中山市中考英语 英语 语法填空(含答案)

中山市中考英语英语语法填空(含答案)

一、英语语法填空

1．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空（未提供单词的，限填一词），使文章意思完整、正确。

There are problems between teenagers and adults. Lack of________ (communicate)is one of them. As for teenagers, it can often be quite difficult to talk to our parents. It seems our parents are always telling us to study. We feel that our parents hardly understand us, so we tend to either talk to our friends________just keep quiet about our problems. We often fail________(see) that our parents care about us. This is a shame because we can actually learn a lot from________(they) experiences. We should not forget that our parents used to be teenagers too. They once________(face) many of the same problems and________(difficult).So try to be ________open-minded towards their opinions. Remember that our parents just want the________(good) for us. Take the time to sit down and________(real) talk to them.

They might provide you________some useful advice.

【答案】 communication；or；to see；their；faced；difficulties；more；best；really；with 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了孩子与父母件怎么沟通太有效。

（1）句意：缺乏交流是问题之一。句中communicate是动词，作介词of的宾语，要用名词形式，communication交流，抽象名词，故填 communication。

（2）句意：是我们要么和朋友交谈，要么就对我们的问题保持沉默，either…or…要么……要么……，固定搭配，故填or。

（3）句意：我们总是看不到父母对我们的关心。fail to do sth，不能成功地做某事，故此处是不定式，故填to see。

（4）句意：这很遗憾，因为我们事实上可以从他们的经历中学到很多东西。修饰名词experiences，要用形容词性物主代词their ，they是主格，故填their。

（5）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题和困难。描述过去要用一般过去时态，故填faced。

（6）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题和困难。句中and连接并列结构，difficult要和前面的problems保持一致，用difficulties表达各种各样的困难，故填difficulties。

（7）句意：我们要努力用更开放的思维对待父母的观点。be系动词后是形容词，此处暗含比较，故用比较级，复合形容词 open-minded前加more是比较级，故填more。

（8）句意：父母总想把最好的给我们。the定冠词是最高级的标志，good的最高级是best，故填best。

（9）句意：花点时间坐下来和他们交谈。副词修饰动词talk，real是形容词，副词是really，故填really。

（10）句意：他们可能会给你提供一些有用的建议。 provide sb with sth，固定搭配，提供某人某物，故填with。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词，比较级搭配等多种用法。

2．语法填空

Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was________old man called Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira's friends________(wonder) whether his son would return,________Sthira always said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said________(polite),"Whatever happens, happens for good." However, later, Sthira's son broke his________(leg). Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked________(they) and said, "Whatever happens, happens for good." Some of the villagers were surprised________(hear) this. Why? What was good? His son's leg got badly hurt! After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men to________the army. When they found his son had a________(break) leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his________(good) luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

【答案】 an；wondered；but；politely；leg；them；to hear；join；broken；good

【解析】【分析】文章大意：从前，在一个小村里，有一个泰斯拉的老人，不管发生了什么他都认为是好事。

（1）句意：在一个村庄里有一个叫做泰斯拉的老人。man是单数，前面需要不定冠词，old是以元音音素开始的，因此使用an，故答案是an。

（2）句意：泰斯拉的朋友想知道他的朋友是否回来。根据句首的long long ago可知句子为一般过去时，故答案是wondered。

（3）句意：但是泰斯拉总是说“不管发生了什么，都是好事，”朋友想知道他的儿子是否会回来，泰斯拉却说不管发生了什么都是好事，所以使用but表示转折，故答案是but。（4）句意：他感谢了村民们，然然后礼貌地说：“不管发生了什么，发生的都是好事。”polite修饰动词said，因此使用副词politely，故答案是politely。

（5）句意：然而，之后，太势力的儿子摔断了腿。摔断的不可能是两条腿，应该是一条腿，因此使用单数形式，故答案是leg。

（6）句意：村民在一次来看忘了他，他再一次感谢了他们。they做thank的宾语，应使用宾格人称代词，故答案是them。

（7）句意：一些村名听到后感到很吃惊。听到是吃惊的原因，应使用动词不定式做状语，故答案是to hear。

（8）句意：几天之后，军队来到村里，强迫年轻人参军。根据the army可知是强迫参军，force sb. to do sth.固定搭配，to已经给出，因此使用动词原形，故答案是join。

（9）句意：当他们发现他的儿子有一条断腿的时候，他们就把他留下了。break修饰leg，因此使用过去分词，故答案是broken。

（10）句意：村民再次来祝她好运。good修饰luck，没有任何比较，所以使用原级，故答案是good。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍，检查验证。

3．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

About ten years ago when I was at university, I worked at my university's museum. One day ________ I was working in the gift shop, I saw two old people come ________ with a little girl in a wheelchair (轮椅).

As I looked closer ________ this girl, I realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was ________ (wear) a little white dress. When the old people pushed her up to me, I was looking down at the desk. I turned my head and gave ________ (she) a smile. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, ________ (happy) smile I had ever seen.

Just at that ________ , her physical handicap (生理缺陷) was gone. All I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just impressed me ________ almost gave me a completely new idea of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy university student and brought me into her world, a world of smiles and love.

That was ten years ago. I'm a ________ (success) business person now and whenever I feel frustrated and think about the trouble of the world, I will think of that little girl and the unusual lesson about life that she ________ (teach) me.

【答案】when/while；in；at；wearing；her；the happiest；time/moment；and；successful；taught

【解析】【分析】文章大意：大学期间遇到的一个坐轮椅的小女孩，她的可爱的乐观的微笑改变了我的人生观。十多年以来，她的微笑始终激励着我。

（1）句意：有一天，我在礼品店工作时，看到两个老人带着一个坐轮椅的小女孩进来。分析句式结构可知，I was working in the gift shop是一个时间状语从句，要用when或while 来引导；第一空格故填when或while；因I was working in the gift shop，因此two old people需要进来，我才能看到。固定短语come in，进来，第二个空格故填in。（2）句意：当我走近这个女孩时，我发现她没有胳膊或腿，只有头、脖子和身体。根据后面语句I realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. 可知，我近距离地看到了这个小女孩。固定短语look at，看到，故填at。

（3）句意：她穿着一件白色的小裙子。wear，穿，动词，根据前面的was可知，此句要用过去进行时，故填wearing。

（4）句意：我转过头对她笑了笑。she，人称代词主格，她；固定短语give sb. sth.给某人某物，人称代词作give的宾语要用宾格，故填her。

（5）句意：她给了我一个我所见过的最可爱、最快乐的微笑。happy，开心，快乐。根据语句中的the cutest与I had ever seen可知此空要用最高级，故填the happiest。

（6）句意：就在那时，她的生理缺陷消失了。固定短语at that time，at that moment，在那时，故填time或moment。

（7）句意：我看到的只是一个美丽的女孩，她的微笑给我留下了深刻的印象，几乎让我对生活的意义有了全新的认识。分析句式结构impressed me与almost gave me a，……是小女孩的微笑给我的影响，二者表示并列，故填and。

（8）句意：我现在是一个成功的商人。success，名词，成功。根据语境中的

business person可知此空需要形容词，故填successful。

（9）句意：每当我感到沮丧，想到世界上的麻烦时，我就会想起那个小女孩，以及她教给我的关于生活的不寻常的教训。teach，动词，教。根据语境可知此句要用过去时，故填taught。

【点评】考查语法填空。答题时要跳过空格通读全文，了解大意，然后根据语境及所给单词的提示对所缺部分逐一解答，注意要考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素，最后通读一遍，并逐一验证。

4．语法填空

Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk music. ________ piece which was played on the echo especially moved me. I was made________(feel)sad and painful ________(strong).The piece ________(name)Erquan Yingyue, but it was one of ________(move)pieces of music that I've ever heard. The echo sounded so sad ________ I almost cried along with it as I listened. Abing, ________ was a folk musician, wrote the music. He could play many musical ________(instrument) with his father's help. By age 17, he was known ________ his musical skills. Today, Abing's Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the greatest echo masters play and praise. It ________(become)one of China's national treasures.

【答案】 The；to feel；strongly；was named；the most moving；that；who；instruments；for；has become

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者对二泉映月这首曲子的感受和了解。

（1）句意：回声中播放的那首曲子尤其打动我。根据which was played on the echo可知做piece的后置定语，故piece表示特指用定冠词，位于句首首字母大写，故填The。（2）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。was made to do，固定搭配，被迫做，故填to feel。

（3）句意：我强烈地感到悲伤和痛苦。副词修饰动词feel，strongly，是副词，强烈地，故填strongly。

（4）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。 name和piece是被动关系，描述过去用一般过去时，主语是piece名词单数故助动词是was，故填was。（5）句意：这首曲子叫二泉映月，但它是我听过的最动人的乐章之一。one of是最高级的标志，was是系动词其后是形容词，修饰物用ing结尾的形容词，故此处是moving是多音节单词，最高级是the most+moving的形式，故填the most moving。

（6）句意：回声听起来如此悲伤，我听着几乎要哭了。so...that，固定搭配，如此……以至于，引导结果状语从句，故填that。

（7）句意：阿炳是一名民间音乐家，他创作了这首音乐。定语从句中缺少主语指代人阿炳故用who，故填who。

（8）句意：在他父亲的帮助下，他可以演奏许多乐器。many修饰名词复数，故填instruments。

（9）句意：到17岁时，他的音乐技能已经广为人知。be known for，固定搭配，因……而出名，故填for。

（10）句意：它成为中国的国宝之一。现在完成时表示对现在的影响，或现在的结果，主

语是it第三人称单数，故助动词是has，故填has become。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

5．语法填空

From deserts and beaches to playgrounds, sand is a common sight. But you might not know that sand is also a useful resource. Sand is the second most-used resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of ________.

Sand is made up of very small ________ (piece) of rock, soil and minerals(矿物质). It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________ (quick) than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year ________ build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________ [si:] to make new islands. For example, the Palm islands are made up of three________ [lɑ?d?] man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they ________ (take) 94 million cubic meters of sand to build. If people keep________(use) this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction sand by 2020, Live Science noted.

________ [sins] people need so much sand, they are trying to mine(开采) more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may ________ beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats (栖息地) of many plants and animals.

【答案】 it；pieces；quickly；to；sea；large；took；using；Since；cause

【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介绍了沙子这种常见的景观。

（1）句意：然而，联合国说，沙子并不是无限的，我们有可能会用完它们。run out of“用完，用尽”的意思。这里用it来指代上文的沙子（sand是不可数名词）。故答案为：it。（2）句意：沙子由非常小的岩石、土壤和矿物质组成。根据rock, soil and minerals(矿物质)可知，这是几种成分，因此piece用复数pieces。故答案为：pieces。

（3）句意：但现在我们使用沙子的速度比它形成的速度要快。根据副词修饰动词可知，此处应用形容词quick的副词形式quickly修饰动词use“使用”。故答案为：quickly。

（4）句意：据英国广播公司报道，我们每年用大约150亿吨沙子建造房屋、道路和其他东西。根据固定搭配 use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某物，可知此处用动词不定式to do做目的状语。故答案为：to。

（5）句意：人们还把沙子放进海里，制造新的岛屿。由语境和音标[si:]提示可知，填：sea。故答案为：sea。

（6）句意：例如，棕榈岛由阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜的三个大型人工岛屿组成的。由语境和音标[lɑ?d?]提示可知，填：large，three large man-made islands三个大型的人工岛屿。故答案为：large。

（7）句意：2010年，他们用9400万立方米的沙子建造。根据时间状语In 2010可知，本题的时态为一般过去时。动词take的过去式为took。故答案为：took。

（8）句意：如果人们继续使用这么多沙子，它会在很多地方用完。根据固定搭配keep

doing sth. 继续做某事，可知此处应用动名词做宾语，动词use的动名词为using。故答案为：using。

（9）句意：由于人们需要这么多沙子，他们正试图开采更多的沙子。由语境和音标[sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以来、因为、由于。句首单词首字母要大写。故答案为：Since。

（10）句意：开采沙可能会导致海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水。根据beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水，可知这些是开采沙所导致的后果，因此填：cause。may是情态动词，后跟动词原形。故答案为：cause。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。

6．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring. With a bike, the reading class can be ________ (interesting) than before.

The teachers in ________ school in the USA have tried this. The Read and Ride program ________(begin) five years ago. As part of the Read and Ride program, the teachers change the students'________ (desk) into exercise bikes. With this program, one classroom in the school has enough bikes for each student in class. ________ is possible for the students to ride bikes and read books at the same time. Even common classrooms have one bike at the back of them. The students who cannot sit still can use the bike ________ (do) exercise. The exercise bikes are not only good for the students' health but helpful in ________ (improve) the efficiency of the students' study. When students are bored with study, they can relax themselves ________ riding the bikes for a while.

After keeping trying the program for one year, the teachers found that the students ________ took part in the program did much better in reading tests. ________ amazing it is!

【答案】 more interesting；a；began；desks；It；to do；improving；by；who/that；How 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了美国的一所学校采取的一种有趣的教学方法来提高学生们的阅读能力，这种方法是边骑车边阅读。这种方法的使用收到了良好的效果。（1）句意：使用自行车，阅读课比以前更有趣。根据than，可知应使用形容词的比较级，interesting的比较级为more interesting，故答案是more interesting。

（2）句意：美国一个学校的老师尝试了这一种方法。school使用的单数形式，而且并没有特指哪一所学校，因此应使用不定冠词，school是以辅音字母开始，因此应使用不定冠词a，故答案是a。

（3）句意：边阅读边骑自行车的项目开始于五年前。根据five years ago可知应使用过去时，begin的过去式是began，故答案是began。

（4）句意：作为阅读和骑行计划的一部分，老师将学生的课桌变成了自行车。一个班里的学生不只有一个，因此课桌也就不止一个，因此应使用复数形式desks，故答案是desks。

（5）句意：对于学生来说在同一时间边骑自行车边阅读成为了可能。固定搭配，it is+形

容词+for sb to do，对于某人来说做某事怎样，故答案是it。

（6）句意：那些不能坐下的学生仍然可以使用自行车做练习。做练习是使用自行车的目的，因此应使用动词不定式做目的状语，故答案是to do。

（7）句意：运动自行车不仅有利于学生们的健康，而且能够帮助学生们提高他们的学习效率。in为介词，介词后的动词使用动名词，故答案是improving。

（8）句意：他们可以通过骑一会自行车来放松。骑自行车是他们放松的方式，一般使用by来引出方式状语，故答案是by。

（9）句意：老师发现那些参加了该项目的学生在阅读考试的时候做的更好。本句为定语从句，先行词students属于人，而且在从句中做主语，因此关系代词可以使用who或者that，故答案是who/that。

（10）句意：多么令人惊奇啊！根据标点符号可知该句为感叹句，强调的是形容词amazing，因此应使用how，故答案是How。

【点评】考查单词在语境中的运用，需要根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。

7．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的适当形式（每空不多于3个单词）。

One day, a student asked his teacher, "What is greed(贪婪)?" The teacher didn't answer his question ________(direct), but asked the student to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the ________(big) chocolate bar(条；块) he could find. But there was a rule: ________ he passed through the factory, he could not turn back.

The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked, he saw a large chocolate bar. He liked it, but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going.

He kept ________(walk) and saw another chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But again, he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he neared the end of the factory, he saw ________(few) chocolate bars, and none of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started ________(regret) his decision to keep going. Finally he gave ________. He went back to his teacher empty-handed and ________(explain) what had happened.

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（1）句意：老师没有直接回答他的问题，副词修饰动词，direct直接的，形容词，directly，直接地，副词，故答案为：directly。

（2）句意：但是他让这个靴子步行穿过学校隔壁的巧克力工厂并且挑出他能找到的最大的巧克力棒。根据chocolate bar(条；块) he could find可知层次用形容词的最高级，故答案为：biggest。

（3）句意：但是有一个规则：当他走过工厂时他不能返回。as，当……时候，表示主句动作和从句的动作同时进行，故答案为：as。

（4）句意：他不断向前走并且看到另一个巧克力棒。keep doing sth.不断做某事，故答案为：walking。

（5）句意：当他靠近工厂尽头时，他几乎没看到几个巧克力帮，并且没有一个比以前的大。根据and none of them were as large as the earlier ones.可知越走看到的巧克力棒越少。可知此处用比较级结构，故答案为：fewer。

（6）句意：他开始后悔自己继续向前走的决定。start to do sth.开始做某事，故答案为：to regret。

（7）句意：最后他放弃了。根据He went back to his teacher empty-handed，可知他放弃了没有再找。give up，放弃，固定短语，故答案为：up。

（8）句意：他空着手回到老师跟前并且解释所发生的一切。此处是并且谓语，谓语动词结构一致，可知此处动词用过去式，故答案为：explained。

（9）句意：你喜欢第一个巧克力棒，但是你继续寻找更大的。定冠词the后用序数词修饰名词，one的序数词first，故答案为：first。

（10）句意：后来，你意识到你放弃了最好的巧克力棒因为你认为你能做得更好。此处是宾语从句，从句是陈述结构，用that引导，故答案为：that。

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The girl from a small village reminded them ________ the precious(宝贵)gift in their life, which were true wonders.

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（1）句意：这是她在镇上上学的第一天。根据the可知应会使用序数词，one的序数词为first，故答案是first。

（2）句意：当看到她简单的服装并且知道她的身份时，其他同学就嘲笑她。根据两个句

子的意思可知，该句是一个时间状语从句，根据首字母w可知应会使用when，故答案是When。

（3）句意：老师然每个人写下世界上的八大奇迹。write down固定短语，记下，写下，故答案是down。

（4）句意：除了安娜每个人都把他们的答卷交上去了。they在这里作定语修饰answer papers，因此应使用形容词性物主代词their，故答案是their。

（5）句意：就写你所知道的。句子为宾语从句空缺处作从句的宾语，应使用从属连词what，故答案是what。

（6）句意：安娜回答到：有那么多的东西，我从中选八个吗？根据many可知thing应使用复数形式things，故答案是things。

（7）句意：大多数同学回答正确。correct在这里修饰动词answered，应使用副词形式，correct的副词形式为correctly，故答案是correctly。

（8）句意：最后，老师开始看安娜的答案。本文的基本时态是一般过去式，在这里应使用start的过去式started，故答案是started。

（9）句意：全班都保持沉默。kept在这里是连系动词，后面跟形容词作表语，因此将silence改为silent，故答案是silent。

（10）句意：这个来自乡村的小女孩提醒我们生活中宝贵的礼物，那才是真正的奇迹。remind of提醒，固定搭配，故答案是of。

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