内容正文:
第十三讲:语法填空,选词填空精练
第一部分,语法填空
Passage 1
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。(2023年浙江绍兴中考)
When Reshma Kosaraju was 12, her family ____1____ (move) from Chicago to Northern California. Soon after, the Camp Fire started. “It was one of ____2___ (big) fires in California history,” Reshma, now 17, told TIME for Kids. ____3____ her school was about 320 kilometers south of the fire, students still had to wear masks (面罩) because ____4____ the smoke. “It is an unusual experience for me, because I have never ____5____ (real) experienced this problem,” she said. So she hoped ____6____ (deal) with the problem. Later she created a ___7____ (use) way to predict forest fires with artificial intelligence (人工智能). Her method is nearly 90% right. “____8____ realized that if I could succeed, the results could make ____9____ big difference. For example, the environment can be helped and many ____10____ (life) can be saved,” Reshma said.
Passage 2
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置。(2023年浙江杭州)
Traffic School
Have you ever driven through a red traffic light? Have you ever parked in the wrong place or driven ____1____ (fast) than the speed limit (限制)? The answers are probably “yes”. Every year ____2____ (thousand) of drivers become “offenders”-they break the rules of the road. But ___3____ are the punishments for this offence?
In most countries drivers have to pay a fine (罚款), ____4____ (usual) $100—$300. But in the USA, Australia and some ____5___ (Europe) countries offenders also get points on their driving license. After they get ___6___ certain number of points, they can’t drive.
Life is difficult when you can’t drive. So far some states in the USA ____7___ (introduce) a new way to avoid this-Traffic School. Offenders have a choice: They can get points on their license ___8____ they can do a course at Traffic School.
Traffic Schools run “driver improvement courses”. They cost about $100 and take from four ____9____ twelve hours. Most people do the course in a classroo