英語语法填空基础训练40篇(附答案).docVIP

(1) In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing__1__comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run__2__(fast) than the fastest lion,__3__I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion__4__(wake) out of his dream, and the first thing__5__(flash) into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope, otherwise I will starve to__6__(dead).” So almost at the same moment__7__the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start__8__(run) toward the rising sun. Such is life—__9__you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without__10__(hesitate) when the sun rises. (2) You may wonder__1__we have a holiday in summer and winter, but not in spring__2__autumn. There are some reasons__3__ it. Like most people, your intelligence(智力)changes from season to season. You are properly a lot sharper in the spring__4__you are at any__5__time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, __6__is well known to us all, __7__(conclude) from other mens work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect__8__our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This does mean that all people are not as quick at __9__(learn) in the summer as they are during the rest of the year. It tells us, however,__10__intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer. (3) Last Monday morning, I was__1__(cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview__2__an important job. A yellow car passed by me and__3__(sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I__4__(fall). I was so angry that I stopped the driver and kept on __5__(shout) at him rudely. __6__(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. __7__chance, one of my__8__(interview), the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me or my rudeness.__9__, he offered me the job