中考英語 短文填詞、選詞填空練習(xí)

1、 中考英語 短文填詞、選詞填空練習(xí)well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house We cant stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they dont destroy(毀壞) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 ._ idea to build houses along lines where 2. _ of the earths plates(板塊) joi

2、n 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 earthqu

3、ake will hit the part around San Francisco(舊金山) . 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 build

4、ings will be destroyed. 二forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，differently, I ，every , stop，each Mr. 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

5、. He 3 _ to 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, “

6、Thats 7_ !” Mr. Brown s face turned red and he gave 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, “Youve mended them very well.” In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 _ man was i

7、n the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “Youve had a 10 _ day,” he said.三 before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fast it, ago , shine, not can Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . _ than that of sound. 2. _ one second, light travels about 300,

8、000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3. _ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(發(fā)令員), you can see smoke 4._ from his gun 5._ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The n

9、earest star is 6. _ far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. _ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonights started on 8. _ journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest(誠實),

10、we 9. _ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. _ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ” 四other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friend You may think there is nothing but sa

11、nd in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._ stones. We can see hills, too. There 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. T

12、hey use their skins to 5. _ shoes, water bags and even tents(帳篷). They use the camels(駱駝) for 6. _ things.The people of the desert 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 fo

13、r 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 in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._ and give them food and water.五how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, goodT

14、he 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 around 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 presid

15、ents of the United States 3 _ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆蟲) 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

16、of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is 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 be

17、es 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 ears 9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look and listen carefully.六two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, h

18、ot, 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(蓄著胡須). Since it has been 2._ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. _. An officer looks at the 4. _for a moment, and

19、 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: "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

20、 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." 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

21、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七how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , ask Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ . When he was a child, he

22、was always 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 didnt understand why he had 4._ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He

23、asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6._ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became 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 was too fr

24、ightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._. The boys father was so 10._ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph. 八as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why"Dreams (夢 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,&quo

25、t; some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several 2. _each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. _ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dre

26、aming 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 carry over into dreams. Sometimes we 7. _ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams ca

27、n disappear (消失) 8. _ from memory (記憶). 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 may have a long sleep and still wake up tired. 九see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt

28、, 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. _ to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (搖籃), which was like a small bed. When th

29、e 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 saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head. "What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. _his baby

30、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 unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword（劍） and 4. _ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. _ , he managed to bark. Then the Pri

31、nce 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（保衛(wèi)） the baby and killed the wolf. The Prince ran 7. _ into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince

32、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, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by th

33、e 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. 十a(chǎn)nd ,receive , satellite , weather , change ,help, or , early , for, when, forecast , starSatellites Forec

34、ast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast (預(yù)報) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1._ take pictures of the atmosphere (大氣), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the 2. _ station. So the scientists there can s

35、ee 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 compare (比較) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. _ d

36、uring 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 the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours

37、 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. 十一have, study , happy ,leave, coffee, message, on , must , next ,arrive, go , sheCatherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in

38、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. And now she typed（打字）all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3 the house to get some books from the library

39、 or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was worried about burglar（盜賊）.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone 4 be at home.One day she came back after a da

40、y 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 story. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or win

41、dows 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 plate of sandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiche

42、s 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.十二 try, how, what, if, can, wonderful , much, shop, glass , read, down, putTom lived a way from town. One day he went into town to buy something in the shop,

43、 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. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. _.The man in the shop m

44、ade him 7. _ on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom said, “ No, I cant 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 cant! ” Tom said, “10. _ I can read, do you think I will come here to buy glasses? ” 十三well, brother,

45、 on , ago , I , for , make , neednt , as , because , much, before In 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, so I decided to do it 4 . I bought a white cotton T-shirt 5 $6 and some paints

46、, 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 use special fabric paints and you need to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobb

47、y 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. Since I started, Ive 10 about 60 T-shirts and each one is different. 十四eat, around , be , of , amuse , difficult, different , probable, gift, but, and, other,Have you

48、ever been to Disneyland? For most of the kids 1 the world, this 2 park is a fantastic place for them to have fun. When we 3 young, we all have heard 4 Mickey Mouse, Sleeping beauty, Snow White and many Disney characters. Some of us 5 have seen them in cartoons. Actually, you can go to see them all i

49、n a theme park. Now, there are four 6 Disneyland amusement parks all over the world. Two are in the United States, one is in Tokyo, and the 7 is in France. There are not only some amusement attractions there , 8 also many specials with Disney characters. In Disneyland, you can have a lot of fun watc

50、hing Disney movies, 9 in Disney restaurants, and buying Disney 10 . 十五choose, across , never, thirst, need, time, play, on, exercises, photo, through differenceDo you want to be healthier? Then go 1 the passage, and you may find its easy to keep fit.1) Eat all kinds of foods, especially fruits and v

51、egetables.You may have a favourite kind of food, but the best 2 is to eat as many kinds as possible. If you eat 3 foods, youre more likely to get the nutrients your body needs . Taste new foods that you 4 tried before. Some foods, such as green vegetables, are very important. Have five servings(份) o

52、f fruits and three vegetables.2) Drink water and milk often.When you are really 5 , cold water is the No. 1 choice. Kids need calcium(鈣) to grow strong, and milk is a great source of this mineral (礦物質(zhì)) . How much do children 6 ? About three glasses of milk every day.3) Limit screen time.Whats screen

53、 time? Its the 7 for watching TV, DVDs, and videos, 8 computer games, and using the computer. If you spend much time 9 these activities, you may have less time left to take 10 , such as playing basketball, bicycling, and swimming.十六although、call、first、go、riding、in、different、shapes、inside、real、relax、

54、town、watchI've just go back from my holiday !It's the _71_holiday that my family have taken in these two years ,so we were_72_excited.My dad's sister lives in Guilin,so we stayed with her for two days and then we went to Yangshuo for a week.Yangshuo is such an attractive little_73_and th

55、ere's so much to do!First we hired bicycles and _74_into the countryside to a place_75_Moon Hill.When we got there,we hiked all the way to the top and the views were beautiful .The landscape around Yangshuo is amazing.The mountains stand _76_and reach for the sky.That evening we went out on a boat on the Li River to _77_the fishermen using birds to catch fish.Those birds are so well trained!The most exciting thing we did in the next few days was to go caving .There was a river in the cave so