英语中考短文填空专练
(一) call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl ,
something , read , take
Many years ago , there was a family ___1___ Franklin . They lived in Boston .
There were five ___2___ and six boys in the family . On a January day in 1760 , another
baby boy ___3___ . They boy’s mother and his father ___4___ the boy a name —
Benjamin .
Benjamin was the ___5___ of all the children . He could read when he was five
and he ___6___ write by the time he was seven . When he was eight he was sent to
school .
In school Benjamin had been good at ___7___ and writing but not good at maths .
He read all of ___8___ father’s books . And whenever (每当)he had a little money ,
he bought a book with it . He liked books . They told him how to do ___9___ . At
that time he invented the paddles (脚蹼)for ___10___ .
(二)
say , surprise , do , in , friend , to , visits , we , usual , or , welcome , time ,
for , but , ideas
Manners are important in every country , ___1___ people have different
___2___ about their manners . What is good in one country may not be ___3___ in
another .
Chinese people are ___4___ to know the fact that an Englishman ___5___ stop
to talk and shake hands with his friend ___6___ the street . They just say hello
___7___ each other and then pass on .
English people think that ___8___ Chinese end our ___9___ to friends all of
a sudden . They ___10___ begin to show that they want to go 15 ___11 20 minutes before
they leave their ___12___ house . And they do this two or three ___13___ within 20
minutes .
It is important ___14___ people to understand each other . Here is a
___15___ , “When in Rome , do as the Romans do .”
(三)
need , animal , I , put , make , except , find , end , look , since , little , enough
Let me tell you a story .
A good friend of ___1___ lives with six hundred animals on an island . Ever
___2___ he left school , he has travelled all over the world ___3___ for animals
for his own zoo . He writes books about his travels , and about his wonderful ___4___ .
The money for his books helps him to pay for all the animal food . My friend told
me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the
island , though there is a lot all around it ) , he ___5___ oil (石油) . He ___6___
money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy ___7___ water
for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it , it will be
the ___8___ of his zoo and his life’s work .
So I think he will not tell anybody ___9___ you and me about what he found
— because oil and water can’t ___10___ together . Oil may bring greater trouble
to his animals than not having enough water . Do you think so ?
二. 阅读下面的短文,根据每个空格中所给的词首字母填入适当的词,使短文意思完整。
(一)
Can animals be made to work for people ? Some scientists think that one day
animals may be trained(训练)to do a number of simple jobs i (1) of people .
They say that at a circus (杂技场), for example , we may see elephants , monkeys ,
dogs and other animals doing q (2) skillful (熟练的) things . Perhaps you
have seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find
that the trainer (驯兽员) always g (3) the animal some sugar
o (4) a piece of fruit as a reward (报酬) . The scientists say that many
d (5) animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they
will get a reward f (6) doing that .
Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to look after a house , and
soldiers in both old and modern t (7) have u (8) geese to give warning
(警报) by m (9) a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may
be possible to train animals to work in families or f (10) .
(二)
Here’s story about Ming’s life on the waters . Ming has lived all his life
on a wide r (1) in China . His home is a large house-boat with a roof , one
of hundreds that move up and down . In about six years he has not once been on
l (2) , but he is never lonely . He is a strong swimmer . In fact (实际上),
he could swim before he could walk . When he wants to play with his f (3) ,
he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v (4) him .
Ming’s father is a fisherman but he never u (5) a line or a net (网).
Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings (圈) have been
put around the birds’ n (6) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch .
They have been taught to b (7) the fish to people . And then people reward
(奖励) them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f (8) . Ming loves
watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s (9) with his
mother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o (10) .
(三)
Last week Bruce wrote to Dick , telling him that he wasn’t enjoying the
n (1) school in Richmond at all . As all the o (2) students were from
the same junior middle school , they
g (3) on well with each other . Bruce tried his best to be friendly , but they
didn’t . I (4) , they made fun of (取笑) him , for he was the s (5)
in the class . He had no idea about what to do . So Bruce n (6) some help from
his best friend , Dick .
Now , in his l (7) back to Bruce , Dick gave him two pieces of advice
(建议):First of all , d (8) worry about being short . And the s (9) ,
think about l (10) for a good friend .
(四)
There are some people who just can’t make up their m (1) by
themselves . They often ask the advice of their friends and then do the opposite
(相反) of what their friends have said .
My brother , Mike , is such a person . He can never decide what to do and
always asks my
i (2) . I try to help him as well as I can . But he never t (3) my advice .
Yesterday I answered his questions in a different way . “Look , ” he said ,
s (4) me a letter . “What do you think I should do ?”
The letter was an o (5) of a job . It seemed to be a good chance for
a young doctor . Mike would be s (6)to Africa to work . The job would pay very
well , and he would be able to travel and visit many i (7) places .
“What do you think , Peter ?” he asked . “Should I go ? If I take the job ,
I’ll have to stay longer . But it will be a wonderful time for me , what should
I do ?”
“Don’t go .” I told him . “You would be u (8) .”
“Don’t go ?” he looked very surprised at my answer .
As you’ve probably g (9) , Mike took the offer . I don’t know if he
found that I r (10) wanted him to take the job .
(五)
Here’s a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advice to his son
in college . “When I was young , I often met t (1) about what to do and what
not to do . My grandmother told me not to worry about those things . I o (2)
did them once a year or once a lifetime . I (3) , I should try to do well those
things , and I do them every day . For example , I need to eat every day , so I should
learn how to c (4) . I need to talk to o (5) every day , so I should
learn how to work with d (6) people and know how to s (7) well . I walk
every day , so my s (8) should be all right and comfortable (舒服) . Every
night I sleep , so my bed should let me have a good rest . Taking care of the
e (9) things m (10) that you do a better job of the one in a lifetime
things as well .”
(六)
We usually use two kinds of money . One kind is money made of paper and the
other kind is money made of m (1) . But in the past people used many things
i (2) of money . Some countries used salt , tea or stones (石头). Other
countries even used some animals . Today people in some p (3) in the world
still do not use paper money all the time .
On the island of Yap , people use the h (4) money in the world —Yap
stones . These are round , white stones w (5) a hole in the middle . The Yap
stones do not c (6) from this island . The Yap men have to go to the islands
over 600 kilometres away to get t (7) .
Rich people do not carry Yap stones . Servants (仆人) f (8) the rich .
Each servant carries a stone on a long s (9) over his shoulder (肩) . Today
people on the island of Yap use paper money for everyday shopping . But for other
things they still p (10) Yap stones to paper money .
三. 在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词。
(一)
It is a Chinese traditional custom that people eat mooncakes at the time of
the Mid-Autumn Festival . One ___1___ about it is almost 700 years old . In
the century , the Chinese planned a surprise attack against (袭击) their enemies
at the time of the festival . The messages for the attack were put into cakes . The
cakes were passed from one person to ___2___ . Each person read the messages and
knew when and where the attack would ___3___ . At last the Chinese won the victory .
Mooncakes are still eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival . However , the
fillings (馅) of the mooncakes now are not messages , but foods such as meat ,
fruits and duck eggs . ___4___ the fifteenth day of the eighth month of each Chinese
year , ___5___ and friends come together and enjoy the beautiful moon . Shops are
crowded with people and the smell of mooncakes ___6___ the air . Many people go to
a place where they can see the moon clearly . Large parks and the seaside are popular
places . Once there , people have a picnic dinner , eat mooncakes and watch the moon
rise .
(二)
I go to the cinema a lot . I often go alone , ___1___ sometimes my friend
Rose comes , too . My husband ___2___ comes with me — he is always too busy ! I
buy chocolates to ___3___ during the film . I usually ___4___ these night films very
much . I don’t want to see the ___5___ film twice , but sometimes I do if it’s
really good .