2016届高考英语增分专练 语法填空集训（十五）.docVIP

2016高考英语语法填空集训（十五） 【增分专练】第二节 语法填空（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Passage 1 New books and old ones arrived at the British Museum a hundred years ago, and more people came 61 (read) them. The old reading rooms were 62 (crowd). The air was bad and readers got terrible headaches. The librarian, Panizzi, wanted poor students, as 63 as rich men, to be able to learn. He got a free copy of every new book for the British Museum. Soon, there were three rows 64 books on every shelf and hundreds of books on the floor. Something cheerful happened. Panizzi 65 (he) designed the famous round Reading Room, with a beautiful high roof and forty kilometers of 66 (bookshelf). Some of the equipment was unusual. Cool air came up through small holes in the tables. Hot air in tubes under the floor kept readers’ feet warm. When the new Reading Room opened, there was a party with drinks 67 a large breakfast on the desks. You can imagine 68 wonderful the new Reading Room is! Since then, many famous men 69 (write) there. And the readers can enjoy all kinds of books 70 ( comfortable) in the new Reading Room. Passage 2 By “luxury(奢侈品)”, we mean a pleasant and often expensive thing that is not necessary. From a historical point of view, things which were a luxury when they first came into being all became necessities later. Anything, no matter 61 luxurious it is, will become a necessity, when it is widely used. This is true of many of the present luxuries, among which mobile phones, cars, computers and many other things 62 (include). It is known to all that the purpose of the development of science is 63 (make) things easy for the mankind, not for only 64 small number of people. 65 , the first thing to do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit 66 many people as possible. In the course of the spread, the luxury becomes decreasingly luxurious until 67 the en