明树高考英语语法填空题专项训练

高考英语语法填空题专项训练

基础训练二十五篇

语法填空（每篇共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为1~10的相应位置。

基础训练篇（1）

In Africa, when the antelope羚羊wakes up every morning, the first thing 1 comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run 2 (fast) than the fastest lion, 3 I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion 4 (wake) out of his dream, and the first thing 5 (flash) into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope, otherwise I will starve to 6 (dead).” So almost at the same moment 7 the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start 8 (run) toward the rising sun.

Such is life —9 you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without 10 (hesitate) when the sun rises.

1

1. that

2. faster

3. or (else) / otherwise

4. wakes

5. flashing

6. death

7. both

8. running

9. whether 10. hesitation

基础训练篇（2）

You may wonder why we have a holiday in summer (1) _________ winter, but not in spring (2)_________ autumn. There are some reasons (3)_______________ it. Like most people, your intelligence（智力）changes from season to 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 people 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 rest of the year. It tells us, (10)________________, that intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.

2

1. and

2. or

3. for

4. than

5. at

6. on

7. does

8. so / as

9. are 10. however

基础训练篇（3）

Last Monday morning, I was (1)_________ (cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview (2)_________ an important job. A yellow car

passed by me and (3)___________(sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I (4)________(fall). I was so angry I stopped the driver and kept on (5)_________ (shout) at him rudely.

(6)_____________(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. By chance, one of my (7)________(interview), 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.

3

1. cycling

2. for

3. suddenly

4. fell

5. shouting

6. Fortunately

7. interviewers

8. for

9. Instead 10. what

基础训练篇（4）

If you want to improve your English, you?d better listen to BBC（英国广播公司）English which is part(1)_____________ the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such(2)__________difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences (3)__________ written and (4)__________(speak) English and so on. It is easy for you to find out some information (5)___________ the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English and ask (6) ________ it.

In China, there are (7)__________ English programmes like Follow Me on TV (8)__________ on the radio. They are usually easy (9)__________(receive) and understand and they are very (10)__________(use) to you.

4

1. of

2. as

3. between

4.spoken

5. about

6. for

7. also

8. or

9. to receive 10. useful

基础训练篇（5）

It is known to all (1)___________ the Chinese diet is considered to be the (2)__________(healthy) in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich(4)___________ fiber纤维物质and low in sugar and fat脂肪.

How(5)_____________ the Western food? It has too much fat in the form (6)______________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As (7)______ _ result, the

(8)________________(west) usually become very fat and have bad

(9)____________ (tooth), and many of them even die at an early age from heart (10)______________ (ill).区别heart disease

5

1. that

2. healthiest

3. contains

4. in

5. about

6. of

7. a

8. Westerners

9.teeth 10. illnesses

基础训练篇（6）

I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old.

(1)__________ the fellow teacher said that we (2)_____________(celebrate) 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 always the 39th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her (6)____________, it?s the 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are (7)__________ 20. This shows that American women,(8)_________________ (special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be (9) ______________. ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is (10)_____________ if yo u don?t know it, don?t ask about it; if you really know it, don?t mention it.( the fellow teacher)

6

1. But

2. were celebrating

3. surprised

4. birthdays

5. over

6. twenties

7. below

8. especially

9. younger 10. that

基础训练篇（7）

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 borrow ed a beautiful necklace

(4)__________ her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful (5)___________ they had a wonderful time that evening. But after the ball, she found the necklace (6)_________________. They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new (7)___________ 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 a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn?t be affected (10)____________ vanity(虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.(have sth for dinner)

7

1. who

2. invitation

3. for

4. from

5. and

6. missing / gone/lost

7. one

8. back

9. when 10. by

基础训练篇（8）

(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（先驱者）. After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time (5)__________ his research into agriculture. He studied (6)_________ to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on.

During the years 533~544, he wrote a book (7)__________ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu ,(8)_________ is about both farming and gardeningding定从, (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.( Jia Si-xie)

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1. As

2. of

3. studied

4. in

5. on / doing

6. how

7. called

8. which

9. including 10. an

基础训练篇（9）

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 a 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（车库）,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 非限定从, especially by children.

9

1. and

2. As

3. of

4. but

5. drawing

6. after

7. later

8. making

9. on / onward(s) 10. which

基础训练篇（10）

Nowadays, almost everyone has realized (1)_________ smoking is harmful to people?s health. Sometimes it (2)__________ causes fire.

In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of cigarettes. It?s bad news (3)_________ the health of the nation. It?s known (4)______________ smoking can cause different kinds of diseases. Every year, many people die (5)_______________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money (6)_______________ look after these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those (7)____________

____ don?t smoke, (8)____________ (special) to children and women.

In (9)__________ 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 property!

10

1. that

2. even

3. for

4. that

5. from

6. to

7. who

8. especially

9. a / one 10. and

基础训练篇（11）

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 (4) it, she was surprised 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? 时态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 …”

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1. invited

2. herself

3. cool

4. for

5. late

6. until

7. when

8. would

9. to 10. but

基础训练篇（12）

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 other plants. In transportation(交通运输), 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.

12

1. will

2. in

3. out

4. to

5. growing

6. between

7. of

8. too

9. and 10. more

基础训练篇（13）

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 res t had been cut down. “Let me start work at

(4)___________” he thought and began to set up his (5)_____________.

Just then a strong young man came (6)_________a big axe and got down to (7)___________ (cut) 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 tree ? ” Xiao Mao wondered, very (10) ______________(disappoint).

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1. drawing

2. from

3. although

4. once

5. board

6. with

7. cutting

8.ready

9. disappeared 10. disappointedly.

基础训练篇（14）

Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __1_____________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very __2______________ (health) thing to do. Some

researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, __3__________(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go 4 _____ this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some __5__ ______ (surprise) conclusions.

Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes __6____intellectual growth. It also improves 7 ____ (concentrate), attention span, and the ability to get 8 ____ with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured 9 __ __ as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears 10 their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourself… in your mind?s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.

14

1. was considered

2. healthy

3. is

4. beyond

5. surprising

6. to

7. concentration

8. along/on

9. himself 10. that

基础训练篇（15）

As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play __(1)_ a _____ big part in this decision. Television adverts are expensive to make __(2)__ and ___to show. You have to be a big corporation团体with a big budget to afford television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are __(3)_ much _____cheaper.

As well as worrying about the expense, advertisers must also consider _____which(4)_ media are most appropriate适当的for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear. __(5)_Because ______most cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very __(6)_ easily _____(easy). For this reason, _ it _____(7)_would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars. _(8)_ However _____, it would be no use __(9)_ __ advertising ___(advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are great for generating emotional responses to a product, but magazines and newspapers can have __(10) more _ ____details.

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(1) a (2) and (3) much (4) which (5) Because

(6) easily (7) it (8)However (9) advertising (10) more

基础训练篇（16）

We must have water to live. __ 1________the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals __ 2________ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now __ 3________. They are filled __ 4________ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.

Lake Erie was __ 5________ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into __ 6________. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac“__ 7________ finest ri ver in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds(肥皂泡沫), from detergents（洗涤剂；洗衣粉） used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.

Water cannot __8___________(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is __ 9________ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water __ 10_______ we now have.

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1. Unless

2. living/that live/which live

3. polluted/dirty

4. with

5. once

6. it

7. the

8. be made

9. hard/difficult 10. that / which

基础训练篇（17）

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1 spoken.Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2 , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success 3 language learning. 4 good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 5 (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and 6 meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.

7 we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8 (advise) for those 9 are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10 (write) the language whenever we can.

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1. it

2. Thirdly

3. in

4. A

5. to memorize

6. their

7. If

8. advice

9. who 10. writing

基础训练篇（18）

There were once a goat and a donkey 1 live d on a farm. The donkey n. 驴

worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most 2 . Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3 it could eat. This made the goat so jealous 妒忌的4 it began plotting against（谋划对付）the donkey. “Hey, donkey,” the goat said one day. ”I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don?t you pretend 5 (get) sick so you can take a day 6 ?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏） on its side with its eyes 7 (close). Right away, the farmer called in a doctor. 8 looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made 9 the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10 goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.（take a day off请一天假）

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1 that

2 food

3 than

4 that

5 to get

6 off

7 closed

8 After

9 from 10 his/the

基础训练篇（19）

We are all busy talking about and 1 (use)the Internet, but how many of us know 2 history of the Internet?

Many people are 3. (surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large 4 expensive. Computer networks didn?t work well.If one computer in the network broke 5 , then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent 6 another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on 7 (work) all the time.

The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. 8the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made“surfing” the Internet more 9 (convenience).

Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. 10(send) emails is more and more popular among students.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people?s life.

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1. using

2. the

3.surprised

4. and

5. down

6. through

7. working

8. By

9. convenient 10. Sending

基础训练篇（20）

Once upon a time there was a rich merchant商人1 __ _____ had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2_______？___ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 __ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is __4 ___________very considerate person,always patient and in fact is the merchant?s close friend. __5___________ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and __6____________ would always help him out and tide(帮助渡过) him 7__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant?s 1st wife is a very loyal 忠贞的partner and has made great 8___________ (contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 9____________ (take) care of the household. _10 ________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

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1. who

2. but

3. proud

4. a

5. When/Whenever

6. she

7. through/over 8 .contributions 9. taking 10. However

基础训练篇（21）

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 (4) ______ (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend 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.

(7) ______ (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (8) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just 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.

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1. with

2. because

3. from

4. greedy

5. if

6. at

7. Knowing

8. up

9. only 10. would

基础训练篇（22）

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 (9)_____________ (reason) point of view ? Can you think of a way in which I might persuade my parents (10) _____________ think as I do?

Yours,

Money-Conscious

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1. in

2. church

3. hand

4. and

5. afterwards

6. to

7. on

8. with

9. reasonable 10. to

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1. himself

2. medicine

3. so

4. ill

5. evening

6. Here

7. do

8. taking

9. reached 10. directions