最新高考二轮复习(经典)语法填空专练(三)

语法填空专练(三)

阅读下列短文，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。

A

Valentine’s Day is my new least favorite day of the year. Just recently, the marriage I’d dreamed of 1. ________girlhood had broken up, and with it my faith in the power of love.

2. ________ I started sorting my mail I noticed a pale pink envelope. I opened it to find a red heart⁃shaped card with beautiful white lace.

3. ________ (obvious) it was not a guy card. I looked for a signature. It was from Kris, a former colleague I’d done

4. ________ favor for ages ago.

“Not only do I celebrate my anniversary each Valentine’s Day,” Kris wrote, “but also I remember 5. ________ kindness by doing something nice for someone else to perpetuate (使永恒) the love you once showed me.”

I smiled. I 6. ________ (speak) to Kris in years. She had no way of knowing about my divorce. Was this one of those little reminders?

Lunch came. I went to the garden center and bought potted tulips (郁金香) for a woman in another department 7. ________ mother had recently died.

“For Valentine’s Day,” I said quietly when I handed 8. ________ to her. “I thought you might need them today.”

She looked at me with surprise. Her eyes watered. She took the flowers, 9.

________ (touch) them softly with her hand. “Thank you,” she said.

B ack at my desk I placed Kris’s card right 10. ________ I could see it the rest of the day — a little reminder of the power of love.

B

“What shall I do,” said a very little dog one day to his mother, “to show my thanks to our master? I cannot draw or carry burdens like the horse; 1. ________ give him milk like the cow ... I am a poor unimportant creature, not worth of keeping.” So saying, the poor little dog hung down his head 2. ________ (disappointed).

“My dear child, Fido,” replied his mother, “although your abilities are small, yet 3. ________ hearty good will is enough to cover all faults. Just love him dearly, and prove your love 4. ________ all the means in your power, and you will not fail to please him.”

The little dog was comforted. From then on, he tried his best to help 5. ________ master do all kinds of things.

One hot day, after dinner, his master 6. ________ (sleep) in an old summerhouse, with Fido by his side. Suddenly, Fido saw the walls 7. ________ (shake). He realized the danger and began barking to awaken his master. Upon this the master woke 8.

________ and had just time to get out of the door before the whole building fell down. Fido, 9. ________ was behind, got hurt by some rubbish which fell upon him. His master took care of him with the 10. ________ (great) tenderness. Thus his love and loyalty (忠诚) had the full reward.

C

One day a lonely girl who longed for love found two starving songbirds. She took 1. ________ home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love. Every morning they greeted her 2. ________ a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.