英语中考专题练习短文首字母填空根据附分感觉资料整理 含答案.docx

1、英语中考专题练习短文首字母填空根据附分感觉资料整理 含答案2010年英语中考专题练习-短文首字母填空(根据附分-感觉资料整理，含答案)Passage 1Heres a story about Mings life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 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 once been on

2、l 2 but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could 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.Mings father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants do the

3、 fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the birds n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been t 7 to bring the fish to people. And then people reward（奖励）them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f 8 Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes goi

4、ng s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 .Passage 2Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, mon

5、keys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful（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）. The scientists say that many d 5 animals may be traine

6、d to do a 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 old and modern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning（警报）by m 9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to

7、 train animals to work in families or f 10 .Passage 3In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 One needs to play it very c 3 A

8、kite-board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holland and Spain as e 5 as the 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 and skateboard, ma

9、ny people can l 7 how to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you havent had any practice, youd better not play it. It is not s 9 It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷）.Passage 4British Milkman Steve Le

10、ech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National 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 shop in Cornwall, southern England. “That must be

11、 a fire, I t 3 ” Leech said. “Then I quickly d 4 to do 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 8 the shop, the fire was under control（得到控制）.Leech helped save the l 9 of eig

12、ht people in the flats above the shops.“It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.Passage 5While t 1 in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of（缺少）money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for 500. “Send the m 2 b

13、y 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 the bank clerk（职员）. “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told. This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The

14、brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕）for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.Passage 6April Fools Day is on April

15、 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2 If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l 3 too, and he will never be angry with you.Mothers Day is on the second Sunday of May. Its a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive

16、 flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5 Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. Its also called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 Many people

17、 go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits.Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. Its a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner.Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. Its the most important festival in a

18、 year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.Passage 7Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldnt do some r 2 So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c 3 of the town. It wasnt big

19、 enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c 4 he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）person were glad to make f 5 with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left

20、e_6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. Mr King came up to 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 d 9 on

21、e.” “Thats easy,” Mr King smiled. He t 10 out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w 1 die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f 2 off the horse and died. When the king h 3 of this, he got angry

22、and sent his men to c 4 Effendi at once.W 5 Effendi came, the king shouted a 6 “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or youll die today.”Effendi l 7 at the king and answered, “But how can I know? Ill die two days e 8 than you.

23、”The king was a 9 that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l 10 him go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b 1 a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his new work far more i 2

24、 When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r 3 out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f 4 of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w 5 the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieve

25、s were trying to get a 6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t 8 the police. The thieves car was badly damaged（损坏）and e 9 to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c 10 Passage 10Now, lets

26、 begin our sports report. Heres a really good game, the b 1 one I have seen this year. Its the last five minutes of the g 2 Henry plays football f 3 France. He has the ball now. He p 4 the ball to David. David k 5 it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But hes too far a 6 France and E

27、ngland still have one goal each and there are only two m 7 left of the game. Just then an English p 8 gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e_9 the English team w 10 Passage 11Today people can u 1 the phone to talk with others almost anywhe

28、re on the earth. But when you use the phone, you dont see the person you are t 2 with. That may c 3 in the future.Today some people are using a kind of telephone c 4 “Picture phone” or “Vision phone”. W 5 it, two people who are talking can see each other. Picture phones can be useful when you have s

29、 6 to show the person youre calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l 7 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 go shopping t 8 your picture phone. If you see something in the new

30、spaper that you think you want to buy, youll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will s 9 you the thing youre interested in right over the phone. Youll be able to shop all over town and n 10 leave your room.Passage 12Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by ai

31、r. He did not know h 1 to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, “Could you help me? I cant find my seat.” The air hostess s 2 him the seat and told him to sit d 3 and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m 4 about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henrys ea

32、rs might feel a little s 5 , but he didnt need to worry about it b 6 many people felt like that. When the plane was f 7 very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e 8 read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b 9 food and drinks. Henry could e 10 the flight and arrived home soon.Passage 13Some of Roberts old friends were t 1 about young people in their town. They all a 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said, “But young people are s 3 than old people.”All of them agreed that this is true e 4 Ro