2023届高三英语复习——语法填空
迪士尼乐园初建
Disneyland is an amusement park in California which features characters, rides, and shows 1. _____________ (base) on the creations of Walt Disney and the Disney Company. Although its central building, the Sleeping Beauty Castle, is modeled on Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle, it is 2. _____________ unmistakable icon of American popular culture. Disneyland is the only Disney theme park to have been designed and built under the supervision of Walt Disney.
By as early as the 1940s, Disney 3. _____________ (begin) planning themed experiences to go with his Burbank film studio: a backlot (外景场地) tour 4. _____________ would include a train ride through a “village” set and an amusement park that would appeal 5. _____________ his employees and their children.
Financing the construction proved difficult, 6. _____________ Disney was able to secure the funding. Construction began on July 21, 1954 and 7. _____________ (complete) on July 17, 1955.
Disney’s disposition (布置) toward fantasy is evident in the park’s design and construction. The themed areas that 8. _____________ (original) opened in Disneyland include Fantasyland, based partly on stories from Disney animated features, and Frontierland, 9. _____________ (feature) the Mark Twain Riverboat.
Disneyland has become an 10. _____________ (attract) for tourists from around the world, with 58 million people visiting the park annually.
参考答案:
1. based 2. an 3. had begun 4. that/which 5. to 6. but 7. was completed
8. originally 9. featuring 10. attraction
阅历中的学习使人柔软
1_____________(stand) on the shore of a lake, I can’t help but marvel at the tens or hundreds of thousands of small rocks 2________ surround my boots. They were all created from hard surfaces, their edges (边缘) softening over time.
Even the tallest mountains have 3_________(wear) down; none are as tall as they were 1,000 years ago. And much like a rock, I’ve found my attitude has softened.
Once, I too was a sharp rock covered in pointy edges. Today, after decades of the waters of life coursing over me, my edges are 4__________(soft) and more understanding. I’m less likely 5____________(judge) and more interested in learning how we can exist together.
But I’m not a rock. I’m a human being filled with all the drama built into my DNA.
Two years ago, while 6___________(travel) in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a restaurant owner ask several people to leave 7_____not wearing masks. Not forceful and not rude. On the door read a sign: “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s all do what we can to get through this together.” The group of young men wished to argue about it.
I sat watching, understanding both sides. I’ve been those guys before, using my youthful edges to chip away at the world. 8_________I lost, however, was the ability to grow from experiences by looking through the eyes of others. In learning to be more open, I’ve also found more happiness and success.
You can fit more rounded rocks in a jar than those with sharp edges. Time, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, 9___________(change) us by washing away our resistance to 10___________(see) the world from another’s point of view.
参考答案:1. Standing 2 that 3 worn 4 softer 5 to judge 6 traveling 7 for 8 What 9 changes 10 seeing
不同国家如何庆祝夏至
There is a day 1. ____________ is celebrated together in many countries of the world and is considered special by people who observe the movement of the sun. On its eve, in England people gather at Stonehenge, 2. ____________ magical ring of stones arranged by ancient devotees, to welcome the rise of the sun. In Latvia, people travel from the cities to the countryside to gather, eat and sing in 3. ____________ (celebrate).
Chinese people attach equal importance 4. ____________ this day, as the summer solstice, or xiazhi in Chinese, is the tenth of the traditional 24 solar terms.
In the Northern Hemisphere, summer solstice occurs when the sun is 5. ____________ (direct) over the Tropic of Cancer. It is the longest day of the year in terms of daylight. After the solstice, the sub-solar point begins its journey south, and daytime gradually grows 6. ____________ (short).
Despite 7. ____________ many might think, with it being at the height of summer, xiazhi is not the hottest time of year. After xiazhi, the temperature will continue to increase. Just as the winter solstice is the start of “nine nine” – a system to record the 8. ____________ (follow) 81 days – in winter, the summer solstice is the beginning of the “nine nine” of summer.
As the summer solstice 9. ____________ (represent) the longest day, some environmental activists are encouraging people 10. ____________ (switch) off lights for a couple of hours as a symbolic, and practical way, of saving energy.
参考答案:
1. that 2. a 3. celebration 4. to 5. directly 6. shorter 7. what 8. following 9. represents 10. to switch
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