二模首字母专练真题.docx

1、二模首字母专练真题二模专项练习- 首字母填空黄浦区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (14分)As we know, museums are buildings with many precious and important objects(物品) from different places. They are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art mus

2、eums are places where people can learn about v 81 cultures. More and more popular “design museums” are opening today, h 82 , play quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.The a 83 of

3、 design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s 84 feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and

4、 how design has i 85 our lives. People can see the better changes of the products. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something they dont understand.Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these m

5、useums has tried to satisfy the publics growing interest in the field with new i 86 . Londons Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less s 87 than those to art mus

6、eum. Visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected from our everyday life. 奉贤区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分） Naturally, Americ

7、an schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year. They not only have n 81 holidays such as Thanksgiving Day and Presidents Day but also get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays. In fact, kids in the US only go to school for 180 days a year. To students, hol

8、idays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages. On one hand, school holidays a 82 families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in the US or in a foreign co

9、untry. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students s 83 get bored. B 84 going on trips with their

10、 parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who arent usually interested in traditio

11、nal PE activities. You can take c 85 in survival skills. For example, students learn how to make a camp in the forest, w 86 wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center. Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventures may have lessons in computer game de

12、sign, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can p 87 their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture. 普陀区B.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空

13、格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)（14分）Many students feel that living in a private home in Britain will be a help to them in learning English, and will also be a good experience in itself. Younger students may feel h 81 in a home than in a hotel, for they can have someone caring for them like their pare

14、nts. Many British people like to be the “host” to tourists around the world, especially to f 82 students. This is not just because being a host will bring in some extra money, but because they really enjoy letting someone from a different country live in their house and s 83 part of their daily life

15、. A “host” family does not always consist of two parents with children. People like this are often too busy to take care of a student b 84 their own children. However, a widow(寡妇), or a couple whose children are away at school or grown up, often make excellent “host”, for they have enough time to sp

16、are. Students should try to fit in with the everyday life of the family. There may be some d 85 and misunderstanding on either side, but it is easy to clear them up quickly with good will and good humour. The secret of your success is to be interested. And a host tries to create more chances for the

17、 student to practice English. He always e 86 the student to speak English as much as possible in the home. He always does something to let the student feel at home and treat him/her as a member of the family, not a paying g 87 . He provides not only a balanced diet, a clean and comfortable room, but

18、 also a home environment for the student.松江区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)Smart WorkMaybe you have seen this in schools: Some students study nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much l

19、 81 time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success. But now they understand that smart work can make them successful, too.Hard workers dont m 82 working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several

20、 different answers to these questions. “Why should I suffer this?” “Isnt there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now. P 83 _ in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers. There was a large soap factory i

21、n Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who c 84 that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.How could empty soapbox go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machines let a

22、n empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a s 85 . He put a large X-ray (X射线) machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapbox. A 86 teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his se

23、at, exhausted.“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way.” a worker said.“Really? How?” “We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes and leave the other o 87 with soap. There would be no need for an X-ray

24、machine, two computers, and operating by workers.”See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only learn from the engineers hard work, but also think smart like the workers.崇明区C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）Undoubt

25、edly, its always a happy moment to get some pocket money. But have you ever thought about how to spend your pocket money wisely? Now lets check out the following tips and learn to spend your money in a b(81) way.Make a listWhen you get your pocket money, dont get too happy and impulsive(冲动的). We all

26、 have a lot of things that we want. But do you really need them that much? Thats why it is suggested making a list before spending money. Start with the thing you want m(82) . You can also write down about how much it costs or how important it is in your life. By doing this, you will see if it is n(

27、83) to buy it.Help othersHow about being more selfless and using our pocket money to help others? We all know that there are many people in the world who are in e(84) need of our help. Helping others brings out the best in us and is one of the greatest joys in our lives. So consider using your pocke

28、t money to do something useful and helpful, to feel how you can make a d(85) .Save as much as you can.There is an old saying, “Money doesnt grow on trees.” If you spend all your pocket money all at once, youll have no money u(86) your next “pay day”. Wallets sometimes might not be the best place to

29、save as they tempt you into spending your money. Get a piggy bank or ask your parents to start a savings account for you. Someday when you look b(87) , youll get a strong sense of achievement by saving so much by yourself! Just remember, every penny counts. 徐汇区C. Read the passage and fill in the bla

30、nks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）It is a great but difficult project to set up a permanent(永久的)human settlement on Mars. Over 200,000 volunteers from more than 120 countries have applied to take a one-way trip to Mars. The project, run by a Dutch company named Mars One,

31、 aims to send a group of volunteers to Mars, and because of the physiological(生理上的) change in the human body after a stay on Mars, thered be no chance of c 81 back. So its only a one-way trip! However, that hasnt stop volunteers becoming one of Mars first citizens. “This is turning out to be the mos

32、t welcome job in history,” says Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One.Day-to-day life on Mars will be not easy. The daily work will i 82 building greenhouses or doing some research- all in a lonely environment.Mars is not f 83 to life. Its atmosphere is so thin that it wont protect you from harmful radiation(辐射)from the sun. You cant breathe the air and it is very cold on Mars, with an average temperature of around -50C. Theres no running water on the surface of Mars. The water is frozen or hidden u 84 .But Mars One says the projec