2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 短文语法填空训练（1）
语法填空。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使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Germany. He was the fifth of six children. In 1845，his father died. All six children decided 1.________(go) to the United States. Strauss went to the southeastern part of the US. For eight years，he walked along the country roads 2.________(sell) dry goods from door to door—just like his father in Germany. In 1853，Strauss decided to move to San Francisco，3.________thousands of people were looking for gold.4.________his way to California，Strauss sold almost all of his dry goods. He had only one thing 5.________(leave)some canvas (帆布)．
In California，Strauss tried to sell the canvas to the gold miners. He said they could make tents from the canvas. But they weren’t 6.________(interest) in canvas for tents. Strauss didn’t know 7.________to do with the canvas. Before long Strauss found the miners needed new pants. There were holes in their pants 8.________the cloth wasn’t strong. He decided to make the canvas 9.________pants.They called them
“Levi’s”．Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and used a different cloth. It was a heavy cotton cloth—the same kind people wear today.
Levi Strauss died in 1902.He never married and left money to his nephews. He left the world much more—the jeans 10.________so many people wear. 【参考答案及解析】
1．to go [decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，为固定用法。]
2．selling [动词sell与主语he为主动关系，故用其现在分词形式作伴随状语。] 3．where [where引导非限制性定语从句，相当于in which，在从句中作状语。] 4．On [on one’s way to...“在去……的路上”，为固定搭配。]
5．left [动词leave与宾语one thing之间为动宾关系，故用其过去分词形式作补语。] 6．interested [be interested in...“对……感兴趣”。] 7．what [what引导宾语从句，且在从句中作动词do的宾语。]
8．because [根据文意可知，此处为因果关系。因为布不结实，所以他们的裤子上有窟窿。] 9．into [make...into...“把……制成……”，为固定搭配。]
10．that/which [此处that/which引导定语从句，修饰the jeans，且在从句中作wear的宾语。]
语法填空。
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使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 One night，
．m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side
of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken 1.________and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking (湿透) wet，she 2.________(decide) to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped 3.________(help) her—generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s.The man took her to 4.________(safe)，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his address，thanked 5.________.
Seven days went by and 6.________knock came on the man’s door.7.________his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read，“Thank you so much 8.________assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes 9.________ my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you，I was able to make it to my 10.________(die) husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.” 【参考答案及解析】
1．down [从下文的needed a ride可知，她的车坏了。break down意为“抛锚”。] 2．decided [整篇文章均使用过去时态叙事，这里也应用一般过去时，故用decided。] 3．to help [stop doing sth.意为“停止做某事”，stop to do 意为“停下来去做某事”；根据句意此处应为stop to do sth.。一个年轻的白人停下来帮她的忙。]
4．safety [在介词to后要用safe的名词形式。本句意为：那个男子把她带到了一个安全的地方。]
5．him [那个男子帮了她，应该是感谢那个男子，故用him。]
6．a [从句子结构和语境可知，这里指有人敲门。此处knock意为“敲门声”，是可数名词。]
7．To [to one’s surprise“令某人惊奇的是”。]
8．for [thank sb.for doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“感谢某人做某事”。]
9．but [从下文提到的事情可知，这个妇女要赶去见丈夫最后一面，当车抛锚时感到非常绝望，所以说雨水不仅淋湿了她的衣服，而且击垮了她的精神。此处用到的是not only...but also...结构，其中also可省略。]
10．dying [husband是名词，要用形容词修饰。dying意为“临终的”。]
【xx届河北省唐山市高三9月模拟考试】
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Do you believe fate can bring together people who are far apart? Here is a true story．
As he posed for a holiday photo on the beach, six-year-old Nick Wheeler paid no attention to the little girl 1 （make） sandcastles a few yards away． It was only when he showed his fiancee Aimee Maiden the phot0 20 years later that she pointed at 2 five-year-old in a swimsuit and cried 3 （surprise）: \ 4 the picture was taken in 1994, the pair lived hundreds of miles apart, yet fate determined that they 5 （meet） and fall in love at sixth-form college, 11 years later． After their college years, Mr．Wheeler joined the army 6 Miss Maiden trained as a teacher．
They moved in together three years ago and got engaged last year． They hosted a party, where they showed off the photo 7 their friends and family． The couple married on Saturday at Gulval Church in Mousehole, 20 years 8 the photo was taken and just a 9 （minute） walk from the same spot．
They are heading to Florida for _ 10 _ honeymoon and plan to frame the treasured picture as soon as they get back． 【答案】【知识点】完形填空 【文章综述】 【答案解析】 1.making
考查动词用法。Pay attention to sb doing注意到某人做某事。