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语法填空汇编22套语法填空训练(二十二)It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by _31 . I was taken to a small room. Lina _32_ (lie) sleeping quietly on a table.This wasnt 33_ first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours 34 the poison had stopped doing its harm.I sat down by Linas side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around _35_. “Im sure Ive been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room that I gave birth _36_ Lina seventeen years ago. _37_ happy I was then!Lina used to be such a bright, _38_(health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her _39 (take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something _40_(serious) wrong with our society. What is it?” 语法填空训练(二十一)31 is possible that we simply do not stay in one place for a true friendship to develop. However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us 32 (think) carefully about the kind of friendships we want. To most of us, friendships are considered 33 (importance), but need to have clear in our own minds 34 kinds of friendships we want .Are they to be close or 35 (keep) at arms length? Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? -For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enoughand thats all right .But at some point we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our 36 (friend) expectations. If one wants more from the friendship than the other, 37 if this is not talked about, one is likely at last to fell that hes holding the short end of the stick. The sharing of personal experience 38 (include) our tears as well as our dark dreams 39 (be) the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken slowly and carried on only if there signs of interest and action 40 return. 语法填空训练(二十)People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage _31_(call) aphasics(失语症患者). Such patients _32_ are mentioned here can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies _33_ truths. Doctors studying the human brain have even compared this power to _34_ of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs _35_(hide) in the baggage.Recently, scientists carried out tests to see whether all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied a mixed group of people. Some were normal while _36_ were aphasics. It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches - in most cases, the normal people were fooled by words, but the aphasics were not. Dr. Oliver Sacks mentioned a particular case in _37_ hospital. Some aphasics were watching the president _38_(give) a speech on TV. Since the president had been an actor _39_(early), making a good speech was no problem for him. But his way of speaking had the opposite effect on the patients. They didnt seem to believe him. Instead, they burst into laughter. The aphasics knew that the president did not mean a word of _40_ he was saying. 语法填空训练(十九)One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw 31 elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.?As I looked 32 (close) at this girl, I founf that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs , just a head, a neck and upper body, 33 (dress) in a little white skirt.?As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back 34 the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 35 smile just melted me 36 almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of 37 life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and 38 (bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and 39 (warm). Im a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught 40 . 语法填空训练(十八)When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree _31_ they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person _32_ the way they occupied the space around them.?However, _33_ second person thought that this was _34_ a question of civilized behavior than good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story about an American who _35 _ (invite) to an Arab meal in one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hadnt been told much about the kind of food he might expect. _36_ he had known about Arab food, he might have behaved better. Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to him, very much like a napkin. _37_ (pick) it up, he put it into his collar, so that it fell across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, said nothing, _38_ immediately copied the _39_ (act) of his guest. And that, said _40_ second person, was a fine example of good manners. 语法填空训练(十七)Crying marriage? 31 (surprise), isnt it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest Chinas Sichuan Province, and 32 (remain) in fashion 33 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 34 (necessary) to marriage procedure.It is very much 35 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 36 , the brides neighbors would look down upon 37 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 38 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.In a word, crying at wedding is a 39 by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 40 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life. 语法填空训练(十六)Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think 31 matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, 32 are smart and strong-willed, are very likely 33 (succeed). The reason 34 this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for 35 same reason. What happens to the 36 children in the family?Middle children dont get so much attention, so they dont feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, 37 , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 38 (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didnt take many chances in 39 lives. They usually 40 (follow) orders. Rules didnt mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.语法填空训练(十五)Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on Thursday, December 20th, 2007. Authorities said that 31 thieves must have been well prepared, as 32 took them just three minutes to steal paintings 33 two world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso 34 Candido Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars. Images from the security camera show that three men began their action at 5:09 am, 35 the guards in the museum were going through their shift change (换岗). -They broke through two glass doors, 36 (run) to the museums top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms, somehow 37 (avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang, and by 5:12 am, they were making their escape. After that, the police were interviewing the 30 museum 38 (employ). “Everything indicates thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for 39 own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings, 40 he was wealthy,” said the lead police officer, Marcos Gomes de Moura. 语法填空训练(十四)Storms 31 produced at least 13 tornadoes swept along New Mexicos border with Texas on Friday, 32 (destroy) homes and other buildings and injuring at least 16 people, several critically, authorities said. The 33 (bad) damage was reported in the towns of Logan and Clovis, which are about 80 miles apart, police said. The tornadoes damaged several 34 (new) built buildings, toppled power lines 35 sparked fires that were later put out in Clovis, police Lt. James Schoeffel said.Thirteen people from 36 area were hospitalized at the Plains Regional Medical Center. Five were in bad condition 37 head trauma(外伤, 损伤), said Liz Crouch, the centers chief operating officer. In Logan, three people 38 (take) to a hospital, 39 others were treated at a local clinic. One of them was a visitor, saying he wouldnt have been there if he 40 (watch) the weather forecast the day before. 语法填空训练(十三)In my free time, I really like surfing the Internet. When I get home from work, I turn on my computer, wait 31 it boots up completely, and then I go online. I usually check my email first and then write a few messages 32 family and friends. I sometimes scan the local news headlines at 33 favorite news Website and read up on the latest local and international news. This Website often provides video news clips 34 you can view online. I sometimes order products or service online to save money and time instead of going to a store and 35 (buy) what Im looking for. For example, I 36 (order) a digital camera online the other day and saved about $50. Whatever I do, I realize that there are problems 37 using the Internet including scams, identify theft, and viruses, so Im very careful not to give out my 38 (person) information. Furthermore, I dont download or open files I dont recognize. Using the Internet can be fun and 39 convenient way of shopping and finding out new information, 40 you just need to be careful.语法填空训练(十二) The Internet has become part of young peoples life. 11 report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them get 12 (use) information on the Internet 13 use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students dont use it 14 a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites 15 shouldnt look at. So bad things may happen 16 students spend too much time on the Internet._17_ is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, 18 uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice. Some students also make 19 on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face 20 (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place. 语法填空训练(十一)Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, causing some people to be killed or nearly got close to 21 (die). The situation was so severe that there was no time 22 (debate) who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the cause of this 23 (dead) disease. They invited all the most experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were 24 (put) forward. Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see whether they were 25 (avail). Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of 26 (pick) up and had the new medicine 27 (test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned to the top official, 28 (tell) him this exciting news. For 29 (convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method 30 (do) make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospital also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally. 语法填空训练(十)A visit to a doctors office costs from fifteen to fifty dollars. It is 31 impossible for people to pay for the medical care they need. Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid. Most doctors, however, _32_(agree). They say that they 33 (require) to study medicine for a long time. Tuition for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is 34 for most medical students to borrow money from bank to pay their tuition. -Because their money must be repaid to 35 bank, young doctors need to receive a lot of money for their work. So, they charge(收费) people high prices 36 medical care. 37 , it is possible that the high cost of medical care in America is unnecessary. 38 high tuition is one 39 of high costs, 40 way to lower costs would be to have medical schools that are free or have low tuition. 语法填空训练(九)One evening, I came across one of sons papers with a failing grade. I almost started to yell his name 31 I suddenly remembered he was in bed asleep. It was his 32 (nine) year of school and his academic career seemed to be in ruins, so I was angry. But I put the paper aside and turned to the 33 one, at the top of which were written “My dad”. It was a poem about me, 34 included the time I had to leave work to take him to the hospital because he 35 (break) his finger. So careless was I 36 I had forgotten all about that. -He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and 37 good many other things. That paper was suddenly not nearly as important as it had been a few minutes 38 . I dont know if he planted the poem next to the failing grade to 39 (soft) the blow, but it worked. Instead of a severe lecture, I talked to him about the poem as well as the failed homework, and it began to make sense to me that I could include praise along 40 constructive criticism.语法填空训练(八)In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 31 8yearold boy, entered a hotel coffee shop 32 sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream ?” “Fifty-cents,” replied the waitress .The little boy pulled 33 right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of 34 in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked . Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit 35 (patience). “Thirty-five cents,” she said 36 (rude). -The little boy carefully counted the coins 37 . “I will have a plain ice cream,” he said . The waitress walked 38 . The boy finished the ice cream ,paid the cashier and left . It was not long 39 the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprise at what she saw. There, 40 (place) neatly beside the empty dish ,were two nickels and five penniesher tip! 语法填空训练(七)The Thanksgiving Day 31 (come), a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children 32 poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that 33 of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was surprised 34 the picture Douglas handed in a smile childishly drawn hand. But 35 hand? The class was puzzled by the abstract image. “I think it 36 be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “ 37 farmer,” said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas desk and asked whose hand it was. “Its 38 hand, Teacher,” he answered. She recalled that frequently after class she had taken Douglas, a short lonely child by the 39 . She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyones Thanksgiving, not for the material things 40 (give) to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.语法填空训练(六) My sister had dropped out of school and 31 very unwise decisions with her life. She chose to spend her time with people who were lost 32 she was. They all chose to ignore their 33 (responsible) and supported one another in a life which involved drinking and partying. 34 (sad), they were all losing time. They were young and had the potential to become 35 they wanted if they would only choose to respect themselves and believe in a better life. My sister was lost but my father never gave up on her. She may not have even known it but his prayers and faith 36 her may have been the very thing she needed. I remember sitting at the family dinner table 37 everyone had gathered except my sister. Once again she had chosen to drink with friends instead of spending 38 evening with our family who loved her very much. We said she would not come. But my father said she would. We all rallied against him, 39 (bet) she would not show up and asked why he would say that. We 40 convinced he was in denial. He simply said, “I will always bet on her, on all of you.” 语法填空训练(五)An expensive ca