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强化练(二十六) 语法填空(3) (限时：35 分钟)
A
(2022·广东揭阳期末)
You may think，salt is just a simple cooking element.Actually，salt is much more than
that.Without salt our muscles would not move，and our heart would not beat.Salt means life.
But do not think rubbing salt in a wound will help.Doing that would be painful and not heal
the wound.To rub salt in a wound is an idiom that means to 1.____________ (purpose) make a bad
situation 2.____________ (bad)．
Early 3.____________(explore) understood that if they could keep food fresh，they could
travel longer distances.So they made good use of salt to preserve food and explored the world.
Salt was so important that it 4.____________ (trade) pound-for-pound for gold in the past.
Today，people still use “to be worth one’s salt” 5.____________(describe) a person who
is useful and valuable.A person might also be called “the salt of the earth”，6.____________
means he or she is dependable and trustworthy.
In many old stories，spilled salt is a sign 7.____________ bad luck and trouble.Even today，
if some people spill salt，then they will throw 8.____________ over their shoulder.
They believe 9.____________ (throw) salt behind them scares the devil.
But these stories about bad luck should be taken with a grain of salt.In other words，listen to a
story or 10.____________ explanation with suspicion and distrust.
B
Environmentalists are getting more worried about the harmful effects of fast fashion on the
environment.
Fast fashion is the mass production of clothes at a low cost，which are put in shops and online
quickly 1.____________ (create) a high demand.Manufacturers(制造商) make 100 billion items of
clothing every year and this is expected to grow 2.____________ 60 percent by 2030.It is reported
3.____________ many of the clothes end up in the trash and are not recycled.The way people are
buying clothes also adds to the problem of clothing waste.Many years ago，people went to stores
and 4.____________(try) clothes on.They took more time and thought 5.____________(careful)
before they bought clothes.They also wore them for a much 6.____________(long) time compared
with current consumers.Today ， people order cheap clothes on the Internet for
7.____________(convenient) and if they don’t like them，they throw them away.This is possibly
leading to 8.____________ throwaway society.
Another negative effect on the environment that can not 9.____________(ignore) is caused by
the chemicals used to make the clothes.These chemicals cause pollution to the environment as well
as health problems for people 10.__________(work) in clothes factories.C
Ancient architecture in China stands out 1.________________ its fine wooden structures，the
elegant outside and beautiful decoration.To survive the frequent floods and other natural disasters，
wood 2.______________(prefer) for most architectural structures in ancient China.China’ s
3.____________(tradition) wooden structures were quite complicatedly formed ， sometimes
without any nails! Apart from this，existing examples of ancient Chinese architecture are also
4._____(wide) praised for its elegant outlines and various features，such as overhanging eaves(屋
檐)，upturned roof corners，and different 5.________________(shape) of roofs.The unique
outside not only satisfied a practical function，but also made 6.________ possible for the buildings
to have wonderful appearances.Architects in ancient China ， 7.____________ paid special
attention to decoration ， used different colors or paintings according to particular building
functions or local customs.Carved beams，painted rafters(椽子)，various patterns，carved boards
and wall paintings were used 8.____________(add) a colorful and beautiful style to the
inside.9.______________ outside of buildings was decorated with stone lions，screen walls，
decorative columns，as well as flowers.Many ancient buildings 10.____________(design) by
famous architects attract a number of tourists every year.
D
(2022·河北沧州二模)
French fries are fried potatoes cut into strips.But do you know the origin of the name of the
fries? Many of you know that the English word for French fries 1.____________(be) “chips”，
and Americans call them “French fries”， but 2.________________ fact，its real origin is
Belgium.As early as 1680，the Belgians began the 3.________________(produce) of these fries.
During World War Ⅰ， American soldiers ate these fries in Belgium and found them to be
4.____________(particular) delicious.From then on，the fries became popular.They 5.__________
(call) French fries because the common language in the Belgian army at that time was French.
French fries were introduced to America in 6.______________ late 18th century by a man
named Thomas Jefferson.He brought into the United States the method of cooking fries，not the
actual fries.This could prevent the fries from 7.____________(get) wet and rotting away during the
5-8 weeks’ journey across the Atlantic Ocean.He chose 8.____________(sell) the fries in
Monticello.The Oxford Dictionary cited Dickens in 1857 describing a plate of potato sticks cooked
in oil，9.____________ is the first documentation of French fries.Gradually it became one of the
10.____________(dish) of the American dinner.
