高中一年级英语短文语法填空选练题
2018高考英语短文语法填空选练题（共12页含答案）
（2017高考选练）语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的容(1个单词)或括号单词的正确形式。(选自2017·日照检测)
TOEFL, short for Test of English as a Foreign Language, is a standardized test of English. The TOEFL test is an important step of your journey __1__ (study) in an English－speaking country.
The TOEFL test __2__ (measure) your ability to use and understand at the university level. And it evaluates __3__ well you combine your listening, reading, speaking and writing __4__ (skill) to perform academic tasks. More than 30 million people from all over the world have taken the TOEFL test to show __5__ English－language competence. The TOEFL test has __6__ (many) test dates and locations than any other English-language test in the world. You can retake the test many times as you wish, __7__ you cannot take it more than once in a 12－day period.
The TOEFL test is the most __8__ (wide) respected English-language test in the world, __9__ (organize) by more than 9 000 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries, __10__ (include) Australia, Canada, the U. K. and the United States. Wherever you want to study, the TOEFL test can help you get there.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，向读者介绍了托福考试的一些相关容，包括考查项目、参加次数以及托福考试的影响和作用等。
1．to study 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，空格处应用动词不定式表示
目的。故填to study。
2．measures 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。本文用的是一般现在时，“The TOEFL test”是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词要用单数第三人称形式。故填measures。
3．how 考查副词。句意为：它评价你把你的听、说、读、写能力结合起来的程度。how well指程度如何。故填how。
4．skills 考查名词复数。听、说、读、写是四种能力，所以要用名词skill的复数形式skills。
5．their 考查物主代词。句意为：超过3 000万来自世界各地的人参加托福考试来展示他们的英语语言能力。空格处修饰名词“English-language competence”，指前面提到的“30 million people”的能力，应用形容词性物主代词。故填their。
6．more 考查形容词的比较级。由空格后的“than”可知，此处应用many的比较级形式。故填more。
7．but 考查连词。前一句说只要你愿意，你可以多次重复参加托福考试，后一句说你不能在12天的时间连续报考。前后两句话在意思上是转折关系。故填but。8．widely 考查词性转换。此处应用副词修饰动词“respected”，故填所给词的副词形式widely。
9．organized 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，空格处应用非谓语动词形式。逻辑主语“The TOEFL test”和动词organize构成被动关系，所以要用过去分词形式。故填organized。
10．including 考查词性转换。此处指包括澳大利亚、加拿大、英国和美国。
应用所给词的介词形式including，意为“包含，包括”。
（2017高考选练）语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的容(1个单词)或括号单词的正确形式。(2017·市第一次质量预测)
Tea is consumed around the world more than any other drink except water. Originating in China, tea has long established __1__ (it) as the national drink of this country.
A century before the birth of Christ, tea __2__ (describe) in Chinese texts as a health drink that made one live __3__ (long). Today, it is still being regarded as such. Both green tea and black tea are claimed to be effective for __4__ (prevent) cancer, heart disease, and many other deadly diseases. There is only one point __5__ people need to be aware of when they drink tea —is should not be drunk along with meals.
Tea, a popular drink in China and many other countries, __6__ (be) carefully prepared according to local customs. The Chinese put loose tea in teapots, add boiling water, and serve it in teacups. The strong tea from China's Fujian Province is drunk in tiny cups before dinner. Lighter tea with jasmine (茉莉), rose or other __7__ (flower), usually served after dinner, is special to China's Changjiang River regions.
Many English people, travelling away from home, feel __8__ a loss if their favourite teabags are not available. Afternoon tea in England is still a time
-honoured tradition. It's a good opportunity for people to socialize or discuss business matters.
In Japan, a tea ceremony is often held while people are drinking tea. The ceremony, usually __9__ (hold) in a teahouse, dates back to the 16th century. Guests follow strict rules set up then and the tea used is powdered green tea. Though still practised today, the ceremony may not be as popular __10__ it used to be.
【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了茶的渊源及几个国家的茶文化。【段意梳理】
第一段：简单介绍了茶的地位。
第二段：介绍了茶的作用和饮用时的注意事项。
第三段：中国人饮茶的种类和方法。
第四段：英国人的饮茶习惯和文化。
第五段：日本人的饮茶文化和现状。
1．itself 考查代词。此处填的代词与句子主语tea形成互指关系，故用反身代词。
2．was described 考查动词时态和语态。根据语境中的时间状语“A century before the birth of Christ”可知，事情发生在过去，且tea和describe构成逻辑上的动宾关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态。
3．longer 考查比较级。此处表示“让人活得更长”，故用longer。4．preventing 考查动名词。介词后跟名词、代词或动名词作宾语，故用动名词preventing。
5．that 考查定语从句。that引导定语从句，在从句中作介词of的宾语，修饰先行词one point。
6．is 考查主谓一致。句子主语为Tea，且与下文的“is drunk”在时态上呼应，故此处用一般现在时的第三人称单数形式。
7．flowers 考查名词复数。flower是可数名词，由前面的other可知，此处表示复数概念。
8．at 考查介词。固定搭配at a loss意为“困惑，不知所措”，故用介词at。9．held 考查非谓语动词。hold和句子谓语之间没有连词，故用非谓语动词。句子主语The ceremony与hold构成逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词形式。10．as 考查连词。由“as＋形容词＋as”的结构可知，此处应用连词as引导比较状语从句。
语法填空
(2016·市调研检测)We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and exams. Yet would it be __1__ (surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding as it is in China?
In US high school, everything __2__ (record) and graded, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing __3__ (turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps contrary to __4__ we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to their __5__ (academy) performance to try to get into distinguished university. __6__，they'll be disappointed after graduation from high school.
Like university students, the US high school students have the __7__ (free) to
choose the courses that most interest __8__ (they). Even a 9th-grader can sit __9__ the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also means he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her differently just because he or she is a few years __10__ (young)．
1．________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________
5．________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________
9．________ 10.________
【参考答案】语法填空
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了美国学生的高中生活。
1．surprising 此处是现在分词作形容词，意为“令人吃惊的”，符合语境。
2．is recorded everything和谓语record之间构成逻辑上的动宾关系，且表示客观情况，故用一般现在时的被动语态，即is recorded，与graded呼应。
3．to turn fail to do sth.意为“不能做某事”，为固定搭配。
4．what 空处引导宾语从句，在从句中作宾语，表示物的概念，故填what。
5．academic 修饰名词应用形容词，故用形容词academic修饰名词performance，作定语。
6．Otherwise 根据语境可知，此处表示否则他们高中毕业后就会感到失望，故用副词otherwise，意为“否则”，作状语。
7．freedom 由定冠词the可知，此处应用名词，即freedom。
8．them 此处应用宾格形式，作动词interest的宾语，故填them。
9．in in the classroom意为“在教室里”，符合语境，故填in。
10．younger 根据上文可知，9年级和12年级的学生比较，自然是年轻一些，故用形容词的比较级形式，即younger。
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