高中英语填空题

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If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games, you shouldn’t miss another trilogy called Divergent.
The second book, by US author Veronica Roth, ______ (publish) in 2012. It has spent 105 weeks on the USA Today best-selling books list and ____ (current) ranks No 1.
The trilogy’s story begins in a futuristic Chicago_____ people are divided into five distinct groups. Each group is characterized by certain traits – Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Erudite (the intelligent), Amity (the peaceful) and Candor (the honest). Every child, at 16, takes a test ______ (see) which of the five factions he or she belongs to. But Beatrice Prior, born in Abnegation, is qualified _____ three, meaning she is a Divergent. And she is told not to tell _____ if she wants to stay alive.
So the decision is between staying with her family or being true to herself. Beatrice ends up _____ (choose) the Dauntless. After joining her new group, Beatrice renames herself Tris and tries to prove her _____ (brave) with amazing things like jumping off a moving train onto a rooftop. While undergoing these extreme physical tests, Tris must also determine who her real friends are.
The story of the trilogy “explores a more common adolescent anxiety – the painful realization ______ coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind, both ideologically ______ physically”, commented The New York Times.

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A baby is in danger and its mother is crazy with worry. This is something anyone can relate to, even though we are talking about a mother elephant that has been separatedher child.
A video capturing(捕捉)the reunion between the elephant and her 8-month-old baby in Kenya was one of the(impressive)scenes in 2012. The baby fell insideman-made hole and was unable to climb out, according to the video released by the Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Despite the best efforts of her desperate mother, the baby seemed helplessa team of conservation workers rushed to help. They had to chase the overprotective mother away first, so thatcould get close enough to rescue the baby. They(struggle)to pull the baby out with ropes and a vehicle.
(lucky), the workers managed to pull the baby to safety. followed was a touching scene. As soon as the baby was free, it ran away across the plain. In the(distant), the cries of her mother could be heard as she came running from the opposite direction. The two were reunited,   (hug)each other with their trunks.

（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored _______ the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got _________（marry）at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, ________ he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he ______ （surprise）to find that the problem of racial discrimination （种族歧视）was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight _______ equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, ________ India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and ________ （depend）for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. ________, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give ________and India won its independence in 1947. ________（fortunate）Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.

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Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said     was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months   (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We   (tell)that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,   for the week after. I didn’t understand      this would happen and my credit card had already been charged    the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was      (surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on     top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach         we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little      (sunburn)，but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.

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Travel agency: Good morning. Can I help you?
Daisy: I’m sorry to say that I am      (disappoint) about my trip to Norwich. It is the       (bad) experience of my life!
Travel agency: What is the problem?
Daisy: Well, first of all, I found my wallet      (go) when I got on the bus. I turned         the guides for help, but they were impatient. I hate to say this,      they behaved impolitely towards us customers. Could you do something about this?
Travel agency: Hmm, I apologize. Did you find      wallet?
Daisy: No. And that’s not all. The bus was one hour late. Worse     , it picked up passengers       the way to our destination. You really have to do something about it.
Travel agency: I’m so sorry, but sometimes the bus can      (delay) by some problems. We can’t always be sure that the bus will set out on time.
Daisy: Why didn’t you tell me the truth?      I booked the ticket, you promised to drive non-stop from Aye to Norwich.
Travel agency: I am terribly sorry to hear that. I will look into it immediately and give you a satisfactory reply.

阅读下面对话, 在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于2个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
W：Where are you going to spend your holiday this year, Bob?
M：We may go abroad ，___I'm not so sure.
W：What do you mean?
M：Well, my wife's talking about Egypt recently. She may want to go there. I'd like to go there，___.
W：Yes, it's an interesting country___(see)．
M: But we can't make up___minds yet. You know, a round­trip ticket to Egypt costs a lot.
W：But you may go by sea.
M：You're right. It's____(cheap), isn't it?
W：You may save at least half of the money if you go by ship.
M：But don't you think it would take____long time and…
W：But you can enjoy the scene of the sea and the___(rise) sun.
M：Yes, I'll tell my wife.
W：You'll definitely enjoy____， I'm sure.
M：Don't be so sure. We may not go____.
W：You always hesitate at everything.
M：It's not my fault, you know. My wife always worries too much.
W：Like what?
M：Well...Who is going to look after the house? Who is going to look after the garden? And who is going to look after the pets? We have these____(problem) every year. And in the end we stay at home and look after everything.

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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think     matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children,       are smart and strong-willed, are very likely   (succeed). The reason      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    same reason.
What happens to the      children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,   , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite     (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in    lives. They usually  (follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression ,      new study has suggested . The more time is spent      ( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online , the more likely volunteers were      have the blues .
Monitoring people’s comings and       ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood . Spending most of your time at home was also      ( link ) to depression , as was having an      ( regular) daily schedule , such as unusual shift patterns . “      people are depressed , they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things , ” said senior author David Mohr . “ The data       showed depressed people tended not to go many places       ( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression ”
“ The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity of those symptoms       asking them any questions . Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users . ”

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Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife Doris lived______(happy) together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy visited _____.
“Fred, you’re a good farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.
“A wish?” said Fred.
Fred and Doris smiled __      each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We’re very healthy and happy.”
“You work very hard __ you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.
“We’re poor, but we have enough food ___(eat).” replied Fred.
“You can use the gold coin to buy ___ clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.
“______we haven’t got many clothes, we’ve got enough.” said Doris.
“Well, what about      _ nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.
“Thank you, but I love my small old house very much. I __(live) here since I was born. We don’t need a new house,” said Fred.
“You’re quite different _ ___ others. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happy forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.

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It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl____(cry) as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had lost her ticket. She cried and ____(beg) them not to leave her there.
The bus driver had a face of stone___no sign of wanting to help, and his heart was____(sure) the same. “Losing your ticket is like losing your money，” he said, leaving the girl in the rain. Then an old Indian stood___and blocked the driver's way, and would not let him pass____he said what he had to say. “How can you leave that girl out there? You can't leave her alone. You will meet your schedule，____she might meet her end.” The driver still didn't care about the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman bought___a ticket and helped her put away the baggage. “How can I repay for___ kindness？” the girl said. “We are strangers and we won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn't seem enough.” He replied, “What goes around comes around.”
This is what I've learned—Whatever you give, you will get it back. Always be___(help) and kind to others, and we'll be helped in the future.

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As an exchange student, Wei Hua studied in a British high school for one year. She was happy __     the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m and ends about 3.30 p.m.
On the first day, all the new students _    (attend) an assembly in the school hall. Wei Hua sat next to a girl _    _ name was Diana. .During the assembly, the headmaster told the students that the best way to earn respect was to devote themselves __    _ study and achieve high _    _( grade). As there were different students in some classes, __    _ was a struggle for Wei Hua to remember all the faces and names. Although the homework was not as heavy as __    _ she used to get in her old school, it was a bit _    (challenge) for her at first because all the homework was in English. Luckily, all her teachers gave her much _    _(encourage). To improve her English, Wei Hua used English every day and spent an hour each day __    _(read) English books in the library.
In a word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for Wei Hua.

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In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly____ one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and ___(society) changes. Naturally, these changes also ____(lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters ____(break )away from the traditional style of painting_____ the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.
The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell___  objects at different times of day. ____, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as____ (detail)as those of earlier painters. At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very _____(anger) about it. They said that the painters were____(care) and their paintings were ridiculous.

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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think       matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,    are smart and strong-willed, are very likely     (succeed). The reason     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       same reason.
What happens to the     children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,  , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite      (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in    lives. They usually     (follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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Crying marriage?     (surprise), isn't it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and      (remain) in fashion      the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, still, the custom      (observe) by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a      (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much    same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.     .the bride's neighbors would look down upon      as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases in     the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a way by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the     (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

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Questioning can lead to ________(search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to ________ what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years ago, our teacher _________(offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody _______ I doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I _________(careful) analyzed the problem and tries to work ___ out in a different way. Half an hour ________, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my ________(depend) thinking.
From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as _______ bridge that helps us to seek the ______(true).