2018-2019深圳市初中英语中考语法填空专项训练
(一)
When Alla Wagner couldn’t sell her $ 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 other 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.
