1、高中英语语法填空专练阅读下面短文，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，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。 （1）In the United States, there were 222 people 1._（report）to be billionaires（亿万富翁） in 2003. The 2._of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 3._starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years
2、 old 4._he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire 5. _the time he was 30. 6._, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 7._（young）ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. 8._of these child actors
3、 made over a million dollars 9._（act）in movies before they were 14. But 10. _ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurnund Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited （继承）a billion dollars when he turned 18! （2）Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car 1._（steal）. The
4、y filed a report 2._the police station and a detective drove them 3._to the parking lot to look for evidence. To their 4._（amaze）, the car had been returned 5._there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the 6._. Please forge
5、t the inconvenience. There are two tickets 7._tonights Mania Twain concert.” Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended 8._concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found. 9._their house had been ransacked （洗劫）. On the bathroom mirror was 10._note: “I have to put my kid throu
6、gh college somehow, dont I?” （3）People 1._（live）in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 2._in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 3._ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need
7、4._these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 5._you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6._（big） . Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books 7._（wr
8、ite）in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 8._new word, look it 9._in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 10._（much）useful book. （4）When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1._the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the righ
9、t first 2._then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from 3._, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most 4._（ danger）then. When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5._. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. 6._（have ）a
10、look first, or you will go 7._wrong way. In many English cities, there are big buses 8._two floors. You can sit on the 9._（two）floor. From 10._you can see the city very well. Its very interesting. （5）1._artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women 2._any clothes on, and he and his 3._alwa
11、ys tried to keep the small girl out 4._he was doing this, “She is 5._young to understand,” they said. But one day, when the artist 6._（paint）a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. He mother ran up the stairs 7._her, but when she got to the ro
12、om, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman 8._her parents waited for her to speak. For a few seconds the little girl said 9._, but then she ran to her mother and said 10._（angry）, “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you dont let me?” （6）Most America
13、ns dont like to get advice 1._ members of their family. They get advice from “2._ （strange ） ”. When they need advice, they dont usually go to people they know. 3._many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines 4._ give advice on many different subjects 5._ （include）family problems, the use
14、of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, 6._ even on how to buy a house or a car. Most newspapers 7._（regular）print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are 8._written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are docto
15、rs, 9._are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special 10._（train）for this kind of work. （7）Without proper planning, tourism can cause 1._. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places 2._are also enjoyed by the inhabitants（居民）of a country.
16、If tourism create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become 3._（annoy）and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists 4._to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the countrys economy 5._is important to think about the people of a destination country and 6._tourism affects them
17、. Tourism should help 7._country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and 8._（happy ）of local inhabitants. Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism 9._（grow）too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work 10._the tourism industry. This mea
18、ns that other parts of the countrys economy can suffer. （8）London was awarded 1._2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, 2._（defeat）European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital 3._the first time since 1948. 4._Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated （淘汰）in
19、 the first three rounds London beat Paris 5450 on the fourth ballot（投票表决） of the IOC. In London crowds cheered and waved flags as 5._watched the announcement from Singapore 6._a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area 7._the main Olympic complex （建筑群）will be based. Blair spent t
20、wo days in lobbying（游说）in Singapore 8._leaving to host the G8 summit （8 国峰会）in Scotland. “My promise to you is we will be your very 9._ （good）partners,” Blair said. Its the fourth bid （申办）from Britain after 10._（fail）attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.
21、（9）Why is setting goals so 1._? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything 2._you want in life. Instead 3._just letting life happen to you, goals allow 4._to make your life happen. 5._（success）and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals
22、you are taking control of your life. Its 6._having a map to show you 7._you want to go. Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and 8._ （set） goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals ar
23、ent difficult to set, and 9._arent difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10._one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life. （10）We often think of future. We often wonder 1._the world will be like a hundred years time. Think of 2._
24、space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon 3._（ set up）. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as 4._. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 5. _（permit）long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting 6
25、._planets. Great progress will have been made 7._ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years time. 8._the world will have been developedeven Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earths land to build our cities, 9._floating cities will have been built. The Japanese
26、have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities 10._the sea. （11）Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1._ had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2._ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 ._ （pride ）of her an
27、d 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 merchants 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._ dif
28、ficult times. Now, the merchants 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. （12
29、）There once were 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
30、think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why dont 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 aw
31、ay, the farmer called the 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.（13）Dawn graduated several years ago. She 1._（be）a successful model, and finding a jo
32、b had not been a 2._until recently .When Dawn did start trying to find another type of 3._, she found in interview after interview that computer literacy（能力）was a must to 4._（employ）.Since Dawn had always been afraid 5._ learning computer while in collegeour school didnt require to learn computer at
33、 that timeshe managed to get a degree 6._ ever confronting（面对）a computer.Finally, after months of searching for a job, Dawn failed. She had to admit that sidestepping （回避）computer literacy（读写能力）hadnt been a good idea. 7._, She enrolled in a computer course at 8._adult vocational school.9._（surprise）
34、, although she had been afraid of learning computer, she took to computers 10._much that after about a year she opened her own computer-based business.（14）Some day,1._you are lucky, you may see a bongo（大羚羊）. But the only way most people will see it is in a 2._. They are found in Africa, 3._ they liv
35、e deep in forests. Even in Africa, very few people ever get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very often. It is an animal that keeps to 4._.The bongo has beautiful coloring. Its hair is bright brown 5._ （mix）with orange and red. Down its back and across its sides the bongo ha
36、s yellow-white strips（条纹） . Animals that look 6._ food at night usually have big eyes. This helps them see 7. _ （good）at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble 8._ （live）in the darkness.Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside
37、 on 9._days. They only go outside on those days 10._ it is dark or very cloudy.（15）Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored 1._ the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got 2._（marry） at the age
38、 of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, 3._ he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.In South Africa he 4._ （surprise）to find that the problem of racial discrimination （种族歧视）was serious. There he formed an organizatio
39、n and started a magazine to fight 5._ equal rights.Gandhi returned to India in 1915, 6._ India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and 7._ （depend ）for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. 8._,
40、the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give 9._and India won its independence in 1947. 10._（fortunate）Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.（16）Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, 1._some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new w
41、ay 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 for it, she was 4._to find the neighbors cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat 5._ it was to
42、o late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed 6._four oclock.After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired 7._ happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbors cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What 8._happen to her f
43、riends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor liked each guest 9._ （meet）him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. 10._ was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed by s
44、omeone in a car and put in your garden.”（17）Nowadays, almost everyone 1._（realize）that smoking is 2._（harm） to peoples health. Sometimes it 3._ causes fire.In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of 4._. Its bad news for the health of nation.Its known that smoking can cause different kinds of disease. Every year, many people die 5._ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money to look 6._ these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those 7._ dont smoke, 8._
