一、语法填空专项练习（一）A scientist got 1. ______ a train to go to New York. In his car there was also a poor farmer. 2. ______ (pass) the time, the scientist suggested a game to the guy.“I can answer 3. ______ question you ask me. If I can‟t, I will pay you 10 dollars. 4. ______ if you can‟t answer 5. ______ (I), you only have to give me one dollar. Get it?”The farmer nodded and thought for a while. “I have a question. What has three legs and 6. ______ (use) 10 hours to climb a palm tree but only 10 seconds to get back down?”The scientist was 7. ______ (puzzle) by the question so he thought long and hard about it. In fact, when they got to New York he still didn‟t have an answer. As the train pulled into the station, the scientist took out 10 dollars and gave 8. ______ to the farmer.“I don‟t know. What‟s the answer?” The farmer took 9. ______ 10 dollars and put it in his pocket. Then he took out a dollar and handed it to the scientist. “I don‟t know, 10. ______.”（二）I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.My father was once a strong man 1. ______ loved being active, but a terrible illness took all that away. Now he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even 2. ______ (talk) is difficult. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 3. ______ (believe).I said that we must give things up as we grow, but 4. ______ always seems that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He sai d: “But, Peter, I gave up everything! 5. ______ did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I 6. ______ not think of anything to say. 7. ______ (surprise), he answered his own question: “I 8. ______ (gain) the love of my family.”In this way, I learned the power of acceptance from my father. After that, when I began to feel 9. ______ (annoy) at someone, I would remember his words and become calm. If he could replace his great pain 10. ______ a feeling of love for others, then I should be able to give up my small annoyances.（三）One day, as I opened the garage door, I saw a large moth (飞蛾) on the wall. It was a very beautiful moth, 1. ______ had big brown wings.Perhaps because of the sound of the door opening, the moth 2. _____ (try) to fly out. There was a window on the ceiling. The moth couldn‟t get out because of the invisible (看不见的) wall of the window glass.I raised the garage door wider in hopes of 3. ______ (help) the moth to escape from the garage. However, it tried to fly higher and 4. ______ (far) from the door and got 5. ______ (trap) in a spider‟s web. Worrying that the beautiful moth would become a spider‟s dinner, I picked up a broom 6. ______ (help) it fight against the spider‟s web. However, it became even more 7. ______ (frighten). After it got away from the web, the moth ran into the glass. But no matter 8. _____ hard it tried, the moth remained in the cage of the garage.I left the garage with the door open. I thought 9. ______ simply turning his focus to one side, he could escape the garage through the door. Sometimes, people need to choose 10. ______ right way before applying effort.（四）My wife and I were raised in different 1. ______ (culture).Shortly after we were 2. ______ (marry), we found ourselves 3. ______ (wander) through a supermarket. Linda asked me 4. ______ I would like to have for dinner. I suggested turnips (萝卜). As I picked one up and put 5. ______ in our basket, she said: “Well, I‟m not going to eat that.”“Why not? I 6. ______ (think) you liked turnips?” I asked.“I do, but I wouldn‟t eat that. It‟s the root of the turnip ... we feed that to the pigs.”You know, as strange 7. ______ this may seem, I had never heard it 8. ______ (refer) to as the root of the turnip! It was always just a turnip to me.“Well, what do you eat?” I asked.“We eat the green of the turnip.”“Isn‟t that strange? We feed the greens to the pigs.”I have never eaten turnip greens. I put the turnip back and we went on our way. But I began wondering how far back I would have to go into our family history 9. ______ (find) out who made the decision 10. ______ we would eat the root of a turnip and feed the green to the pigs. It makes me think of all the old ideas that control our lives.二、短文改错专项训练（一）I had been in a good mood since my new neighbor moved in. No sooner had I become inspired to write my articles then I could hear a girl sing next door. She didn‟t sing well, but it was noise pollution for me.One day, I sat down in the front of the computer and hear the singing again. I had my husband going to complain about the noise.Ten minutes later, my husband came back and said: “That girl is only 17, but she has cancer (癌症).”I didn‟t know what to say.“Her father said that the most painful it is, the louder she sings. The singing helps him reduce the pain,” he said.I said to my husband: “Please tell her father that she can sing as many as she likes. We don‟t mind it at all.”（二）Recently we did a survey in our class –“To who do you go when you‟re in trouble?” Here is the results.Most students go to their classmates or friends when have trouble because they are the same ages. They can talk to and understand each other easily. Some turn to their teachers or parents about their problems if they have rich experience and can be helpful. Only a few solve their problems in themselves. They hate to talk to others and can‟t get on well with other people, too. They have a few friends.I think when we are in trouble, we should turn to those we trust mostly. It always feels good to have anyone listen to you.（三）Mr Black loved hunting, but his eyes was not good. Several times he nearly shot people instead of animals, because his friends were always very careful when hunting with him. One day a young friend of him wanted to make joke. He got a big piece of whit e paper and wrote in it, “I AM NOT A BEAR”. Then he tie it to his back. But it did not save him. After a few minutes, Mr Black shot his hat off. The young man was frightening and angry. “Didn‟t you see the paper?” he shouted to Mr Black.“No, I did,” said M r Black. Then he went near, looked hardly at the paper and said: “Oh, sorry, I didn‟t see the word …NOT‟”.（四）A blind boy was sitting on a square to a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which was said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a little c oins in the hat.A man was walking by. Then he took a sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked would see the new words.Surprising, soon a lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon, the man who changed the sign came to see what things were. The boy recognized his footstep and asked: “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”The man said: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”(一）1. on2. To pass3. any4. But5. mine6. uses7. puzzled8. it9. the 10. either（二）1. who2. talking3. beliefs4. it5. What6. could7. Surprisingly8. gained9. annoyed 10. with （三）1. which2. tried3. helping4. farther5. trapped6. to help7. frightened8. how9. by 10. the （四）1. cultures2. married3. wandering4. what5. it6. (had) thought7. as 8. referred 9. to find 10. that短文改错专项模拟训练答案（一）1. good à bad2. then à than3. sing à singing4. but à so5. front前the去掉6. hear à heard7. going à go 8. most à more9. him à her 10. many à much（二）1. who à whom2. is à are3. have à having 或have前加上they4. ages à age5. if à as/because6. in àby7. too à either8. few前面的a去掉9. mostly à most10. anyone à someone（三）1. was àwere2. because à so3. him à his4. joke前面加上a5. in à on6. tie à tied7. frightening à frightened8. No à Yes 9. near à nearer10. hardly à hard（四）1. to à with2. said前面的was去掉3. little à few4. a à the5. walked后面加by6. Surprising à Surprisingly7. changed前面加had8. what à how9. footstep à footsteps10. and à but。