首字母练习完整版

英语专题练习----首字母填空

解题技巧：

1. 跳过空格，通读短文，了解大意。

2. 复读短文，确定语义，判断词形。

A.) 利用上下文的语境，结合所学过的知识，先确定空格处所需词语的意义. 首字母和汉语既是提示又是限制。必须注意词形的变化，包括名词的单复数、动词的时态、形容词和副词的比较级（最高级）等。

B.)再根据空格在句子中的位置，判断其在句中充当的成分，从而确定所填词的词性，再依据词语搭配和语法规则，判断所填的词的正确形式。

3.通读短文，检查答案。

词形的变换

名词：单复数形式, 所有格的用法

动词：时态语态的变化

形容词、副词：比较等级的用法

代词：单复数人称代词反身代词指示代词关系代词不定代词等的用法

连词：并列与从属连词的用法

首先考虑名词的单、复数，然后注意名词所有格。

1. September 10th is Day.

2.In autumn after a strong wind, the ground is often covered with fallen .

考虑动词的时态变化。

3.We could not run faster than cheetahs , so we _______(发明)cars and now we can move the fastest

4.When you laugh ,you will o___ your mouth and your teeth.

注意形容词、副词的比较等级的变化。

5. Last Sunday，we played h______ in the park, though we were very tired.

6.Summer is the season of the year.

此处考代词用法。

7. Help to some fish，Jim.

8. Mrs Green said to the twins .“Help to some fish please. ”

9.This book belongs to Mary. It is .

此处考连词

10.For years, we played other people’s songs, now we play mostly our own songs.

11. She didn’t go to school yesterday ，she was ill.

Through some efforts, rescuers cleaned up the ruins _______（仔细）which covered the mum. Under her body _____(躺)her baby. The baby was in a small red quilt with yellow flowers.

He was about 3 or 4 m＿＿＿old. B＿＿＿the baby was well ＿＿＿＿＿(保护)by his mother’s body, he was very safe. He was sleeping well when the rescuer carried him out, and his lovely and p＿＿＿＿＿face warmed everyone around him. The rescuer found there was a mobile p______ in the quilt. When he looked at the screen, a message was already there. “My dear baby, if you could l＿＿＿＿, don’t forget how m＿＿＿＿I love you. ”Everyone w______ saw this message burst into tears.

Exercise

Step1 The passage is about .

Step2 The meaning of each blank

Step3 The right form of each word

Step4 Read the passage again to check the answer

The idea of Father’s Day came from an A________lady called Dodd in 1909. She wanted a _______（特别的）day to honour her father. He_______ (抚养) six children by h _______after his wife died during the birth of their s_______ child. Dodd thought there needed to be a day to honour great and loving dads. Her father was born on June 19. so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration on his b_______ in 1910. In 1924, US president liked the idea of a national Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, the third Sunday in June was n ________Father’s Day. There are many w to show your love and thanks.

实战演练（一）

Dear friends ,

I’m sorry to hear that an earthquake happened to your hometown. The earthquake _________(毁坏)your hometown. Lots of h________fell down and some of you can’t see your families any longer.

Please don’t feel s______. You should believe in the Party, the government and the people in the country. You should be full of wishes b_________ the Party, the government and the people are with you all the time and they take care of you. They try their b______ to solve your troubles. They give away their money and many t________to you and they _______(捐献)blood for you.

So you should take care of y____________. In the future, you should do something u__________for our country to __________( 回报) for their loves.

Yours,

XXX

实战演练（二）

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not _______(意味着)(1) the same thing to e_______(2). In different countries people have very different i________(3) about drinking tea.

In China people always have tea _________(一起）(4) with their friends. They may drink tea at any time of the day. They only put tea leaves in their cups. They l________(5) the tea with nothing __________（其他的）(6) in it.

Tea is also i________(7) in Japan. It is very p________(8) there. People drink tea every day.

But they have it in a way different from that in China.

In the USA people drink tea at breakfast or after m________(9). They usually use tea bags to make their tea. Making tea with bags is faster and e________(10) than making it with tea leaves in teapots.

英语专题练习----首字母填空

Passage 1

Here’s a story about Ming’s 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 l 2 ,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In face（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 fishman,but he never u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants do the 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 sa 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 . 1. i 2. q 3. g 4. o 5. d

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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 kilometres 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 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 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 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 was 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 to 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

Today people can u the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are t with. That may c in the future.

Today some people are using a kind of telephone c “Picture phone” or “Vision phone”. W it , two people who are talking can see each other.

Picture phones can be useful when you have s to show the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l and ask to borrow a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping t your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will s you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and n leave your room.

Passage 12

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in their life, they might write them in the d______. Now a teenage might go online and write their daily life and feelings in a blog (博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the s______. They both tell what h________ to the writer that day. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?

The b________ difference is that a blog is much more p________ than a diary. People like to write in blogs b______ they know their friends will read what they write. If my sister writes in her blog “Nobody cares about me”, her best friends will quickly r________ and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people stay in touch w______ their friends and hear what people around them are doing.

If people are caring about what they write, blogs are a very good w_______ to write about everyday life. H_______, I still prefer my old diary.

Passage 13

Some of Rober t’s 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 Robert. He thought he was as strong as b___5__.

“That is not possible,” said his friends.

“Well,” said Robert, “In one c 6 of my garden there’s a big stone. When I was young,

I couldn’t m 7 it. I wasn’t strong e 8 . Now I’m old and when I try to move it, I s

9 can’t. That’s w 10 I’m as strong as before.”

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Passage 14

In the home a dad is very important. He is the person who provides us w 1 money and clothes . He can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2 for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. A dad can be very u 4 for taking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time you

s 5 talking on the t 6 , as he has to p 7 the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. He is someone who reads your school r 9 , and treats（奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10 .

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Passage 15

Can vegetables be p 1 in winter? Yes, but a greenhouse（温室）must be b 2___ first. The greenhouse should be m 3 of glass. A large greenhouse may be ten metres l____ 4 , three metres w 5 , and two meters high. The sunshine can r 6 the vegetables t 7 the glass. The wind and cold air can be s 8 from getting in. the air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 . More and more greenhouses are b 10 built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter.

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Passage 16

Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u__________each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine(设想) you will hold a m_________at four o’clock, what time should you e_________your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a_________on time. If they are American, they’ll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, they’ll be fifteen minutes late.

The British seemed to think since the English l_________was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f__________they were completely(完全地) wrong. For e________, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p________not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e________other, and they don’t drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b__________dinner; the French like to eat first

and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.

Passage 17

Do you k__________robots? There are a l__________of robots in the world now. Some of the robots can walk, sing and dance. Some can talk w__________people. Most of them can do heavy work. In a few m__________years, a robot will be able to d__________a car, a train, a ship or a p___________. In a hospital, a restaurant or a shop, we m__________see a robot at work. By then, we need n__________do the cooking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders(命令) to a robot and it will do a__________the housework. A robot will be our good f___________.

Passage 18

Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f__________trip there. One morning I s_________out to visit a famous museum, but I didn’t know w____________way to go, so I stopped a stranger and asked, “Excuse me, does this street lead(通向)to the Grand Museum?”“Yes,”he answered. “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. You can’t m___________it”. So I w_________two blocks(街区) and turned to my left, but the museum w__________there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing.” But a________I couldn’t find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.

This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s__________walked up and said. “Excuse me. Where’s the nearest b__________?” I answered q__________, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”

Passage 19

Do you have a pet? Are you i__________in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors. They’re often c__________“vets”. Many of them work in animal h_________. Others may work on farms or at a z__________. Some study animal diseases(疾病) and try to find w__________to keep the animals from getting i_________. They do studies in m__________for animals.

Vets listen to an animal’s h__________. They check(检查) its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. They o_________animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the pet s’ o_________what food is best.

Passage 20

“I don’t want move!”Fred said to his father. “I like living here in New York City. And I l__________to play in the streets. My Friends are h__________. I want to stay!”

“We have to m__________. Fred.” Mr. Sparks said, “I have a n________job in the Island. Why d__________you wait until you see them? Maybe you will like living t__________.”

“Never!” was Fred’s a___________.

A few weeks l________, the Sparks family left the city by plane. They f_________over land for hours. In San Francisco they took a________big plane. This time they flew over water.

At l_________, they saw land. “This is Hawaii,” Mr. Sparks said. “And it is the island we are to live o__________. But we will visit the other islands, too. A___________of them are

beautiful.”

“I don’t care(关心)w__________they are like,” said Fred. “I wish I could go b__________to New York City right now!”

Passage 21

More and more people are l__________the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail q__________and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone a___________in the world without putting a stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world i__________seconds(秒). E-mail is easy to use and it s________time and money. It serves(服务) for twenty-four hours. So it doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send E-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail b________.

Can you imagine(想象) the future without teachers b_________computers? Students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of l________. Students will follow the learning programmes by looking at online libraries and w_________lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students o___________or E-mail their teachers. Computers are becoming more and more popular indeed.

Passage 22

Dear Mum and Dad,

I’m very happy to visit Beijing again. Great changes have taken place here. Yesterday, I went to visit Qiming Millde School-I had lived there f_________nearly two years. Maybe you don’t believe(相信) I couldn’t find the w_________there! A taxi driver took me there in the end, he said, “Bijing changes too m__________. Sometimes even a Beijinger cannot find a way.”

Now, English can be h__________everywhere in Beijing. Many people are attending(参加) English classes in the evening schools, some of them can speak very good English. I’m s_________the 2008 Olympic can be held in Beijing successfully(成功地).

Passage 23

A storm dropped(降) heavy rains on central and southern parts of China.

The radio says that a_________the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, floods caused by terrible r_________in the past weeks killed 25 people and 13 others were missing.

The Chinese Government warned some parts in Yunnan and the city of Chongqing of possible heavy rains over the n_________few days.

In Changsha water levels rose(水位上升) to 38 metres early Monday morning, about 3 metres a___________the danger line.

In Guangdong, ar l__________21 people have been killed, while three were s__________hurt and seven went missing w__________heavy floods hit northern parts by Saturday.

The cities of Shaoguan, Meizhou and Heyuan w__________hardest hit and many people were left homeless(无家可归).

About 620 million yuan has been lost in the floods. Guangdong has sent something u__________to Meizhou, Heyuan and Shaoguan to help the people who had lost homes build their h_________again.

Passage 24

Wang Yani was born in 1975 in Guangdong, China. A__________a baby, she loved to draw. She drew lines everywhere. She e__________drew on the walls! Her father was an artist. Yani wanted to be like h__________. So she tried to stand like her father w___________he painted. This made him laugh. One day, she d__________lines on his painting. She was only two and a half years o_________, but her father got angry. She cried and said, “I want to paint like you!”T_________her father thought about his own childhood. He also wanted to draw and paint. But his parents d_________understand him. They just got angry. He decided to help his daughter b__________an artist.

Wang Yani was famous at a young age, b__________she still has a normal(常人的) life. So the Wang family lives like everyone else.

Passage 25

Dear Editor,

I used to be a doctor in the children’s department of a local h________. Sometimes I treated children w__________have been poisoned(中毒) by medicine for older family members. The children can easily o_________the bottle that we now use in China.

Some days ago I talked about medicine w_________an American. He showed m________a plastic pill bottle that is “Childproof”(防儿童的). The design was s_________simple that I’m sure our Chinese factories could produce these b_________easily. The top of the bottle locks, but can be o________by pressing down on the while turning. This is h__________for most young children to do, b__________adults can open them without any difficulty.

I’m sure that the expense of making such tops would be very low. As a doctor, I’d love to see this done. And most parents would be grateful.

Passage 26

Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the t___________. Along the way, he can stop and look a_________. And the h__________he climbs, the more wonderful his view(视野) is. If he keeps climbing, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way of t___________everything.

Now learning f_________language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is more than a look at the surface(表面) of things. It can open the way into people’s minds and hearts, into a culture(文化) very d________from the one of your own. This will make you richer, e________in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair w________through books.

Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to l_________the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find p_______in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language.

Passage 27

It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still s________on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.

Suddenly the ice b_________. One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted,

“Help! Help!”They didn’t know w_________to do. The two Canadian friends heard t__________and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was t__________. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to r_________the little boy. They knew they must be q_________. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to h_________. Some of them had ropes and poles(绳和竹竿). A young man jumped into the water to wave the o_________people.

The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the h_________at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.

Passage 28

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two p and one or two children each.

Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live f____ from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or t ________ them. And they often go to v their parents on holiday.

Parents usually l their children choose their own jobs. Americans think

i important for young people to decide on their lives by t .

Children are a to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are p for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own u .