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2019年高考英语语法填空解题思路与技巧
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知识点1:新题型技巧讲解
语法填空高频考点与高分技巧
(1)按该题2014高考课改考纲要求
考试规律,“纯空格题”仅考冠词、介词、代词和连接词以及功能性结构副词
等四类词;“用括号中所给
词的适当形式填空”考了谓语动词的时态和语态、非谓语动词、形容词和副词的比较等
级等。
(2)介词、连接词、动词每年会有两道小题,是考查的重点,也是复习训练的重点。
(3)冠词:考查不定冠词的最基本的用法,表示“一个(次本…)”,这无疑是
复习和训练的重点,但也要关注不
定冠词的其他用法,同时注意定冠词的基本用法。
(4)代词:主要考查了在句中作宾语的人称代词宾语、只能在名词前作定语的形容词性物主代
词、it的用法和
不定代词。备考中,除重点关注已考的热点外,也不要忽视反身代词和疑问代词。
(5)连接词:考查了引导宾语从句的连接代词who、引导同位语从句的that
、引导定语从句的关系副词where(三
年考了两年)、表示转折的并 列连词but,这些仍是复习
的重点;备考中,要训练名词性从句:主语从句、表语从
句、宾语从句、同位语从句;状语从句、定语从
句的连接词。
如何判断名词性从句?
规律:可以从从句所处的位置判断是主语从句、宾语从句、同位语从句还是表语从句。
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注意:名词性从句中如果缺少主语、宾语 或 表语时常填 what;
(whatever) who (whoever)
(6)动词:时态重点考查一般过去时和一
般现在时,也要留意一般将来时、现在完成时、过去完成时等各种时
态。语态只考查了一般过去时的被动
语态,一般现在时和一般将来时的被动语态值得重视。
非谓语动词重复考的是不定式作状语,过去分词、动词-ing形式。
答案特点:
(1)纯空格题:试题要求中已明文规定“在空格处填入一个适当的词”,即一个小题或者一个
空格只能填一个单
词。
(2)用括号中所给词的适当形式填空:试题中要求“使用
括号中词语的正确形式填空”,这个词的“正确形式”,
不可以出现所给词以外的其它词。究竟由几个单
词组成?没有规定,高考题的答案是填一个或两个单词。若需填
两个单词,一个是不定式,一个是被动语
态。
(3)要求填的词(即答案)都是一些拼写简单的单词,平均每词约4-6个字母。
(4)若所填词位于句首,第一个字母要注意大写。
特别提醒:
“使用括号中词语的正确形式填空”的答案只填一个或两个单词,但是我们在平时的训练中应当不局限于此,要训练填一个、两个或多个单词的情 况。非谓语动词中,带to的不定式、现在分词的完成式都可能填两个
单词;
谓语动词的将来时、进行时和完成时等也都可能填两个单词,而现在完成进行时等就可
能填三个单词,被动语态
至少都要填两个单词。
答题思路:
(1
)纯空格试题。首先,分析句子结构确定填哪类词。然后,根据句子的意思,确定具体填什么词;根据两句
间的逻辑关系确定具体用哪个连词。
我们知道,语法填空空格在形式上主要有二种类型:
(1)纯空格题(无提示词):通常考——冠词、代词(形容词性物主代词、人称代词、不定
代词、指示代词、反
身代词 )、介词、和连词、从句引导词。
(2)用括号中所给词填空:通常考——谓语动词的时态、语态和主谓一致、.非谓语动词、词类转换等。
两个分句结构连接,考查语法点: 各类复合句中连词,引导词的用法。
1.…The exam, ________was originally to be held in
our classroom, was changed to the library at the
last minute.
2…the head of the village
was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to a
small town some 20 kilometres away
________there was a garage.
3. It is
such an important issue ______ we couldn’t afford
to ignore.
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4. We
shouldn’t spend our money testing so many people,
most of ________ are healthy.
答案:which where as whom
具体分析方法:
(一)纯空格题
1、缺主语或宾语,一定是填代词或名词(多考代词)。
[例1] I can send a message to Kenya whenever I want
to, and __38_ gets there almost in a second.
and连接前后两个句子,and后面的句子缺主语,应填名词或代词;结合前一分句,不难推知,“马上可到达
那里”的是the message,替代the message用代词it。
2、名词前是空格,若该名词前没有限定词,很可能是填冠词his,
their等形容词性物主代词,或some, any,
other(s),
another等限定词。
[例2] It is said that a short-
tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was
very anxious to help __33__ rice
crop grow up
quickly.
名词rice crop前还没有限定词,应当填限定词;根据句意,
这个急性子人当然是急于使“他的”禾苗长得快,
故填形容词性物主代词his。
[例3] The little boy pulled ___33___ right hand
out of the pocket … (his)
[例4] …the head of
the village was tying up his horse to my car to
pull it to__35_ small town some 20 kilometres
away where there was a garage.
因单数可数名词to
wn前还没有限定词,应填限定词;根据句意,是指将车拉到离那里大约有20公里远的一
个小镇上去修
理,表示“一个”,用不定冠词,故填a。
3、名词或代词前面是空格,而该名词或代词在句中不作主语、表语,也不作动词的宾语时,很可能是填介词。
[例5] … who should have the honour of
receiving me 33 a guest in their house.
因a
guest在句中不作主语、表语、动词的宾语,前面一定是填介词,使其成为该介词的宾语;又由句意可知,<
br>他们“把我当作客人”来接待,表示“当作”,用介词as。
4、若两个或几个单词或短语之间没有连词,可能是填连词。
[例6] …two
world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso 34 Candido
Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars.
因与Pablo Picasso (毕加索)与Candido Portinari
(坎迪多•波尔蒂纳里)这两个名词之间没有连词,一定是填连词;
两者是并列关系,应填and。
[例7] …all I saw was this beautiful girl,
whose smile just melted me 36 almost instantly
gave me a completely
new sense of what life is
all about.
因melted me和gave
me两个动宾短语之间没有连词,一定是填连词;两者是并列关系,故填and。
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5、若两句(主谓关系算一个句子)之间没有连词,也没有分号或句号,一定是填连接词。
[例8] I wanted to see as much of the city as
possible in the two days 32 I was to return to
Guangzhou.
因I wanted to…是一个句子,I was to retur
n…也是一个句子,这两个句子之间没有连词,也没有分号或句号,
一定是填连词;根据句意和两句之间
的逻辑关系,可知“参观这个城市的尽可能多的地方”应是在“返回广州”之前,
故填before。
[例9] He was very tired after doing this
for a whole day, 37 he felt very happy…
因He was very tired…是一个句子,he felt very happy…也是
一个句子,这两个句子之间没有连词,也没有分号
或句号,一定是填连词;根据句意和两句之间逻辑关系
,可知“干了一整天活累极了”与“感到非常高兴”是转折关
系,故填but。
6、
若结构较完整,空格后的谓语动词是原形,特别是与上下文时态不一致或主谓不一致时,很可能是填情态
动词或表示强调或倒装的助动词(do, does, did等)。
[例10 ]What
is acceptable in one country 31 be considered
extremely rude in another.
句中What is
acceptable in one country是主语从句,空格后的be considered是谓
语;因其中的be是原形,故空
格处必定是填情态动词或助动词does(由语境可知是一般现在时,主
语是第三人称单数);由句意及作者的语气可
知,需填表示“可能”的情态动词may。
[例11] He had no time or energy to play with his
children or talk with his wife, but he ___33___
bring home a
regular salary.
这是一个由but连
接的并列句,由前一分句的谓语动词had是一般过去时可知,后一分句的谓语动词bring也
应用一
般过去时;可是,bring却用的是原形,既与语境的时态不符,也与主语he不一致,该句不是倒装句,因<
br>此,此处必定是填情态动词或表示强调的助动词did;由句意和作者的语气推测,应当填对谓语动词表示
强调的助
动词did(的确)。
7、若缺状语,一定是填副词(在纯空中考的可能性不大)。
8、由特殊的句式结构来判断空格应填的词。
(1)由it
is…that…强调结构形式,判断填it还是that。
[例12] …and
40 was only after I heard she became sick that I
learned she couldn’t eat MSG (味精)!
由句式结构可知,本句为强调句,应填it。
(2)由倒装句式判断,是填构成倒装的条件的only, so, neither, nor,
never, hardly, seldom, not, until, had等,还是
填do,
does, did等。
[例13] __41__with hard work can
you expect to get pay rise.
由can you
expect to…可知,这是倒装句,根据构成倒装的条件可知,应填副词only,因为“only
+状语(with hard
work)”放在句首,句子要用倒装。
(3)由it作形式主语或形式宾语的句式判断,空格处是否填it。
[例14] …as
32 took them just three minutes to steal
paintings by two world-famous artists…
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由句式结构可知,这是it takes, sb. some
time to do sth.句型,本句的不定式to steal
paintings是真正的主语,空
格处填形式主语it。
[例15]
Dating sites also make 36 easy to avoid
someone whom you are not interested in.
由句式结构可知,to avoid…是真正的宾语,easy是宾补,空格处应填作形式宾语的it。
(4)so such…that…句型。
[例16] This
made the goat so jealous___34___it began plotting
against (谋划对付) the donkey.
由句式结构可知,这是so…that…句型,应填that。
(5)more…than… (与其说……不如说……,比……更……)句型。
[例17]
Cynthia’s story shows vividly that people remember
more how much a manager cares 40 how much he
pays.
由句式结构可知,这是more…than…句型,故填than。句意是与
经理所给的报酬相比,雇员更铭记于心的是
他的关心。
(二)给出了动词的试题。
1、动词不在主语或宾语的位置
首先,判断要填的动词是谓语动词还是非谓语动词。然后按以下两点进行思考。
若句中没有别
的谓语动词,或者虽然已有谓语动词,但需填的动词与之是并列关系时,所给动词就是谓语动
词;若是谓
语动词,就要考虑时态语态。
[例18] His fear of failure
____36____(keep) him from classroom games that
other children played with joyous
abandon.
因主语His fear of failure后没有别的谓语动词,需填的动词应为谓语动词;因主
语与keep是主动关系,应用
主动语态;由从句谓语动词played可知,要用一般过去时,故填k
ept。
[例19] That was definitely not an
attractive idea so I politely declined her
invitation, 40 (close) my book and
walked
away.
虽然句中已有谓语动词declined,但由and walked可知,
所填词与declined和walked是并列关系,所以也用
一般过去式closed。
[例20] In Logan, three people __38__ (take) to a
hospital, while others were treated at a local
clinic. (梅州二模)
因主语three
people与take是被动关系,即三个人被送进医院,故用被动语态;由were
treated可知,要用一
般过去时,故填were taken。
若句中已有谓
语动词,又不是并列谓语时,所给动词就是非谓语动词。若是非谓语动词就要确定用—ing形式、
—e
d形式,还是用不定式形式,确定的方法主要有:
2、作主语或宾语,通常用—ing形式表示习惯或一般情况,用不定式表示具体的情况。
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[例21] …but it is not enough
only 35 (memorize) rules from a grammar
book.
因it是形式主语,后面用不定式作真正的主语,故填to
memorize。
[例22] __35__ (speak) out your
inner feeling won’t make you feel ashamed, on the
contrary…
句中已有谓语won’t make,所以speak应为非谓语动词;
谓语前面应为主语,作主语,表示一般情况,要用
动名词短语,故填Speaking。
3、作目的状语或者在形容词后作状语,一般用不定式。
[例23] _______
(complete) the project as planned, we’ll have to
work two more hours a day.
因句中已有谓语will
have to work,所以complete应为非谓语动词;因“(为了)按计划完成这项工程”是“我
们每
天不得不额外多工作两小时”的目的,作目的状语,用动词不定式,故填To complete。
[例24] Some people say that oldest
children, who are smart and strong-willed, are
very likely ___33 (succeed).
因在形容词likely后作状语,要用动词不定式,故填to succeed。
4、作伴
随状语,常用分词,与逻辑主语是主动关系,用现在分词,是被动关系,用过去分词。这样的题一般
要特
别注意空格前的逗号。
[例25] He saw the stone, 37
(say) to himself: “The night will be very dark.”
句中已有谓语saw,所给动词与saw不是并列关系,应当是非谓语动词;又因He与say
是主动关系,故填saying
作伴随状语。
[例26] The
headmaster went into the lab, ___40___ (follow) by
the foreign guests.
句中已有谓语went,而follow又不是与之并列的,故为非谓语动词;又因the
headmaster与follow是被动关
系,故用过去分词作伴随状语。
5、
不论非谓语动词在句中作何种成分,若判断需要用分词,与逻辑主语是主动关系用—ing形式,是被动关
系用—ed形式。
[例27] There will be a meeting,
__40__ (start) later this year to review the film.
因a meeting与start是主动关系,用现在分词短语作定语,补充说明a
meeting,故填starting。
[例28] Lessons 39
(learn) in sports can help us in our dealing with
other people.
因句中已有谓语can help,所以learn应为非谓语动词
;又因lesson与learn是被动关系,要用过去分词短语作
定语,故填learned。
特别提醒:
有时给出的动词可能既不是谓语动词也不是非谓语动词,而是要求词类转换。
[例29] But
Jane knew from past experience that her ___36___
(choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
括号中所给词choose虽然是动词,但在句中作主语,且在形容词性物主代词后,应当填choos
e的名词形式
choice。
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2014高考英语语法填空高频考点
考点1. 动词的时态和语态
(1). The sun was setting down when my car
______ ( break ) down near a remote and poor
village .
(2). Being too anxious to help an
event develop often ________ ( result ) in the
contrary to our intention.
(3).People
stepped on your feet or ______ ( push ) you with
their elbows.
(4).“Your father has at last
decided to stop smoking,” Jane ________ ( inform
).
(5).After a four-day journey, the young
man ______ ( present ) the water to the old man.
(6). He ______( pretend ) that a tiger toy
was real and giving it a voice.
broke;
results;pushed;was informed;presented;was
pretending
小结: 动词的时态、语态是每年的考点,
也是历年高考重点考查的项目,通常1-2道题。 重点考查的是时
态
,且多与语态一起考查。时态理解错误在考生中是常见的, 把握命题人的意图是至关重要的。
1).先判断所给动词是谓语动词还是非谓语动词,
2). 谓语动词的话,
判断用主动语态还是被动语态,
3).
判断用那种时态(根据具体的语境、时间状语或另一动词)。
4).
确定所填动词的形式,保证谓语动词时态、语态、人称和数的一致。
5).
特别注意:时态变化时不规则动词的拼写。
考点2 .
非谓语动词
(1). While she was getting me
_______ ( settle ) into a tiny but clean room.
(2). The Proverb, “ Plucking up a crop
_______( help ) it grow,” is based the following
story.
(3). She wished that he was as
easy ________ ( please ) as her mother.
(4). He spit it out , ______ ( say ) it was awful.
(5). --- and then I noticed a man ______ (
sit ) at the front.
settled ;to help;to
please;saying;sitting sit
小结:
非谓语动词每年必考, 至少1道题, 主要考查:
1). 动名词和不等式做宾语的区别;
2). 非谓语动词做宾补的区别;
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3). 非谓语动词的时态、语态、否定式和复合结构。
解题:
确定非谓语动词;(先分析句子结构,若句子已有谓语动词且不是并列谓语时,所给的动词就是非谓语动词);
确定用那种非谓语动词;(在句子中作什么句子成分,结合固定搭配和习惯用法);
确定语态;(结合与逻辑主语的关系,确定填那种语态);
确定用那种时态;(
非谓语动词所表示的动作与句中谓语动词的动作生的先后关系确定时态)。
考点3. 情态动词
该题型已出题省份近几年还没出现
小结:
情态动词主要考查: 推测和可能性; 情态动词+ Have done ;虚拟语气; shall,
should, can 和 must
所表示的特定语气。
重点注意:
1).must , can, could, may, might 表示可能性(
按可能性大小排列 )。
2). must couldmay might ( have
done) 表示对发生事情的推测。
3).shouldought + to +
have done 表示对过去的责备。
4).will shall 表示请求、许可。
5). could might should + have done 表示虚拟语气等。
考点4. 冠词
(1).--- the head of
the village was tying up his horse to my car to
pull it to _____ small town some 20 kilometers
away.
(2).Shopping at this time of the year
was not ______ pleasant experience.
(3).A
young man came across a spring of clear water,
_______ water was sweet.
(4).We had _______
amazing conversation.
a a the an
小结: 冠词是高考的常考点。 若空格后面的名词 或 形容词+
名词前没有物主代词、不定代词、名词所有
格、指示代词等限定词时, 很可能填冠词。实战:
1) . 如果空格及后面的名词可翻译成“ 一个 ( 本、种、杯 ------) ” 时,
一般填 aan.
如果可翻译成“ 这、这些、那、那些 ”时, 一般填 the .
2) . 泛指填aan , 特指填the.
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3). 如果名词后面有: of
短语、不定式、分词或从句等做定语时可能填the.
定冠词的用法比较不好记,下面的顺口溜或许能帮助大家。
特指双熟悉,
上文已提及;
世上独无二, 序数最高级;
普转专有名, 习语及乐器。
语法填空讲练第1篇
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31――40的相应位置上。
According to a recent
survey, violence did exist in schools. Students
showed their fear and parents and teachers also
expressed their great concern about it.
Experts hope the whole society pay more attention
to the mental health of
adolescents.
Nowadays, school violence is 31 hot issue. I
think this is a phenomenon, 32 calls for our
great concern.
We should try every effort 33
(prevent) violence happening at school for more
and more students would drop out of
school
34 their personal safety could not 35
(guarantee). In fact, violence can 36 (learn).
Children learn
violent behavior from adults or
from 37 they see on television or on the
Internet.
If I meet with school violence,
I will not answer violence 38 violence, for it
will result in 39 (much)
fighting. I will
tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they
will help me deal with it well and they will
protect me
from the bad guys.
All in
all, every student should behave 40 (he) and
keep away from violence.
答案:
文章向我们介绍了作者对校园暴力的看法。
31.a 这里需要一个不定冠词表示某个的意思。
32.这里要用which 引导一个非限制性定语从句,因为先行词为物,所以要用which。
33.to prevent 不定式作目的状语。
34.if/as long as
人身安全得不到保障是辍学的条件,所以应该用引导连接条件状语从句连词。
35.be
guaranteed 所给动词和其逻辑主语是动宾关系,所以要用被动语态。
36.be
learned 事实上;暴力是可以学的。
37.what
引导一个宾语从句,并且在从句中作宾语,所以要用what。
38.with
表示方式,意思是“用”。
39.more 由语境可知,以暴力对付暴力,只能产生更多的暴力。
40.himself behave oneself表现良好,行为良好。
语法填空讲练第2篇
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31――40的相应位
置上。
In the 1950s, a family that owned a
farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to
an elm (榆树). The bull
paced 31 the tree,
dragging the heavy iron chain, which led to a
groove (槽) in the bark (树皮). The groove 32
(deep) over the years. Though for whatever
reason, it did not kill the tree.
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33 some years, the family took
their bull away. They cut the chain, leaving the
loop around the tree and one link
34 (hang
down).
Then one year, agricultural
catastrophe struck Michigan in 35 form of
Dutch elm disease. All of the elms
lining the
road leading to the farm became infected 36
died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be
the next.
The farm owners considered 37
(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping
it up into firewood before it died.
Amazingly 38 (amazing), the tree did not die.
Nobody could understand 39 it was the only elm
still
standing in the county. It' s said that
40 doesn' t kill you will make you stronger. Or,
as a plant pathologists (病理学
家 ) put it ,
答案:
这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章通过叙述一棵老榆树大难不死的故事告诉我们这
样一个道理:经历疼痛才能变
得坚强,才能抵挡住更大的困难甚至是灾难。
31.around
下文告诉我们,树皮被铁链磨出了一个槽。由此可以看出,这是由牛绕着树来回踱步造成的。
32.was deepened 随着岁月的流逝,磨出来的槽逐渐被加深了。所以要用被动,另外
,由于动作发生在过去,所
以动词要用过去式。
33.After
after+时间段,表示经过一段时间之后。
34.hanging down hang
down和其逻辑主语one
link是主谓关系,所以用现在分词表示主动,构成leave+宾语+
现在分词。
35.the in the form of固定用法,意思是:以……的形式。
36.and 榆树受到感染,继而死去。
37.going
consider后跟动名词作宾语。
38. Amazingly 副词作状语,修饰整个句子。
39.why 谁都不理解为什么只有这棵榆树依然耸立在那里。
40.what
引导一个主语从句,并在从句中作主语,所以用what。
巩固练习
saw a film yesterday afternoon
, after _____we had supper in a nearby restaurant.
comes a time in every man's life_____
he has to think
gh he knew little
about the large amount of work done in the field,
he succeeded_____ other more
well-informed
experiments failed.
knocked at the door for nearly five minutes
____his wife opened it.
.
10..---The
thread of my kite broke and it flew away.
---I
had told you it would easily break _____ it was
the weakest.
were surprised that a child
could work out the problem ____they themselves
couldn't.
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12.I had
been puzzled over the problem for over an hour
without any result, _____ all at once the solution
flashed across
my mind.
23.______
surprised me most was______ they had finished the
so quickly.
24._____ seems strange to us
is ______ she can sing so many English songs
beautifully.
parents used _____ they
had to get a new car for my brother.
question came up at the meeting _____ we had not
enough money to do the research.
this hotel _____ you said we were to stay in your
letter?
Key:
.. 9.
11. while12. When 23What; that that
关于动词的语法填空练习:
1. I remember the
first time we____(meet) ,and at that time you
_____(sing) a song on the stage.
2.---I'm
sorry, but there's no smoking room in this section
on the train.
---Oh, I _____ (not
know)that, and I won't smoke again.
.
3.
Hi, Bill. I _____(not know) you _____ (be)in this
city. How long have been here?
4. I have
no idea of whether Tom has finished his job yet; I
only know he _____(do) it this morning.
5.I should very much like to have gone to the
party, but they ______(not invite) me.
Key:1. met; were singing 't know 3. didn't
know; were doing ’t invite
课堂回顾
新题型所考察的词汇类型和规律
课后作业
松江区2017一模
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the
passage below, fill in the blanks to make the
passage coherent and grammatically correct.
For the blanks with a given word, fill in each
blank with the proper form of the given word; for
the other blanks, use one
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word that best fits each blank.
Maddie and her mother, Stephanie, thought the
screams for help were just Boy Scouts (童子军)around.
But then they
saw the scene: the boy scouts
surrounding a hiker who (21) ____________ (take) a
scary Six-meter drop in an area near
the
Hoover Dam, a fall that left his right arm with a
bone (22) ____________ (stick) out. The mother
and the daughter
(23) ____________ (suppose)
to be having a fun-filled weekend to celebrate
Maddie's 17th birthday. But the trip turned
into an emergency life-saving adventure.
Maddie and her mother were nearly a kilometer into
their 18-kilometer river trip
in Black Canyon
when they pulled onto some sand. The boy scouts,
(24) ____________ had called 911, had tied a loose
bandage around the hiker, broken arm to stop
the bleeding.
Maddie knew another bandage was
needed and thought of her lifeguard training. She
asked (25) ____________
anyone had a pen or a
stick, and someone picked up a branch. She turned
the bandage, careful not to hit the bone (26)
____________ it stopped most of the bleeding.
The girl grew up doing junior guards and had
recently taken a first aid class as part of her
training (27)
____________ (become) a
lifeguard with California State Parks at Crystal
Cove. “I’m happy these trainings are so useful”
she said. “(28) ____________ them, this guy
probably would have died. This is something I will
never forget. I’ve been
considering my college
and future career choices and now really feels
like that the emergency medical field is (29)
____________ I would enjoy.”
It’s not the
first time Maddie has quickly jumped into action
when (30) ____________ (need). In 2015 when she
was
just 15 during the Surf City Marathon, she
was near a man who dropped at mile 26. She pulled
him out of the road and
treated him for shock
until paramedics (医务人员)arrive .
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a
proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be
use only once. Note that there is
one word
more than you need.
A statuses B.
relevantly C. reserves D. highlighting E.
population
F. estimated G. downgraded H.
driving I. critically J. enforced K.
reverse
Good news for giant panda lovers: the
cute and cuddly creature has just been brought
back from the edge of
extinction.
The
International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) __31__ the species from “endangered” to
“vulnerable”
as the union released its updated
Red List on Sept. 4 at Hawaii with their __32__
growing by 17 percent in the decade
leading up
to 2014.
Chinese conservation efforts,
including forest protection and reforestation, are
considered to be the __33__ force
behind the
animal's re-prosperity. The number of panda __34__
in China has also jumped to 67, from 13 in 1992.
Nearly
two-thirds of all wild pandas live
there. Restoring the panda’s habitat has given
them back their space with food available
to
them.
Apart from giant pandas, the Tibetan
Antelope has also moved from “endangered” to “near
threatened”. According to
a statement from
IUCN, the animal's numbers have shrunk severely -
dropping from around 1 million to a(n) __35__
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