2016年高考英语语法填空专题练习.doc

2016高考英语语法填空专练
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One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 1 ( find ) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it; neither too much 2 too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 3 not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very 4 ( reason ) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours.” Nick said.
Nick’s guests, 5 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 6 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 7 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t 8 ( possible ) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 9 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 10 ( think ) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
2.
Mary will ever forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day,__1_____( wear ) sun glasses. He walked in as if he __2____(buy) the school , and the word quickly got around that he was from New York City .
For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt __3___ (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably the fact that she sat in __4___last row.
___5_____ he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little __6____( hard ) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around ,but that didn’t stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, _ 7____made her feel like a star .
“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons ?” the teacher asked .The new boy shook his head. “Then I’d appreciate it if you didn’t wear them in class. I like to look at your eyes when I’m speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher __8____ a few seconds and all the other students wondered __9____ the boy would do .Then he took __10____ off, gave a big smile and said “That is cool."
3.
One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival. I left early because I had an appointment__1__(late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me__2__the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man__3__(sit) at the front. He__4__(pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be__5__(mental) disabled.
Behind him were other people to__6__he was trying to talk, but after some minutes__7__walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed.
I didn’t want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him__8__his own either. After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had__9__amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home. I’m glad I made a choice. It made__10__of us feel good.
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A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. __1__water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder__2__had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man__3__ ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled __4__ ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home__5__a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let__6__student taste the water. He spit it out, __7__ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like__8__?" The teacher replied," You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be__9__ (sweet). "We understand this lesson best__10__we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult __1__was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy__2__(please)as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not__3__pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or__4__(push)you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain. Jane paused in front of a counter__5__some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price. ”But Jane knew from past experience that her__6__ (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes__7__sale. She did not hesitate for long：although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please__8__. When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already__9__table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking, ” Jane__10__ (inform).
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Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.__1__these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop__2__(help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help__3__rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about__4__day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea__5__he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired__6__doing this for a whole day, __7__he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”__8__ (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their__9__(nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often__10__(result) in the contrary to our intention.
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I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car __1__(break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to__2__should have the honor of receiving me__3__a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me__4__(settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to__5__small town some 20 kilometers away__6__there was a garage.
I had noticed three hens running freely in my hostess's courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table.__7__villagers brought me goat's cheese and honey. We drank together and talked__8__(merry) till far into the night.
When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman__9__the trouble I had caused__10__.
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Sports should help a man to learn fairness, not only in games but also in and for life. If two teams play__1__game, one team must lose. If a dozen teams attend an athletic competition,__2__team will get the most points and all the__3__eleven teams will get__4__points. If a school team comes out last, that is no loss of face.__5__that team and that school must do is to admit that it__6__(lose). The only intelligent reaction__7__defeat must be: next year we will do our best to come out on top, because from now on our team will devote__8__to a stricter course of training under competent instructors.
　　Lessons__9__(learn) in sports can help us in our dealing with other people. But even more__10__(value) are the lessons learned in extra—curricular activities in school: in speech, dramatic and musical contests, in “house” activities, and, especially, in the student council.
9.
Mum（putting on her coat）: I am going to have to go down to the shop for more bread.
Alan: Why?
Mum: I’m not sure what ___1__(happen). I made some sandwiches earlier and left them on the table ___2__ I went to answer the phone. But someone must have taken them because they’re ___3___(go).
Alan: Oh, it must have been Dad. I’m sure he was in the kitchen ____4___(early).
Mum: No, he went off to his tennis match before I finished___5___(make) them, so he couldn’t have done it.___6___,he couldn’t carry a plate of sandwiches as well as his tennis stuff, so I’m sure ___7__wasn’t him.
Alan (opening fridge door): Well, it wasn’t me, But Mum, look! Are these your sandwiches here on the bottom shelf of ___8___fridge?
Mum: Are they there? Oh, my goodness. I __9__ have put them there when the phone rang. Oh dear. I really must be losing my ____10___ .Now, Why did I put on my coat?
10.
W: Oh, Frank___1___(be) in your class? He was in my class last term. I didn’t like him at all.
M: What? You didn’t like Frank? He’s one of my best ___2___（student）
W: Oh, no. Not Frank! He was always asking questions. Frank always ___3___（interrupt） me and the other students. He was never ___4___(quiet).
M: Yes, that’s Frank. That’s why he is such ___5__ good student. He is always thinking and trying to use English. He laughs a lot. Frank doesn’t worry about ___6__(make) mistakes. I enjoy having him in class.
W: Not me. I love students like David. Do you have him in your conversation class this term?
M: Yes, ___7__to be honest, David is too quiet for me. I can’t tell __8___ he’s learning. David is so silent. He doesn’t say ___9__.
W: Yes, that’s David. That’s ___10__good students should be. They have to listen to their teachers.
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King Lear, in his old age, decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. He devices a “love test” so that he can tell which daughter loves him most. 16 loves him the most will get the most land. Goneril and Regan show him with sickening drops of praise and 17 (admire). When Cordelia 18 (ask) how much she loves the king, she says she loves the king, “no more or less” 19 she should. So he divides the kingdom 20 Goneril and Regan, and leaves Cordelia with 21 . The duke of Burgundy, 22 is Cordelia’s suitor, decides to leave her because she no longer has any wealth. The King of France decides to marry her instead.
Lear’s friend Gloucester has an 23 (adopt) son named Edmund as well as a true son named Edgar. Edmund wants to be in charge, so he makes Gloucester 24 (believe) that Edgar is trying to kill him. Edgar has to run away. Kent stays by the king and continues being his loyal servant. Later, Lear begins to see that Goneril is not such a good daughter 25 he thought that she was. Lear sends Kent as a messenger to Gloucester.
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One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show his son how the poor lived so he could be thankful__16__his wealth.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of__17__would be considered a very poor family. On their return the father asked his son__18__(explain) what he had learnt. The boy, who had remained silent and deep in thought on the journey home，__19__(reply)in a way that shocked his father.
The boy said he wanted to become a farmer. He envied the farmers who had the beautiful night stars to give them light__20__his family had only expensive lanterns. His wish was to have a farm__21__he could go swimming in an endless river instead of the garden pool in their home. Finally he asked his father, “What makes us safer，large walls around our house__22__friends that will protect us？”
The boy finished by saying，“__23__the trip I thought we were rich but today I learnt who is__24__(true) rich.” With this the boy got up and walked away, leaving his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally__25__(speech)．
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In my 18 years of life, there have been many things. University days are the best part of them. I can never forget the days when I stepped into my university. I 16 (impress) by its garden-like campus, its enthusiastic students and especially its learning atmosphere. I once fell in love with it.
After the 17 (tire) military training, I got absolutely absorbed in my studies. The classes given by the teachers are excellent. They provide us with information not only from our textbooks 18 from many other sources. They easily arouse my insatiable desire to take in as 19 as I can.
Frankly speaking, at first I had some difficulty 20 (follow) the teachers. However, through my own efforts 21 thanks to my teachers’ guidance, I made remarkable progress. Now I’ve benefited a lot from lectures and many other academic reports.
Learning is a long process; I’ll keep exploring in the treasure house of knowledge to 22 (rich) myself. This summer I got out of 23 ivory tower and entered the real world. A publishing house offered me a part-time job in compilation and revision.
At the beginning I was looked down 24 by my colleagues. But they were really surprised 25 I translated seven English articles of about 5,000 words in one day. Gradually, they began to look at me with respectful eyes.
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I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance, were a sure path 16 success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 1 7_ was originally to be held in our classroom, 18 __ (change) to the library at the last minute. This, 19______, didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 20_____. But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay 21_______(positive) and persevered 22______I finally found the solution. With the problem 23_______(solve),I felt proud of my achievement.24________(fortunate),I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 25______ (complete) the rest.
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It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home 16 the bus stop.
Home was only two blocks away 17 it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram (