语法填空专练(三)

语法填空专练

语法填空专练(三)

阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

Clowns International (CI), a professional clown organisation, has seen its membership fall greatly in recent years. And numbers at the World Clown Association 1. ________ (drop) from 3,500 in 2004 to 2,500 in 2014.

To make matters worse, few new clowns are coming into the profession. So, what’s the reason for this decline in 2. ________ (popular)? Many blame the media. They think there’s 3. ________ very negative view from Hollywood, with films like It, and characters like Krusty the Clown from The Simpsons. These clowns are so negative. They don’t look at the positive.

4. ________ the reason is, it’s clear that there’s less work for clowns now. “It used to be cool to have a clown at a party, but now it is all DJs, paintball and themed-parties,” a clown explained. “A few years ago, I 5. ________ provide

entertainment at 10-，l1- and 12-year-olds’ parties, but now, when I do get bookings, it’s for 3-, 4- or 5-year-olds. It’s the way of the world. Children are growing up 6. ________ (rapid) than before,” he added.

The depressed state of the economy isn’t helping things 7. ________. These days, fewer shopping malls hire clowns 8. ________ a form of entertainment. Instead, they use community choirs, 9. ________ are often cheaper or even free.

It seems that beneath the smiles, there isn’t much 10. ________ (laugh) about!

B

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I once went hiking in the middle of winter and got caught up in a snowstorm. I was with a friend and we were 1. ________ a 100-kilometre trip in the mountains. We planned to hike for four days, 2. ________ (cover) about 25 kilometres a day. For the first couple of days, everything seemed 3. ________ (be) fine, but late in the evening of the third day, there was a really heavy snowstorm. The worst bit was the strong wind — 4. ________ tore our tent to pieces. So, at about three in the morning, we had to pack up everything and leave as 5. ________ (quick) as we could. The problem was that it was really hard to see, and I was worried 6. ________ we were going to fall down the side of the mountain. In the end, we just dug a hole in the snow 7.

________ waited for the storm to die down. It was 8. ________ (freeze) and probably the worst night I’ve ever spent outdoors. As soon as dawn 9. ________ (break), we walked down the valley to a little village 10. ________ we got a bus back home.

C

Many inventors have helped improve our day-to-day lives and are well

remembered, for example, Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone and Thomas Alva Edison for the light bulb. However, many other inventors’ names have been forgotten 1. ________ their outstanding accomplishments.

For example, who was Ezra J. Warner? Back in 1858, he was the first person 2. ________ (get) a patent for a can opener. Although it was effective, it was also

dangerous to use and didn’t make it into households until 1870, 3. ________ William Lyman introduced an effective but much 4. ________ (safe) model.

For another inventor, Susan Hibbard, her invention didn’t transform the world, but it did make 5. ________ difference for other women inventors. She took old

turkey feathers and bound 6. ________ together to make the first feather duster. When she went to patent it in 1876, however, she had to battle in court to prove it was her

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idea. Eventually, Hibbard won the patent for her invention. Her fight helped other women gain 7. ________ (confident) in their ideas, and their right to patent them. Alice H. Parker patented a furnace (暖气炉) that could heat individual rooms of a building at different temperatures. Both energy and money 8. ________ (save) by Parker’s furnace, since the invention allowed people to heat only the rooms needed at a(n) 9. ________ (give) time.

These inventors may not have received worldwide fame for their achievements, but their creations 10. ________ (certain) improved the lives of many people.

D

Music is universal — it is produced by all cultures. Some scientists believe that music 1. ________ (come) before speech. In fact, there is one theory 2. ________ the earliest languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken. Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of 3. ________ (record) history. The Aboriginal Australians, for example, use music as 4. ________ means to pass on stories of the land and spirits to the next generation.

New evidence suggests that music does not just satisfy the feel-good factor 5. ________ it is also good for the brain. A study of 6. ________ (mental) disabled children showed that they could recall more information after it was given to them in a song 7. ________ after it was read to them as a story.

Researchers also report that people score better on a standard 8. ________

(intelligent) test after listening to Mozart. The so called “Mozart effect” has also been supported by findings that rats 9. ________ (bring) up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages known as a maze (迷宫). Overall, it seems that

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in most instances people 10. ________ suffer from any form of mental illness can benefit from listening to music.

E

Koalas, native to the Australian wilds, initially proved difficult to keep alive in zoos, because koalas eat nothing but the leaves of the eucalyptus tree (桉树). Zoos provided them 1. ________ an unlimited supply of eucalyptus leaves. One zoo even planted eucalyptus trees 2. ________ (make) sure that the koalas had a continual supply of fresh leaves. However, koalas kept in cages always died within a year of their 3. ________ (arrive) at the zoo.

Eventually it was discovered that eucalyptus trees less than five years old sometimes produce a kind of acid in their leaves. Taking in small quantities of this acid 4. ________ (be) fatal to the koalas. In their natural habitat, the koalas’ senses tell them 5. ________ eucalyptus trees have dangerous leaves, and they simply move on to other trees until they find leaves 6. ________ are safe to eat. But in zoos, when their keepers unknowingly were giving them leaves with acid, the koalas 7. ________ (leave) with only two options: eat the poisonous leaves 8. ________ starve. Either option was fatal to the 9. ________ (trap) koalas.

Fortunately, today’s zoos use special tests to distinguish between poisonous eucalyptus leaves and safe 10. ________, and now koalas are eating well and living an easy life in zoos.

参考答案：

A 1. have dropped 2. popularity 3. a 4. Whatever / No matter what

5. would / used to 6. more rapidly 7. either

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8. as 9. which 10. to laugh

B 1. on 2. covering 3. to be 4. it 5. quickly

6. that 7. and 8. freezing 9. broke 10. where / from which

C 1. in spite of / despite 2. to get 3. when 4. safer 5. a

6. them 7. confidence 8. were saved 9. given 10. certainly

D 1. came 2. that 3. recording 4. a 5. but

6. mentally 7. than 8. intelligence 9. brought 10. who / that E 1. with 2. to make 3. arrival 4. is 5. which

6. that / which 7. were left 8. or 9. trapped 10. ones

解析:

A

1. have dropped。考查时态。由from ... in 2014可知，强调的是过去的动作对现在造成的结果，故用现在完成时。

2. popularity。考查名词。设空处作介词宾语，故用名词popularity。

3. a。考查冠词。view在此作可数名词且表泛指，故其前填a。

4. Whatever / No matter what。考查连词。设空处引导让步状语从句，且从句中缺少表语， 故填Whatever / No matter what。

5. would / used to。考查情态动词。由A few years ago可知，provide表示的是过去的动作，故填would / used to。

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6. more rapidly。考查比较等级。设空处修饰growing up，故用副词；由than可知此处用比较级。

7. either。考查副词。结合上文可知，本句表达的是小丑扮演者不好找工作的另一原因，由于句子是否定句，故填either。

8. as。考查介词。本句意为“如今，很少有购物中心雇用小丑来娱乐”，as a form of entertainment作为娱乐的形式，故填as。

9. which。考查关系词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句修饰先行词choirs，且在从句中作主语，故填which。

10. to laugh。考查非谓语动词。本句用了There be sth. to do结构。

B

1. on。考查介词。on a trip是固定搭配，表示“在旅途中”。

2. covering。考查非谓语动词。句子主语We与cover之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，cover所表示的动作与谓语所表示的动作同时发生，故填covering。

3. to be。考查非谓语动词。seem后用不定式，故填to be。

4. it。考查代词。设空处指代上文提到的wind，故填it。

5. quickly。考查副词。设空处修饰动词leave, 故用副词。

6. that。考查连接词。设空处引导宾语从句，且从句中不缺少任何成分，故填that。

7. and。考查连词。由语境可知dug a hole in the snow与waited for the storm to die down是并列关系，故填and。

8. freezing。考查形容词。设空处作表语，且由语境可知表示“寒冷的”，故填freezing。

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9. broke。考查时态。由walked可知，break 所表示的动作发生在过去，故用一般过去时。

10. where / from which。考查关系词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰village，且在从句中作地点状语，故填where / from which。

C

1. in spite of / despite。考查介词。设空处所在句意为“然而，许多其他发明家的名字却被忘记了，尽管他们有着突出的成就”。因设空后是名词短语，故填in spite of / despite。

2. to get。考查非谓语动词。person前有序数词修饰，故其后用动词不定式短语作定语。

3. when。考查关系词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句修饰先行词1870，且在从句中作时间状语，故填when。

4. safer。考查比较等级。由语境可知，William Lyman的发明比Ezra J. Warner的发明更安全，且设空处与前面的effective并列作定语修饰名词model，故填safer。

5. a。考查冠词。make a difference意为“有影响”。

6. them。考查代词。设空处指代上文的复数名词feathers，故填them。

7. confidence。考查名词。设空处作gain 的宾语，故填confidence。

8. were saved。考查时态和语态。由since从句的时态可知此处用一般过去时，且并列主语energy and money与save之间是被动关系，故填were saved。

9. given。考查非谓语动词。设空处作定语修饰time，且time与give之间是逻辑上的被动关系，故填given。

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10. certainly。考查副词。设空处修饰谓语动词improved，故填certainly。

D

1. came。考查时态。音乐的产生是过去的事情，故用一般过去时。

2. that。考查连接词。设空处引导同位语从句说明theory的内容，且从句中不缺少成分，故填that。

3. recording。考查非谓语动词。介词of后需用动词-ing形式，故填recording。

4. a。考查冠词。means在此作“方法、途径”讲，是可数名词，且表泛指，故前面用a。

5. but。考查连词。由上文的does not just及下文的also可知此处填but。

6. mentally。考查副词。设空处修饰形容词disabled，故用副词。

7. than。考查介词。本句用了比较结构，after it was given to them in a song与after it was read to them as a story是两个比较对象，故填than。

8. intelligence。考查名词。设空处作定语修饰名词test，需用名词，故填intelligence。

9. brought。考查非谓语动词。bring up与rats之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且bring up所表示的动作已完成，故填brought。

10. who / that。考查关系词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰people，且在从句中作主语，故填who / that。

E

1. with。考查介词。provide sb. with sth.是固定搭配，表示“供应给某人某物”。

2. to make。考查非谓语动词。设空后的内容是动物园种植桉树的目的，故用不定式。

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3. arrival。考查名词。设空处作of的宾语，且由their修饰，故填名词。

4. is。考查主谓一致。设空处所在句的主语是动词-ing形式短语，且由语境可知本句内容是客观事实需用一般现在时，故填is。

5. which。考查连接词。设空处引导宾语从句，且在从句中作定语，指“哪些”，故填which。

6. that / which。考查关系词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰先行词leaves，且在从句中作主语，故填that / which。

7. were left。考查时态和语态。由上文的were giving可知此处用一般过去时，且主语koalas与leave之间是被动关系，故填were left。

8. or。考查连词。由上文的two options可知，设空处连接的是两个选项，故填or。

9. trapped。考查非谓语动词。设空处作定语，且koalas与trap之间是逻辑上的被动关系，故填trapped。

10. ones。考查代词。设空处指代上文提到leaves，故填ones。

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