2024届高三英语一轮复习语法填空专项练习三

高三语法填空专项练习三

第一篇

One of the earliest-known inventions is the bow and arrow, which is still used throughout the world today, 15, 000 years 1.________ it was first invented. Of course, these days, the bow and arrow 2.________ (use) mainly in sporting events, but in some places it is still a means of killing animals for food.

In western Asia, another extremely important invention was born—the ability to produce pots. As long as 6500 years ago, people were producing pottery, mostly plain and without designs, but the technique has changed little since.

Some people say that the wheel is the single most important invention. Early examples from about 5000 years ago have been found in the forests of Europe. Around 1500 years later, the Phoenicians used sand, limestone and sodium carbonate to produce 3._______else we would be lost without—glass.

How many things do you lock with a key every day? Doors, cupboards? The car? We really don't think much about them, 4.________we? Well, the first example of a lock and key dates back to 2750 years ago, in Assyria. This is a lock on a large wooden door in the palace of SargonⅡ.

Another amazing invention, probably 5.__________ (take) by us for granted these days, is the skill of knitting which first appeared in the Roman Empire, some 1700 years ago. The 6.__________ (early) examples are knitted socks!

Eye glasses developed from just one lens in a frame, like a simple magnifying glass, way back in the 13th century. In about 1290, the idea to put two lenses in a frame to sit on the nose was developed in Florence. And, believe it or not, the modern contact lens is 120 years old!

Time flies and we spend a lot of time 7._________(check) how much time we have left! This would be impossible 8.__________clocks and watches, 9._________are all around us: On walls. On our wrists, on our PCs, and even on our mobiles and iPod's. The first pocket watch was invented by Thomas Tompion (1639—1714) in England 330 years ago, and his watch-face design, with two (and sometimes three) hands moving around a single dial,10._________ (remain) largely unchanged in all that time.

 

第二篇

The Ball Game of Mesoamerica

The sport known simply as the Ball Game was popular across Mesoamerica and played by all the major civilizations from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. The impressive stone courts became a staple feature of a city's sacred complex and there were often several playing courts in a single city.      1._________it is more than just a game, the event could have a religious significance and featured in episodes of Mesoamerican mythology. The contests even supplied candidates for human sacrifice, for the sport could, quite literally, be a game of life or death.

The game 2._________(invent) sometime in the Preclassical Period (2500—100 BCE), probably by the Olmec, and became a common Mesoamerican-wide feature of the urban landscape by the Classical Period (300—900 CE). Eventually, the game was even exported to other cultures in North America and the Caribbean.

In Mesoamerican mythology the game is an important element in the story of the Maya gods Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú. The pair annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy playing and the two brothers were tricked into descending into Xibalba (the underworld)

3.__________they were challenged to a ball game. 4.________(lose) the game, Hun Hunahpús had his head cut off; a foretaste of 5.__________would become common practice for players unfortunate enough to lose a game.

In 6._________legend, a famous ball game was held at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan      7.__________the Aztec king Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (r. 1502—1520 CE) and the king of Texcoco. The latter 8.__________(predict) that Motecuhzoma's kingdom would fall and the game was set-up 9._________(establish) the truth of this bold prediction. Motecuhzoma lost the game and did, of course, lose his kingdom at the hands of the invaders from the Old World. The story also supports the idea 10._________the ball game was sometimes used for the purposes of divination.

 

第三篇

Researchers have discovered that people eat more vegetables if the veggies have fancy labels. A research team from Stanford University found that sales of vegetables increased after they were given other names -- even though 1._________was no difference in the way the vegetables 2._________(prepare). The researchers conducted their research on 600 diners for several 3._________(month) at the university canteen. They labelled all vegetable dishes in four 4.__________(differ) ways each day: basic, healthy restrictive, healthy positive and indulgent放纵/任性的. The basic label just listed the vegetable name like corn. The healthy restrictive category used words such 5.__________reduced-sodium (钠) corn. Vitamin-rich corn was used for the healthy positive. And a 6._________(describe) like rich buttery roasted sweet corn was reserved for the indulgent.

Researchers gave diners a wide choice of vegetables to see how effective the 7.__________(delicious) descriptive labels were. They found that making the labels indulgent increased the number of people who chose 8.________(put) the vegetables on their plate, as well as the amount of vegetables 9.___________(consume). Diners chose the indulgent labeling 25 percent more than the basic labeling, 35 percent more than the healthy positive labeling and 41 percent more than the healthy restrictive option. A researcher said: “Labels really can influence our sensory experience, affecting  10.__________tasty we think food will be.”

 

第四篇

At the 138th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the 1._________(decide) was adopted to change the Olympic motto (格言) for the first time in history. With the word “together” 2._________(add) to the phrase “Faster, higher, stronger”, the president of the organization, Thomas Bach, called the incident 3.________landmark (里程碑) event. The original version of the motto, written by French priest Henri Didon, 4.__________(approve) at the first Olympic Congress in 1894. The phrase was so liked by the first President of the IOC, Pierre de Coubertin, that he decided to make 5.________the slogan (口号) of the Games. Now the slogan 6._________(complete) sounds like “Faster, higher, stronger—together.” The press officer of the committee, Mark Adams, explained to reporters the meaning of the idea, 7.________(stress) that an athlete cannot be faster, taller and stronger without a team around him. The Olympic 8.__________(value) lie not only in individual excellence but also in the environment, the team around the athlete. In the Olympic Games, it is not victory 9._________ participation that matters. Former speed skater Svetlana Zhurova

positively assessed the innovation. However, most of the experts interviewed reacted calmly 10._________ what happened.

 

第五篇

Countless visitors to the Forbidden City are quickly attracted by its architectural splendor. Covering some 7,000 square meters and 1._________(official) known as the Palace Museum, it was home 2.__________ royal families of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Many legends and stories lie behind its red walls and under the golden 3.__________(roof).

In 2020, when the 600th anniversary of the venue’s 4.__________(complete) was marked with an exhibition, an archaeological project 5._________(launch) in October in the western part of the palace compound. The work has been relatively low profile, but discoveries may reveal that the Forbidden City was once even more magnificent 6._________ it is today.

7._________(stand) in front of the archaeological site, visitors can easily form a picture of one of the palaces in the compound based on the bricks and stones. Archaeologists have unearthed four square underground foundations made from bricks in the early Ming Dynasty. The foundations were used 8._________ (support) columns.

Wu Wei, an archaeologist working at the site, said the 1.6-m-high foundations are about 4.4 meters wide, making them the biggest column footings 9._________(find) in archaeological excavations (挖掘) in China. If a foundation is so huge, just imagine 10.__________grand and tall the column above would be. They may uncover a splendid construction from the early Ming Dynasty that was much bigger than the existing ones in the Forbidden City.

 

第六篇

Wang Ping, a photographer and stylist, has “the magic” to turn dried turnip (萝卜干) 1.________ a beautiful “flower” used to decorate headdresses.

The 26-year-old found there was no headwear that fitted properly with his studio’s costumes. As  2.__________industrial at major, he decided to make them on his own in 2020. Basically, to craft a headdress there are three steps. “First, I do a design drawing. Then, I prepare all the materials 3.________ (need) and construct the framework of the headwear,” Wang said. “The last step is 4.__________(assemble) all materials and paint.”

The basic materials include iron wire, pearls, and fabric, almost all of  5._________are “waste” from disused clothes. Among all his work, crafting the headdress has been  6.__________(relative) simple as it only uses several materials. “I use nail polish to prevent the food from being rotten,” Wang said.

To present the beauty of Chinese headdress, Wang has also learned how to make ancient clothes. Now, he is making clothing 7._________ (feature) a dragon. “The dragon has thousands of scales in different 8.__________ (size). Every single scale should be embroidered with patterns,” Wang said. His work has gained much 9._________(popular), as people are embracing the growing trend of guochao. Up to now, he 10.__________ (attract) over 150,000 followers.

 

第七篇

After 1.________ (enjoy) a museum or an art gallery, people usually visit the souvenir shop to buy a gift to remember the visit. The souvenirs have history, significance and culture in them.

The latest digital technology is helping museums to be more creative. In October 2021, the