广东高考英语语法填空模拟题(六)

(2008年梅州二模)

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

At one point along an open highway,I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but __1__ I drove up to the light,it turned red,and I braked to a halt. I looked left, right,and behind me. Nothing,__2__a car,no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat,__3__(wait) the light to change,the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.

I started wondering __4__I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of __5__(catch) by the police, because there was obviously no cop anywhere around and __6__ certainly would have been no danger in going __7__ it.

Much later that night,the __8__ question of why I’d stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract(合同) we all have with each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have,and we trust each other to honor __9__:We don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more ready to be stopped from doing something bad by the social agreement that disapproves of it __10__ by any law against it.

1.  [解析] 引导时间状语从句,“当我驶近红绿灯的时候”。[答案] as/when

2.  not

3.  [解析] 现在分词作伴随状语。[答案] waiting

4.  [解析] 为什么我不愿闯红灯。[答案] why

5.  [解析] 介词后用动名词,这里指“害怕被抓”,用被动语态。[答案] being caught

6.  [解析] 引导存在句。[答案] there

7.  [解析] 闯红灯,后面也提到。[答案] through

8.  [解析] 同样的问题,即“为什么我不愿闯红灯”。[答案] same

9.  [解析] 指前面提到的contract.[答案] it

10.[解析] more...than是固定句型。[答案] than