高考英语语法强化集训 4

强化集训 4

I. 根据语境，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

1. Last year, only about one in five books was written for ______（child）ranged from seven to ten years old.

2. —It’s top secret.

—Yes, I see. I will keep the secret ______ you and me.

3. A half-hour daily walk can be ______（beneficial）than one strenuous exercise a week.

4. Don’t phone me between 5 and 6. We ______（have）dinner then.

5. The talks was fruitful, but much remained ______（do）.

6. The children should ______（allow）to go to the movies with friends on Friday nights.

7. I tend to speak to ______ is seated next to me, which is ______ I have made so many friends on flights between Maryland and Ohio.

8. ______ they all live nearby, I lost contact with them really quickly.

9. The scientist has made another discovery, ______ I believe is of great importance.

10. ______ had I come into the room when it began to rain.

II. 单项选择。

1. —Have you finished reading Jane Eyre?

—No, I ______ my homework all day yesterday.

A. was doing

B. would do

C. had done

D. do

2. The workers ______ the glasses and marked on each box “This Side UP”.

A. carried

B. delivered

C. pressed

D. packed

3. I’ll spend half of my holiday practicing English and ______ half learning drawing.

A. another

B. the other

C. other’s

D. other

4. As a child, Jack studied in a village school, ______ is named after his grandfather.

A. which

B. where

C. what

D. that

5. Mary made coffee ______ her guests were finishing their meal.

A. so that

B. although

C. while

D. as if

6. When you are home, give a call to let me know you ______ safely.

A. are arriving

B. have arrived

C. had arrived

D. will arrive

7. Just be patient. You ______ expect the world to change so soon.

A. can’t

B. needn’t

C. may not

D. will not

8. The little boy won’t go to sleep ______ his mother tells him a story.

A. or

B. unless

C. but

D. whether

9. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune ______.

A. is made

B. would make

C. was to be made

D. had made

10. We haven’t discussed yet ______ we are going to place our new furniture.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. where

III. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

Jingzhe is a solar term. The 24 solar terms are a very important part of the Chinese calendar. They come from the farming culture of ancient China. Some of them are about the 　1　 （arrive）of new seasons, some are about the weather and others tell changers about the living world.

Jingzhe 　2　 （date）back to 2,500 years ago. When the insects wake, farmers know it’s time 　3　 （plough）the land. Chinese farmers take insects very 　4　 （serious）. Insects show them 　5　 the world of nature is changing and it will help them with their work. But it’s also a time of celebration. Jingzhe is the moment of the year 　6　 crickets（蟋蟀）begin to sing. The crickets die in the autumn, 　7　 （cause）a time of sadness. But in spring millions of them are born and there is new happiness. Cricket culture has been very important in China. Crickets were first loved for their singing. Later the ladies of the palace put them in cages so they could listen to them sing in winter. This practice became popular 　8　 common people as well. And there is a long history of cricket fighting too, 　9　 sport that is still a favorite with older Chinese people. Listen out for them tomorrow, 　10　 perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to catch their first songs!

B

How Did Thanksgiving “Turkey” Get Its Name?

The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its 　1　 （tradition）food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is 　2　 （certain）not from Turkey.

In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake. We could say it is 　3　 case of mistaken identity.

The word “Turkey” 　4　 （mean）“the land of the Turks” since ancient times. The word “turkey” as it refers to the bird first 　5　 （appear）in the English language in the mid-1500s.

The misunderstanding over the word happened because 　6　 two similar-looking kinds of birds.

There is an African bird 　7　 （call）the guinea fowl. It has dark feathers with white spots and a patch of brown on the back of 　8　 （it）neck. Portuguese traders brought the guinea fowl to Europe through North Africa.

This foreign bird came to Europe through Turkish lands. So, the English thought of the bird as a “Turkish chicken”.

Some Europeans saw an American turkey, thought that it was the guinea fowl, 　9　 at that time was called the “turkey cock,” and so gave it the same name.

Hundreds of years later, we continue to call this North American bird “turkey,” even 　10　 it has no connection at all with the country Turkey, or even with Europe.