强化集训 3
I. 根据语境，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
1. There are many ______（place）of interest in the city. We have visited some of the ______（city）
scenic spots.
2. I’m frightfully sorry, ______ I can’t see you today.
3. A survey showed people were ______（confuse）about what they should eat to stay ______（health）.
4. The first section of New College English ______（design）for speaking practice and is based on
pictures and topics.
5. Nuclear power will do harm to our health and safety if improperly ______（use）.
6. —Why don’t you wear your jogging shorts, Mum?
—Well, my legs are too skinny, if you ______ know.
7. ______ this will be successful or not is still difficult to predict.
8. ______ these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg（火药桶）.
9. I live in a room the window ______ which opens to the south.
10. ______（follow）your doctor’s advice, or your cough will get worse.
II. 单项选择。
1. You may use the room as you like ______ you clean it up afterwards.
A. so far as
B. so long as
C. in case
D. even if
2. Scientists have many theories about how the universe ______ into being.
A. came
B. was coming
C. had come
D. would come
3. For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ______ on his own farm.
A. grown
B. being grown
C. to be grown
D. to grow
4. One of the few things you ______ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.
A. need
B. must
C. should
D. can
5. —What do you think of teaching, Bob?
—I find it fun and challenging. It is a job ______ you are doing something serious but interesting.
A. where
B. which
C. when
D. that
6. The way the guests ______ in the hotel influenced their evaluation of the service.
A. treated
B. were treated
C. would treat
D. would be treated
7. All of them try to use the power of the workstation ______ information in a more effective way.
A. presenting
B. presented
C. being presented
D. to present
8. The wine industry in the area has developed in a special way, ______ little foreign ownership.
A. by
B. of
C. with
D. from
9. When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ______ up, her voice had been full of life.
A. were hanging
B. had hung
C. hung
D. would hang
10. ______ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we changed our dog.
A. Being bitten
B. Bitten
C. Having bitten
D. To be bitten
III. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
Chinese New Year
Chinese Spring Festival, also 1 （call）Lunar New Year, has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese 2 （festival）, it is the most important festival for Chinese people. It is also the time for the whole families to get together, 3 is similar with Christmas Day to the westerners.
It comes on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar and lasts for almost half of a month. But in folk custom, this traditional holiday lasts from the 23rd day of the twelfth month 4 the 15th day of the first month（Lantern Festival）in the lunar calendar. The New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year 5 （be）the peak time. The exact days are different in every year according to the lunar calendar.
6 （prepare）the New Year starts 7 days before the New Year’s Eve. Every family does a thorough house cleaning and purchases enough food, including fish, meat, all kinds of fruits, etc., for the festival period. Also, new clothes must be bought, 7 （especial）for children. Red scrolls with complementary poetic couplets, one line on each side of the gate, are pasted at every gate. Many bad words related to “death”, “broken”, “killing”, “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” 8 （forbid）during conversations.
In China, different places have their own traditions and activities 9 （celebrate）the Spring Festival. Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi’an and Pingyao are some good places to go 10 one intends to come during the time period.
B
The U.S. National Park Service had been celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016.
Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president, 1 （establish）the National Park Service in 1916 to “protect the wild and wonderful landscapes” in the US.
But it is an earlier leader 2 is considered the father of the America’s national parks. In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt, America’s 26th president, signed the American Antiquities Act. The law permitted him—and future presidents—to take immediate action 3 （protect）important cultural or natural resources.
The Antiquities Act led to the 4 （create）of many of the 413 sites within the National Park Service today.
No president has played a 5 （big）role in protecting the country’s natural and cultural resources than Theodore Roosevelt. During his time in office, he established five new national 6 （park）and 18 national monuments. In all, he protected over 93 million hectares of public land. He became known 7 “the conservationist president”.
Roosevelt’s concern for the land and environment came from the time he spent in the Dakota Territory, beginning in 8 1880s.
The area where he traveled is now the state of North Dakota. Today, you will find a national park there 9 （name）in his honor. The park protects badlands, wildlife, scenic views, as well as two ranches（牧场） 10 Roosevelt himself once lived.
