2020高考英语语法填空10篇附解析 Day 40

2020

高考英语语法填空

10

篇附解析

Day 40

Passage 1

Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes____1____ she didn’t

even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu

county, Jiangsu province, ____2____ (make) shoes since she was 19 years

old, and this year marks her 31st year making cloth shoes. She spends the

entire day in her tiny studio, which measures less than 10 square meters

altogether,

filled

with

cloth

shoes

in

____3____

(variety)

stages

of

completion.

Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes ____4____ (use) machines,

but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely ____5____ hand.

She says the shoes ____6____ (produce) by machine are not of the same

quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable (

耐

用的

) and comfortable ____7____ (soft), and absorb sweat better.

Some

people

buy

cloth

shoes

out

of

nostalgia

(

怀

旧

),

while

____8____ trust their quality. Making shoes isn’t ____9____ profitable job,

but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to

the younger generation.

Handmade

cloth

shoes

are

also

called

qian

ceng

di

(shoes

with

a

thousand layers), ____10____ can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty

(1050—221 BC). In 2009, the making technique of qian ceng di was listed

as a national intangible cultural heritage.

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Passage 2

Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?

In the early days of January, as cases of a strange, pneumonia-like

illness____1____ (report) in China, researchers at the National Institutes

of Health readied themselves to hunt____2____ a vaccine to prevent the

new disease.

Scientists

in

Australia

are

also

working

on

vaccine

candidates

____3____

(stop)

the

spread

of

the

disease.

Historically,

vaccines

have

been one of the greatest public health ____4____(tool) to prevent disease.

But even as new technology, advancements in genomics(

基因组学

) and

improved

global

coordination

have

allowed

researchers

to

move

at

unprecedented speed, vaccine ____5____(develop) remains an expensive

and risky process. That’s ____6____ the vaccines must undergo extensive

testing in animals and humans. In the best case, it takes at least a year —

and most likely ____7____(long) — for any vaccine to become available

to the public.

With each new outbreak, scientists ____8____ (typical) have to start

from

scratch.

After

the

SARS

outbreak

in

2003,

____9____

took

researchers about 20 months from the release of the viral genome(

基因组

)

to

get

a

vaccine

ready

for

human

trials.

By

the

time

an

epidemic

____10____

(cause)

by

the

Zika

virus

occurred

in

2015,

researchers

2

brought the timeline down to six months. Now, they hope the joint efforts

will cut that time in half.

Passage 3

Floating mountains in the ocean are better known as icebergs (

冰山

).

Icebergs are____1____ (mass) of freshwater ice that have broken from a

glacier

(

冰

川

)

or

polar

ice

sheet.

Most

icebergs

are

formed

around

Antarctica and Greenland.

Icebergs____2____

(see)

today

began

thousands

and

thousands

of

years ago. They began as flakes of snow falling on land. Over the years,

more and more snow fell. The snow on ____3____bottom was crushed (

压

碎

) because snow on top was packing it down. Years of ____4____(melt)

and freezing formed layers of ice thousands of feet thick. These sheets of

ice are called glaciers. During the warmer weather in spring ____5____

summer, pieces of ice break off from glaciers. The broken pieces of ice fall

into the water and become icebergs.

Icebergs vary ____6____ size. The largest iceberg ever recorded was

the size of the state ofRhode Island in the United States. The ____7____

(tall) iceberg stood 10 feet above the ocean. That’s about the size of the

Washington Monument in Washington, D

．

C

．

Icebergs can be very ____8____ (danger) to ships traveling near them

because only one-eighth of an iceberg ____9____ (be) above water. This

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means that the rock-hard ice is much larger underneath. Captains taking

____10____(they) ships around an iceberg may miscalculate the size of the

iceberg.

Passage 4

We all know clean water is important for good health. But now we

also know we should watch____1____ we keep our water in. Plastic bottles

hardened

with

a

dangerous

material____2____(call)

BPA

can

release

a

chemical into our water that harms our bodies. Since 2011, many countries

____3____(ban) plastic with BPA from use in food containers and baby

bottles. But are other non-BPA plastics safe?

Plastic

labeled

BPA-free

might

use

other

chemicals

that

have

____4____(harm) health effects. ____5____(Study) have shown that low

levels of those chemicals might have the same effects as BPA

．

So, what

should people do? The ____6____(good) material to drink from is glass,

____7____ has no chemicals that can poison water.

Another good choice ____8____ a drink container is stainless steel.

Stainless steel bottles are better than aluminum bottles, which are covered

with

a

thin

plastic

____9____(protect)

the

metal

from

acids.

There

are

many good food-grade stainless steel water bottles on the market.

If

you

do

decide

to

use

a

reusable

plastic

water

bottle,

avoid

____10____(keep)

it

in

the

sun.

Sunlight

and

hot

liquid

speed

up

the

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release of chemicals into your drinking water.

Passage 5

Zhong

Nanshan,

an

83-year-old

doctor

who

became

a

household

name 17 years ago for “daring to speak” in the fight____1____ SARS, is

the

public

face

of

China's

effort____2____

(control)

a

new

strain

of

coronavirus

(

新型冠状病毒

).

In

spite

of

his

advanced

age,

Zhong

was

appointed to lead the investigation into the new virus, which has frightened

millions of Chinese traveling for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.

His announcement on Monday ____3____ the virus could spread between

humans

ratcheted

up

(

加

大

)

worries

about

the

outbreak,

after

which

Beijing has warned officials of public shame if ____4____ cover up any

infections. Meanwhile, he advised people not to travel to and from Wuhan

while ____5____(dedicate) himself to combating the outbreak. Two photos

____6____(circulate) widely on social media by Guangzhou Daily showed

Zhong taking a short break on the train and rushing to a hospital in Wuhan

to learn about patients’ conditions, which is ____7____ (deep) moving.

Coronavirus is different from SARS in 2003, when in an atmosphere

of

fear

and

suspicion,

Zhong,

____8____

respiratory

(

呼吸道

)

diseases

specialist, gave media his candid, pessimistic assessment of the ____9____

(severe)

of

the

SARS

crisis.

Zhong

was

applauded

for

his

honesty

and

____10____

(remain)

a

public

figure

ever

since,

weighing

in

on

public

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health issues such as air pollution and food safety.

Passage 6

China will emerge stronger from the coronavirus challenge, experts

said at a seminar here on Tuesday, while____1____ (praise) China’s efforts

to stop the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic (

传染病

).

Speaking

at

the

seminar

____2____(title)

“Battling

Coronavirus,

”

Sumit

Mullick,

chief

information

commissioner

of

India’s

southwestern

state

of

Maharashtra,

said

that

China

has

created

a

new

criterion

in

addressing a health issue by quarantining (

隔离

) Wuhan, the epicenter city

of the virus outbreak.

“The coronavirus does not understand or respect borders. It does not

need a visa or passport.” Mullick said. “Challenges are ____3____ (true)

in global in nature. ”

However, Chinese labs have quickly decoded the genetic sequence of

the coronavirus and shared it with the world, ____4____ is now working

on a new vaccine, he said.

R. N. Bhaskar, a senior journalist and consulting editor with Indian

English newspaper Free Press Journal, said that China is doing all it can

____5____ (contain) the spread of the virus and create a vaccine.

“As

____6____ very big player in the global economy, there will be

negative impact ____7____ the Chinese economy for a temporary period.

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However, thanks to the swift responses to the virus outbreak, the Chinese

economy will overcome this crisis and emerge stronger, ” he added.

Health

officials

at

the

panel

discussion

also

listed

the

steps

____8____

(take)

to

fight

the

virus

and

shared

their

experiences

in

countering misinformation and creating

____9____

(aware) among the

public at large.

The event

____10____ (organize) jointly by the Observer Research

Foundation, a think- tank body, along with the Chinese Consulate General

in Mumbai.

Passage 7

Nowadays, it seems that many are becoming more and more focused

on eating a plant-based diet and leaving out animal____1____(product).

For meat lovers, a new study has found a link____2____how much meat a

person eats and an increased risk of premature death.

According to research____3____(publish) in the

American Journal of

Clinical Nutrition

, people who ate more red meat or processed meat in their

diet had a____4____(high) chance of dying from a long-lasting disease.

The new research looked at data from the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease

Risk Factor Study, ____5____ongoing study that’s tracking risk factors for

cardiovascular

(

心

脏

血

管

的

)

disease

among

middle-aged

men

from

eastern

Finland.

The

study

population____6____

(make)

up

of

2,

641

7

Finnish men between the ages of 42 and 60 when the study began between

1984 and 1989.

Researchers followed up with the men after 20 years — 1, 225 of them

had died. Those____7____ate seven ounces or more of red or processed

meat daily—or got the____8____(major) of their protein from meat—had

a 23 percent higher risk of premature death, according to Science Daily.

This isn’t____9____(actual) the first strike against red or processed meat:

red or processed meat can increase your chances of____10____(get) this

disease.

Passage 8

Supermarkets

in

Vietnam

and

Thailand

are

leading

the

fight____1____

single-use

plastics

by____2____

(replace)

plastic

bags

with banana leaves.

As we all know, it is of great importance to the planet ____3____ we

stop using so much bloody plastic. Firstly, it is poisoning the seas. Whales

are washed up ____4____ (die). It is the huge amounts of plastic inside

their ____5____ (stomach) that kill them. Secondly, if it is poisoning the

seas,

it’s

____6____

(probable)

poisoning

us,

too,

for

we

eat

a

load

of

things that come out of the sea.

Lately, a new and encouraging ____7____ (develop) started with a

Facebook

post

showing

banana

leaves

being

used

in

the

Rimping

8

supermarket

in

Chiang

Mai.

Thailand.

After

seeing

how

much

good

publicity the post ____8____ (get) in the past few months, supermarkets in

Vietnam have all followed suit.

According to a spokesperson for Lotte Market in Ho Chizminh City,

they’re

only

doing

this

as

____9____

test,

but

they

plan

to

expand

the

action nationwide and hope to be able to use the leaves for meat as well as

vegetables before too long. Besides, another Vietnamese supermarket, has

already

started

using

biodegradable

(

可生物降解的

)

bags

____10____

(make) from corn.

This is a step in the right direction and we do need it.

Passage 9

Switzerland

is

the

world’s

most

famous

watchmaker,

____1____makes it little surprise that____2____(it) people are the most

punctual in the world. For them, being on time is not only a nice thing to

do, but it’s a strict____3____(believe) that they build almost every aspect

of their lives on.

According

to

the

BBC,

everything

in

Switzerland,

from

trains

and

buses____4____personal meetings, is on time. If someone says they

are

meeting you at 3 pm, they____5____not be there at 2:55 or 3:05 - just 3

pm. It shows “a deep expression of respect for other people”, US writer

Eric

Weiner,

who____6____(recent)

traveled

to

Switzerland,

wrote

for

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BBC News. “A punctual person is a ____7____(consider) one. By showing

up on time for everything, a Swiss person is expressing he values your time

and, by extension, he values you.”

This valuable quality of Swiss people____8____(report) to originate

from

the

country’s

mountain areas.

Due

to

poor

weather, people had to

plant

and

harvest

crops

exactly

on

time,

____9____they

would

have

nothing to eat.

However, being punctual also has its problems. Since everybody has

their lunch at exactly 12 and takes their coffee break at 4 pm, elevators and

coffee shops all tend____10____(be) full at the same time.

Passage 10

Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California,

along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is

known that the helicopter____1____ (carry) Bryant and the others crashed

into a hilly area in____2____ (fog) conditions, and the cause of the crash

is still ____3____ investigation.

Bryant

was

____4____

(wide)

considered

one

of

the

greatest

basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los

Angeles

Lakers. After

the

tragic

accident,

many

____5____

(celebrity)

showed their great grief over the ____6____ (lose) of the great basketball

player.

NBA

Commissioner

Adam

Silver

said,

“Kobe

____7____

10

(remember)

most

for

inspiring

people

around

the

world

to

pick

up

a

basketball and he will always be.” All-time basketball great Michael Jordan

said

Kobe

was

a

____8____

(choose)

one

and

he

would

miss

those

conversations very much.

Thousands

of

people

gathered

to

remember

the

star

outside

the

Staples Center in Los Angeles, ____9____ the Los Angeles Lakers played

their home games. From then on, the city would not be ____10____ it used

to be due to the death of the great basketball star.

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参考答案

Passage 1

1. that

4. using

8. others

2. has made/has been making

5. by

9. a

6. produced

10. which

3. various

7. softer

1.

句意：强淑萍如此忙于制作布鞋以致于端午节假期都没休息。

so... that...“

如

此

……

……”

是固定句型，故填

< br>that

。

2.

据句子主语

“The

woman”< /p>

可知，谓语动词应用第三人称单数。根据时间状语

“since she was 19 years old”

可知，此处可用现在完成进行时表示

“

做鞋

”

这一动作

始于过去，

并持续到现在，

且现在还在 进行；

此处也可用现在完成时表示从过去

一直持续到现在的动作 。故填

has made/has been making

。

3.

形容词作定语修饰名词

stages

，故填

various

。

4.

（

4

）

(use) machines

作状语，

use

与其逻辑主语

stores

之 间是主动关系，现在

分词作状语表示主动关系，故填

using

。

5.

句意：但是强淑萍坚持完全用手工做鞋。

by

hand“

用手工

”

是常用词 组，故填

by

。

6.

（

6

）

(produce) by machine

作定语修饰

shoes

，

shoes

与

produce

之间是被动关

系 ，过去分词作定语表示被动关系，故填

produced

。

7.

句意：

a nd

连接并列成分，

手工制作的布鞋比较耐用和舒适，