英语新题型样题及练习题
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the
passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word,
fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,
use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
As Christopher Walsh saved his brother and then his sister from the water of a river, his
mother shouted to him: “I‟m proud of you.”
Christopher was in the car with his parents, sister Rosie, and brother Mac,
(25)__________ his father drove into a metal barrier. The family‟s car fell down a hill
(26)__________ the river, and landed with its wheels up.
Christopher, then 12, swam through a broken window and got out into the fresh air. But
(27)__________ (see) the rest of his family were still in the car—in the water, he took a big breath
and swam back to save first Mac, and then Rosie. Christopher said: “I was frightened, but it was
all happening so fast and I really had no time (28)__________ (think) about the danger.”
Christopher freed Mac and then swam back to get Rosie, (29)__________ was under the
cold, cloudy water, in the car. Christopher had to feel for her seatbelt because he could not see
anything. He took the seatbelt off her, and then went up for air. Finally he went back to pull her
out of (30)__________ car.
Beryl, the mother, said: “When I got to the side and looked back, I thought Christopher
and Rosie had gone. I thought (31)__________ were dead. Then I saw him come up out of the
water like a dolphin, and I could see he had Rosie. I shouted across the canal, „I‟m so proud of
you.‟”
(B)
I‟m reading this brilliant book, (32)__________ (call) The Great Kapok Tree. It‟s by
Lynne Cherry. My parents gave it to me as my birthday present and I just (33)__________ hardly
put it down.
The story (34)__________ (set) in the tropical Amazon rainforest. The author visited the
rainforest (35)__________ __________ she could find out about what was happening for herself.
As I‟m sure you know, man is cutting down so many of the forests and trees there. A lot of animals
and plants are in danger (36)__________ __________ this.
So, here‟s what happens in the story. The main character is the woodcutter. He comes into
the wood with an axe in his hand. All the animals are chatting happily in the forest. As soon as
they see the man, they stop (37)__________ (talk) and become quiet. They know what the
woodcutter’s job is—to cut down the great kapok (木棉) tree. But it’s the (38)__________ (large)
tree in the forest and the rainforest is very hot. The woodcutter soon gets tired and falls asleep
under the tree. As he sleeps, all the animals come up to him and whisper in his ear. One of them
says to the woodcutter, “What happens tomorrow depends on what you do today. If you destroy
our home, we (39)__________ (have) nowhere to live. Please think twice.” The woodcutter wakes up but I‟m not going to tell you what happens in the end. You‟ll
have to read the book to see (40)__________ he cuts the great kapok tree down or not.
新题型练习：
differences that no way forward or even a hint of progress is evident.
(2)
November 11, the weird holiday known as “Singles Day (光棍节),”has grown into
China‟s, and possibly the world‟s, busiest online shopping day.
Singles Day (1) ___________ (create) by Chinese college students in the 1990s as a
version of Valentine’s Day (情人节) for people without romantic partners. The timing was based
on the date: November 11, or “11.11,” (2) __________ represents four singles. Unattached (单身的) young people would treat each other (3) __________ dinner or give gifts to chase that
special someone and end their single status.
That gift-giving helped to turn it into a major shopping event as sellers of everything from
jewelry to cars saw a marketing opportunity and launched Singles Day sales. It is China‟s response
to Cyber Monday in (4) __________ United States, the day after Thanksgiving weekend, (5)
__________ online shopping for Christmas begins and merchants have their busiest sales day.
Last year, over 50,000 merchants on Alibaba‟s consumer-oriented Taobao and
platforms (6) __________ (take) in a total of 19.1 billion yuan (about $3 billion) on Singles Day.
This figure exceeded the total of $1.25 billion that U.S. online retailers (零售商) took on Cyber
Monday and (7) __________ (make) Singles Day the biggest e-commerce sales day on record.
China has the biggest population of Internet users in the world, (8) __________ 538
million people online. Its population of online shoppers also is the (9) __________ (big) at 193
million, versus 170 million for the United States. Now, it follows the U.S. and Japan in online
spending and is forecasted to rise to first place as early (10) __________ 2015.
The reason (11) __________ Singles Day has risen as China’s online shopping day is a
matter of debate. Some cite demographics (人口统计数据) and timing: University graduates (12)
__________ adopted the holiday earn more and shop online. Singles Day comes as people receive
monthly paychecks and need (13) __________ (buy) winter clothes. (14) __________ other
events such as the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest family holiday, it involves few other
expenses such as travel or banquets (宴请), (15) __________ (leave) more money for gifts.
(5)
Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one‟s intelligence. But
people fail (1) __________ (realize) the importance of training these factors in young people.
The so-called „non-intelligence factors‟ include one‟s feelings, will, motivation, interests and
habits. After a 30-year study, American psychologists found out that the main cause of differences
in intelligence (2) __________ (be) not intelligence itself , but non-intelligence factors including
the desire to learn, will power and self-confidence.
Though people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning
