高一英语语法填空专题练习1.doc

高一英语语法填空专题练习1
Unit 1
This is a true story. It happened in Amsterdam, Holland   1     the early 1940s after the German Nazis had ___2___(occupy) most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. One of their key        (policy) was__4__ (kill) all the Jews in Europe. If any persons     5   (know) to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camp farther east, mostly in Poland.
Families were separated and transported in trains. For many days, they went      food, water, sanitation or fresh air.  __7___(avoid) this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of    8   (Jewish) friends. This diary was written during the time    9    Anne and her family moved to escape from        (kill) by Nazis.
Unit 2
In only fifty years, English        (develop) into the language most  (2)  (wide)  spoken and used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak  (3) . Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of   4  (globe) culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs  (5)  the radio  (6)   use English to communicate  (7)  people around the world through the Internet. With so many people     (8)    (communicate) in English every day, it will become   (9) (important) to have   (10)  good knowledge of English.
 Unit 3
My name is Wang Kun. Since middle school, my sister and I   1     (dream) about   2    (take)a great bike trip. When we graduated from college, we finally got the chance to do it. It  3  my sister  4 first had the idea to cycle along   5   Mekong River from    6    it begins to where it ends. The Dai live near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that    7    (call) the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. She insisted that we      8     (find)the source of the river. She gave me a   9    (determine) look. Once She has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give   10  .
Unit 4
At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed    1    the world was ____2___ an end! Eleven kilometers____3_____(direct) below the city the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing, ____4___ is one hundred kilometers away. One - third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was  eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide  cut __5____ houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from    6    (hole) in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or ____7____(injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families   8   ( kill)  and many children were left ___9___ parents. The number of people    10    were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
Unit 5
My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time (1)_______ I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise poor black people (2)_______ their problems.
    I began school at six . The (3)_______ where I studied only two years was three kilometres away. I had to leave , (4)_______ my family could not continue to pay the shool fees and the bus (5) ______ . I could not read (6)______write. After trying hard , I got a job in a gold mine . This was a time when one had got to have a passsbook to live in Johanneburg. (7)______(sad) I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried (8)_____ whether I would be out of work.
The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the    9  (happy) days of my life . He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johanneburg. I never forgot (10) ______ kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League , I joined it as soon as I could .
Unit 6
Nowadays, millions 31 lonely singles are now going online instead. 32 World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker(媒人).
    Singles are flocking(涌向) to the Internet 33 (main) because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites(约会网址) is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene 34 (just lead) them from one bad experience to 35 and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make 36 easy to avoid someone 37 you are not interested in. In the real world, 38 , ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
    Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online 39 (describe). Safety is another concern. You are just 40 (like) to find a criminal online as you are Mr. Or Miss Right.
Unit 7
Exercise is good for you, but most people really know very little about __31___ to exercise properly. So when you try, you 32_ __ run into trouble.
Many people believe that when specific muscles are exercised, the fat in the neighbouring area is “burned up”. Yet the truth is 33 ___ exercise burns fat from all over the body.
Studies show muscles which are not exercised lose their strength very quickly. To regain it 34__ (need) 48-72 hours and exercise every other day will keep a normal level of physical strength.
To lose weight you should always “work up a good sweat” when 35__ _ (exercise). Sweating only reduces body temperature to prevent heating. This is nothing 36_ __ water loss.
Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise. 37_ helps the circulation of blood throughout the body, and has a direct effect 38_ _ your overall feeling of health. Experience says that 20 minutes’ exercise 39_ __ day is minimum amount. But if your breathing doesn’t return to normal state within minutes 40___ you finish exercising, you’ve done too much.
Unit 8
Once a man came to Allah (安拉) and said, “Oh Allah, I have many bad habits. Which one should I give up first?” Allah said, “Give up telling lies first and always tell the truth.” The man promised to do 31_ _ and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made 32_ _ Allah. “If tomorrow Allah asks me where I have been, what should I say? Should I say that I went out 33_ _ (steal)? No, I cannot say that. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call 34__ a thief. I would 35_ _ (punish) for stealing. But 36_ _ can I lie.”
So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, when he was about to drink wine, he also remembered 37_ he promised to Allah, so he gave up 38_ idea of drinking wine. In this way, 39_ the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth 40 _ all times. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits.
Unit 9
Poor student behaviour seems to be an ____31____ (increase) widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.
In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with ____ 32 ___(few)_ children. These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because ____ 33 ____ (work) parents do not have the time for this, ____ 34 ____ in more material ways. They are allowed to have ____ 35 ____ they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please. This means that the children grow up ____ 36 ____ consideration for others and without any understanding of ____ 37 ____ their standard of living comes from.
When they get to school age they have not learnt any self control or discipline. Teachers continually complain ____ 38 ____ this problem and measures ____ 39 ____ (take) to combat the situation. But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families, ____40 ____ need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.
Unit 10
Polar bears are suffering in a 31 (warm) world.
Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals. 32 much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared 33 for the cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger that 34 (threat) the only home they know.
The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years 35 1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their 36 (survive). “The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over,” says Andrew Derocher, 37 scientist who studies North American polar bear populations. “ 38 it, they can’t exist.”
Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. 39 in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later, 40 the bears are not actively hunting.
Unit 11
One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw 31 elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked 32 ( close ) at this girl, I founf that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs , just a head, a neck and upper body, 33 ( dress ) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back 34 the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 35 smile just melted me 36 almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of 37 life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and 38 ( bring ) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and 39 ( warm ). I’m a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught 40 .
Unit 12
Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on Thursday, December 20th, 2007. Authorities said that 31 thieves must have been well prepared, as 32 took them just three minutes to steal paintings 33 two world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso 34 Candido Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars. Images from the security camera show that three men began their action at 5:09 am, 35 the guards in the museum were going through their shift change (换岗). They broke through two glass doors, 36 (run) to the museum’s top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms, somehow 37 (avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang, and by 5:12 am, they were making their escape. After that, the police were interviewing the 30 museum 38 (employ). “Everything indicates thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for 39 own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings, 40 he was wealthy,” said the lead police officer, Marcos Gomes de Moura.
Unit 13
Crying marriage? 31 (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 32 (remain) in fashion 33 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 34 (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 35 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 36 , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 37 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 38 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a 39 by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 40 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
Unit 14
Lake Titicaca, a famous lake in South America, is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru. But the lives of the ancient people who once lived around the lake and __31__ culture was thought to be highly advanced, have long remained a secret. Recently __32__, scientists taking part in an exploration project at the lake have found __33__ they believe to be a 1000-year-old temple __34__ the water.
Divers from the study group have discovered __35__ building scientists think is the remains of a temple built by the people who once lived beside the lake. The project leaders hope to begin raising important materials from the site later this week __36__ bad weather forces a change in their plans.
"The scientists have not yet had the opportunity to study the materials carefully," said project director, John Aubi. "But some __37__ (put) forward the idea that the remains date from this period because of their __38__ (similar) to those found elsewhere."
The research team has so far this year made more than 200 dives into water 30 metres deep. During these dives, __39__ have been recording the ancient remains on film. There will be a meeting, __40__ (start) later this year to review the film.
Unit 15
Television is now playing a very important role 31 our life. But television, like many 32 things, has both advantages and disadvantages. Do the 33__ (form)outweigh（比……更重要）the latter?
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also 34 comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is more convenient as well as 35 (cheap) to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere. __ 36 they have to do is to press a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest 37 (excite) football match. Some people, 38 , maintain that this is precisely 39 the danger lies. The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything 40 (present) to him without any effort on his part.
Unit 16
The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as __31_ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and