中考专题训练：短文填空专练

初三总复习短文填空专练

用方框里所给词的适当形式填空

一、

Water is all around 1 . Water is in the ocean. Water is in the l-akes and rivers. Water is in the air. There is 2 water than land on the earth. All 3 things must have it. We must have it 4 . We 5 live without water. Some times, we do not have all the water that we need. The land will dry 6 waer. Sometimes, there can be 7 water in the land. If it 8 very, very hard, the rain water will run down the hill. It 9 ome of the land with it when it runs down the hills. It is 10 eerosion when the water takes the land away.

二、

This is a 1 from Sue to John. Sue is John’s 2 . One day Sue had to stay for a meeting and couldn’t go home for 3 . The children were at their 4 home. So Sue wrote to tell John to do some 5 . He would go and get the children 6 first, then he would 7 some bread, milk and 8 the children to take a bath. She didn’t tell John how long the meeting would

9 because she didn’t 10 when the meeting would be over.

三、

On Saturday morning we 1 he other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two friends, Kevin and Simon, while sisters Carole and Lynn had 2 with Amanda. There were some

3 members I didn’t know. We had come from

4 places and none of us

5 the area.

We knew we were going to 6 the weekend outdoors, but none of us was sure exactly how. Half of us spent the morning 7 while the others went caving and then we changed at lunchtime. Matt and I went to the caves (岩洞)8 . Climbing out was harder than 9 in, but after a good deal of pushing, we were out at last. Though we were covered with mud, we were 10 and excited by what we’d done.

四、

Young people are often 1 when they are with their parents. They say that 2 parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict 3 them, and they are never given a free hand. Parents often find it 4 to win their 5 trust(信任) and they seem to forget how they themselves 6 when they were young. For example, young people like to do things without much 7 It’s one of their 8 to show that they grow up and they can do with any diffic-ult things. Older people worry more 9 Most of them plan(计划) things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.

When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success (成功) if you ask before you really start 10 it.

五、

One day the famous American 1 Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.. “Mr Einstein,” said the friend, it 2 that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!” “It 3not matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one 4me here in New York.” Several years later they 5 New York again. Einstein 6 a world-famous 7 after then but he still 8 the same old overcoat. Once more his friend asked him 9 a new one. “There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known 10 .”

六、

Once Goethe, the great 1 poet, was walking in a park. He 2 about something when he noticed he came to a very, very narrow road. Just at that time, a young man 3 towards h-im from 4 end of the road. It was5 narrow for both of them to pass through at the same tim-e. They 6 and looked at each other for a while. Then the young man said 7 , “I never make way for a 8 .But Goethe smiled and said, “I always do.” Then he turned back 9 and walked 10 the end of the road

七、

Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can 1 almost all over the world, and there are 2 2,500 kinds of them. No one 3 t he mosquito. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood 4 eggs. She is always 5 for things or people she wants 6 . If she 7 what she finds, she bites. But if she 8 like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without 9 you know. She bites you so quickly and 10 hat you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.

八、

This is a song 1 Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It 2 Auld Lang Syne(《友谊地久天长》). It is the 3 music played during the New Year’s 4 Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It 5 about the need to remember old friends.

The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who 6 the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words an d music we know today 7 appeared in a songbook three years later.

The song is played in the United States mainly on New 8 Eve. The version (译文) you

are 9 today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld

Lang Syne.I would like 10 all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy

Thomas. (from )

九、

Have you ever 1 of a girl of 15, who set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the

girl. She 2 the business two years ago. She has already written several 3 computer games. They are so popular that over half a million games 4 every year. Now all of her family

work in her business, and she is still at school.

She gets up early in the morning, and then she talks with her family about the business over breakfast. Every day she goes to school in her 5 car with a driver, for she is not old enough. She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her 6 interested. She usually gets ‘A’ grades in all her subjects, so the other 7 often ask her for help.

She finished 8 her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and goes on 9 on her computer, writing games until 2 am. She does not usually need so much sleep as other 10 .

十、

“Cool” is a word with many1 . T he word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can 2

to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.”You may think, “He’s

so cool,” We a ll maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. Here’s an 3 story we can use to show t

he way the word is used. A teacher asked her students 4 about the waterfall (瀑布) they 5 .

On one 6 paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way

7 what he saw and 8 。

But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏) of words. 9 cool”, some people have no words to sh

ow the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you think of many

other words that make your life as 10 as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very c

ool.

十一

What are you going to do if you are in a 1 house? How will you escape? Do you know how t2 yourself? Please read the 3 passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. 4 what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important 5 the ways you can use, such as stairways but not lifts. From the lower floors of the 6 , escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of 7 by windows .The 8 floor window

is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips w ill have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the 9 of an average man. Of course, it is 10 to jump a short way than to stay in a burning bulding. ….

十二

He is quiet and shy.. He doesn’t smile very often. Howev er, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot 1 .This is Jay Chou, the Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so 2 because he w ill sing songs in Beijing on September 12.

Chou 3 up just with his mother. His mother noticed the 4 special interest in music and 5 him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on 6 ..

Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak 7 when he sings or talks. But the 9 has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at musi c. It 10 him attractive(有魅力的),” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in 10 1 Middle School in Beijing.

十三

It’s hard to make 1 if you stay at home 2 all the time. Get out of the house and do thing s that will put you in touch with(接触) other people. It’s 3 to make friends when you have simil ar 4 .Don’t5 to show people what you’re really good at. Talk about the things you like and d o b-est. People will be 6 in you if there is something interesting about you.

Look at people in the eye when you talk to them. That way, they 7 it easier to talk to you, or people may think you’re not interested in them and may stop being interested in you. Be a good 8 Let people talk about themselves before 9 about “me, me, me”. Ask lots of questions. Show an int-erest in 10 answers. Be friendly with a lot of peo ple. That way, you’ll have a bigger group of peop le to choose from and have more chances for making friends.

十四

Miss Grey lived in a small house. She 1 old and did not like noise at all, so she was very ple a-sed when her 2 neighbor moved out. A young man 3 in and Miss Grey thought the man see med 4. .

But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog 5 her up. She thought she 6 never heard a dog there before. It must be the young 7 dog. So she 8 the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he 9 answer. Nothing more happened un til three o’clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey’s telephone10 and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.”

十五

Most people 1 to work, but it 2 more difficult in 3 world to find work for everyone. The economy (经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year 4 the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so 5 people are out of work. Some people have 6 jobs now because new machines can 7 the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the 8 of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty peop le. About 75,000 people are 9 to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find 10 .

十六

Sydney is a young city. 1 history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the 2 city. It is also the 3 largest city. The climate(气候) of Sydney is very good. It’s not 4 cold during the winter and not too hot during the summer. People who live in Sydney seem 5 an easy lif e style.

Many people think that Sydney is one of the most attractive 6 in the world. It has many tall and modern 7 .Among them, Centrepoint Tower is the 8 .Sydney is famous for its harbor(港口) .The harbor has many bays(湾) and beautiful surf 9 Among them, Bondi beach is the 10 popu

十七

Water covers 70% of the 1 surface(表面). But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water 2 only 1% of the earth’s surface.

You probably feel 3 that your life isn’t as4 as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all 5 serious water problems. One of them is water 6 . All kind s of things from cars, factories, farms and homes 7 our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted wat er is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are 8 out.

How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it 9 , the rain water comes down and makes our 10 water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings.

十八

Waste can 1 everywhere. Some students ask for 2 food than they can eat and others often forget 3 off the lights when they leave the classroom. Waste can bring a lot of problems. Althoug h China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of(缺乏) others, for example, fresh water(淡水). It is 4 that we will have no coal(煤) or oil 5 in 100 years. So if we go on 6 our resources,

what can we use in the future and where can we move? Everybody should 7 wasting as soon as p ossible.

In our 8 life, we can do many things to prevent waste from 9 for example, turn off the w ater taps(水龙头) when we finish 10 turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to ord er more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stoppe d one day, if we do our best.

十九

The environment is becoming1 and1 . There are many 2 f pollutions I'm worrying about it. 3 all, water pollution and air pollution are the 4 serious because people can't live 5 with polluted water and air. In fact, more and more diseases are caused by 6

air. I think factories should not pour dirty water into the river directly or produce 7 waste gas. We'd better 8 or ride bikes instead of 9 cars because more cars mean more waste gas. In a word, we should make our world more and more 10