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2024 届高考英语时文阅读之语法填空专项训练
专题 03
人文地理
What was lost in Lahaina, a glittering jewel of
基础篇 夏威夷拉海纳的损失
the Hawaiian Kingdom
What really caused the collapse of the Mayan
巩固篇 玛雅文明探究
civilization?
How would you draw an elephant if you’d
提高篇 怎样画出从未见过的大象
never seen one?
专项微练 单句语法填空 动词专项训练
真题精选 高考模拟衔接 名校真题演练
【原创题】
【基础篇】
Lāhainā has always been a survivor. The coastal town in
West Maui has endured and evolved, from serving as the former
capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom to emerging as 1
important whaling port that inspired Herman Melville to
immortalize the era in Moby Dick. But wildfires—the deadliest
in the state's history—have decimated much of the coastal town,
2 (claim) at least 96 lives and destroying hundreds of
homes and buildings, including important historic and 3
(culture) sites. Once known as Lele, 4 translates to
“relentless sun,” severe drought conditions in Lāhainā coupled
with high winds from Hurricane Dora, which passed 5
the south of the state, fed the flames.
The fire in Lāhainā spread quickly and cruelly, and the loss of this historic town—one of the best-preserved
historic sites in Hawaiʻi, where you could visit more than 60 historic sites scattered across 55 acres— 6(be) unfathomable. “It’s just, just horrible,” says Zita Cup Choy, renowned Native Hawaiian historian at ʻIolani
Palace in Honolulu, whose family is from Maui. “ 7 (lose) a part of the history where my kūpuna
(ancestors) grew up is just sad.” “As far as we know, there isn’t any location in Hawaiʻi where you could walk
down the street and actually walk through time, 8 now that’s lost,” says Kimberly Flook, deputy
executive director of the Lāhainā Restoration Foundation, a Maui-based nonprofit that oversees 14 major historic
9 (structure) in Lāhainā. But what was the historical significance of Lāhainā? This is 1 0 was lost
to the wildfires.
【巩固篇】
Maya civilization once stretched across a vast territory
in Mesoamerica, in what is today southern Mexico and
Central America. It was home 1 thriving cities
and thousands of people, 2 over the course of
two centuries, major cities would be emptied, with their
grand temples 3 (abandon) and vivid artworks
unfinished.
Much like its ending, 4 exact beginning of
Maya culture has been difficult to pin down. Many scholars
believe it first coalesced sometime between 7000 B.C. and 2000 B.C. after hunter-gatherers from South America
moved into Mesoamerica and settled there. Sometime around 4000 B.C., cultivation of corn, their staple crop,
exploded, 5 (allow) Maya culture to flourish and expand.
Interaction with the neighboring Olmec civilization 6 (believe) to have spurred advances in Maya
architecture, resulting in the construction of huge ritual 7 (complex) surrounded by cities. Among the
most important urban centers 8 (be) Uxmal, Palenque, Chichén Itzá, Tikal, Copán, and Calakmul. Built
during the Classic period (A.D. 200-900), the Maya’s soaring pyramid temples 9 grand buildings—
believed by some to be palaces—were 1 0 (rich) decorated with sacred art dedicated to the gods.
【提高篇】For illustrators in medieval Europe, depicting
animals like elephants 1 they’d never set
eyes on was a key part of their task to shape the 2
(moral) of humankind. 3 mattered most was
what such creatures represented in Christian spiritual
terms—and so 4 lion might represent the
virtues of strength and courage, 5 a snake
and its venom could represent sin.
Such depictions appeared alongside biblical stories
and in extraordinary illuminated manuscripts— 6
(include) illustrated bestiaries—created by hand before printing became dominant in the 16th century. And among
the 7 (early) medieval European representations of fantastic beasts were elephants. 8 (they)
bond with their solitary children represented devotion, while stories of elephants taking care 9 (be)
gentle around smaller animals symbolized kindness to others. Elephants were also said to represent the spiritual
redemption of Jesus Christ, possibly because they had the strength to easily lift a person out of sin.
The problem was, however, that few artists in medieval Europe had ever seen a real elephant—instead they
created an astonishing variety of fabulous pachyderms that still 1 0 (fascinate) today.
【专项微练：动词】
1．The foreigner tried to make himself ___________(understand), but failed. (所给词的适当形式填空)
2．The teacher makes it a rule to have his students ________ (read) English every morning for half an hour. (所给
词的适当形式填空)
3．She _________(towering) over other dancers of her generation. (用所给词的适当形式填空)
4．The Internet makes it more ________(convenience) for us to get in touch with each other. (所给词的适当形式
填空)
5．Any experience can teach and ________(strength) you, particularly the more difficult ones. （所给词的适当
形式填空）
6．What he learned from school_______________(able) him to get through the work. (所给词的适当形式填空)7．Drunk driving not only affects our daily life, but may also _____ (threat) people’s lives. (所给词的适当形式填
空)
8．Sending a card is one of the appropriate ways you may appreciate _______________ (express) your
thankfulness to your teacher. (所给词的适当形式填空)
9．In the experiment, Goffin’s cockatoos were able ________(select) the right tool for the job, in most cases, by
visual recognition alone. (所给词的适当形式填空)
10．But Jeff’s hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain. Jenna made him _____ (put) his hand in cold
water. (所给词的适当形式填空)
【真题精选】
（2023·郑州高三统考）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。
Each morning, 68-year-old amateur cyclist Cui Yue starts his ride along the Tanglai Canal in Yinchuan, capital
of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, ____11____(enjoy) the picturesque natural
seeneries.____12____(Cycle) along the canal allows him to experience the city’s improving ecology.
The over-2,000-year-old canal that Cui frequents ____13____(build) during the Han Dynasty (202 BC — AD
220). It aimed at bringing the Yellow River water to present-day Ningxia ____14____ helping turn the region with
tracts (大片土地) of deserts into arable land. Through the ages, it is still functioning as an ecological corridor and is
the largest ____15____(natural) flowing trunk canal in the Yellow River irrigation area.
Along the canal’s 75-km section running through urban Yinchuan, several parks have been built with walking
and cycling ____16____(route), contributing to the city’s expanding green space ____17____(map) out for public
leisure.
Thanks to ____18____(technology) innovations, water-saving measures, and environmental protection, the
water volume in Tanglai Canal has increased about fivefold ____19____ 1 billion cubic meters in the past few
years, irrigating farmland for 185 days a year. “Tanglai Canal is a great ancient water conservancy project in
Ningxia, _____20_____ still benefits local people more than 2,000 years later,” said Cui. “The ancient canal will
inject more vitality into the agricultural and ecological development of cities along it.”
（2023·大同一模）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。Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and ____21____ wonder in the development of
Chinese science. Built over 2,200 years ago in ____22____ is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this
____23____ (amaze) engineering achievement is still used today ____24____ (irrigate) over 6,000 square
kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50 cities in the province.
In the Warring States Period of ancient China, Li Bing, the ____25____ (govern) of Sichuan, found that the
floods, happened frequently in the rainy season, and water storage was short during the dry season. Therefore,
____26____ (base) on the geographic features of the MinJiang River, and without doing any damage to the
____27____ (nature) environment, he built a special structure dam known as Dujiangyan to direct water and divert
floods and sand. Thanks to the dam, the region would no longer be ____28____ (flood) during the rainy season,
and water supply would be sufficient in the dry season.
Dujiangyan ____29____ (function) for more than 2,200 years. Even the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8
____30____ the Richter scale (里氏震级) in 2008, which happened near the dam, didn’t destroy it. Dujiangyan
reflects the idea that the land water and people can live in harmony.
（2023·佛山二模）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。
Despite its rapid industrialization, there are still some corners in China that have maintained its original color.
Ancient towns and villages in China are places ____31____ traditions are well preserved in terms of
architecture, lifestyle and folk customs. All of these can be found in Huangyao Ancient Town, one of the most-
visited tourist ____32____(spot) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
____33____(cover) an area of 3.6 square kilometers, Huangyao has a history of nearly 1,000 years
____34____ its origins dating back to the Song Dynasty. People ____35____(carry) on traditional festivals and
customs here for hundreds of years up to now. During Chinese Lunar New Year, over 20 traditional performances
____36____(hold), including the dragon dance and suona horn show. On July 14 in the Chinese lunar calendar,
residents often come to the riverbank and put lanterns into the river ____37____(celebrate) Zhongyuan Jie, the
Hungry Ghost Festival.
Black soybean is often added to its local food to create an ____38____(extreme) distinctive flavor. When you
visit, Huangyao tofu is ____39____ must-try local dish as it is sold only in this town.
It usually takes a day or two to tour around the old town due to its small size, but you can always stay
_____40_____(long) to experience more of its local hospitality and culture.
