东城区2020-2021学年度第二学期高三综合练习(一模) 高三英语 2021.4 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A Comets are among the most beautiful and interesting 11 (sight) in the universe. For centuries, people 12 (show) great interest in studying them. In 1682, Edmund Halley, an astronomer, noticed a comet that was especially bright and large. Based on his calculations, Halley predicted that this bright comet would return in 1758 or 1759—this was about 75 years 13 he first saw the comet. The comet really returned on time and it was named “Halley’s Comet” in honor of Edmund Halley. B Emma was on her way home when she heard a sudden scream. Looking around, she saw a little boy on the sidewalk gasping(急喘) for air, his 14 (frighten) mother begging for help. Emma rushed to the boy, 15 face had turned purple. “What’s wrong?” “A candy! In his throat!” It was lucky that Emma had learned how 16 (perform) the Heimlich maneuver(海姆利克急救法) at school. She acted quickly. Soon, the boy coughed up a piece of candy and began breathing again. He 17 (save) in time. C In Japan, the word bonsai means tray plant. It refers to the interesting 18 (combine) of art and the planting and growing of miniature trees and plants. Bonsai originated in China more than 2,000 years ago and 19 (spread) to Japan about 700 years ago. Some people believe that only small plants must be used in bonsai, but this is not true. Nearly any type of tree or plant can be used, as long as it is grown 20 a seed or a small cutting. 西城区2020-2021学年度第二学期高三综合练习(一模) 高三英语 2021.4 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A Invented 11 early twentieth-century America by Richard Drew, Scotch tape can be used to fix almost anything. However, there is more to this fix-it-all than just that. Sticky yet easily removed, Scotch tape was designed for use in painting cars—to mask off areas that should not 12 (paint). The tape soon found other uses. During the 1930s, people didn’t have much money, so they couldn’t throw away damaged things; they had to repair them. Drew’s painting tape became a popular, money-saving fix for everything from torn clothing to broken eggs. Since then, people 13 (find) all sorts of creative ways to use the sticky tape. B After a lot of preparation, Joseph Lockwood and Philippa Amos were finally ready to start their journey into the Amazon rainforest. They were feeling 14 (cheer) as they sailed down the great river. Eventually, they got out of the boat and walked into the darkness of the jungle. Neither of them had ever been in such an extreme situation before, using just a compass (指南针) to find the area where the kind of frog they wanted to study 15 (live). Suddenly, Joseph, who was hol ... ...
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