初中英語短文填空培優(yōu)輔導(dǎo)

1、英語中考專題練習(xí)-首字母填空Passage 1Talking about literature (文學(xué)), Chinese writer Mo Yan has already won Chinas (1) f_ Nobel Prize (獎(jiǎng)) in Literature. The 57-year-old Chinese writer, Mo Yan, has been a (2) p_ writer in Chinas literary scene since the mid-1980s. Most of Mo Yans works are set (設(shè)置背景) in his own (3)

2、h_, Gaomi County (縣), in East Chinas Shandong Province.Mo Yan was born in 1955, the fourth (4) c_ in his family. In his early years, he experienced poverty, hunger and his father was very strict (嚴(yán)格) with him. Mo Yan liked (5) r_ very much. He read every book he could get, even the (6) d_. When Mo Y

3、an was 12 years old, he had to (7) l_ school and graze cattle (放牛). Before the age of 20, he never left his own county. When he was 20, he (8) j_ the army and got to see the world beyond (在遠(yuǎn)處) his home village.Six years later in 1981, he started his writing career (生涯). In 1987, The Red Sorgum made

4、him (9) f_.Mo Yans other major(主要的) (10) w_ include (包括) The Republic of Wine, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out, Sandalwood Death, Big Breasts and Wide Hips and more. Mo has won several top Chinese and international prizes including the Mao Dun Prize 2011 for Frog.26. first 27. popular 28. hometown

5、 29. child 30. reading 31. dictionary 32. leave 33. joined 34. famous 35. worksPassage 2Friends are very important for us in the life, but it is not an (1) e_ thing to make friends. We meet many people but we cant make friends with everybody. (2) H_ do we make friend with others? Here (3) a_ some ti

6、ps to help us to make friends with others.Firstly, we should love people, if we love them and (4) f_ to them and share their happy things and bad things, we can make friends with them. Secondly, we can make friends if we are ready with our sympathy(同情) for others in their times of (5) t_. Adversity(

7、逆境) is the touchstone(試金石) of friendship. Friends made at (6) s_ are life-long friends. They (7) b_ to us memories(記憶) of those early days when life was (8) y_ and free. So we should treasure(珍惜) the friendship of school better.Thirdly, we can make friends if we like (9) t_ others our own sadness an

8、d trouble, they can help us.Fourthly, we shouldnt (10) l_at people when they need help, inseatd, we should do our best to help them.26. easy 27. How 28. are 29. friendly 30. trouble 31. school 32. bring 33. young 34. telling 35. laughPassage 3Have you ever tried the “Magic Cube”(魔方) ? Pick up one of

9、 these cubes and you probably wont be able to p_ (1) it down. How hard can it be to rearrange the nine little s_(2) on each side of the cube? In fact, there are millions of possibilities! It has been over 30 years since the cube first h_(3) the market. However, not many people know that it was used

10、just as a simple classroom m_(4) at the beginning.In 1974, Mr. Erno Rubik i_(5) the “Magic Cube” as he called it. He did this to help his students u_(6) difficult 3D concepts(概念). This classroom example was quickly t_(7) into a popular toy. In 1979, Ideal Toys started to sell it as “Rubiks Cube”. Th

11、e invention quickly became a 1980s c_(8) icon.As time went by, the cube once l_(9) its attractive qualities. However, it made a comeback with the internet. Now anyone can go online and find many videos that show ways to s_(10) the cube. Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the world record now.

12、He finished in just 7.08 seconds!1. put 2. squares 3. hit 4. model 5. invented6. understand 7. turned 8. cultural 9. lost 10 .solvePassage 4Nogoba was a cavegirl. She lived in a cave with about 40 other people. Cavepeople lived in big groups to help each other. Their l 1 were very dangerous. There w

13、ere many w 2 animals near the caves lions, tigers, bears and elephants.The cavemen hunted. They k 3 the animals for food. The childrens jobs were dangerous, too. Nogoba and her friends went to the river every day to get w 4 . Sometimes, the river was very deep. S 5 , there were animals near the rive

14、r.For many months of the y 6 , Nogoba was cold. There was ice and snow everywhere. It was difficult to be w 7 . The children sometimes went to sleep by the fire. Sometimes they were too n 8 the fire.Sometimes Nogoba and her friends went to f 9 fruit and nuts to eat. Sometimes the fruit and nuts were

15、 poisonous and everyone became i 10 . There werent any cave doctors or cave hospitals!71. lives72. wild73. killed74. water75. Sometimes76. year77. warm78. near79. find80. illPassage 5Many people who live in cities say that they d 1 city life. They say the city that they live in is noisy, dirty and c

16、 2 . They are tired of the traffic., the p 3 in the air and the rubbish in the streets.But not many people living in cities are h 4 when they have to stay in the country for two or three weeks. They e 5 the quiet, the clean air and the beautiful healthy surroundings(周圍的事物), but they m 6 the stores a

17、nd restaurants, the theaters, the crowds, and the excitements of the city.People who live in the country, on the other hand, like v 7 the city for a day or an evening, to do some s 8 or go to the theater or a concert. But they often find the city a r 9 frightening place and are usually happy to get

18、back to their quiet, unexciting 1 10 in the country.1.dislike 2. crowded 3. pollution 4. happy 5. enjoy 6. miss 7. visiting 8. shopping 9. rather 10. life/livesPassage 6Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b 1 a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his

19、 new work far more i 2 When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r 3 out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f 4 of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w 5 the money got so afraid that he dropped

20、the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a 6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t 8 the police. The thieves car was badly damaged（損壞）and e 9 to recognize（辨認(rèn)）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c

21、10 1. became 2. interesting 3. run 4. full 5. with 6. away 7. back 8. telephoned 9. easy 10. caughtPassage 7Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u 1 each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine(設(shè)想) you will hold a m 2 at four oclock, what time sho

22、uld you e 3 your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a 4 on time. If they are American, theyll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, theyll be fifteen minutes late.The British seemed to think since the English l 5 was widely used in the world, what they

23、did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f 6 they were completely wrong. For e 7 , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p 8 not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e 9

24、 other, and they dont drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b 10 dinner; the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.1. understand 2. meeting 3. expect 4. arrive 5. language 6. found 7. example 8. prefer 9. eac

25、h 10. beforePassage 8It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still s 1 on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.Suddenly the ice b 2 . One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didnt know w 3 to do. The two Canadian friends

26、heard t 4 and skated over to get the boy out of the water.The ice was t 5 . The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to r 6 the little boy. They knew they must be q 7 . If they didnt push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.Many people ran over to h 8 . Some of them h

27、ad ropes and poles(繩和竹竿). A young man jumped into the water to wave to the o 9 people.The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didnt feel well. She was sent to the h 10 at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.1. skating 2. broke 3. what 4. that

28、 5. thin 6. reach 7. quick 8. help 9. other 10. hospitalPassage 9In most countries of the world, there is one medicine called aspirin. N 1 everyone takes it. people take it when they have an ache or a pain, and s 2 when they have a fever. Doctors b 3 it can also help people who have heart disease an

29、d some other disease , too. Some people, however, cant take aspirin. it must never be given to c 4 under 12 years old.Before aspirin was i 5 , some people made a drink with the bark of the white willow. this drink made their pains and fever go away. but no one knew w 6 it helped then, in the 1830s s

30、cientists in England s 7 all the things that were in the bark of the while willow. They found out what things in the plant s 8 pain. Soon people were making medicine with this pain-stopping thing and selling it. Later scientists found out how to make aspirin w 9 using any plant at all. Aspirin was f

31、irst s 10 in 1899 by the Bayer Company Ger many. 1. not 2. sometimes 3. believe 4. children 5. invented 6. why 7. studied 8. stopped 9. without 10. sold Passage 10Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（訓(xùn)練）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of

32、 people. They say that at a circus（雜技場(chǎng)）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful（熟練的）things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（馴獸員）always g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of

33、 fruit as a reward（報(bào)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（警報(bào)）

34、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 .instead quite gives or different for times used making factoriesPassage 11In recent years, playing kiteboard seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a n

35、ew and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 . One needs to play it very c 3 .A kiteboard is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holand and Spain as e 5 as the last c

36、entury. Since the board was hard to control（控制）,f 6 people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design（設(shè)計(jì)）of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 How to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you havent had any practice, youd better not play it. It is n

37、ot s 9 .It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 , but also the sensitivity of your brain（大腦的敏捷）.won difficult/dangerous carefully played early few learn fast safe bodyPassage 12Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldnt do some r . So he left t

38、he school and opened a book shop in the c of the town. It wasnt big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有學(xué)問的）person were glad to make f with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. M

39、r King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . It made them in a fearful mess（凌亂不堪）. Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “Y

40、our books are all dull（乏味的）,” said the girl, “I want a d one.” “Thats easy,” Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook（烹調(diào)書）and said, “Here you are, madam.”busy reading center closed friends except someone/somebody another delicious tookPassage 13Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said

41、 the Minister w die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f off the horse and died. When the king h of this, he got angry and sent his men to c Effendi at once.W Effendi came, the king shouted a , “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own

42、death. Say it out, or youll die today.”Effendi l at the king and answered, “But how can I know? Ill die two days e than you.”The king was a that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活著）as long as he could. So he l him go.would fell heard catch when angrily looked

43、earlier afraid letPassage 14In the home a dad is very important. He is the person who provides us w 1 money and clothes . He can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2 for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. A dad can be very u 4 for taking you in

44、 the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time you s 5 talking on the t 6 , as he has to p 7 the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. He is someone who reads your school r 9 , and treats（獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)

45、）you if it is good. A dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10 .with cages repair unhappy spend telephone pay believe record newspaper Passage 15Once there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. What made the students s 1 was that all the cu

46、ps on the table were d 2 . Each of them took a cup and started d 3 their own tea, looking at the o 4 cups. The teacher said, Do you notice your b 5 ? You are all looking at each others tea cup and s 6 of you even envy the f 7 cups of others, Then he went on, I put the different cups here on purpose!

47、 Life is like t 8 tea. You all have the same thing in your cupstea. And yet you cant r 9 enjoy it in your envy of anothers cup. You forget e 10 your own life when you envy someone elses life, So now, taste your own tea! Does it matter from which cup it comes from?1.surprised 2. different 3. drinking

48、 4. others 5. behavior 6. some 7. finer 8. this 9. really 10. enjoyPassage 16School education is very important and useful. The students both learn knowledge and get an e 1 . Yet, no one can learn everything f 2 school. The scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didnt learn everyt

49、hing from school. They learned a lot of knowledge o 3 school or in practice by themselves. A t 4 , even he knows a lot, cant teach his students everything.The teachers job is to s 5 his students how to learn, how to read and how to think. A good teacher with rich experience in teaching can t 6 his s

50、tudents the methods of study. Through these methods the students are a 7 to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.Usually it is very e 8 for the students to remember some knowledge, b 9 it is very difficult to use it for problems. If a teacher really shows the students the ability of how to us

51、e k 10 , it means the teacher had learned lots of knowledge by himself (or herself ). The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study.1. education 2. from 3. outside 4. teacher 5. show 6. teach 7. able 8. easy. 9. but 10. knowledgePassage 17Two farmers were on their way home one evening a

52、fter a hard d 1 work. Both were tired. They h 2 to look up at the sky and saw a black c 3 overhead.“Ah!” said one farmer, Tomorrow we will have rain and the rice will grow w 4 . The second answered, Nonsense(胡說), the rain will only k 5 the crops. So they began to quarrel. And they didnt come to an a

53、 6 . Just then, a t 7 farmer came along and asked them w 8 they were quarrelling. Both the farmers e 9 about the black cloud. What cloud? asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no l 10 there.1. days 2. happened 3. cloud 4. well 5. kill 6. agreement 7. third 8. why 9. expla

54、ined 10. longerIt happens to most of us at times as we try to get through our workday. When sitting at work, we suddenly f 72 a bit headache. But dont worry; there are some simple things that you can do to ease(減輕) a headache at work w 73 medicine. Drink a bottle of warm water. Many people do not r

55、74 that the dry air in their working place can be a danger because of the lack(缺少) of water.Eat a h 75 snack. During a busy day, it is easy to f 76 to eat, have a snack with much protein(蛋白質(zhì)) which will improve your e 77 and quickly get rid of the hunger that is c 78 the headache. A cup of coffee or a piece of chocolate can be just the thing that you n 79 to ease your headache fast and get back on your way to a great day at work.Step away from what you are working on for five to ten m 80 . Often, your h