高考英语语法填空专题练习含答案.doc

高考英语语法填空专题练习含答案阅读下面短文，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，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。 （1）In the United States, there were 222 people 1._（report）to be billionaires（亿万富翁）in 2003. The 2._of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 3._starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old 4._he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire 5. _the time he was 6._, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 7._（young）ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. 8._of these child actors made over a million dollars 9._（act）in movies before they were 14. But 10. _ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited （继承）a billion dollars when he turned 18! （2）Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car 1._（steal）. They filed a report 2._the police station and a detective drove them 3._to the parking lot to look for evidence. To their 4._（amaze）, the car had been returned 5._there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the 6._. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets 7._tonights Mania Twain concert.” Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended 8._concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found. 9._their house had been ransacked （洗劫）. On the bathroom mirror was 10._note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, dont I?” （3）People 1._（live）in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 2._in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 3._ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 4._these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 5._you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6._（big）. Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books 7._（write）in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 8._new word, look it 9._in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 10._（much）useful book. （4）When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1._the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first 2._then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from 3._, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most 4._（danger）then. When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5._. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. 6._（have）a look first, or you will go 7._wrong way. In many English cities, there are big buses 8._two floors. You can sit on the 9._（two）floor. From 10._you can see the city very well. Its very interesting. （5）1._artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women 2._any clothes on, and he and his 3._always tried to keep the small girl out 4._he was doing this, “She is 5._young to understand,” they said. But one day, when the artist 6._（paint）a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. He mother ran up the stairs 7._her, but when she got to the room, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman 8._her parents waited for her to speak. For a few seconds the little girl said 9._, but then she ran to her mother and said 10._（angry）, “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you dont let me?” （6）Most Americans dont like to get advice 1._ members of their family. They get advice from “2._ （strange）”. When they need advice, they dont usually go to people they know. 3._many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines 4._ give advice on many different subjects 5._ （include）family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, 6._ even on how to buy a house or a car. Most newspapers 7._（regular）print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are 8._written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, 9._are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special 10._（train）for this kind of work. （7）Without proper planning, tourism can cause 1._. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places 2._are also enjoyed by the inhabitants（居民）of a country. If tourism create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become 3._（annoy）and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists 4._to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the countrys economy 5._is important to think about the people of a destination country and 6._tourism affects them. Tourism should help 7._country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and 8._（happy）of local inhabitants. Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism 9._（grow）too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work 10._the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer. （8）London was awarded 1._2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, 2._（defeat）European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital 3._the first time since 1948. 4._Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated （淘汰）in the first three rounds London beat Paris 5450 on the fourth ballot（投票表决）of the IOC. In London crowds cheered and waved flags as 5._watched the announcement from Singapore 6._a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area 7._the main Olympic complex （建筑群）will be based. Blair spent two days in lobbying（游说）in Singapore 8._leaving to host the G8 summit （8国峰会）in Scotland. “My promise to you is we will be your very 9._ （good）partners,” Blair said. Its the fourth bid （申办）from Britain after 10._（fail）attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000. （9）Why is setting goals so 1._? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything 2._you want in life. Instead 3._just letting life happen to you, goals allow 4._to make your life happen. 5._（success）and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. Its 6._having a map to show you 7._you want to go. Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and 8._ （set）goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals arent difficult to set, and 9._arent difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10._one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life. （10）We often think of future. We often wonder 1._the world will be like a hundred years time. Think of 2._space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon 3._（set up）. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as 4._. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 5. _（permit）long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting 6._planets. Great progress will have been made 7._ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years time. 8._the world will have been developedeven Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earths land to build our cities, 9._floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities 10._the sea. （11）Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1._ had 4 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 merchants 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 merchants 1st wife is a very loyal 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. （12）There once were a goat and a donkey 1._ lived on a farm. The donkey 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 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 dont 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 the 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.（13）Dawn graduated several years ago. She 1._（be）a successful model, and finding a job had not been a 2._until recently .When Dawn did start trying to find another type of 3._, she found in interview after interview that computer literacy（能力）was a must to 4._（employ）.Since Dawn had always been afraid 5._ learning computer while in collegeour school didnt require to learn computer at that timeshe managed to get a degree 6._ ever confronting（面对）a computer.Finally, after months of searching for a job, Dawn failed. She had to admit that sidestepping （回避）computer literacy（读写能力）hadnt been a good idea. 7._, She enrolled in a computer course at 8._adult vocational school.9._（surprise）, although she had been afraid of learning computer, she took to computers 10._much that after about a year she opened her own computer-based business.（14）Some day,1._you are lucky, you may see a bongo（大羚羊）. But the only way most people will see it is in a 2._. They are found in Africa, 3._ they live deep in forests. Even in Africa, very few people ever get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very often. It is an animal that keeps to 4._.The bongo has beautiful coloring. Its hair is bright brown 5._ （mix）with orange and red. Down its back and across its sides the bongo has yellow-white strips（条纹）. Animals that look 6._ food at night usually have big eyes. This helps them see 7. _ （good）at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble 8._ （live）in the darkness.Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside on 9._days. They only go outside on those days 10._ it is dark or very cloudy.（15）Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored 1._ the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got 2._（marry）at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, 3._ he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.In South Africa he 4._ （surprise）to find that the problem of racial discrimination （种族歧视）was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight 5._ equal rights.Gandhi returned to India in 1915, 6._ India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and 7._ （depend）for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. 8._, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give 9._and India won its independence in 1947. 10._（fortunate）Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.（16）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 for it, she was 4._to find the neighbors cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat 5._ it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed 6._four oclock.After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired 7._ happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbors cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What 8._happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor liked each guest 9._ （meet）him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. 10._ 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.”（17）Nowadays, almost everyone 1._（realize）that smoking is 2._（harm）to peoples health. Sometimes it 3._ causes fire.In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of 4._. Its bad news for the health of nation.Its known that smoking can cause different kinds of disease. Every year, many people die 5._ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money to look 6._ these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those 7._ dont smoke, 8._ （especial）to children and women.In a word, smoking is no good. 9._ you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases 10._ the fires that destroy peoples lives and properties!（18）Many people like to 1._ the latest newspaper. But 2._ is it produced so quickly?The most important man may be 3._ chief editor. He decides 4._ to do. Every morning the 5._ （journal）are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people 6._ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends photographer to take the 7._ they need.Later in the day, they pass the stories and the 8._ （develop）photos to the editor. The chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. 9._ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. 10._ the newspaper is printed and delivered to different places.（19）With the 1._ （develop）of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 2._ air pollution.Air pollution is caused by the following 3._: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 4._（poison）gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 5._ to others. 6._ these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons.We should take some measures to fight 7._ pollution. New fuel can be used to take 8._ place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 9._（important）of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 10._ （solve）.（20）Recently, a website has carried 1._ a survey about the common view on graduates 2._ Beijing University.28% of the interviewed companies think that they 3._（satisfy）with the graduates from Beijing University. The graduates in their companies have a wide range of 4._ （know）and they learn things very quickly and easily.5._, most of the companies dont think much of graduates from Beijing University. In their eyes, the graduates always stick 6._ their own opinions and lack the teamwork spirit 7._ they are working. Besides, they may not be satisfied with their jobs even with big companies, and they usually ask too 8._. As a result, 34% of the companies insist that 9._ will not employ graduates from Beijing University.In brief, society and even the students themselves expect too much from graduates from Beijing University. Thats 10._ a graduate claims that he is rubbish. （21）As soon as I returned from the USA, I called 1. Lily, one of my neighbours. I dialed several times, but I still could not get 2._ it. “Is it her telephone out of 3._ or 4._she changed the number?” I thought. “She used to help me greatly when I was in need of her. She is a kind lady, 5._ is thought highly of by others. Anyway , I must go to see her this time.” The next morning, 6._ wind was blowing hard. 7._ （Regard）of the bad weather, I went to the shop, buying some presents. Then I took a taxi and drove to her home. I arrived ten minutes later. I knocked at the door. Out came an old lady. “Is Lilys home here?” I asked her. “Oh, you are Tony!” The lady cried 8._ amazement. “I myself am Lily!” “Is she Lily? She is much 9. ._than Lily!” Its my turn to be shocked this time. I starred at her for several minutes. “My God! She is Lily, 10._ can one person change so much?”（22）An idea to cycle to Tibet occurred 1._ me one year ago. I know its quite practical in economical 2._. For one thing, I cant have too much money. For another, it is bound 3._（do）me good because I can take 4._ fresh air on the way there. I called Tom, who had borrowed me a sum of money, telling him my idea. He was excited at my words and promised to 5. off his debt as soon as possible. He also offered to team 6._ with me. 7. ._（Apparent）, he also showed great interest in this trip. Five months before our trip, we kept taking exercise and built up our strong bodied 8._ we knew it would be impossible to realize or dream without being healthy. I used to hear that some people making a trip there died from 9._ lack oxygenthey 10._ devote their lives to their dream! But the cost is too much. So both of us insisted on running