高考英语新题型：语法练习
 
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(1)

   In the United States, there were 222 people ____1____ (report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The ____2_____ of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money ____3____ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old _____4____ he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire _____5___ the time he was 31.

   ____6____, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even ____7____ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. ____8____ of these child actors made over a million dollars ___9____ (act) in movies before they were 14. But ___10___ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!

(2)

Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car ____1_____ (steal) .They filed a report____2____ the police station and a detective drove them ____3____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.

To their ____4____ (amaze), the car had been returned ___5____ there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____6_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets ____7____ tonight's Mania Twain concert.”

Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____8____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found ____9______their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____10_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?”

(3)

People _____1___ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _____2_____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ___3___ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need ____4____ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. ____5_____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary ______6___ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _____7____ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet _____8____ new word, look it ____9_____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _____10_____ (much) useful book.

 (4)

When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets ____1_____ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first _____2____ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from ____3____, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most ____4___ (danger) then.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, ____5____. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. _____6____ (have) a look first, or you will go ____7____ wrong way.

In many English cities, there are big buses ____8_____ two floors. You can sit on the ______9____ (two) floor. From ____10_____ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

(5)
____1____ artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women ___2_____ any clothes on, and he and his ____3____ always tried to keep the small girl out ____4____ he was doing this, “She is ____5_____ young to understand,” they said.

But one day, when the artist _____6____ (paint) a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. He mother ran up the stairs ____7____ her, but when she got to the room, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. _____8___ her parents waited for her to speak.

For a few seconds the little girl said ____9_____, but then she ran to her mother and said ____10_____ (angry), “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don’t let me?”

 参考答案

(1)   1 reported  2 richest/wealthiest  3 by  4 when  5 by  6 However  7 younger  8 Both  9 acting  10 the

(2)   1 had been stolen  2 at  3 back  4 amazement  5 and  6 hospital  7for  8 the  9 that  10 another

(3)   1 living  2 languages  3 or  4 all  5 Before  6 bigger  7 written  8 a  9 up  10 most

(4)   1 because  2 and  3 work  4 dangerous  5 too  6 Have  7 the  8 with  9 second  10 there

(5)   1 An  2 without  3 wife  4 when/while  5 too  6 was painting  7 after  8 Both  9 nothing  10 angrily

(6)   1 from  2 strangers  3 Instead  4 that/which  5 including  6 and  7 regularly  8 answers  9 others  10 training

(7)   1 problems  2 that/which  3 annoyed  4 and  5 It  6 how  7 a  8 happiness  9 grows  10 in

(8)   1 the  2 defeating  3 for  4 After  5 they  6 on  7 where  8 before  9 best  10 failed

(9)   1 important  2 that  3 of  4 yourself  5 Successful  6 like  7 where  8 setting  9 they  10 the

(10) 1 what  2 /  3 will have been set up  4 tourists/visitors/travelers  5 permitting  6 other  7 in  8 All  9 so/thus/therefore  10 under