2021年(外研版)中考英语总复习专项训练：短文填空02 用所给单词的适当形式补全短文

短文填空(二)用所给单词的适当形式补全短文用所给单词的适当形式补全短文,必要时可加助动词、情态动词或否定词。

(每空不多于三个单词)A [2020·昆明]Where I’m from, we’re pretty relaxed about time. We don’t like to rush around, so we 1. _______(mind) if people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner, it’s OK if you arrive a bit late. We 2. (real) enjoy our time slowly. We 3. (valuable) the time we spend with family and friends in our everyday lives. We often just drop by our friends’ homes if we have time. 4. (besides), we don’t usually have to make plans to meet our friends. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!In Switzerland, it’s very important 5. (be) on time. We’re the capital of clocks and watches after all! If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you 6. (expect) to be there at noon. If you’re even fifteen minutes late, 7. (you) friend may get mad. So I make an 8. (effort) to be on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I think it is impolite to keep others 9. (wait). Also, we never visit a friend’s house without calling 10. (one). We almost always plan to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.BBridges are built for many reasons. Some bridges are built so that cars can cross over rivers. Others are 1. (make) for trains to use. In Washington State, there is a very unusual bridge. It was built for squirrels(松鼠).The town of Longview 2. (have) a very busy street. Many cars pass it every day. When squirrels tried to cross the street, they 3. (kill). Amos Peters wanted 4. (protect) these small and lovely animals, so he built a bridge for them—one that would let them 5. (pass) above the traffic.The bridge 6. (be) a symbol of the town for over 40 years since then. And every Christmas, the local people 7. (add) a small Christmas tree to the center of the bridge. How lovely!A few years ago, the local people 8. (create) a squirrel festival and they raised money9. (build) two more bridges for these lovely animals. For years, because of the bridges, the squirrels in the town have been able 10. (cross) safely from one side of the street to the other.C [2020·威海]The most difficult thing for the university student Ted Rogers is opening his classroom door. Ted can’t do this without help because he’s only six years old. He’s the youngest person ever to study at Rochester University in New York. Ted 1. (begin) reading at two, and by four, he had known a lot about many subjects from astronomy to zoology(动物学). By the age of five, he had been able to talk to university professors about his ideas.Ted 2. just 2. (complete) his first book. It 3. (come) out in a few months, shortly after his seventh birthday. “I love learning,” says Ted.“My hero is the scientist Albert Einstein because he never brushed his hair or 4. (wear) socks.” Psychologists(心理学家) have found it difficult 5. (test) Ted’s cleverness because they do not have high enough scores for him. Ted’s mother first knew her son was different when he kept 6. (cry) at playschool because he was bored with the children’s games. She started teaching him at home after finding that local schools were not prepared for children who learned at Ted’s speed.Now Ted 7. (study) geography at Rochester University and using the Internet to complete his high school studies.However, some psychologists warn that too much study can stop a child from 8. (grow) up in a healthy way. “I 9. (not care) how clever the kid is. Six-year-olds have to play with their friends,” says Dr. Brian Wood. Mrs. Rogers doesn’t agree that her son’s time 10. (take) up completely by schoolwork. “He loves the violin and has many outdoor interests, such as camping, fishing and swimming, just like other boys of his age.”D [2021·原创]Winter is cold. People live in warm houses. What do animals do? Animals are smart. They do many 1. (difference) amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them “migrate(迁徙)”. This means they travel to other 2. (place) where the weather is warmer or where they can find food.Many birds migrate in autumn. Because the trip can be 3. (danger), some travel in large groups. Many fish migrate. They may swim south, or move into deeper and 4. (warm) water. Insects also migrate. Insects like earthworms move downward into the soil and some as far as six feet below the surface.Some animals remain active in winter. They must fit the changing weather. Many make changes in their 5. (behave) or bodies. 6. (keep) warm, animals may grow new and thicker fur in autumn. Some animals begin to collect their winter food in autumn. When it’s very cold, they stay inside their homes. They can 7. (eat) the food they collect in autumn. Squirrels collect seeds and nuts. They are safe and warm in their 8. (home) in winter.Some animals hibernate(冬眠) for part or all of the winter. This is a special and deep sleep. The temperature of the animals’bodies 9. (drop) and their heartbeat and breath slow down. They use very little energy. In autumn, these animals get ready for the winter by 10. (eat) much food and storing it as body fat. They use this fat for energy while hibernating. Some also store food like nuts to eat later in winter.EWorld-famous scientist Stephen Hawking(霍金) died at the age of seventy-six in his home in Cambridge, England on March 14,2018. Hawking was one of 1. (great) scientists of his time. His achievements will not 2. (forget).Hawking is one of the most respected scientists in the modern history of physics. Because of an uncommon disease(疾病), he 3. (keep) to a wheelchair. However, the disease did not stop Hawking from 4. (study). He used every new day that life offered 5. (continue) his research of the universe(宇宙). He said, “Where there is life, there is hope.” He developed a way of 6. (think) about problems in his mind to reach a solution.This way of thinking has led to his important discoveries. He was 7. (one) person to present the idea of some special energy in the universe. At the same time, Hawking tried to explain many of these difficult 8. (science) ideas to more people. He 9. (write) several popular science books, including the bestseller A Brief History of Time which made him a household(家喻户晓的) name.Stephen Hawking spent his whole life 10. (understand) the universe. He is, no doubt, a legendary(传奇的) scientist of all time.FShe used to sleep on the sidewalk of Fifth Street Post Office. I could smell her before I came close. She 1. (wear) dirty clothes and her mouth was nearly toothless. If she was not asleep, she talked to 2. (she). What a poor old lady!One Thanksgiving, we had lots of food 3. (leave) over. I thought about the old lady. She might be still hungry. So I packed the food up and rode over to Fifth Street. It was a cold night. There was hardly anyone out. But I knew she would stay at the same place and I would find her 4.(easy). There she was, sitting against a tree near the post office. She 5. ________(dress) as she always was. I went to her and said, “I’ve brought you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pie?”However, the old woman didn’t seem to be very 6. (excite) about this. She looked at me and said, “Oh, thank you very much, but someone 7. (give) me food earlier and I’m quite full now. Why don’t you take it to someone else who 8. (need) it?”Her manners were gracious(亲切的). I was the person who didn’t know what 9. (say). An old lady whose life was 10. (bad) than most of us still thought about others. Why don’t more of us do that?【参考答案】A 1.don’t mind/do not mind 2.really3.value4.Besides5.to be6.are expected7.your8.effort9.waiting 10.firstB 1.made 2.has 3.were killed4.to protect5.pass6.has been7.add8.created 9.to build10.to crossC 1.began 2.has; completed3.will come/is coming/is going to come4.wore5.to test6.crying7.is studying 8.growing 9.don’t care10.is takenD 1.different 2.places 3.dangerous4.warmer5.behavior(s)6.To keep7.eat 8.homes 9.drops 10.eatingE 1.the greatest 2.be forgotten 3.was kept4.studying5.to continue6.thinking7.the first 8.scientific 9.wrote10.understandingF [主旨大意]本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了作者和一位流浪的老太太的故事。