companies think (3)__________ they are quite satisfied (4)_______ the graduates from Beijing University. The graduates (5)_______ their companies have a wide range of knowledge (6)______ they learn things very quickly and easily.
However, most of the companies don’t think much (7)__________ graduates from Beijing University. In their eyes, the graduates always stick to their own opinions and lack the teamwork spirit (8)_______ working. Besides, they may not be satisfied with their jobs even with big companies, and they usually ask too much. As a result, 34% of the (9)____________ insist that they will not employ graduates from Beijing University.
In brief, society and even the students (10)________ (they) expect too much from graduates from Beijing University. That’s why a graduate claims that he is rubbish.
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