语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材-优题课

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（≤3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And you pay for it, you say: this cost an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation(see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I (expect) it to be.
A: did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that price is very, very high, much (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone (consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. (destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) (quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few (country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger (be) growing.

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入恰当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think___matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __are smart and strong-willed, are very likely____(succeed). The reason _this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for_ same reason.
What happens to the _ children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, __ , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite _(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in___lives. They usually _(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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
Computer began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 Computer developed very _(slow) and it took nearly two hundred years __ it was built as an analytical machine, __followed instructions from cards with holes． In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book ___(describe) how computers could be made to work as a "universal machine" ___(solve) any mathematical problem．
By the 1940s computer __(grow) as large as a room ． As time went__ it has grown smaller, and with artificial__(intelligent), it is getting cleverer and cleverer, quicker and__(quick)． In the early 1960s, computers could be connected by a network． So people were able to share their information __others through the World Wide WeB．

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The monsoon（季雨） is a joyful and very important time for Indian agricultural workers． It has been less happy for the tourist trade, the number of visitors in this season tends (drop) by half． there has been a movement to increase tourism during this (normal) slow time of the year．
According to a report issued by an Indian industry group, appropriate destinations for the monsoon season must remain (access) by road during the wettest months and have a countryside that looks its best during the rains．
For the last few years, tourist agencies in various states (respond) to the challenge． Goa, the former Portuguese colony near Mumbai, and Kerala in the extreme south have begun offering “monsoon packages”． They say there are many reasons in addition to the off-season prices to visit their states during this time of the year． One is to see the lush, green landscapes．attractions are the many colorful festivals． For example, Sri Jagannath Yatra, a festival (hold) around the country at the beginning of the monsoon, features a colorful procession． A third is simply the joy of the season． one Kerala promoter says, “You can feel the magiC． The washed streets and fresh leaves seem to smile with you．”
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