1、 高三英语专项训练高三英语专项训练-语法填空语法填空 （1）(Topic: ) Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out 16 _ they deserved his help. In the centre of the main road into the town，he placed 17 _ very large stone. Then he 18_ (hide) behind a tree and w
2、aited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, 19_ he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.20 _ man came along and did the same thing; then another came，an
3、d another. All of them complained about the stone but did not tried to remove 21_. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 22 _ (say) to himself: “The night will be very dark. Some neighbors will come along later 23 _ the dark and will fall against the stone.” Then he began t
4、o move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 24 _ (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 25 _ the stone，he found a bag of money. （2）(Topic: ) The best gift I ever received is the parents that were given to me. I could not have picked out 16 _ (good) parents myself. My mom is
5、 smart，funny，and very artistic. She loves painting and encouraging other people to paint as well. She owns 17_ own book and art store. And at night she teaches adult 18 _ (educate). She helps kids 19 _ have dropped out of high school 20 _ (get) their diploma. She always has time for me and my brothe
6、rs. She hardly ever gets mad 21 _ us and loves doing new things with us，22 _ going to a new museum or going out onto the beach in the middle of the winter and taking pictures at the beach in the snow. My dad knows 23 _ to fix anything and loves to play musical instruments. He helps me with my scienc
7、e projects and other school projects. He works hard to make money for our family and hardly ever complains. He loves skating with me and 24_ (build) us a half pipe and other cool things. So I have to say that 25 _ gift Im most grateful for is the one the God gave memy parents. （3）(Topic: ) Sometimes
8、 Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questions，“Have you got any skills in reading comprehension?” Actually，many of the teachers cant give students 16 _ efficient way to deal with reading. Anyway， 17 _ often simply say， “Read more and practise more， and you 18 _ (get) more experience in rea
9、ding comprehension.” Frankly, these teachers good 19_ (suggest) are only helpful to arouse students interest in reading 20 _ not helpful to deal with the questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally，I think the skill for reading comprehension should be based 21 _ the knowledge
10、of English writing. Since the English passages are written under some rules or principles，the science of reading 22 _understanding may have a close relationship with writing. （4）(Topic: ) . However, 16_ I came out of my teachers office, I told myself: “Smile! Its not so serious.” I smiled a big smil
11、e and 17_ worked a little, really. Everyone gets18 _ (frustrate) sometimes. I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits. But one day I came19_ a sentence in the Bible: “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, 20_ tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the days own trouble b
12、e sufficient for the day.” It suddenly struck me: “21_ (worry) about a problem doesnt help. Why not just give a big smile and face up 22_ the trouble?” Now every time I want to cry, I remind 23 _ that laughter is better than tears and anger. I 24 _ (convince) that theres something magical about a sm
13、ile. A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me 25 _ courage to move on. Remember, whenever youre faced with a setback, whenever youve been treated unfairly, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again. Smile at life, and it will shine on you. （5）(Topic: ) A farmer once organize
14、d a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see16_ animal would find them first. The 17_ (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, 18 _ (dig) here and there, totally convinc
15、ed that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, 19_ (lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field. The rabbit dug 20_ hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabb
16、it. 21 _ the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less than needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field 22_ (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to 23_ the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone. This is how the dog lost the game. He
17、 had come to 24_ right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone 25_he only complained and didnt try at all. （6）(Topic: ) There once were a goat and a donkey who lived on a farm. The donkey worked 16_(hard) so the farmer fed him more food. This made the goat so 17_ ( jealousy) that he
18、began plotting against (谋划对付) the donkey. “Hey，donkey，” the goat said one day. “I think you do too much work 18 _ this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why dont you pretend to get sick so 19 _ you can take a day off?” The donkey 20_ (think) the goat had a great idea. So the n
19、ext morning the donkey lay in the stable (畜栏) on his side with his eyes 21 _ (close). Right away，the farmer called the doctor. 22_looking at the donkey，the doctor said 23 _ needed a special medicine made 24 _ the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 25 _ goat and gave the donkey medicine made from
20、his heart. （7）(Topic: ) I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school 16 _ job is to hand out call-slips(索书单)and prevent students from leaving campus 17 _ permission. Before today I had never seen her smile. The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her walki
21、ng around. When she came 18 _(close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs 19_(recognize) for all her hard work. So I wrote a note telling her that the students appreciated every
22、thing she did and 20 _ her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “Some thankful students” and slipped it into 21 _ envelope. Then I realized I didnt even know her name. I asked all of my professors but 22 _ knew her name. I finally went to ask the lady at stud
23、ent services and 23 _ (tell) that her name is Kathy. I bought her a bouquet of 24 _(colour) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left 25 _in her office. She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call-slip, and there it was a smile on
24、her face! （8）(Topic: ) Over the years Ive been teaching kids about a simple16_ powerful conceptthe ant philosophy. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. First, ants never quit. Theyll climb over, theyll climb under, and theyll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat (了 不起的)
25、 philosophy it is to never quit 17_ (look ) for a way to get 18 _ youre supposed to go! Second, ants think about winter all summer. Thats 19 _ important attitude. You cant be 20 _ na ve (幼稚的) as to think summer will last forever. People who have a little experience are clear about this. So ants are
26、gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer. Its important to be realistic. You have to think about rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is that ants think summer all winter. During the winter, they remind 21 _, “This wont last long; well soon be out of here.”
27、And 22_ the first warm day, the ants are out. If it 23 _ (turn) cold again, theyll dive back down. But they come out again if it is warm. They cant wait 24_ (get) out. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it 25_ (possible) can. What a great philosop
28、hy to havethe ant philosophy：never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can. （9）(Topic: ) The story happened in Japan 16_ a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko (壁虎)
29、inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail 17_ (come) through the wall from outside. The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye. Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it is 18_ the gecko to ha
30、ve lived in the wall in complete19_ (dark) for ten years! But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through 10 years with its tail 20_ (nail) down and being unable to go anywhere? So he tried to find out how this small creature could be fed. After a little whi
31、le, there appeared another gecko with food in 21_ mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the trapped one. The story touched me so 22_ (deep) that it is useless to find out 23_ relationships they had between them. Parent 24_ child? Friends? Lovers? Bro
32、thers or sisters? 25_ last thing we should do is to abandon your beloved in hardship. （10）(Topic: ) Table manners vary from culture to culture. What is acceptable in one country may be considered extremely rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners 16 _ the modern tab
33、le manners in Korea.17 _ (tradition)，it was the womans job 18 _(cook) food and set the table. The woman would sit 19 _ her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for 20 _ pleasant meal. Only 21 _ the husband finished would the woman and her children eat. Nowadays，table manners 22 _ (c
34、hange) a lot. 23_ of the family members eat together at the same time. It is common to see everyone help with the meal，24 _ the husband. One tradition， however，has not changed. It is that the oldest person starts the meal. Staying until the oldest person is finished 25_ (consider) to be a basic trad
35、ition of Korean table manners. （11）(Topic: ) It was my first trip to India, alone. One day, as I 16 _ (walk) through a local market, a ten-year-old boy came over and begged me to buy a book, 17 _had the words “Interesting India” on its cover. I bought it, thinking that when I returned home it would
36、remind me 18 _my wonderful Indian adventure. The book claimed that Indias people were very welcoming of tourists, and never tried 19 _ (cheat) them. As I read I felt deeply touched by these warm words. Suddenly, a monkey came down from a nearby tree, snatched the book from my hand and took 20 _ away
37、, along with my bag which contained all my belongings. I couldnt do anything 21 _ stand and stare. Then a man approached me and asked 22 _ I wanted my belongings back. He said it would cost me five US dollars. I had no other choice 23 _ (leave), so I agreed to pay, but only after my bag was returned
38、. He blew a whistle and the monkey immediately threw the bag down. I picked it up and gave him the money. I later learned that 24 _man made his living this way: tricking tourists. This was the 25 _(bad) thing I ever experienced in “Interesting India”. （12）(Topic: ) Some people live in the world for
39、body while others for dignity. I once took a walk along the street on a Saturday dusk, 16 _ a Pepsi can in my hand. An old woman in ragged clothes， 17_ was living on collecting used cans, jars and tins, moved slowly towards me, with a bag on the back! 18 _ (walk) nearer, she looked up at me and then
40、 fixed her eyes on my can. At that time, I hadnt finished my cola, so I gave 19_ several coins instead. She stared at me 20 _ a few seconds and handed back the money. Quite confused，I asked: “Why not? Isnt that 21_ you want?” “I am not a beggar,” she said 22_ (serious), word by word.Instantly, I fel
41、t so sorry. I 23_ (intend) to help her，completely misunderstanding her. Thus I hurt her. What I could do at that moment was only to drink up the cola and handed her 24_ emptied can. This time，she gave me a smile with 25 _ (satisfy) and gratitude in her eyes. The woman is poor in material life but is
42、 so respectable as a man. I am not only moved but also have learned a good lesson. （13） A teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friendship is someone 1._ stays with you for life.” Experience teaches that he was right. Good friendship is jus
43、t not easily formed. 2 _ is possible that we simply not to stay in one place long enough for a true friendship to develop. 3._， there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us 4._(think) carefully about the kind of friendship we want. To most of us, friendship is considered 5._(importance),
44、but we need to have clearly in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close 6._ kept at arms length? Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? Usually, the sharing of personal experience is the surest way 7._ (deep) friendships. But it must be carried out
45、 slowly and carried on only if there are signs of interest and action in return. What are some of the difficulties of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much, too soon. Deep relationship takes time. Another “major difficulty ” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the oth
46、er. 8._ (similar), friendships require actions 9._ return. Finally, there is a question of taking care of it. 10._ you spend reasonable time together, friendships will die away. （14） Life is difficult, but it is no longer difficult once we 1._ (true) understand and accept it. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain 2._ their problems an
