上海中考英语首字母填空专项练习

模块十九：首字母填空

一、首字母填空解题技巧

首字母填空是阅读体中的一个重点和难点，但是只要掌握良好的解题技巧，静下心来认

真对待，细心捉摸就一定能攻克这一堡垒。在做这道题是一般应该把握好如下步骤：

1、通读全文，理解短文大意，判断需填选项的词性，同时将一眼能够得出的答案迅速填上。

2、在理解作者的写作意图上进行换位思考，把自己想象成作者去努力使文章完整、通顺。

对于一下子拿不定主意的空项要及时跳过，而不能在上面纠缠，因为往往后面的内容会给予

更好的提示。

3、进一步阅读全文，力求整篇文章完整通顺，且符合情理，否则宁缺勿乱。

4、检查每一个答案的正确性，包括名词的数、动词的时态、形容词和副词的准确运用等等。

二、例题分析：

A

Theearthmovesroundthesj_.Whenourpartoftheearthturnstothesun,itis

d2.Whenourpartoftheearthturnsa3fromthesun,itisnight.Thesunismuchbigger

thanthemoon.Butsometimesthemoonlooksbiggerthanthesun,becauseitismuchn4to

theearth.Thesunisverybright.Itgivesverystrong15■Themoonlooksquitebright,

butitd6giveanylightatall.Thelightfromthemooncomesf7thesun.Themoon

looksmuchbiggerandbrightert8thestars.Butinfactthestarsarealotbigger

andbrighterthanthem9.Theylooksmallerthanthemoonbecausetheyaref10away

fromtheearth.

【解题指导】

本文是-一篇科普文章。第一段说明了地球因自转而产生昼夜交替。第二、四两段说明了

人们观看月亮、太阳和星星时发生的近大远小的视觉现象，第三段说明了太阳与月亮发光与

反光的特征。本文每一个考点都是对天文知识的考查。因此，没有一定的天文常识，则不易

读懂本文，更不用说解题了。近年来，中考完形填空的题材趋于多样化。人物、科普、史地、

故事、政治、经济、风土人情，均为选材范围，这就要求考生知识广博、视野开阔、广泛涉

猎。

【答案及简析】

1.sun.地球围绕太阳运转是天文常识。

2.day.地球面对太阳的半个球面是白天。

3.away,turnawayfrom意为“背离二地球上背对太阳的一面是夜晚。

4.nearer,much后接比较级。和太阳比起来月亮离地球近多了。

5.light,givelight意为“发光二太阳是发光体。

6.doesn,t.月亮不发光。

7.from.月亮反射太阳的光，人们所看到的月亮的光来自于太阳。

8.than.由空前的biggerandbrighter可知，此处应填表示比较的连词than。

9.moon.根据文意，下句的they代指空格所在句子的主语thestarso因此两句中t

han后的应是同•物，即moorio

10.farth6r.恒星看起来比月亮小，是因为它们离地球比月亮远。从句中的thanthe

moon承前省略。此空仍应该用比较级。

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.

【解题指导】

本文最突出的一个特点就是决大多数需填词的后面都有一句或两句话的内容是对所填词的

内容进行补充说明的。因此，同学们在做这种类型的题时，一定要注意分析上下文的内容，

进行推理和归纳，正确的理解句意，最后决定出最佳的词及其正确形式。

【答案及简析】

1.friendly.人们之所以把狗作为宠物来养，主要是因为它们比较通人性，且对人很

友好，能给人们带来欢乐。根据"beveryf1topeople”来分析，此空应填一个形容

词，表明狗对人的态度。friend是名词，friendly是形容词，故friendly是正确答案。

2.children.宠物狗自然是在家中养，它们除了听主人的话以外，与家中的小主人即

孩子也是好朋友。由于是指大多数家庭的情况，并受their一词的提示，此处应填“孩子”

的复数形式,即children,

3.stranger.狗的天性是护家。文中的watch-dogs意为“看家狗",专门指有生人来

时发出叫喊的狗。“生人”在英文中即为stranger。

4.size.这个空略微有点难。一是size一词平时用得较少,二是一般家庭都养小型犬,

供狗活动的空间般不成问题，因此，对狗的体积问题考虑的较少。从后面的句子来看，此

处是在谈狗的体枳的问题——“如果你的家小，就买一只小狗；如果你的家大，就买一只大

狗。”

5.yours.这是一-个名词性物主代词，代替上半句的yourhome。此句完整的说法应是

buyasmalldogifyourhomeissmallandbuyabiggeroneifyourhomeislarg

er.为避免词的重复使用，在英文句子中常用名词性物主代词代替前面的那个名词。

6.almost.“狗几乎什么都吃。”这一点我们从H常生活中也都知道，而且本句话的后

面也进行了进一步的解释说明，“他们喜欢吃肉，米饭和其它的东西。”

7.made.这是make的过去分词，在这里与fordogs一-起做定语，修饰food,整句的

意思是“你可以在食品店买到许多为狗做的食物。”这个空也是一个难点。若没有正确理解

句意，很容易写成meat。

8.leave.有养狗经验的同学都知道，每天定要给狗留下供它喝的水。狗是靠舌头来

散热的，因此它极易渴，特别是在夏天。

9.summer.如果了解了狗的这一生理功能（靠舌头来散热），就不难填出summer一，词。

10.exercise.如果想让狗养成好习惯并不生病的话，就必须每天带它出去散步。从下

面的句子Youshouldtakeitforawalkeveryday.Don'tkeepyourdoginsideal

1day.来看，说明狗也需要运动。exercise当“运动”讲时，是一个不可数名词，不能

在词尾加s»

【基础题】

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（鲁里坦

尼亚）.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（标签）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.

12

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