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高考英语语法填空专题模拟练习 (1)
Bennet Cerf tells this 31 (touch) story about a bus that was bumping (颠簸而行) 32___ a back road in the South.
In one seat sat an old man holding a bunch of fresh flowers. Across the aisle (通道) 33 a young girl whose eyes came back again and again 34 the man?s flowers. The time came 35 the old man to get off. Without much thinking, 36 thrust the flowers into the girl?s lap. “I can see you love ___37 flowers,” he explained, “and I think my wife 38 like for you to have them. I?ll tell her I gave __ _39 to you.” The girl accepted the flowers, 40 then watched the old man get off the bus and walk through the gate of a small cemetery (墓地).
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When I was growing up, I do not recall hearing the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says ___31___ to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him ___32___ (say) those words as he gets ___33___ (old). To tell the truth, I could not honestly remember ___34___ I had last said those words to him either. I decided to set my ego (自我) aside and make the first move. ___35___ some hesitation, in our next phone conversation I blurted out (突然说出) the words, “Dad … I love you!”
There was a silence at the ___36___ end and he ___37___ (awkward) replied, “Well, same back at you!”
I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you ___38___ (say) what you want to say.”
A few weeks later, Dad concluded our phone conversation ___39___ the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the tears were rolling down my cheeks ___40___ I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears we realized that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.
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One day a farmer?s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously ___31___ hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed ___32_______ (cover) up anyway; it just wasn't worth ___33____ to save the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel（铲） and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized ___34___ was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone?s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He _35_______ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt __36____ hit his back, the donkey was doing something _37______ (amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.
__38____ the farmer?s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over __39____edge of the well and happily ran off! Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just ___40___ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
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Night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years. ___31_____ (follow) her longstanding custom, she?d lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don?t remember ___32___ it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, “Don?t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” She didn?t say ___33____ in reply. But never again ___34_____ my mother close out my day ___35_____ that familiar expression of her love.
Time after time, with the passing years, my __36______ (think) returned to that night. By then I missed my mother?s hands, — missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.
Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family. I frequently recalled the night my young voice complained. One night, catching Mom?s hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she?d remember, ___37_____ I did. But Mom didn?t know what I ___38_____ (talk) about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ___39_______ (appreciate) for my gentle mother and ___40_____ caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
(5)
There are moments in life ___31____ you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug（拥抱） them for real!
When the door of happiness closes, __32_____ opens, but often we look so long at the closed door ___33____ we don?t see the one which has been opened for us.
Don?t go for looks; they can deceive (欺骗). Don?t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone ___34__ __ makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be __35__ you want to be.
The ___36__(happy) of people don?t ___37__(necessary) have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that ___38__ (come) along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a _39____ (forget) past.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone _40____ you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die, you?re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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A motto is a sentence or a phrase ____31____ can inspire us especially when we are __32______(face) with difficulties. Many of us have our mottoes, such as “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”, and so on. My motto is “God helps those who help __33______.” Sometimes I am lazy and don?t want to make efforts _34_______( work) hard, __35______ the moment I think of my motto I will get energetic again and devote myself __36______ what I am doing. I write my motto __37______ I can see it easily. Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much ____38____(confident). My motto also makes me become __39______ independent person. That is to say, I won?t rely on others easily.
My friends, what is your motto? If you still haven?t got a motto, please choose _40_______ because a motto can have a great effect on you.
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In today?s competitive world, the ability to work happily with other people is a good way of marking yourself out from everybody __31____. While teamwork may offer the chance to blame others ___32___ your mistakes, you can never blame __33__ for your failings as a teammate. Get to know one another, so you can build up a group and combine your advantages. Find out each other?s values, weaknesses, and past __34______ (achieve). Don?t shy away from(避开，躲避) disagreements， __35__ __ work out how __36__ (deal) with them. Humor can be a good way, so have a laugh together.
Before getting down to business, it?s important to establish ground rules. First, make sure you all share the same idea of time. Will 9:30 am meetings take place at midday? Then, work out how you are going to make decisions. These are probably __37__ (well) made at a formal meeting and communicated by e-mail. You must also agree with your teammate _38__ will be responsible for making decisions. Even if you have decided __39__ decisions don?t have to be agreed on, it is important that every team member __40____(keep) active.
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During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue. The king of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died. ____31____ son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was determined to revenge(复仇). He drilled his army strictly __32______ it was a perfect fighting force. Three years later, he led his army ____33____ the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian.
In order to avenge(复仇) his father?s _34____(die), Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father?s tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him. Gou pretended to be loyal to Fu _35____ he never forgot his humiliation (羞辱). Many years later, he __36____ (set) free. Gou secretly accumulated a military force after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall-bladder(苦胆) __37____ having dinner and going to bed every night. At the same time he administered his state carefully, _38_______ (develop) agriculture and educating the people. After a few years, his country became strong. Then Gou seized a favorable opportunity to wipe off the State of Wu.
Later, people use it to describe one _39_______ endures(忍受) self-imposed(自愿接受的) hardships to _40__________ (strong) one?s resolve(决心) to realize one?s ambition.
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Although it could not compete with the speed of email today, the 1800?s experienced a revolution in communication that played an important role in creating the tradition of the Christmas greeting card. ____31____（help) by the new railway system, the public postal service made corresponding a popular past time. In England, Sir Henry Cole recognized the advantage of ___32____ more efficient mail service and initiated (开始） the practice of sending Christmas greeting cards __33_____ friends.
The first card ___34___ (design) by J.C.Horsley as a commercial endeavor. One thousand copies were sold in London, ____35____ soon others followed suit. An English ____36____(art), William Egley, produced a popular card in 1849. Louis Prang, a German born printer, working from ____37____ shop in Massachusetts, printed his first American cards in 1875. Even more ____38____ (importance) than his printing was the fact ____39____ he did more than anyone else to popularize the cards by instituting nationwide contests for the best Christmas designs, __40______ were awarded cash prizes.
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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival __31__________ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ____32____ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly respected. ____33____, he was dismissed from office. ____34____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were ____35____ (able) to recover his body.
The people of Chu ____36____ mourned Qu?s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost ____37____ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile（爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised __38______ to wrap the rice and bind it _39_______ throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize（象征，表示） the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize __40______ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.
(11)
This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Americans ____31____（tradition）gather for a large holiday meal with family and friends. Most schools ____32____ (close) Friday for Thanksgiving break. Some students get all week off. So where does this leave international students? We asked a few colleges and universities ____33____ the country for this week?s report.
In the Northeast, Green Mountain College has twenty-nine international students this year out of _34_______ student population of about eight hundred. Dick Weis，the director of international programs，says teachers and __35______（coach） invite international students to their homes for Thanksgiving. Professor Weis is having six or seven at his house for the holiday.
Local organizations also get involved, _36_______ a group called the Atlanta Ministry with International Students. It arranges for students in the Atlanta area to celebrate Thanksgiving with American families. The group also has a program ____37____(call) Christmas International House.
In the Midwest, Morningside College has more than one thousand students, fourteen of ____38____ this year are from ____39____ countries. International student adviser Nadia Sifri says they are connected with local host families
when they first arrive. The families provide a home away from home, she says, ____40____ they generally invite the students to spend Thanksgiving with them.
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The period we normally think of 31 “ancient Egypt” is the time 32 Egypt was ruled by the pharaohs (法老王) — after 3000 B.C. But who lived in Egypt 33 the pharaohs?
In the early Stone Age, people in Egypt lived on sites fairly high 34 on the land above the Nile from the Delta to Aswan. From about 5000 B.C., settlers came to Egypt from Palestine and Syria, 35 the Libyan tribes living to the west, 36 from Nubia in the south.
Shortly before 3000 B.C., traders from southern Iraq also sailed to Egypt and some, 37 (attract) by the fertility of the country, stayed ___38 . Soon these early settlers began 39 (grow) barley (大麦) and domesticate（驯养） cattle, and to build villages of mud huts in parts of the flood plain 40 seemed safe from the annual Nile flood.
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All over the world, people move from place to place. More and more people 31 (leave) towns and
farms to move to cities. This 32 (move) to cities is called urbanization. Often, people move to cities 33 (find) jobs. Farms do not have enough jobs 34 the growing population. Cities offer factory and service jobs such as working in restaurants.
Almost half the world?s people live in cities. Mexico City?s population more than tripled (增至三倍) 35 1960 and 2000. Other cities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa are growing just 36 fast.
People also move from country to country. They emigrate, or leave their home country to live in ___37 country. In their new country, these people are called immigrants. Some are looking for jobs in ___38 (rich) nations. Others are running 39 from wars, too little food, and other problems in their home countries. These people are refugees. 40 are people who run to another country to get away from danger or disaster.
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British educators ___31___ a six-day trip to China have said the language of Chinese is becoming much accepted by British youth.
A 110-member-team of UK educational personnel from Kent County and Wales ___32___ (visit) the Confucius Institute(孔子学院) headquarters in Beijing, and set up to promote the Chinese language and culture.
Joanna Burke, ___33___ (culture) councillor（议员）of the British Embassy in China, applauded(赞成，赞许) the moves of Hanban, China?s Office of Chinese Language Council International, to promote the Chinese culture globally.
“I think __34__ is essential for the UK to engage with China ___35___(have) more young people ___36___ learn Chinese and understand China in order to become full global citizens engaged in the requirement of ___37___ 21st century.”
Official figures show ___38___ 400 middle and primary schools in the UK have Chinese language classes. Lessons