语法填空[2015 •河北省正定中学高一下学期月考]

Alice; Mr Black, this is Alice speaking. I'm calling to ask you 53. _________ I can take the afternoon off to-

day.

Mr Black： Well, of course. 54. _________ can you tell me what the problem is, Alice?

Alice; OK, Mr Black. My son is going to take part in a singing contest 55. _______ (hold) in Washington to-
morrow. He's got so many things to take 56. _________ he can't go there alone.

Mr Black: So you want to take 57. there in your minibus?

Alice： Yes. And as soon as I settle him in the hotel,I 58. _________ (drive) back.

Mr Black: Well, that would be 59. ___________  too tiring journey. It's nearly 300 kilometres away and it will

take you at least six hours 60. _______ (travel) to and from Washington. Why don't you stay there until you have seen your son perform?

Alice: But I have two 61. ________  (class) tomorrow morning.

Mr Black: Don't worry. I'll tell Mary to take your classes 62.         . She's always willing to help.

Alice ： That'll be nice. Thank you and give my thanks to Mary.

   Mr Black ： You're welcome.

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期中]

That morning, before I realized it, my six-year-old son Jonathan broke a limb of my azalea(杜鹊花)bush and asked,"Can I take this to school today?"With a wave of my hand, I 33 him off. I turned my 34 so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes. I 35 that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb 36 to say si?lently, "I'm sorry. " I was in low spirits most of the day. 37at 2 ： 30 in the afternoon I hurriedly drove to the school to    38   Jonathan.

"I want to talk to you about Jonathan,"the teacher said after she let me into the classroom. 39 now? I thought as I glanced at my son busily colouring a picture. I prepared myself for the 40 . Nothing would have surprised me.

"Did you know Jonathan brought 41 to school to?day?" she asked. I nodded, thinking about my 42 bush and trying to hide the 43 in my eyes. "Let me tell you about yesterday, "the teacher continued. "See that little girl?" I watched the bright-eyed child 44 and point to a colourful picture on the wall. I  45 .

"Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical(歇斯底里).Her mother and father are going through a divorce (离婚).She told me she didn't want to  46  . I watched that little girl bury (埋)her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear,' Nobody loves me. ， I did all I could to  47  her, but it only seemed to make matters worse. Today your son walked straight 48 to that child. I watched him  49  her some pretty pink flowers and whisper,1 love you."，

I felt my heart filled with  50  for what my son had done. I 51 at the teacher. "Thank you,"I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand,"you've made my 52 "

33.  A. pushed               B. turned
  C.  sent                 D. called

34.  A. back                  B. arm
  C.  eyes                 D. hand

35.  A. planted               B. fixed
  C. kept                D. loved

36.  A. in order              B. just like
  C. about                D. as if

   37.  A. Then                  B. Yet

  C.Thus                 D. Instead

   38.  A. care for              B. take in

  C.pick up              D.look after

  C.  When                 D. What

40.  A. first                 B. worst
  C.  best                 D. last

41.  A. luck                  B. change
   C. happiness                D. flowers

42.  A. expensive             B. favourite
  C.  pretty               D. cheap

43.  A. hurt                  B. surprise
   C. disappointment              D. joy

44.  A. study                 B. recover
    C.laugh                D. cry

45.  A. nodded                B. refused
  C. agreed              D. wondered

46.  A. stay                  B. paint
  C .live                 D. learn

47.  A. encourage             B. comfort
  C. praise              D. help

48.  A. over                  B. away
  C.off                  D. across

49.  A. offer                 B. hand
  C.present              D. provide

50.  A. pleasure              B. pride
  C.regret               D. thanks

51.  A. glanced               B. looked
  C. turned              D. smiled

52.  A. day                   B. time
   C.life                D. future

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Are you truly happy? 28.___________These are important questions for anyone who is looking for happiness to ask themselves. The following are a few tips to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods (情绪)will very likely in?crease if you are going after something you value.

Try to stay with happy people. 29. How?ever, if you are around people who are happy, their emo?tional states will be infectious(感染的).

When something goes wrong, try to find out a way instead of being buried in self-pity. Truly happy people don't allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the environ?ment back.

30.___________ These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

   31.___________ You can treat yourself to lunch, take a relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance. Then you will be subconsciously(下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

Finding the humour in situations can also lead to hap?piness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 32. ________

A.  It is easy to begin to think negatively (消极地)when you are surrounded by people who think that way.

B.  Being overweight or not eating good foods has a nega?tive effect on your mood.

C.  Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?

D.  It's also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

E.  Is it hard for you to reach your goal?

F.  Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

G.  Speak your trouble out to your close friends openly,

C

                    What a little love means to a little one

For too many people, the damage be?gins early in life. Four out of ten infants (婴儿)born in the United States do not form a strong bond (关系)with either parent, and they will pay for that in the rest of their lives.

New research from Princeton University confirms what other researchers have already found: the number of babies born into families that are too poorly equipped to give them a fair chance of having a successful life is ex?tremely large.

That finding is supported by many other research projects, including a study from the University of Roches?ter showing that nearly one third of US parents don't know what to expect from their newborns, or how to help them grow and learn and get along with others. Babies, as others have pointed out, don't come with an owner's man?ual.

The basic problem? according to the Princeton's study, is that 40 per cent of infants in the US live in fear or dis?trust of their parents, and that will turn into aggressive?ness (侵 犯)， defiance (违抗)and hyperactivity (多动)as they grow into adults.

Of that number, 25 per cent don't bond with their parents because the parents aren't responding to their needs. And a tragic 15 per cent find their parents so trou?bling that they will avoid them whenever possible.

That will not necessarily result in a lifetime of vio?lence, but it will make living a successful life much more difficult.

"They can overcome it," sociologist Sophie Moullin of Princeton, lead author of that study, said in a telephone interview. "It's not a make-or-break situation, but they might find it harder to control their behaviour.，，

Moullin,   along  with  co-authors  from Columbia University and the University of Bristol in England, ana?lysed more than 100 research projects, to reach their con?clusions.

Many factors contribute to the problem ， including poverty(贫穷)，ignorance(无知)，and stress among par?ents who are so busy with their own problems that a new child is sometimes more than they can handle.

   Yet strong bonds, the researchers say, are amazingly simple to achieve.

24.  According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a(n)___________ ，

A. news report           B. argument

C. essay                  D. debate

25.  Which of the following is NOT true?

    A.  About 40 % of the newborns do not form a strong bond with either parent.

B.  Some parents are too busy with their own prob?lems to handle a new child.

C.  Parents' failing to respond to their babies' needs may lead to future problems.

D.  Infants who fail to bond with their parents are sure to have an unsuccessful life.

26.  What is the meaning of the underlined word "manual"?

A.  An expert who tells you how to take care of a baby.

B.  A book that tells you how to do or operate some?thing.

C.  A TV show that tells you how to bond with your baby.

D.  A radio programme explaining how to look after your baby.

27. What may be discussed in the following paragraph?

A.  Findings of other similar projects concerning this topic.

B.  Examples of the consequences of lacking strong bonds.

C.  Simple ways of achieving strong bonds with an in?fant.

D.  Reasons for failing in building up strong bonds with a child.

B

Cold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word " coldFor centuries* the body's blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for ex?ample .are said to be cold-blooded. Cold-blooded people act in merciless ways. They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident. For example, a newspaper says the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. The killer murdered someone?not in self-defence. He seemed to kill for no reason,and with no emotion,as if taking someone's life meant nothing.

   Cold can affect other parts of the body， the feet, for example. Heavy socks can warm your feet, if your feet are really cold. But there is an expression—to get cold feet― that has nothing to do with cold or your feet.

The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example,you agree to be presi?dent of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned. All the work of the organiza?tion will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being the president when you understand the situation.

Cold can also affect your shoulder. You give someone the cold shoulder when you refuse to speak to them. You treat them in a distant and cold way. The expression prob?ably comes from the physical act of turning your back to?wards someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face. You may give the cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you or to someone who has lied about you to others.

A cold fish is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a per?son who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to any?one.

Out in the cold is an expression often heard. It means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay rise,and that he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.

20.  The passage is intended to tell us that .

  A.  cold weather has a great effect on human bodies

B.  many English expressions contain the word "cold"

C.  cold is a word closely linked with human emotions

D.  the word " cold ，， has many different meanings in English

21.  Which of the following expressions can best describe a person who is unwilling to offer anything to others?

  A.  Cold-blooded.

B.  To get cold feet.

C.  A cold shoulder.

D.  A cold fish.

22.  You can say Tom_________ if the teacher gives all the boys except him a pen as a prize.

A.  is given the cold shoulder

B.  is left out in the cold

C.  has got cold feet

D.  is murdered by a cold-blooded killer

23.We can draw a conclusion from the passage that 

   A.  all the expressions containing the word "cold" have a negative meaning

B.  all the expressions containing the word " cold" have something to do with cold

C.  people who show no human emotions or feelings have cold blood

D.  many parts of the human body can be badly af?fected by cold

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   It's become part of the restaurant table setting; knife* fork, napkin and cellphone.

   Distracted (思想不集中的）dining is the new concern with customers constantly texting friends, uploading a microblog photo of the meal they're about to chew down or e-mailing the boss. For many smart phone users, it's hard just to focus on the meal and company at hand.

  Now, one restaurant in Los Angeles is giving diners a reason to turn off the digital world, by offering customers willing to check (寄存）their phones at the door a 5-per cent discount on their bills. Owner and chef Mark Gold of Eva Restaurant ，located on Beverly Boulevard near N. Gardner Street, hopes this gives customers a way to truly sit back, relax, enjoy their meals and actually talk with friends and family in person.

"For us, it's really not about people disturbing other guests. Eva is home, and we want to create that environ?ment of home, and we want people to connect again," he explained. "It's about two people sitting together and just connecting, without the distraction of a phone, and we're trying to create an atmosphere where you come in and re?ally enjoy the experience and the food and the company.，，

Gold said applying the suggestion reminds him to avoid cellphone usage, too. " I'm guilty of it as well. When my wife and I go to dinner, it seems like the cell?phone is part of the table setting now. On every table you look at, there's a wine glass, the silverware and the cell?phone ，，，he joked.

The husband and wife team runs Eva, a 40-person space with European flair. Gold said a few less than half take ad?vantage of the deal, and no one has gotten upset about it.

"I think once the server approaches the table and they're presented with the offer, they like the idea of actu?ally talking to each other again," he said.

16. When having a meal in Eva Restaurant, we are NOT offered ___________  on the table.

A. forks                 B. cellphones

C. napkins               D. knives

17. Why does Gold think people should not use cellphones at table?

  A.  Because it can cause health problems.

B.  Because it will disturb other customers.

C.  Because it can get a 5-per cent discount on the customers' bills.

D.  Because it may prevent people communicating with their companions.

18. What can we learn from the passage?

  A.  Many people would like to upload a photo of their food before they eat nowadays.

B.  People are forbidden to use cellphones in Eva Res?taurant.

C.  More than half of the customers in Eva Restaurant have enjoyed the discount.

D.  People can easily connect with each other anytime without using cellphones.

19. What can be the best title of the passage?

  A.  No cellphone at table!

B.  Focus on your cellphone ！

C.  Eva Restaurant―home to customers

D.  Talk face-to-face

15.___________ that you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents.

13. When I was afraid that I couldn't satisfy my manager, he encouraged me to cheer ___________ a bit, and told
me that things might not be as bad as I thought.

12. The pregnant woman is about to give birth___________ a baby, so we'd better send for a doctor immediately.