Unit 1 Growing up单元话题语法填空练习-2023-2024学年高二英语选择性必修第二册单元重难点易错题精练（外研版2019）

 Unit 1 Growing up

单元话题语法填空练习

（2021上·安徽·高二校考阶段练习）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

According to a recent American study, food allergies (过敏) are becoming more and more common,      1      (particular) among children. About 8% of those under 19 have developed an allergy. That means      2      total of 6 million children suffer from allergies in the USA．

The foods that are mostly responsible for such allergies      3      (be) milk, eggs, peanuts, fish, nuts and wheat. But why are food allergies increasing? Experts give the      4      (reason). One is that everything is too clean. Our body does not have the training      5      (fight) off attackers. Besides, genetic (基因的) engineering has changed most of the food we eat today.

Although a food allergy can begin      6      any age, most allergies start in childhood. Some allergies go away when you grow up, like milk or egg allergies. Others, like fish or nut allergies, are probably with people in      7      (they) whole life.

In fact, at least one third of the children      8      (affect) are allergic to more than one kind of food. They have trouble staying      9      (health) and getting the right diet. Therefore, parents      10      children have allergies should always have some drugs with them. These drugs act quickly and let children breathe better.

 

（2021·高二课时练习）语法填空

Bethany can’t wait to be 18. She     11     (work) ever since leaving school but still can’t vote. She thinks if one is old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes, he should be allowed to have     12     say on how the government spends them. She has also been taking driving lessons. She thinks she is mature enough to understand driving a car also means     13     (take) responsibility for her life and the lives of other people. However, she will be allowed to take her driving test     14     she turns 18.

Lin Ning celebrated his 18th birthday before he went to university. He found the change had been     15     (subtle) and gradual than he imagined. He wasn’t as selfish as he used     16     (be). Instead he began to feel more aware of other people and to develop a stronger sense of social responsibility. Turning 18 also changed the way that society viewed him.

As for Morgan, turning 18 didn’t make him more     17     (independence). He worked as a librarian. His salary was so low that he had to live with his parents and found     18     hard to save any money. Therefore,

he decided to start a new job next month. Although he could get a bank loan to pay the deposit on his own apartment, he didn’t want to make that kind of     19     (commit). He thought some      20      (responsibility) are more about attitude than age.

 

（2021上·广东深圳·高二校考阶段练习）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I entered senior high school, I began to take a great interest in poems. Some classmates made fun of me.     21     , I devoted all my free time to learning to write poems. One day, I presented one of my poems to my teacher,      22     opinion I wanted about whether or not the poem was any good. While he was scanning the lines, I waited in anxiety, wondering     23     he would say about it. But he said it was wonderful and deserved      24     (publish).

Wanting to try my luck, I posted my poem to a newspaper without     25     (hesitate). After I waited more than a month, it was my assumption that my poem     26     (reject). Then a letter came informing me     27     the acceptance of my poem. They even wanted me to broadcast     28     on the radio. I had made it.

Although I am not     29     (essential) a successful poet now, this experience has left     30     incredible impression on me.

 

（2022下·四川眉山·高二统考期末）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Cao Zhi, a prince of the state of Cao Wei,    31   (fall) in love with an official’s daughter. However, she married his brother, Cao Pi, and the prince became disappointed. Later, he composed an    32   (emotion) poem about the love between the goddess and mortal. In the poem, he praises the nymph (女神)    33    her beauty.

“Gazing at her from afar,

She shines like the sun    34   (rise) above the rosy mists (迷雾) of dawn;

Observing her close by,

She is as bright as a lotus emerging from clear ripples (涟漪).”

In the 4th century, Gu Kaizhi, a Chinese artist,    35   (move) by the story. He illustrated the poem and created    36    we call the Nymph of the Luo River.  Unfortunately, the original 4th painting was lost. However, artists made several copies of it,    37   (probable) during the Song dynasty. The painting is in    38    form of a long scroll (卷轴), which describes the plot in sections. Let's unfold the scroll and find out about this beautiful story.

In the beginning, Cao Zhi travels with a group of attendants and has to cross the Luo River. Here, Gu Kaizhi gives full play to his artistic    39   (imagine). Through clever composition and application of vivid colors, he describes the meeting between Cao Zhi and the nymph, Fu Fei. She flows lightly and stops when she wants to go.     40    (attract) by her charm, Cao loses his heart to Fu Fei.

 

（2022下·高二课时练习）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Most children love being told about nursery rhymes. The most popular rhymes     41    (list) here. Even elders love to hear these rhymes     42    are sweet to our ears forever. These rhymes speak volumes about the interest     43     (show) by the education department to ensure the children to speak out.

The list is clearly not exhaustive but     44    is believed that a good cross section of famous poems for children has been included. We have selected the most famous nursery rhymes for children. We have done our best     45    (collect) all the nursery rhymes from all sources and add them here for your     46    (refer). The addition of more and more rhymes is going on every day.

These nursery rhymes for children     47    (pass) over the years and because     48    the short nature of the verse, they can     49    (easy) be remembered by most children from a very early age. Analysis of these nursery rhymes will reflect the      50     (history) background where these nursery rhymes were written.

 

（2022·山西太原·太原五中校考二模）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A new English version of a modern classic Chinese book for children, I Want To Be Good by Huang Beijia, a well-known     51     (write) in China, was published in January     52     (eventual) by UK-based New Classic Press.

The book, which was translated by Nicky Harman, a UK-based prize-winning literary translator, had been picked     53     a “Top Children’s Book in Translation” by the International Committee of the Children’s Literature Association.

As     54     matter of fact, it became a classic when it was first published in 1996 by the Chinese publisher and     55     (sell) over 5 million copies in China since then. It has also been adapted for cinema, television and stage, and translated into nine     56     (language) including English, French, Korean, Vietnamese and Arabic.

The book tells the story of a 10-year-old girl     57     is under pressure to do better and pass important school exams. The author said the story was inspired by her personal life,     58     (indicate) “the complicated