中考英语选词填空习题与解析

1、中考英语选词填空习题与解析( 1 )well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house We cant stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they dont destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 ._ idea to build houses along lines where 2. _ of the earths plates(板块) jo

2、in together. Second, if you think there 3. _ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. _. Third, you must make the houses as 5. _ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. _ . . Scientists are 7. _ that one day an even bigger earthq

3、uake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building more 8. _ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. _ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. _ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buil

4、dings will be destroyed.( 2 )forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，differently, I ，every , stop，each Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 _ him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 _ there. One day Mr. Brown went to London by t

5、rain. He 3 _ to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 _ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 _ up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6 _ by the man. He said angril

6、y, “Thats 7_ !” Mr. Brown s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once. When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 _ of them, he said, “Youve mended them very well.” In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 _ man w

7、as in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “Youve had a 10 _ day,” he said.( 3 )not speak, call , idea, and, what, garden, hear , quiet , do ,eat , name, sayA farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.The farmer 1. _ out to him, “ What are you grow

8、ing , Grandpa? ”The old man 2 . _ for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. _ Ill tellyou.”The farmer didnt like the 4. _ of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5. _ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6. _ in his ear, “ Im planting peas in my 7. _ .”“ You should hav

9、e shouted. I would have 8. _ quite clearly on that side.” Said the farmer.“ Oh, no, I wouldnt 9. _ that . The sparrows would have heard me and 10. _ my peas.”( 4 )telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, at Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cats

10、 first winter. One evening it was 1._ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. _it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. _ she telephone the police and said, “ I have 4. _ a small black cat. Has 5. _ found one? ”“ No，madam, ” said the policeman at the other end, “

11、But cats are really very 6. _ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts (融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. _ .” Mrs Andrews felt 8. _ when she heard this. “ And ,” she said, “ Our cat is very 9. _. She almost talks. ”The policeman was getting tired, “Well then,

12、 ” he said “ Why dont you put your 10._ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. ”( 5 ) tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way , instruction Here are some old ways to sending messages. An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . _ the horses coming this

13、 way. He ran to 2. _ his people . He was a 3. _ . That was one way for Egyptians to send messages.People in 4._ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5._

14、 .Much 6. _ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7. _ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. _ , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the birds leg. It would fly back 9. _ the soldiers message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can yo

15、u think of more 10. _?( 6 ) before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not can Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . _ than that of sound. 2. _ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get so

16、me idea of this difference by 3. _ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke 4._ from his gun 5._ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. _ far away that light which you can see from it

17、 tonight started to travel to you four years 7. _ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonights started on 8. _ journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. _ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have

18、to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. _ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ” ( 7 )happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, thinkA man was sitting in the doctors office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . _ .“I like football, D

19、octor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. _ been a good one since I became 3. _ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I cant even 4._ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5._, Im out there in the football field and 6. _ after a flying ball. When I wake up, Im more 7. _than I was bef

20、ore I went to bed. What am I going to do? ” The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. _ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. _about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”

21、 “ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ Ill 10. _ the ball !”( 8 )other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friend You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._ stones. We can see hills, to

22、o. There is a little rain in the 2._, but it is not 3. _ for most plants.The animals are 4. _ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. _ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _ thing

23、s.The people of the desert have to keep 7. _ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _ place. The desert p

24、eople are very 9. _. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._ and give them food and water.( 9 )how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, goodThe world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. _ are so interesting that quite a lot of peo

25、ple are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2._ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 _ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York

26、City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. _ kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit

27、tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. _ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. _ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7._ you many other interesting things, but the 8. _ thing t

28、hat I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look and listen carefully.( 10 )two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, ChinaMr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a thr

29、ee-week holiday in 1. _. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2._ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. _. An officer looks at the 4. _for a moment, and says，Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shant keep you long. With this, he walks away, sho

30、ws the photo to a second 5._, and says: I know that face. The second officer looks at the 6. _ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7._ officer smiles and says: An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man l

31、ooks just the kind of man. 8._ it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: Did you9. _ at the No.2. High School? When Mr Hill answers, 10. _, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: I thought so. Im Jack Smith. You taught me French. You havent changed a bit.( 1

32、1 )how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , ask Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ . When he was a child, he was always 2._ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3._ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn

33、t understand why he had 4._ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6._ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very

34、 7._ in science. One day , he saw a little boy 8._ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._. The boys father was so 10._ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph. ( 12 )as, sl

35、eep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,whyDreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream, some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several 2. _each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colou

36、r. Some dreams are 3. _ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas 5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. _ about their work all day. These though

37、ts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we 7. _ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. _ from memory (记忆). Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. _ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10

38、. _ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired. ( 13 )see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his, rememberMore than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert. One day the Prince wanted to go 1. _ with his men.

39、He told his 2. _ to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small bed. When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws （前爪）on the Princes chest. Then the Prince saw th

40、e blood on Gelerts jaws and head. What have you done? the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. _his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them. So you have killed my son? the Prince said angrily. You unfaithful dog! He took out

41、his sword（剑） and 4. _ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. _ , he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead 6. _. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended（保卫） the baby and killed the w

42、olf. The Prince ran 7. _ into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. 8. _ ran down his face when he realized he had killed 9. _faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince

43、never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dogs grave for a few minutes. If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It 10. _people of a brave and faithful dog. ( 14 )and ,receive , satelli

44、te , weather , change ,help, or , early , for, when, forecast , starSatellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1._ take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather for

45、ms (形成). They send these pictures to the 2. _ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3. _ satellite pictures. 4. _they receive the new pictures, they compar

46、e (比较) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. _ during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather 6. _, they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of a great 7. _ to the scientists

47、at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours 8. _. Now they can make good forecasts for three 9 _ five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather 10. _ a week or more ahead. ( 15 )have, study , happy ,leave, coffee, message, on , must , next

48、 ,arrive, go , sheCatherine was a famous writer of childrens stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet 1._.Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach 2 how to use a computer. And now she typed（打字）all her stories on he

49、r computer. But sometimes she had to 3 the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didnt like being away because she was worried about burglar（盗贼）.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing

50、 to make a burglar think someone 4 be at home.One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was something different in her house. There was only a little 5. lift in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was 6. , and someone had typed in a new s

51、tory. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows was broken. Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. Ill use it in my 7. book! she said 8 .The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches

52、 on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had 9. .She ran to the computer. This time there was only a 10. on the screen（屏幕）.ITS NOT YOUR STORY.ITS MINE! it said.( 16 ) try, how, what, if, can, wonderful , much, shop, glass , read, down, putTom lived a way from town. One day he w

53、ent into town to buy something in the shop, and after he bought 1. _ he wanted, he went into a restaurant and sat 2 . _ at the table. When he looked round, he saw some old people 3. _ eyeglasses on before 4. _ their books, so after lunch he went to a shop to buy 5. _, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. _.The man in the shop made him 7. _ on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom said, “ No, I cant read with these. ” The man became 8 . _ and more puzzled (困惑) . At last he said, “ Excuse me, but 9. _ you read at all?”“ No, I cant! ” To