语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【全国新课标卷题型】
One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked__1__(close) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body，__2__(dress) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money__3__her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of __4__sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl，__5__smile just melted me__6__almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of__7__life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and__8__(bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and__9__(warm). I'm a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught__10__.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 答案：
1．closer/closely 更近地看，表示与上文比较，或直接用副词。 2．dressed be dressed in“穿着”。 3．from take...from“从……拿……”。 4．a all of a sudden“突然”。
5．whose 引导定语从句，并在从句中做定语，修饰smile。 6．and 连接并列谓语melted和gave。
7．what 引导宾语从句，且在从句中做about的宾语。
8．brought 因为是并列谓语，所以应与前面谓语动词took时态一致。 9．warmth 抽象名词，与前面的smiles，love并列。 10．me 考查短语teach sb. a lesson，这里缺少间接宾语。
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广东省语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
LONDON — Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday，__1__(be) the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.
She was 97 years old, and she died __2__ she had lived — in Southampton, England, the city her family had tried to leave behind when it took the ill-fated maiden voyage，bound __3__ America.
She died in her sleep early Sunday，__4__ friend Gunter Babler told the Associated Press. It was the 97th anniversary of the launch of the ship that was promoted as “practically unsinkable”．
Babler said Dean’ s longtime companion, Bruno Nordmanis, called him in Switzerland __5__(say) staff at Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home in Southampton discovered Dean in her room Sunday morning. He said she had been hospitalized with pneumonia but she __6__(recover) and returned to the home.
__7__ staff nurse at the nursing home said late Sunday that no one would comment __8__ administrators came on duty Monday morning.
Dean was just over 2 months old when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg __9__ the night of April 14, 1912. The ship sank in less than three hours. Dean was one of the 706 people —__10__(most) women and children — who survived. Her father was among the 1 517 who died.
1． [解析] 结合语境考查非谓语动词。此处分词的完成式表示状态位于主句谓语动词died之前。谓语动词之后设空，且提示词为动词时，答案首选非谓语动词。
[答案] having been
2． [解析] 结合语境考查where连接的地点状语从句。此处意为“她在她住的地方去世了”。此处指她住的地方，所以用where。
[答案] where
3． [解析] 结合语境考查介词。此处用来说明轮船行驶的方向，所以用for。bound for“前往……的”。此处意为“轮船朝着美洲方向前进”。
[答案] for
4． [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。从设空的特点看此处为名词前设空，所以答案首选限定词，结合上下文可知，应用her。
[答案] her
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5． [解析] 结合语境考查不定式作目的状语或现在分词作伴随状语。此处意为“Babler说Dean的好伙伴Bruno Nordmanis给他打电话说……”。
[答案] to say/saying
6． [解析] 结合语境考查动词的时态。动词recover表示的动作和“had been hospitalized”所表示的动作都发生在主句谓语动词“said”所表示的动作之前，即过去的过去，所以用过去完成时。
[答案] had recovered
7． [解析] 结合语境考查不定冠词。此处用a表示泛指，staff nurse意为“医院护士”。此处意为“该养老院的一位护士”。
[答案] A
8． [解析] 结合语境考查连词。两句话之间设空，可推知答案首选连词。句意：星期日晚些时候该养老院的一位护士说只有到星期一早上管理人员来值班时才能说明情况。故答案为till或until。
[答案] till/until
9． [解析] 结合语境考查介词的用法。由“the night of April 14,1912”可知此处是指特定的某个夜晚，所以用介词on。[答案] on
10．[解析] 考查词性转换。句意：在活下来的706人中大多数为妇女和儿童，Dean是其中之一。mostly意为“大多数地，一般情况下，通常”。
[答案] mostly
.阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 【2014·江西省南昌两校高三上学期第四次联考】
The American newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr died at the age of 86.Mr Sulzberger led The New York Times for more than three decades，before passing the business to his son.He took over the paper in 1963 when it was in financial trouble，and transformed it into the heart of a multibillion dollar media empire.
His family announced he had died at his home in Southampton，New York State，after a long illness.His son，Arthur Sulzberger Jr，said in a statement that his father，whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of Punch，was “one of our industry’s most admired executives”．“Punch，the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight，was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press，” he said.
The New York Times was bought by Mr Sulzberger Sr’s grandfather Adolph Ochs in
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1896.During Mr Sulzberger’s tenure，The New York Times won 31 Pulitzer prizes.
Born in New York City,5 February 1926，Sr served in Marine Corps during World War Ⅱ and Korean War，joined The New York Times in 1951 after graduating from Columbia College，took over as publisher in 1963 after his brotherinlaw died suddenly，stepped down in 1997 and passed stewardship to his son，Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
He oversaw a huge circulation boost at the paper，and increased its parent company’s annual revenues (年收入) from $100m in 1963 to $1.7bn by the time he stepped down in 1997.He also led the paper through highlevel clashes with the political establishment.In 1971，The Times published a series of stories saying that politicians had systematically lied over the US involvement in Vietnam.The source was thousands of leaked government documents known as the Pentagon Papers.The Nixon administration demanded that the paper stop publishing the stories on grounds of national security.But the paper refused，and then won the subsequent court case by arguing that the First Amendment of the US Constitution (宪法) guaranteed free speech.The case is seen as a landmark in the history of free speech in the US.Mr Sulzberger said he read more than 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers before personally deciding to publish them.
His family still holds a controlling stake (控股权) in The New York Times.He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers.He once joked：“My conclusion is simple.Nepotism works.”
1．When did Arthur Sulzberger Sr die? A．In 1997. C．In 1963.
B．In 2012. D．In 1971.
2．Punch，the old Marine captain was actually________. A．Arthur Sulzberger Jr B．Adolph Ochs
C．Arthur Sutzberger Sr’s father D．Arthur Sulzberger Sr
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Arthur Sulzberger Sr took over The New York Times from his brotherinlaw. B．Arthur Sulzberger Jr’s grandfather bought The New York Times.
C．Arthur Sulzberger Sr resigned when The New York Times was in financial trouble. D．Arthur Sulzberger Jr took over The New York Times after graduating from Columbia
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College.
4．In the political case in the 1970s，Mr Sulzberger________. A．failed the case in the end
B．lost the controlling stake in The New York Times C．gave in to the government
D． succeeded in guarding free speech of the paper
5．What does the underlined word “Nepotism” probably refer to? A．Friendship. C．Family ownership
语篇解读 本文介绍了《纽约时报》前总裁Arthur Sulzberger Sr的生平。
1．解析： 考查细节理解。根据第一段第一句中的“Arthur Sulzberger Sr died at the age of 86” 和第四段第一句中的“Born in New York City,5 February 1926”可知，他出生于1926年，去世时86岁，由此可知他在2012年去世。
答案： B
2．解析： 考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“His son，Arthur Sulzberger Jr，said in a statement that his father，whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of Punch，was ‘one of our industry’s most admired executives’”．可知Punch，the old Marine captain指Arthur Sulzberger Sr。
答案： D
3．解析： 考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“Sr served in Marine Corps...took over as publisher in 1963 after his brotherinlaw died suddenly”可知，A项正确。B项中的“Arthur Sulzberger Jr’s grandfather”错误；根据第一段最后一句可知C项错误；根据第四段可知D项错误。
答案： A
4．解析： 考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段中的“national security.But the paper refused，and then won the subsequent court case”可知，D项符合题意。
答案： D
5．解析： 考查词义猜测。根据画线词前面的“He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers.”可推测，画线词指的应是family ownership。
答案：C。
【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】
When a magazine for high school students asked its readers what life would be like
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B．Politics.
D．Freedom of speech.
in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate（旋转）so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would “give light” and “change color with the push of a button.” Food would be replaced by pills. School would be taught by electrical impulse（电脉冲）while we sleep. Cars would have radar（雷达）. Does this sound like the year 2000? Actually, this article was written in 1958 and the question was, “what will life be like in 1978?
The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accuately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on Cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in “airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents “almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The city of 1982”. If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students, it’s probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accuate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.
One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000, “Only one thing is certain,” he answered. “Children born today will have reached the age of 43.”
36. How many examples does the author offer to describe the future life? A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
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37. The high school students’ answers to “What would life be like in 1978?” sound __________.
A. accurate B. imaginative C. correct D. foolish 38. In the second paragraph, the writer gives examples to show _________. A. predicting about the future can be done in a humorous way B. no predictions are based on careful research
C. experts are always better than others in figuring out what the future will be like
D. forecasting the future is not an easy job even for experts in this field 39. From the third paragraph we can learn that _________. A. economy forecasting is rather a new field B. experts began economy forecasting in 1929
C. the predictions about economic situation caused the investors to lose lots of money
D. good, accurate forecasting helped the stock market overcome the difficulties 40. H.J.Rand’s prediction about the year 2000 shows that ________. A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen D. very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen 【参考答案】36—40 BBDCB
【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】
I remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12—old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in computer science, she finally became the manager of a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolves” correctly.
It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was
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born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents’ voices, whether it was my dad’s softly accented, or my mother’s clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house.
One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground. In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear that the stroke had created a wall between my mother’s mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.
The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty of a sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence. 41. From where might the author’s mom come to America? A. China
B. England
C. Russia
D. Canada
42. From the second paragraph, we can know ________. A. the author was taught to read since she was born B. the author’s father spoke English poorly
C. the author couldn’t fall asleep without being read to D. the author’s parents taught her language by talking a lot
43. According to the last two paragraphs, the author’s mom was unable to _______. A. think clearly C. speak
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B. express herself well D. open her mouth
44. The underlined word “stroke” in the 4 paragraph most probably refers to ______. A. an accident
B. a hit
C. an illness D. a robbery
45. This passage is mainly about _________. A. a strong mother
B. the importance of language
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C. a family disaster of teaching language 【参考答案】41—45 ADBCB
D. the significance
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