高考英语语法填空基础训练40篇(附答案).doc

1)In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing__1__comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run__2__(fast) than the fastest lion,__3__I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion__4__(wake) out of his dream, and the first thing__5__(flash) into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope, otherwise I will starve to__6__(dead).” So almost at the same moment__7__the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start__8__(run) toward the rising sun.Such is life—__9__you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without__10__(hesitate) when the sun rises.(2)You may wonder__1__we have a holiday in summer and winter, but not in spring__2__autumn. There are some reasons__3__ it. Like most people, your intelligence(智力)changes from season to season. You are properly a lot sharper in the spring__4__you are at any__5__time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, __6__is well known to us all, __7__(conclude) from other men's work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect__8__our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This does mean that all people are not as quick at __9__(learn) in the summer as they are during the rest of the year. It tells us, however,__10__intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.(3)Last Monday morning, I was__1__(cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview__2__an important job. A yellow car passed by me and__3__(sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I__4__(fall). I was so angry that I stopped the driver and kept on __5__(shout) at him rudely.__6__(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. __7__chance, one of my__8__(interview), the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me or my rudeness.__9__, he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager__10__I thought of him.(4)__1__you want to improve your English, you'd better listen to BBC English which is part __2__the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such__3__difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences__4__written and__5__(speak) English and so on. It is easy for you to find out some information__6__the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English and ask for__7__.In China, there are also English programmes__8__Follow Me on TV or on the radio. They are usually easy__9__(receive) and understand and they are very __10__(use) to you.(5)It is known to all__1__the Chinese diet__2__(consider) to be the__3__(healthy) in the world because it__4__(contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich__5__fiber and low in sugar and fat.How__6__the Western food? It has too much fat in the form__7__potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As__8__result, the westerners usually become very fat and have bad__9__(tooth), and many of them even die at an early age 10 heart illnesses.(6)I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old.__1__her fellow teacher said that we__2__(celebrate) her 9th birthday! We were all__3__(surprise) and puzzled.__4__the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about__5__(birth). If a woman is over 10, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 9th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her__6__, it's the 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday __7__they are below 20.This shows that American women, __8__(special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be__9__(young). ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is__10__if you don't know it, don't ask about it; if you really know it, don't mention it.(7)One day, Pierre,__1__worked in a government office, received an__2__(invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money__3__jewellery, so she borrowed a beautiful necklace __4__her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful__5__they had a wonderful time that evening. But after the ball, she found the necklace__6__(miss). They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new__7__for Jeanne. In order to pay back the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn't recognize her__8__they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn't __9__(affect) by vanity(虚荣心), __9__it will cost him a lot.(8)__1__is known to all, China is a large country__2__agriculture. Science of farming was first __3__(study) here.Jia Si-xie, living__4__the 6th century AD, was one of the farming pioneers(先驱者). After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time__5__his research into agriculture. He studied__6__to keep seeds, how 。