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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。
How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock(股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35 I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36 a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”
The most world famous novel Harry Potter is written by a British gifted __________, J. K. Rowling, who wrote a
__________ of seven books. It was said that she had the extra
__________ of looking after baby daughter when she was writing the novel and she mainly wrote
__________ __________ for
__________ of money. So it was difficult for her to be successful and she even might have given up before she overcame all the difficulties. She had
__________ to publish a book every year, but
__________ __________ it took her about ten years to complete. Finally her books
__________ __________ readers of all ages.
And the Harry Potter effect is not only in the English-speaking countries. Her books had been __________ __________ more than 55 languages, and thus, Rowling became the first writer
__________ __________ a billionaire.
Frankenstein, dreams to give life to a____ body. Finally, using bones from dead bodies, he creates a Monster that ___
_a human being. But when he finishes, the beauty of the dream __
__, and horror and ____
___ fill his heart. The creature is extremely ugly, __
___ anyone who sees it. His black hair and his white teeth ___
___ horribly with his yellow eyes, his __
___ yellow skin. However, he is intelligent and has human __
___. When Frankenstein ___
___ to create a wife for him, he ___
___ the scientist's brother, his best friend and his wife. Thus, the scientist ___
___ the monster to destroy him. In the end, both of them die in the snow.
用所给词的适当形式填空：
cheer, classical, relieve, compose, generally, rhythm, instrument, come from, be true of, regard as
Life without music is like a severe winter without sunshine. I realize that this ___ everyone. Music can be _____
___ a good lifetime companion. It helps you ease your strained feelings, _
___ the tension from the problems of a hard day, and ___
__ you up when you sad.
Music is often divided into several categories. Some of the categories are _____ music, traditional music, rock music and jazz music. Most of the original classic music was __
___ in Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous composers of classical music. Each culture has its own traditional music that is played by special __
____. Rock is __
______ a loud kind of music, played with a strong beat. Jazz probably __
_____ Africa originally. It has a different kind of ___
__ from other kinds of music.
Liu Fang is an international musical star, __________ for her work with traditional Chinese instruments. Her parents played an important part in her musical ____
______. For her, the biggest ____
______ is to ____
____ the traditions but to add her own style. The same is ____
______ of her second instrument, guzheng. Chinese music is ___
_______ to the Chinese language, poetry and art. Listeners can ____
______ the power and beauty of the music, like enjoying a beautiful poem or painting. She enjoys playing and performing in __
________. Since she moved to Canada, she has had ______
____ to make __
________ with other musical traditions. Liu Fang wishes to ___
_______ classical Chinese pipa and guzheng music to every corner of the world.
The most world famous novel Harry Potter is written by a British gifted __________, J. K. Rowling, who wrote a
__________ of seven books. It was said that she had the extra
__________ of looking after baby daughter when she was writing the novel and she mainly wrote
__________ __________ for
__________ of money. So it was difficult for her to be successful and she even might have given up before she overcame all the difficulties. She had
__________ to publish a book every year, but
__________ __________ it took her about ten years to complete. Finally her books
__________ __________ readers of all ages.
And the Harry Potter effect is not only in the English-speaking countries. Her books had been __________ __________ more than 55 languages, and thus, Rowling became the first writer
__________ __________ a billionaire.