中考英语选词填空题语法填空短文填空

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, houseWe can't stop an earthquake（地震），but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy（毁坏）whole cities. First, it is not a 1 . idea to build houses along lines where 2.of the earth's plates

2、（板块）join 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 earthquake will

3、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 buildings will be d

4、estroyed.（2 ）forget, bring , mend, beside, luck, pick, same, differently, I , every , stop, eachMr. 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 train. He 3 to

5、 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 angrily," That ' s

6、 ! " M rBrown ' s face turned red and hegave 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, " You' ve mended them very well. In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ma

7、n was in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas," You' 1（ve had aday, " 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, 'Wh

8、at are you growing , Grandpa?"The old man 2 .for a moment, then said, Swim over 3. I 'll tell you.The farmer didn't 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, 'I'm planting peas in

9、my 7.”'You should have shouted. I would have 8. quite clearly on that side.” Said the farmer.“Oh, no, I wouldn't 9.that . The sparrows would have heard me and 10.my peas.”（4 ）telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, atMrs Andrews had a young cat,

10、and it was the cat's 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, 1 have4.a small black cat. Has 5. found one?"“No, madam, “ said the policeman at t

11、he other end, “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 gett

12、ing tired, Well then, " he said “Why don't 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 instructionHere are some old ways to sending messages.An Egyptian（埃及人）put his ear to the ground. He 1 .the

13、horses coming this 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 villa

14、ge by 5.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 bird's leg. It would fly back 9. the soldier s message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can you

15、 think of more 10.?（_6Jbefore, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not canLight 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 some idea of th

16、is 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 tonight started to tra

17、vel to you four years 7.at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight's started on 8.journey towards you even before you were born.50, if we want to be honest（诚实）,we 9. say , “The stars are shining brightly tonight." We have to say, “The stars look

18、 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 doctor 's office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 .I like football, Doctor. " He said, '

19、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 can 't even 4.from it in my sleep. When I close my 5., I'm out there in the footballfield and 6. after a flying ball. When I wake up, I'm more 7.than Iwas before I went to bed.

20、 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.”'Are you cra

21、zy （疯 了）？" the man shouted, 'I'll 10.the ball !”（ 8 ）other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friendYou 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, too. The

22、re 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蟀篷）.They use the camels（骆驼）for 6.things.The people of the de

23、sert 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 people are very 9. . No man

24、 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 people are busy studying them. All a

25、round 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 hoursand hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects（昆

26、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 Nature's secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is

27、 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 that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ea

28、rs 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 three-week holiday in 1. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须

29、).Since it has been 2.there, he has taken it off (弟4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 shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5., and says: "

30、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 looks just the kind of man."

31、;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. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."(1

32、1 )how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , askThomas Edison was a great American 1. When he was a child, he wasalways 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't

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

34、ame very 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 wastoo frightened to move. Edison rushed out andcarried the boy to 9 . The boy's father was so10. that he taughtEdison to send messages by telegraph.(12 )as, sle

35、ep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why"Dreams (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 several2. each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in c

36、olour. 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 thoughts can

37、 carry over into dreams.Sometimes we 7. with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear （¥肖失）8.from memory （t己忆）.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. we m

38、ay 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. He told his 2

39、. 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 Prince's chest. Then the Prince sawthe blood on Ge

40、lert's 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 unfaithfu

41、l dog!" He took out his sword （佥U） 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 bab

42、yand killed the wolf.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

43、, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's 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 ,rece

44、ive , satellite , 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

45、weather forms （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 com

46、pare （ 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 at t

47、he 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 ,arrive, g

48、o , sheCatherine was a famous writer of children's 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. Andnow she typed （打字） all her stories on her com

49、puter. But sometimes she had to 3 the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't 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 playin

50、g 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

51、story. 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. "I'll 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 p

52、late of sandwiches 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）."IT'S NOT YOUR STORY.IT'S MINE!" it said.（16 ）try, how, what, if, can, wonderful , much, shop, glass , read, down, put

53、Tom lived a way from town. One day he went 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.

54、 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 can't 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 can't! " Tom said, 10.I ca

55、n read, do you think I will come here to buy glasses?”(17 )well, brother, on , ago , I , for , make , needn 't , as , because , much, beforeIn my spare time, I paint designs on T-shirts. I got the idea two years 1 for my 2 birthday present. The shop wanted $ 20 for a special design 3 a T-shirt,

56、so I decided to do it 4 . I bought a white cotton T-shirt _5 $6 and some paints, and I painted a lion on the front. My brother loved it!Painting T-shirts is great fun. You 6 be a great artist, you can just paint shapes and lines. The T-shirts are the 7 expensive part of my hobby. Also you have to us

57、e special fabric paints and you need to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobby 8 I can make T-shirts that no-one else has. I give a lot of them away_9 presents to my family and friends. Sometimes, I sell them. SinceI started, I ve10 about 60 T-shirts and each one is different.(18 )think, find, dri

58、nk ,dinner, bright, around , hear , scare, interesting, animal, sleep , darknessI went on a camping trip in the mountains with my classmate. After hiking all day, we1A good place to camp for the whole night. We make a campfire so that we can cook our 2 . We roasted some hot dogs and potatoes and _3

59、some lemonade.When it got 4 , we told ghost stories by sitting _5 the campfire.Later when we lay down to go to _6 , we listened to the sounds ofcrickets(蟋蟀)and some moving around in the grass. We 8 there were some ghosts nearby. "What?” we asked. "I think I hear someone walking in the wood

60、s. " Kathy said. Soon we all _9 footsteps and we were all so 10that we couldn't go to sleep.Of course, there was no one there, but we have very active imagination( 想象).(19 )eat, around , be , of , amuse , difficult, different , probable, gift, but, and, other,Have you ever been to Disneyland? For most of the kids 1 the world, this 2 park is a fantastic