2024届高考英语语法填空专项训练
语法填空专项训练
第一篇
PARIS — A ban on rental electric scooters took effect in Paris 1._________ Friday, becoming one of only a handful of places to do so.
Riders in the French capital started using stand-up e-scooters for rent in 2018. They became popular but dangerous, with 2._________(report) injuries and even some deaths.
A few years ago, Paris cut back the number of companies operating the self-service rentals, 3.____________ reduced scooters on the streets. The city tried to get riders off the sidewalks,4. ________(reduce) their speeds and to park in designated places.
But even after the changes, in 2021, an Italian woman became 5._________ third fatality when she was hit by a scooter 6.___________(carry) two riders while she was walking along the Seine River in Paris.
Many of the problems persisted after the regulations, "especially in terms of 7.____________(safe) and in terms of sharing of public space," said David Belliard, Paris' deputy mayor for transportation.
In April, the city held a referendum asking residents 8.__________ they were for or against what it called "self-service scooters" in Paris: 89% voted to get rid of them, although the turnout was very low. After the results, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared the app-based scooters 9._____________(be) gone in September.
Some Parisians are disappointed to see the 10. __________(wide) used mode of transport taken away. Still, many residents welcome the news.
第二篇
Florida wildlife authorities on Monday captured a black bear 1.________ had been spotted earlier in the day on a tree in Walt Disney World near Orlando.
The ursine sighting 2. ___________(temporary) shut down parts of the Magic Kingdom theme park, 3.__________(send) visitors elsewhere as park authorities and state officials scoured the area in search of the animal.
"4.________most cases, it is best for bears to be given space and to move along on their own," said FWC spokesperson Lisa Thompson, "but given this situation, staff have captured the animal and are relocating the bear out of the park to an area in 5. ________ around the Ocala National Forest."
"During the fall, bears are 6._________(active) as they search for food to pack on fat reserves for the winter," Thompson added. "This particular bear was likely moving through the area searching for food."
The FWC urges anyone who encounters a bear 7. ________(keep) their distance and not feed it.
Among the shuttered attractions 8._______ Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean, according to ClickOrlando.
It's not the first time wild animals 9. _________(spot) inside Walt Disney World, sometimes with deadly consequences. The 10.________(die) of a toddler in 2016
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prompted the resort to remove 250 alligators from its properties in the five years that followed.
第三篇
Henry Tyler made the catch of the year on the weekend. When he saw a young child hanging from a sixth-floor apartment balcony (阳台), Henry ran one hundred metres, jumped over a 1.2-metre fence, and held out his arms to catch the ___1___ (fall) child.
Eric Brown, only three years old, knocked Henry down when he fell. The boy is in the hospital and doctors say he'll be OK.
___2___ Brown family live in an apartment building outside Toronto. On the day of the accident, Mrs. Brown was at work and Eric was at home with his father. They both fell ___3___ (sleep) while watching TV.
Eric woke up a little later when he heard children playing outside. He pushed a chair onto the balcony, and climbed up ___4___ (see) them. When he looked down, he ___5___ (accidental ) slipped and fell over the edge. He hung on for a few minutes ___6___ screamed for his father, but his father didn't hear him.
Henry ___7___ (fix) his car when he heard the screams. He looked up and saw Eric hanging from the balcony. He quickly ___8___ (throw) his tools aside, and started running, arms out.
“He saved my ___9___ (son) life,” said Mrs. Brown. “I don’t know ___10___ to thank him.”
“I just didn't want the boy to be hurt,” said Henry.
第四篇
Beijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums, narrow hutong 1.________ royal palaces, it is home to more than 3,000 years of glorious history even down to its layout, with the city keeping its carefully 2.________ (build) system of ring roads.
But for all its ancient buildings, Beijing is also a place 3.________welcomes the fast-paced development of modern life, with 21st-century architectural 4.__________(wonder) standing side by side with historical buildings of the past.
It is a distinct visual contrast (反差) that shouldn’t work, 5._______somehow these two very different worlds make a good combination. 6.________ (visit) several times over the last 10 years, I 7.________ (amaze) by the co-existence of old and new, and how a city was able to keep such a rich heritage (遗产) while constantly growing. As a photographer, I have spent the last two years 8._______(record) everything I discovered.
The 9.__________(remark) development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world, 10._______(mean) there is always something new to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.
第五篇
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Two villages have been named the Best Tourism Villages 2022 by the World Tourism Organization, thanks to their achievements in balancing tourism with economic development while 1._________ (stick) to environmental protection.
According to the organization, 32 villages in 18 countries and regions including Austria, Chile and China 2._______(award) the recognition late on Tuesday. China’s Dazhai village in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 3.______ Jingzhu village in Chongqing won the recognition.
Figures cited from the county’s culture and tourism bureau show that tourism development in Dazhai 4.__________(bring) great economic benefits to villagers and created more jobs for them since the village started to develop tourism around 2003.
5.________the bureau has pointed out, though the village only received 32,000 visits in 2004, the number rose 6.________(sharp) to nearly 798,000 in 2019 before COVID-19 emerged. The villagers’ average income among its 1,212 people of 271 households, also saw 7.________ rise from 700 yuan per year ($100) to over 34, 500 yuan in 2019, the bureau said.
Jingzhu village, the other village 8._______ (recognize) by the World Tourism Organization this year is located in Wulong district of southwest Chongqing and over half of the villagers work in the tourism industry.
The World Tourism Organization began to award Best Tourism Villages across the world in 2021 9._________ (promote) the cultural heritage protection and sustainable development of villages. China so far has four villages winning the title, 10._________the other two being Yucun village in Zhejiang and Xidi village in Anhui.
第六篇
China has formally established the first batch of national parks covering 1._______ protected land area of more than 230,000 square kilometers. In recent years, the development of national parks in China has accelerated, which is 2._______ (separable) from the drive to continuously promote the building of an ecological civilization.
The establishment is a practical move by China to 3._______ (far) strengthen its efforts to promote natural ecological protection and conserve biodiversity. This move reflects the high starting point and strict requirements of the central authorities, 4.________ (indicate) that the country has taken a solid step toward establishing a comprehensive national park system.
Different from parks in the general sense 5.________ are only for sightseeing and leisure, commercial developments 6.________ (ban) in the national parks, which are all put 7.________ the control of the national red line for ecological protection and subject to the strictest protection. The national parks are not only home to the most important and the unique natural geological landscapes and essential natural heritage, but also the foundation for the country’s efforts at biological diversity 8.________ (conserve).
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