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二【a、feel、paint、great、on、work、cover、
three、love、happy】
Miss Ben taught art at a primary school. The children in
her(1)grade classes did not like painting.It worried Miss Ben(2).“I must think of something to make them (3) painting.”Suddenly she got (4)idea.“They can paint my car!”She cried (5). The idea (6). The children liked the idea.They took out their brushes and began painting pictures (7)the car.They painted a sun,a cat and some flowers.They (8) excited.And of course ,when they finished their work,the whole car
(9)with pictures。
Miss Ben was happy that the children had a good time.She was also happy that the children fell in love with(10).
三【well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house 】We can’t stop an earthq uake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________ of t he earth’s plates(板块) join 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 earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . 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 buildings will be destroyed.
四【tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way , instruction】Here are some old ways to sending messages.
An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses coming this way. He ran to 2. ________ his people . He was a 3.
________ .
That was one way for Egyptians to send messages.
People in 4.________ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and
beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by
5.________ .
Much 6. ________ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7. ________ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8.
________ , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird’s leg. It would fly back 9. ________ the soldier’s message.
These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10.
________?
[happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, think]
A man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 .
________ .
“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. ________ been a good one since I became 3. ________ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even 4.________ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5.________, I’m out there in the football field and 6. ________ after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 7. ________than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”
The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. ________ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. ________about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”
“ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ I’ll 10. ________ the ball !”
[other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friend ] You may think there is nothing but sand 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. They use their
skins to 5. ________ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use
the camels(骆驼) 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 for 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.
[how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, good] The 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 presidents of the United States 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) 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 of Nature’s 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 bees 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.
[wo, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, China]
Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. ________. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). 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 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 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 you
9. ________ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr 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."
[as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why] "Dreams (梦) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," 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. Dreaming 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 can disappear (消失) 8. ________ from memory (记忆). 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.
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选词填空 一 A.阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空（每词限用一次）。 Basketball is a very 1. activity all over the word. It is 2. by many people, for fun and for exercise. Basketball is a sport with a 3. of over a hundred years. It was invented by a Canadian doctor called James Naismith. When he was at college, his class was asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. So he divided the men in his class 4. two teams and taught them 5. to play his new game. 【答案】1-5. popular played history into how B.阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号（每词限用一次）。 When I am free, I really like surfing on the Internet. When I 1 home from work, I often sit in front of my computer and get online. I usually check my email first and then write back to my family and friends. I sometimes look through the local news headlines at my favorite news website. I also like shopping on line because I think shopping online can help me 2 money and tim e instead of going to a store and buying what I’m looking for. For example, I 3 a digital camera online last month and saved about $50. Whatever I buy on the Internet, I realized that it is dangerous to do some shopping on it. So, I'm very careful not to give out my personal information, such as telephone number, ID card number and so on. What’s more? I don’t download open files which I don’t know. Our lives 4 more interesting and convenient by Surfing the Internet, but we 5 more careful from now on. Do you agree with me? 【答案】1-5. get save bought are made will be 二 A.阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空（每词限用一次）。 Hu Weiwei is the founder of Mobike, China‘s 1_______________ smart bike-sharing company. Hu has always loved riding bicycles.
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中考英语选词填空专项训练 We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________ of the earth’s plates(板块) join 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 earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . 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 buildings will be destroyed. 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. 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, “That’s 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, “You’ve mended them very well.” In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10 ________ day,” he said. ( 3 ) A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river. The farmer 1. ________ out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa? ” The old man 2 . ________ for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. ________ I’ll tell you.” The farmer didn’t like the 4. ________ of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5. ________ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6. ________ in his ear, “ I’m planting peas in my 7. ________ .” “ You should have shouted. I would have 8. ________ quite clearly on that side.” Said the farmer. “ Oh, no, I wouldn’t 9. ________ that . The sparrows would have heard me and 10. ________ my peas.”