高考英语语法填空专题训练(8)
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高考英语语法填空专题训练（8）
1、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Adversity(逆境) can beat you down, but probably it
also has the ability to
make you stronger. The
impact and ultimate result depend on ①___________
you do
with the difficulties that come in your
way.
Beethoven composed one of his
②___________ (great) works after going deaf.
Sir Walter Raleigh wrote The History of the
World during his thirteen-year
imprisonment.
Had Columbus turned back, no one could
③___________ (blame) him. Of
course, no one
would have remembered ④___________, either.
Abraham Lincoln made great
achievements by his
display of wisdom during the American Civil War.
Eventually, consider a more recent
example. For sixteen years, Dr. Mary
Groda-
Lewis had a difficult time ⑤___________ (study)
the written words on account
of a learning
disorder. She ⑥___________ (put) in prison on two
different occasions
and almost died of a
stroke when bearing a child. ⑦___________ (
commit) to going
to college, she did a variety
of odd jobs to save money. When graduating from
high
school at eighteen, she was considered as
an outstanding student and finally entered
college ⑧___________ (success). Determined to
become a doctor,she received many
⑨___________
(rejection) of the medical schools before Albany
Medical College
finally accepted her. In 1984,
Dr. Mary Groda-Lewis, ⑩___________ was thirty-five
years old then, graduated with honors and
realized her dream.
2、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A man was really worried about his
son,①__________was sixteen years old
but had
no courage at all. So the father decided to call
on a Buddhist monk
②__________(train) his
child.
The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s
father, “You should leave your son to
me. I
will make him a man of ③__________(brave) within
three months. However, you
can’t come to see
him during that period.”
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Three months later, the boy’s
father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged
a
boxing match between the child and a(n)
④__________(profession) boxer(拳击手).
Each
time the boxer hit the boy, he fell down, but at
once the boy stood up.
Several times later,the
Buddhist monk asked,“⑤__________do you think of
your
child?”
“What ⑥__________shame!”
the boy’s father said.
could be so ⑦__________
(easy)knocked down. I shouldn’t have left him
here at all.”
“I’m sorry that' s all you
see. Don’t you see⑧__________each time he falls
down, he stands up again instead
of⑨__________(cry)? That' s the kind of courage
you wanted him to have.”
If each time
you are knocked down and you have the courage to
stand up again,
then you can be proud
⑩__________yourself.
3、阅读下面材料，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。
How much attention do you pay to what you put
in your body, in other words, food?
As we get
older, we start to think about this more and more.
Maybe you have started
making more of your own
eating ①. ________ (choice) or even preparing your
own meals.
Maybe you have just become extra
aware of how food affects you inside and out. You
②. ________ (be) not alone!
Jessica, 12,
says, “If I had another chance, I would choose to
eat ③. ________
(little) junk food and more
healthy foods. I would also treat ④. ________ (I)
to
candies only once a week.”
Melissa, 11,
writes that she would like to change ⑤. ________
much she eats for
dinner. “I always eat 2 or 3
servings for dinner,” she says.
It is not much
fun denying (拒绝) ourselves something ⑥. ________
we want to
eat. On the other hand, eating lots
of junk food and sweets can make us feel a little
⑦.________ (happy) and maybe guilty (内疚的),
because we have not been good
⑧________ our
bodies.
Remember: This is not a guide to
losing weight! If you feel you are overweight,
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talk to a parent, doctor
or school nurse about whether you ⑨. ________
(real) need
to lose some pounds and find a
safe way ⑩. ________ (do) it.
4、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。
Elias’ Story
Elias, a poor worker in South
Africa, said that the time 1 he first met
Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of
his life. In 1952, he went to see Nelson
Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela
was generous with his time, for 2
Elias was very grateful.
He began school
at six, but he had to leave school two years later
3 his
family couldn’t afford the
school fees and the bus fare. 4 a
result,
he had very little education. After 5
(try) hard, he got a job in a gold
mine.
However, to live in Johannesburg, one had got to
have a passbook. Not having
one ,because he
was not born there, he worried about 6
he would become out
of work.
Then Mandela
helped him, telling him how to get the correct
papers 7
(stay) in Johannesburg. He
became more hopeful about his future and later
joined the
ANC Youth League 8
(organize) by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the
blacks
were so badly treated that they had
reached a stage 9 they had almost no
rights at all.
In 1963, he helped Mandela
blow up some government buildings. He knew that
only
by answering violence 10
violence could they achieve their dream of making
black and white people equal.
5、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I once worked as a sports editor for a small
newspaper. I never got a letter
from my
readers, so I was stressed when there was an
envelope on my desk one morning.
When I
opened it, I found a note, ①__________ read, “You
did a good job,
young man.
②__________(congratulate) to you!”
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The note ③__________(write) by John
Smith, a famous sports editor. As I was
a
green hand, his words made me ④__________(excite).
After that, I kept the note
in my desk. When I
wondered ⑤__________ I had the ability to be a
good editor,
I would read John's note and
become ⑥__________(confidence) again.
Later, I learned that Mr Smith often wrote notes
⑦__________(encourage) young
people in
different fields. “When I make others happy,I feel
happy, too,” he said.
So when you find
anyone around ⑧__________(need) help, please write
a note
of encouragement to bring them more
confidence. Writing takes more time,
⑨__________ it is better than making phone
calls. The problem with phone calls
⑩__________(be) that they can not last a long
time, but the words on the note can
be read
more than once.
6、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever told a story about someone but
forgotten his or her name? Not
①__________(worry)! In English, we have
special names to replace it, so your story
doesn’t come to a sudden stop.
In the
US, if a name has been forgotten,
②__________(simple) say the name
John Doe for
a man, or Jane Doe for a woman. You can use these
names for any situation
where someone’s name
is ③__________(miss). For example: “Did you see
that guy who
got wet ④__________ the rain?”
“Ah yes, poor John Doe.”
But ⑤__________
exactly is John Doe? The name is not real. It
first appeared
around ⑥__________ 14th century
in English courts. It was used to protect the
identity of certain people. Today, it is not
used in England. Yet John Doe and Jane
Doe are
names used in legal courts in the US.
⑦__________are used when the identity
of a
person must not ⑧__________(give) away.
However in England, unknown people are called John
Smith. This
is ⑨__________John has always been
one of the most common first ⑩__________(name)
in English. And Smith is the most common
family name. So next time you forget someone’s
name, you know what to say.
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7、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Rise After Falling
A father was
worried about his son, ①__________ was sixteen
years old but
had no courage at all. So the
father decided to call on a Buddhist monk (僧侣)
②__________(train) his boy.
The
Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “I insist
that your son should
be left alone here. I’ll
make him into a real man within three months.
③__________,
you can’t come to see him during
this period.”
Three months later, the
boy’s father ④__________(return). The Buddhist
monk
arranged a boxing match between the boy
and an ⑤__________(experience) boxer. Each
time the fighter struck the boy, he
⑥__________(fall) down, but at once the boy stood
up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him
down, the boy stood up again. Several times
later, the Buddhist monk asked, “⑦__________
do you think of your child?”
“What a
shame!” the boy’s father said, “I never thought he
would be so
⑧__________(easy) knocked down. I
needn’t have him stay here
any
⑨__________(long)!
“I’m sorry that that’s
all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls
down, he stands up again instead of
⑩__________(cry)? That’s the kind of courage
you wanted him to have.
8、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When Spring cleaning season arrived this year I
decided that it was time
① (get)rid of
not only a Winter's worth of dust and dirt
②
much stuff as well. This stuff was lining my
walls, filling my
shelves, and crowding my
closets which didn’t me one bit of ③
(happy)
It turned out to be an even ④
(big)job than I thought. I threw
away twenty-
year-old bills, useless papers and ⑤
(break)bowls. I
found out some clothes that I
no longer ware and decided to give
⑥
(they) away to the local Goodwill. Old books were
boxed up to be
passed on for others to read
and enjoy. It ⑦ . (take)several days
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to get it all done, and in
the end I was able to walk through my home
⑧
(easy). My heart was a lot lighter too. It was so
good to be able
to get rid of all the junk and
to just focus ⑨ the essential stuff
in
life again.
⑩ is the essential
stuff? What is the stuff that brings
meaning
to our days? A loving heart is essential. A joyful
spirit is essential. A
soul full of goodness
and God is essential.
1、答案：
1. what
2. greatest 3. have blamed 4. him 5. studying put
7. Committed
8. successfully 9.
rejections 10. who
2、答案：
who; to train;
bravery; professional; What; a; easily; that;
crying; of
3、答案：
s 2. are 4. myself 5
.how y do
4、答案：
1. when2. which3.
because4. as5. trying6. whether7. to stay8.
organized9. where10.
with
5、答案：
which;
Congratulations; was written; excited; whetherif;
confident; to encourage;
needing; but; is
6、答案：
to worry; simply; missing; in; who;
the; They; be given; because; names
7、答案：
who; to train; However; returned; experienced;
fell; what; easily; longer; crying
8、答案：
to get; but; happiness; bigger; broken; them;
took; easily; on; What
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