中考英语 英语 语法填空专题练习(含答案)100

中考英语 英语 语法填空专题练习(含答案)100

一、英语语法填空

1．阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个恰当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The topic of this programme is environmental protection. We human beings ________(do) a lot of things at the cost of the environment to develop economy quickly in the past few years. I do think it is time for us to understand the ________(important) of protecting the environment and do something about it. And today I would like ________(introduce) some simple but useful ways that we can follow ________(easy) in our daily life. Firstly, turn ________lights if it is unnecessary. Then, go out in environment﹣friendly ways such as by bus, by subway or by bike. We can even walk to work when possible,________it is really helpful for both of our budget and health. Thirdly, try best to ________(use)things like books, paper, magazines and so on. And we can also take a cloth bag when we go ________(shop). Please don't use plastic ones. Of course the public should raise environmental awareness and realize it is ________(everyone) duty to protect the environment. Last but not least, the government should make laws to guide people's ________(behave).

【答案】 have done；importance；to introduce；easily；off；because；use；shopping；everyone's；behavior

【解析】【分析】文章大意：我们人类在过去的几年里为了快速发展经济，做了很多

牺牲环境的事情。我认为是时候让我们了解保护环境并采取措施了。今天我想介绍一些简单但有用的方法。首先，如果不必要，要关闭灯。然后，绿色出行，比如坐公共汽车、坐地铁或骑自行车。如果可能的话，我们甚至可以步行去上班。第三，尽量使用如书籍、纸张、杂志等这样的东西。当我们去购物时，我们也可以带一个布袋。当然，公众应该提高环境意识，认识到保护环境是每个人的责任。最后，应该制定法律来指导人民的行为。

（1）句意：在过去的几年里，为了快速发展经济，我们人类以牺牲环境为代价做了很多事情。根据 in the past few years，可知现在完成时态，现在完成时的结构是have done。 主语是复数，故答案是have done。

（2）句意：我认为是时候让我们了解保护环境的重要性并采取措施了。 the importance of.，……的重要性，固定搭配，故答案是importance。

（3）句意：今天，我想介绍一些简单但有用的方法，would like to do，想要干某事，固定搭配，故答案是to introduce。

（4）句意：我们可以在日常生活中很容易地遵循。 副词修饰动词，follow是动词，故答案是easily。

（5）句意：首先，如果没有必要的，关闭灯。关掉，turn off，固定搭配，故答案是off。

（6）句意：如果可能的话，我们甚至可以步行去上班，因为这对我们的预算和健康都很有帮助。 这是一个原因状语从句，能够构成原因状语从句的是because，故答案是

because。

（7）句意：第三，尽量使用书籍、纸张、杂志等物品。try best to do，尽力做某事，固定搭配，故答案是use。

（8）句意：我们也可以在购物时带一个布袋。go shopping，去购物，固定搭配，故答案是shopping。

（9）句意：当然，公众应该提高环境意识，认识到保护环境是每个人的责任。duty名词，前面需要所有格， 每个人的，故答案是everyone's。

（10）句意：最后，应该制定法律来指导人们的行为。people's是名词所有格，后面加名词，故答案是behavior。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍，检查验证。

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A kidnapped 3-year-old boy ________ (name) Aiden helped police find himself on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after answering ________ (he) mum's phone in her stolen car- find out how he pulled it off!

Authorities said they found a 3-year-old boy who was sitting ________ a car stolen outside a Utah day care on Tuesday after he ________ (answer) his mother's

cellphone and honked the horn to draw their attention.

\"The boy's mother, Elizabeth Barrios, left the car unlocked and running ________ a snowy morning as she dropped off another child, a baby, at the day care around 7 am in Ogden, a town about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City,\" the police said. When she walked out, she saw someone ________ (drive) her car away with her 3-year old son Aiden inside.

Police arrived and called her cellphone, which was in the car, hoping ________ (reach) the thief and negotiate the boy's release.

Instead, the boy answered the phone. He told his mother that a ________ (strange) had driven away her car and was going through her purse. She told him ________ (stay) calm as the man took things from her purse ________ ran away.

\"He is a very smart child,\" the police praised the kid. \"He did a great job.\"

【答案】 named；his；in；answered；on；driving；to reach；stranger；to stay；and

【解析】【分析】本文讲述了一个3岁的男孩通过在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他的事情。

（1）句意：1月13日，星期二，一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他。 helped是谓语动词，故此处是非谓语动词，

name与boy是被动关系，故用过去分词做后置定语，named，名字叫……的，故填named。

（2）句意：1月13日，星期二，一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后，帮助警方找到了他。phone是名词其前是形容词性物主代词，he是主格，他，其形容词性物主代词是his，他的，故填his。

（3）句意：当局说，他们发现一个3岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里，星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机，并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据was sitting，可知表示正坐在某处，in the car，在车里，表示地点，故填in。

（4）句意：当局说，他们发现一个3岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里，星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机，并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据and honked the horn，可知and前后时态一致是一般过去时，故填answered。

（5）句意：警方称，男孩的母亲伊丽莎白·巴里奥斯早上7点左右在盐湖城以北40英里的小镇奥格登接受日托时，在一个下雪的早晨，将另一个孩子，一个婴儿，放下后，车没锁，就跑了。根据a snowy morning，可知morning前有形容词时用介词on，表示在……的早上，故填on。

（6）句意：当她走出来的时候，她看到有人开车带着她3岁的儿子艾登走了。see sb doing sth，看见某人正在做某事，故此处是现在分词，故填driving。

（7）句意：蒂姆·斯科特中尉说，到了，打电话给她车里的手机，希望能找到小偷，并与他协商释放男孩的事宜。hope to do，希望做某事，故此处是不定式，故填to

reach。

（8）句意：他告诉他妈妈一个陌生人开着她的车走了，正在翻她的钱包。不定冠词a后是名词单数，strange是形容词，stranger，是名词，陌生人，故填stranger。

（9）句意：她让他保持冷静，因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。tell sb to do，固定搭配，告诉某人做某事，故此处是不定式，故填to stay。

（10）句意：她让他保持冷静，因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。此处表示并列关系，拿走东西并且跑掉，故是并列连词and，故填and。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

3．阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的词，要求所填的词意义准确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

When I was in the middle school, I got into an argument with a boy in my class. The teacher ________(decide) to teach us a very important lesson.

She brought us up to the front of the ________ ['kla:sru:m]and placed him on one side of her desk and________on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could ________(hard)see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. \"White,\" he________[' a:nsa(r)d]

I couldn't________[bɪ'liːv] he said the object was white, when it was clearly

black! Another argument started between my classmate and me, this time about the________of the object.

The teacher told me to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed________(place), and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, \"White.\"

It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint (视角) it was________. Only from my side it was black.

I have always remembered the lesson I learned that day. Sometimes we need to look at the problem from the other ________(person) viewpoint in order to truly understand his/her view.

【答案】 decided；classroom；me；easily；answered；believe；color；places；white；person's

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者明白的认识道理，我们需要从别人的角度来看待问题，以便真正理解他的观点。

（1）句意：老师决定给我们上一节很重要的课。根据 When I was in the middle school可知时态是一般过去时 ， 故填 decided。

（2）句意：她把我们带到教室前面根据，定冠词the后是名词， ['kla:sru:m] 是classroom，教室，是名词，故填 classroom。

（3）句意：让他在桌子的一边，我在另一边，在她的桌子中间有一个很大的圆形物体。此处是placed的并列宾语，故用宾格，此处指代作者，故用第一人称单数，me，是代词，我，故填me。

（4）句意：我很容易看出它是黑色的。根据 it was black可知这个结果是很显然的，故此处是轻松地，副词修饰动词，hard，是副词，困难地，easily，是副词 ， 故填 easily。

（5）句意：“白色，”他回答。描述过去用一般过去时， [' a:nsa(r)d]answered，是动词过去式 ，故填 answered。

（6）句意：我真不敢相信他说那东西是白色的。根据，couldn't是情态动词，其后是动词原形， [bɪ'liːv] believe，是动词，相信，故填 believe。

（7）句意：另一个争论开始于我和我的同学之间，这次是关于物体的颜色。根据上下文的白色和黑色可知，是谈论颜色，the定冠词后是名词，color，是名词，故填 color。

（8）句意：我们换了地方。此处缺少宾语，故是名词，表示彼此的位置，是复数，place是名词，故填 places。

（9）句意：这是一个两面颜色不同的物体，在他看来是白色的。系动词is后是形容词，根据上文我真不敢相信他说那东西是白色的，可知这个位置看是白色的，white，是形容词，故填 white。

（10）句意：我一直记得那天的教训有时我们需要从别人的角度来看待问题，以便真正理解他/她的观点。viewpoint是名词，person是名词，故此处是名词所有格，故填 person's。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，所有格，和所给单词的读音等多种用法。

4．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Only a mother's love is true love. When you are still a baby, your mother takes good care ________ you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work at once to look after you day and ________ and forgets about herself. When you ________ (grow) up day by day，she feels very happy.

When you are old ________ to go to school, your mother still looks ________ you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you ________ (put) on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels worried about you at home, She ________ (usual) cares about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you ________ (see) the brightest smile on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day. Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her ________ (child). ________ true love it is in the world! We will remember it forever!

【答案】 of；night；are growing；enough；after；to put；usually；will see；children；What

【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文论述了母爱的伟大。

（1）句意：当你还是个孩子的时候，你妈妈尽可能地照顾你，take care of照顾，故答案是of。

（2）句意：当你生病的时候，他立即停止工作日夜照顾你。day and night，日日夜夜，固定短语，故答案是night。

（3）句意：当你一天天长大的时候，她感到非常高兴。grow生产，动词，根据day by day可知，句子时态为现在进行时，现在进行时的结构式be+doing，主语you是第二人称，be的形式为are，故答案是are growing。

（4）句意：当你年龄足够大，可以去上学的时候。be +形容词+to do sth.足够……而能够……，固定句式，故答案是enough。

（5）句意：你妈妈让然一直照看着你。look after照管，照看，固定短语，故答案是after。

（6）句意：在寒冷的冬天，他总是告诉你多穿衣服。tell sb do do sth.告诉某人做某事，固定句式，因此使用动词不定式，故答案是to put。

（7）句意：她通常会关心你的学习，在你的学习用品上花费很多钱。空缺处需要副词修饰动词，所以将usual改为usually，故答案是usually。

（8）句意：当你在学校表现地好的时候，你能看见她脸上最灿烂的微笑。本句为一种假设，主句使用一般将来时，一般将来时的结构式will+do，故答案是will see。

（9）句意：妈妈总是准备把她拥有的一切给了她的孩子。这里是泛指，指所有的有妈的孩子，应使用复数，child的复数为children，故答案是children。

（10）句意：世界上多么真实的爱啊！本句为感叹句，强调名词love，因此使用what引导，因为在句首，首字母应大写，故答案是What。

【点评】考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素，最后通读一遍检查验证。

5．语法填空

From deserts and beaches to playgrounds, sand is a common sight. But you might not know that sand is also a useful resource. Sand is the second most-used resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of ________.

Sand is made up of very small ________ (piece) of rock, soil and minerals(矿物质). It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________ (quick) than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year ________ build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________ [si:] to make new islands. For example, the

Palm islands are made up of three________ [lɑːdʒ] man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they ________ (take) 94 million cubic meters of sand to build. If people keep________(use) this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction sand by 2020, Live Science noted.

________ [sins] people need so much sand, they are trying to mine(开采) more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may ________ beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats (栖息地) of many plants and animals.

【答案】 it；pieces；quickly；to；sea；large；took；using；Since；cause

【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介绍了沙子这种常见的景观。

（1）句意：然而，联合国说，沙子并不是无限的，我们有可能会用完它们。run out of“用完，用尽”的意思。这里用it来指代上文的沙子（sand是不可数名词）。故答案为：it。

（2）句意：沙子由非常小的岩石、土壤和矿物质组成。根据rock, soil and minerals(矿物质)可知，这是几种成分，因此piece用复数pieces。故答案为：pieces。

（3）句意：但现在我们使用沙子的速度比它形成的速度要快。根据副词修饰动词可知，此处应用形容词quick的副词形式quickly修饰动词use“使用”。故答案为：quickly。

（4）句意：据英国广播公司报道，我们每年用大约150亿吨沙子建造房屋、道路和其他东西。根据固定搭配 use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某物，可知此处用动词不定式to do做目的状语。故答案为：to。

（5）句意：人们还把沙子放进海里，制造新的岛屿。由语境和音标[si:]提示可知，填：sea。故答案为：sea。

（6）句意：例如，棕榈岛由阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜的三个大型人工岛屿组成的。由语境和音标[lɑːdʒ]提示可知，填：large，three large man-made islands三个大型的人工岛屿。故答案为：large。

（7）句意：2010年，他们用9400万立方米的沙子建造。根据时间状语In 2010可知，本题的时态为一般过去时。动词take的过去式为took。故答案为：took。

（8）句意：如果人们继续使用这么多沙子，它会在很多地方用完。根据固定搭配keep doing sth. 继续做某事，可知此处应用动名词做宾语，动词use的动名词为using。故答案为：using。

（9）句意：由于人们需要这么多沙子，他们正试图开采更多的沙子。由语境和音标 [sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以来、因为、由于。句首单词首字母要大写。故答案为：Since。

（10）句意：开采沙可能会导致海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水。根据beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水，可知这些是开采沙所导致的后果，因此

填：cause。may是情态动词，后跟动词原形。故答案为：cause。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。

6．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________ (weak) day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________ (him), he decided to hire (雇佣) a nurse to take care ________ him.

One day, the old man interviewed two ________ (nurse)—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, \"Anthony has ________ (give) me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct?\"

Peter thought for a minute and said, \"________ Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things.\"

The old man was very impressed by Peter's words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________ cup of tea for the old man.

The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. \"Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________ do you think about this?\" After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________ (angry).

In the end, Peter ________ (choose). Peter looked quite common, but he had impressive inner beauty.

【答案】 weaker；himself；of；nurses；given；If；a；What；angrily；was chosen

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了一个老人在录用护士时，故意挑起对方的矛盾，通过两人截然不同的反应，从而判断谁适合。

（1）句意： 他一天比一天虚弱。weak是形容词，形容词修饰系动词grow，根据day by day可知是比较级weaker，故填 weaker。

（2）句意： 因为他不能照顾自己 ，他决定雇一个护士来照顾他。look after oneself，照顾自己，主语是he，故反身代词是himself，故填 himself。

（3）句意：因为他不能照顾自己 ，他决定雇一个护士来照顾他。take care of，固定搭配，照顾，故填of 。

（4）句意：一天，老人面试两个护士—— Anthony and Peter 。two后是可数名词复习，nurse，是可数名词，故填nurses。

（5）句意： 安东尼对你的评价很差。根据助动词has可知此处是现在完成时，故填过去分词，give的过去分词是given，故填given 。

（6）句意：如果安东尼对我有看法，我一定有什么问题。此处是条件状语从句，故是引导词if，如果，故填If。

（7）句意：同时，安东尼给老人端了杯茶回来。cup是名词单数，以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a表示泛指，a cup of，固定搭配，一杯……，故填a。

（8）句意：你对此怎么想？此处是特殊疑问句，think后缺少宾语，故用what提问，故填What。

（9）句意：听到这，安东尼生气地大喊。副词修饰动词shouted，angrily，是副词，生气地，故填angrily。

（10）句意：最后，Peter被录用。根据 Peter looked quite common ， 可知时态是一般过去时，choose与主语Peter是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是第三人称单数，故助动词是was，choose的过去分词是chosen，故填 was chosen 。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意调整词性，时态，主谓一致和名词的数等。

7．根据短文内容及所给提示，补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。

Last weekend, we decided to spend the day, in the countryside. It was the ________ (three) time we spent our weekend there. The only problem was that

thousands of other ________ (person) had exactly the same idea. However, i________ order to get together in a good environment, we had to stand it. We moved out of the town slowly in heavy traffic, but at last stopped near ________ old farmhouse. We had ________ (prepare) much food in the car. We spread things out on the ground near a path at the foot of a hill, and we sat d ________ . We felt very ________ (peace) in the cool grass. Everything was going well. Suddenly, we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up ________ (we) things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. It was a flock of sheep that came down the path ________ (direct) towards us! All of us escaped in disorder. ________ embarrassed we felt then!

【答案】 third；persons；in；an；prepared；down；peaceful；our；directly；How

【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者在乡下度过周末。

（1）句意：它是我们第三次在那里度过周末。the+序数词，three的序数词是third，故填third。

（2）句意：仅仅的问题是成千上万的他人有相似的观点。other后面用可数名词复数，person的复数是persons，故填persons。

（3）句意：为了在一个好环境里团聚。in order to do sth.，为了做某事，固定搭配，故填in。

（4）句意：但是我们最后在一间旧的农场房子旁边停下。house是单数名词，old以元音音素开头，所以用an，故填an。

（5）句意：我们已经在车里准备好了许多食物。had+动词过去分词，表示过去完成时，prepare的过去分词是prepared，故填prepared。

（6）句意：我们坐下。sit down，坐下，固定搭配，故填down。

（7）句意：我们在凉爽的草丛里感到非常宁静。feel是系动词，后面用形容词，peace的形容词是peaceful，故填peaceful。

（8）句意：我们所见让我们捡起我们的东西。things是名词，前面用形容词修物主代词，we的形容词修物主代词是our，故填our。

（9）句意：一群羊直接朝我们下来。came是实义动词，副词修饰实义动词，形容词direct的副词是directly，故填directly。

（10）句意：那时我们感到多么尴尬啊！how引导的感叹句，结构是How+形容词+主语+谓语，所以用how，故填How。

【点评】考查语法填空，考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力。注意理解句意，首先读一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短语及语境。

8．用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词.

Jay Chou is one of the greatest Chinese singers. He ________(have) millions of

fans around the world.

Not many people knew that Jay________(grow) up with his mother. Jay's father didn't live with them. His mother is the person that________(play) the most important part in Jay's growth. Jay ________(show)an interest in music when he was 3.And his mother encouraged him a lot. Jay admired his mother so much that he even named one of his albums after her. That is Yehuimei. Jay's hard work paid off and he became famous quickly. He had produced 12 albums(专辑) by the end of 2012.

Another important person in Jay's life is Fang Wenshan. Most of the lyrics of Jay's famous songs ________(write) by Fang Wenshan. Fang is a master in ________(write) lyrics. Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan got to know each other in Wu Zongxian's music company. And since then, they ________(work) together.

Jay's music mixes Western music and Chinese music together well. He shows the world that good music always has something in common.

【答案】 has；grew；plays；showed；are written；writing；have worked

【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要介绍了周杰伦和他生命里重要的两个人。

（1）句意：他在世界各地有数百万的粉丝。根据主语he可知，应用have的三单形式has。故答案为has。

（2）句意：不是很多人知道周杰伦和他的妈妈一起长大。根据主句谓语 knew ，可知应用grow的过去式grew。故答案为grew。

（3）句意：他的妈妈是在周杰伦的成长过程中扮演最重要角色的人。根据主语his mother，可知play的三单形式plays。故答案为plays。

（4）句意：周杰伦三岁的时候展现了他对音乐的兴趣。根据 when he was 3 当他三岁的时候，可知时态为一般过去时，show的过去式为showed。故答案为showed。

（5）句意：大多数周杰伦的歌的歌词是方文山写的。根据主语 lyrics 歌词和动词write写的动宾关系，可知应用被动语态be+过去分词；根据 lyrics 可知，be动词应用are，write的过去分词为written。故答案为are written。

（6）句意：方文山是写歌词的专家。根据介词in后接动词的ing形式，可知应用write的ing形式writing。故答案为writing。

（7）句意：从那以后，他们一起工作。根据时间状语 since then从那以后 ，可知动作从过去持续到现在，应用现在完成时have/has+过去分词。根据主语they，可知助动词应用have；work的过去分词worked。故答案为have worked。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。

9．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

\"After walking through the mirror, many strange things happened to Alice. One day, she________ (meet) a unicorn(独角兽).'What－is－this? 'the unicorn asked its friend. 'That is a child,' ________ (reply)the friend. 'Ah,' said the unicorn, I always thought they were fabulous monsters(传说中的怪兽)! Is it alive？'Alice then said, \"Do you know,' I always thought unicorns, were fabulous monsters ________? I never saw one alive before!'\"

Fifty years before Lewis Carroll (1832-18) wrote________ (he) stories about Alice, many people still believed in the myth (神话) of unicorns. But in the early nineteenth century, a French________ (science) named Baron Cuvier showed that unicorns were only a ________ (product) of imagination.

For hundreds of years before that, things were very different. Everybody________ (believe) that unicorns were real, but very few people saw them. Julius Caesar, who built the Roman Empire, ever said that the animal had the head of a deer, the ________ (foot) of an elephant and a one-meter-long horn on its forehead. Marco Polo, who thought he saw a unicorn in India, agreed that it had elephants' feet and a horn, ________ said it had a pig's head. He was almost certainly describing a rhinoceros(犀牛)! By the sixteenth century，when books about animals were ________ (become)very popular, everyone agreed that the unicorn looked like a white horse with a horn.

【答案】 met；replied；too；his；scientist；product；believed；feet；but；becoming

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了独角兽的样子。

（1）句意：一天，她遇到了一只独角兽。结合文章用了过去式，可知，meet的过去式为met，故答案为met。

（2）句意：朋友说到。结合文章用了过去式，可知应该填入reply的过去式，为replied，故答案为replied。

（3）句意：我总是认为独角兽也是传说中的怪兽？结合前文提到 I always thought they were fabulous monsters 可知，此句的意义为也是传说中的怪兽，空缺填入too，故答案为too。

（4）句意：Lewis Carroll写了关于Alice的他的故事。结合空缺修饰stories，可知空缺的意义为他的，填入形物代，故答案为his。

（5）句意：一个法国科学家叫做Baron Cuvier显示怪兽只是想象中的产品。根据French修饰的science，可知空缺应该是一个名词，且是一个人，故填入scientist，科学家，故答案为scientist。

（6）句意：一个法国科学家叫做Baron Cuvier显示怪兽只是想象中的产品。结合短语a product of，产品，可知空缺填入product，故答案为product。

（7）句意：每个人都相信独角兽是真实的。根据文章用了过去式，可知believe应该用过去式，为believed，故答案为believed。

（8）句意：大象的脚和它前额上有一个一米长的角。结合独角兽有很多角，可知空

缺填入feet，用复数，故答案为feet。

（9）句意：但是据说有一只猪一样的头。结合前面提到独角兽是鹿的头，而此处说了猪的头，可知空缺的意义为转折，填入but，故答案为but。

（10）句意：当关于动物的书变得很受欢迎。结合be动词后面加动词ing形式，可知空缺应该填入becoming，故答案为becoming。

【点评】考查语法填空，做此类题首先熟悉文章大意，然后结合语法知识，给出空缺单词的正确形式，即可。

10．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Do you speak emoji? If you use a smart phone, the ________ (answer)is probably yes. Emoji is a visual(视觉的) language, It can express ideas and feelings. Are you hungry? Let your friends know ________ sending them food emojis, like rice or pizza.

People use emoji a lot. One of the most ________ (popular) emojis is the face with tears of joy. \"It has been used more than 1.8 billion times on Twitter.

Emo is modern, ________the idea is old .History shows that we've used symbols as language for about 5, 000 years. One of the oldest ________ (example)of visual language is Egyptian hieroglyphs(象形文字). Ancient Egyptians ________ (begin) using language symbol around 3250 B. C, according ________ John Darnell. He is an expert from Yale University.

Who invented emoji? In 1999, the Japanese company NTT Docomo took a heart picture off from its mobile system. As a result, it ________ (lose) many customers. So Shigetaka Kurita， a designer（设计师), put the heart back. And he made 175 more pictures. He called ________ (they) emoji, the Japanese word for picture characters.

Some people still do not see emoji as a language, but it does ________ (improve) our communication. Don't you think so?

【答案】 answer；by；popular；but；examples；began；to；lost；them；improve

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了网络表情的来由和现状。

（1）句意；如果你使用智能手机，回答很可能是的。根据空缺后面接is，可知做主语，填入名词，而answer可做名词，为答案，故答案为answer。

（2）句意：让你的朋友知道，通过给他们发送食物表情，如米饭或披萨。根据know和send them food emojis可知表示方式，空缺填入by，故答案为by。

（3）句意：一个最有名的表情是带着眼泪的脸。根据most后面加形容词原级，表示最高级，故答案为popular。

（4）句意：表情是现代的，但是这个想法很早就有。根据句子出现了modern和old，可知关系表示转折，填入but，故答案为but。

（5）句意；视觉语言最古老的例子是象形文字。根据one of后面加名词复数，可知空缺填入examples，故答案为examples。

（6）句意：古老的埃及文字在公元前3250年开始使用。根据句子提到3250B.C，可知句子应该用过去式，begin的过去式为began，故答案为began。

（7）句意：根据John Darnell。根据短语according to，根据，可知空缺填入to，故答案为to。

（8）句意：结果，它失去了很多顾客。根据这个行为发生在过去，可知句子应该用过去式，lose的过去式为lost，丢失，故答案为lost。

（9）句意：他把它们称为表情。根据短语call sth sth，把某物称为某物，可知空缺填入them，结合call后面加宾格，故答案为them。

（10）句意：但是它提高了我们的交流。根据do后面加动词原形，可知空缺填入improve，提高，故答案为improve。

【点评】考查语法填空，做此类题首先熟悉文章大意，熟悉句子，结合语法知识，给出空缺单词的正确形式，即可。