语法填空专练New UK Banknotes Causes ComplaintsAn argument has started over the use of the new plastic ￡5 (about 43 yuan) note in the UK.A petition（请愿）to the Bank of England has been launched by the thousands of vegetarians, --(21)________ (call) for the use of tallow（动物脂油）, a substance made from animal fat, in the banknotes to be stopped.The new ￡5 note, or fiver, (22)________ features former prime minister Winston Curchill, is the UK’s first-ever bill (23)________ (make) from a polymer（聚合材料）. Its strong structure means it can deal with dirt and moisture better than the paper bill (24)________ replaced.The notes started being used in September and around 440 million new fivers (25)________ (believe) to already be in circulation.“I understand old notes contain stuff as well – we can’t do anything about what is already in use – but the fact that they are producing new ones is (26)________ really angers me.” Doug Maw, who started the petition, told the Press Association. “There have got to be other ways of making money without using animal products.”But in the eyes of Australian scientist David Solomon, who developed first polymer bank note in Australia in 1988, the new ￡5 (27)________ (contain) incredibly small amounts of tallow, which is also found in candles and soap.“It picks up fewer drugs than paper notes and you don’t chop down trees,” he told The Independent. “It’s more hygienic（卫生的）than a paper note by a long way.”It’s not the first time that the latest version of the fiver (28)________ (cause) controversy（争议）. Another petition was created (29)________ it was announced that Winston Churchill would replace English social reformer Elizabeth Fry on the face of the note, meaning no English banknotes would feature women (30)________ ________ Queen Elizabeth II.After thousands expressed their anger, it was announced that British novelist Jane Austin would be the face of the new ￡10 note from summer 2017.21.calling 22. which 23. made 24. it 25. are believed 26. what27. contain 28. has caused 29. when 30. apart from“When John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he saw a janitor(看门人)_____21____(carry ) a broom(扫帚)and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The janitor responded:” Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon.”Mark Zuckerberg, now the fifth-richest man in the world, spoke about how in the beginning, he never expected to start Facebook, and certainly never expected it to become a company. All ____22______he knew was that people wanted to connect each other more. And so with that idea and with that purpose, he was able to build Facebook into _____23______it is today.I read this speech and it resonated with me, not only with Mark Zuckerberg that purpose creates true happiness, but also that purpose is what allows humans to push ______24_____to do the impossible.For example, just last year, I began a project____25_______(call) the China-Ghana(加纳) Changemaker Program. I wanted to provide an opportunity for students to actually try changing other people’s lives for better. We wanted our “Chinese Changemakers” to work together local “Ghanaian Changemakers” to start social enterprises----business with a product or service specially designed to solve a problem in society.”A lot of people called me crazy. Staff at the United Nations said our idea was impossible. But this summer, our school class of Changemakers____26______(start) their businesses in Ghana. We are making _____27______impossible possible.So how can you find your purpose? It all starts with an idea. But where _____28___-(find) ideas? Don’t make excuse like “I’m too busy preparing for the gaokao.” Make time to find ideas.And you might be thinking, “ I don’t know how to change the world!” well, no one does at first. No ideas is perfect at the beginning. It takes a lot of hard work to make an idea _____29___(clear). Be prepared to fail and to be called crazy.But if you never get started, your idea will never have a chance. You think you have a good idea? Go_____30_____it! And you might just find that changing the world isn’t as far as you thought.21. carrying 22. that 23. what 24. themselves 25. called 26. had started27. the 28. to find 29. clearer 30. forYou know that business of business is making money. What you may not realize is: __21__ simple that business is. You need two fundamental ingredients -- a good product that customers want to own, and bright, charismatic people who will __22__ sell it and, if necessary, defend it. And of the two __23__ (desire) product and competent people -- good people are, in the long run,more important than good products.You can’t expect to produce one popular product after another. You can, however, cover your bets by staffing your enterprise with superb employees who will continue to reflect the company’s strengths __24__ ______ the products are weak. It is your responsibility to keep those employees __25__ (perform) as well as they can. They won’t remain superb __26__ reliable leadership and, in fact, there is a perfect time to address this issue. Most successful companies have a defining moment ____27______profits are skyrocketing, and business __28__ not be better. That is precisely the time to look closely at your customer service. That you are earning more money than ever before __29__ (indicate) your product is terrific, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the same about your customer service. It is the ideal time to examine your reputation and expand the success you are earning from your product to include customer service.Every business wants to be known for its customer service. Although even a slow but steady giant such as Radio Shack Corporation will often come up with a hot product, it is its customer service __30__ keeps it in business year after year.21.how 22. both 23. desired 24. when 25. performing 26. without27.when 28. could 29. indicates 30. thatLooking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing（21）__________that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here's what I （22）__________( tell )her.1. Everything happens for a reason.（23）__________ mistakes and failure, you would never have learned. Without pain, you would never have grown. Once you understand this，you will know that everything comes in （24）__________( serve )a purpose. So don't stress or think that life is unfair, because everything happens for a reason. And only time will tell what it will teach us.2. Focus on one thing at a time. You can have it all but not all at once.（25）__________ is not surprising that many of us are doing too many things at once. We need to make ends meet. But if you are working three jobs at a time, it is not likely that you will succeed at any of them. You have to keep your eyes on the big picture. You have to ask yourself what exactly do you want to achieve for the next 10 years? Focus on one thing at a time. Achieve your goals one by one.3. Y ou can plan ahead, but your plan will definitely change when the time comes.You can plan ahead because sometimes planning ahead can give you a clearer direction of（26）__________ you want to go. However, plans will almost always change, so be prepared!4. Trust your instincts.Don't worry too much about a decision you （27）__________ __________ make. Just do what feels right. You know what you want. You might consult other people. But deep down, you know what you want. Do what makes you happy. Because at the end of the day, （28）__________ __________ you follow logic, you will want to quit and follow your heart.5. It's okay to be unsure about your purpose in life.You might be graduating or have hit a turning point with your career. You might feel a bit （29）__________(lose) and unsure of where to go. It's okay. Go out there and try as many different things as you can. Don't ever feel like you're wasting your time. Enjoy the journey. Don't rush. Every little path will lead you somewhere. And（30）__________(look) back, you will be able to connect the dots. It will all make sense.21.that 22. would tell 23. Without 24. to serve 25. It 26. where27. have to 28. even if 29. lost 30. lookingNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression ___21___ nurses are there to wait on the position.As nurses, we ____22_____ (license) to provide nursing care only. We provide health teaching, and physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient-related services and make all our nursing decisions based upon what is ___23___(good) or suitable for the patient. If, in any circumstance, we feel that a physician’s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility ____24____(question) that order, or refuse to carry it out.Nursing is not a nine-to-five job __25__ every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that ___26___ they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, __27__ occurs due to hard working hours is a prime reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives and disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, isolating us from everything __28__ job-related friends and activities.The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates because experienced nurses finally give up __29___(try) tochange the system. If trends continue as ___30__(predict), they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new inexperienced and sometimes inadequately-trained nurses.22.that 22. are licensed 23. the best 24. to question 25. with 26. before/when27. which 28. except 29. trying 30. expected (省略it is，as引导的方式状语从句)Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is going to experience (21) _________ unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (锁止器), and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that (22)_________ the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor and memory, and a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control center to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent the engine (23)_________being restarted.In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. "The pattern of vehicle crime has changed," says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says (24) _________ would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.Modern cars are much (25)________ (tough)to steal, (26)_________their engine management computer won't allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this (27)_________ achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner's keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a (28)_________(track)system.If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre (29) _________ it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal.Staff at the centre will then contact the owner (30)___________ that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicle's movements via the car's GPS unit.21.an 22.once 23. from 24.it 25. tougher 26. as27.have helped 28. tracking 29. that 30. to confirmThe Crown Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator(发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity-roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will ______21_____（give）meat tickets worth $ 36 _____22_____they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones ____23______ (attach) to the handlebars measuring how much power _____24_____ (generate) for the hotel.The plan, a world-first, _____25______ (start) on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Fredericka Tomemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There ____26______be people who will cycle just _____27_____(get) a free meal, but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme.”Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of _____28______(high) percentages in the world , according to the websites visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists. “____29___Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well _______30___a symbol of the hotel’s green profile(形象).”If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.21.be given 22. once 23. attached 24. is being generated 25. will start26. might 27. to get 28. the highest 29. Because 30. asIceland shows off natureFound just south of the Arctic Circle, i t’s far from the northernmost country on Earth. But as a travel destinations,Iceland is on top of the world.Known as‚ “the land of fire and ice”, the country has many natural wonders. As the Today website put it, “It is (21)__________nature close Iceland to be its shop window to…remind humanity that nature is still the unstoppable force.”As the world was reminded when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted six years ago, Iceland is a country “still in the making, and few other places offer the same opportunities to see the earth (22)__________action,” commented National Geographic magazine.Ice is Iceland’s other big attraction-to be exact, the huge glaciers which travel toward the coast, (23)__________(make) strange pools of water. Even better are the northern lights, which are (24)__________(good) to see from October to March.On Sept 28, the country’s capital Reykjavik decided to turn off all streetlights for an hour at night to give people a unique chance to enjoy the northern lights. Thanks to the glaciers and the dark sky, the bright, colourful (25)__________(dance) lights became “a heavenly light display”, travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet noted.And (26)__________Iceland’s unique natural features are the biggest attractions for visitors, the country also offers inspiration. Iceland has (27)__________higher percentage of writers in its population than any other country in the world,the BBC reported. And it is not surprising (28)__________the country publishes more books per person than any other country in the world, reported the NPR radio station, Iceland (29)_________(be) the birthplace of important literary works and authors-from the Vikings’ Iceland sagas(传说) to author Halldór Laxness, winner of the 1955 Noble Prize in literature.“The beast in Iceland, with its harsh(严酷的) nature and bitter, ever-changing weather. We cannot escape it,” Haraldur Jonsson, an Icelandic artists, told the Observer newspaper while describing his inspiration. “So we find ways to live with it.We (30)__________ __________havea rich life to fill the empty spaces.”21.as if 22. in 23. making 24. best 25. dancing 26. although27. a 28. that 29. has been 30. have toConsumers find a product of interest by visiting the website of the retailer directly or by searching_____21______ alternative vendors using a shopping search engine._____22_____a particular product has been found on the website of the seller, most online retailers use shopping cart software to allow the consumer to accumulate multiple items and to adjust quantities, like filling a physical shopping cart or basket in a conventional store. A "checkout" process follows (continuing the physical-store analogy) in which payment and delivery information is collected, _____23_____ necessary. Some stores allow consumers to sign up for a permanent online account so that some or all of this information only needs ____24____ once. The consumer often receives an e-mail confirmation once the transaction is complete.Less sophisticated stores may rely on consumers______25_____or e-mail their orders (although full credit card numbers, expiry date, and Card Security Code, or bank account and routing number _____26______not be accepted by e-mail, for reasons of security).A successful web-store is not just a good looking website with dynamic technical features, ______27_____(list) in may search engines.____28_____ _________ __________disseminating (宣传) information, it is also about building a relationship with customers and making money.Business often attempt to adopt online shopping techniques without understanding them and /or without a sound business model; oftentimes, businesses produce web-stores___29_______-support the organizations’ culture and brand name without satisfying consumer expectations. User-centered design is critical. Understanding the customer’s wants and needs is essential. Living up to the company’s promise gives customers a reason to come back and meeting their expectations gives them a reason to stay. It is important that the website communicate how much the company values _30_______customers.21.from/ among 22. When/ Once 23. When/ if 24. to be entered / entering25. to phone 26. should 27. listed 28. In addition to 29. that 30. itsLearning Quickly from MistakesMercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was born in1991 in the village of Kipajit. She is the (21)__________(old) of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp (22)__________attract over 50 trainees.Cherono started running in primary school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships,(23)__________(hold) in Mombasa, Kenya. It was her first international event. Despite the fact(24)__________she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race, (25)__________she ran in the championship record time of 8:53:94.In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race, (26)__________(win) in Poland in2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Championships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner. At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Jordan, she won a silver medal in the junior race. She lost to the Ethiopian long-distance runner Genzebe Dibaba (27)__________she tried to jump too early to the finishing line. After the race, Cherono claimed, “I will not repeat that mistake again.”The following year, at the same cross country race, Cherono proved herself when she won a gold medal. Incredibly, (28)__________of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a hero's welcome. Her coach was excited and owed the success of theKenyan team (29)__________hard training and determination.” And her father said, “our child isa disciplined girl who has always taken instructions.” Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono(30)__________(instruct) future champions._____21______amazes the public in construction is that skyscrapers has been springing up around China in recent years on an unprecedented scale with more in the making, and the country is expected to host six of the world’s 10 tallest buildings by 2020, reports Wu Yiyao in Shanghai.With the 632-meter Shanghai Tower _____22_____(become) China's tallest building, it is also the world's second-tallest after the 828-meter Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai. _____23_____(Locate) in Lujiazui, Shanghai's financial zone, the skyscraper, to be completed in 2015, will not hold the title for long. Zhongnan Center, in Suzhou in Jiangsu province, ____24______( plan) to be more than 700 meters high, according to the city's urban planning department.In Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province in Central China, a 1,000-meter-tall twin tower has been designed and, _____25___ approved by the government, will be erected in 2018. "_____26____there is no end to the competition for the tallest building has not been known. For many developers and investors, it is a game of the taller _____27____(good)," said Zhang Yuanzhi, project agent in Shanghai." A tall building embodies power -both architectural and financial."By 2020, China should have six of the world's top 10 skyscrapers, according to the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a nonprofit organization____28_____ focuses on the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings. China_____29___ (dominate) global super-tall building development in the next five years. Its number of such buildings - more than 200 meters high and with more than 40 stories -will account ____30______ 70 percent of world's total, according to a report by realty service provider CBRE Inc.21.What 22. will become 23. located 24. is planned 25. if26. Whether 27. the better 28. which/that 29. will dominate 30. for。
