Day 2-2021年中考英语考前抢分练之语法填空专练（杭州专用）.docxVIP

Day 2 A In 5 there was a terrible famine (饥荒) in the African country of Sudan. Richard Curtis, a British comedy 1． (write), and his friend Alexander Mendis saw the news reports and wanted to make a difference. They began a charity called Comic Relief, 2． the help of charity worker Jane Tewson. In 8, the charity had the idea of selling red plastic noses to raise money. It was 3． huge success, and selling red noses became a regular part of the charity’s fundraising efforts. People around Britain 4． (encourage) to organize the events—the 5． (funny), the better. The money helped 6． (project) all over Africa and in the UK, too. In 1917, BBC television supported Comic Relief with a whole afternoon and evening of special TV programmmes, calling it Red Nose Day. People around Britain organzied fundraising events around the same time and 7． (send) their money to Red Nose Day. In total, the event raised over ? 7 million for charity. 8． it began, Comic Relief has raised more than ? 200 million. The charity produces books, CDs and other things 9． (help) to raise money. In 2001, JK Rowling wrote two books for Comic Relief based on 10． (she) famous Harry Potter novels, and all the money from the sales went to the charity. 【答案】 1．writer 2．with 3．a 4．were encouraged 5．funnier 6．projects 7．sent 8．Since 9．to help 10．her 【分析】 文章讲述了英国喜剧作家理查德?柯蒂斯与他的朋友一起创办了喜剧救济的慈善机构以及该机构是如何来帮助有需要的人的。 1． 句意：英国喜剧作家理查德·柯蒂斯和他的朋友亚历山大·门迪斯看到新闻报道后，希望能有所作为。根据不定冠词“a”可知，此处使用一个名词，write写，动词，其名词形式为writer，意为“作家”，a British comedy writer一个英国喜剧作家。故填writer。 2． 句意：在慈善工作者简·图森的帮助下，他们成立了一个名为喜剧救济的慈善机构。with the help of在……帮助下，固定短语。故填with。 3． 句意：这是一个巨大的成功，并且卖红鼻子成为了慈善筹款工作的一个常规部分。success成功，可数名词，此处使用可数名词的单数形式，说明其前需使用了不定冠词a/an修饰，huge是以辅音音素开头的单词，所以使用a，a huge success一次巨大的成功。故填a。 4． 句意：英国各地的人们被鼓励组织这些活动——越有趣，越好。encourage意为“鼓励”；根据“People around Britain …to organize the events…”可知，英国各地的人们被鼓励组织这些活动，此处使用被动语态，符合语境。因这事讲述过去发生的事情，所以使用一般过去时，即一般过去时的被动语态，其构成为：was/were+动词的过去分词；主语People around Britain，表示复数，be动词用were，encourage的过去分词为encouraged。故填we