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中考英语专题练习——短文填空
解题技巧：
1.第一遍通读全文，对文章有一个整体认识，了解故事的时间、地点、人物等之间的关系，为下一步填空打下坚实的基础，切忌看一空填一空。
2.第二遍逐句阅读并填空，根据句子的语法以及上下文的整体逻辑关系用恰当的词填入空白，特别是有时根据意思可能有多种用法时，应填入恰当的单词并符合英美人的习惯表达，不要受汉语的影响。例如：“我看一看你的信”，关于“看”的就有六个，这就需要进行筛选，只能用read，不能用watch, see, look, have a look at, look at等。
3.第三遍复查答案。将填空的短文再完整地阅读一次，以检查全文是否通顺，所填答案是否最为合理，形式是否正确等等。
Passage 1
Here’s a story about Ming’s 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 l 2 ,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact（实际上）,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.
Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants(鸬鹚) do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the bird’s n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b 7 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 going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 .
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Passage 2
Can 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, monkeys, 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 trained 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 train animals to work in families or f 10 .
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Passage 3
In 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 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 Holand 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, many people can l 7 .How to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometers an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d 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）.
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Passage 4
British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓）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 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 eight 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.
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Passage 5
While traveling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran shout of（缺少）money. So he wrote t 1 his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the m 2 by 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 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.
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Passage 6
April Fools’ Day is on April 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.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive 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 21 st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 . Many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits.
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s 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. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.
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Passage 7
A Delicious Book
Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldn’t do some r . So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）person were glad to make f with him.
It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . 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 one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”
Passage 8
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w
die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f off the horse and died. When the king h of this, he got angry and sent his men to c Effendi at once.
W Effendi came, the king shouted a ,”Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”
Effendi l at the king and answered, “But how can I know I’ll die two days e
than you.”
The king was a 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 him go.
Passage 9
Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i .When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b
of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged（损坏）and e to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c .
Passage 10
Now, let’s begin our sports report. Here’s a really good game, the b one I have seen this year. It’s the last five minutes of the g .Henry plays football f France. He has the ball now. He p the ball to David. David k it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he’s too far a . France and England still have one goal each and there are only two m left of the game. Just then an English p gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e the English team w .
Passage 11
Tang Ling often smoked cigarettes(香烟) in his school’s washing room.He started smoking _1 the age of 14. One day he learnt that the NBA star Yao Ming, an ambassador(大使) to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (中国控烟协会), asked people not to smoke. Yao Ming was Tang’s favorite star, 2 his words meant a lot to him. He decided to 3 up smoking.
According to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, about 350 million Chinese smoke. Among 4 , 50 million are teenagers. Sun Jiangping of Beijing University said, “Teenagers can get cigarettes 5 , especially when their parents smoke or shops 6 cigarettes to them. It’s very important 7 parents to help their children stop smoking.”
A 15-year-old boy named Li Kun from Beijing said his 8 didn’t smoke. Because they thought smoking could make people feel badly ill, they only allowed him to play with friends without smoking. Living in such a good family helped Li say 9 to cigarettes. Some of his smoking classmates once told Li that smoking made boys look 10 , but Li disagreed. He said, “Smoking is unhealthy and it’s not cool at all. Please stop smoking now!”
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Passage 12
About three years old, I felt very lonely. I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want to talk __1__ me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the __2__ unlucky person in the world.
One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was so angry _3_ I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and ___4__ the fight. He was the monitor of our class.
After that, he often helped me and we became good ___5___. Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help ___6___ to cool down. My life began to change because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As ___7___ goes by, I have become happier with people and things. And it ___8____ that people around me have changed, too. My parents don’t shout at me ___9____ more and my classmates become friendly to me.
But now I can’t see my best friend because he is seriously ___10___ and is staying in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 13
What can you do to keep healthy Perhaps for children, healthy eating is one of the most important things. Here are some ideas about 1 to eat healthily.
Having breakfast
A good breakfast is very important to children. It’s necessary to have it in the 2 . But some children often go to school 3 breakfast, just because they want to sleep a little longer. Remember that a good breakfast will help you study better.
Having milk
“My dream is that all the Chinese children can get half a kilogram(公斤 )of milk a day.” The Chinese Premier (总理 ) Wen Jiabao said this during his 4 to a milk farm. Milk is also very important to children’s health. It makes children grow stronger. It’s better for you to 5 a glass of warm milk 6 going to bed. That will help you have a good sleep.
Having healthy food
Having healthy food is the most important. That means eating lots of different 7 of food, especially fruits and vegetables. Don’t eat too much chocolate 84 ice-cream. Some of you
85 eating fast food, but in fact it is not good for your health. Try to eat healthy food as much as 86 . Have healthy eating habits, and you will have a strong body.
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 14
Andy was born in China 15 years ago．In 2005, she 1 to the USA with her family．As a high school student，she has found many differences 2 Chinese and Americans：
About money
1) Americans like to spend 3 than they have，so many of them are always in debt(欠债)．But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have 4 left in the bank．
2) The American kids themselves make their own money．Most Chinese kids always 5 their parents for money．
3) Many American parents think there is 6 need to send their children to an expensive university．It’s different in China．Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive universities 7 their family isn’t rich enough．
About school
1) Many American girls take part in sports，dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups．
2) Many American students think that B is good while many Chinese students think that B is too
8 ．
About friends
Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by 9 . They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more about their children’s friends 10 many different ways，and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends．
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 15
Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In 1 , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study 2 much work. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a 3 of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave yourself enough 4 for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house 5 a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk 6 just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen 7 to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can__8__ it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to 9 you with your studying. I believe you find 10 other ways besides these.
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Passage 16
Eating in western(西方的)restaurants is a little different from eating in Chinese ones．It is __1_ to understand the differences and to act politely．As they say when in Rome(罗马)，do as the Romans do.
When you first arrive at the restaurant，you should wait for the waiter(服务员)to 2__ you to a table．Sometimes it is all right to 3 a table for yourself，but you should ask _4 . In a western restaurant，each person usually asks for their 5 food or dishes and eats 6 they ask for．Western people don't put all of the food in the middle of the table to share (分享)．
One of the 7 differences between Chinese restaurants and western ones is that most Chinese restaurants are noisy，but most western restaurants are 8 and people there speak in a low voice．Don't shout to the waiters， 9 people may think that you are rude (粗鲁的).
If you need help，you should 10 to ask with your eyes instead of your voice．It’s better not to put up your hand，either．
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 17
Dear Kimiko,
I can’t wait until you get here! I am meeting you at the airport 1 1:00 on Friday. From there we are going right home, so you can meet my 2 . After you rest 3 a few minutes, we are all going to dinner at a Japanese restaurant. We want you to 4 comfortable on your first day in New York. 5 dinner, we’ll probably go to a movie.
Saturday we can sleep late if you want to. In the afternoon, we can take a boat ride around New York, so you can see 6 it looks like. Later we are 7 a couple of museums, Jerry and Tania want to have dinner with 8 Saturday night. We’ll probably meet them at an Italian restaurant on 56th Street.
I’m sorry you have to go to Washington so soon, I am going to the airport with you on Monday morning to say 9 .
Have a safe 10 ,
Maria
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Passage 18
Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He showed great interest 1_ his computer. He came home early every day. Then he worked with it 2 midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good a 3 . He got 4 F in his English class. One day after school, Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students. He 5 his English grade. Johnny _6 his English grade from F to A. Johnny’s 7 looked at his report card. They were very pleased with the result.
“An A in English!” said Johnny’s Dad. “ My son is really a smart boy!”
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know 8 to take information from other computers and put new information in them. Using a modem, they join their computers to 9 computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried 10 hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer accounts and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.
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Passage 19
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they 1 think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home 2 a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother 3 . Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard 4 work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he 5 eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand 6 was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put 7on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to 8 surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no 9 hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it Was it the nuns (修女) ”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his 10 , “No. ”
“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it ”
Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ”
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Passage 20
Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything 1 money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is 2 the people in Jean’s family are so 3 that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time 4 her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she 5 in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) 6 in rock music and modern dance. So it always 7 them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David 8 a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business 9 to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a 10 for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
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Passage 21
Last Saturday little Sam went____1__with his father.The weather was fine.The sun was shining brightly,little Sam sat beside his father and__2____him fishing.It was not long before his father caught several__3__.Little Sam asked his father to give him a little fish to__4__with. His father agreed.Little Sam__5___a little fish in his hands.He liked the little fish___6___much that he thought he should let it___7___and look for its mother.The little fish needed its mother to take care of him,he thought.He then put the little fish___8___into the river.His father saw this and smiled at him.
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 22
I’m Mark,a middle school student.Today was a big day for my class because we__1___ Hong Kong Wetland Park.We had planned this trip for weeks.My classmates wanted to visit__2___places.Some of them would like to go to Hong Kong Disneyland.Some of them would like to go to Ocean Park..Finally,we had a vote(投票)and___3__to go to Hong Kong Wetland Park.All of us were__4__in visiting the crocodile Pi Pi.We all woke up early in the morning.First,we took the subway. Then we took a bus.It __5___ us about two hours to get there. It was a sunny day.___6___we felt hot and tired,we were happy.when we arrived there,we found that the park was closed.We were disappointed.We wanted to see the plants and the animals.We wanted to__7____more about the wetlands.___8____the end,we took a photo outside the gate of the park and left. We’d like to visit it again when it is open.
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6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10.________
Passage 23
She is Liu Hui, a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “stay at home children” in her town.Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives (1)________ her sister.Her parents left home to (2)________ money in big cities when she was only four.Liu Hui has to take (3)________ of her younger sister.They have to stay at home alone (4)________ they have to go to school in the town.“I used to feel (5)________ without my parents at home，” she said, “but now I know (6)________ they do so.They have to go away to make money for us so that we can live (7)________ better life.”Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6：30 a.m.and cooks (8)________.Then the two girls go to school.They have supper at 6：00 p .m.Then Liu Hui does housework and (9)________ her sister with her homework.She usually goes to bed at 9：30 p.m. Though busy, Liu Hui is still the best student in her class.She said, “My life is OK.But I still hope my parents will come back and live with (10)________.”
Passage24
Born in the city, I regard the country life as something far away.I'm used to (1)________ in the city, even the noises and pollution.I have (2)________ been to the country.Nature is a strange word to me.This summer I had (3)________ opportunity to go with my parents on a visit to the countryside.(4)________ the first time in my life I have the experience with the country life.This is a small village far from cities.The (5)________ here is simple.It is different from the city life.There are few cars or other traffic on the way.The air is (6)________.The people are friendly.They are not as busy as people in big cities.Everywhere you can find them bathing (7)________ the sun.They (8)________ clean water.They enjoy the quiet life very much.What's more, here you can (9)________ the sound of nature.You can see the children playing with water in the river and the dogs running after the people.All these make a wonderful picture of countryside.(10)________ I love the country life!
Passage25
School education is very important and useful.The students both learn know ledge and get (1)________ education.Yet, no one can learn everything from (2)________.The scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didn't learn everything from school.They learned a lot of knowledge (3)________ school or in practice by themselves.A teacher, even he knows a lot, can't (4)________ his students everything.The teacher's (5)________ is to show his students how to learn, how to read and how to think.A good teacher (6)________ rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods of study.Through these methods the students are (7)________ to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.Usually (8)________ is very easy for the students to remember some knowledge, (9)________ it is very difficult to use it for problems.If a teacher really shows the students the ability of how to (10)________ knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself (or herself).The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study.
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