中考英语专题练习

九年级英语期末专题练习--缺词填空

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 .

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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

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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 s9 .

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 r8 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 o10 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 c omes 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

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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

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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

A Delicious Book

Mr. King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldn’t do some r 2 . So he left the school and opened a bookshop at the e 3 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 4 , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）persons were glad to make f 5 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 6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 . 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 d9 one.”

“That’s easy,” Mr. King smiled. He b10 out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”

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Passage 13

Some of Robert’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 m7 it. I wasn’t strong e8 . Now I’m old and when I try to move it, I s 9 can’t. That’s w10 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

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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. V ery 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

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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 stopp ed 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 muse um 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. Jus t 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 pets’ 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__________to play in the streets. My Friends are__________. I want to stay!”

“We have to__________. Fred.” Mr. Sparks said, “I have a__________job in the Island. Why__________you wait until you see them? Maybe you will like living__________.”

“Never!” was Fred’s___________.

A few weeks________, the Sparks family left the city by plane. They_________over land for hours. In San Francisco they took________big plane. This time they flew over water.

At_________they saw land. “This is Hawaii,” Mr. Sparks said. “And it is the island we are to live__________. But we will visit the other islands, too. ___________of them are beautiful.”

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

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Passage 21

More and more people are__________the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail__________and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, ___________in the world without putting a stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world__________seconds(秒). E-mail is easy to use and it________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________.

Can you imagine(想象) the future without teachers_________computers? Students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of________. Students will follow the learning programmes by looking at online libraries and_________lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students___________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_________nearly two years. Maybe you don’t believe(相信) I couldn’t find the_________there! A taxi driver took me there in the end, he said, “Bijing changes too__________. Sometimes even a Beijinger cannot find a way.”

Now, English can be__________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_________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 Y unnan 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

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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 baby, she loved to draw. She drew lines everywhere. She__________drew on the walls! Her father was an artist. Yani wanted to be like__________. So she tried to stand like her father___________he painted. This made him laugh. One day, she__________lines on his painting. She was only two and a half years_________, but her father got angry. She cried and said, “I want to paint like you!” _________her father thought about his own childhood. He also wanted to draw and paint. But his parents_________understand him. They just got angry. He decided to help his darughter__________an artist.

Wang Yani was famous at a young age, __________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________. Sometimes I treated children__________have been poisoned(中毒) by medicine for older family members. The children can easily_________the bottle that we now use in China.

Some days ago I talked about medicine_________an American. He showed__________a plastic pill bottle that is “Childproof”(防儿童的). The design was_________simple that I’m sure our Chinese factories could produce these_________easily. The top of the bottle locks, but can be________by pressing down on the while turning. This is__________for most young children to do, __________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___________. Along the way, he can stop and look_________. And the__________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___________everything.

Now learning_________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 m inds and hearts, into a culture(文化)

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very________from the one of your own. This will make you richer, ________in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair________through books.

Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to_________the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find_______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________on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.

Suddenly the ice_________. One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn’t know_________to do. The two Canadian friends heard__________and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was__________. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to_________the little boy. They knew they must be_________. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

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

Passage 29

Most people want to work, but it has become m 1 difficult in today's world to find work for e 2 . the economies(经济)of the world n 3 to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not p 4 , and so more

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people are w 5 work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can d

6 the work of many people in a shorter time. Also, machines don't ask for more money and l

7 holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on f

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Passage 30

Someone says,“Time is money,”but I think time is even more i 1 than money. Why? Because when money is s 2 , we can get it b 3 .Howover,when time is g 4 ,it’ll never return .That’s w 5 we mustn’t waste(浪费) time.It’s sure that the t 6 is usually limited(有限的).Even a second is very important.We should make full use of our time to do something u 7 .But some people don’t know the importance of time.They spend their limited time smoking,drinking and playing .They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8 .

In a word,we should save time,we shouldn’t l 9 today’s work for tomorrow.Remember we have no time to l 10 .

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Passage2 instead quite gives or different for times used making factories

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Passage5 traveling money visiting showed on worried where before pay sent

Passage 6 jokes day laughs thank rest life presents together December seen

Passage7 busy reading center closed friends except someone/somebody another delicious took

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Passage 10 best game for passes kicks away minutes player end wins

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