第二节 语法填空

Different countries have different laws and they are vital for a country and its people. Many laws seem  (1) (create) to protect people. Some examples are wearing a helmet when riding (2)  motorcycle, age limits for off-road vehicles, and seatbelt requirements for cars. People   (3)     are against these laws feel that their rights are being restricted. If it doesn’t hurt anyone else, why should there be a law? But if they become   (4)    (injure), it can raise insurance rates for everyone.

In another context, consider people putting aside money for   (5)   (they) retirement. Suppose they work for a fast-growing company, let’s say, a hot new stock company. If employees invest   (6)   (heavy) in the stock and the stock price falls suddenly, their savings will disappear.

Laws    (7)   (prevent) people from having too much company stock in their retirement accounts protect them from    (8)   (finance) disaster. It isn’t easy to find the proper balance   (9)    individual rights and the common good. Some people will think that some laws go too far while others will complain that they don’t go far enough. Although we may not agree with every law, some minor    (10)   (convenience) are part of living in our society. So, just live with them.

I have been working as an Spanish ___(1)____(teach) in Northern Spain for months. While I have enjoyed __(2)_____(talk) about culture in the UK, I have noticed that __(3)_____ great number of Spanish people seem to think the UK has only one place to visit--- London.

While of course London is our capital city and a good place to visit, I hold the opinion ____(4)___ it is a big great city with too many people. _(5)_____(actual) there are lots of other beautiful places to visit in my country, which also have ___(6)____(attract) historical or architectural(建筑的) features.

My home in the UK is in the historical city of Chester. We have city walls circling the city center! Most of the buildings in the city center___(7)___(built) in the 1300s. It is a very popular city among tourists __(8)_____ want to see historical sites! Other beautiful places to visit in the UK include York, Bath, Cornwall, the Lake District... The list goes on!

_(9)_____ is a pity that many tourists just stay in London and don’t explore anywhere else. If you get the chance____(10)___ (visit) the UK, you might like to be a little bit more adventurous and travel outside of our capital city.

 Alice, a shark that lives at the National Sea Life Center in England, did not start out as a vegetarian(素食者). When she   (1)   ( bring ) in from Florida last year, she was   (2)   ( happy ) eating any seafood. However, climate changed in a few months, and she suddenly stopped eating completely. Deeply   (3)   ( concern ), the fishing officials took her for an X-ray,   (4)    showed that a fishing hook(鱼钩) was hiding deep inside her mouth. So they took her to see a doctor who realized the only way to save the shark was performing   (5)   rather risky operation.   (6)    ( fortune ), things went really well. But just when everybody was happy about the shark’s recovery, the history-making shark began   (7)   ( eat ) vegetables!

      Although this may sound good, it is not really good   (8)   Alice’s health because vegetables cannot provide enough protein that she needs to survive. Shark experts all over the world are confused about Alice’s   (9)   ( behave ) and they guess that   (10)   may have something to do with the wound the hook caused. But unless she speaks up, nobody is really going to know the reason.

 I like taking photos very much. Once I travel by ship  (1) a cloudy morning. It was in the afternoon  (2)  the weather turned fine. Therefore, I wanted to take some photos. I was looking around and I saw next to me a lovely little girl  (3)  (sit) on her father’s shoulders. It was  (4) (luck) for me to meet such a perfect moment-- the girl was smiling and the surrounding view was beautiful. Without thinking, I took a picture  (5)  the little girl at that moment. Her mother was surprised that a  (6) (strange) was photographing her daughter. I explained that I was moved by that sight and  (7) (show) them the photo on my digital camera. They loved it very much. I said I could email it to them when I got home. Finally, they gave  (8)  their email address. The next day, I sent them their daughter’s photo as I  (9)  (promise). This morning I  (10)   (receive) a message back saying they are grateful and they are very happy with the lovely photo of their daughter and a lovely memory of the day.

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Always wanted to help fight climate change? Then join in the Earth Hour party on Saturday, the twenty-fifth of March by turning off all  （1）  lights from 8:30— 9:30 p.m. local time. This small action, taken by hundreds of millions of people around the world, will make a print in   （2）  (we) efforts to reduce global warming. More importantly, it will show （3）can be achieved if we all unite to protect our planet.

   Earth Hour   （4）  (start) by the Australian chapter of the World Wildlife Organization (WWF) in 2007. While switching off lights does result  （5）  some energy savings and decrease in carbon dioxide levels, that is not the only aim of Earth Hour. The purpose of the activity is to encourage individuals, businesses,   （6）  governments around the world to seek real solutions to our growing environmental challenges. These include small  （7） (measure) like turning off unnecessary lights, using recyclable bags, or even selecting wood pencils over plastic ones.

   Not sure how   （8）  (spend) the hour? WWF suggests a candlelight dinner or a picnic under the stars with your family. If that is too （9）  (bore) for you, then how about a late night hike or bike ride? You can even go camping and turn the event into an Earth “Night”. Remember, we have only one planet– so let’s try to protect it as   （10）  (good) as we can.

51 Royal food from the Forbidden City is now available for purchase at Tmall, a major Chinese online marketplace, as a part of new steps for the Palace Museum  (  1 )  (develop) its cultural creative products.

  (  2)  food tasting event  ( 3  )  (hold) at the Baoyun Building in the Palace Museum on Sunday. During the event, the museum announced that  (  4 )   (it) flagship food store“Regard from the Emperor”is  ( 5 )  (official) available online at Tmall, and a series of food   ( 6  )  

(make)according to ancient recipes during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)arenow on sale.

The food  (  7 )  (product) are innovatively themed on the 24 Solar Terms(节气), or the ancient classics. For example, a porridge powder made of lotus seed and ingredients from traditional Chinese medicine  (  8 )  (be) inspired by the 24 Solar Terms. Cookies were created based  ( 9  )  ­the ancient book Hai Cuo Tu,   (  10 )  contains pictures of more than 300 types of deep sea creatures, as drawn by Qing Dynasty painter Nie Huang, along with a record of their biological habits.

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Now if you’ve got nothing to do today, why not go to the east part of the city and get digging? That’s the message from No.1 Senior High School,    （1）    is organizing a tree planting event near East Mountain. In order to improve the environmental     （2）    (educate) of its students and get more people     （3）    (organize), the school is planning to plant     （4）    total of 1,400 trees paid by the government over the next few days. They are hoping to plant half of them today and they are looking    （5）    volunteers to come along and help. No experience is necessary,  （6）    there will be experts to give directions and the     （7）    (equip) will be provided. Everyone is welcome to come along anytime    （8）    10 am and 4 pm. I don’t think you need my advice of what sort of shoes or clothes you have to wear. And of course, gloves will be essential     （9）    (protect) your hands. So it could     （10）    really a nice day out for all the families. Enjoy your day.

It   (1)   (report) that “Year’s top 10 catchphrases” were chosen at the end of 2015, with “high yanzhi” (高颜值) included as the latest one.

      The expression “Yanzhi”,   (2)   literally(字面上) means the value of   (3)  (appear), is used to describe  (4)   good-looking a person is. As an   (5)   (increase) number of people are using the phrase   (6)   both formal and informal occasions, it was chosen as one of the Top 10 Catchphrases of 2015 by Yaowen Jiaozi, a Chinese language and literature magazine.

      The top phrase is “huodegan”（获得感). It means a feeling of satisfaction after gaining something. President Xi Jingping said in February that reform should deal with the problems ordinary people face in their lives and better meet their needs, later   (7)   (stress) that reform plans should be shown to the public in a better and   (8)  (clear) way so that people have a stronger sense of getting involved and being benefited. "Making people have  (9)  sense of gain" is a decisive rule to measure the gold content of any reform. Since then, the phrase  (10)  (become) popular.

      Other listed phrases include “Internet Plus”, “maker”, “Internet celebrity” and “willfull”.