高二英语 改革短文填空练习.doc

2015年高考改革短文填空练习(高二)题目摘自2015年全国高三模拟试题1、there are many aspects of chinese food culture that i found very 1._，the most significant i found of which was the fabulous amount of dishes served at a 2._at a banquet，you must learn to taste 3._“biting”westerners might feel 4._when they find that the chinese seem to eat almost every part of every animal.furthermore，i knew that choudoufu was 5._because it smells like a burnt tennis shoe，but i still wanted to try to get used to it some day.british people like being 6._with cold food and mixing food together.when they make salad，they only wash vegetables before serving them.chinese food，7._，is prepared very carefully.british food goes 8._the chinese sense of beauty and style at the dinner table，but i do admire the 9._in which the british people eat，even when eating something 10._a potato.2、the renaissance，a french word，which means 1._，appeared in the english language in the 19th century.it described a period of 2._and the beginning of the modern world.from italy，it 3._all over europe where artists found new ideas for their work in 4._greece and rome.they also opened new 5._in the arts such as painters use of perspective and the 6._of light.the sense of exploration which 7._the artists also developed together with a new type of 8._besides，it was also a time of 9._invention，when leonardo，the extraordinary genius，did a lot in the scientific research.in short，the renaissance made great 10._to the development of europe.3、antarctica，the coldest place on earth，is the fifth largest 1._in the world.the conditions there are quite 2._with nearly no 3._.98 percent of the surface is covered 4._by ice and strong winds driven by 5._blow from the pole to the coastline.however，it is full of 6._like the famous penguins，which can 7._its hard conditions.the ice there has become a window on the past with gases and minerals trapped in it.it was not until 1895 that the norwegian explorer called carstens borchgrevink 8._the antarctic mainland.in 1961，12 countries signed a 9._to make it the worlds biggest nature reserve.today scientists from all over the world go there to study its resources and to work together for progress and 10._4、charles pink was a young (1)_ (canada)who had a good house and he knew how to enjoy himself.every saturday, he went to the theatre and (2)_ (party)his car was one of the best in his city.he had lots of (3)_ and one day he bought a plane.he learned to fly and flying became one of his main (4)_ (enjoy)one day about thirty (5)_ (year) ago, he set off in his small plane on a trip across (6)_ (mexican)at first everything went well, but when he was over the part of the country (7)_ engine of the little machine failed.fortunately, pink was flying at a good (8)_ (high) when the bad thing happened, and he had time to find a place to land.below him he could see a number of (9)_ (field) which looked nice enough to land on, and he managed to bring his (10)_ down on one of them.5、it was so nice an afternoon that i decided to go for a walk (1)_ my new bootsthe ones id seen advertised on tv (2)_ “the worlds best boots”well, (3)_ theory, yes, they were very comfortable boots but i soon found that in fact they gave me blisters.in general i do enjoy walking, but at that moment what i wanted was rest and refreshment, in other words, i needed to sit down, have a drink and go home (4)_ the bus.the last bus home was in half an hour and i was far (5)_ the bus stop so i would have to get there (6)_ a hurry.at last i got to the bus stop just in time (7)_ a drink at the pub before the bus came.i limped to the bus stop in the hope (8)_ getting on.but i was out of luck because the bus was full upnot even standing room! i knew id never make it home on foot and i was (9)_ the point of returning to the pub to drown my sorrows when another bus came round the corner, completely empty.i got on, sat by myself at the back and started to feel (10)_ peace with the world again as i took off my boots!6、i dont know (1)_ youve noticed (2)_ some students dont want to walk to school.it can be seen every day (3)_ their parents drive them to school.but nowadays, it should be brought to our notice (4)_ the air is seriously polluted.(5)_ can we do about it? here i have a suggestion (6)_ we should ride on our bikes to school! (7)_ we can do it will not only have significant benefits for our health, (8)_ also help improve our environment.(9)_ we will have a better environment depends on (10)_ we can do for ourselves and for nature.7、用所给词的适当形式填空all big cities (1)_ (be) quite similar.living in a modern asian city (2)_ (be) not very different from living in an american city.the same cannot be said about living on farms, however.in many parts of the world, farmers and their families (3)_ (live) in villages or towns.in the united states, however, each farm family (4)_ (live) on its own fields, often beyond the sight of any neighbors.instead of traveling from a village to the fields every morning, american farmers (5)_ (stay) on their land throughout the week.they travel to the nearest town on saturdays for shopping or on sundays for church.the children ride on buses to large schools which (6)_ (serve) all of the farm families living in the area.in some areas, there (7)_ (be) small schools serving a few farm families, and the children walk to school.of course life (8)_ (keep) changing for everyone, including farmers.today there are cars, good roads, radios, and television sets.and of course there are modern machines for farming.all of these (9)_ (have) changed farm life.for many years, however, farming in america (10)_ (be) often a lonely way of living.farmers had to deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others.they learned to try new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.8、no one can believe that the over 6,300kilometre great wall might disappear someday. believe it _11_ not, the great wall _12_ (destroy) by people. less than 20 percent of the great wall _13_ (build) in the ming dynasty is still perfect, but about 80 percent is _14_ danger.the great wall can be called “great” mostly because of its amazing length. but we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. if we do _15_ to save the great wall, it will become a series of separate wasteland rather_16_ a historic site.the great wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2,000 years. it began in the rule of chinas first emperor, qin shihuang of the qin dynasty (221bc206bc), and lasted into the ming dynasty. the parts built before the ming dynasty have _17_ (near) disappeared. the bricks on the great wall are carried off by countryside people _18_ (build) their houses, sheep corrals and pigsties. some were taken away to build roads. bricks carved with peoples names are put away as remembrances. rubbish spreads over the battlements. the bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor load. the local farmers not only carried off the body of the wall but also dug out the entire base. those _19_ destroyed and are destroying the wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. _20_ will take a long time to let them know this.9、a couple had been married for over 60 years. they shared everything, talked about everything and kept no secrets _11_ each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer _12_ she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.hed never thought about it ever since. one day _13_ woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldnt recover. to sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and _14_ (bring) it to his wifes bedside. she agreed it was time that he should know _15_ was in the box._16_ (open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $25,000. he asked her about the contents. “when we were to be married，” she said, “my grandma told me the secret of happy _17_ (marry) was never to argue, and i should just keep quiet and make a mat _18_ i got angry with you.”the man was so _19_ (move) that he had to fight back tears. she had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! “honey，” he said, “that explains the mats, but what about the money? where did it come from？”“oh，” she said, “thats the money i made from selling _20_.”10、i went to the seaside to spend my holiday last summer with my family. one day, i was swimming in the river _11_ someone shouted, “look out. there is a shark not far away！” on hearing the shout, i was scared to _12_ (die) because i was well aware _13_ its dangerous characteristic. “just dont worry, tom！” my father said to me, “but in order to avoid being harmed, lets go back to our hotel.”we stayed in the seaside for about two weeks. though the weather was _14_ hotter than that in my hometown, i got used to _15_ and _16_ at home. every morning, i got up earlier than my parents and went for breakfast ahead of time. then i went to have _17_ chat with my new friend, john, who i happened to come _18_ during my holiday. john was a native and he was familiar with the seaside well. he was a man with good _19_ (quality). soon we became very good friends. after we parted, we have been keeping writing to each other. now, i still often hear from him. we talked in our letter about things and persons _20_ we remembered in the seaside.11、hostee: hello, everyone. we are lucky to have molly taylor here today. molly is organizing an activity course for the summer holidays. molly, this is the second year of the course, isnt it?molly: yes. the summer course _6_ (operate) for the first time last year for a sixweek period. we did think about making it _7_ (long) this year and have a sevenweek course, _8_ therere some schools which finish term a week earlier. in fact, two schools have eightweek holidays. but in the end we decided _9_ (keep) to the same plan as last year. hostee: but, as i understand, last years course wasnt _10_ complete success, was it?molly: well, we were actually very _11_ (surprise) by the number of people interested in the course. we didnt actually have enough assistants to look after _12_ the children. _13_， there was such a lot of rain that we couldnt go outside as often as we wanted to. hostee: so, what activities can the children look forward to this year?molly: well, once again therell be artists and musicians _14_ will lead creative classes. we also considered _15_ (provide) some more exciting adventure sports. but we decided not to, in the end. instead were introducing some fun programmes. i think itll be good fun for the children.12、heaven: how can i help you?gladys: well, basically, i think im too tired and _11_ (look) for some way to relax.heaven: ok, sure. did you know that we recently have a special offer, _12_ nonmembers can use our facilities _13_ having to pay the membership fee?gladys: oh, thats great.heaven: yeah, but the offer is just until the end of this month. _14_， let me tell you a little about the facilities at spa heaven, and you can decide _15_ interests you. first, we have a fitness centre where you can have a weight training so _16_ you can lose some weight.gladys: and that sounds good, _17_ im not really interested in getting fit. i just want to get rid of my _18_ (tire) and be energetic.heaven: in that _19_， you may be interested in our sports facilities .gladys: mm, well, i like to go swimming. i find that helps me relax. do you have _20_ swimming facilities at your place?heaven: certainly. we have two 25metre pools here.13、hostess: what advice would you give to singers facing voice problems?doctor: if pop singers have got voice problems, they really need to be more _11_ (select) about where they work. they shouldnt work in smoky atmospheres. they also need to think about _12_ (rest) their voices after a show. something else they need to be careful about is medicines. aspirin, for _13_， singers should avoid aspirin. it thins the blood. and if a singer coughs, this _14_ result in the bruising (受伤) of the vocal cords.hostess: and is _15_ true that some singers use drugs before concerts to boost (提高) their voices when they have voice problems?doctor: yes, this _16_ happen on occasion. they are easilyavailable on the continent and they are _17_ (use) if a singer has problems with his vocal cords and has to sing that night. but if they _18_ (take) regularly, they cause a thinning of the voice muscle. most pop singers suffer from three things: lack of training, overuse and abuse of the voice, especially _19_ they are young. they have difficult lives. when they go on tour, they do _20_ vast number of concerts, singing in smoky places.14、jane: well, its the south theatre company. they want to know if wed be interested in _11_ (sponsor) a tour they want to make to east asia. manager: how much are they hoping _12_ (get) from us? jane: well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but i dont know if they might settle for us. manager: do they say what they would cover? do they have _13_ specific in mind? jane: no, i think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money _14_ they think theyll give. so what i suggest is not that we just give them a sum of money, _15_ that we offer to pay for something specific like travel or something, and that in _16_， we ask for our name to be printed prominently in _17_ program, and that they give us free advertising space in it.manager: but the travel bill would be enormous, and we _18_ never manage that. jane: i know. but why dont we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves on _19_ that on the front cover theres something like “this program is presented with the compliments of norland electronics”， and free advertising of course. manager: good idea. well, lets get back to them and ask what the program they want will cost. then we can see _20_ we are interested or not. 15、i am a junior in high school. there is a lady at my school _11_ job is to hand out callslips (索书单) and prevent students from leaving campus _12_ 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 walking around. when she came _13_ (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 underappreciated and needs _14_ (recognize) for all her hard work. so i wrote a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and _15_ her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. i signed it “some thankful students” and slipped it into _16_ envelope. then i realized i didnt even know her name. i asked all of my professors but _17_ knew her name. i finally went to ask the lady at student services and _18_ (tell) that her name is kathy. i bought her a bouquet of _19_ (colour) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. i brought the flowers to school and left _20_ in her office.she came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a callslip, and there it was a smile on her face!16、alan: i did not feel good yesterday, and couldnt make it to class. because i am not doing very well in this course, i am wondering _11_ dr. millard covered in class yesterday.rachel: well, we had a lecture on sustainable (可持续的) development in forests. dr. millard _12_ (point) out some of the advantages and disadvantages of it.alan: i noticed the next chapter in our textbook _13_ (call) “sustainable development”. chapter 6, isnt it?rachel: yes, we covered the first part of chapter 6. he told us _14_ (read) the pages from 156 to 170. also, during the last half of class we were divided _15_ groups of three for a project. the groups had to come up with their own topic on some aspect of sustainable development. _16_ group im in, with harry and susan, didnt focus too well, _17_ we didnt even come up with a topic. a couple of groups seemed quite focused. the project is due a week from friday.alan: was i put in a group?rachel: i dont think _18_. there were about 4 or 5 students _19_ (miss) today. perhaps, if you showed up for class early on wednesday and spoke with dr. millard, he could assign you a group.alan: did you take lecture notes?rachel: yes, i did. i was just going to put them on my computer. _20_ you like me to email them to you?alan: oh, yes. thanks very much.17、travers: what are you going to be for halloween this year?robertson: well, last year i was a rabbit, but i think i want to be something _11_ exciting this year. maybe ill be a zombie bride.travers: azombie bride? now thats an interesting idea. i always think that the best costumes (服装) are _12_ that are homemade. if you have an original idea, everyone _13_ (enjoy) your costume much more than if you just buy a costume at a store and wear it.robertson: yeah. when i was young, my mother always used _14_ (make) our costumes. she did it because it was _15_ (cheap) than buying one from a store, but i loved it because i _16_ just tell her what i wanted to be. one year, i was a bunch of grapes; the next year, i was abraham lin