【练习】语法填空(含答案)

1、语法填空专练（ 20）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1almost everyone has some kind of hobby. 1 may be anything from collecting stamps to making model planes. some hobbies are very expensive, but 2 are valuable only to their owners. i know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollar

2、s. a short time ago he bought a seldom 3 (see) fifty-cent piece worth $250! he was very happy about what he bought and thought the price was 4 (reason). 5 the other hand my youngest brother collects match boxes. he has almost 600 of them but i doubt 6 they are worth any money. however, to my brother

3、 they are very valuable. nothing makes him 7 (happy) than to find a new match box for his collection. thats 8 a hobby means, i guess. it is something we like to do in our spare time simply 9 the fun of it. the value in dollars is not important, but the 10 (pleased) it gives is.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 102wh

4、at defines a healthy city? is it a place with a lot of open spaces 1 people can exercise and enjoy the fresh air? a place with little or no pollution? a place in which people can 2 (free) socialize and express their ideas? perhaps, its all that plus more. other considerations are the availability of

5、 health and fitness facilities, an excellent healthcare program and sincere efforts by 3 local government to actively promote health and wellness among its citizens. of all the cities in the world, one of the top six 4 (healthy) cities is copenhagen, denmark.copenhageners love to walk. foot traffic

6、accounts 5 80% of all traffic in the copenhagen city center. those who prefer can also bike. it is estimated that more than a third of all work trips in copenhagen 6 (carry) out on a bike. as for the climate here, the city does not have the blessing of pleasant weather all year round. 7 everything s

7、tarts to freeze, it turns several city squares into huge skating fields. the frozen parts of the city also make 8 easier for residents to skate around. the city also has museums and art galleries for the kids and 9 (grown-up). it has the royal danish academy of fine art and the royal library housed

8、in a rather grand building 10 (call) the black diamond.1 2 3 4 5第 1 页 共 12 页6 7 8 9 103you may like reading novels for funbut you need to get 1 (organize) if you are reading a novel for schoo1here 2 (be)a few tipsfirst，pay attention to characters. what do they do in the novel? what do they want? eve

9、rything 3 is about a character can help us to understand him，from his 4 (appear)to the kind of food he eatsbesides，the order of the story and the plot are 5 (equal) importantmake sure that as you read， you make 6 quick note of what happens in each chapterthis will help you bring the things you have

10、noticed about the character，setting，language and so on togetherits also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read itnext，themesthey are ideas that a novel explores7 is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel perhaps love is a major theme ，

11、 or justice ， or 8 (survive)furthermore ， novels are made up 9 language writers use language in a special way 10 (make) their novels workthey may use metaphors，invent symbols，or show different characterspersonalities through their speech styles1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 104festivals and celebrations of all ki

12、nds 1 (hold) everywhere since ancient times. mostancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, 2 (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn. at that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.todays festivals have many origins, some 3_

13、( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. for example, the japanese festival obon is honored in 4 (memorize) of their ancestors. people then should go to cl

14、ean graves, light lamps and play music _5_ they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. in mexico, people celebrate the day of the dead in early november. 6_ this important feast day, people eat food in 7 shape of skulls and cakes with bones on them. they offer food, flowers and gifts

15、 to the dead. the western holiday halloween also had _8 origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. it is now a childrens festival, _9_ they can dress up and go to their neighbors homes to ask for sweets. the dragon boat festival in china honors the famous ancient第 2 页 共 12

16、 页poet, qu yuan. india has a national festival on october 2 to honor mohandas gandhi, the leader who helped gain indias 10_（depend) from britain.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 105scientists have discovered that _1_(stay) in the cold could help us lose weight. researchers at the university of california found that

17、 exposure to the cold increases levels of a protein thathelps form brown fat-the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm. brown fat burns energy, _2_ helps us lose weight. white fat stores extra energy, which results 3 weight gain. the researchers said that because air conditioning and heat

18、ing give us constant, _4_(comfort) temperatures, our bodys need for brown fat has decreased. they found that:“outdoor workers innorthern finland who_5_(expose) to cold temperature have_6_ significant amount of brown fat when_7_(compare) to same - aged indoor workers.”the research was conducted on tw

19、o different control groups of mice._ 8_group was injected with the protein that helps create brown fat. this group later gained 30% less weight after both groups were fed high - fat diets. the researchers say this could be good news in the fight against obesity. people who are obese have _9_(low) le

20、vels of brown fat than thinner people. head researcher hei sook sul said: this protein could become an important target for research into the treatment and prevention of obesity and obesity - related diseases.” she added: if you can somehow increase levels of this protein, you could _10_(possible) l

21、ose more weight even if eating the same amount of food.”1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 106singles day falls on november 11th every year in china, _1_ is recognized as a day forpeople who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. couples and lovers have valentines day in _2_ (celebrate) of their love, but how about the sin

22、gles? there must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. thats _3_ people created singles day.on singles day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, _4_ (attend) blind date parties, and some people even decide to get _5_ (marry) to strangers. _6_ this day has recently b

23、ecome more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount _7_(promote) their goods.more and more people are _8_ (will) to shop online to get what they want,第 3 页 共 12 页and i am one of them. i just cant help buying things_9_i need them or not._10_ (honest)speakin

24、g, some of the things that i bought have been put aside forever in my closet.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 107many of us were raised with the saying “waste not, want not.” none of us, however, can 1 (complete) avoid waste in our lives.any kind of waste is thoughtless. whether we waste our potential talents, our

25、own time, our limited 2 (nature) resource, our money, 3 other peoples time, each of us can become moreaware and careful. the smallest good habits can make a big 4(differ). its a good feeling toknow in our hearts we are doing our best in a world 5 is in serious trouble. by being devoted to 6 (save) o

26、il, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing 7 part in cutting down on waste.we must keep reminding 8 (we)that it is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. actually, severe damage 9 (do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution.its time for us to say no

27、 to waste so that our grandchildrens children10 (be)able to developwell. we cant solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 108when i was young, i read many kinds of books, 1 (include) fairy tales. most of the books described heroes who were handsome and heroi

28、nes who were beautiful. so, i believed i had to be beautiful if i wanted to become a great person.i grew up, i began to realize outer beauty was not so important 2 ( make ) someone good. i remember a friend of 3 . she believed that she could do everything 4 she wanted because she was so beautiful, b

29、ut she lost friends one by one. my poor friend! she learned a good lesson: inner beauty is 5 (important) than outer beauty.whenever i see tv advertisements, i feel that these things make us 6 (believe) beauty is very important-especially physical attractiveness. although we say that inner beauty is

30、more 7 (value), we often look for plastic surgery to make us more beautiful. there seems to be a boom in plastic surgery. it is 8 (surprise) to realize the number of people who try it 9 increasing day by day.第 4 页 共 12 页so, what is real beauty? i want to say that inner beauty is 10 real one because

31、if someone has beauty in his soul, he looks like a really beautiful person.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 109just now，i entered the website “topic for today”. i feel _1_ (interest) in thereport on middle school students using cell-phones on campus. in fact，more students now come to school_2_ cell-phones. my schoo

32、lmates have different opinions. some think_3_ is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone ， _4_also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. besides，it is nice to enjoy _5_ (variety) functions of different cell-phones.others think differently. first，the cell-phone is not

33、_6_ must in school，as there are some ic phones there， _7_ (make) it easy to call others. second， many students often play e-games and send_8_ (message) with their cell-phones，even in class， which will surely have bad effects on their study. whats more， a large amount of time and money will_9_ (waste

34、).in my opinion，the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. but it doesnt mean we can use it_10_ (free) in school.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1010one morning i sat on a bench in a park and watched a little boy 1 (run) freely on thegrass as his mother watched from a short distance away. the boy would fal

35、l to the grass, get up, and without looking back 2 his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened. when the kid fell down, he didnt think of the fall as 3 failure. instead, he considered 4 a learning experience. he tried and tried again 5 he succeeded. i 6 (touch) by the boys strong

36、mind and the way he ran. with each attempt, he looked so 7 (confidence) and natural. he only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could. he was just being a childjust being himselfbeing completely in the moment. he never _8_(give) up. each time he fell, he got himself back up again, as if

37、 he knew that falling down was simply a part of life. he was not looking for others 9 (smile), or worrying about whether someone was watching or not. he only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. i learned a lot from that experience, and have _10_(success) brought tha

38、t lesson with me in many parts of my life.第 5 页 共 12 页1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011swedish businessman nile bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the worlds first igloo(冰屋) hotel._1_ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. in two weeks time bergq

39、vists ice creation_ 2_ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “we dont see it as a big problem, ”he says. “we just look forward to _3_(replace)it. ”bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. it was_4_ successful that he designed the present one, _5_ measures roughly 200 square m

40、eters. six workmen spent more than eight weeks _6_ (pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base ；when the snow froze, the base_7_ (remove).after their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. _8_no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0 c, it may s

41、eem more like a survival test _9_ a rel axing hotel break. “its great fun,” bergqvist explains, “as well as a good start in survival training.the_10_ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt ：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. at least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season

42、 even though there are only 10 rooms.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1012when i was in elementary school, i always argued with a boy in my class. i have forgotten what the _1_ (argue) was about, but i have never forgotten the lesson i learnt that day.i was convinced that “i” was right and “he” was wrong but he arg

43、ued that “i” was wrong and “he” was right. the teach er decided to teach us _2_ very important lesson. she_3_ (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. in the middle of her desk, there was a large _4_ round object. she asked the boy what

44、color the object was. “white”, he answered. i couldnt believe _5_he said, because it was _6_(obvious) black! another conflict started _7_ him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. the teacher told me to stand in the place _8_the boy had been standing. we changed the place andnow sh

45、e asked me what the color of the object was. i had to answer, “white”. it was an object第 6 页 共 12 页with two differently colored sides. from _9_viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. sometimes_10_ (look) at a problem from the other persons view, we will come to a totally different con

46、clusion.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1013a few years ago, sars _1_ out in the mainland of china, _2_ (cause) some people to be killed. and some nearly got close to death. the situation was so severe _3_there was no time to debate who is to blame. the most important thing for the government to do is to find out

47、the causes of this _4_(dead) disease. they invited all the most _5_ （experience） experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. some of the top experts then tested them to see _6_ they were available or not. doctor zhong nan shan chose one patient who was seriously il

48、l and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine _7_(test) on him. _8_ his great joy, this patient recovered! he made his way to his office and telephoned the top official ,telling him this exciting news. for _9_(convenient), he moved to live in his office. his method _10_（work）. not soo

49、n after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1014animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and 1 (thousand) of kinds ofanimals have disappeared from the world forever. about 170 kinds in the us alone 2 (consider) in dan

50、ger.why should people care? 3 we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. every animal has its place in the balance of nature. 4 (destroy) one kind of animal cancreate many problems. for example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), thefarmers stores of corn and

51、grain were destroyed5 rats and mice. with no hawks to keep downtheir numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) 6 (quick).luckily, some people are working 7 (help) save the animals. some groups raise money to let people know about 8 problem. and they try to get the governments to pass laws protectin

52、g animals in danger. quite a few 9 (country) have passed laws. these laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. slowly, the number of some animals in danger 10 (be) growing.第 7 页 共 12 页1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1015great progress 1 (achieve) recently and the new robot guides at a tokyo museum

53、 lookso 2 (strange) human and speak so smoothly that they almost outdo people.3 (japan) robotics expert ishiguro says they will be 4 (use) for research on how people interact with robots and on how humans are diffe rent from machines. “ 5 (make) robots is about exploring 6 it means to be human,” he

54、says, “and examining the question of what is emotion, what is awareness, and what is thinking.”in a demonstration，the remote-controlled machines moved their pink lips 7 time to a voice-over, twitched their eyebrows，blinked and swayed their heads from side to side. they stayed 8 (seat) but could move

55、 their hands.in a clear presentation, a robot read the news without stumbling（结巴）once and recited complex tongue-twisters. the robot, designed with a girlish appearance，can use a variety of voices，such as a deep male voice one minute and a soft girly voice the next. the speech can be input by text,

56、giving them perfect 9 (pronounce)，according to the designers.there were some faults-such as the lips not moving at all while the robot spoke or the otonaroid announcer robot staying silent twice when asked to introduce itself. 10 faults are common with robots because they are delicate and sensitive

57、to their environment.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1016from monday to friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy _1_ (they). some watch tv_2_ go to the cinemas. others take part in sports. there are many different ways _3 (spend) their spare time. almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. it may be anything from collecting stamps to makingmodel airplanes. some hobbies are expensive, _4_ others dont co