语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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31 ~ 40的相应位置上。
How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35 I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36 a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”
31. Left 32. or 33. to protect 34. from 35. which
36. what 37. is ruled 38. with 39. fastens 40. they
31．答案为Left。考查在语境中非谓语动词（过去分词）的用法。
32．答案为or。 考查选择连词的使用。
33．答案为 to protect。 考查在语境和句型中考查非谓语动词（不定式）的使用。
34．答案为 from。 考查介词搭配（谨防学生先入为主填入他们更熟悉的“in”,
构成in the past）。
35．答案为which。 考查语境中定语从句的使用 (which引导定语从句)。
36．答案为what。 考查对句子结构的掌握情况 (what引导宾语从句)。
37．答案为is ruled。 考查动词在语境中的运用（被动语态及时态）。
38．答案为with。 考查介词搭配。
39．答案为fastens。 考查构词法知识及动词在上下文中语境中的运用。
40．答案为they。 考查语境中代词的使用。