第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)
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，并将答案填写在答卷标号为
31—40的相应位置上。
Crying marriage? 31 (surprise), isn't it? Factually, the custom of crying
marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan
Province, and 32 (remain) in fashion 33 the end of the Qing Dynasty.Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in manyplaces, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 34 (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 35 same in different places of the province. According to
elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.36,the bride's neighbors
would look down upon 37 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the
thelaughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 38 which the bride wasbeaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a 39 by custom to set off the happiness of
the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 40 (arrange)
marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried
over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填空入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Wang Hai,
How are you doing? I would like to recommend a popular book to you.
Hopefully you will keep an on it. _______
This book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, （写）by Jack Canfield,_______
appeared in 1993 and soon became a bestseller. A huge nof copies have_______
been sold so . It will surely inspire readers of all ages. It has been put_______
into tens of languages, spreading love to all the world. Afrom this, an_______
English （版本）will be of great help to those E
nglish learners._______
I surfed the internet and found a website selling this book wprice is_______
64 yuan. But you can get it for 54.4 yuan through online shopping, 
(节省)_______
you 9.6 yuan. You can order it at dangdang.com and get the book w24 to_______
48 hours after your payment. Get one and enjoy it! action!_______
All the best.
Yours,
Li Hua
It’s great to receive your email. Now I’d like to tell you something
took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon, we_
h______ a growing-up ceremony for our coming 18-year-old_
birthday. For _______ start we made an oath that
agrown-ups we should have a sense of duty for our society
from now on. Then we sho
wed our tto our parents_
who had gone through hardships to ___ us up and_
teachers who have been educating us(耐心地). And our
teachers also gave us cards(表达) their good wishes to
us. Finally, we put on w__________ performances, singing and
dancing. We learned a lot from the _________(活动). I think it’s
very important for us. I will remember the day in my life
Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __________（consider） an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very ______
____ （health） thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,____
___（be） a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some
（surprise） conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves （concentrate）,attention span, and the ability _____
____ (get) along with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured
as an inventor. For these notable persons, it appears
their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, ____
______will drew you toward success. Picture yourself
(vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
Former Chinese athlete, Jin Jing, made her 16(appear) in the National Stadium, 17(carry) Paralympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on September 6.
But now she’s back in the Bird’s Nest, and this time she’s not competing, or carrying a flame, 18working for the media. Jin said that she was a little regretful for not being able to participate 19the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Born in 1981, Jin 20(raise) in a common wage-earning family in Hefei, Anhui Province. Jin had part of her right leg amputated in 1989 because 21a malignant tumor on her ankle. She then became a member of she Shanghai Wheelchair Fencing Team on July 13, 2001, the same day Beijing was selected as 22host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
After an incident in Paris, 23she was part of the Torch Relay and a protestor tried to take away the torch from her while she protected the Olympic Torch with her body, she became 24(know) as the “Smiling Angel in a Wheelchair”.
Now she is still smiling, but this time from the 25side of the camera, as she watches Chinese athletes won another gold medal.
Charlie Chaplin developed his own manner of acting, the one that was to become world-famous. He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air he walked. During his first year, Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of
he wrote and directed himself. Chaplin’s earliest films were
(silence), because the equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed.
The (develop) of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about
(make) films with dialogue. Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue, but he added music. Chaplin’s later films, _
, were not well received. He made only six films
1940 and 1966 and only
first of these is still popular today. Before he died in 1977, he _
(honour) in a number of ways for
contributions to the film industry.