2010年英語(yǔ)中考專題練習(xí)短文首字母填空(42篇)

1、.下載可編輯2010 年英語(yǔ)中考專題練習(xí)-短文首字母填空（請(qǐng)選擇使用）Passage 1Here s a story about Ming the waters.Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 inchina. His home is a large house-boatwith a roof, one of hun dreds that moveup and down .In about six years he hasnot once bee n on I 2_but heis n ever Ion ely. He is a stro n

2、g.下載可編輯swimmer. In fact, he could swim beforehe could walk. When he wants to playwith his f 3 he just swims across to theirboats or asks them to v 4 him.Ming s father is a fisherman, bluhe n ever u 5 a line or a net（網(wǎng)）.Great black birds calledcormora nts do the fishing for him.Rings （圈）have been put

3、 aroundthe birds 6 nothat they cannot eat the fish they下載可編輯catch. They have been t 7to bringthe fish to people.And then people reward （獎(jiǎng) 勵(lì)）them with a fine big fish as soon astheir work is f 8 Ming loves watchingthe cormorants, but better still helikes going s 9 with his mother. Theshops, of course

4、, are boats very likehis o _10下載可編輯Passage 2Can animals be made to work forpeople? Some scientists think thatone day animals may be trained（訓(xùn)練） to do a number of simple jobs i 1of people. They say that at a circus（雜技場(chǎng)） ,for example, we may seeelephants, monkeys,dogs and other animals doing q2_ skill

5、ful （熟練的）things.下載可編輯Perhaps you have see n them onthe television or in a film. If youwatch closely, you may find that thetrainer （馴獸員）always g - 3_ theanimal some sugar o _ 4 a pieceof fruit as a reward（報(bào)酬）.The scientists say thatmany d 5 animals may be trained todo a lot of simplethings if they kn

6、ow they will get areward f 6 do ing that. Of course, as下載可編輯we know, dogs can be trained tolook after a house, and soldiers inboth old and moder n t7 have u _8geese to give warning（警報(bào)）by m9 a lot of noise when an enemycomes near. And also it may bepossible to train animals to work infamilies or f2下載

7、可編輯10Passage 3In rece nt years, play ing kite-boardseems to become more and morepopular in Alaska in America. It is anew and old game. The game hasw 1_ the interest of manyyoung people. The game isinteresting but a little d下載可編輯One n eeds to play it very c _ 3A kite-board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板

8、）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. Theold game was p 4 by some youngpeople in Holla nd and Spa in as e 5as the last century. Since the boardwas hard to control （控制）,f 6people dared （敢）to play it. Withthe developme nt of the下載可編輯design （設(shè)計(jì)）of kite andskateboard, many people can l _7_how to play it.

9、A kite board maygo as f 8 as about 50 kilometres anhour. If you haven t had anypractice, you better not play it. It isnot s_9It is said that the game can exercisenot only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大腦的敏捷）.Passage 4下載可編輯British Milkman Steve Leech savedsome shops and flats with

10、milk andwon a Nati onal Bravery Award （國(guó)家勇敢獎(jiǎng)） Leech, 35 years old, saidthat when he was sending out milkas u1along Pine Street,he s2heard a loud,stra nge sound behi nd him andthen he saw smoke coming out of ashop in Cornwall, southern England.“ That must be a.下載可編輯fire3_” Leech said._“ Thquickly d 4

11、 to do something. So I p 5the door in and then I s 6 for thepeople inside. Then I startedpouring milk e 7” He used320 pints of milk to stop the fire.When firefighters r 8 theshop, the fire was un der con trol.下載可編輯（得到控制）.Leech helped save the l 9 of eightpeople in the flats above the shops.“It was h

12、ard work o 10 all thosebottles. But it was eve n harder trying to tell my boss where all the milkhad gone, Leech said jokingly.Passage 5While t 1 in Russia, Ed Jackson ranshort of（缺少）money. So he wrote.下載可編輯to his brother, asking for $ 500.“ Send the m 2 by telegram（電報(bào)）to the bank （銀行）here, ” he wro

13、te. After a week Ebegan v 3 the bank. He s _4 hispassport （護(hù)照）to the bank clerk（職員）.“ Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,he was told. This went o 5 for three.下載可編輯weeks, and Mr.Jackson got very w 6 He thenphoned his brother, ask ing w 7 themoney was. The brother said it hadbee n sent three weeks

14、b 8 Thateve ning Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕） for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（賬單）.Hetried to tell the police what hisproblem was, but no one wouldbelieve him. At last he was s 10下載可編輯to the police stati on for fifteen days.Passage 6April Foolsis (DteiApril 1st.People can play j 1 on others onthis s

15、pecial d 2 If you succeed, youusually laughand say “ April Fool! who hasbeen fooled by you l 3 too, and hewill n ever be.下載可編輯angry with you.Mother s Dayon the sec ondSun day of May. It s 上mothers. On that day mothersusually receive flowers and cardsfrom their children.Fathers and children do thehou

16、sework so that mothers canhave a r 5Easter Day falls on the first下載可編輯Sun day after the full moon which ison or after March 21st.It s also called Easter Sun day. issaid that on that day Jesus Christcomes back to l 6 Many people goto church and children ofte n get p7 suchas toy rabbits.Thanksgiv ing

17、Day is on thefourth Thursday in November. It s.下載可編輯a day when people give thanks forthe good things in life. Usuallyfamilies all get t _8 and have a bigdinner.Christmas Day comes on D _9 25th.It s the most importan festival in ayear. The beautiful things can be s10 everywhere. People excha ngegifts

18、, send Christmas cards andvisit friends.下載可編輯Passage 7Mr King taught English in a middleschool. He was very b 1_all the time and could ndo some r 2 So he left the schooland ope ned a book shop in the c 3of the town. It wasn t big enoughall the books were nice andmost people liked to buy somethere. W

19、he n the shop was c _.下載可編輯4_ he could read at home.He knew a lot and the lear ned（有學(xué)問(wèn)的）person were gladto make f 5 with him.It was Sunday and it was coldoutside. Mr King was very busy.At nine in the eve ning all thebuyers left e_ 6_ a girl. Shewas dressed up and waited for s7_there. Standing by the

20、下載可編輯shelves, she looked over the booksone after a 8 It made them in afearful mess（凌亂不堪）.Mr King came up to herand asked,“ Excimadam. What can I do for you? ”“ Your books are alldu（乏味的） ,” said the girl, want a d9 one. ”下載可編輯“ easy, ” Mr King smildHe t_10_out a cookbook （烹調(diào)書(shū)）and said, “Here you are,

21、madam. ”P(pán)assage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the下載可編輯Prime Minister（首相）.Hesaid the Minister w _ 1_ diethe n ext day. The n ext day, the Minister really f 2 off the horse anddied. When the kingh 3 of this, he got angry and sent hismen to c 4Effendi at once.W 5 Effendi came, theking shouted a 6_下載可編輯

22、“ Effendi, since you knew whenmy minister would die, you mustalso know the date of your owndeath. Say it out, or you II dietoday.”Effendi l 7 at the kingand answered,“ But howcaknow? I II die two days e 8 thanyou. ”.下載可編輯The king was a 9 that he would dieif he killed Effendi.He thought he must keepE

23、ffendi alive （活著）as long as hecould. So he l 10 him go.Passage 9Roy Tren ton drove a taxi before. Ashort while ago, however, he b 1 abus-driver and he feels no sorryabout it. He was finding his new.下載可編輯work far more i 2 When he wasdrivingalong Catford Street rece ntly, hesaw two thieves r 3 out of

24、a shopand run towards a wait ing car. Oneof them was carry ing a bag f 4 ofmoney.Roy acted quickly and drove thebus straight to the thieves. The onew 5 the money got so afraid that hedropped the bag. As the thieves.下載可編輯were trying to get a 6 in their car,Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it.While t

25、he car was moving away,Roy stopped his bus and t 8 thepolice. The thieveswas badly damaged （損壞）and e 9 to recognize （辨認(rèn)）.Shortly afterwards, the policestopped the car and both men werec 10.下載可編輯Passage 10Now, let s begi n our sports report.Here s a really goo（game, the b1 one I have seen this year.

26、It stheminutes of the g 2He nryplays football f 3 France. He has theball now. He p 4 the ball to David.David k 5 it over the heads of theEnglishmen towards the goal.下載可編輯But he s too far 6 France andEngla nd still have one goal eachand there are only two m _ 7_left ofthe game. Just the n an En glish

27、 p8_ gets the ball. He gives itto Bill,“ King of the matchputs the ball into the goal. I n the e_9_ the En glishteam w 10.下載可編輯Passage 11Today people can u 1 the phone totalk with others almost anywhere onthe earth.But when you use the phone, youdon t see the person you下載可編輯are t 2 with. That may c

28、_3 in thefuture.Today some people are using akind of teleph one c 4“Picturephone”or“ phone ” . W 5 it, two peoplewho are talk ing can see each other.Picture phones can be useful whenyou have s 6 to show the personyou re.下載可編輯They may have other uses in thefuture. One day you may be able toring up a

29、l 7 and ask to borrow abook. Then you be able to read thebook right over your picture phone.Or you may be able to go shopping t- 8_your picture phone. If you seesometh ing in the newspaper thatyou think you want to buy, you llgo to phone and call the shop.People at the shop will s 9 you t he.下載可編輯th

30、ing you re intere in right over thephone. You be able to shop all overtow n and n 10 leave your room.Passage 12Henry was worried. This was hisfirst time to go traveli ng by air.He did not know h 1 to find下載可編輯his seat, so he went to the airhostess and asked,“ Cohelp me? I can t find my s(The airhost

31、ess s 2_himthe seat and told him to sit d 3and fasten the seat belt.She told Henry not to m_4about when the pla ne was going up.AndshealsosaidthatHenryedrss might feel a.下載可編輯little s 5, but he didnto worry about it b 6 many peoplefelt like that. When the plane was f 7very high, Henry could sta nd u

32、pand walk round. He could e 8 readbooks, n ewspapers or see films.The air hostess would b 9 food anddrinks. Henry could e 10 the flightand arrived home soon.Passage 13Some of Robert s old friend were t.下載可編輯1 about young people in their tow n.They all a2_ that old people werecleverer than young peop

33、le.Then one of themsaid, “ Biyoung people are s3than old people.”All of them agreed that this istrue e 4 Robert. Hethought he was as strong as b5.下載可編輯That is not possible,friends.“ Well, ” said Robert, 6_ of my garden therestone. When I was young, I couldn t m7 it. I wasnstro ng e 8Now I m oland wh

34、en I try to move it, I s 9can t. That10s w下載可編輯I m as strong as before.Passage 14In the home a dad is very important.He is the person who provides us w1 money and clothes. He can makeyour bedroom more beautiful, mendyour radio, make c 2 for your birds, r3_ your bicycle and help youwith your maths ho

35、mework. A.下載可編輯dad can be very u 4 for taking you inthe car to and from parties, musiclessons, and dancing less ons. Heis the one who complains about thetime you s 5 talki ng on the t - 6 ashe has to p 7 thebills. Dad is someone who willsupport you in an argume nt, if he b8 you to be right.He is som

36、eone who reads yourschool r 9 a nd treats （獎(jiǎng) 勵(lì)） you.下載可編輯if it is good. A dad likes to come intoa nice happy home in the eve ni ng,and sit in his chair with a n 10Passage 15Can vegetables be p 1 in winter?Yes, but a greenhouse（溫室）must be b 2 first.The greenhouse should be m 3_of glass. A large green

37、house may.下載可編輯be ten metres l _4three metres w5and two meters high. The sun shinecan r6 thevegetables t 7 the glass.The wind and cold air can be s _ 8from getting in. The airinside the greenhouse is always w9 More and moregreenhouses are b 10 built all overthe world. All kinds of vegetables下載可編輯can

38、 be brought onto our dinnertables in win ter.Passage 16Traveling to all countries of theworld gets easier and easier, buthow well do we know and u1_ each other? Here is a simple test.Imagine（ 設(shè)想）youwill hold a m 2_ at four下載可編輯o clock, what time should you e 3_ your foreign businessfriends to come?

39、If they are German, they will a 4 on time. If they areAmerican, they ll probably befifteen minu tes early. If they areBritish, they ll be fifteen minuteslate. The British seemed to thinksince the En glish l 5 waswidely used in the world, what theydid was certa in to be widely un下載可編輯derstood. Very s

40、oon they f 6 theywere completely（完全地）wrong.For e_ 7 , the British are happyto have a bus in ess lunch anddiscuss bus in ess matters with adrink during the meal; the Japanesep 8 not to work while eating. Lunchis a time forthem to relax and get to know e9_ other, and they dondrink at lun ch. The Germa

41、 ns like to下載可編輯talk about bus in ess b _ 10dinner; the French like to eat firstand talk afterwards. They have tobe well fed and watered before theydiscuss anyth ing.Passage 17Do you k 1 robots? There.下載可編輯are a l 2_ of robots inthe world now. Some of the robotscan walk, sing and dan ce. Somecan talk w 3 people. Most of themcan do heavy work. In a few m 4years, a robot will be able to d 5 acar, a train, a ship or a p 6 . In ahospital, a restaura nt or a shop, wem 7 see a robot at work. By