《广东省2011届高考英语语法填空题专项训练八十五篇》基础训练二十五篇语法填空（每篇共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为1~10的相应位置。
基础训练篇（1）In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing 1. comes into his mind is, “I must b e 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 a ble 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.基础训练篇（2）You may wonder why we have a holiday in summer (1) _________ 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 (5)___________ any other time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, who‟s well known to us all concluded from other men‟s work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect (6)___________ our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This (7)____________ mean that all people are not (8)_______________ quick at learning in the summer as they (9)_________________ during the rest of the year. It tells us, (10)________________, that intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.基础训练篇（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 I stopped the driver and kept on (5)_________ (shout) at him rudely.(6)_____________(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. By chance, one of my(7)________(interview), the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me (8)_________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.基础训练篇（4）If you want to improve your English, you‟d better listen to BBC English which is part(1)_____________ the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such(2)__________difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences (3)__________ written and (4)__________(speak) English and so on. It is easy for you to find out some information (5)___________ the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English and ask (6) ________ it.In China, there are (7)__________ English programmes like Follow Me on TV (8)__________ on the radio. They are usually easy (9)__________(receive) and understand and they are very (10)__________(use) to you.基础训练篇（5）It is known to all (1)___________ the Chinese diet is considered to be the (2)__________(healthy) in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich (4)___________ fiber and low in sugar and fat.How (5)_____________ the Western food? It has too much fat in the form (6)______________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As (7)______ _ result, the (8)________________(west) usually become very fat and have bad (9)____________ (tooth), and many of them even die at an early age from heart (10)______________ (ill).基础训练篇（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 39th birthday! We were all (3)____________ (surprise) and puzzled.After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about (4)___________ (birth). If a woman is (5)________ 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 39th. 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 when they are(7)__________ 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) ______________. ” 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.基础训练篇（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)_________________. They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new (7)___________ for Jeanne. In order to pay (8)_________ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn‟t re cognize her (9)___________ they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn‟t be affected (10)____________ vanity(虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.基础训练篇（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 to improve soil conditions and so on.During the years 533~544, he wrote a book (7)__________ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu ,(8)_________ is about both farming and gardening, (9)__________ (include) advice on how to grow green vegetables, how to keep fish in lakes, and so on. It was considered to be (10)___________ important summary of farming knowledge.基础训练篇（9）Walt Disney, a great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901 (1)_________ died in 1966.(2)__________ a young man, he wanted very much to be an artist. He went to a newspaper office in the hope (3)__________ getting a job there, (4)_________ he had no luck.He didn‟t lose heart. He kept on (5)______________ (draw) lots of pictures. Being poor, he had to sit in the family garage（车库）,drawing pictures. Day (6)_________ day, he worked hard. Several years (7)____________, he succeeded in (8)______________ (make) his first cartoon character — Mickey Mouse. From then (9)______________ , he became a successful cartoon maker. Many characters in his cartoons are very popular, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, (10)_____________ are loved by everyone, especially by children.基础训练篇（10）Nowadays, almost everyone has realized (1)_________ smoking is harmful to people‟s health. Sometimes it (2)__________ causes fire.In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of cigarettes. It‟s bad news (3)_________ the health of the nation.It‟s known (4)______________ smoking can cause different kinds of diseases. Every year, many people die (5)_______________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money (6)_______________ look after these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those (7)________________ don‟t smoke, (8)____________ (special) to children and women.In (9)__________ word, smoking is no good. If you want to smoke, just think of those who suff er from diseases (10)_____________ the fires that destroy people‟s lives and property!基础训练篇（11）Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, (1) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with (2) when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to (3) _____ for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back (4) it, she was surprised to find the neighbor‟s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too (5). _ .That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed (6) _ four o‟clock.After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window (7) _____ __ she saw the neighbor‟s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What (8) _ _ _______ happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor wanted each guest (9) _____ meet him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired (10) _ _ not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden …”基础训练篇（12）We all know that computers have played and (1)__________ play a very important part (2)___________ various fields.In personal lives, computers can do lots of work. It can carry (3)___________ people‟s instructions. In agriculture, computers are used (4)_____________ control the (5)__________(grow) conditions of vegetables and other plants. In transportation(交通运输), computers can work out the best distance (6)__________ trains and operate the trains instead (7)____________ human beings. In the fields of education, health and scientific research, computers are important, (8)___________. People use them to store information (9)______________ records.Because of the computers, life is easier and (10)________ convenient for people.基础训练篇（13）Xiao Mao is a primary school student and he enjoys (1)_____ (draw) very much.One day, he went to the small woods not far (2)___________ town to draw from nature, carrying a drawing board. He was glad to find a tree living (3)____________ the rest had been cut down. “Let me start work at (4)___________” he thought and began to set up his (5)_____________.Just then a strong young man came (6)_________a big axe and got down to (7)___________ (cut) the tree. Soon he cut it down and pulled it away.When Xiao Mao got (8)__________ and turned back to draw, he found the tree had (9)________________ (disappear).“Dear me ! Where on earth is the tree ? ” Xiao Mao wondered, very (10) ______________(disappoint).基础训练篇（14）Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __1_____________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very __2______________ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, __3__________(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go 4 _____ this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some __5__ ______ (surprise) conclusions.Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes __6____intellectual growth. It also improves 7 ____ (concentrate), attention span, and the ability to get 8 ____ with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his successwas due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured 9 __ __ as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears 10 their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourself… in your mind‟s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.基础训练篇（15）As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play __(1)______ big part in this decision. Television adverts are expensive to make __(2)_____to show. You have to be a big corporation with a big budget to afford television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are __(3)______cheaper.As well as worrying about the expense, advertisers must also consider _____(4)_ media are most appropriate for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear. __(5)_______most cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very __(6)______(easy). For this reason, ______(7)_would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars. _(8)______, it would be no use __(9)_ _____(advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are great for generating emotional responses to a product, but magazines and newspapers can have __(10)_ ____details.基础训练篇（16）We must have water to live. __ 1________the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals __ 2________ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now __ 3________. They are filled __ 4________ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.Lake Erie w as __ 5________ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into __ 6________. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “__ 7________ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds(肥皂泡沫), from detergents（洗涤剂；洗衣粉） used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.Water cannot __8___________(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is __ 9________ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water __ 10_______ we now have.基础训练篇（17）In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1. spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2. , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.There is no easy way to success 3. language learning. 4. good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 5. (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and 6. meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 7. we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really lear ning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of8. (advise) for those 9. are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10. (write) the language whenever we can.基础训练篇（18）There were once a goat and a donkey 1. lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most 2. . Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3. it could eat. This made the goat so jealous 4. it began plotting against（谋划对付）the donkey. “Hey, donkey,” the goat said one day. ”I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don‟t you pretend 5. (get) sick so you can take a day 6. ?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏） on its side with its eyes 7. (close). Right away, the farmer called in a doctor. 8. looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made 9. the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10. goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.基础训练篇（19）We are all busy talking about and 1. (use) the Internet, but how many of us know 2. history of the Internet?Many people are 3. (surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large 4. expensive. Computer networks didn‟t work well. If one computer in the network broke 5. , then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent 6. another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on 7. (work) all the time.The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. 8. the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet mor e 9. (convenience).Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. 10. (send) emails is more and more popular among students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people‟s life.基础训练篇（20）Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1 __ _____ had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2__________ the best. Healso loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 __ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is __4 ___________very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant‟s close friend. __5___________ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and __6____________ would always help him out and tide(帮助渡过) him 7__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant‟s 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 8___________ (contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 9____________ (take) care of the household. _10 ________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.基础训练篇（21）Bassanio fell in love (1) Portia, but he couldn‟t ask her to marry him(2) he was poor. He had to borrow some money (3) ______ his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and (4) ______ (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh (5) ______ he coul dn‟t repay him within three months.Unfortunately Antonio‟s ships were lost(6) sea. (7) ______ (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (8) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just one pound of flesh (9) ______ Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he (10) ______ lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.基础训练篇（22）Dear Lifeline,I shall be getting married (1)_______ August. My mother wants me to have a white wedding in (2)_________, because I am the only daughter, and she wants me to have the kind of wedding that she had. I, on the other (3)____________, should like to have a simple wedding (4)____________ a small party (5)______________ for immediate family and close friends. I don‟t want my parents (6)___________ go to a lot of expense just for one day; I‟d rather they spent the money (7)__________ things that my husband and I will need, that will last us for many years.Do you agree (8) ____________ me that this is a (9)_____________ (reason) point of view ? Can you think of a way in which I might persuade my parents (10) _____________ think as I do?Yours,Money-Conscious基础训练篇（23）There was once a teacher in a village. He was a man named Goldsmith. He was a kind-hearted man. He was always poor (1)___________. He taught himself (2)___________, so sometimes people called him Doctor Goldsmith. One day a poor woman asked Mr.Goldsmith to go and see her husband, because he was very ill and couldn‟t get up. Mr. Goldsmith did (3)____________. He found that the family needed help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not (4)__________. He was just hungry because there was no food in his house.“Come to my room this (5)_________”said Mr. Goldsmith to the woman, “I will give you some medicine for your husband.”In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box.“(6)__________is the medicine,” he said.” Take it and it will (7)_________ your husband a great deal of good, but don‟t open the box until you get home.”“What are the directions for (8) _________ it?” asked the woman.“You will find them inside the box.” he answered.When the woman (9)_______________ home, she sat down by her husband‟s side, and they opened the box. They found it was full of money. And on the top were the (10)______________(direction)：“TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.”Goldsmith had given all the money he had.基础训练篇（24）Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 1. she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 2. a driving mistake.Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 3. (stop).When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 4. she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak 5 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.When the judge had finished 6. he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 7. (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.When she had 8. (success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts 9. your eyesight.”The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary 10. (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.基础训练篇（25）On keeping a Diary in EnglishKeeping a diary in English is one of the 1.___________ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.2._____________ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes3.____________ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English.4.____________ we persist in this practice, gradually we‟ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many5.__________. Inthe first place, 6.____________ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.As far as I _7. ______________ (concern), my 8._____________(suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 9._____ ______ great use to keep a diary in English for 10.___ ________ development of our writing skills.巩固强化二十三篇语法填空（每篇共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。
