2019高考语法填空练习2.doc

.语法填空练习2 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Cloze 5 (广东惠州2017调研）In our daily life, we often meet with difficulties. Some people do nothing but wait, while others try hard to conquer 1 . Personally we should face with difficulties positively and make every effort to overcome them.My memory drew me back to five years ago when I was 2 middle school student. At that time, I had great trouble studying English . First of all, I felt it hard to memorize English 3 (word). Besides, I didnt dare to say anything in class when I 4 (ask) questions. What annoyed me most was that I failed exams 5 (constant). I was about to give up 6 my English teacher found my problems. He encouraged me and gave me some good advice. So 7 (inspire) by him, I decided to settle my problems. 8 (follow) his advice, I made progress gradually. I owe my achievement 9 the teacher whose encouragement was of great 10 (important).Cloze 6 Most conferences tend to be boring. But there is one event focusing on all things dull the “Boring Conference” 1. _ (host) every year inLondon. It is a one-day 2. _ (celebrate) of the ordinary and the obvious and the overlooked.The conference started in 2010, when the man in charge 3. _ organizing an event called the Interesting Conference canceled the whole thing. James Ward, an English author, replied to the announcement, 4. _ (say) that he liked boring things and that they should be celebrated too. His social media post got lots of people interested in a possible event about boring things. Some of them asked 5. _ (eager) where to buy tickets for it. So Ward organized 6. _ first Boring Conference in the world.This year, all 425 tickets 7. _ (sell) out in just a few days. This years event had 20 speakers cover subjects such as German film titles, cooking 8. _ (wonder) meals with hotel room equipment, and the similarities between the worlds national songs. The topics may be considered pointless, but when you look at them 9. _ enough detail, they can become fascinating. Its actually only the topics that are boring the speakers are expected to find a way 10. _ (make) their talks interesting.Cloze7 (广东肇庆） Umbrella is what we easily forget and leave behind in our daily life. When the weather is fine, we certainly dont think of it; only when its raining，well carry it purposefully. But as soon as the rain stops, most likely well forget 1 weve put it. It has to wait patiently and pitifully for 2 owner to claim it, otherwise itll remain alone as a deserted umbrella. Once I suddenly found my longtime 3 (use) umbrella “disappeared”. I really got lost and regretted quite some time for my own carelessness. Several days later, out of my 4 (expect) , I saw it 5 (quiet) stand in a corner of the house where I worked. I was extremely glad to regain it. Looking carefully at it, though it was so familiar 6 me, I found for the first time its wooden handle 7 (wear) out as a result of repeated rainwash for years. I sought for it only when I needed it. It occurred to me that I should have paid 8 (much) attention to it. It sets me thinking. Around us there are always people giving us support in silence just like 9 umbrella that protects us from the rain or any wretched weather. Will you think of those individuals 10 have helped you get through difficulty when you are leading a comfortable life?Cloze 8Many people think plastic drinks bottles should be banned to reduce litter and stop 1. _ (pollute) of rivers and the sea.Every year, more than 13 billion plastic bottles, which 2. _ (use) only once, are sold inBritain. Only half are recycled.Environment campaigners think all drinks bottles should be refilled, or a deposit / return scheme should be brought in. It means that a customer will get up to 20 pence back 3. _ time they return a bottle.Plastic bottles are a(n) 4. _ (grow) threat to the environment and take many years to break down 5. _ (natural). Fortunately, there are already signs that things are changing. Last year, Selfridges stopped 6. _ (sell) single-use water bottles. London Zoo announced that it would also ban them. It sold 155,000 plastic bottles of water last year. Now it will sell only reusable plastic bottles, 7. _ can be filled by visitors from taps. 8. _ (family) visiting beaches this summer are being asked to take part 9. _ a scheme called “return to offender”. The campaign is to send items of identifiable litter 10. _ (find) onUKbeaches back to the companies that made them.Cloze9 Getting up early in the morning to the annoying sound of an alarm clock is one of those 1. _ (pain) experiences many of us have to go through every single day. But perhaps throwing in the smell of freshly 2. _ (make) coffee might improve things a bit. Thats 3. _ the makers of the Barisieur alarm clock are hoping for.The Barisieur is an automatic coffee maker 4. _ also doubles as an alarm clock that wakes you up to the sound of boiling hot water and the smell of fresh coffee. Perfectly functional, the Barisieur is 5. _ (apparent) very simple to set up and use, easy to clean and perfectly safe, since the heating surface stays cool.The Barisieur was first announced in 2014, but Inventor Joshua and his team spent the last years improving 6. _ (it) design and features. Now, 7. _ (complete) the project earlier, the designer has launched a campaign to collect their startup fund. So far, the project has successfully raised 200,623, 8. _ seventeen days to go.If youre looking forward to 9. _ (wake) up to a cup of fresh coffee every morning, you have to wait a little while longer because the manufacturing (制造) process for th