专题01 语法填空题-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年高一英语上学期期末真题分类汇编（上海专用）

专题01 语法填空题 Passage 1 （2023上·上海·高一复旦附中校考期末）Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. What makes this year’s World Cup special? This year’s FIFA World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Nov 20. In this sports event, a total of 32 teams will compete with each other for 28 days. But 1 makes this year’s World Cup “stand out” is its numerous historical footnotes, for better or for worse. Let’s see some of them. One of the few countries not previously qualified to participate in the World Cup Qatar has been 2 regular in the Asian Cup in recent years as well as a 2019 Asian Cup winner, gaining seven-game wins and scoring 19 goals that year. Its soccer team, however, has never previously qualified for a World Cup for either the men’s or women’s editions. Winning the right to host the 2022 tournament makes Qatar become the first country since Italy in 1934 to play in a World Cup without first 3 (qualify) for it. First held in the northern hemisphere’s winter Typically, the FIFA World Cup is held in May, June or July for suitable weather conditions. Yet, the sports event this year 4 (change) to winter to accommodate Qatar’s local temperatures. 5 (locate) in the desert, Qatar whose summer months usually reach above a temperature of 40°C, would be a nightmare for outdoor sports players. Playing in such temperatures means both being unable to play well and putting themselves at risk. Doing sports in intense heat may lead to dehydration (脱水), vision loss, fainting, and other such problems, noted the website Football. 6 these considerations, Qatar has still stirred up some controversies (争议). 7 of them has been about player preparation. According to Fox Sports, many teams usually have plenty of time to prepare