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1、英语中考专题练习 - 首字母填空姓名：学校年级班Passage 1Heres a story about Ming s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r1 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 oncebeen on l2,but he is never lonely. Heis a strong swi

2、mmer. In face（实际上） ,hecould 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 fishman,but he never u5 a line or a net（网） . Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put aro

3、und the birdsn- 1 -6so that they cannot eat the fish theycatch. They have been t 7to bring thefish to people. And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon as theirwork is f8. Ming loves watching thecormorants, but better stillhe likes going s9with his mother. The shops, of course,ar

4、e boats very like his o10 .1. r2. l3.f4. v5. u6. n7.t8.f9. s10. oPassage 2Can animals be made to work for people?Some scientists think that one day animalsmay be trained（训练） to do a number ofsimple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场） ,for example, wemay see elephants, monkeys, dogs an

5、d other- 2 -animals doing q2skillful （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） . Thescientists say that many d 5 animals may be trained to do a

6、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 oldand modern t 7 have u8geese togive warning（警报） by m9a lot ofnoise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals t

7、o work infamilies or f10 .1.i2.q3.g4. o5. d6.f7.t8.u- 3 -9. m10. fPassage 3In recent years, playing kiteboard seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. Thegame has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 . One needs

8、to play it very c 3 .A kiteboard is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. Theold game was p4by some youngpeople in Holand and Spain as e5asthe last century. Since the board was hard to control（控制） ,f 6 people dared（敢） to play it. With the development of the design（设计） of kite a

9、nd skateboard, many people can l 7 How to play it. A kiteboard may go as f8as about 50kilometres an hour. If you haventhad any- 4 -practice, youd better not play it. It is not s 9 .It is said that the game can exercise notonly your b10, but also the sensitivityof your brain（大脑的敏捷） .1.w2.d3.c4. p5. e

10、6.f7.l8.f9.s10. bPassage 4British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won aNational Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖） .Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, he s 2 heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a

11、 shop in Cornwall, southern England. “That must be a fire, I t 3 ,” Leech said. “Then I quickly d 4 to do- 5 -something. So I p 5 the door in and then I s 6 for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e 7 .”He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8the shop, the fire wa

12、s under control（得到控制） .Leech helped save the l9of eightpeople in the flats above the shops.“It was hard work o10all those bottles.But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,”Leech said jokingly.1.u2.s3.t4. d5. p6.s7.e8.r9. l10. oPassage 5While t 1in Russia, Ed Jacksonr

13、an short of（缺少）money. So he wrote to hisbrother, asking for 500. “Send the m2- 6 -by telegram（电报）to the bank（银行）here,”he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport（护照） to thebank clerk（职员） . “Nothing has come foryou, Mr. Jackson,”he was told.This went o5for three weeks, and Mr.Ja

14、ckson got very w6. He then phonedhis brother, asking w7the money was.The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 . That evening Ed Jackson wasarrested（被捕）for failing to p9his hotelbill （账单） . He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believehim. Atlast he was s 10to th

15、e policestation for fifteen days.1. t2.m3.v4. s5. o6. w7.w8.b9. p10. s- 7 -Passage 6April FoolsDay is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d2 . If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool! ”The person who has beenfooled by you l 3 , too, and he will never be angry wi

16、th you.Mother s Day is on the second Sunday ofMay. Its a day to t4 mothers. On thatday mothersusuallyreceiveflowersandcards fromtheir children.Fathersandchildren do the housework so that motherscan have a r 5.Easter Day falls on the first Sunday afterthe full moon which is on or after March 21 st. I

17、t s also called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 . Many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits.ThanksgivingDayisonthefourthThursday inNovember. It s a day when- 8 -people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families al

18、l get t 8 and have a big dinner.Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. It s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.1.j2.d3.l4. t5. r6.l7.p8.t9. D10. sPassage 7A Delicious BookMr King taught English i

19、n a middle school.He was very ball the time and couldntdo some r. So he left the school andopened a book shop in the cof thetown. It wasn tbig enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy somethere. When the shop was c, he could- 9 -read at home. He knew a lot and the learned （有学问

20、的） person were glad to make fwith him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the eveningall the buyers left ea girl. She wasdressed up and waited for sthere.Standing by the shelves, she looked over thebooks one after a. It made them in afearful mess（凌乱不堪） . Mr King

21、came upto her and asked,“Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you? ”“Your books are all dull（乏味的） ,” said the girl,“I want a done.”“Thats easy,”Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam”.Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the PrimeMinister （首相） . He said the Minister w

22、-10-die the next day. The next day, the Ministerreally foff the horse and died. Whenthe king hof this, he got angry and senthis men to cEffendi at once.WEffendi came, the king shouteda, “Effendi, since you knew when myminister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or

23、you ll die today.”Effendi lat the king and answered,“But how can I know? I lldie two days e than you.”The king was athat he would die ifhe killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着） as long as he could. Sohe lhim go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A shortwhile ago, however,

24、he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was-11-finding his new work far more i .When he was driving along Catford Street recently,he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them wascarrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to t

25、hethieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieveswere trying to get ain their car, Roydrove his bus into the bof it. While the car was moving away, Roystopped his bus and tthe police. Thethievescar was badly damaged（损坏）and eto recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the

26、police stopped the car and both men werec.Passage 10Now, lets begin our sports report. Heres areally good game, the bone I have seenthis year. Its the last five minutes of theg.Henry plays football fFrance.-12-He has the ball now. He pthe ball toDavid. David kit over the heads ofthe Englishmen towar

27、ds the goal. But hestoo far a . France and England still have one goal each and there are only two m left of the game. Just then an English p gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In theethe English team w.Passage 11Today people can u the phone to

28、 talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don tseethe person you are twith. That may cin the future.Today some people are using a kind oftelephone c“Picture phone”or “Visionphone”. Wit , two people who aretalking can see each other.Picture phones can be useful w

29、hen youhave sto show the person youre-13-calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up al and ask to borrow a book. Then youll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to goshopping tyour picture phone. If yousee something in th

30、e newspaper that youthink you want to buy, youll go to yourphone and call the shop. People at the shopwill s you the thing youre interested in right over the phone. Youll be able toshop all over town and n leave your room.Passage 12A Delicious BookMr.Kingtaught English ina middleschool. He was very

31、b1all the timeand couldn tdosome r2. So he leftthe school and opened a bookshop at the e3of the town. Itwasntbig enough butall the books were nice and most people-14-liked to buy some there. When the shop wasc 4 , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的） persons wereglad to make f5

32、with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr. King was very busy. At nine in the eveningall the buyers left e6a girl. She wasdressed up and waited for s7there.Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 . It made them in afearful mess（凌乱不堪） . Mr. King came up to her and as

33、ked,“Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?”“Your books are all dull（乏味的） ,”said thegirl. “I want a d9one.”“Thats easy,”Mr. King smiled. He b10out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here youare, madam”..5.-15-.10.Passage 13Some of Robert sold friends were t1about young people in their town. T

34、hey alla 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said, “Butyoung people are s3than oldpeople.”All of them agreed that this is true e4Robert. He thought he was as strong as b5.“That is not possible,”said his friends.“Well,”said Robert, “In one c6ofmy garden theres a big st

35、one. When I wasyoung, Icouldn tm7it. I wasntstrong e8. Now I m old and when Itryto move it,I s9cant. Thats w10I m as strong as before”...-16-9.10.Passage 14In the home a dad is very important. He istheperson whoprovidesusw1money and clothes. He can make yourbedroom more beautiful, mend

36、 your radio,make c2foryour birds, r3your bicycle and help you with your mathshomework. A dad can be very u4fortaking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time yous5talking on the t6, as hehas to p7the bills. Dad is someonewho w

37、ill support you in an argument, if he b8you to be right. He is someone whoreads your school r9, and treats（奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come intoa nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10 .-17-..9.10.Passage 15Can vegetables be p1in winter?Yes, but a gre

38、enhouse（温室） must beb 2first. The greenhouse should be m3 of glass. A large greenhouse may be tenmetres l4, three metres w5, andtwo meters high. The sunshine can r6the vegetables t7the glass. The windand cold air can be s8from gettingin. the air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 . More and more gre

39、enhouses areb 10 built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter..5.-18-.10.Passage 16Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u_each other? Here is asimple test. Imagine(设想 ) you will

40、hold am_at fouroclock,whattimeshouldyoue_yourforeignbusiness friends to come? If they are German, they will a_on time. If they areAmerican, theyll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, theyll be fifteen minutes late.The British seemed to think since the English l_was widely used in

41、 theworld, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon theyf_they were completely(完全地 )wrong. For e_, the British are happy-19-to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanesep_not to workwhile eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax

42、 and get to know e_other, andthey dontdrink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b_dinner;the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.Passage 17Do you k_robots? There are al_of robots inthe worldnow.Some of the robo

43、ts can walk, sing and dance. Some can talk w_people. Most ofthem can do heavy work. In a few m_years, a robot will be able tod_a car, a train,a ship orap_. In a hospital, a restaurant ora shop, we m_see a robot at work.Bythen,weneed n_do the-20-cooking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders(命

44、令 ) to a robot and it will do a_the housework. A robot will beour good f_.Passage 18Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f_trip there.One morning I s_out to visitafamous museum, but I didnt know w_way to go, so I stopped astranger and asked, “Excuse me, does this street lead(通向 )t

45、o the Grand Museum?”“Yes,”he answered. “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. Youcantm_it”.SoIw_two blocks(街区 ) and turned tomy left, but the museum w_there.Then I asked a second stranger. He said,“Go-21-along this street and turn left at the second crossing.”But a_I couldn tfin

46、d themuseum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s_walked up and said.“Excuse me. Wheres the nearest b_?” I answered q_,“Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”Passage 19Do you have a pet? Are you i_in taking care of a

47、nimals? Girlsand boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors. Theyre often c_”vets”. Many of them work inanimal h_. Others may work onfarms or at a z_. Some studyanimal diseases(疾 病 ) and try to find w_to keep the animals from-22-gettingi_. Theydostudies inm_for animals.Vets listen

48、to an animals h_.They check(检查 ) its ears, eyes, mouth, andblood. They o_animals when theyneed to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the petso_what food is best.Passage 20“I dont want move!” Fred said to his father. “I like living here in New York City. And I_to play in the streets. MyFri

49、ends are_. I want to stay!”“Wehaveto_.Fred.” Mr.Sparks said, “I have a_job in theIsland. Why_you wait until yousee them? Maybe you will like living_.”“Never!”was Freds_.-23-A few weeks_, the Sparks familyleft the city by plane. They_overland for hours. In San Francisco they took_big plane. This time

50、 they flew over water.At_theysawland.“ThisisHawaii,” Mr. Sparks said. “And it is the island we are to live_. But we will visit the other islands, too._of them are beautiful”.“I dont care(关心 )_they arelike,” said Fred. “I wish I could go_to New York City right now!”Passage 21More and more people are_thelife with computers. Using computers you