最新 中考英语语法填空综合测试(含答案)经典1

最新中考英语语法填空综合测试（含答案）经典1

一、初三中考语法填空（含答案详细解析）

1．He was ________ （mention） in the letter.

【答案】 mentioned

【解析】【分析】句意：他在这封信里被提到了。mention是及物动词，根据句子机构可知是被动语态，be已经给出，行为动词使用过去分词mentioned，故答案是mentioned。【点评】考查一般过去时，注意动词过去式的变化规则。

2．语法填空

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower. It is famous for ________tilt （倾斜） 1o one side. Located behind the Cathedral of Pisa, the tower ________ （become） a symbol of Italy. It is one of ________ oldest buildings in Pisa's Cathedral Square.

The tower was not designed to lean, ________ because people built it on soft soils it gradually tilted to one side. Even though some people don't think the tower is a ________ （success）building because of its tit, the tower has won a special place in history. The tower has also been used for experiments by the famous Italian scientist ________ （call） Galileo Galilei.

Every year, ________ （million）of tourists flock to the tower to take the classic photo pretending（假装） to hold up or knock down the tower. Tourists can also climb the 294 steps to the top inside the tower. There are seven ________ （bell） on top of it. It is said that you must visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa during the day. At night the shops are closed and it looks just so-so. However, if you visit it on a full moon night, the tower ________ （look） fantastic.

When you plan ________ （visit）Leaning Tower of Pisa, you should not miss some other sights near it, including Santa Maria della Spina and the Guelph Tower.

【答案】 its；has become；the；but；successful；called；millions；bells；looks；to visit 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了意大利著名的比萨斜塔，它位于比萨大教堂后面。一开始设计的时候并不是斜的，因为地基的原因，慢慢向一侧倾斜。虽然人们认为这不是一个成功的建筑，但是在历史上赢得了特殊的历史地位。意大利著名科学家伽利略层在塔山做过著名的落地实验。每年有成百万的游客来这里旅游，拍照。

（1）句意：它因向一侧倾斜而著名。根据句意可知，这里的倾斜指塔本身的倾斜，使用与主语一致的物主代词its，故答案是its。

（2）句意：位于比萨大教堂的后面的斜塔成为了意大利的象征。我们知道它已经成为了意大利的象征了，因此使用现在完成时，现在完成时的结构是have/has+过去分词。主语the tower为第三人称单数，助动词使用has，故答案是has become。

（3）句意：它是比萨大教堂广场最古老的建筑之一。oldest为形容词最高级，形容词最高

级前使用定冠词the，故答案是the。

（4）句意：塔不是设计的时候就是斜的，但是因为人们把它建筑在软的土地上，慢慢地就向一边倾斜。一开始设计的不是斜的，现在成为斜的了，与设计本身不符，因此使用转折词but连接，故答案是but。

（5）句意：即使人们因为倾斜不认为这是成功的建筑，但是它却在历史上赢得了特殊的地位。success作定语修饰building，因此使用形容词successful，故答案是successful。（6）句意：这座塔也曾被意大利科学家伽利略用来做实验。call以及后面的Galileo Galilei 作后置定语修饰scientist，意思为被叫做，因此使用过去分词called，故答案是called。（7）句意：每年，成百万的人游客聚集在塔前拍着经典照片，假装支撑着它，或者把它推倒。millions of固定短语，成百万的，故答案是millions。

（8）句意：塔顶有七个钟。bell钟，可数名词，根据seven可知应使用复数形式，故答案是bells。

（9）句意：然而，如果你在满月的时候去看斜塔，它看起来很迷人。本句为一般性的叙述，应使用一般现在时，主语the tower是第三人称单数，谓语使用三单形式looks，故答案是looks。

（10）句意：当你计划参观比萨斜塔时，被忘了欣赏附近其他的风光。plan to do sth.计划做某事，固定搭配，故答案是to visit。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍，检查验证。

3．阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。 I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a "night out with the boys". He had no________ （hobby） but just took care of his family.

For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always ________ （interest）in my life—how my family as doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, ________ （English） or Florida.

Nine years ago when I bought my ________ （one） house, my father, 67 years old, painted my house himself. He worked eight hours a day. He would not allow me ________ （pay）someone to have it done. All he asked was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.

Five years ago, my 71—year—old father ________ （spend）five hours putting together a swing set（秋千）for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.

The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me as ________ （usually）, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.

The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father ________ （send）to hospital in Florida, I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed（发誓）that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time,

and have a nice long talk with him and ________ （real）get to know him.

I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

In the years since his ________ （die） I have learnt much about my father, and even more about myself. As a father, he never asked me for anything but my time. Now he has all my attention, every single day.

【答案】hobbies；interested；England；first；to pay；spent；usual；was sent；really；death

【解析】【分析】这篇短文中作者给我们讲述了她的父亲，她父亲是一个很顾家的人，眼里只有他的家人。作者在短文中讲述了生活中的几件事情，从这些事情中我们可以看到，作者因为太忙，跟父亲没有太多的交流，当作者想要弥补时，父亲却离开了她。

（1）句意：他没有爱好，但只是照顾家人。hobby是可数名词，表示泛指用复数形式，故填 hobbies。

（2）句意：他总是对我的生活感兴趣。be interested in，固定搭配，对......感兴趣，故填interested。

（3）句意：这些电话甚至是在他和我妈妈在澳大利亚、英国或佛罗里达的时候打来的。根据in Australia可知此处是表示国家的名词，England，英国，故填 England。

（4）句意：九年前，当我买下我的第一栋房子时，我67岁的父亲亲自粉刷了我的房子。one，基数词，一，表示第一个，用序数词，first，故填 first。

（5）句意：他不允许我付钱给某人去做这件事。allow sb to do，固定搭配，允许某人做，故填 to pay。

（6）句意：五年前，我71岁的父亲花了五个小时组装秋千给我女儿。根据Five years ago可知是一般过去时，spend的过去式是spent，故填 spent。

（7）句意：1996年1月16日星期日的早上，我父亲像往常一样7点给我打电话，这次他似乎忘记了我们一周前讨论过的一些事情。as usual，固定搭配，像往常一样，故填usual 。

（8）句意：那天，我父亲8被送到佛罗里达州的医院。根据That day可知时态是一般过去时，send与主语father是被动关系，故是被动语态，主语是第三人称单数，助动词是was，send的过去分词是sent，故填 was sent。

（9）句意：我发誓当我到达时，我会弥补失去的时间，和他好好长谈，然后真正地了解他。副词修饰动词短语get to know，real的副词是really，故填 really。

（10）句意：在他去世后的几年里，我了解了很多关于我父亲的事情，甚至更多关于我自己的事情。 his是形容词性物主代词，其后是名词，death，是名词，故填 death。

【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，语态，词性，搭配等多种用法。

4．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world, it is the result of thousands of years of human invention.

First, came the invention of writing, ________（probable） .about 5, 500 years ago. With writing, people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could communicate

with people that they never________ （see）and share their knowledge with insure generations.

Later, the Greeks were well-known for their literature （文学） and science, but their "books" looked very different ________the books of today. They were called scrolls （卷轴）. They were difficult to use and took a lot of space in a library. About 2,000 years ago, books with lots of pages________ （invent）.

For more than a thousand years, the pages of books were made from animal skin. That changed in ________thirteenth century, when Europeans learned about a very ________（use）Chinese invention: paper.

But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe were copied by hand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books ________were produced on a printing press.

These days it is difficult ________（imagine） a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more________ （story） are bought as e-books and read on a screen.

Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future, ________will books, like scrolls, soon disappear?

【答案】probably；saw；from；were invented；the；useful；that/which；to imagine；stories；or

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了书的历史。

（1）句意：首先，书写的发明可能在大约5500年前。副词修饰动词came，probable是形容词，probably是副词，故填probably。

（2）句意：他们可以与从未见过的人交流，并与保险公司的几代人分享他们的知识。根据5, 500 years ago可知时态是一般过去时，see的过去式是saw，故填saw。

（3）句意：后来，希腊人因他们的文学和科学而闻名，但是他们的“书”看起来和今天的书大不相同。be different from，固定搭配，与……不同，故填from。

（4）句意：大约2000年前，有很多页的书4被发明。根据2000年前是一般过去时，invent和pages是被动关系，主语是名词复数，故助动词是were，故填 were invented。（5）句意：这种情况在13世纪发生了变化，当时欧洲人了解到一项非常有用的中国发明，纸。根据thirteenth是序数词，其前是定冠词the，故填the。

（6）句意：这种情况在13世纪发生了变化，当时欧洲人了解到一项非常有用的中国发明，纸。invention是名词，其前是形容词，use是动词，useful是形容词，故填 useful。（7）句意：更多的人买得起印刷机上生产的书。定语从句缺少主语，指代先行词books，故用关系代词that/which指代，故填 that/which。

（8）句意：如今，没有书的世界很难想象。it's+形容词+to so，固定搭配，做某事很……，故填 to imagine。

（9）句意：每年，都有更多的故事以电子书的形式被购买并在屏幕上阅读。此处缺少主语，根据are可知是名词复数，story是名词，故填 stories。

（10）句意：将来会有人翻过传统书籍的书页吗？像卷轴一样的书会很快消失吗？连接疑问句表示并列关系用or，故填or。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

5．语法填空

Chen Yujie studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week ________ （get） money from her parents.

It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, ________ she didn't have to travel so often.

She decided to discuss ________ with her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually the most relaxing time for our family," said Chen.

She ________ the right time. After a few turns of lobbying（游说）, her parents ________ agreed with Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they have to choose a right time.

American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 ________ （kid）aged 6~12 in the country, asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is ________ best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive（乐于接受的）. Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talk to their parents. Bedtime comes ________ （two）, followed by time spent in the car.

________ （China）teenagers seem to have a similar tendency（倾向）towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey ________ it. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose mealtime to talk to their parents.

So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.

【答案】 to get；so；it；chose；finally；kids；the；second；Chinese；of

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了青少年和父母交流的问题，对大多数青少年来说，与父母交谈可能很困难，甚至令人担忧。所以他们必须选择正确的时间。

（1）句意：她常常每周回到在慈溪的家为了从父母那里取钱。此处是不定式做目的状语，为了，故填to get。

（2）句意：陈希望她的父母可以把钱打到银行卡上，这样她不用经常回家了。根据put the money on a bank card和she didn't have to travel so often可知，把钱打到银行卡上的结果是这样她不用经常回家了，故此处是连词表示结果，so是连词，故填so。

（3）句意：她决定晚饭后看电视时和她的父母讨论这件事。discuss后缺少宾语，it指代把钱打到银行卡上这件事，故用it指代一件事，故填it。

（4）句意：她选择了正确时间。此处缺少谓语动词，根据下文choose mealtime to talk to their parents选择用餐时间和父母交谈，可知是选择时机，choose是动词，描述过去用一般过去时，choose的过去式是chose，故填chose。

（5）句意：在几次游说下，她的父母终于同意了陈的意见。副词修饰动词agreed，finally，终于，是副词，故填finally。

（6）句意：美国杂志最近重点调查了该国15216名6-12岁的儿童。基数词1521后是名词复数，故填kids。

（7）句意：当你想和你的父母谈论重要的事情，最佳时间是什么时候？best是最高级，故此处缺少定冠词the，故填the。

（8）句意：睡觉时间是其次。根据followed by time接着是时间，可知此处表示顺序，故用序数词，two是基数词，second是序数词，第二，故填second。

（9）句意：中国青少年似乎也有类似的处理问题的倾向。teenagers是名词其前是形容词，China是名词，中国，Chinese是形容词，中国的，故填Chinese。

（10）句意：浙江的一份报纸，做了一个调查。a survey of，固定搭配，……的调查，故填of。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

6．语法填空

Dear Auntie Em,

Great news! Mrs Mumford just told me I had been chosen as one of the school________（student）to visit the University of Cape Town in South Africa this summer！She said the programme________（design）for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture.________a good chance！

The only problem is: Mum and Dad________（simple）won't let me go. They said it was dangerous for me, a girl, ________（travel）alone. But my guess is that they think it too expensive. I kept telling________（they）I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before. They needn't worry about me________this trip would be almost the same as that one.________（but）they just won't listen!

Will you help, Auntie Em? It will be________very important experience to my personal growth. Love, （and love you even________（much）if you manage to make Mum & Dad agree with

me. ）

【答案】students；was designed；What；simply；to travel；them；because/as；But；a；more

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者因无法参观南非开普敦大学而向Auntie Em求助。（1）句意：芒福德夫人刚刚告诉我，我被选为今年夏天参观南非开普敦大学的学生之一！one of+限定词+名词复数，故填students。

（2）句意：她说这个项目是为了让一些聪明的青少年体验不同的文化而设立的。design 和programme是被动关系，主句是一般过去时，故从句是过去式的被动语态，主语是program么me，单数名词，故助动词是was，故填 was designed。

（3）句意：多好的机会啊！根据 a good chance 可知此处是感叹名词chance，故用what，故填What。

（4）句意：妈妈和爸爸绝对不会让我走。副词修饰动词let，simply是副词，绝对地，故填simply。

（5）句意：他们说这对我这个独自旅行的女孩来说很危险。it's+形容词+for sb to do，固

定搭配，对某人而言做某事很……，故此处是不定式，故填 to travel。

（6）句意：我不停地告诉他们，我以前曾独自乘飞机去德克萨斯州看望过你们。tell是动词，其后是宾格做宾语，they的宾格是them，故填them。

（7）句意：他们不用担心我，因为这次旅行几乎和那次一样。从句是对主句的解释，故表示原因，故填because/as。

（8）句意：但是他们就是不听！作者安慰了父母很久，和他们就是不听表示转折故选，故是但是，故填But。

（9）句意：这对我的个人成长将是非常重要的经历。experience是名词，very以辅音音素开头，故此处用不定冠词a，表示泛指，故填a。

（10）句意：如果你能让爸爸妈妈同意我的话，我会更爱你。副词even后是比较级，much的比较级是more，故填more。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

7．语法填空

The Chinese first ________ （make）paper about 2,000 years ago. China still has pieces ________paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants.

Paper was not made in ________ （south）Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia （斯堪的纳维亚半岛）,which now makes a great deal of the ________ （world） paper, did not begin to make it until 1500. It was a German ________ （name） Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States ________ （become）the largest paper producers. Today in Finland, which makes the ________ （good） paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest on the land. New papermaking machines are very big, and ________ （them） make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper that is 300 metres long and 6 metres wide ________ one minute.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes and writing paper. ________there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers, etc.

【答案】 made；of；southern；world's；named；became；best；they；in；But

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了全世界的造纸工艺。

（1）句意：大约2000年前中国制造了第一张纸。根据2,000 years ago可知2000年前是一般过去时的标志，make的过去式是made，故填made。

（2）句意：中国仍然有在那之前制作的纸。pieces of，固定搭配，张，故填of。

（3）句意：直到大约1100年，纸才在南欧制造出来。Europe是名词其前是形容词，south是名词，southern是形容词，故填 southern。

（4）句意：斯堪的纳维亚半岛现在在世界报纸上占有很大份额，直到1500年才开始发行。paper是名词，此处是所有格，故填 world's。

（5）句意：是一个叫谢弗的德国人发现人们可以用树做最好的纸。name和German是被

动关系，故用过去分词做后置定语，故填 named。

（6）句意：此后，森林国家瑞典、挪威、芬兰和美国成为最大的纸张生产国。描述过去用一般现在时，become的过去式是became，故填 became。

（7）句意：今天，在世界上造纸最好的是芬兰，造纸工业是世界上最大的。根据the biggest on the land可知此处是最高级，good的最高级是best，故填 best。

（8）句意：新的造纸机很大，而且造纸很快。此处缺少主语，故用主格，them是宾格，主格是they，故填 they。

（9）句意：最大的机器可以在一分钟内制造出一张长300米、宽6米的纸。此处缺少介词表示时间范围，in one minute，在一分钟之内，故填in。

（10）句意：但还有很多其他用途。此处缺少连词，此处表示前后的对比，故是转折关系连词but，故填But。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。

8．语法填空

Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was________old man called Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira's friends________（wonder）whether his son would return,________Sthira always said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said________（polite）,"Whatever happens, happens for good." However, later, Sthira's son broke his________（leg）. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked________（they） and said, "Whatever happens, happens for good." Some of the villagers were surprised________（hear） this. Why? What was good? His son's leg got badly hurt!

After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men to________the army. When they found his son had a________（break） leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his________（good）luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

【答案】 an；wondered；but；politely；leg；them；to hear；join；broken；good

【解析】【分析】文章大意：从前，在一个小村里，有一个泰斯拉的老人，不管发生了什么他都认为是好事。

（1）句意：在一个村庄里有一个叫做泰斯拉的老人。man是单数，前面需要不定冠词，old是以元音音素开始的，因此使用an，故答案是an。

（2）句意：泰斯拉的朋友想知道他的朋友是否回来。根据句首的long long ago可知句子为一般过去时，故答案是wondered。

（3）句意：但是泰斯拉总是说“不管发生了什么，都是好事，”朋友想知道他的儿子是否会回来，泰斯拉却说不管发生了什么都是好事，所以使用but表示转折，故答案是but。（4）句意：他感谢了村民们，然然后礼貌地说：“不管发生了什么，发生的都是好事。”polite修饰动词said，因此使用副词politely，故答案是politely。

（5）句意：然而，之后，太势力的儿子摔断了腿。摔断的不可能是两条腿，应该是一条腿，因此使用单数形式，故答案是leg。

（6）句意：村民在一次来看忘了他，他再一次感谢了他们。they做thank的宾语，应使用宾格人称代词，故答案是them。

（7）句意：一些村名听到后感到很吃惊。听到是吃惊的原因，应使用动词不定式做状语，故答案是to hear。

（8）句意：几天之后，军队来到村里，强迫年轻人参军。根据the army可知是强迫参军，force sb. to do sth.固定搭配，to已经给出，因此使用动词原形，故答案是join。

（9）句意：当他们发现他的儿子有一条断腿的时候，他们就把他留下了。break修饰leg，因此使用过去分词，故答案是broken。

（10）句意：村民再次来祝她好运。good修饰luck，没有任何比较，所以使用原级，故答案是good。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍，检查验证。

9．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式（每空最多不超过3个单词）。

Thomas Edison was a great American ________ （invent）.When he was________child, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter________ hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three ________ （month）. His teacher didn't understand why he had so many strange questions. Most of ________（they） were not about his lessons. The teacher didn't want to teach Tom any more. He asked Tom's mother to take the boy home. Tom's mother taught him ________ （read） and write, and she found him a very good student. He learnt very fast and became very ________（interest） in science.

One day, he saw a little boy ________（play） on the railway tracks （铁轨） at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened （恐惧） to move. Edison rushed out and took him away ________ （safe）. The boy's father was so thankful that he taught Edison to send messages ________telegraph （电报）.

【答案】 inventor；a；how；months；them；to read；interested；playing；safely；by 【解析】【分析】这篇短文简要介绍了著名发明家爱迪生的生平，他因为发明了电灯，从而改变了人们的生活。并且短文详细描述了爱迪生的人格特点。

（1）句意：托马斯·爱迪生是一位伟大的美国发明家。根据 a great American是形容词，故前后是名词单数，invent是动词，名词是inventor。故填inventor。

（2）句意：当他还是个孩子的时候，他总是问问题。child是以辅音音素开头的单数名词，故用不定冠词a表示泛指。故填a。

（3）句意：无论多么困难，他都不会放弃。hard是副词，根据语序it was可知，no matter how表示"无论如何"的意思，引导让步状语从句。故填how。

（4）句意：小汤姆只上了三个月的学。基数词three后用复试形式months。故填months。

（5）句意：他问的问题大部分都与他的功课无关。of是介词，其后应该要用宾格形式，they的宾格是them。故填them。

（6）句意：汤姆的母亲教他读写。taught是teach的过去式，教某人做某事teach sb. to do sth.，故填to read。

（7）句意：她妈妈发现他是个很好的学生。他学得很快，对科学很感兴趣。对什么感兴趣be interested in sth.是个固定短语搭配。故填interested。

（8）句意：一天，他看到一个小男孩在火车站的铁轨上玩耍。saw是see的过去式，看到某人在做某事应为see sb. doing sth.，故填playing。

（9）句意：一列火车很快就要开过来了，男孩吓得不敢动。爱迪生冲过去把他带到了安全的地方。took是take的过去式，take是动词应该用副词来修饰，safe是形容词，副词是safety。故填safely。

（10）句意：这个男孩的父亲非常感激爱迪生，教他用电报发送消息。by通过某种方法、手段。表示传达、传递的方式或媒介。故填by。

【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意名词复数，词性，介词，和see sb. doing sth的固定搭配等多种用法。

10．语法填空

From deserts and beaches to playgrounds, sand is a common sight. But you might not know that sand is also a useful resource. Sand is the second most-used resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of ________.

Sand is made up of very small ________ （piece） of rock, soil and minerals（矿物质）. It can take tens of thousands of years to form. But now we are using sand more________ （quick） than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year ________ build houses, roads and other things. People also put sand in the________ [si:] to make new islands. For example, the Palm islands are made up of three________ [lɑ?d?] man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2010, they

________ （take） 94 million cubic meters of sand to build. If people keep________（use） this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction sand by 2020, Live Science noted.

________ [sins] people need so much sand, they are trying to mine（开采） more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may ________ beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats （栖息地）of many plants and animals.

【答案】 it；pieces；quickly；to；sea；large；took；using；Since；cause

【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介绍了沙子这种常见的景观。

（1）句意：然而，联合国说，沙子并不是无限的，我们有可能会用完它们。run out of“用完，用尽”的意思。这里用it来指代上文的沙子（sand是不可数名词）。故答案为：it。（2）句意：沙子由非常小的岩石、土壤和矿物质组成。根据rock, soil and minerals（矿物质）可知，这是几种成分，因此piece用复数pieces。故答案为：pieces。

（3）句意：但现在我们使用沙子的速度比它形成的速度要快。根据副词修饰动词可知，此处应用形容词quick的副词形式quickly修饰动词use“使用”。故答案为：quickly。

（4）句意：据英国广播公司报道，我们每年用大约150亿吨沙子建造房屋、道路和其他东西。根据固定搭配 use sth. to do sth. 用某物做某物，可知此处用动词不定式to do做目的状语。故答案为：to。

（5）句意：人们还把沙子放进海里，制造新的岛屿。由语境和音标[si:]提示可知，填：sea。故答案为：sea。

（6）句意：例如，棕榈岛由阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜的三个大型人工岛屿组成的。由语境和音标[lɑ?d?]提示可知，填：large，three large man-made islands三个大型的人工岛屿。故答案为：large。

（7）句意：2010年，他们用9400万立方米的沙子建造。根据时间状语In 2010可知，本题的时态为一般过去时。动词take的过去式为took。故答案为：took。

（8）句意：如果人们继续使用这么多沙子，它会在很多地方用完。根据固定搭配keep doing sth. 继续做某事，可知此处应用动名词做宾语，动词use的动名词为using。故答案为：using。

（9）句意：由于人们需要这么多沙子，他们正试图开采更多的沙子。由语境和音标[sins] 提示可知，填：since，表自……以来、因为、由于。句首单词首字母要大写。故答案为：Since。

（10）句意：开采沙可能会导致海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水。根据beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea海滩消失，在靠近大海的地方会发生更多的洪水，可知这些是开采沙所导致的后果，因此填：cause。may是情态动词，后跟动词原形。故答案为：cause。

【点评】考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。