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2020-2021年人教版英语中考英语语法填空专题复习练习(含解析)（word）一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）1．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you" What is the most important in your life? ", maybe you will say" Computers and the Internet".The________（one）computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked________（slow）. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But________work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, "People can't live________computers today."The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-three years later than computers. But now it can________（find） almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do________（shop）, play games or make friends.Many students like the Internet very much. They often surf the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don't know their real________（name）, ages, and even sex（性别）. They are so________（interest） in making the "unreal friends" that they can't put their hearts into study. Many of them can't catch up with others on many subjects________of that.We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at________same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.【答案】first；slowly；they；without；be found；shopping；names；interested；because；the【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了电脑的发明时间，以及电脑的用途。
2020年中考英语语法填空练习及答案Speaker 6: ___ I didn't know what I wanted to study。
Instead。
I took a gap year and traveled around the world。
It was an amazing experience and I learned so much about different cultures and ways of life。
Now I'm working in a job that doesn't require a degree。
but I'm happy because it allows me to save money for my next adventure。
I think it'___ and find what works for you.___ is one of the best ways to (8)______ yourself and broaden your perspective。
It can be (9)______ to step out of your comfort zone and explore new places。
but the rewards are worth it。
I am already planning my next trip and can't wait to see (10)______ ___.___ on the quality of service.When dining in Japan。
it’___ drink。
so make sure to pourfor others and wait for them to pour for you。
In contrast。
in some parts of Europe。
2020-2021年中考英语语法填空练习题（word）一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）1．语法填空The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower. It is famous for ________tilt （倾斜） 1o one side. Located behind the Cathedral of Pisa, the tower ________ （become） a symbol of Italy. It is one of ________ oldest buildings in Pisa's Cathedral Square.The tower was not designed to lean, ________ because people built it on soft soils it gradually tilted to one side. Even though some people don't think the tower is a ________ （success）building because of its tit, the tower has won a special place in history. The tower has also been used for experiments by the famous Italian scientist ________ （call） Galileo Galilei.Every year, ________ （million）of tourists flock to the tower to take the classic photo pretending（假装） to hold up or knock down the tower. Tourists can also climb the 294 steps to the top inside the tower. There are seven ________ （bell） on top of it. It is said that you must visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa during the day. At night the shops are closed and it looks just so-so. However, if you visit it on a full moon night, the tower ________ （look） fantastic.When you plan ________ （visit）Leaning Tower of Pisa, you should not miss some other sights near it, including Santa Maria della Spina and the Guelph Tower.【答案】 its；has become；the；but；successful；called；millions；bells；looks；to visit 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了意大利著名的比萨斜塔，它位于比萨大教堂后面。
2020年中考英语语法填空练习及答案(名师精选试题+真题实战训练，建议下载练习)A请用适当的词完成下面的短文, 并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。
每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
Speaker 1: I went straight into work after leaving school at age of eighteen. I got a job in a big business. But I think it was a mistake as there weren’t any chances for me. I think graduates(毕业生) 1 (usual) get more interesting jobs, so I decided to go to university to have a better future. Studying for a degree was one of the best 2 (experience) of my life. I loved mysubject, and now I’m looking for a new job-better-paid and more interesting than my last one. Speaker 2: I 3 (leave) school at sixteen and started working in a market. Now I’ve just opened my first shop. Some of my friends 4 went on to university can’t find work. They had 5 good time at college for a few years, but I really don’t know 6 they still stayed in college.Working for 7 (you) is the best education.Speaker 3: I got quite a shock when I got my first job after graduation from university. My boss had been in the same class 8 me at school! She went straight into work at eighteen and now she’s making more money than me! Actually, she 9 (want) to go to university now. AndI think that’s probably a much 10 （good）way to do it. I think you’ll get more fro muniversity if you spend some time working first.【主旨大意】本文一篇应用文。
2020-2021中考英语英语语法填空练习题(附答案)一、英语语法填空1．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
presents【解析】【分析】文章大意：杰米从香港去西班牙的马德里旅行，这是他写给朋友的信，介绍了他在西班牙的的首都——马德里的行程。
（1）句意：从香港来这里的旅游很长且疲惫。
根据 but I made it ，可知句子时态为一般过去时，主语trip为单数，be的形式应使用was，故答案是was。
（2）句意：我们找到了一个便宜的简单地房间，比我们家里的房间小多了。
根据than可知应使用形容词的比较级，small的比较级为smaller，故答案是smaller。
（3）句意：它只有一张小床和淋浴，但是住进去相当舒服。
根据前后连句话的意思看，不是一致的，应使用转折连词过度一下，能够表示转折的词but，故答案是but。
（4）句意：每天天气晴好暖和，还有晴朗的蓝天。
clear blue skies作为伴随性的状语出现，应使用介词with连接，有……，表伴随，故答案是with。
（5）句意：在这里我找到了一个友好的导游，昨天领着我参观了城市。
结合语境考虑可知是导游领着我参观，我是被带领的，因此使用被动语态，被动语态的结构是be done，根据yesterday可知为过去时，be的形式为was，show的过去分词为showed或者shown，故答案是 was shown /was showed 。
（6）句意：明天他将带我去安达卢西亚去参观格拉纳达市。
I 在句中作take的宾语，应使用宾格人称代词，将I 改为me，故答案是me。
（7）句意：我迫不及待要看阿尔罕布拉宫和其他的名胜古迹。
can't wait to do sth.固定搭配，迫不及待做某事，应使用动词不定式，故答案是to see。
（8）句意：我也真的想品尝一下那里的美食——西班牙凉菜。
real修饰动词want，因此使用副词形式，real的副词为really，故答案是really。
2020-2021年中考英语语法填空练习题(含答案)（word）一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）1．He was ________ （mention） in the letter.【答案】 mentioned【解析】【分析】句意：他在这封信里被提到了。
mention是及物动词，根据句子机构可知是被动语态，be已经给出，行为动词使用过去分词mentioned，故答案是mentioned。
【点评】考查一般过去时，注意动词过去式的变化规则。
2．语法填空The British love sending text messages. They________（send）more than 2.5 billion messages every month. And most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article "in txt", his/her teacher________（give）him/her "C+4 f4t"（"C+for effort"）.Although texting is a cheap way of________in touch with your friends, it can also bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the________（one）person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction（沉）to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old spent about ￡4, 5005________ texts.For some people, text messaging has ________（change）their lives. For example, James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He's the world's________（fast）texter and recently set a new world record while he________（appear）on Australian TV. He texted, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack humans."________took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages-about 2, 500 a month. But he doesn't get big bills ________（because）he works for a large mobile phone company！【答案】 send；gave；staying；first；on；changed；fastest；was appearing；It；because 【解析】【分析】这篇短文讲述的是在英国很多人喜欢发短信，在发短信时使用的一些数字和省略的单词形式，现在很多人也都能看明白了。
2020-2021中考英语英语语法填空专题练习(含答案)一、英语语法填空1．语法填空Chen Yujie studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week ________ (get) money from her parents.It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, ________ she didn't have to travel so often.She decided to discuss ________ with her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually the most relaxing time for our family," said Chen.She ________ the right time. After a few turns of lobbying(游说), her parents ________ agreed with Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they have to choose a right time.American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 ________ (kid) aged 6~12 in the country, asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is ________ best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive(乐于接受的). Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talk to their parents. Bedtime comes ________ (two), followed by time spent in the car.________ (China) teenagers seem to have a similar tendency(倾向) towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey ________ it. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose mealtime to talk to their parents.So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.【答案】 to get；so；it；chose；finally；kids；the；second；Chinese；of【解析】【分析】本文介绍了青少年和父母交流的问题，对大多数青少年来说，与父母交谈可能很困难，甚至令人担忧。
2020-2021中考英语英语语法填空专题练习(附答案)一、英语语法填空1．阅读下面短文，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。
Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway's father________(teach) him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Instead of ________(go) to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver ________ the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years ________, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became friends with other ________(America) writers, includingGertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.Hemingway developed ________ style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly(俭省地), avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand ________(mean) of his writing. As he put it, "I always try ________(write) on the principle(原则) of the iceberg(冰山). There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. "This style continues to influence Writers today. In his career(生涯), which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest writers of the________(twenty) century.For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes(脚趾), which a ship's captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are ________(child) of Hemingway's six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961.【答案】 taught；going；for；later；American；a；meaning；to write；twentieth；children 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了海明威及其写作风格。
2020-2021年中考英语语法填空测试题及答案（word）一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）1．语法填空I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be more creative than the common person. When he ________（ask）why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about three years old." I ________（try）to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I dropped the bottle and it fell. spilling（滋出）the milk all over the floor-a sea of milk！I was frightened and I didn't know what to do!" he said.His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. "I ________（consider）how to explain all this to you. Mum." he said. Instead of ________him, she said. "Robert, what a great mess you have made! I ________（not see）such a huge sea of milk before! Well, since the milk has already been spilled, would you like ________（play）in the milk for a while? We ________（clean）it up after that." Then, he did so. After a few minutes. His mother said. "You know. Robert. whenever you ________a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up." He used a sponge（海绵）and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.His mother then said. "You know, we ________how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let's go to the yard and fill the bottle with water to see if you ________（discover）a way to carry it." Then the little boy learned that if he grasped （抓紧）the bottle at the top with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.What a wonderful lesson!【答案】was asked；was trying；am considering；punishing；haven't seen；to play；will clean；make；failed；can discover【解析】【分析】大意：本文讲述一位著名科学家的故事，作者从冰箱里拿牛奶时，不小心把奶瓶掉下地了，牛奶溅到到处都是，但是他妈妈并没有因此惩罚他，而是借此教育了他，他学会了如果他抓紧瓶子顶部，他便可以把它拿起而不会掉下它。
2020-2021年中考英语语法填空单元练习题(含答案)（word）一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）1．阅读下面短文，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。
Only a mother's love is true love. When you are still a baby, your mother takes good care ________ you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work at once to look after you day and ________ and forgets about herself. When you ________ （grow） up day by day，she feels very happy.When you are old ________ to go to school, your mother still looks ________ you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you ________ （put） on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels worried about you at home, She ________ （usual） cares about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you ________ （see）the brightest smile on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day. Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her ________ （child）. ________ true love it is in the world! We will remember it forever!【答案】of；night；are growing；enough；after；to put；usually；will see；children；What【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文论述了母爱的伟大。
2020年中考英语语法填空实战训练32篇(名师精选真题+解题思路与技巧，建议下载练习)(一)When Alla Wagner couldn’t sell her $1.7 million house, she came up with an idea to find a new owner. She’s holding a writing contest and the winner will get the house. __________ 2011, Ms. Wagner and her family built a house in Millarville. After (2)__________ (hurt) her back last year, Ms. Wagneris unable to go up and down the stairs. So she is living on the upper floor of the house. She hates to sell (3) __________ house. But she doesn’t want to make o ther changes that can make it easier for (4)__________ (she) to get around. Ms. Wagner has been trying to sell the house for a few months, but so far, no one (5) __________ (be) interested. She began to think of other (6)__________ (way) to let someone else have the house.After doing some research to make sure her idea wasn’t against the law，Ms. Wagner (7)__________ (begin) her “Write a Letter, Win a House” project on January 5.To have a chance of winning the house, people must write a letter to Ms. Wagner (8)__________ answers the question: "Why would moving to this lakefront dream home change your life?”“If somebody wants (9)__________ (write) a poem, they can write a poem，” says Ms. Wagner.The 500 best letters (10)__________ (choose),and then judges (评判员）will choose a final winner from these letters.(二)Many companies are working on self-driving vehicles like cars and trucks. Almost all self-driving cars still carry a safety (1)__________ (drive) who can take over the car if there is trouble.Waymo and many (2)__________ (company)are trying to use self-driving vehicles to move people around.(3)__________ moving people is kind of dangerous. Self-driving experiments with goods are much safer. Kroger is one of(4)__________ largest grocery store chains (杂货连销店）in the US. The company is teaming up with Nuro, a robotics company based in Mountain View, California, for its delivery (运送）service. Through this partnership, customers will be able to place same-day delivery orders through Kroger’s Click list ordering system and Nuro’s app.Nufo has created a special car just for deliveries. The car (5)__________ (call) Rl. The R1 is(6)__________ (small) than most cars and doesn’t weigh as much.Walmart is also experimenting with self-driving deliveries. (7)__________ the autumn of2018, the company worked with the car-maker Ford on a program that allowed customers (8)__________ (have) their goods delivered by self-driving car.Walmart is working with Baidu, a (9)__________ (China) technology company. Baidu has done a lot of work in artificial intelligence — teaching computers to learn and make (10)__________ (decide) on their own.(三)In 1975, Xia Boyu lost both feet after trying to climb Mount Everest. But last year, he (1)__________ (become) the first person from China with two artificial (人造的）legs to reach the top of Mount Everest. Mount Everest is the (2)__________ (world)highest mountain. The top of the mountain is about 8850 meters high. Many people try to climb it, but it is (3)__________ (difficulty). The height of the mountain makes it hard (4)__________ (breath) and to be active. When Mr. Xia first tried to climb Mount Everest in 1975, he and his team were forced to head back down because of (5)__________ bad weather. On the way back, he gave his sleeping bag to a person who was sick. His feet were hurt(6)__________ badly by the cold that they needed to be cut off. About 20 years after that, his legs also had to be cut off because (7)__________ cancer (癌症). But Mr. Xia never stopped (8)__________ (dream) of Mount Everest. Mr. Xia learned to use artificial legs.Almost 43 years after his (9)__________ (one)climb, Mr. Xia finally reached the top of Mount Everest. UI love the mountain. I (10) __________ (fight) for it with my entire life,” he said.(四)In one small American city, snowball fights are illegal (违法的). Whenever students visited town hall, the town leaders always talked about the snowball law. They wanted to make sure that students understood they had the power to change it. But no one had ever tried. Dane Best was (1)__________ (difference). Nine-year-old Dane Best lived in Severance (2)__________ his parents and little brother. He didn't like the law, and he (3)__________ (think) it was outdated.Dane learned how the town government worked. He wrote a letter to ask the town (4)__________ (change) the law, and he got many of his friends at school to write letters, too.Then he went to a town meeting and made(5)__________ speech. He wanted to change the law so that snowball fights would (6)__________ (allow). “I want to be able to throw a snowball without (7)__________ (get) in trouble,” he said.The town government agreed and changed the law. Dane became the (8)__________ (one)person in Severance who could have a snowball fight. Who did he want to hit with, a snowball? (9)__________ (he) four-year-old brother.Dane (10)__________ his family have researched other rules, including one that defines (定义)pets only as cats and dogs. Dane has a guinea pig (豚鼠)，which appears to be illegal in Severance, too.(五)Stanley Martin Lieber was born in 1922. When he was 16, he got a job at a company that made comic books. He wrote his (1)__________ (one)Certain America story in 1941. Before he turned 19, he was in charge of all writing for the company, which became Marvel C omics in the 1960s. As a writer, he started using the name “Stan Lee”(2)__________ he wanted to save his real name for a “real book”.After writing comic books for about 20 years ,Mr. Lee got (3)__________ (tiring) of it. At the time, most superheroes (4)__________ (show) as being almost perfect. They were strong and smart and always (5)__________ (know) the rightthing to do. But all that changed when Mr. Lee was given a chance (6)__________ (create) new comic book superheroes. Mr. Lee didn’t create the he roes by (7)__________ (he). He worked with artists to come up with the ideas. Some people have said that Mr. Lee did not try hard enough to let people know how much the artists did. But (8)__________ artists such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Mr. Lee was able to create characters that were different from anything that had been seen in comic books before. Mr. Lee made it okay for comic book heroes to have (9)__________ (problem) and weaknesses. He also brought them into (10)__________ real world.(六)Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, is struggling with dangerous air pollution. The city is spraying (喷洒）water to clear the air.Like many (1)__________ (Asia) cities, Bangkok suffers from heavy air pollution. Much of the pollution (2)__________ (come) from traffic. There are other causes, such as farmers clearing fields by (3)__________ (bum), pollution from factories and too few green spaces. Pollution often gets worse than usual in January and February (4))__________ there is not much wind, leaving the bad air trapped in the city.The pollution is (5))__________ (especial)dangerous because of the very tiny bits of dust in the air. When people breathe this dust in, it damages their lungs (肺). (6)__________ dust can even enter the blood and damage other parts of the body. To protect (7)__________ (they),many people in Bangkok wear masks when they go out.The government is trying (8)__________ (protect)children by closing schools. But some people think that students might be much (9)__________ (safe) going to school. They worry that students are more likely to play outside and breathe dangerous air if they are at home. If you are in Bangkok, the best way to deal(10) __________ the high level of air pollution is to stay indoors as much as possible with windows closed.(七)It was Bryan’s birthday. As promised, his mother took him to a big shopping mall to buy a birthday present for him.The shopping mall was (1)__________ (crowd). Bryan and his mother walked from one shop to another, looking for shops which sold toys. After (2)__________ (walk)around for about an hour, they came across a huge shop which sold all kinds of toys. Suddenly, a latest robot caught the (3)__________ (boy) attention. It cost over a hundred dollars. Bryan thought that the robot was too expensive. (4)__________, his mother agreed to buy it. When his mother planned (5)__________ (pay) for the toy, Bryan asked her not to buy it. Bryan said that he wanted to go to the bookstore which was opposite (6)__________ shopping mall. He hoped to find something(7)__________ (cheap) and more educational. As they were leaving，Bryan saw a shabbily-dressed (衣衫褴褛的）girl standing beside her mother (8)__________ sat in a wheelchair.They were begging (乞讨）at the side of the road. It made Bryan’s heart sink when he saw th e pitiful sight. Bryan turned to his mother and asked, “Mother, if I do not buy a present, can I use the money in any way I like?”“(9)__________ (certain)!” his mother replied.Bryan gave his birthday money to the mother and the girl. (10) __________ Bryan did not get the birthday gift, he spent his birthday in the most meaningful way.(八)Rising temperatures are warming the oceans and making huge amounts of ice melt faster than expected. (1)__________ something changes, this melting will happen even faster in the future, causing large rises in sea level. Global warming often makes (2)__________ (we) think of rising temperatures in the air or on land. But most of the heat from global warming —about 93% — goes into the oceans. It (3) __________ (mean) that measuring (测量) air or land temperature alone doesn’t give a clear picture of how much the Earth is heating up. The (4)__________ (Earth) oceans have warmed up even more than expected. Temperatures from2014 were about 50% (5)__________ (high) than those reported in 2007. Each of the last three years has set a record for (6)______ warmest year ever recorded in the oceans. Warmer oceans are likely to do harm to (7)__________ (importance) areas for sea life, such as coral reefs (珊瑚樵).Because water expands (膨胀）as it heats up，hotter oceans also mean rising sea levels. Sea levels (8)______ (rise) by about 3.5 inches (8.9 centimeters) since 1993. And the problem is expected (9)______ (get) worse. One big reason is melting ice (10)some of the coldest areas on the Earth.(九)Fifteen years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One day I went to pick (1)_______ a passenger. When I(2)________ (arrive) there, I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute, answered a weak voice. After a while, the door opened. A small woman stood before me. She was more than eighty years old. By her side was a big bag.When we got into the taxi, she gave me (3)__________ address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”“It’s not the shortest way,” I (4)__________ (answer) quickly.“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said, “(5)__________ I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have much time.”I (6)__________ (quiet) shut off the meter (计程表).For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the place where she had gone dancing as a girl.Sometimes she’d ask me (7)__________ (slow)down in front of a special building and would sit looking into the darkness, saying nothing.We drove in (8)__________ (silent) to the address she had given me.“How much should I pay you?” she asked.“Nothing，” I said.“You have to make a living,” she answered.“Oh, there are other (9)__________ (passenger)，”I answered.Almost without (10)_____ (think), I gave her a hug. She held on to me and said, “You gave an old woman a moment of joy.”(十)Young people around the world were upset by how long it took adults to deal with the problems of climate change. They are fighting to force (1)__________ (they) governments to take action.Recently, (2)__________ (thousand) of students across Australia took part in huge protests (抗议）. They wanted the government to treat climate change like an emergency and stop burning oil and coal.Like most places around (3)__________ world, Australia is facing challenges from bad weather. The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef, is in (4)__________ (dangerous) from warming waters caused by climate change.One of the goals of the protests is (5)__________ (stop) the opening of a coal mine planned by a company called Adani. The coal mine would be (6)__________ (big) in Australia.The protests (7)__________ (start) by a few students in year 8 in Castlemaine, Victoria. The students(8) __________ (know) about 15-year-old GretaThunberg’s climate protests in Sweden and liked the idea. They also noticed (9) __________ the US students protested for gun control earlier this year. The students planned and held school protests during November. More and more student groups across Australia joined in.“We think it’s important (10)__________ it’s a huge problem,” a student said “The Earth is already too hot，with droughts (旱灾)in winter in NSW and the cora l reef is dying.”(十一)Last year, my mom and I joined my dad in California during the summer vacation. We started from Delhi, India and flew to Los Angeles. My dad came (1)__________ (pick) us up and we drove to Orange County where we had an apartment. Then we got tickets for the famous amusement parks (游乐园).We went to one of them and (2)__________ (spend)the whole day enjoying it, and then we took a break for a day and went to the next amusement park. Apart from these amusement parks, we went to some of (3) __________ best beaches (海滩)of Southern California like Long Beach and LagunaBeach. It was fun and I enjoyed my (4) __________ (one) experience of the sea and its sands. We also went (5) __________ (shop) to Hollywood and visited Beverly Hills. Then my vacation time was over (6)__________ we had to fly back so that I could go to school. When we were about to cross the security barrier, I couldn’t help (7)__________ (I) and started crying. I thought that I would miss the good time I had with my (8)__________ (parent). We arrived late (9)__________ night at the Delhi Airport and the next day —even after(10)__________ (be) so tired — I went back to school. This is how my story of the happiest vacation ends.(十二)Many years ago, I had my first chance to visi t Russia.“Russians are polite people，”I had been told before my arrival. My friend explained that a gentleman would pour the lemonade for the ladies and show other good (1)__________ (manner).One day, I (2)__________ (invite) by my Russian friend Nicolai Vasilevich and his wife Yulya out to dinner. At the end of the meal, Yulya asked if I would like a banana. I (3) __________ (polite) refused and thanked her. But my mind was racing, “What should I do? Should I offer her a banana?”“Would you like (4)__________ banana?” I asked Yulya.“Yes，” she smiled.“Which one would you like?” I asked again.“That one，” she pointed at one of the bananas. So I picked the banana that Yulya wanted. Then Ipeeled (剥皮）it half way (5)__________ handed it to her. The smile on her face told me that I (6)__________ (do) the right thing. After this experience,I spent much time (7) __________ (let) the world know that in Russia, the polite thing was to peel bananas for ladies.However, I learned I was wrong during my (8)__________ (three) trip. “Oh no, David,” a Russian politely corrected me. “In Russia, when a man peels a banana for a lady，it (9)__________ (mean) he has a romantic (浪漫的）interest in her.”（10)__________ embarrassed I felt! So to communicate properly with people of different cultures, we should watch carefully how people of the same culture communicate with each other.(十三)A wedding dress fashion contest was held in New York City. What made the contest special is that all the dresses(1)__________ (make) out of toilet paper.Cheap-Chic Weddings is a website that shows people how (2)__________ (save) money on weddings. In 2005, the people who ran the website started the contest. The contest may sound like a joke, (3)______ it has gotten more and more serious.The people who enter the contest try to make a dress that looks like it could be worn in a real wedding. But to make the dresses, they can only use toilet paper, glue, tape, and thread. The creators of the top ten dresses came to New York to show off (4)__________ (they) work. Some (5) __________ (bring) models to wear the dresses. The dresses are judged in five different areas, including beauty, creativity, and (6)__________ well the dresses are made. The top ten dresses are so good that it is usually only tiny (7)__________ (different) that keep some dresses from winning. (8)__________ final show was held at a famous wedding dress store. Just by (9)__________ (look)at the dresses, it was hard to tell the differences between the toilet paper wedding dresses and the real wedding dresses. The big winner in 2018 was Ronaldo Cruz. Mr. Cruz said that it took him about an hour and a half (10)__________ (finish) one small square of the dress.(十四)On Monday, I picked up my daughter Juliet. She jumped into my car. She asked me to help her study (1)__________ her science test.“Dad, I need (2)__________ (memory) a unit. And I can hardly make it.”“It (3)__________ (seem) like a good way to study. But you can do (4)__________ (well)in tests if you try to understand what you’ve learned.”Juliet accepted my advice. It was Monday afternoon and we had two nights to study. I suggested a plan. “Tomorrow night，I (5)__________ (ask) you to teach the material to me. Tonight, read the unit (6) __________ prepare to teach.”Studies show teac hing somebody else is a useful way to learn. Even if you don’t do the teaching, the act of (7) __________ (get) ready to teach leads to more learning.On Tuesday afternoon, Juliet sat down with her science book and said, “Okay Dad, let’s study.” I wanted her to teach me. But some mistakes(8)__________ (happen). I couldn’t be too hard on her. Instead, I asked her some simple questions. She knew some but not others. When she didn’t know the answers, I encouraged her to check the book.She started checking things that didn't make sense.And she was (9)__________ (active) doing it. She was trying to make sense of things, which was exactly (10)__________ I had hoped she would do.(十五)Recently, the Flipflopi，a sailing boat made from plastic trash, was set to end a two-week trip along the African coast. The trip is meant to call attention to the (1)__________ (dangerous)of single-use plastic (塑料).Single-use plastic is (2)__________ huge part of the 17 trillion pounds (7.72 trillion kilograms) of plastic (3) __________ flows into the oceans every year.Lamu is an island off the northern coast of Kenya. There (4)__________ (be) many expert boat builders on this island. Mainly, they make dhows (独桅帆船).A dhow is a special wooden sailing boat with a sail in the shape of a triangle (三角形）.Dhows have been made and sailed in Kenya for over 1,000 years.In 2015, the people of Lamu (5)__________ (hold) a beach cleanup to collect the plastic waste. By the end, they had collected 66,000 pounds (6)__________ plastic waste.In 2016, Ben Morison decided (7)__________ (try) to build a boat made just from plastic trash collected along beaches and roads in Kenya. He put together a team to help build the boat.It took the team three years (8)__________ (complete) the FlipFlopi, a 30-foot (9-meter) all-plastic dhow. The only wooden part is the mast —the large pole that holds the sail up. (9)__________ (they) method doesn’t require any fancy equipment (高级设备).Now they know (10)__________ to do it, and the method can be copied easily and quickly.(十六)On January 1, 2019, published works of art became “public domain”（公有领域）in the US，making them free for anyone to use. They include dramatic films such as The Ten Commandments, and comedies featuring (喜剧片)Charlie Chaplin，Buster Keaton，and Harold Lloyd. This is the (1)__________ (one)large group of things added to the public domain in 20 years.When someone creates a work of art, (2)__________ work is protected by copyright (版权).That means no one else can take the work and use it (3)__________ permission (批准). This helps make sure that artists can earn money from their work.Before 1976, (4)__________ (long) time that copyright protection could last was 56 years. Li 1976, works of art were protected from the time they (5)__________ (create) until 50 years after the artist died.The 1976 copyright law protected artists’(6)__________ (child), but it didn’t make businesses happy. Many big businesses asked government(7)__________ (change) the law so that these creations would not become public domain. (8)__________ 1998, the government added 20 years to the copyright protection limit (限制).That meant works of art were protected for 70 years after the(9) __________ (die) of the artist, or 95 years from when the work first got a copyright.Now, 20 years (10)__________ (late), over50,000 things from 1923 have finally entered the public domain. These works can now be used by anyone whenever they want.语法填空专项训练二用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词妁根据上下文填入适当的词。
