语法填空专练（一）___1___ being Sunday, I decided to sleep late. But it wasn’t long ___2___ I realized that I had to go to the bookstore to get a reference book our teacher had asked us to buy. ___3___ (fear) they would be sold out before I got one, I got up and headed for the bookstore. It was three blocks away, and pretty soon I reached ___4___ shop. It was not until I entered the shop that it came to my ___5___ that I forgot to bring any money on me. This meant I ___6___ do nothing but return home for the money.___7___, I ran all the way home to fetch the money. After a while, I returned to the shop and bought the book that I wanted. Reading the pages of it, I ___8___ (feel) it my duty to do well in my studies, and I was sure I could make it.There will be a few months before I take the College Entrance Examination, and I‘ll work still ___9___ (hard) at my lessons. Though there may be difficulties for me, I’m confident that I can achieve my aim and make it into college. I owe it to my parents ___10___ they’ve do ne so much for me, so that I can concentrate on my studies.（专练二）“Fire！Fire！”What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night!It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of the ___1___, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was ___2___ of thick smoke.I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs, I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew ___3___ (thick) and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But ___4___ I could reach it, one of mylike a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up ___6___(protect) my face from the smoke and heat. I crashed to the floor below with pieces of ___7___ (burn) wood all around me.As I reached the cold air outside, the bundle of clothes gave a thin cry. I nearly dropped ___8___ in surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman ___9___ a night dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running ___10___ (mad).She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.（专练三）When you take a walk in any of the cities in the west, you often see a lot of people walking with dogs. ____1____ is true that the dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world. But the reasons why people keep a dog ___ 2____ (change). In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against the attacks ___ 3___ other beasts. And later they came ____4____ (realize) that the dog was not only useful ____5____ willing to obey its master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat ____6____ they caught without permission. But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery, but the ____7____ (important) reason is for companionship. For a child, ____8____ dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young couple, a dog is ____9____ child when they have no children; for old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people ____10____ dogs has changed from protection to friendship.（专练四）Student: Excuse me, can you spare a few minutes to answer some questionsWoman: Umm, yes, I suppose ____1_____. What’s it forStudent: I ____2_____ (do) a survey about people’s shopping habits.Woman: Oh, all right then.Student: Great. Do you usually shop alone or with ____3_____ else in your family Woman: Oh, I always do it on my ____4____. If I go with the others, they always put too many things in the trolley (推车) and it costs me ____5____ fortune! Students: Right. And do you always shop at this supermarketWoman: Yes. It’s very close ____6____ my house so it’s very convenient. Student: And do you do the shopping on the same day of the weekWoman: Yes, actually I always do the food shopping on Thursday ____7_____ I work Monday to Wednesday.Student: Great. Finally, would you ever consider ____8_____ (buy) things online Woman: Well, I didn’t like it. ____9_____ I like is being able to see the produ cts and walking around the shop, and maybe buying things ____10_____ aren’t on my shopping list. You can’t do that on your computer, can youStudent: No, I suppose not.（专练五）Once upon a time there was a rich merchant __16__ had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 17___ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 18 _ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is __ 19 __very c onsiderate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant’s close friend. __20__ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and __21____ would always help him out and tide(帮助渡过) him 22__ difficult times. Now, the merchant’s 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 23___ (contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 24____ (take) care of thehim deeply, he hardly took notice of her.（专练六）I work in a market in London, just at the weekends—I’ve got a second – hand book store, and one day I _____1_____ (get) my store ready when an old lady came up and started looking at the books. She started chatting and telling me how she used to live in that part of London and _____2_____ much it had changed _____3______ she’d last been in the area. While we were talking, I put out a book and she picked it up. “Oh, Grimm’s Fairy Tales,” she said, “I had a copy of this when I was a child.” She began flicking through(翻阅) it and I carried _____4______ laying out the books, and when I looked up she was just standing there ______5______(shake), and she’d gone ______6______(complete) white. “But…but… this is my actual book,” she said. “Look, it’s got my name, Joan, in it.” Then she told me how there’d been a terrible fire while her family were away on holiday, and the house had been burnt to _____7______ ground. She thought all her belongings ______8______ (destroy). She pulled out her p urse _____9______(buy) the book from me, but I stopped here. “No, no … please accept it ______10 ______ a gift—it’s such a wonderful story.”（专练七）One of my father’s favorite ____1____ (say) as I was growing up was “Try it!”I couldn’t say I didn’t like something, ____2____ it might be, until after I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to realize how much of my success I owe to my _____3_____ (accept) of those words as one of my values. My first job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I determined what I wanted to do as a career. _____4_____ (actual) I believed I would work for a few years, get _____5_____ (marry), stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took mattered that much.I couldn’t ______6_______ more mistaken. I mastered the skills of that _____7_____(begin) level position and I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into _____8_____ (differ) positions. I accepted each new opportunity with the thought, “Well, I try it; ____9____ I don’t like it I can always go back to my _____10______ (early) position.” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years.（专练八）One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously ___31___ hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed ___32_______ (cover) up anyway; it just wasn't worth ___33____ to save the donkey.He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel （铲） and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized ___34___ was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down.A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He _35_______ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt __36____ hit his back, the donkey was doing something _37______ (amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.__38____ the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over __39____edge of the well and happily ran off!Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just ___40___ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.（专练九）Interviewer: Nowadays, most people who go camping carry their things in a backpack. Vanessa, why is it so important to pack one of these ____1_____(proper)Vanessa: Well, if you put everything in the right places it ensures that the ____2_____ (weigh) is cor rectly distributed, so that when you’re walking _____3______ wholething feels like part of your body. This can help you keep your balance better, and that’s important _____4_____ you’re finding your way along a mountain track. Interviewer: So I imagine th e first thing ____5____ (do) is to think about what you’re going to take with you.Vanessa: Yes, that’s very important. I’d suggest ____6____ (sit) down somewhere quiet and drawing up a list of everything you’re likely to need, making sure you include essential items _____7_____ water, a map and a tent.Interviewer: And you’ll have to make up your _____8_____ which clothes you’ll want with you.Vanessa: Surely, but it’s best to do that once you have had a look at the weather report for the part of the count ry you’re intending to go to. _____9_____ is no good taking only summer clothes if you’re heading for a mountain area _____10_____ it could rain, or suddenly get cold.（专练十）People will do anything to see a free show—even if it is a bad one. When the news got ___1____ that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the Bird Seed Company, we all rushed ___2____ (crazy) to see it. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we had ever ___3____. Those ____4____ failed to get in needn’t have felt ____5____(disappoint), as many of the artists who should have appeared ____6____ (come). The only funny thing we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the ____7____(begin) of the show. He was obviously very ___8____(nerve) and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he opened the mouth, everyone burst out ___9___ (laugh). We all knew what the poor man should have said, but what he sais was: ”This is the Bird Seed Company. Good ladies, evening and ____10____.”答案专练一： 2. before 3. Fearing 4. the 7. Therefore 8. felt专练二：1. bed 2. full 3. thicker 4. before 5. down 6. to protect 7. burning 9. in 10. madly专练三：1. It 2. have changed 3. by/from/of 4. to realize 5.but(also) 6. what 7. most important 8. a 9. their 10. keep专练四：1. so 2. am doing 3. someone 4. own 5. a 6. to 7. because 8. buying 9. what 10. that/which专练五：1. who 2. but 3. proud 4. a 5. when/whenever 6. she 7. though 8. contributions 9. taking 10. However专练六：1. was getting 2. how 3. since 4. on 5. shaking 6. completely 7. the 8. had been destroyed 9. to buy 10. as专练七：1. sayings 2. whatever 3. acceptance 4. Actually 5. married 6. have been 7. beginning 8. different 9. If 10. earlier专练八：1. for 2. covering/to be covered 3. it 4. what 5. was astonished 6. that/which 7. amazing 8. As 9. the 10. by专练九：1. properly 2. weight 3. the 4. when/if 5. to do 6. sitting 7. like/such as 8. mind 9. It 10. where/in which专练十：1. round/around 2. crazily 3. seen 4. who 5. disappointed 6. didn’t come 7. beginning 8. nervous 9. laughing 10. gentlemen。