语法填空专项练习(二)

1、Today I received a sweet letter from Brianna, one of my “cookies”. It was (1)_ (wonder) to hear from her. When I taught kindergarten, I called (2)_ my sweet children “cookies”. Brianna said that every day she would walk into kindergarten and see (3)_ smile on my face. I named them “cookies” (4)_ I a

2、lways feel that children can bring great happiness and (5)_ (excite) to my life. I still felt that all children were the (6)_ (great) joy I could ever have.,So far I (7)_ (adopt) and taught children for over 35 years. All my children were my cookies (8)_ are now a great joy of my life. (9)_ (hope),

3、I feel much fortunate to be able to use my lifes talent to teach children and have fun (10)_ (do) it every day. I am able to spread my wings and help my “cookies” to spread their wings.,1. wonderful 2. all 3. a 4. because 5. excitement 6. greatest 7. have adopted 8. and 9. Hopefully 10. Doing,Keys,T

4、able manners vary from culture to culture. What is acceptable in one country (1)_ be considered extremely rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners (2)_ the modern table manners in Korea. (3)_ (tradition), it was the womans job to cook food and (4)_ ( set ) the table

5、 . The woman would sit (5)_ her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a pleasant meal. Only (6)_ the husband finished, would the woman and her children eat.,Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot. (7)_ of the family members eat together at the same time. It is common to see e

6、veryone help with the meal, (8)_ ( include ) the husband. One tradition, however, has not changed. It is that the oldest person starts the meal. (9)_ (stay) until the oldest person is finished is considered to be (10)_ basic tradition of Korean table manners.,1. may 2. and 3. traditionally 4. set 5.

7、 bybeside 6. after 7. All 8. including 9. Staying 10. A,Keys,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 (1)_ elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked (2)_ (close) at this girl, I fo

8、und that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body, (3)_ (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 (4)_ the girl, who

9、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, (5)_ smile just melted me (6)_ almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of (7)_ life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student a

10、nd (8)_ ( bring ) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and (9)_ (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 (10)_ .,1an 2closer/closely 3dressed 4at 5whose 6an

11、d 7what 8brought 9warmth 10Me,Keys,It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didnt have much time to spare. I wanted to see (1)_ much of the city as possible in the two days (2)_ I was to return to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where t

12、o go and (3)_ to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the citys well-known tourist (4)_ (attract) and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady (5)_ noticed my book, came up to me and introduced (6)_. She said her name was Miss Bai She and

13、kindly offered to show me (7)_ the city.,I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first (8)_ (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasnt so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. (9)_ it was brok

14、en, did she expect me to jump across? And I couldnt swim, so if I fell in then I would drown. That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation, (10)_(close) my book and walked away.,1. as 2. before 3. how 4. attractions 5. who/that 6. herself 7. around 8. go 9. If/Sin

15、ce/As 10. closed,Keys,Many teenagers envy those young actresses who are discovered by famous directors and start glittering careers in their early 20s.Like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi who were discovered by Zhang Yimou, the new lucky girl is 19-year-old Zhang Yuqi from Shandong Province. Chosen by Hong K

16、ong comedy actor and director Stephen Chow, Zhang makes her (1)_ film performance in Chows new successful movie, CJ7 or A Hope. The movie (2)_ (bring ) to the screen on January 31.,In the sci-fi movie, Chow plays a poor father, (3)_works very hard to support his 9-year-old son. (4)_ day, Chow discov

17、ers a strange toy in the garbage (5)_ gives it to his son a birthday present. Soon the toy turns out to be a communication device lost by aliens, who (6)_(desperate) want it back. Zhang stars as his sons beautiful teacher, (7)_ whom Chow falls in love, not (8)_ (know) that she is a robot. Although Z

18、hang feels fortunate, as A Hope has made her (9)_ overnight star, the student at Shanghai Drama Academy has to learn to adapt to the competitive film world. Its a good start, a good opportunity and a stressful challenge as well for (10)_ age, Zhang said.,1. first 2.was brought 3. Who 4. One 5. and 6

19、. desperately 7.with 8. knowing 9. an 10. my,Keys,Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think (1)_ matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest chi

20、ldren, (2)_ are smart and strong-willed, are very likely (3)_(succeed). The reason (4)_ 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 (5)_ same reason.,What happens to the (6)_ children in the family? Middle ch

21、ildren 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 (7)_, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite (8)_(difference). The

22、 study found that first children believed in family rules. They didnt take many chances in (9)_ lives. They usually (10)_(follow) orders. Rules didnt mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.,1. it 2. who 3. to succeed 4. for 5. the 6.other 7. however/though 8. differently 9. their 10. followed,Keys,Nowadays, millions (1)_ lonely singles are now going online instead. (2)_ World Wide Web is quickly becoming the worlds most popular matchmaker(媒人). Singles are flocking(涌向) to the Internet (3)_ (main) because their busy lifestyles leav