专题十四 语法填空
模拟精选题
Passage 1 (2016·山西重点中学协作体模拟)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Descendants of the Sun(太阳的后裔) that really __1__(earn) the praise(reputation)of K－drama fans. It made its debut(首映) on February 24, 2016 with an average of 13 percent in the Seoul National Capital Area. The next night, ratings__2__(go)up an average of two percent.__3__(apparent), those two episodes set up Descendants of the Sun as it dominated the competition with its third episode.__4__nationwide and Seoul National Capital Area for both TNmS Ratings and AGB Nielson, the K－drama earned over 20 percent viewership ratings(收视率)．
For those __5__do not know what Descendants of the Sun is about, it is a drama about the love of people who get__6__as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times. It is also about the sacrifices made by people who throw themselves__7__natural disasters. Captain Yoo Shi Jin(柳大尉) (Song Joong Ki宋仲基) is the team leader of the Special Warfare Command of the United Nations Peacekeeping Troops. By request of the UN, he is__8__(station) in the war－torn country of Uruk(乌鲁克)．__9__he meets Kang Mo Yeon(姜暮烟) (Song Hye Kyo宋慧乔), a volunteer doctor with Doctors Without Borders.__10__they work alongside each other, they clash and fall in love.
答案 1.earns 2.went 3.Apparently 4.with 5.who
6．closer 7.into 8.stationed 9.There 10.When/As
Passage 2 (2016·汉中市二次质检)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you like travelling? Staying __1__ (health) while __2__ (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one.__3__you are travelling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much __4__(easy)：
Make sure you have got signed passport and visas. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help a lot if your passport is__5__(steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other with you in a separate place from your passport.
Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get yourself familiar __6__ local laws and customs of the countries to __7__you are travelling.
Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行日程) with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or __8__(necessary) credit cards. If we make enough__9__(prepare), we will succeed. Have __10__good time!
答案 1.healthy 2.travel(l)ing 3.If/When/While
4．easier 5.stolen 6.with 7.which 8.unnecessary
9．preparations 10.a
Passage 3 (2016·临沂一模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was living a life in my screen and hardly noticed what__1__(be)around me.I was always checking the time and thinking of future__2__(plan)．My thought was：“Whos going to text me now? What will I do next？” My bedtime routine was usually centered__3__one thing：my phone.__4__ I went to sleep，I browsed through news websites and checked my emails.When I woke up in the middle of the night, I did the same thing.The problem with this was that I felt anxious every night.
So when my friends invited me__5__(go)for a long weekend camping without the cell service，I thought this was__6__(exact) what I needed.Heres how__7__(keep)away from my phone for 48 hours changed me and my way of life.
Without my phone，I__8__(fall)asleep listening to the songs of frogs and crickets.In the morning，I woke up energy.Sitting by the river，riding a bike，or singing the old songs，I __9__(true)enjoyed what I was doing.
I felt free without my phone at weekend camp，__10__changed me completely.I listened to what my body wanted instead of what my phone was telling me to do.
答案 1.was 2.plans 3.on 4.Before 5.to go 6.exactly 7.keeping 8.fell 9.truly 10.which
Passage 4 (2016·株洲市质检)
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In the West, most families have pets, like cats, dogs, and birds.If you live__1__a farm you also have horses, sheep, goats and something of this sort __2__will become part of the extended family.
Our family had many pets in the past. My favorite pet was a little gray poodle__3__(call) Suzie. The first time I saw her, she had long matted hair, needed a bath and haircut, but had such__4__beautiful face. I __5__(take) her home, bathed her and clipped all her hair back to reveal the most lovable little dog.
Poodles are full of__6__(intelligent) and she was too.She learned to recognize the sounds different__7__(car) in our household made.She knew when my father?s car was coming down the road, and would run around__8__(mad) barking then rush out to the front driveway and sit there__9__(wait) for him. She also seemed to know when people__10__(be) upset and would jump up onto their laps and sit there cuddling up as if to give comfort.
答案 1.on 2.that 3.called 4.a 5.took 6.intelligence 7.cars 8.madly 9.waiting 10.were
Passage 5 (2016·衡阳一中月考)
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My grandfather is a__1__ (retire) worker. On summer evenings, we often sat together outside the house __2__ (enjoy) the cool air. It was the time that he told me lots of his experiences before liberation.
When my grandfather was fourteen years old, he worked in a coal mine. One day, when he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel, an__3__ (fortune) thing suddenly happened. A part of the tunnel fell down, and they were shut in it. They had no food __4__(eat). When they were hungry, they only drank some water there. It was very cold in it. In order to keep warm, they hugged one another. In the darkness, they didn?t know whether it was day__5__night, they only felt they had stayed there for a very long time. They were too hungry to speak or move, and thought they__6__(die). At last, the tunnel __7__(dig) through. They were saved. They had been there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they weren?t let out at once. If__8__，they would have died. They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel __9__it was very dim, and they were fed__10__some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit, and they were helped out.
答案 1.retired 2.enjoying 3.unfortunate 4.to eat
5．or 6.would die 7.was dug 8.so 9.where 10.on
Passage 6 (2016·南昌一中模拟)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
First，reading books __1__(be) fun.You can always keep yourself __2__(interest) and it can help you have an enjoyable time if you like reading.This is especially useful when the weather is bad.It is a __3__(relax) hobby too.
Next，you can read a book anywhere：in a car，in a waiting room，on a plane，in bed—even in the bath.__4__ you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
Another good reason for reading books is __5__ it is useful.If you read as a hobby，you __6__(get) better and better at it.This means that you will read faster and will become __7__(good) at understanding what you read.As your reading improves，you will probably find your school work becomes much easier.Many school subjects depend __8__ good reading and，as you read you learn more and more.
Good readers are most likely to be good __9__(write)，too.They are usually good at __10__(spell) as well，and have more things to write about.Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.
答案 1.is 2.interested 3.relaxing 4.What/All
5．that 6.will get 7.better 8.on 9.writers 10.spelling
Passage 7 (2015·河北全真模拟)
阅读下面材料，在空白处1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and __1__(lie) under it every day. He would climb to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap in the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play
__2__
him.
In the __3__(follow) years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on __4__ he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned.“Sorry, my boy，__5__
I don’t have anything for you anymore. No more __6__(apple) for you...” the tree said. “I don’t have teeth __7__(bite)，” the boy replied.“No more trunk for you to climb on.”“I am too old for that now，” the boy said. “I really cant give you anything... the only thing __8__(leave) is my dying roots，” the tree said with tears. “I dont need much now，just a place to rest. Im
__9__(tire) after all these years，” the boy replied.“Good! Old tree roots are __10__
best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad，smiling with tears.
答案 1.lay 2.with 3.following 4.which 5.but
6．apples 7.to bite 8.left 9.tired 10.the
Passage 8 (2015·青岛二模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Two businessmen
__1__(fly) to Australia to play in a weekend golf match. Their team won and they both received green jackets.__2__
their last night in Australia, they stayed up late drinking beer. They were still drunk in the morning，__3__
they drove their rented car to the airport. The road was empty. Suddenly, something jumped in front of the car. The driver couldnt stop in time and the car hit it.
The men got out of the car and found a large kangaroo
__4__(lie) on the road. The drunken men began to laugh and decided to take some
__5__(photo) with the “dead” kangaroo. One of the men decided to put the jacket on the kangaroo. So they dressed the poor kangaroo in a green jacket. Then they posed with it for some photos. Suddenly, something __6__ (amaze) happened. The kangaroo opened its eyes. It was not dead. But it was very
__7__ (anger). The kangaroo hit the two men and knocked them out. Then it ran
__8__．In the kangaroos new green jacket
__9__(be) the car keys，a passport，and the air tickets.
Later that day, a motorist phoned the police.“Youre not going to believe this，” he said. “But a kangaroo in a green golf jacket is __10__(run) along the road to the airport.” The police finally found out the whole story, and they punished the two drunken men.
答案 1.flew 2.On 3.but 4.lying 5.photos
6．amazing 7.angry 8.away 9.were 10.running
Passage 9 (2015·临沂期末)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When young F．W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten－cent sale to reduce inventory(存货). The boss agreed, and the idea was __1__ great success. This inspired Woolworth
__2__(open) his own store and price the items at a nickel and a dime (角). He needed capital for such a venture，__3__
he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store. His boss turned him __4__ directly.“The idea is too risky，” he told Woolworth.“__5__ are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents.”
Woolworth went ahead __6__
his boss support.But he not only was
__7__(success) in his first store, but __8__(eventual) owned a chain of F．W. Woolworth stores across the nation. Later, his former boss __9__(hear) to remark，“As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down __10__(cost) me about a million dollars.”
答案 1.a 2.to open 3.so/and 4.down 5.There
6．without 7.successful 8.eventually 9.was heard
10．cost/has cost
Passage 10 (2017·郑州一模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A century ago, there were a hundred thousand tigers in the wild. Today, there are barely 3.5 thousand. But the picture may not be so hopeless
__1__ it seems.
The Indian government has recently announced that its tiger numbers
__2__(jump) by a third in the past four years. The government’s report “The 2017 status of Tigers” says that there __3__(be) now 2，226 of the endangered big cats in the country. Thats over five hundred more than __4__(record) four years ago.
This is significant in the __5__(fortunate) of the Indian tiger, which not so long ago was threatened with extinction (灭绝) in India.
“Its good news __6__ there are still many things to do to ensure the Indian tiger has
__7__ successful future”， said Belinda Wright of the Wild Life Protection Society of India.
India __8__(believe) to be home to around seventy percent of all the worlds tigers. In 2010, the thirteen countries where tigers are found all promised __9__(double) their numbers of the big cats over twelve years. According to the Indian Environment Minister, however, India is the only country where tiger numbers are __10__(actual) rising.
答案 1.as 2.have jumped 3.are 4.recorded
5．fortune 6.but 7.a 8.is believed 9.to double
10．actually
Passage 11 (2017·石家庄一中二模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Internet is an __1__(amaze) information resource. Students，teachers, and researchers use it as __2__ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the __3__(late) medical development. Ordinary people use it __4__ shopping, banking, bill－paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from
__5__ countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments
__6__ (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over __7__ appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are
__8__ (restrict) on other aspects, for example, what kinds of programs can
__9__(broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children
__10__(see)．
答案 1.amazing 2.an 3.latest 4.for 5.other 6.associated 7.what 8.restrictions 9.be broadcast 10.to see
Passage 12 (2017·辽宁抚顺二中月考)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Alice：Hi，Peter! I saw you on the 7 oclock news last night.
Peter：Oh, yeah.
Alice：So tell us what happened?
Peter：I __1__ (walk) alone on the beach when I heard someone
__2__(call)out for help. I looked up and there on the headland __3__(be) a little kid. He had climbed up the cliff and was stuck.
Alice：What did you do then?
Peter：My first thought was __4__ (run) and get help，but the boy was crying. He looked as though he would fall at any moment. So I climbed up to get him down. The rocks were very loose and I almost
__5__ (slip)a couple of times. I was beginning to think it wasn?t a good idea to climb up there alone __6__
that I should have got help first. Then I reached the boy. However, I couldn?t get him down. We were both stuck!
Alice：And then what did you do?
Peter：I shouted for help. Pretty soon there came
__7__ small crowd on the beach. One __8__ them called the Coast Rescue Service. About five minutes __9__(late) there appeared a helicopter overhead, and we were __10__(rescue) at last.
答案 1.was walking 2.calling 3.was 4.to run
5．slipped 6.and 7.a 8.of 9.later 10.rescued
创新导向题Ⅰ.原创新题
Passage 1
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you know that in the mountains it can start to snow in August? It snows through the fall and winter.Then, in spring, when all that snow melts, water __1__(fall)down the mountain sides. Streams(溪流)form and come together
__2__(form) rivers. Let’s follow one of the rivers in Utah.
The Bear River begins
__3__(near)13，000 feet up in the mountains. It ends only 90 miles away,
__4__
it will have dropped about 9，000 feet first! The most
__5__
(surprise) thing about this river is where it ends.
If you look at a map, you will see that nearly all rivers
__6__(empty)into the sea. But not the water of the Bear River. This river flows
__7__ the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the West. The rivers and streams
__8__
flow into the lake bring with them about two million tons of salt each year. And no fresh water flows away from the lake. Instead, the summer sun evaporates(蒸发)the fresh water，__9__
(leave)the salt behind. The lake water is so
__10__(salt) that you can’t sink in it, no matter how hard you try.
答案 1.falls 2.to form 3.nearly 4.but 5.surprising
6．empty 7.into 8.that/which 9.leaving 10.salty
Passage 2
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City
__1__
a woman and a young boy
__2__(sit) down at the next table. I couldn’t help
__3__(overhear)parts of their conversation. At one point
__4__
woman asked：“So, how have you been？” And the boy, who couldnt have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed
__5__(late)．”
This incident
__6__(stick)in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I
__7__(remember), my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children
__8__(increase)steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults
__9__
they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult
__10__(say), but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, why?
答案 1.when 2.sat 3.overhearing 4.the 5.lately 6.stuck 7.can remember 8.has increased 9.than
10．to say
Passage 3
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Johnny Carson began his career in television in his
__1__(twenty). First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years later, he
__2__(move)to Los Angles, California. It was The Tonight Show
__3__
made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became the
__4__
popular star of American television. He
__5__(call) “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him.
He did not take his fame
__6__(serious). For example, when asked
__7__
he became a “star”， he answered：“I started in a gaseous(气体的)state and I cooled.” Carson’s special skill was his sense of
__8__(humorous). Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed even
__9__(hard)at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on television. Many
__10__(comedy)and singers became successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”．
答案 1.twenties 2.moved 3.that 4.most 5.was called 6.seriously 7.how 8.humor 9.harder 10.comedians
Passage 4
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night in particular after
__1__ (spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and
__2__(extreme) burnt toast in front of my dad. I was waiting __3__(see) if anyone noticed it. But while eating his toast, Dad just asked me __4__ my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night，__5__ I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. And Ill never forget what he said：“Honey, I love burnt toast.”
Later that night, I __6__(go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me __7__
big hug and said，“Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today，really __8__(tire). And besides，a burnt toast never hurts anyone but cold words do！”
What Ive learned over the years __9__(be) that learning to accept each other’s faults is one of the most important __10__(key)to creating a healthy, growing，and lasting relationship.
1.spending 2.extremely 3.to see 4.how 5.but
6．went 7.a 8.tired 9.is 10.keys
Ⅱ.预测导向题
Passage 1 (2016·“江南十校”模拟)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Whats__1__biggest online shopping day in the world? The__2__(win) is China’s Singles’ Day, celebrated on November 11, or 11.11.
Singles’ Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people__3__(celebrate) their lives. Single students，__4__(look) for an excuse to buy__5__(them) presents, started it __6__November 11, 1993, reported The Guardian.
It is symbolized by the four number ones in the date of November 11/11.11—and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC. It became a major shopping day in 2009. The CEO of an online shopping site—Alibaba—sought__7__(increase) sales at the e－commerce company. The CEO, Daniel Zhang，__8__(launch) an annual online sale that day, said Fortune.
When it first began, “Singles Day was an offline comfort for actual single people，” noted the website Atlas Obscura. “A small group of students at Nanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as a day__9__singles could do activities like karaoke together.” It quickly became a__10__(culture) phenomenon.
答案 1.the 2.winner 3.to celebrate 4.looking5．themselves 6.on 7.to increase 8.launched 9.when10．cultural
Passage 2 (2015·黑龙江双城
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
[When Sara came home from work，she found her mother in an anxious state.]
Sara：Whats wrong, Mum? You seem upset.
Mum：Its your
__1__(young) sister Jill. She should have been here an hour ago.
Sara：Dont worry
__2__
her! It’s not all that late and she has __3__(probable)not realized how late it is. I think she’ll be here soon.
[Just then Sara’s brother Peter came into the kitchen.]
Peter：Whats up? Mum’s on the phone and she seems as though she’s going to cry.
Sara：Its Jill.She should
__4__(reach) home by now and Mum’s getting anxious.
Peter：You neednt feel so anxious, Mum! You know
__5__
teenage girls are like. I’m sure she’s all right.
Mum：I cant help but be concerned. I’ve just
__6__(ring) Lucy and she said Jill left her outside the cinema 10 minutes ago to get the bus home.
Peter：Well，the bus service isnt very frequent
__7__ the evenings. Perhaps she missed one and is waiting for another. Have you tried
__8__(phone) her on her mobile?
Mum：Yes. But theres no reply. That made me even more worried. I think something must have happened to Jill. Do you think we should call the police?
Sara：Calm down，Mum! Youll make yourself ill. Perhaps she switched her mobile off in the cinema and forgot
__9__(switch) it back on again. Or it may need
__10__(charge)．
答案 1.younger 2.about 3.probably 4.have reached
5．what 6.rung 7.in 8.phoning 9.to switch 10.to be charged
Passage 3 (2015·济宁二模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Rose：Hi，Dave.Do you think the weather is fine today?
Dave：Yeah.And the air is also __1__(clean) than ever before.
Rose：En，the newspaper reports that the air is less and less __2__(pollute) these days.
Dave：Thats true.Fewer and fewer people have __3__(drive) cars to work since the government started the traffic control two months ago.
Rose：But the control is going to end __4__ two weeks.Whatll happen then？Are cars coming back to the road?
Dave：Thats true，too，although we all hope it will never end.On the other hand，the traffic control has made things tough for people __5__(drive) cars.
Rose：But its worth the trouble.I believe clean air is __6__ most important thing.
Dave：However，many people dont think so.If they can’t drive cars，theyll even have __7__(difficult) getting to work.
Rose：They can choose to take a bus __8__ the subway.And they can even ride a bicycle.Therere many other ways to choose from，actually.
Dave：Some people think buses are too crowded and riding a bicycle seems very __9__(tire)．
Rose：Anyway，its still better than being __10__(trap) in a traffic jam under grey clouds and in dirty air.
答案 1.cleaner 2.polluted 3.driven 4.in 5.to drive
6．the 7.difficulty 8.or 9.tiring 10.trapped
Passage 4 (2015·河北邯郸)
1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Wife：Shall I phone
__1__ tell your secretary youre not going to office today?
Husband：Yes, please, dear. Tell her I have __2__(get) a headache，but hope to be back in a day or two. You had better __3__(say) Im staying in bed.
Wife：But youre not in bed. Do you want me to tell
__4__
lie?
Husband：Oh, its only a very little one. I’m not __5__(make) a false excuse.I really have a bad headache.
Wife：Then put the cigarette out. Its very
__6__(fool) of you to smoke when you’ve got a cold.
Husband：Youre quite right.
Wife：Look, heres some __7__(boil) water. Do as I tell you now. I’ve put something in the water that’ll do you a lot
__8__ good. Wrap this cloth around your head and put your nose over the water. That’s right. Breathe in __9__(deep)．Itll do you a lot of good. Now, another deep breath. Now breathe out. Slowly! Now breathe in again. Go on __10__ (do) that for five minutes while I go and make that phone call to the office.
答案 1.to/and 2.got 3.say 4.a 5.making 6.foolish 7.boiling 8.of 9.deeply 10.doing
Passage 5 (2015·青岛一模)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
More than half a million South Korean students
__1__(recent) took the university entrance examination. Many people consider success on this test the first step toward a good life. South Korean students say they feel stressed from the pressure.
South Korean high school students spend years
__2__
their study for the university entrance examination. The test is multiple choice，__3__(mean) that the student may choose among several possible
__4__(answer) to a question.
A government study has found that South Korean children are
__5__
least happy compared to children in 29 other developed countries. Many South Koreans owe this __6__ (unhappy) to the educational pressure.
South Korean President Park Geun－hye __7__(promise)to reform her country’s educational system twice by now. She urges the system
__8__(increase) creative thinking and reduce student pressure.
Still，getting South Korean parents to reduce the pressure on their children might not be so easy. A mother says she is not willing to put so much pressure on her daughter. However, the fierce competition makes
__9__
impossible for parents not to do so. For now,
__10__
the parents can expect is that the pressure brings good results.
答案 1.recently 2.on 3.meaning 4.answers 5.the
6．unhappiness 7.has promised 8.to increase 9.it
10．what/all (that)
Passage 6 (2015·开封一模)
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My aunt Betty is a
__1__(type) who has always wanted to go on a time travel holiday. Last year she
__2__
(decide) to design her own time tour. She wanted to take a space capsule to AD 3050. The representative from
__3__
time travel company gave her the impression that the space capsule was easy __4__(handle). He told her about its efficiency and safety. This increased her__5__ (motivate) to take the DIY (Do It Yourself) time tour. However, her trip was not the instant success she had expected. When she pressed the switch to begin the journey there was a flash
__6__
the capsule’s engine died. No matter how hard she tried, Aunt Betty was unable to restart the engine. It seemed that the capsule was far from being efficient and
__7__(rely). She wondered whether some parts of the capsule had been manufactured from second－hand materials.__8__(obvious)it was quite unsafe for her to travel in, so instead of
__9__(visit) settlements far in the future，Aunt Betty had to be satisfied
__10__
going to Hainan for her holiday!
答案 1.typist 2.decided 3.the 4.to handle 5.motivation 6.and 7.reliable 8.Obviously 9.visiting10．with
Passage 7 (2015·福建泉州质检)
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Humans need__1__(little) sleep than other mammals, yet__2__(they) slumber(睡眠) is more efficient, said__3__(research) at Duke University in North Carolina.
In their study, the scientists researched sleep patterns of hundreds of animals.They discovered humans sleep for shorter periods of time__4__(compare) to other animals.
The study also concluded that a human’s sleep has higher quality. A deeper stage of sleep, __5__(call) rapid eye movement sleep, or REM, makes up 25 percent of a human’s sleep. In primates(灵长目动物) like lemurs (狐猴 or monkeys, REM sleep does not reach the five percent mark.
“Humans are unique in__6__(have) shorter, higher quality sleep，” said David Samson, a study co－author.
Samsons research team found__7__humans can prosper with__8__average of seven hours of sleep a day. Other primates need as many as 14 to 17 hours of sleep.
Samson said human sleep habits__9__(evolve)
during prehistoric times.Human ancestors moved from sleeping in trees to sleeping on the ground. Better sleep in a shorter amount of time resulted__10__better sleeping habits.
答案 1.less 2.their 3.researchers 4.compared
5．called 6.having 7.that 8.an 9.evolved 10.from
Passage 8 (2017·山西大同摸底)
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Dear fellow students，
May I have your attention, please? Now I’d like to make a speech here. As we know, waste __1__(become) a common scene on campus recently. Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much __2__(leave); others
__3__(simple) walk away after washing hands，leaving the water __4__(run); students leave the classroom every day
__5__
noticing whether fans are switched off. Has thrift (节俭), one of the national traditions __6__
developed from our long history gone?
__7__ so，find it back!
We dont have to take great pains to control waste, but action and a grateful heart are needed；thank the water that runs through our fingers, and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water __8__(short); thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas, children share __9__ dim lamp reading; thank all the paper we are able to use, for trees are cut down
__10__(satisfy) our needs; thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act, so the tradition of thrift will never fade.
答案 1.has become 2.left 3.simply 4.running
5．without 6.that/which 7.If 8.shortage 9.a 10.to satisfy