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PAGE  PAGE - 6 - 广东茂名市2015高考英语语法填空和阅读系列练习（1） 语法填空。 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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16--25的相应位置上。 One day the king of the Gods, Zeus, decided that he would populate the world with women as well as men. So he ordered Hephaistos, the god of crafts, 16 (create) the first woman. Hephaistos thought a great deal and eventually came up 17 a solution using water and earth. The first woman’s arrival on the earth was the opportunity for a splendid party and the gods decided to celebratc by giving her some presents. So they each gave her one talent: for example, Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, gave beauty; Apollo, the God of music, gave her musical ability; and Hermes, the messenger of the Gods gave her persuasion. As a result Zeus decided that she would b e called Pandora, which means “all-gifted”. So Pandora was sent to the earth to live with the rest of mankind. 18 she went she was given a box which she was ordered never to open under 19 circumstances. However, being 20 (nature) curious, Pandopra, opened the box, and all the evils of the world such as war, disease, famine and floods 21 were contained within it escaped and spread over the earth. Pandora was horrified to see such things escaping but she found it impossible to close the lid. At last when almost the entire contents of the jar 22 （escape）, and there was only one thing lying at the bottom of the box, Pandora managed to close the lid. Immediately there was a tiny voice 23 (call) “Let me out! Let me out!” Frightened as 24 was, Panda cautiously opened the box in time to see the small object within-Hope-wing its way out into the world. So that was 25 the earth was filled with evil as a result of Pandora’s curiosity. Fortunately, there HOPE on earth as well. 【参考答案】语法填空 （共10小题 , 每小题1.5分 , 满分15分） 16. to create 17. with 18. Before 19. any 20. naturally 21. that/which 22. had escaped 23. calling 24. she 25. how 【山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】A 完形填空。阅读下列短