1、强化练(十七)语法填空(一)Test 1Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture.Chinese chopsticks are round on the eating end which symbolizes heaven，while the other end is square which symbolizes earth.This is because keeping enough food is 1._(great)concern than anything else. It is important to no
2、te that chopsticks are used in many different cultures and there is no single standard for the use of chopsticks.Here are some customs 2._(associate)with chopsticks in China.Playing with chopsticks 3._(consider)bad manners.And chopsticks should not be placed 4._(vertical)in a bowl of rice or other f
3、ood.Any sticklike object pointing upward 5._(resemble)the incense(香)sticks that people use 6._ offerings to their dead family members.It is also bad manners to tap chopsticks on 7._ edge of ones bowl，because in ancient China beggars often made this noise 8._(attract)attention. In Chinese，“chopsticks
4、” reads “kuai zi”，which means “to have sons soon”，so a newlymarried couple will be very happy to accept chopsticks as 9._(they)wedding gift.10_ has already been found out is that using chopsticks improves ones memory，increases finger dexterity(灵巧)and can be useful in learning and improving skills su
5、ch as Chinese character printing and brush painting.语篇解读文章介绍了筷子的特征以及围绕筷子形成的一些习俗。1解析：考查形容词的比较级。根据下文中的than可知，此处要用形容词的比较级。答案：greater2解析：考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处用过去分词短语associated with chopsticks作定语，修饰customs。答案：associated3解析：考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。此处为客观性描述，应用一般现在时；该句使用了动名词短语playing with chopsticks作主语，谓语动词用单数形式；且此处表
6、示玩筷子被看作不礼貌的行为，故应用被动语态。答案：is considered4解析：考查词性转换。此处修饰谓语动词要用副词，故填vertically。答案：vertically5解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。此处为客观性描述，应用一般现在时；本句为含有that引导的定语从句的主从复合句，其中主句的主语是any sticklike object pointing upward，是单数，故谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。答案：resembles6解析：考查介词。as在这里用作介词，意为“作为”。答案：as7解析：考查冠词。此处特指后面的bowl(碗)的边缘，故填定冠词。答案：the8解析：考查非谓语
7、动词。此处用动词不定式短语to attract attention作目的状语。答案：to attract9解析：考查代词。空后的wedding gift与上文提到的a newlymarried couple为所属关系，故填their。答案：their10解析：考查主语从句的引导词。此处引导主语从句，且在从句中作主语，表示“的事物”，故用what来引导该从句。答案：WhatTest 2On the morning of her grandsons wedding，Peg McCormack received some bad news.The 91yearold was in the hospi
8、tal after a fall when she found out she would be unable to attend the 1._ (celebrate)in Madison，New Jersey.Unknown to McCormack，her grandson Brian 2._ his wife Lauren had made a heartfelt plan 3._(include)her in the days activities.4._(follow)by a wedding photographer，the couple made a surprise visi
9、t 5._ the hospital before heading to the reception.“She was so excited to watch 6._(we)get married，” the bride said.“She was simply living for this wedding.So we brought the wedding to her.”“When we walked into that room，she was 7._(obvious) shocked，” the photographer said.“She just kept 8._(say)I c
10、ant believe youre here！ and thanking them for coming to see her.From the way she held their hands，9._(touch)their faces and just looked at them，you could tell they had such a special bond.I dont think she released Brians hand 10._ entire time that we were in the room.”“It meant the world to bring th
11、e wedding to her，” the groom said.“It was such a small portion of the day to trade in for such a special moment.”语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一对新人来到医院让祖母参与到他们结婚庆典的活动中的故事。1解析：考查词性转换。根据空处与上文中的her grandsons wedding的呼应关系及空前的the可知，此处应填名词。celebration“庆典，庆祝活动”。答案：celebration2解析：考查并列连词。此处连接两个并列的主语，故用and。答案：and3解析：考查非谓语动
12、词。此处可用不定式构成make a plan to do sth.结构，亦可用现在分词短语作后置定语。答案：to include/including4解析：考查非谓语动词。follow与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系，应用其过去分词形式。答案：Followed5解析：考查介词。此处visit为名词，visit to.“访问/拜访/参观”为固定搭配，此处表示去医院，故填to。答案：to6解析：考查代词。空处在句中作watch的宾语，故用人称代词we的宾格us。答案：us7解析：考查词性转换。修饰整个句子应用副词。obviously“显然，明显地”。答案：obviously8解析：考查非谓语动词。kee
13、p doing sth.是固定用法，意为“持续做某事”，故填saying。下文中的and thanking亦是提示。答案：saying9解析：考查动词的时态。空处和held及looked at是并列的，时态应保持一致，用一般过去时。故填touched。答案：touched10解析：考查冠词。此处特指我们待在病房的整个期间，故用定冠词the。答案：theTest 3 A Relay Event Brings Diverse Cultures TogetherWhen Herman Kambugu received the good news he was expecting，he did som
14、ething unusual.He ran for 32 km in 1._(celebrate)Kambugu，who works for the Standard Chartered Bank(StanChart)in Uganda，was among the over 86，000 employees around the world who had attempted 2._(take)part in a relay across Belt and Road countries as a way to see how the Belt and Road Initiative(“一带一路
15、”倡议)is developing.Kambugu and seven more of his coworkers in StanCharts offices around the world visited 44 destinations along the Belt and Road routes，3._ helped them understand the initiative better.Kambugu 4._(witness)how the Belt and Road Initiative is changing life for 5._ better in East Africa
16、 so far.“The MombasaNairobi Railway has not only shortened transportation time，but also created over 20，000 jobs for local people in Kenya，”he said.Serena Leung from the Hong Kong office said 6._ she had seen during her journey impressed 7._(she)In some places，people greeted them in Mandarin.They sp
17、oke it 8._(fluently)than some people from Hong Kong，she said jokingly.“By running together，we run further，”added Therese Neo，a customer manager from the Singapore office.As she saw it，the countries 9._(participate)in the Belt and Road Initiative were like the 10._(runner)When they join forces，they h
18、ave a better shared future.语篇解读为领略“一带一路”倡议的发展，银行职员Herman Kambugu和他的同事参加了奔越“一带一路”沿途国家的接力赛。通过这项活动，他们深刻体会到“一带一路”倡议让参与国的人民的生活更美好。1解析：考查词性转换。介词后常接名词或动名词，根据空前的介词in可知，空处应填名词celebration。该句意为：他跑了32千米以示祝贺。答案：celebration2解析：考查固定用法。attempt to do sth.意为“尝试做某事”。答案：to take3解析：考查定语从句的引导词。分析该句结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，引导词在从
19、句中作主语，先行词为空前的整个主句，故用which引导该定语从句。答案：which4解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。根据该句中的时间状语so far可知，该句应用现在完成时；由该句主语Kambugu可知，主语为第三人称单数，故谓语动词用单数形式。答案：has witnessed5解析：考查冠词。此处表示使生活变得更好，for the better“有所好转”为固定搭配，故用定冠词the。答案：the6解析：考查主语从句的引导词。分析该句结构可知，空处引导主语从句，作从句中had seen的宾语，表示“的事物”，故用what引导该主语从句，表示“她所看到的”。答案：what7解析：考查代词。空处
20、作及物动词impressed的宾语，故用宾格代词her。答案：her8解析：考查副词的比较级。根据该句中的than可知，空处用其比较级，修饰动词spoke，故填more fluently。答案：more fluently9解析：考查非谓语动词。分析该句结构可知，the countries和动词participate之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用其现在分词形式作定语。答案：participating10解析：考查名词的单复数。runner为可数名词，且主语the countries为复数，故此处表示多个奔跑者，应用复数形式。答案：runnersTest 4Cleaning your teeth o
21、ften，every day，is linked to a lower risk of heart problems.A new study found that brushing your teeth several times a day resulted in 1._(few)cases of heart failure.Heart failure happens when the heart cannot do its job of 2._(pump)blood round the body.3._ the research found is that brushing your te
22、eth three times a day or more was linked to a twelve percent lower risk of heart failure.The researchers 4._(examine)information on more than 161，000 people in Korea with no history of heart 5._(problem)They followed up ten and a half years later，and found that three percent had developed uneven hea
23、rt rhythms 6._ that almost five percent had developed heart failure.All the participants in the study were part of the Korean National Health Insurance System，and aged 40 to 79.They had usual medical exams between 2003 and 2004.Information 7._(collect)on their height，weight，laboratory tests，sickness
24、es and lifestyle.They also noted their mouth health in 8._(connect)with cleaning.You may wonder，how are teeth health and heart health connected？Earlier research suggests that not taking care 9._(clean)and brush teeth leads to bacteria in the blood，10._ can cause inflammation(炎症)This increases the ri
25、sk of unusual heartbeat and heart failure.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。一项新的研究发现，每天多刷牙会减少心力衰竭发生的可能性。1解析：此处意为“每天刷牙若干次可以使心力衰竭的情况出现得更少”，因此这里用few的比较级形式。答案：fewer2解析：根据空格前的of可知，该空填pump的动名词形式。答案：pumping3解析：此处是what引导的主语从句。答案：What4解析：此处说的是过去的事情，故该空填examine的一般过去时形式。答案：examined5解析：problem为可数名词，此处应用其复数形式。答案：problems6解析：空格前后为两个并
26、列的宾语从句，故填并列连词and。答案：and7解析：这里提到的信息是被搜集，因此用一般过去时的被动语态。答案：was collected8解析：in connection with.是固定短语，表示“与有关”。答案：connection9解析：take care to do sth.是固定用法，表示“小心做某事”。答案：to clean10解析：此处是which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词bacteria in the blood。答案：whichTest 5If youve ever ridden public transport，youve probably heard snore
27、s(打鼾声)and found someone sleeping in the seat across from you.The natural vibration(震动)of buses and subways 1._(make)us feel sleepy，according to a new study in Science Alert.Why？Its all about sensory inputinformation going to your brain.On a bus，your senses give you 2._(continue)and repeating informa
28、tion.For example，the air conditioner and the engine create constant noise.Meanwhile，youre sitting still and your 3._(surrounding)dont change.The vibrations of the engine are also ongoing.Your brain has almost no new information to process.Repeating information will 4._(ignore)eventually and your bra
29、in will enter a lowenergy state.The fact that you fall asleep quickly with your eyes 5._(close)on a bus is because your brain gets used to all the repeating information. “When youre tired，it doesnt take much time 6._(start)nodding off.And weve found that the gentle vibrations made by car seats 7._ y
30、ou drive can relax your brain and body，” said Stephen Robinson，8._ researcher from the RMIT University in Melbourne，Australia.Robinsons team monitored 15 volunteers heart rate variabilitya wellknown indicator of sleepiness.This research can assist in the development of practical and relevant guideli
31、nes for limiting 9._(expose)to vibrations in the car industry.Robinson believed that the research could be helpful 10._ improving road safety.“We hope that future car seat designs can build in features to disturb this relaxing effect and fight vibrationinduced(震动引起的)sleepiness，” he said.语篇解读我们乘坐公共交通
32、工具时，经常会看到有人打瞌睡。一项新的研究发现造成此现象的原因是交通工具的正常震动。1解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。分析句子结构可知，空处为句子的谓语，此处陈述的为客观情况，应用一般现在时；且句子主语表示单数概念，故用其一般现在时的单数形式makes。答案：makes2解析：考查词性转换。分析句子结构可知，空处应用形容词，修饰名词information，所以填continuous/continuing/continued/continual。答案：continuous/continuing/continued/continual3解析：考查名词。分析句子结构可知，空处被形容词性物主代词you
33、r修饰，应用名词形式，所以填surroundings“环境”。答案：surroundings4解析：考查动词的语态。分析句子结构可知，此处与句子主语repeating information构成动宾关系，故应用被动语态。答案：be ignored5解析：考查非谓语动词。with复合结构在句子中作状语。your eyes和动词close构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以填closed。答案：closed6解析： 考查非谓语动词。此处考查固定句型“it takes some time to do sth.”，其中it作形式主语，不定式短语为真正的主语。答案：to start7解析：考查状语从句的引导词。根
34、据语境并分析句子结构可知，空处引导一个状语从句，意为“当的时候”，所以填when/as/while。答案：when/as/while8解析：考查冠词。researcher是可数名词，又是第一次在语境中出现，表泛指，故用不定冠词修饰，且researcher的发音以辅音音素开头，故填a。答案：a9解析： 考查词性转换。分析句子结构可知，空处应为名词，作动词limit的宾语，所以填exposure。答案：exposure10解析：考查固定用法。be helpful in doing sth.“有助于做某事”是固定用法，所以填介词in。答案：inTest 6When you smile，not onl
35、y do you feel happy，1._ you also bring a ray of light into the lives of others.Someone once 2._(say)，“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight，by increasing your face value.” You should know that a smile is a little thing that can produce great results.3._ it takes is a smile to make short w
36、ork of many 4._(difficult)，for just being happy can help others.A day 5._ smile is a day wasted.Some people grin(咧嘴笑)and bear it，while others smile and change the world.Dont you love the feelings of 6._(reward)with a smile？It can move into the soul and release good into the world.It can make friends
37、 with 7._(strange)It can bring friends closer together.It can bridge the 8._(generate)gap.It can fill the heart with love.A smile is a light in the window of the soul，9._ (indicate)that the heart is at home.Put a smile on our faces and we would see that the world needs that breath 10._(lighten)the d
38、arkness in our life.语篇解读本文是一篇议论文。文章主要阐释了微笑的力量，即微笑可以克服困难，取得令人满意的结果，微笑甚至可以改变世界。1解析：分析句子结构并结合句意可知，此处用了“不仅而且”结构连接句子，表示“你不仅自己感到开心，你也让别人感觉生活充满光芒”。由此可知，填but。答案：but2解析：根据本句的时间状语once“曾经”可知，此处用动词的过去式。答案：said3解析：分析句子结构可知，本句缺少主语，所填词引导的主语从句为本句主语。由句意可知，应用what引导主语从句，并在从句中作takes的宾语，表示“所需要的东西”，故填What。答案：What4解析：many
39、修饰可数名词的复数形式，故填difficulties。make short work of意为“轻松解决”，为固定用法。此处表示“微笑能把困难轻松化解”。答案：difficulties5解析：结合全文并根据本段内容可知，微笑能给人以力量，因此要多多微笑。本句中a day wasted表示“荒废的一天”，由此可知此处填without。本句句意：没有微笑的一天是荒废的一天。答案：without6解析：根据空格前的介词of可知，空格后用动名词形式。分析句意可知，此处表示“你不爱被他人报以微笑的感觉吗？”，由此可知，应用动名词的被动语态。故填being rewarded。答案：being reward
40、ed7解析：分析句意可知，此处指微笑可以使人同陌生人交朋友。由此可知应填名词复数形式strangers。答案：strangers8解析：the generation gap意为“代沟”，为固定用法。答案：generation9解析：分析句子结构可知，此处应填非谓语动词。本句主语为a smile，与动词indicate之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故填现在分词形式indicating。答案：indicating10解析：分析句子可知，空格处应填非谓语动词。根据句意可知，这里表示“世界需要这种呼吸来照亮生活中的黑暗”，由此可知用动词不定式作目的状语。答案：to lightenTest 7For a lo
41、ng time bats 1._(be)one of the most fearful creatures in the animal kingdom.Many pop culture associations with them are 2._(relate)to vampires(吸血鬼)Though these associations are complete misunderstandings，bats do have a dark side as a 3._(danger)disease vector(介体)So there is good reason to be excepti
42、onally cautious if you come into contact with bats.However，the fact is 4._ bats play a significant role in keeping a balanced ecosystem.Many organic farmers have learned about the benefits of 5._(have)bats nearby to help manage the amount of pests that show up without pesticides.One brown batabout 6
43、._ size of a human thumbcan consume about 600 mosquitoes and other unwanted insects within an hour.They make for a fantastic，almost essential 7._(add)to pest management on any farm.Even large government organizations have realized the economic benefits of bats.The United States Geological Survey est
44、imates that bats contributions 8._ pest management save the country 9._(rough)3.7 billion dollars per year.Without them，we would likely experience a dramatic drop in food production，which would eventually make 10._ (it)way into our weekly grocery bills.语篇解读本文主要介绍了蝙蝠在保持生态平衡及经济方面的重要作用。1解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致
45、。句意：很长一段时间以来，蝙蝠一直是动物王国里最可怕的动物之一。根据该句中的for a long time可知，此处应用现在完成时，且主语为bats，所以填have been。答案：have been2解析：考查固定用法。句意：许多关于它们的流行文化与吸血鬼有关。be related to意为“与有关”，故填related。答案：related3解析：考查词性转换。修饰名词应用形容词，故填dangerous。答案：dangerous4解析：考查表语从句的引导词。句意：然而，事实是蝙蝠在保持生态系统平衡方面起着重要的作用。分析句子结构可知，此处引导表语从句，连接词在从句中不作句子成分，所以填th
46、at。答案：that5解析：考查非谓语动词。此处表示许多实行有机栽培的农民已经了解到(农场)附近有蝙蝠的好处。根据空前的介词of可知，此处用having。答案：having6解析：考查冠词。此处表示一只大约人类拇指大小的棕色蝙蝠。the size of意为“的大小”，为固定用法，所以填the。答案：the7解析：考查词性转换。根据空前的形容词essential并结合语境可知，此处用名词addition“添加物”。答案：addition8解析：考查介词。此处表示蝙蝠对害虫管理的贡献，所以填介词to。答案：to9解析：考查词性转换。根据语境可知，此处表示蝙蝠对害虫管理的贡献为美国每年节省大约37亿
47、美元。分析句子可知，此处应用所给词的副词形式，修饰数词。roughly意为“大约，差不多”。答案：roughly10解析：考查代词。句意：如果没有它们，我们可能会遭受食物产量急剧下降，这最终会影响到我们每周的食品杂货账单。根据空后的名词way可知，此处应用形容词性物主代词its。答案：itsTest 8Jimmy was out of a job and decided 1._(attend)a job interview last Monday.His 2._(appoint)was at 10 am.and it was already 8：30.While 3._(wait)for a
48、bus to the company，he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car.Obviously there was something wrong with the car.Jimmy，4._ was once a car mechanic(修理工)，immediately went up to lend him a hand.Jimmy 5._(success)got the car repaired and wouldnt accept any money for the service.Knowing that
49、Jimmy had to rush for an interview，the old man insisted he 6._(drive)Jimmy to the company.And Jimmy agreed.Upon arrival，Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed.One by one，the applicants left the interviewers office looking 7._(disappoint)Finally，Jimmys name 8._(call)Jimmy ent
50、ered the office and to his surprise，he saw the old man whom he helped earlier in the morning.9._ turned out that he was the general manager of the company and Jimmy was one of the applicants of his company.What 10._ coincidence!“Welcome to my company！I believe youll be a trustworthy worker，” the man
51、ager said.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。Jimmy在赶去面试的路上帮助了一位老人修车，并且没有收任何费用，结果证明，他在帮助别人的同时，也帮助了自己。1解析：decide to do sth.为固定搭配，表示“决定做某事”。答案：to attend2解析：空格中所填单词在句中作主语，故用appoint的名词形式。答案：appointment3解析：此处为省略形式，完整表达为While he was waiting for a bus to the company。答案：waiting4解析：关系代词who引导非限制性定语从句，先行词是Jimmy。答案：who5解析：空格中所填单词在句中修
52、饰谓语动词，需用success的副词形式。答案：successfully6解析：insist后跟that从句作宾语，且insist表示“坚持要”时，从句谓语动词用“should动词原形”，should可以省略。答案：(should)drive7解析：此处表示“看起来很失望”。答案：disappointed8解析：Jimmys name是谓语动词动作的承受者，故用被动语态；这里说的是过去发生的事，故用一般过去时。答案：was called9解析：句型“It turned out that.”意思是“没想到的是”。答案：It10解析：What a coincidence为常用表达，表示“真巧”。答案：a
