语法填空专练及答案详解

语法填空专练（一）

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1

个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

My favourite season is winter. You're probably thinking I'm slightly mad

—

after

all, who doesn't love summer? Winter, in 1. ________ (it) own way, is wonderful. For

anyone who still needs to be convinced, let me explain 2. ________ I love winter.

During

November,

Christmas

markets

appear

in

3.

________

number

of

towns

and cities across the UK. London's Hyde Park becomes a huge winter wonderland, 4.

________ there are countless

small

shops selling food and

gifts. Christmas

markets

have something for everyone. And this provides great entertainment!

The weather gets noticeably colder: the mornings are often frosty and the nights

close

to

freezing.

I

like

the

cold

weather

—

for

me,

there's

something

nice

about

wearing a thick winter coat with a scarf and 5. ________ (glove).

Along

with

countless

school

children

across

the

UK,

I

get

very

6.

________

(excite) about the thought of snow. A few years ago there was a lot of snow and many

schools

had

the

day

off.

Snowball

fights

are

great

fun

and

many

families

enjoy

7.

________

(build)

snowmen

together.

I

love

a

white

Christmas;

8.

________

(unfortunate) this doesn't happen often in the UK.

Throughout December, many churches and schools hold carol concerts: lots of 9.

________

(tradition)

songs

are

sung.

Christmas

dinner

is

my

favourite

meal

of

the

year. In my house, Christmas dinner usually 10. ________ (include) turkey, potatoes

and lots of vegetables, followed by Christmas cake, pies and lots of chocolate!

B

1. ________ (think) about my time in

France, I noticed quite a few differences

between the French and the English.

In French, there are two ways 2. ________ (say) “you”: “tu” is the informal form,

while “vous” is the formal form. When I learnt French, I 3. ________ (t

each) to call

everyone

vous

unless

they

were

my

family

or

a

friend.

So

I

was

surprised

that

4.

________ (actual) everyone in France used tu all the time. But I continued to use vous

because I didn't want people to think I was being 5. ________ (polite). To be honest,

I'm thankful that in English we don't have to worry about these things!

School

children

in

the

UK

traditionally

wear

a

school

uniform

but

in

France

pupils do not wear a uniform. It was a culture shock 6. ________ me to see children

wearing Spiderman T-shirts

and baggy blue jeans while in

the classroom. The final

difference which struck me was the 7. ________ (relax) attitude at school. Teachers

were never in 8. ________ rush, and the children and teachers are given long breaks

and

lots

of

time

to

eat

9.

________

(they)

lunch.

This

is

a

contrast

to

the

UK,

10.

________

the

school

day

might

seem

to

be

filled

with

pressure.

I

found

the

differences puzzling at times, but I cannot deny what a great opportunity it was to live

in another country.

C

Most

people

when

visiting

England

will

go

to

London.

1.

________

fact

most

people

don't

even

know

much

about

England

outside

of

London.

However,

as

2.

________ northern girl, from a place just between Manchester and Liverpool, and a

university

student

in

Sheffield,

I'd

say

the

north

is

well

worth

3.

________

(visit).

Here are five reasons why:

Friendliness: Northerners will chat to you on the bus, say hello in the streets and

won't think

you're crazy if you smile at 4. ________ (they) when

you walk past. 5.

__

______ (friend) northerners might also call

you “duck” or “love”

—

don't worry,

they call everyone that.

Gravy (

肉汁

): Now although southerners have gravy, a delicious meaty sauce 6.

________

goes

well

with

everything,

they

don't

do

it

7.

________

(proper).

You

haven't lived until you've tried chip- shop chips swimming in gravy.

Beautiful Countryside: We have the Peak District, and the Lake District. They're both

absolutely beautiful. We also have some pretty amazing 8. ________ (beach) too.

Excellent Party Cities: We have Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield ... You

can't go wrong if you want 9. ________ (go) on a night out here.

Cheap:

The

same

night

won't

cost

you

anywhere

near

as

much

up

north!

For

some reason, everything up North is 10. ________ (cheap) than that in London, from

food to drink to getting around.

There's lots of lovely things to see in the North, so if you can brave the weather

being a bit colder and wetter, it's well worth a trip.

D

Young people in Britain eat 1. ________ (many) snacks than people of the same

age in other European countries. So far, a survey 2. ________ (discover) that 64% of

under 20-year- olds snack between meals. Salty snacks, crisps 3. ________ particular,

are the favourite snack in the UK.

Crisps are very thin slices of potato 4. ________ (cook) in oil then covered in salt

or other salty flavours. British people are mad for crisps and they like them in a huge

variety of flavours. Some of 5. ________ most popular flavours include cheese and

onion, steak and onion and roast chicken.

While

crisps

and

other

salty

snacks

can

be

delicious,

many

people

are

worried

that young people eat too many of these kinds of foods. The Food Standards Agency

issued

a

warning

6.

________

(recent)

that

many

children's

snacks

contained

dangerously high levels of salt.

Some

parents

are

7.

________

(happy)

that

their

children

can

buy

snack

foods

that

are

high

in

sugar,

salt

or

fat

from

vending

machines

(

投币式自动售货机

)

in

schools, some of 8. ________ have been banned by some schools.

Advertising

and

marketing

is

another

controversial

area.

Some

people

feel

that

advertising for junk food and unhealthy snacks should not be directed at 9. ________

(teenager). One opinion is that young people should 10. ________ (protect) by a ban

on this kind of advertising before 9 pm on TV and that there should be more controls

over websites and sponsorship.

E

What can you do if shops don't sell the clothes you want? How can you get the

clothes you want if you don't have much cash?

Young 1. ________ (create) people in the UK have always come up 2. ________

ways to express their individuality through their clothes. “Printing your own T

-shirt is

3. ________ easiest and most common way to adapt clothes,” John said. “You don't

have to make a T-shirt. You can buy a cheap T-

shirt and add an image of your choice.”

Everyone 4. ________ (know) students don't have a lot of money. That doesn't have to

be

a

problem

if

you've

got

a

bit

of

5.

________

(imagine)

and

a

sewing

machine.

“Once

I

found

a

pair

of

trousers

6.

________

I

li

ked

but

I

couldn't

afford

them.

I

bought some cloth of the same colour and copied the trousers, 7. ________ (use) my

mum's

sewing

machine,”

Corinne

said.

“I

went

back

to

the

shop

wearing

my

homemade trousers 8. ________ (see) if they were the same as the ones in the shop.

And I thought they were much better!”

Buying second- hand clothes is another fashion option for many young Brits to get

individual

styles.

“I

9.

________

(real)

love

changing

second

-hand

clothes.

I

can

make skirts shorter or longer. Sometimes I just change all the 10. ________ (button)

to give clothes a new look. By adapting these clothes you can be sure you will always

have something original as well as cheap,” said Helen.

F

The researchers published their study in the journal Nature. They looked at data

from

recent

bleaching

(

变白

)

events

in

the

Great

Barrier

Reef,

off

the

coast

of

Australia.

Bleaching

causes

corals

to

lose

their

colour

and,

often,

to

die.

Several

causes

contribute

1.

________

bleaching:

warm

water

temperatures,

2.

________

(pollute), and overfishing. The bleaching events in the study were caused 3. ________

(main)

by

rising

water

temperature.

The

researchers

found

that

local

efforts

4.

________

(improve)

water

quality

and

stop

overfishing

did

not

increase

the

reefs'

chances of survival.

Researchers say the results of the study highlight the importance of 5. ________

(fight) global climate change. Reefs could become extinct if temperatures continue to

rise at the current rate.

Corals look like rocks, but they are tiny animals. The creatures can exist alone or

in large colonies. They form a hard outer shell. When they die, their skeleton (

骨架

) 6.

________ (leave) behind and more coral builds on it. Colonies form reefs. They are

home

to

one

in

four

species

in

the

sea.

Reefs

also

serve

as

barriers

7.

________

protect the coastlines from 8. ________ (power) storms.

Fortunately,

a

group

of

scientists

unconnected

to

the

study

9.

________

(take)

action at the moment. Their project focuses on protecting 10. ________ great many

reefs that have not been harmed by climate change.

答案

A. 1. its

2. why

3. a

4. where

5

. gloves

6. excited

10. includes

7. building

8. unfortunately

9. traditional

B.

1. Thinking

2. to say

6. for

C.

1. In

7. relaxed

3. was taught

8. a

4. actually

5. impolite

10. where

9. their

2. a

3. visiting

4. them

5. Friendly

6. that / which

7. properly

8. beaches

9. to go

D.

1. more

2. has discovered

10. cheaper

4. cooked

5. the

3. in

6. recently

7. unhappy

E.

1. creative

2. with

6. that / which

F.

1. to

8. which

9. teenagers

10. be protected

5. imagination

10. buttons

5. fighting

10. a

3. the

4. knows

9. really

7. using 8. to see

2. pollution

7. that / which

3. mainly

4. to improve

6. is left

8. powerful

9. is taking

语法填空专练（二）

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1

个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

It is reported 1. ________ people in China eat on average about 12 grams of salt

each day, which is much higher than the 6 grams 2. ________ (recommend) by the

World

Health

Organization.

You

could

be

eating

too

much

without

3.

________

(realise) it, because about 75% of the salt we eat is already in the food we buy.

Past studies have found that people 4. ________ eat more salt than they need tend 5.

________ (have) high blood pressure. Eating too much salt has also been linked to

heart problems. Here are some tips for you.

★

Cut back on high salt foods.

Some

foods

such

as

cheese,

bacon

and

chips

are

almost

always

high

in

salt

because

of

the

way

they

6.

________

(make).

You

should

try

to

have

these

7.

________ smaller amounts.

★

Choose reduced salt bread and breakfast cereals.

Bread

and

breakfast

cereals

are

major

sources

of

salt,

not

because

they're

8.

________ (necessary) high in salt but because we eat a lot of them. Next time you're

shopping,

take

the

time

to

compare

the

salt

levels

on

a

few

similar

9.

________

(product) because there can be a really big 10. ________ (different) between different

types and brands.

★

Avoid using salt to add flavour to meals.

Instead,

you

could

use

herbs

such

as

garlic

and

lemon

juice

to

add

flavour

to

meals.

B

About

65%

of

Americans

say

they

have

difficulty

falling

asleep

a

few

1.

________ (night) each week, according to a recent study 2. ________ (make) by the

National Sleep Foundation. Sleeping too little can lead to a higher risk of becoming

fat

and

getting

depressed.

Some

of

your

favourite

evening

habits

may

have

3.

________ to do with sleeping problems.

★

Setting a bright alarm clock

The light of your bright alarm clock can prevent you 4. ________ falling asleep.

You can make your room as dark as possible. Cover the bright numbers with a book

or consider 5. ________ (buy) a small travel clock.

★

Counting sheep

When you just can't fall asleep, 6. ________ is useless to count sheep. If you've

been

trying

to

fall

asleep

for

more

than

30

minutes,

the

National

Sleep

Foundation

suggests that you get up and do something 7. ________ will make you sleepy. Before

you know it, you'll be going back to bed 8. ________ (real) tired.

★

Exercising late at night

Daytime keeps you 9. ________ (energy) for hours. That's why you don't want 10.

________

(exercise)

within

three

hours

of

going

to

bed.

Fierce

physical

activities

raise your body temperature and are bad for a good night's sleep.

C

Computer programmer David Jones earns ?

35,000 a year by 1. ________ (design)

new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card.

Yesterday,

he

2.

________

(tell)

to

wait

another

two

years,

until

he

is

18.

The

16-year-old

works

for

a

small

firm

in

Liverpool

where

the

problem

of

most

young

people of his age is finding a job.

But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns

a lot, he cannot drive a car or get credit cards. “I got the job because

the people 3.

________ run the firm knew I had already written some 4. ________ (program),” he

said. David spends most of his spare time working.

“5. ________ (unfortunate), computing was not part of our studies at school,” he

said. “But I had been studyi

ng it in books and magazines 6. ________ four years in

my spare time. I knew 7. ________ I wanted to do and never thought about staying on

at

school.

Most

people

in

this

business

are

fairly

young,

anyway.”

David

added:

“I

would like 8. ________ (earn) a million and I suppose early 9. ________ (retire) is a

possibility. You never know when the market might 10. ________ (appear).”

D

When Susan White went back to high school, she never had any thoughts about

getting a high school diploma.

“I

just

wanted

to

learn

more,”

she

said.

But

when

she

found

out

that

many

classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs. White recalled, “I said my young friends

can

graduate

from

high

school,

1.

________

can

I.”

As

soon

as

she

2.

________

(complete) a history course, Mrs. White will graduate next month and enter the record

books as the 3. ________ (old) person ever to graduate from high school in the United

States. 4. ________ the way, Mrs. White is 98 years old, and 5. ________ (obvious)

nobody has completed high school at an older age.

Having dropped out of school in the 10th grade, Mrs. White's 6. ________ (able)

to learn has not been dulled by the 80 years layoff. Since going back to 7. ________

(she) studies, she has kept up a straight record that is the highest possible. Now that

she

is

about

to

get

a

diploma,

Mrs.

White

has

become

a

strong

believer

in

8.

________ (get) a good education.

“I don't like anyone dropping out of school,” she said. “9. ________ makes me

mad

to

hear

a

person

has

decided

10.

________

(leave)

school

because

future

generations will have to know even more than we do to survive.”

E

1. ________ (found) in 1636, Harvard University is the 2. ________ (old) of all

the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and

Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much similar. Only young men could study

there. All the students studied 3. ________ same subjects, and everyone learned Latin,

Greek and Hebrew (

希伯来语

). Little was known about science then, and one kind of

school

could

teach

everything

4.

________

was

known

about

the

world.

When

the

students graduated, most of 5. ________ (they) became ministers or teachers.

In

1782,

Harvard

started

a

medical

school

for

students

who

wanted

to

become

doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their 6. ________ (train) in Harvard's law school.

In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as

French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

7. ________ (luck), as knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to

teach many new subjects. Students were allowed 8. ________ (choose) the subjects

that interested them.

Today,

there

are

many

different

kinds

of

colleges

and

universities,

which

are

made 9. ________ of smaller schools that deal 10. ________ special fields of learning.

There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.

F

British

chemistry

professor

has

become

a

big

star

on

the

Internet

by

doing

experiments that are too 1. ________ (danger) to do in schools.

Professor Martyn Poliakoff teaches at

the University of Nottingham

in

the UK.

Some

people

compare

2.

________

(he)

to

the

great

scientist

Albert

Einstein.

His

videos

have

been

watched

more

than

6

million

times

on

the

video

sharing

website

YouTube,

according

to

a

report

3.

________

(give)

by

the

English

newspaper

The

Telegraph. In his videos he mixes interesting stories 4. ________ scientific facts and

huge

blasts

(

爆炸

).

His

style

makes

students

5.

________

are

bored

with

school

science lessons 6. ________ (extreme) excited.

The

professor

has

received

hundreds

of

fan

e-mails

from

students

across

the

world.

He

said

he

was

surprised

by

the

attention.

One

of

his

videos

was

watched

200,000 times in just 24 hours after 7. ________ (put) on the YouTube front page.

“I lectured to 8. ________ (many) people that day than I have in the whole of the

rest of my life,” he said.

Professor Poliakoff 's videos are about the fun of 9. ________ (discover). That's

the reason 10. ________ they attract so many people. He says, “The message they're

getting across to students is that

—

although their teachers are very nice

—

chemistry

can be much more fun.”

答案

A. 1. that

7. in

2. recommended 3. realizing

4. who / that

8. necessarily

9. products

10. difference

4. from

5. buying

6. it

5. to have

6. are made

B. 1. nights

2. made

7. that

8. really

3. something

9. energetic

10. to exercise

4. programs

9. retirement

4. By

9. It

5. Unfortunately

10. disappear

C. 1. designing

2. was told

3. who / that

6. for

D. 1. so

7. what

8. to earn

2. completes

7. her

2. oldest

3. oldest

8. getting

5. obviously

10. to leave

6. training

6. ability

E. 1. Founded

3. the

4. that

5. them

7. Luckily

8. to choose

9. up

3. given

10. with

4. with

5. who / that

F. 1. dangerous

2. him

6. extremely 7. being put

8. more

9. discovery 10. why

语法填空专练（三）

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A

Lawrence Hargrave was born in Middlesex, England, in 1850. When he was 1.

________ teenager, his family moved to Australia. There Hargrave went to work for

the

Australian

Stream

and

Navigation

Company,

where

he

spent

five

years

2.

________

(gain)

practical

experience

in

engineering.

He

soon

became

3.

________

(interest) in artificial flight.

Hargrave wanted to develop a stable lifting surface 4. ________ could be used for

flying. This goal led 5. ________ his invention of the box kite. In 1894, he carried out

kite experiments along the beaches near his home. One day, in front of onlookers, he

was

lifted

above

the

beach

and

out

over

the

sea

by

four

of

his

box

kites.

These

experiments were very important to the 6. ________ (develop) of air travel, although

Hargrave never received credit for it. In fact, because of his modesty, Hargrave failed

7. ________ (get) a patent on his box kite. He came up with many other 8. ________

(invention) too, including a rotary engine.

In

1906,

Hargrave

began

looking

for

a

home

for

his

collection

of

nearly

200

models of kites and flying machines. After being rejected by several governments, his

collection 9. ________ (accept) at a technological museum in Munich, Germany. 10.

________ (unfortunate), many of these models were destroyed during World War I.

B

Everyone

knows

that

karaoke

comes

from

Japan,

but

the

Japanese

word

has

nothing to do with being drunk and tone-deaf! It 1. ________ (actual) means empty

orchestra. It all started in a small music bar in the city of Kobe.

One night when the usual guitarist didn't turn up, the desperate bar 2. ________

(own) recorded some music and invited his customers to sing instead. The craze soon

spread.

And

the

special

karaoke

machine

3.

________

(invent).

The

idea

was

4.

________

however

badly

you

sang

everyone

applauded

at

the

end,

and

it

proved

perfect for stressed Japanese businessmen 5. _______ (relax).

Today, you can find karaoke bars all over the world. It is 6. ________ popular in

China

that

restaurants

normally

have

several

karaoke

machines

going

at

7.

________ same time. These days, you can hire karaoke machines that not only play

music and videos, 8. ________ have smoke machines, laser lights, and even dancers

and a DJ to accompany you, while you make believe for a few 9. ________ (minute)

that you are a star. As one karaoke fan put it, “It's something everyone should try at

least once in 10. ________ (they) life.”

C

On my year abroad, I am teaching in Avignon, a town in the south of France.

After my first

week,

I

realised 1. ________ difficult

it is

to

be a teacher. First,

there's the lesson planning. I have 12 classes a week, all of different ages and abilities,

so

I

can't

reuse

the

same

materials.

It

takes

me

hours

2.

________

(look)

up

worksheets, games and activities to make the class more interesting.

Next, there's the lessons themselves. It's exhausting! I often teach four classes in a

row, standing on my feet all 3. ________ time. It's also very difficult when a student

won't stop 4. ________ (talk) and doesn't listen to me.

5.

________

addition,

small

things

like

photocopying

worksheets

and

marking

homework take up 6. ________ (much) time than I ever imagined.

However, despite all of these downsides, I 7. ________ (real) love my job. I work

in

primary

schools,

so

we

play

games

instead

of

always

reading

and

writing.

The

children are very enthusiastic about learning English, and it's very rewarding to help 8.

________ (they) learn something new.

When I was at school, I 9. ________ (take) my teachers for granted. I thought it

was a(n) 10. ________ (punish) for me to be in school. Now I know the teachers were

just trying to help me, and that they put a lot of effort into lessons.

D

What

are

the

benefits

of

laughter? Laughter

1.

________

(use)

as

a

signal

for

being part of a group

—

it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. In

fact, laughter is important, and has been shown to have many 2. ________ (benefit)

effects on the human body in different ways. Just check out these health benefits of

laughter.

Boosts

(

增强

)

your

immune

system.

3.

________

(study)

have

shown

that

laughter boosts the immune system, increasing the number of antibody-producing T

cells.

This

then

makes

us

less

likely

4.

________

(catch)

coughs

and

colds.

It

also

lowers the levels of at least four hormones (

激素

) which are connected with stress. So,

after a good laugh you should be far 5. ________ (anxious).

Improves

your breathing.

Laugh more and more, because laughter

empties

your

lungs of the air 6. ________ it takes in, resulting in a cleansing effect

—

similar 7.

________ deep breathing. This is 8. ________ (especial) helpful for people who are

suffering from asthma (

哮喘

).

Protects your heart. Your heart is a muscle and, like any muscle in your body, it

gets

stronger

and

functions

better

when

exercised.

Regular

laughter

is

like

9.

________ (get) a gym membership for your heart. The study said that 15 minutes of

laughter a day is as important for your heart 10. ________ 30 minutes of exercise 3

times a week.

E

3D printing is becoming more and more popular. We are now able 1. ________

(print) things such as clothing, musical instruments and prototype cars.

But can you imagine printing food? Some scientists are trying to revolutionise the

dining experience by 2. ________ (do) this. They believe that having a 3D printer in

the

kitchen

will

become

very

common.

Scientists

say

they

are

easy

to

use:

you

3.

________ (simple) have to select a recipe and put the raw food “inks” into the printer.

This means that 4. ________ would be very quick to create tasty and nutritious meals.

Using

3D

printers

to

create

your

meals

would

also

be

saving

the

environment.

There

would

be

less

need

for

5.

________

(tradition)

growing,

transporting

and

packaging processes as food 6. ________ (produce) would be a lot more efficient. It

could

also

help

people

7.

________

suffer

from

dysphasia

(

吞咽障碍

).

They

could

program the printer to print softer versions of their favourite foods so that they would

not have trouble swallowing them.

However, some people think that a future of 3D-printed food would be a disaster.

It could take away lots of 8. ________ (job), including those for growing, transporting

and

packaging

food.

Also,

there

are

concerns

9.

________

the

nutritional

value

of

printed food.

What's more, it is hard to imagine a world where the pastime of cooking is dead

and meals can 10. ________ (create) at the touch of a button.

答案

A. 1. a

2. gaining

3. interested

4. that / which

5. to

6. development

7. to get

8. inventions

B. 1. actually

7. the

2. owner

8. but

9. was accepted

10. Unfortunately

3. was invented

4. that

5. to relax

6. so

9. minutes

10. their

C. 1. how

2. to look

8. them

3. the

4. talking

5. In

6. more

7. really

D. 1. is used

9. took

10. punishment

4. to catch

5. less anxious

10. as

5. traditional

2. beneficial 3. Studies

7. to

6. that / which

E. 1. to print

8. especially 9. getting

3. simply

4. it

2. doing

6. production

7. who / that

8. jobs

9. for / about / over

10. be created

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1

个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

Friends

Reunited

is

a

website

which

helps

you

to

find

old

friends

and

lets

you

read what people you've lost touch 1. __________ are doing now.

New

visitors

find

their

old

schools

or

workplaces,

2.

__________

are

usually

listed

on

the

web

page,

and

then

add

their

names

to

the

list

of

people

already

registered (

注册

). They can also post photos and 3. __________ (inform) about what

they

are

doing

now.

When

they

want

4.

__________

(contact)

another

member,

Friends

Reunited

forwards

the

message.

Communication

takes

place

without

5.

__________ (reveal) personal email addresses or contact details until members decide

they would like to do so.

Alex,

24,

once

lived

in

Manchester

but

when

he

was

eighteen

his

family

6.

__________ (move) south to London. Two years ago he had a really bad motorbike

accident.

He

7.

__________

(complete)

lost

his

memory,

not

just

of

the

crash

8.

__________ (it) but also of his past. His family played his favorite music and showed

him photos. Little by 9. __________ he began to remember who he was. But he still

couldn't remember anything about the rest of his life. Through Friends Reunited, his

sister

contacted

10.

__________

number

of

people

he

used

to

know

in

Manchester

when he was at school. He travelled to Manchester in search of his past.

B

A worldwide movement, 1. __________ aim is to slow life down, has started a

counter- revolution. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier

way of life is possible.

The

Slow

Food

movement

2.

__________

(found)

the

day

when

an

Italian

journalist,

Carlo

Petrini,

saw

that

McDonald's

had

opened

a

restaurant

in

Piazza

di

Spagna,

the

beautiful

square

in

Rome.

He

thought

3.

__________

was

tragic

that

many people today live 4. __________ quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only

eat mass-produced fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it,

and so he 5. __________ (start) the Slow Food movement. Although he didn't succeed

in 6. __________ (ban) McDonald's from Piazza di Spagna, Slow Food has become a

global

7.

__________

(organize)

and

now

has

more

than

80,000

members

in

100

countries.

“We believe,” says Fiona Richmond of Slow Food UK, “that people should take

time 8. __________ (enjoy) food.”

Slow

Food

also

encourages

people

to

eat

local

and

regional

food,

to

use

local

shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional

recipes. Richmond says, “There is nothing 9. __________ (satisfying) than relaxing

around

a

lively

table

in

the

company

of

family

and

friends.

The

pleasure

of

eating

quality food should 10. __________ (celebrate).”

C

The other day I 1. __________ (go) to my favorite cafe so that I could have 2.

__________

opportunity

to

be

among

people.

The

magic

of

connection

sometimes

happens in such places: a smile, a kind good morning, someone 3. __________ (offer)

you a newspaper, a short conversation with the staff

—

many possibilities of love and

4. ________ (kind).

Well,

magic

did

happen.

I

heard

a

man

who

was

speaking

with

difficulty.

I

noticed he couldn't do so clearly, 5. ________ is often the case, people looked at him

or

looked

down

to

avoid

feeling

6.

________

(embarrass).

I

imagined

a

person

in

these circumstances would like to feel included rather than excluded.