上海中考英語(yǔ)首字母填空專項(xiàng)練習(xí)

模塊十九：首字母填空

一、首字母填空解題技巧

首字母填空是閱讀體中的一個(gè)重點(diǎn)和難點(diǎn)，但是只要掌握良好的解題技巧，靜下心來(lái)認(rèn)

真對(duì)待，細(xì)心捉摸就一定能攻克這一堡壘。在做這道題是一般應(yīng)該把握好如下步驟：

1、通讀全文，理解短文大意，判斷需填選項(xiàng)的詞性，同時(shí)將一眼能夠得出的答案迅速填上。

2、在理解作者的寫(xiě)作意圖上進(jìn)行換位思考，把自己想象成作者去努力使文章完整、通順。

對(duì)于一下子拿不定主意的空項(xiàng)要及時(shí)跳過(guò)，而不能在上面糾纏，因?yàn)橥竺娴膬?nèi)容會(huì)給予

更好的提示。

3、進(jìn)一步閱讀全文，力求整篇文章完整通順，且符合情理，否則寧缺勿亂。

4、檢查每一個(gè)答案的正確性，包括名詞的數(shù)、動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)、形容詞和副詞的準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用等等。

二、例題分析：

A

Theearthmovesroundthesj_.Whenourpartoftheearthturnstothesun,itis

d2.Whenourpartoftheearthturnsa3fromthesun,itisnight.Thesunismuchbigger

thanthemoon.Butsometimesthemoonlooksbiggerthanthesun,becauseitismuchn4to

theearth.Thesunisverybright.Itgivesverystrong15■Themoonlooksquitebright,

butitd6giveanylightatall.Thelightfromthemooncomesf7thesun.Themoon

looksmuchbiggerandbrightert8thestars.Butinfactthestarsarealotbigger

andbrighterthanthem9.Theylooksmallerthanthemoonbecausetheyaref10away

fromtheearth.

【解題指導(dǎo)】

本文是-一篇科普文章。第一段說(shuō)明了地球因自轉(zhuǎn)而產(chǎn)生晝夜交替。第二、四兩段說(shuō)明了

人們觀看月亮、太陽(yáng)和星星時(shí)發(fā)生的近大遠(yuǎn)小的視覺(jué)現(xiàn)象，第三段說(shuō)明了太陽(yáng)與月亮發(fā)光與

反光的特征。本文每一個(gè)考點(diǎn)都是對(duì)天文知識(shí)的考查。因此，沒(méi)有一定的天文常識(shí)，則不易

讀懂本文，更不用說(shuō)解題了。近年來(lái)，中考完形填空的題材趨于多樣化。人物、科普、史地、

故事、政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、風(fēng)土人情，均為選材范圍，這就要求考生知識(shí)廣博、視野開(kāi)闊、廣泛涉

獵。

【答案及簡(jiǎn)析】

1.sun.地球圍繞太陽(yáng)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)是天文常識(shí)。

2.day.地球面對(duì)太陽(yáng)的半個(gè)球面是白天。

3.away,turnawayfrom意為“背離二地球上背對(duì)太陽(yáng)的一面是夜晚。

4.nearer,much后接比較級(jí)。和太陽(yáng)比起來(lái)月亮離地球近多了。

5.light,givelight意為“發(fā)光二太陽(yáng)是發(fā)光體。

6.doesn,t.月亮不發(fā)光。

7.from.月亮反射太陽(yáng)的光，人們所看到的月亮的光來(lái)自于太陽(yáng)。

8.than.由空前的biggerandbrighter可知，此處應(yīng)填表示比較的連詞than。

9.moon.根據(jù)文意，下句的they代指空格所在句子的主語(yǔ)thestarso因此兩句中t

han后的應(yīng)是同?物，即moorio

10.farth6r.恒星看起來(lái)比月亮小，是因?yàn)樗鼈冸x地球比月亮遠(yuǎn)。從句中的thanthe

moon承前省略。此空仍應(yīng)該用比較級(jí)。

B

Dogsaregoodpets.Theyareveryf1topeopleandalsoverybeautiful.Mostdogsgetonvery

wellwithc2andtheirparents.Othersaregoodwatch-dogsbecausetheycryloudlywhena

s_3arrives.Whenyoubuyadog,animportantthingtothinkaboutisitss4--buyasmalldog

ifyourhomeissmallandabiggeroneify5islarger.Manypeopledon'tknowhowmuchto

feedtheirdogs.Dogseata6anything!Theylikemeat,riceandlotsofotherthings.Youcan

buylotsoffoodm7fordogsinshops.Don'tletyourdogseattoomuch.Feeditonlyoncea

day.Always18waterforyourdog.Itcangetthirstyveryquickly,especiallyin

s9.Rememberthatdogsneede10.Youshouldtakeitforawalkeveryday.Don'tkeep

yourdoginsideallday.

【解題指導(dǎo)】

本文最突出的一個(gè)特點(diǎn)就是決大多數(shù)需填詞的后面都有一句或兩句話的內(nèi)容是對(duì)所填詞的

內(nèi)容進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明的。因此，同學(xué)們?cè)谧鲞@種類型的題時(shí)，一定要注意分析上下文的內(nèi)容，

進(jìn)行推理和歸納，正確的理解句意，最后決定出最佳的詞及其正確形式。

【答案及簡(jiǎn)析】

1.friendly.人們之所以把狗作為寵物來(lái)養(yǎng)，主要是因?yàn)樗鼈儽容^通人性，且對(duì)人很

友好，能給人們帶來(lái)歡樂(lè)。根據(jù)"beveryf1topeople”來(lái)分析，此空應(yīng)填一個(gè)形容

詞，表明狗對(duì)人的態(tài)度。friend是名詞，friendly是形容詞，故friendly是正確答案。

2.children.寵物狗自然是在家中養(yǎng)，它們除了聽(tīng)主人的話以外，與家中的小主人即

孩子也是好朋友。由于是指大多數(shù)家庭的情況，并受their一詞的提示，此處應(yīng)填“孩子”

的復(fù)數(shù)形式,即children,

3.stranger.狗的天性是護(hù)家。文中的watch-dogs意為“看家狗",專門(mén)指有生人來(lái)

時(shí)發(fā)出叫喊的狗?！吧恕痹谟⑽闹屑礊閟tranger。

4.size.這個(gè)空略微有點(diǎn)難。一是size一詞平時(shí)用得較少,二是一般家庭都養(yǎng)小型犬,

供狗活動(dòng)的空間般不成問(wèn)題，因此，對(duì)狗的體積問(wèn)題考慮的較少。從后面的句子來(lái)看，此

處是在談狗的體枳的問(wèn)題——“如果你的家小，就買(mǎi)一只小狗；如果你的家大，就買(mǎi)一只大

狗?！?/p>

5.yours.這是一-個(gè)名詞性物主代詞，代替上半句的yourhome。此句完整的說(shuō)法應(yīng)是

buyasmalldogifyourhomeissmallandbuyabiggeroneifyourhomeislarg

er.為避免詞的重復(fù)使用，在英文句子中常用名詞性物主代詞代替前面的那個(gè)名詞。

6.almost.“狗幾乎什么都吃。”這一點(diǎn)我們從H常生活中也都知道，而且本句話的后

面也進(jìn)行了進(jìn)一步的解釋說(shuō)明，“他們喜歡吃肉，米飯和其它的東西?！?/p>

7.made.這是make的過(guò)去分詞，在這里與fordogs一-起做定語(yǔ)，修飾food,整句的

意思是“你可以在食品店買(mǎi)到許多為狗做的食物?！边@個(gè)空也是一個(gè)難點(diǎn)。若沒(méi)有正確理解

句意，很容易寫(xiě)成meat。

8.leave.有養(yǎng)狗經(jīng)驗(yàn)的同學(xué)都知道，每天定要給狗留下供它喝的水。狗是靠舌頭來(lái)

散熱的，因此它極易渴，特別是在夏天。

9.summer.如果了解了狗的這一生理功能（靠舌頭來(lái)散熱），就不難填出summer一，詞。

10.exercise.如果想讓狗養(yǎng)成好習(xí)慣并不生病的話，就必須每天帶它出去散步。從下

面的句子Youshouldtakeitforawalkeveryday.Don'tkeepyourdoginsideal

1day.來(lái)看，說(shuō)明狗也需要運(yùn)動(dòng)。exercise當(dāng)“運(yùn)動(dòng)”講時(shí)，是一個(gè)不可數(shù)名詞，不能

在詞尾加s?

【基礎(chǔ)題】

Adriverstoppedhiscaronastreetsidetohavearest.Helaydownintheseatandchis

eyes.Amancameupandkatthewindowtoaskthetime.Thedriverohiseyesand

lookedathiswatch."It's8am."hesaid.Thenhewenttosleepagain.

Butsoonhewokeupbasecondpersonwasknockingatthewindow.MSir,doyouhave

thetime?0heasked.Thedriverlookedathiswatchagain,andtoldthemanitwas8:30am.

Atthisrate,hecouldnothaveagoodrest,sohewroteashortnandputituponthe

windowforalltosee.Its:"Idon'thavethetime.,f

Againthemanlaydownintheseatforhissleep.Afewminuteslater,atpersoncame

alongandbeganknockingatthewindow.4<Hay,sir,"hesaid."Itisaquartertonine."

Keys:closed,knocked,opened,because,note,said,third.

2

ItwasSunday.InevergetupeonSundays.Isometimesinbeduntillunchtime.

LastSundayIgotupvery1.Ilookedoutofthewindow.Itwasdoutside."Whata

day!nIthought,"Itisrainingagain."Justthen,thetelephonerang.ItwasmyAuntLucy."Ihave

justarrivedbytrain/'shesaid."Iamctoseeyou."

ButIamshavingmybreakfast/Isaid.""Whatareyoudoing?'*sheasked.

Iamhavingbreakfast,"Ir.''Dearme."shesaid."Doyoualwaysgetupsolate?It'sone

o'clock!”

Keys:early,stay,late,dark,coming,still,replied.

3

Untilafewyearsago,onlyboyscouldbecomesattheUniversityofRuritania（魯里坦

尼亞）.Latertheuniversitydecidedtotakegirlsin.Butoneoftheteachers,Mr.Gollerwasnot

pleasedatall.Hehadnotwantedto1girlstudentsin.

Mr.GoiteralwaysbeganhislessonwiththewordGentlemen".Whatcouldhedonow?Well,

whenthegirtstudentscametohislessonfortheftime,hestillbeganwiththeword.For

himthegirlswerejnotthere.Thenonedaytherewasonlyoneboyinhisclassamonga

lotofgirls.Foramoment,Mr.Gollerdidn'tkwhattodo.Thenhebegan.nSir!u

F,aterribledaycamewhentherewerenoboysinhisclass.Hecameintotheroom,

lookedatthegirlsandsaid,"Oh,nobody'sheretoday!HHeturnedandwentoutwgiving

hislessons.

Keys:students,let,first,just,know,finally,without.

4

In1995,RayKrocvasmallrestaurantinCalifornia.Theoofitwasthe

McDonaldbrothers.Theybuiltitbtheroad,sopeoplecoulddriveuptotherestaurant,buy

foodwithoutgoutoftheircarsanddriveawayeasily.Theycalledit"drive-in"restaurant.

RayKrocsawthebrightfoftherestaurantofthiskind.Heboughttherestaurantand

usedthebrothers'familynameforhisnewr.ThefirstMcDonald'srestaurantchain

wasborn.

NowintheUnitedStates,therearemorethan5.000restaurantsandithasitschainrestaurantsin

60othercountries.The1McDonald'srestaurantisinBeijing.China.Ithas1,000

workers.About700peoplecansitandeatthereatonetime.

Keys:visited,owners,beside,going,future,restaurant,largest.

5.

Millionsandmillionsofyearsago,theworldwasmuchwthanitisnow.Therewas

neveranywinterorsnow.Warmrainfellontheland.Eventheseawaswarm.Inthiswarmworld

livedsomebeastscalleddinosaurs.Theywerethekingsoftheworldforalongtime.

Inthedaysofthedinosaurstherewerenohumanbeings.Sonomanhaseverseenar

dinosaur.Butwefoundalotaboutthedinosaursafteryearsofstudy.Somedinosaurslivednear

thewaterwsomelivedonland.Someateonlyplantsandsomeateothera.

Aftermillionsofyears,somethinghtothedinosaurs.Theybegantodieoutatonce.

Nooneknowswhathappened.Butweknowthattheworldgrewalittlecolder.Maybethe

dinosaurscouldlivewhenitwasverywarm,andtheydiedoutwhenitbecamecold.Butweare

notsure.Allweknowisthatthedinosaurswerethekingsoftheworldforalongtime.Andno

animalslikethemhaveeverbeenseena.

Keys:warmer,real,while,animals,happened,once,again.

6.

Awomansawthreeoldmensittinginfrontofthehouse.Shesaid.'Youmustbeh.

comeinandhavesomethingtoeat."

"Wedonotgointoahousetogether."theyreplied.MWhyisthat?"askedthewoman.Oneofthe

oldmene,“HisnameisWealth,thisisSuccess,andIamLove."Thenhewentontosay.

"Nowgoinanddiscusswithyourhusbandwhichoneofusyouwantinyourhome."

Thenthewomanwentinandtoldherhusbandwhatwassaid.Herhusbandsaid."Let'sinvite

Wealth!Lethimcomeandfillourhomewithwealth!"Hiswifed,"Mydear,whydon't

weinviteSuccess?"Thenthedaughtermadeas,"WoulditbebettertoinviteLove?Our

homewillthenbefilledwithlove!""Let'stakeourdaughter'sadvice,"saidthefather.

Lovegotupandstartedwalkingtowardthehouse.Theothertwoalsogotupandfhim.

Surprised,theladyaskedWealthandSuccess,"IonlyinviteLove.Whyareyoucominginwith

him?”

Theoldmenansweredt,“IfyouhadinvitedWealthorSuccess,theothertwoofus

wouldhavestayedout,syouinvitedLove,thereisalsoWealthandSuccess!"

Keys:hungry,explained,disagreed,suggestion,followed,together,since

7.

Whenyouwanttogos,decidehowmuchmoneyyoucansonnewclothes.Think

aboutthekindofclothesyoureallyneed.Thenlookforthoseclothesonsale.

Therearelabels（標(biāo)簽）insideallnewclothes.Thelabelstellyouhowtotakecareofyourclothes.

Thelabelforashirtmaytellyoutowashitinwwater.Asweaterlabelmaytellyouto

washitincoldwaterThelabelonacoatmaysay"drycleanonly".Ifyoudoasthed

sayonthelabel,youcankeepyourclotheslookingtheirbest.Manyclothesmustbedrycleaned.

Drycleaningisexpensive.Whenbuyingnewclothes,checktoseeiftheywillneedtobedry

cleaned.Youwillsavemoneyifyoubuyclothesthatcanbewashed.

Youcansavemoneyifyoubuyclothesthatarewellmade.Well-madeclothes1longer.

Theylookgoodevenaftertheyhavebeenwashedmanytimes.Clothesthatcmore

moneyarenotalwaysbettermade.Theydonotalwaysfitbetter.Sometimes1expensive

clotheslookandfitbetterthanmoreexpensiveclothes.

Keys:shopping,spend,warm,directions,money,last,cost,less,

8.

WhenAlbertEinsteinstartedtoworkinAmerica,someoneaskedhimwhatheneeded.Hesaidhe

neededadesk,somepaperandpencils.Healsoaskedforabigwaste-paperbaskettoholda

ofhismistakes.Thismeantthathekneweventhecleverestmanintheworldcanonlylearnby

makingm.Einsteinregardedtimeassomethingveryi.Heneverworesocks

andhethoughtponsockswasawasteoftimeaspeoplealreadyworeshoes.Healso

thoughtitwasawasteoftimerememberingthingsthatcouldquicklybefoundinab.

Thatiswheneverrememberedhisownphonenumber,whichwasinthephonebook.

Heknewwhatwasworthremembering.Itisthatifwearegoingtodogreatthingsinourlives,we

cannotwasteourtime.

Einsteinlikedtojtoo.Onceinanexaminationastudentaskedhimwhyallthequestions

werethesameaslastyear's.Einsteinsaidthequestionswerethesamebuttheanswerswered

Keys:any,mistakes,important,putting,book,why,true,joke,different

9.

Nowsatellitesaretoforecasttheweather.Theyareins,andtheycanreachanypartofthe

world.Thesatellitestakethepicturesoftheatmosphere,becausethisiswheretheweatherforms.

Theysendthesepicturestotheweatherstation.Sothescientiststherecanseetheweatherofany

partoftheworldandtellhowtheweatherwillc.Today,n500weatherstationsin

60countriescanreceivesatellitepictures.Whentheyreceivethenewpictures,theycomparethem

withtheeones.Perhapstheymayfindthatthecloudshavechangeddthelastfew

hours.Thismaymthattheweatheronthegroundmaysoonchange,too.Intheirnext

weatherforecast,theycantellpeopleaboutit.

Sotheweathersatellitesareofgreathtothescientistsatthestation.Inthepasttheycould

forecasttheweatherforabout24or48hours.Nowtheycanmakegoodforecastfor3or5days.

Soon,perhaps,theymaybeabletoforecasttheweatherforaweekormahead.

Keys:space,change,nearly,earlier,during,mean,help,more.

10.

Mostparentsalwaysthinkthattheyhaveofferedthebestthingstheycantomaketheirchildren

liveinacworld.Theybuytheirchildrenprettyclothes,coolshoes,strangebute

schoolthings,andathousand-yuan-costbike.Theythinkthattheyhavedoneetheycan

fortheirdearlittlechildren.In,theyonlywanttheirchildrentogivethemgoodresultsin

theexaminations.

Buttheirlittlechildrenstillcan'tunderstandthem.Why?Doesitmthattheystillwant

morematerialthings?No!Asamatteroffact,whattheywantisatruefamily.Whatdoesatrue

familymean?Ithinkitmeansaplacewherewecanhideofromtheoutsidecoldworld.

Fromhere,wecangetwarmth.Wecangetconsolation（安慰），andwecangeth.Andone

importantthingisthatweshouldbestrongerandmoreconfidentintheoutsideworldbecausewe

knowthatwehaveafamily.

Keys:comfortable,expensive,everything,return,mean,ourselves,help,

11.

InSpainthereonce1akingandhewasveryfondofjoke.nIwillgiveabagfullofgold."

hesaid,Htothepersonwhocantellmethebeststory.Thereisonlyoner,itmustbeastory

whichIcannotbelieve.IfIcanbelieveit.thenIwon'tgiveawaythebagofgold."

Peoplecametothekingfromallpartsofthec.Theybroughtstrangeandw

stories.Thekingsatinhispalaceandlistentoallthestories.Heethemverymuch,butto

eachpersonhesaid."Icanbelievethatstory.Itcouldhanditmaybetrue.SoIwon't

giveyouthebagofgold."

Atlastapooroldmancametothepalace.Hewascarryingahugestonejar.Theoldmanwent

intotheking'sroomandsaid."Oh,King,yourgoodfatherwasonceapoormanandmyfather

wasrich.Theywereverygoodfriends.Myfathergaveyourfatheralargebaglikethisone.

anditwasfullofgold.Yourfatherptogivebackthegoldwhenhebecamerich.Buthe

didn*tgiveitback.NowIampoorandyouarerich.AndIwantthegold.

Thekingdidn'tbelievethestoryandhehadtogivethepooroldmanthebagofgold.

Keys:lived,joke,country,wonderful,enjoyed,happen,promised.

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DearSmith,

Thankyouverymuchforyourletter.Iamgladthatyouenjoyedyourhwithme.We

enjoyedhavingyouandyoursisterhere.Wehopethatyouwillbbeabletocomeagain

nextyear.Perhapsyoullbeabletoslongernexttimeyoucome.Aweekisnotreallylong

e,isit?Ifyourschoolhasfiveweeksholidaynextyear,perhapsyouwillbeabletostay

withusfortwoorthreeweeks.

Wehavebeenlongbatschoolforthreeweeks.Itfeelslikethreemonths!Iknowthat

youareworkingveryhardnowthatyouareinGradeOne.Ishallhavetoworkhardnextyear

whenIaminGradeOne.

TomandAnnwentforapicnicyesterdaybutIdidnotgowiththembIcutmyfootand

Icouldn'twalkverywell.Theywenttoanislandandenjoyedthemselvesthere.Doyoustill

remembertheisland?Thatiswhereallfiveofussthelastdayofourholiday.

WesendourbestwishestoBettyandyou.Wehopetoseeyousoon.

Yourssincerely.Michael

KEYS:holiday,both,stay,enough,back,because,spent

13.

Weknowthemosquitoverywell.Mosquitoesflyeverywhere.Theycanbefoundalmostallover

theworld,andtherearemorethan2,500kofthem.Noonejthemosquito.But

themosquitomaydecidewhatsheloves.She?Yes,she.Itistruethatmalemosquitodoesn'tbite

andonlythefemalemosquitobitesbecausesheneedsbloodtolaye.Sheisalwayslooking

forthingsorp________shewantstobite.Ifshelikeswhatshefinds,shebites.Butifshedoesn't

likeyourblood,shewillturntosomeoneeformoredeliciousblood.Nexttimea

mosquitobitesyoujustrememberyouarec.Youaredifferentfromtheothers.

Ifthemosquitolikesyou,shelandsonyourbodywlettingyouknow.Shebitesyouso

quicklyandgthatyoumaynotfeelanythingdifferent.

Keys:kind,likes,eggs,people,else,chosen,without,quietly

14.

Mygrandfatherwasateacher.Hewastheheadmasterofaschoolforboysbetweentheagesof

thirteenandeighteen.IknowthathewasakindmanwhenIwasyoung(andhewasold),hegave

mepresents,andsatmeonhiskandtoldmes.ButIbelievetheboysathis

schoolwereaofhim.Atschool,whenhewalkedintoaroomfullofnaughtyboys,they

stoppedtatonce.Whenhelookedataboywithacertainlookinhiseyes,thatboywasred

intheface,andlookeddownathiss.Ifaboybroughthimphomework,my

grandfatherwouldpickuptheboy'sbookandthrowitacrosstheroom,shouting.

“Doitagain,andbringitbackfirstthinginthemorning!"Iftheboywaslate,orifhefto

bringhiswork,hehadtodoitagain,andagain,andyetagain.

Keys:knees,stories,afraid,talking,shoes,poor,forgot

15.

Nooneknowswhywesleep,butitiscertainthatweneedto.Peoplewhoarepreventedfrom

sleepingbegintosufferobviouseffectsafterafewdays-theythink1clearly,andtheyfall

asleepdtheworkinghours.Therearenorulesaboutsleep.Generallyspeaking,grown-ups

sleepabout7andahalfhourseachnight,andprobablymorethan60%getbsevenand

eighthours.Butperhapseightpercentarequitehappywith5hoursorless,andfourpercentorso

feelthattheywanttenhoursormore.Ifyoufeelallright,youareprobablygettingesleep.

Theimportantthingisnothowmuchotherpeopleget.Theirneedmaybedifferent.Exercise

doesn'tseemtoincreasetheneedforsleep.Officeworkers,forexample,sleepforaboutaslongas

peopledoingphysicallyactivework.Csleepmorethangrown-upsdo.Sleeppatternsalso

tendtobedifferentintheoldpeople,whomaysleeplessatnightthantheydidwtheywere

younger.Theyfindsleepgettingmorebroken,andoftenmakeitaresttosleepduringthe

d.

Keys:less,during,between,enough,Children,when,daytime

16.

Thepolicedomanythingsforus.Theyhelpkeepourthingsandussafe.Theyhelpkeepcars

msafely.Theytakecareofpeoplewhoareh,thentheyseethesepeoplegettoa

doctor.Thepolicegoaroundtowntoseethateverythingisallright.Theygetaroundtownin

manyw.Someofthemwalkorgobycar.Insomebigcities,someofthepolicee

rideonhorses.Itisstrangetoseetheseanimalsinthestreet.

Astheygoaroundtown,thepolicehelppeople.Sometimestheyfindjchildren.Theytake

thechildrenhome.Ifthepoliceseeafight,theyputanendtoitrightaway.Sometimespeoplewill

askthepolicehowtogettoagintown.Thepolicecanalwaystellthepeoplewhich

waytogo.Theyknowallthestreetsandroadswell.

Somepolicestandatcrossings.Theytellthecarswhentogoandwhentostop.Theymakesure

thatthecarsdonotgotoofast.Theyhelpchildrencrossthestreet.Theyalsohelppeoplewho

can'twalktoowell.

Wthepolice,ourstreetswouldnotbesafe.Carsmightgotoofastandhurtpeople.Lost

peoplemightneverbef.Thepolicedoagreatjob.

Keys:moving,hurt,ways,even,lost,place,Without,found

17.

About97%ofwaterontheearthisseawater,orsaltywater.Mancanonlydrinkorusethe

other3%offwaterwhichcomesfromrivers,lakesandu.

Theseaisverybig.Lookatthemoftheworld.Thereismoreseathanland.Itcovers

threequartersoftheearth.Itlooksverybeautifulwhenthesunisshiningonit.Butitcanbe

twhenthereisastrongwind.

Somepartsoftheseaareverydeep.ThereisoneplacenearJapan.Itisn11kilometers

deep.Thehighestmountainintheworldisabout9kilometershigh.Ifweputthatmountaininto

theseaatthatplace,therewouldbe2kilometersofwaterait!

TheDeadSeaisnotasea.Itisabiglake.Itisthesaltiestlake.Thesunishotthereandthewater

issalty.Fishcan'tliveintheDeadSeaandgcan'tgrownearit.

Peoplecan'tswimwellintheDeadSea,buttheycanfonthewater.Thewaterisvery

blueandtheairisclean.Inwinter,peoplecometotheDeadSeatoenjoythesunshine.

Keys:fresh,underground,map,terrible,nearly,above,plants,float,

18.

Mr.Smithstoodatthebusstopandwthecarsgoingby.Manyofthecarswerenew

Bluebirds,andmostofthemwerew.Mr.Smithalwaysworethesameclothes,atethe

samefood,anddidthesamethingsastheotherpeople.Mr.Smithdidnotliketobed.

Thefweek.Mr.SmithboughtanewwhiteBluebirdcar.Hewasverypleasedwithitand

drovetoworkinitthenextday.Hewasevenmorepleasedwithhisnewcarwhenhesawallthe

otherBluebirds,infront,behind,andonbothsideofhim.

Mr.Smithghiscarinabigcar-parknearhisoffice.Butwhenhecamebackfwork,

thereweresomanybrightwhiteBluebirdsinthecar-parkthatMr.Smithdidnotknowwhichcar

washis.Hetriedhiskinsomeofthecars,butpeoplepassingbygavehimaslook,

sohestopped.Mr.Smithhadtowaitnearlytwohoursuhiscarwastheonlywhite

Bluebird.

Keys:watched,white,following,parked,from,key,strange,until.

19.

Everybodygivesalotoftimedoingsomethingabouttheweather.Yougetdressedeveryday.You

wearwarmclothesinwinterandputonlightclothesins.Youtakeanuwhenit

lookslikerain,andyouputonbootswhenitsnows.Ifitiscoldatnight,youputonmoreblanket

onyourbed.Ifitishot,youtakethema___.Everytimeyoudoanyofthosethings,youhave

donejustabouttheweather.

Therearelotsofpeoplewhomakeajbydoingsomethingabouttheweather,suchasthe

peoplewhomakeraincoatsandumbrellas,theoneswhomakeair-conditioners,thepeoplewho

sellthesethingsorfixordeliverthem,thepeoplewhohelptobuildbuildingsandtheoneswho

makethetoolsandmaterials.

Peopleslotsofmoneydoingsomethingtheweather.Theybuyclothes,theypayrentsor

buyhouses,theybuycoal,oilorgastowthehousesandtheyalsobuyair-conditionersto

cooltheminhotsummer.

Canpeoplechangetheweatherbydoingthese?No,buttheychangewhatweatherdoestopeople.

Weatherisoneofthemainthingsthatmakeuslivethewwedo.

Keys:summer,umbrella,away,living,spend,warm,way.

20.

Billwasfourteenyearsoldandintheninthgrade.Hehada2jobwhichgothimupatfive

o'clock.Hewasanewspaperboy.

Eachmorning.Billleftthehouseatfivefifteentogotothecorner.Thenewspapershadbeensent

tothecornerbytruckatm.Healwaysrodeabicycletocarrythem.

Inthewinteritwasstilldwhenhegotup.Butduringtherestoftheyearitwasbright.

Billhadtosendnewspaperstothehouseofpeopleinallkindsofw.Hetriedtoput

eachpaperintheboxwhereitwouldbekeptsfromwindandrainorsnow.His

customersthoughthedidagoodj.Sometimestheygavehimtips.

Billmadeabout$70amonth,andhewassavingsomeofthemoneytogotocollege.Hespentthe

restontapesandclothes.Onceamonthhehadtogetthemoneyfromhiscustomerstogether.

Sincemanyofthemworkedduringtheday.Billhadtogetthemoneyatnight.

Sometimes,whenBillwasill.hiselderbrotherhadtosendthenewspaper.O____Bill'sfatherhad

tohelphim.

Keys:part-time,midnight,dark,weather,safe,job,Once.

21.

InBritainyouareatodriveacarwhenyouareseventeen.Youhavetogetatwo-year

drivinglicensebeforeyoucanstart.Whenyou'relearning,someonewithafulllicensealwayshas

tobeinthecarwithyoubecauseyouarenotallowedtodrivethecarontheroada.You

don'thavetogotoadrivingschool—afriendcanteachyou.Thepersonwithyouisn*tallowedto

takemoneyforthelessonuhe*sgotateacher'slicense.

Byou'reallowedtohaveafulllicenseyouhavetotakeadrivingtest.Youcantakeatest

inyourowncar.Inthetestyouhavetodriveroundforabouthalfanhourandthenanswerafew

questions.Ifyoudon'tpthetest,you'reallowedtotakeitagainafewweekslaterifyou

wantto.Oncetherewasawomanwhopassedherfortiethtestafter280drivinglessons!

Whenyou'vepassedyourtestyoudon'thavetotakeitagain,andyou'reallowedtogoon

drivingaslongasyou1,ifyouarehealthy.Britain'sodriverwasamanwho

droveattheageof100.

Keys:allowed,alone,Before,unless,pass,like,oldest.

22.

Howoldis"old"?Theanswerhascoveredovertheyears.Twohundredyearsago,youwereoldat

35.Atthebofthe20thcentury,theaveragelifespanwas45.In1950,a70-year-oldwas

reallyold.Today,ah70-year-oldpersonisstillthoughtyoung.

Sohowoldisold?Theanswerisoneyou*vehadmanytimes,fromallkindsofpeople,"You'reas

old(oryoung)asyoufeel.'*Youragesimplytellsyouhowmanyyearsyouhavelived.Yourbody

tellsyouhowwyou'velived.

uNobodygrowsoldbylivinganumberofyears,1'wroteawriter."Peoplegrowoldwhenthey

don'thavetheirideas.'1Peopleshouldn'thavethewrongideasaboutages.Soldermindscan

beasbrightasyoungminds.AliceBrophyoncesaid,"Itmakesmeunhappywhenpeoplesay：

,YoulookyoungforyouraWhatdoesthatm?Youkyoucandieoldat

30andliveyoungat80."

Keys:beginning,healthy,well,Some,age,mean,know.

23.

HaveyoueverwonderedwherethesenicelittleTeddyBea