(完整word版)初中英語短文填空專練附答案(2)

1、1英語專題練習(xí)-短文填空（10 篇）Passage 1Heresa story about Ming son the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 in china. Hishome is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hun dreds that move up and dow n. In about six years hehas not once bee n on I 2 ,but he is n ever Ion ely. He is a strong swimmer.

2、 In fact（實(shí)際上），he couldswim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f 3 ,he just swims across to their boats orasks them to v 4 him.Mings father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net（網(wǎng)）.Great black birds calledcormorants（鸕鶿）do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around

3、the birdn 6 so that theycannot eat the fish they catch. They have bee n taught to b 7 the fish to people. And then people reward（獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)）them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f 8.Ming loves watch ing the cormora nts, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, ofcourse, a

4、re boats very like his o 10.1. r_ 2. l_ 3. f_ 4. v_ 5. u_6. n_ 7. b_ 8. f_ 9. s_ 10. o_Passage 2Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（訓(xùn)練）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（雜技 場(chǎng)）,for example,we may see ele

5、pha nts, mon keys, dogs and other ani mals doing q 2 skillful（熟練的）things. Perhapsyou have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（馴獸員）always g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward（報(bào)酬）.The scientists say thatmany d_5_ animals m

6、ay 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 andmodern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning（警報(bào)）by m 9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near.And also it may be p

7、ossible to train animals to work in families or f 10 .1. i_ 2. q_ 3. g_ 4. o_ 5. d_6. f_ 7. t .8. u_ 9. m_ 10. f_Passage 3In recent years, playing kiteboard seems to become more and more popular in Alaska inAmerica. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the in terest of many young people.2The g

8、ame is in terest ing but a little d 2. One n eeds to play it very c 3.A kiteboard is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old gamewas p 4 by some young people in Holand and Spain as e 5 as the last century. Since the board washard to control（控制）.f 6 people dared（敢）to play

9、it. With the development of the design（設(shè)計(jì)）of kite and skateboard. many people can I _ .How to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50kilometres an hour. If you havenhad any practice. youbetter not play it. It is not s 9 .It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10. but also the

10、sen sitivity of yourbrain（大腦的敏捷）.1. w_ 2. d_ 3. c_ 4. p_ 5. e_6. f_ 7. l_ 8. f_ 9.s_ 10. b_Passage 4British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓）with milk and won a Natio nalBravery Award（國家勇敢獎(jiǎng)）.Leech. 35 years old. said that whe n he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street. he s

11、2heard a loud. stra nge sound beh ind him and the n he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Corn wall.souther n En gla nd. That must be a fire. I t 3. Leech said. Then I quickly d _4to do someth ing. So I p 5 the door in and the n I s 6 for the people in side. Then I started pouring milke 7.He used 320

12、 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r8 theshop. the fire was under control（得至U控制）.Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.ft was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was eve n harder trying to tell my boss where all themilk had gone.Leech said joking

13、ly.1. u_ 2. s_ 3. t_ 4. d_ 5. p_6. s_ 7. e_ 8. r_ 9. l_ 10. o_Passage 5While traveli ng in Russia. Ed Jacks on ran shout of（缺少）mon ey. So he wrote t 1 his brother.asking for$500. Send the m 2 by telegram（電報(bào)）to the bank（銀行）here, he wrote. After a weekEd began v 3 the bank. He s . 4_ his passport（護(hù)照）t

14、o the bank clerk3（職員）.Noth ing has come for you, Mr. Jacks on, ” he was told.This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jacks on got very w 6 . He the n phoned his brother, askingw 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 . That evening Ed Jacks on wasarrested（被捕）for faili ng t

15、o p 9 his hotel bill（賬單）.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.1. t_ 2. m_ 3. v_ 4. s_ 5. o_6. w_ 7. w_ 8. b_ 9. p_ 10. s_Passage 6April FoolsDay is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this

16、 special d2_. Ifyou succeed, you usually laugh and say April Fool!”The person who has been fooled by you l 3_, too,and he will n ever be angry with you.Mother s Day is on the sec ond Sun day of May. It sa day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothersusually receive flowers and cards from their children. F

17、athers and children do the housework so thatmothers can have a r 5.Easter Day falls on the first Sun day after the full moon which is on or after March 21 st. It s alsocalled Easter Sun day. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 . Many people go tochurch and childre n ofte n get

18、 p 7 such as toy rabbits.Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. Its a day when people give thanks forthe good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 a nd have a big dinner.Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. Its the most important festival in a year. The beautiful thingscan be s

19、10 everywhere. People excha nge gifts, send Christmas cards and visit frien ds.1. j_ 2. d_ 3. l_ 4. t_ 5. r_6. l_ 7. p_ 8. t_ 9. D_ 10. s_Passage 7A Delicious BookMr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b _ all the time and couldn tdosome r_ So he left the school and ope ned a book sh

20、op in the c _ of the tow n. It was n tbig eno ugh but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop wasc_ , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有學(xué)問的）person were glad tomake f_ with him.It was Sun day and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At

21、 nine in the eve ning all the4buyers 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（凌亂不堪）.Mr Kingcame up to her and asked, Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?”Your books are all dull（乏味的）

22、:said the girl, I want a d_ one.”Thats easy”Mr King smiled. He t _out acookbook（烹調(diào)書）and said, Here you are, madam.”Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Min ister（首相）.He said the Mi nister w_die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f _off the horse and died. When the king hof th

23、is, he got angry and sent his men to c_ Effendi at on ce.W_Effendi came, the king shouted a_，” Effe ndi, since you knew whe n my mini sterwould die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or youdie today.”Effendi l_ at the king and answered, But how can I know? I lldie two days e

24、_than you.”The king was a_ that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendialive（活著）as long as he could. So he l_him go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b _ a bus-driver and hefeels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more

25、i _ .Whe n he was driv ing alongCatford Street rece ntly, he saw two thieves r _out of a shop and run towards a wait ing car.One of them was carry ing a bag f_ of mon ey. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight atthe thieves. The one w_the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thi

26、eves weretrying 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 thievescar was badly damaged（損壞）and e_ to recognize（辨認(rèn)）.Shortly afterwards, the policestopped the car and both men were c_ .Passage 10Now, let sbegin o

27、ur sports report. Herea really good game, the b_ one I have seen thisyear. Itthe last five minutes of the g_ Henry plays football f _France. He has the ballnow. He p_ the ball to David. David k _ it over the heads of the Englishmen towards thegoal. But hetoo far a_ . France and England still have one goal e