中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 期末培优 语法填空 一．语法填空（共15小题） 1．As I went through school，I came to understand that life was about （1） （compete）.The only thing that mattered was doing（2） （well） than everyone else.I watched this cycle through the lives of my four older brothers.I watched them win（3） （award） time and time again and admired by teachers and adults alike.And I wanted all of that.But then I learned that I couldn't compete （4） my brothers or others for that matter.I didn't enjoy math and science nearly as much as I enjoyed English literature.My stomach would often hurt（5） （think）about the amount of time I'd have to put in studying and working to get ahead of everyone.Around the seventh grade，I decided that I didn't care about being a top student anymore.I just wanted to do （6） brought me joy.I wanted to just read and write for days. Then I watched my older brothers enter the workplace and not enjoy the career path they had chosen.That made my stomach hurt，too.At the same time，they were making a lot of money and were able （7） （afford）expensive cars and go on trips that seemed enjoyable，but I decided that I'd not trade a job （8） brought me joy for the cars and trips. So I did just that.I （9） （major） in English in college with a concentration on creative fictions.For the past decade，I have had a career in a non﹣profit organization serving children in need.It has brought me great joy.There's not a daily drive to compete in the market place and be better than another organization so that we increase our profits.The drive is to serve another person with excellence.And the other unexpected aspects are that（10） I have never made a lot of money，I have a car and have been fortunate to take some pretty amazing trips for work. 2．（2019秋 文峰区校级月考）Household garbage sorting and recycling has become a hot topic in Shanghai because of China' s first compulsive garbage﹣separation law（1） every household and institution shall classify waste into four （2） （category）．Those who fail to sort garbage may （3） （fine） up to 200 yuan． Previously，everything went into one bin，so this change has made many people very（4） （worry），who said they were struggling to master the details quickly． Now thanks to the efforts of（5） number of young programmers，discovering the proper classification for each piece of household waste has become as simple as taking a photo（6） calling someone using your smartphone． They have applied speech and image recognition technologies（7） apps and other smartphone services to guide Shanghai residents through the garbage﹣separation rules． Most of the apps and services，which（8） （begin） springing up last month in app stores，on messaging tool WeChat and mobile payment service Alipay，allow users to type in the name of waste（9） （identify） which category it belon ... ...
