Unit6 Earth First 语法填空（单句+语篇）

- 2024-2025学年高一英语专项提高训练必刷好题

（外研版2019必修第二册）

一、语法填空

1．People under the age of 40 constitute the        (major) of the labour force. (所给词的适当形式填空)

2．With his mind             (focus) on the engaging novel, the boy ran into a tree on the sidewalk. （所给词的适当形式填空）

3．There is something wrong with the printer, and I’ll have it (repair)          .(所给词的适当形式填空)

4．But that's how nature is — always leaving us        (astonish). (所给词的适当形式填空)

5．She found the kitten          (frighten) by the fireworks, hiding under the sofa. (所给词的适当形式填空)

6．The situation is becoming             (severe) than before.(所给词的适当形式填空)

7．We are all           (concern) about the African elephants, and want to do something to help. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8．The movie “1917” reveals the             (cruel) of war vividly. (所给词的适当形式填空)

9．The unique location and extreme heat             (effect) the climate in Chongqing in July. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10．Without            (permit), you are not expected to enter the room. (所给词的适当形式填空)

11．Although there were some rooms open to the public, most of the interior was desperately in need of            (restore). (所给词的适当形式填空)

12．When you open a dictionary, you often come across a lot of unfamiliar words. You might think this is a bit          (scare). (所给词的适当形式填空)

13．I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt        (arise) from my actions. (所给词的适当形式填空)

14．The thief got          (scare) and ran away. (所给词的适当形式填空)

15．Martin Luther King was respected for his         (devote) to the cause of the world peace. (所给词的适当形式填空)

16．She devoted herself         her career and never married all her life. (用适当的词填空)

17．As far as I’m        (concern), nothing is more important than studying hard. (所给词的适当形式填空)

18．       average, a powerful earthquake occurs less than once every two years. (用适当的词填空)

19．A community, which was made up of experts from different countries,        (establish) to limit damage to the temple. (所给词的适当形式填空)

20．He has made an important        (contribute) to sustainable development. (所给词的适当形式填空)

21．Many endangered species now face        (extinct). (所给词的适当形式填空)

22．Unfortunately, due        unforeseen circumstances, this year’s show has been cancelled. (用适当的词填空)

23．She behaved well which made us change our attitudes        her. (用适当的词填空)

24．       (fortunate), the rain stopped before we set off for the destination. (所给词的适当形式填空)

25．Large quantities of books          (contribute) to the children in the countryside since then. (所给词的适当形式填空)

26．Thinking about something confusing, he gazed at the horizon, with his eyes         (narrow). (所给词的适当形式填空)

27．A highly anticipated video game based on ancient Chinese literature classic          (release) worldwide on last Tuesday. (所给词的适当形式填空)

28．Cholera was caused by an               (infect) from germs in food or water. (所给词的适当形式填空)

29．The widespread and serious          (dry) in 2024 has had a great effect on crop yields. (所给词的适当形式填空)

30．We must take preventive measures        ( reduce) crime in the area. (所给词的适当形式填空)

31．The expedition team carried sufficient          (supply) of food and fuel to survive in the wilderness. (所给词的适当形式填空)

32．My job was to take care of these children until they could            (adopt) into a good home. (所给词的适当形式填空)

33．Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, was committed to         (remove) hunger across the world. (所给词的适当形式填空)

34．Last week we went to the            (present) of a new play. （所给词的适当形式填空）

35．The bus should have arrived at 5 pm, but it arrived one hour late due to          (hold) up by the heavy fog. (所给词的适当形式填空)

36．With my palms        (sweat), an inner voice told me that I had to calm down. (所给词的适当形式填空)

37．These           (lecture) given by my professor made me realize the importance of a balanced life. (所给词的适当形式填空)

38．It is proposed that we should adopt new,           (sustain)ways of feeding farm animals. (所给词的适当形式填空)

39．The poor lady had her money               (steal) on the bus when coming home. (所给词的适当形式填空)

40．The whistle blew at 8 a.m. and the train            (slide) forward. (所给词的适当形式填空)

二、语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Passage1. Over two decades ago, an Asian elephant named Motala stepped on a landmine and got her left front leg seriously injured. She limped for three days before she     1     (save) by a special hospital in Thailand.

    2     (equip) with a prosthetic (义肢的) leg, she was taken care of for over 20 years. Every morning and afternoon, Motala walks around the lawn outside her tent for a while. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), is     3     first hospital in the world dedicated to treating injured elephants.

Since its    4     (establish) in 1993, the hospital     5     (help) more than 5,000 elephants with illnesses varying from diarrhoea to eye diseases and injuries through car accidents or mine explosions. Prior to the World Elephant Day, Soraida Salwala, 68,     6     has dedicated half of her life to saving those giant creatures, talked about the friendship with elephants.

Her story began when she was eight years old. She encountered an injured elephant     7     (lie) on the side of the road as it was hit     8     a truck. “I cried and begged my dad to take him to the hospital, but he told me that it was too big to be received, and no one knew how to save it.     9     (final) the elephant died,” Soraida said, recalling with sadness.

Many tragedies, like this, inspired her     10     (build) a hospital specialized in saving injured elephants.

Passage2. “Zoo Walk” is becoming popular among young people in China. It involves visiting zoos not just for fun but to build a much     1     (close) connection with nature and wildlife. Among many zoos that have caught people’s attention, a zoo in Jiangsu Province stands out because of its animal-friendly practices.

    2     (locate) in the heart of Nanjing City, Hongshan Forest Zoo has gone to great lengths to ensure that the animals live in environments similar     3     their natural habitats. So far such commitment not only     4     (improve) wildlife’s well-being but also enabled guests to observe them in a more natural way.

Another highlight of visiting the Hongshan Forest Zoo is     5     (it) focus on wildlife protection and education. Actively engaged in programs for endangered species, the zoo plays     6     important role in preserving biodiversity. In 2023, many educational exhibits     7     (hold) to show that even an individual could make a great difference.

Different from the previously popular “City Walk”,     8     refers to walking leisurely in a city, “Zoo Walk” is more than just walking. It leads us to a place where everyone can gain special memories and a sense of     9     (responsible) towards wildlife.

Hongshan Forest Zoo sets an example to zoos worldwide,      10      (show) that balancing visitors’ enjoyment with animals’ well-being is achievable.

Passage3. China’s Giant Panda National Park is a heaven for biodiversity. It spans (跨越) the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu,    1    (cover) it is area of over 21,000 square kilometers. It is home    2    more than 72 percent of the country’s wild panda population. As a major milestone in China’s conservation efforts, the park was    3    (official) elected as one of the country’s first five national parks in 2021.

   4    (protect) the survival of wild pandas, the park is divided into two areas: central protection areas,    5    human activities are strictly prohibited; and general control areas, in which activities are limited. These protective measures have created a thriving environment for both animals    6    plants.

In recent years,    7    (hide) cameras in different places of the park have found the traces of wild pandas, showing    8    steady increase in their numbers. In the Mianzhu area of the park in Sichuan, for example, wild pandas    9    (record) every year since 2019, stressing the effectiveness of conservation efforts and the population growth of the species.

The park serves as an ideal habitat for a     10     (various) of bird species, all coexisting in harmony within the lush green landscapes. Together, these efforts promote a thriving ecosystem and contribute to ecological civilization.

Passage4. After conducting a national park pilot project in the Three-River-Source area in 2016, China established the first group of national parks in October 2021,    1    (include) the Three-River-Source National Park, the Giant Panda National Park, the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park and the Wuyishan National Park.

In July, 2024, during    2    third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was suggested to comprehensively (全面地) promote the    3    (construct) of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body.

Since the Three-River-Source National Park    4    (establish), the flagship species there has increased to over 70,000 and the snow leopard population    5    (recover) to over 1,200. The populations of Northeast tigers and leopards in the national park have grown    6    the initial 27 and 42 at the pilot stage, respectively, to around 70 and 80.

The wild population of the Hainan gibbon, the flagship species at the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, has increased from    7    (few) than 10 in two groups 40 years ago to 42 in seven groups, said Zhang Liming,    8    is the director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration’s nature reserve department.

An Lidan, deputy director of the National Park Center, said that all five national parks have some    9    (area) open to visitors who make online reservations. “We hope to convey the conservation values     10     concepts of national parks to every member of society and form a consensus (共识),” An said.

Passage5. Saihanba,    1    is situated in north China's Hebei Province, is a miracle as it has been transformed from wasteland to thick forest through the extraordinary efforts of three generations of Chinese people.

Saihanba was home to plentiful forest resources and high biodiversity 400 years ago. With a cool summer and green vegetation, the area    2    (set) to be a royal retreat. However, massive deforestation destroyed the forest barrier, eventually turning it into a desert and resulting    3    frequent occurrences of sandstorms. To prevent sandstorms which kept    4    (strike) Beijing, the Forestry Administration decided in 1962    5    (establish)the Saihanba Forest Farm, and sent 369 foresters, mostly in their 20s, to the area for tree planting.

The first foresters faced multiple challenges.    6    (equip) with only the simplest tools in extreme coldness and drought, they were unable to ensure the    7    (survive) of trees planted. Nevertheless, with joint efforts of three generations, Saihanba was restored and turned back into a paradise with a forest coverage raised from 11.4 percent to 80 percent, which can    8    (effective) conserve and purify (净化) 137 million cubic meters of water every year.

The ground-breaking planting story of the foresters gives rise to    9    concept of the Saihanba Spirit, defined as working hard, advancing against difficulties and innovating daringly. As one of the largest man-made plantations worldwide, the Saihanba Afforestation Community won the honor of Champions of the Earth for their      10      (remark) green achievements.

Passage6. Called as the “Sea of Death”, the Taklimakan Desert in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers.     1     also surprises us is that its circumference (周长) measures 3,046 kilometers or so, making it the     2     (large) desert in China.

It has taken more than 40 years     3     (surround) the Taklimakan fully with a green belt. The Taklimakan Desert control project is     4     part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP) launched in 1978, whose aim is to deal with desertification (沙漠化).

With the TSFP and measures such as the Grain for Green Program. China has handed in     5     (it) own answer sheet to desertification.

According to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, over 35.8 million hectares (公顷) of desertified land have been protected,     6     over 7.8 million hectares of desertified land have been     7     (effective) restored. The forest coverage rate in the TSFP area has increased from 12.41     8     13.84 percent. Additionally, 61 percent of the soil erosion (土壤侵蚀) areas have been controlled successfully, and the “green line” in the Yellow River Basin has shifted 300 kilometers westward.

In the past 10 years, the frequency of severe dusty weather in spring in northern China     9     (drop) significantly. China has taken the global lead in      10      (achieve) “zero growth” in land degradation and a “dual (双的) reduction” in desertificatioin and desertified land.

Passage7. On Dec 14, giant pandas Xingqiu and Yilan,    1    journey marked a significant step in international wildlife conservation, set off from China on their way to Adelaide Zoo in Australia. According to a    2    (preserve) and research cooperation agreement between China and Australia,    3    pair will live in Australia for 10 years.

   4    (ensure) their comfort onboard the plane, Chinese and Australian veterinarians and keepers accompanied them on the plane    5    took off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan at 2:30 pm on Saturday. The Australian veterinarians even traveled to the Dujiangyan base    6    advance to learn the habits of the two pandas, according to Wang Yubin, a staff member of the center.

Thanks to a joint program    7    (conduct) by China and Australia in 2009, two pandas Wangwang and Funi    8    (settle) down in Adelaide Zoo for 15 years and    9    (safe) returned to China last month. The departure of Xingqiu and Yilan marks a new chapter in the cooperation in giant panda conservation and research between    10    (zoo) in China and Australia.

Passage8. As a child growing up in an orphanage (孤儿院), 100-year-old Amanda never had the chance to have a dog. She’s been making up     1     lost time ever since.

When she told her daughter Debbie she hoped to adopt (收养) a dog, Debbie     2     (worry) that a shelter might not allow a woman of her age to adopt a pet.

    3     (luck), a volunteer for Muttville Senior Dog Rescue in San Francisco thought their organization might be able to help.     4     11-year-old dog     5     (name) Max was recently rescued by the organization. The dog seemed ready to be one member in a family     6     could give him love and attention.

So Max     7     (bring) to meet Amanda, and he immediately made himself at home. “He came to the house like he’d been here before,” Amanda said. “He saw me     8     (sit) on my chair, jumped up on me and sat on my lap. He made himself very comfortable.” Amanda even hopes to do something fun with Max to celebrate her 101st birthday this March.

“Animals bring me so much happiness,” Amanda said. And studies prove she’s right. Research has shown that the human-animal relationship can provide important social and emotional support for older adults. This can encourage their     9     (activity) of daily living, reduce      10      (lonely) and improve overall quality of life.

Passage9. Residents in village in Aba county, living near     1     origin of the Yellow River, used to suffer a lot during the rainy season. When the stream rose with heavy rain, water would often wash away its earthen banks,     2     (cause) many large gaps. The village would quickly be covered with water, making     3     hard for residents to take livestock to the market.

However, that situation     4     (become) a thing of the past since a 5-kilometer wall was built in 2010.     5     made the wall special, however, was that it was built without the use of concrete. Tsetan, a local farmer, said he was extremely relieved     6     (get) rid of the damage caused by flooding. The wall,     7     (construct) with local materials, reflects the architectural style of the region and traditional techniques. It fits so     8     (elegant) within the village landscape that visitors can hardly notice where the wall is.

As the country highlights ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, the “ecological wall” built in Pema stands     9     an example of a series of environmentally friendly      10      (approach) local governments have used to help conserve the mother river of the Chinese nation.

Passage10. Have you ever noticed those lonely animals wandering on the street? They have no place to go and no one to rely on.    1    (lucky), there is a home for these poor animals — the Small Friends Pet Shelter. It    2    (start) by a group of high school students and their parents last year when they started to see many pets    3    were left behind after their families moved away.

Today, there are about 70 cats, 50 dogs, three rabbits, and a few turtles    4    (live) at the shelter. The young people who run the shelter work hard    5    (keep) the place clean, take care of the animals, and advertise the animals so that they can be adopted. They have already helped to find homes for nearly 200    6    (animal). It is hard work,    7    the young people working at the shelter think it is worth it.

So if you find a pet that is    8    (lose), call the young people at Small Friends Pet Shelter! And if you want to help    9    (they), go and volunteer your time and love. That is what the animals really need most. All animals need help at times, so let’s support the shelter and give pets    10    warm home.