高三英语语法填空专项训练(含答案解析)

高三英语专项训练 -- 语法填空

Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out 16 __________________ they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town ，he placed 17 ___ very large stone. Then he 18 _____ (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in

the centre of the road? ” said the old man, 19 _________ he did not try to r emovsetotnhee. Instead, with

some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.20 _____ man came along and

did the same thing; then another came ，and another. All of them complained about the stone but did not tried to remove 21 ______________ . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 22

____ (say) to himself: “ Thenight will be very dark. Some neighbors will come along later 23 the dark and will fall against the stone. ”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 24 _______ (strong) to move

it. How great was his surprise at last! 25 _______ the ston ，e he found a bag of money.

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The best gift I ever received is the parents that were given to me. I could not have picked out 16 (good) parents myself. My mom is smart ，funny ，and very artistic. She loves painting and encouraging other people to paint as well. She owns 17 __________________________________ own book and art store. And at night

she teaches adult 18 ________ (educate). She helps kids 19 _________ have dropped out of high

school 20 ________ (get) their diploma.

She always has time for me and my brothers. She hardly ever gets mad 21 _____ us and loves

doing new things with us ，22 _____ going to a new museum or going out onto the beach in the middle

of the winter and taking pictures at the beach in the snow. My dad knows 23 ____ to fix anything and

loves to play musical instruments.

He helps me with my science projects and other school projects. He works hard to make money for our family and hardly ever complains. He loves skating with me and 24 _________________ (build) us a half pipe

and other cool things.

So I have to say that 25 ________ gift I?m most grateful for is the one the God gave me m—y parents.

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Sometimes Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questio ，ns “ Have you got any skills

in

reading comprehension? ” Act ，uamlyany of the teachers can?t give students 16 ___ efficient way to

deal with reading. Anyway ，17 _____ often simply say ，“ Read more and practise mo ，reand you 18

(get) more experience in reading comprehension. ” Frankly, these teachers? good 19 (suggest) are only helpful to arouse students? interest in reading 20 not helpful to deal with the

questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally ，I think the skill for reading comprehension should be based 21 _____________________ the knowledge of English writing. Since the English

passages are written under some rules or principle s，the science of reading 22 _____ understanding

may have a close relationship with writing.

. However, 16 ___________ I came out of my teacher?soffice, I told myself: “ Smile!It?s not so ?? serious. ”

I smiled a big smile and 17___ worked a little, really.

Everyone gets18 ________ (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and

I was often in low spirits. But one day I came19 ____ a sentence in the Bible: “ Do no about tomorrow, 20 ________ tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day?sown trouble be

sufficient for the day. ” It suddenly struck me: “ 21 ________ (worry) about a problem doesn Why not just give a big smile and face up 22 ___ the trouble? ”

Now every time I want to cry, I remind 23 ______ that laughter is better than tears and anger. I

24 ___________ (convince) that there?s something magical about a smile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me 25 ___ courage to move on.

Remember, whenever you?re faced with a setback, whenever you?ve been treated unfairly, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, and it will shine on you.

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A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see16 _______________ animal would find them

first.

The 17 ________ (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, 18

_______ (dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, 19 (lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one

bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug 20 _____ hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how

difficult this was, even for the rabbit. 21 ___ the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less than needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field 22 ________________________ (leave) to dig, the

rabbit dug a tunnel right to 23 _____ the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot

and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to 24 ___ right place at the very beginning but

failed to find the bone 25 ______ h e only complained and didn?t try at all.

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There once were a goat and a donkey who lived on a farm. The donkey worked 16 ______ (hard)

so the farmer fed him more food. This made the goat so 17 ______ ( jealousy) that he began plotting

against (谋划对付) the donkey. “，dHoenykey ，” the goat said one day. “ I think you do too much work

18 ___ this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don?t you pretend to get sick so 19 you can take a day off? ” The donkey 20 ______ (think) the goat h aa.dSao great ide

the next morning the donkey lay in the stable ( 畜栏) on his side with his eyes 21 ___________ (close).

Right away ，the farmer called the doctor. 22 _____ looking at the donkey ，the doctor said 23 ______

needed a special medicine made 24 __ the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 25 ___ goat and

gave the donkey medicine made from his heart.

I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school 16 ___ job is to hand out call-slips( 索

书单)and prevent students from leaving campus 17 ______ permission. Before today I had never

seen her smile.

The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her walking around. When she came 18 _______________ (close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly

wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs 19 (recognize) for all her hard work. So I wrote a note telling her that the students

appreciated everything she did and 20 _____ her contribution to our school made a difference in all

of our lives. I signed it “ Somethankful students a”nd slipped it into 21 ________ envelope. Then I

realized I didn?t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but 22 ____ knew her name. I

finally went to ask the lady at student services and 23 ______ (tell) that her name is Kathy. I bought

her a bouquet of 24 _______ (colour) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers

to school and left 25 ____ in her office.

She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call-slip, and there it was a

smile on her face!

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Over the years I?ve been teaching kids about a simple16 _________ powerful concept —the ant

philosophy. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. They?ll climb over,

they?ll climb under, and they?ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat ( 了不起的) philosophy it is to never quit 17 __________ (look ) for a way to get 18 ____ you?re supposed to

go! Second, ants think about winter all summer. That?s 19 ___ important attitude.

You can?t be 20 ___ na?ve 幼( 稚的) as to think summer will last forever. People who have a little experience are clear about this. So ants are gathering in their winteroof d in the middle of summer. It?s important to be realistic. You have to think about rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is that ants think summer all winter.

During the winter, they remind 21 ______ , “ This won?t last long; we?ll soon be out of here. And 22 ___ the first warm day, the ants are out. If it 23 ___ (turn) cold again, they?ll dive back

down. But they come out again if it is warm. They can?t wait 24 ____ (get) out. Last, how much will

an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it 25 _____ (possible) can.

What a great philosophy to have —the ant philosophy ：never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

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The story happened in Japan 16 _____ a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko ( 壁虎) inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail 17 _____________ (come) through the wall from

outside. The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye.

Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it is 18___ the gecko to have lived in the wall in complete19 ________________ (dark) for ten years!

But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through 10 years with its tail 20 ________________ (nail) down and being unable to go anywhere? So he tried to find out how

this small creature could be fed. After a little while, there appeared another gecko with food in 21 ___

mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the trapped

The story touched me so 22 _____ (deep) that it is useless to find out 23 _____ relationships

they had between them. Parent 24 ____ child? Friends? Lovers? Brothers or sisters? 25 __ last thing

we should do is to abandon your beloved in hardship.

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Table manners vary from culture to culture. What is acceptable in one country may be considered

extremely rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners 16 ___________ the

modern table manners in Korea.17 ________ (tradition ，)it was the woman?s job 18 _______ (cook)

food and set the table. The woman would sit 19 ________ her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for 20 _____ pleasant meal. Only 21 ____ the husband finished would the

woman and her children eat. Nowaday ，s table manners 22 _______ (change) a lot. 23 _____ of the

family members eat together at the same time.

It is common to see everyone help with the meal ，24 __________ the husband. One tradition ，however ，has not changed. It is that the oldest person starts the meal. Staying until the oldest person is finished 25 _____________ (consider) to be a basic tradition of Korean table manners.

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It was my first trip to India, alone. One day, as I 16 ________ (walk) through a local market, a

ten-year-old boy came over and begged me to buy a book, 17 ___ had the words “Interesting

on its cover. I bought it, thinking that when I returned home it would remind me 18 ________________ my wonderful Indian adventure. The book claimed that India?s people were very welcoming of tourists, and never tried 19 ___________________ (cheat) them. As I read I felt deeply touched by these warm words.

Suddenly, a monkey came down from a nearby tree, snatched the book from my hand and took 20 ___ away, along with my bag which contained all my belongings. I couldn?t do anything 21 ___

stand and stare. Then a man approached me and asked 22 ________ I wanted my belongings back.

He said it would cost me five US dollars. I had no other choice 23 ____ (leave), so I agreed to pay, but

only after my bag was returned. He blew a whistle and the monkey immediately threw the bag down. I

picked it up and gave him the money. I later learned that 24 ____ man made his living this

way: tricking tourist s. This was the 25 _____ (bad) thing I ever experienced in “Interesting ( 12) (Topic: )

Some people live in the world for body while others for dignity.

I once took a walk along the street on a Saturday dusk, 16 ____ a Pepsi can in my hand. An old

woman in ragged clothes ，17 _____ was living on collecting used cans, jars and tins, moved slowly

towards me, with a bag on the back! 18 ______ (walk) nearer, she looked up at me and then fixed her

She stared at me 20 ___ a few seconds and handed back the money. Quite confuse ，d I asked:

“Why not? Isn?t that 21 ____ you want? “Iam no”t a beggar, ”she said 22__(s_e_r_io_us), word

by word.Instantly, I felt so sorry. I 23 _________ (intend) to help he ，r completely misunderstanding

her. Thus I hurt her. What I could do at that moment was only to drink up the cola and handed her 24 emptied can. This time ，she gave me a smile with 25 ____________________________ (satisfy) and gratitude in

her eyes. The woman is poor in material life but is so respectable as a man. I am not only moved but also have learned a good lesson.