2014年河南高考英语新题型语法填空复习题系列（六）.docVIP

2014年河南高考英语新题型语法填空复习题（六） 命制学校：石家庄市42中 A Paul Lucas can often be seen to be walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking 1.________ any shoes or socks, 2.________ Lucas doesnt mind at all. 3.________ likes to walk barefoot, and so do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas 4.________ (start) years ago. Lucas idea for this is to encourage others to live 5.________ (free)—free of shoes. According to Lucas, the barefoot life has many advantages. 6.________ most important is simply that it feels good. He also says 7.________ walking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet. 8.________ addition, the feet do not smell as much because they stay dry, making it hard for bacteria to grow. And, of course, 9.________ (walk) barefoot keeps your feet in good shape, so its actually 10.________ (healthy) than wearing shoes. B Have you ever heard the phrase “play the ostrich”? What does this phrase mean? Since Roman times, ostriches 1.________(say) to be stupid 2._______ they react to danger by burying their heads in the sand. This belief caused the popular phrase to be born: play the ostrich. It is often used to describe people who refuse to face 3.______(pain) facts. They prefer to ignore the truth. It is like children 4.______(stick) their fingers in their ears and crying: “I can’t hear you!” But do ostriches 5._______ (real) bury their heads in the sand when they are in danger? The answer is no for sure! 6.______ostriches are flightless birds, they can run as fast as 40 miles per hour. So, if they find 7.______ in danger, they will just run very fast. It’s a false myth that we have thought of as 8.______truth for long. So, how did the phrase “play the ostrich” come from? Well, 9.______fact, ostriches swallow sand and pebbles to help grind up(磨碎) in their stomachs. This means that they have to bend down and put their heads into the sand to col