2024届高考英语一轮复习：语法填空专练

语法填空 感恩节“火鸡”是怎么得名的？ How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get Its Name? 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。 The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey(火鸡). But turkey is 1. ______(certain) not from Turkey(土耳其). In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake. We could say it is a case of 2. ______(mistake) identity. The word "Turkey" 3. ______(mean) "the land of the Turks" since ancient times. The word "turkey" as it refers to the bird first appeared in the English language in the mid-1500s. The misunderstanding over the word happened because of two similar-looking kinds of birds. There is an African bird 4. ______(name) the guinea fowl(珍珠鸡). Portuguese traders brought the guinea fowl to Europe through North Africa. This foreign bird came to Europe through Turkish lands. So, the English thought of the bird 5. ______ a "Turkish chicken." When Europeans came to North America, they saw a bird 6. ______ looked like the guinea fowl. They thought that it was the guinea fowl, which at that time 7. ______(call) the ‘turkey cock,' and so gave 8. ______ the same name. 9.______(hundred) of years later, we continue to call this North American bird "turkey," even though it has no 10. ______(connect) at all with the country Turkey, or even with Europe. 把树叶留下 Leave the Leaves  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。 There is a growing movement to leave leaves on the ground, instead of gathering them to be disposed of(处理). The idea is to avoid 1. ______(send) bagged-up fallen leaves to landfills. Instead, they will naturally break down over the winter into rich 2. ______(organ) matter. 3. ______(do) correctly, leaving the leaves is one of the best ways to turn yard waste into free fertilizer, which is good 4. ______ plants, the environment, and saving money. Whole leaves should not be permitted to remain on walkways, 5. ______ they could make the path dangerously slippery. They should also not 6. ______(leave) on grass lawns(草坪), wher