高三暑假专项训练(短文改错).docx

高三英语专题 限时训练 35语法填空：Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor of the braille code, 41. can be used by blind people to read through touch.Braille was born in a middle class family of Coupvray, France in 1809. His father ran a leather business. He was the 42. (young) of four children.When he was three, he accidentally 43. (stick) a sharp tool into one eye while 44. (play) in his fathers workshop. At that time, there was no 45. (advance) medication and soon his injured eye was infected. The infection spread into his other eye and soon he lost his sight 46. (complete). He went to the Royal Institute for Blind Youth at 47. age of ten. Braille was a good student, especially when 48. came into science and music. Later he became a teacher at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth. Braille died in Paris in 1852.Had it not been for Louis Braille, it would have been hard for blind people in the world to enjoy a story or learn something important. His invention has a 49. (benefit) effect on the blind. In honor of the birthday of Louis Braille on January 4th, this day 50. (celebrate) as “World Braille Day”.短文改错：I read a story online in which there had not enough shelters for the homeless. Therefore, I did some research and call those who were trying to collect blanket and hand warmers. I helped themselves raise some money but shared their information on the Internet. I hoped the poor people would survive the extreme cold winter! We also made plans to packing some backpacks filled necessary things for homeless people each month for the rest of this year. We really hoped what we were doing would be helpfully for people in the need.语法填空：If you touch a hot object, youll yank(猛拉) your hand away 41. (immediate).When this happens to you 42. first time, the event and the result get stored in your brain. This is 43. we call an experience. When you see a hot object next time, you will not touch it. You will use the knowledge of your previous experience and decide not to repeat it again.This process of learning, comparing a previous experience, making a 44. (decide) and acting upon it 45. (be) the key to human intelligence. Ever since machines were invented, scientists have dreamt of making them learn and perform intelligent tasks like humans.Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of science, 46. is making machines think like humans. These machines, or computers, can store large amounts of information and process them accurately at an 47. (amaze) speed. What they lack is an ability to learn and decide intelligently.What do we need 48. (make) an intelligent machine? A memory or a space where experiences or information can be stored, a method of applying these experiences to new ones, comparing experiences to come to logical 49. (conclude). That would be an intelligent machine.Scientists are creating new software programs, 50. (try) to copy the functioning of the brain and to recreate the process of human learning in a computer.短文改错：As my parents and I was on our way to pay for our parking space, a woman came up to them. She said she had just paid for hers but she had called back home just now and asked how we would like to have her parking pass. She refused to take up any money for it and insisted we took it. We glad accepted it and thanked her. We got down to the beach in time to watch the sun setting because of this womans kind and we were so thankfully. It was a wonderful experience and the sunset was so a breathtaking sight!语法填空：Blue whales are not fish! They are marine mammals(海洋哺乳动物). This means they are warm-blooded and the females produce milk 41. (feed) their babies.42. (have) the honor of being the worlds largest animal, adult blue whales can grow to 30 metres long, with the female usually a little 43. (long) than the male. They weigh about 170 tons.These sea creatures have some huge body 44. (part). Their hearts, for example, are about 1.5 metres long, 1.2 metres wide and 1.5 metres tall. Their tongues weigh about 2.7 tones the 45. (weigh) of a small elephant. Not 46. (surprise), blue whales have large appetites(胃口). 47. is usual for a blue whale to eat fish in large quantities around 40 million in a day.In the past, blue whales were hunted 48. their meat and their oil. Whaling was a primary industry in Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries but whaling in Australia 49. (limit) in 1978. Today, most countries strongly disapprove of whaling, including Australia 50. now supports an anti-whaling policy.短文改错：I have always been proud with my father. He has always been kind and caring, but today he went above and beyond. This morning he helps an elderly neighbor fixing his car, and after that he went to clear snow for another neighbor! While clearing the snow, he learned another member of our community has been very ill and his wife and son was looking for someone to send him to the hospital. My father went over right away and got the job doing for free of course. Short after he got home, he received a call from another friend that was asking for ride to a store. Although my father felt a bit tired, but he was off again to help our friend.语法填空：Scientists found that air pollution may be responsible 41. a big reduction in 42. (intelligent). Research showed that air pollution led to big falls in test 43. (score) for languages and mathematics. The study called “The influence of air pollution on cognitive(认知的)performance” 44. (conduct) over four years ago. Researchers analyzed speaking and mathematics tests 45. (take) by 20,000 people of all ages. They said, “Polluted air may do harm to cognitive ability as people become older.”The study is a warning to the rest of the world, 46. (particular) those in cities. Over 91 percent of the world population live in areas with polluted air, 47. is the fourth biggest cause of global deaths. Researchers discovered that the 48. (long) people were exposed to polluted air, the greater their cognitive ability went down. They said air pollution caused a years worth of lost education. For those aged over 60, this could be several years. A researcher warned, “49. is no shortcut to solve this issue. Governments really need to take effective measures 50. (reduce) air pollution”.短文改错：While walking home I met up with a little boy which was begging. He said he was feeling hungrily and I took him to a restaurant. To our surprise, he just chose to have some bread. He said he would like to take it away but share it with one of his friend. So I doubled the amount of food I bought. When I hand over the food to him, he took it and left in hurry without saying a word. No sooner had I taken a few steps when he showed up again, this time with another boy and they both gave to me a huge smile. Not a word was spoken, but that smile made my heart filling with happiness!语法填空：While I was waiting for the bus I saw a homeless person carrying a sign 41. said he would like a cup of hot coffee.As soon as I read it, I knew this task was meant for me. I joyfully ran across the street 42. (think) that getting him a cup of hot coffee would be great. I bought the coffee and approached him slowly. The 43. (close) I got, the more joy in his eyes I could see.When I handed him the hot coffee, I 44. (simple) said “This is for you.”I could see so much joy in his face and even a tear. He kept thanking me, holding his coffee like the biggest treasure in his life. It made me cry to see that a simply act of 45. (kind) could bring so much joy to others.I walked back to my bus stop, and when the bus driver 46. (open) the door and I wanted 47. (pay) the bus fare, he waved me through and said, “Honey, this is on me.” He mentioned 48. much it had touched his heart to see me giving away that cup of coffee. This 49. (amaze) moment warmed my heart and it gave my day and my life a new start. 50. brings me such joy to love and share.短文改错：It happened when I was a fourth-grader. Back when, I was shy about talk in the presence of my friends, and I was also not very active in anything. When our head teacher Mr. Li made us the class president, I was puzzled about what to do. “Can I do well?”I am worried about it. But Mr. Li encouraged and helped me on many ways. It proved to be a turning-point in my life. I began to led others and became a confidently student. Thanks to him, I have a live personality now. Among all the people I have been met so far, no one has impressed me much as him.语法填空：Sometimes a flying visit from a loved one is all you need to realize how settled you are in a place. And this weekend I was 41. (delight) to show my parents around Seville, as they came for a short but sweet visit.42. (be) reunited with the people you love in a new place, you feel excited. To show them around the new city also makes you happy. For example, as Seville 43. (know) for flamenco, I took my parents to see an outstanding and 44. (impress) performance. Experiencing such 45. great show with them made me enjoy it even more. Furthermore, getting to show your 46. (visitor) places you have discovered is a pleasing feeling, because you are eager for them to know 47. you love to spend your time. You are letting them in on your new life and feel thrilled that you have the opportunity 48. (show) your loved ones the new places that you have fallen in love 49. .So, after a two-day trip, I am very pleased to have had the time to explore the new city I live in with my parents. I am already looking forward to their next visit to show them much 50. (much) of what Seville has to offer and what I am still yet to discover.短文改错：I have two foreign friends, Kari and Vance, which come from the USA. Now they were teaching English in a university in Nanjing. Last year they paid the visit to our school. I had never meet any foreigners before. Beside, I wanted very much to know how I was getting on my spoken English, so I went over to talk with them. All of them were surprising a school student could speak English. And they suggested to taking a photo together. Since then we have been good friends and now we write English letter to each other often.语法填空：Spending a fortnight on holiday with other people can either be great fun 41. a recipe(成因) for disaster. Success can best 42. (achieve) if the trip is planned well in advance.One person should be in charge of organization, on condition that he consults all parties before making a final 43. (decide) on anything. Another should be appointed 44. (deal) with money matters, so that there is no disagreement or bad feeling.Sleeping arrangements may be unclear until you see the accommodation. Therefore, 45. is vital to make a list beforehand to establish who has priority (优先权) for the best beds. As far as housework is concerned, you may be 46. (luck) enough to have the accommodation 47. (clean) twice a week. If not, you can make a plan, so that everyone can do their bit.Although you are all on holiday together, it doesnt mean that you have to spend every minute together. You wont hurt anyones feelings if you go for a walk on your own for 48. change.Above all you shouldnt expect a stress-free holiday, nor should you expect everyone to enjoy 49. (they). But youll know you got it right when 50. (hear) on the journey home, “Lets do it again next year.”短文改错：Today is my grandmas fiftieth birthday. My parents and I bought a birthday cake and prepared some gift for my grandma, that lived with my uncle in the countryside. We caught the early bus to going there. When they arrived, my grandma and uncle stood in the doorway, wait for us. We warmly welcomed. Because my uncle was good at cooking, so he went to the kitchen to cook for us. Soon we begin to have lunch and everyone felt very happily. At four in the afternoon we said good-bye for them and returned home.语法填空：Chinese researchers have found that university students with better academic performance are more likely to eat breakfast in the cafeteria, 41. (especial) on cold days, according to their findings 42. (publish) in a British journal. There is a strong 43. (connect) between college students academic performance and the regularity of their campus(校园) dailylife.Researchers from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu 44. (collect) about 30 million digital behavioral records of 18,960 UESTC undergraduate students over the past three years. The behavioral records were kept on the students campus smart card, 45. (contain) information about when they entered the library, took a shower, washed clothes 46. paid for meals in the cafeteria, etc. In most Chinese universities, every student has a campus smart card, 47. can be used for student identification and to pay on campus. The students with better performance are more likely to overcome difficulties and stick 48. their routine even on cold winter mornings. “The less the students are affected by weather conditions in keeping life routines, the more determined they are and the 49. (good) grades they can get,” one of the researchers said. “We are not aiming 50. (ask) all the students to live according to the same timetable, but to encourage them to perform more properly.”短文改错：My former headmaster Mr. Page will leave his job because of old age next week. Student of the school, old and new, will send him a present to marking the occasion. They will sign their names on a large photo. Mr. Page deserves to admired and respected. We shall all remember him for his patient and understanding and for the kind encouragement he gave us to. Mr. Page will have been teaching for the total of forty years on the day of his retirement. After his retirement, he will devote him to gardening. For him, this will be an entire new hobby. But this did not matter, for, as he has often said, one is never very old to learn.语法填空：I was about to leave Brussels for England. But I had missed the early bus. I managed to get another ticket 41. (leave) later. Now I had to entertain myself for 10 hours in the centre of Brussels, 42. I still had not yet seen.Top of my list was the “Grand Place”, the central square of Brussels, where the 43. (building) are a combination of different styles. 44. (be) a fantastic place to visit, it has been voted the most beautiful city square in Europe and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Some ancient streets then 45. (lead) me to the “Manneken Pis”. There has been a statue of a little boy there since 1388. It had been stolen a few times. As 46. result, the statue there now is not the original. The original has been put in the museum for safe-keeping.I then wandered into an area 47. (call) the Sablon. In a bookstore there I met a friendly artist. I sat beside him and rested for an hour while he painted and shared his lunch 48. me. It was a(n) 49. (enjoy) moment.Soon it was evening, and finally I walked to Place Ste. Catherine and treated 50. (I) to a tasty fish dish there.This most delightful day had all been the result of missing a bus. But I didnt want to miss the next one, so I headed to the bus station early.短文改错：Last summer, I helped in a local library for other volunteers three days a week, four hour each day. I helped with the librarys summer reading program by enter names of children who signed up into the librarys computer. I also helped teaching the adults computer basics and skills, and helped children access games on the librarys youth-programmed computers. After the program was finished, I receive a certificate, a letter or small gifts for my service. But I am even gladder to have been made someones life better through my efforts. As a matter of fact, I saw one man and a few children, which I had helped on the bus months afterwards and they remembered us. What great feeling it was!语法填空：Genetic modification(基因) is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells.Genetically modified crops are plants with DNA 41. has been modified using genetic engineering methods. Valuable qualities are added to the crops, including 42. (improve) production, better nutritional value and resistance to drought, frost, or pests.Genetically modified animals came later. In 1996, British scientists 43. (clone) a sheep named Dolly. In 2012, 44. (produce) milk that is more nutritious and will not make people allergic, a company in New Zealand engineered a cow.If you think the next thing on the way is 45. (probable) genetically modifying human babies, youd be right. There is 46. (increase) debate about “designer babies”, which are human babies that have been genetically modified. Modifications can 47. (do) to fix genetic defects(缺陷), prevent life-threatening diseases, or produce desirable qualities.This technology leads to heated debate, because 48. is the potential possibility of producing genetically modified “superhumans” to replace modern humans. The US Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine have released a report on the topic of genetic engineering in human babies. The 49. (conclude) was that scientists should be allowed to modify the hu