2014高考英语二轮短文语法填空训练题（10）及参考答案（解析）
该资源针对2014英语高考必考短文语法填空的情况，搜集、整理了历年的短文语法填空，都有参考答案，有的附有参考答案的解析，排版工整，具有参考价值。
广东省语法填空
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。
A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid causing their offspring future __1__ (embarrass)．
Celebrity couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming __2__ daughter Suri if they __3__(know) that it means “pickpocket” in Japanese, “turn sour” in French, and “horse mackerel” in Italian, suggests Today Translations.
__4__1000 pounds ( $ 1 678 ), the company’ s linguists will carry out a “basic name translation audit” of names，__5__(check) their meaning in 100 languages, or more for an additional cost.
While open to everyone, the firm said __6__ expects the service is likely to attract celebrity clients, who are known for giving their babies unusual names.
Other names of celebrities’ babies it has checked include Kai Rooney, the name of the newborn son of English soccer player Wayne Rooney，__7__ means “probably” in Finnish, “pier” in Estonian, and “stop it” in the west African language of Yoruba.
__8__ musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale may have known Zuma meant “peace” in
