初三首字母填空-(附答)

2015学年初三英语一模首字母填空汇编One【宝山】Origami (日式手折纸) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century. It hasd___81_____into a modern art form since then. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of paper into various thingst____82_____folding techniques. In general, origami begins with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors or prints. Many people enjoy making origami flowers, animals, or toys. For all of these t hings, there are a few kinds of folds that you need to use. For example, sometimes you need to fold the paper in h___83__.__. Another common way is to fold the paper from corner to corner, or you may need to fold the tips of each corner. If you follow the directions carefully, you can create a beautiful.paper flower, animal, or toy. But origami is much more than folding paper. It is a reflection (反映) of nature and Japanese life. That is why the most popular origami shapes are things like animals. Birds, fish,flowers, and stars are all popular shapes. The best known origami m__84____is probably the Japanese paper crane (纸鹤). The crane is auspicious(吉祥的)in the Japanese culture. Legend (传说) says that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of this legend.Origami is also good for your mind. It is a peaceful activity that can relax the mind and body. People who do origami like the activity as much as the art. They like it because origami demands a lot of attention. When people think hard about c____85____something, they forget about their problems.This allows them to calm down. Origami is also good for teaching children. Origami has many steps. Children must follow these steps c____86____. They may learn something about maths. For example, origami has squares, rectangles(长方形), and triangles (三角形). These shapes are important in maths. Origami helps children get f____87____with these shapes.Maybe you can try to do origami yourself You only need some paper and a book of i nstructions. You can also find instructions for folding origami shapes on the Internet.81 developed 82 through 83 half 84 model85 creating 86 carefully / correctly 87 familiarTwo【奉贤】Say hello to the worldNovember 21 is World Hello Day. At school, we learned that “How do you do?” an d “How are you” are standard ways to say hello when meeting others. But do you know how to respond to them? Nowadays, do native speakers s________ use them today?As we learned, “How do you do?” is for greeting someone we meet for the first time. And it can be responded with the same “How do you do?” “How a re you?” is often used to greet someone we are familiar with. It usually f__________ with a response of “I’m good, and you?” or “I’m well, and you?”But English is a casual (随意的) language. The formal “How do you do?” is rarely said by native speakers. It is considered old-fashioned. Yet they greet each other in m_______ other ways.You may hear a conversation b__________ British people : “You all right?” “Yea, you?” “I’m good. Any plans for the weekend?” or “How’s it going?” “Yea, fine, and you?” These ways of greeting are popular for young people to say hello to friends.American s like saying, “What’s up” or “What’s good?” to friends. Don’t be confused. It doesn’t mean “What’s wrong?” It is just one way of saying hello. And people usually respond “Not much” or “Nothing”. “Hey, man” is also popular. But itis only used among men. W hat do w________ say? You guessed it. They often say “Hey, girl.”If you meet an Australian, you may hear “G’day, mate”. It means “Good day”. You can respond with the same “G’day”.H_________, there is no rule to say hello to each other. If you can’t remember all of the above, just choose “How are you?”. This is the most c_________ and standard way for people of all ages. You can reply with “pretty good”, “same as usual” or “I’m hanging in there.”81. s__________ 82. f__________ 83. m___________ 84. b_____________85. w__________ 86. H___________87. c____________still follows many between women However commomThree【虹口】Wild animals usually make their own homes if they need one, but pets often need some sort of house to li ve in. An outdoor kennel is a good home for a large dog and pet birds are best kept in a cage large e 81 for t hem to move around freely. Small pets such as mice, rats and hamsters(仓鼠) can be kept in small cages but lar ger animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs should have a b 82 cage.Many people have fish as pets. If they are coldwater fish, they can live in an aquarium or a fish pond in t he garden. Tropical(热带的) fish need a lot more looking after and will d 83 unless they are in a warm tank w ith an air pump(泵). Stick insects can be kept in a jar with a fine net tied over the top. Ants can also be kept i n a g 84 container(容器) where you can see them working in their tunnels.Most pets also like something to do. It would be a very b 85 life for a budgerigar (虎皮鹦鹉) in its cage with out a ladder and a bell or a mirror. Hamsters and m ice enjoy e 86 on a treadwheel(踏车). Another thing that i s quite necessary in a cage or hutch is to provide an amount of f 87 food and water that is changed daily. Fis h, too, need more than just a home. A fish tank should have a floor of sand and a few stones. It is also a good idea to have some plants growing in the water, to help the fish breathe properly.81 enough 82 bigger 83 die 84 glass85 boring 86 exercising 87 freshFour黄浦A new term has begun. Teachers are worried about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cellpho nes and MP3 players to school. What is w_________, some students even use cellphones to do out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.Are these new students really that r_________? "Yes." says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. But she adds it's not their fault. I_________, the teachers should be blamed (责备). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students'manners six years ago. "I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well had n________ to do with them." she says. "At first, I got worried about this, but then I said to myself: You're giving lessons, and you need to m_________ this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It's time to help them develop some good h________. They shouldn't waste time when t hey are young. Sooner or later, they may feel sorry about the time they have wasted."Mrs. Kirk also gives some advice to help teachers during th eir classes. The following are her s_________:●On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance of listening carefully in class.●Do not allow them to bring cellphones or MP3 pla yers to the class at all.●Tell them the proper time to use cellphones or MP3 players at school.81 worse 82 rude 83 Instead 84 nothing85 manage 86 habits 87 suggestionsFive【嘉定】Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert and Dora Sims. Herbert was a carpenter（木匠）, and did a successful b__81____ making furniture. He decided that his first-bo rn son would be a carpenter just like him. For this reason, Edward was kept away from school and worked with his father.However, Edward was not born to be a carpenter. T__82____ he had a fit body, he didn't have strong arms like his father. When he tried to find another job, he found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.One day, he went for an interview at a law office. The job was a runner, taking papers from the office to other offices in the city. The lawyer was pleased to see that Edward was physically fit, but when he discovered that the young man couldn't read or write, he d___83___ not to employ him. "How can you deliver documents to other offices," he asked, "if you can't read the addresses on them?"Greatly d___84___, Edward left the building and went to wait for a bus to take him back home. Next to the bus stop, a man was selling newspapers from a stand（摊位）."Excuse me, young man?" he said. "Would you look after my stand for a moment?"For the next 20 minutes, Edward sold newspapers, lots of them. When the man came back, he was so happyto see his new assistant's honestythat he o___85___ him a job. Edward took it immediately.In the next few months, the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands to s__86___ newspapers, cigarettes,candy and other goods in a shop. Then they opened a second shop, and a third. Finally, they had a chain of 25 shops in three cities.Edward became very rich, so he employed a private teacher to teach him to read and write. The teacher was e__87___ amazed at what Edward had achieved. "Imagine what you coul d do if you were able to read and write when you were younger!" he said.81.business 82. Though 83.decided 84.disappointed 85.offered86.s elling 87.especiallySix【金山】Once upon a time, there was a hippo. He lived in a river next to a big tree.One day, a bird came and nested in the tree. The bird had a beautiful voice. She sang every morning and many other animals came to appreciate her songs. The hippo was so jealous (嫉妒) of the bird's sweet voice that he couldn't think of anything else. He was u___81___ about being a hippo. He wished he were a bird. After knowing that, the bird came to the hippo and tried to cheer him up. She told the hippo that he was so lucky to be so big. More importantly, he was s__82___ a good swimmer. But the bird's words didn't work. The hippo was still unhappy. He was so eager to be a good singer like the bird.Finally, the hippo made a decision. He would come out of the river, climb the tree, stand on the branch and start singing. He tried hard to climb the tree, but he f___83___ because he didn't have wings or claws to climb with.The hippo felt so frustrated. He knew he would never make it, so he angrily used all his s___84___ to push down the tree. Now he could stand on the tree. The hippo felt like a w__85___. He began singing.Unfortunately, the hippo couldn't sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises. When other animals heard him singing, they w___86___ what was happening. After seeing the hippo standing on the branch of a fallen tree and trying to sing like a bird, they all laughed.The hippo was greatly embarrassed by this. He decided to never again regret being a hippo. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, replant it, and look after it until it c___87___ recovered.81 unhappy 82 such 83 failed 84 strength 85 winner 86 wondered87 completelySeven【静安】The weather is getting cold. We have a warm home to keep comfortable. But what about stray（流浪的）animals? Theyare poor and I 81 ．All they can do is to walk the streets and hope to find food in the rubbish dump. There are around 500 million stray nd unwanted dogs in the world and a similar number of stray and unwanted cats, according to the WSPA（世界动物保护协会）．Why are there so many stray animals? Being given up may be the main r 82 , Zeng Li, host of the Beijing-based stray cats protection website Luckycats, told China Daily.Today, the whole world is calling for better care of stray animals: And many countries havealready taken lots of effective ways. In the UK and US, the WSPA helps animals find new homes. Italso provides m 83 service for unwanted sick animals. The society has a 24-hour animal abuse(虐待) hotline. Anyone can call if he or she finds that someone is hurting an anima，In Germany，the government has made lots of 1 84 for animal protection. Besides, it alsoencourages people to get those stray pets back home. You can also do something else to help.For a child, once you find a stray animal, you can ask adults around you for help instead ofr 85 to catch it yourself. Or it may bite you.If it is safe enough to catch a stray animal, you'd better send it to an animal shelter(避难所）．These shelters are usually private organizations. Most people v 86 to take care of stray animalsth ere. You can find the number of such organization online.There is one thing you need to keep in mind. When you decide to have a pet, take care of itcarefully and g- 87 . Never give it up, or it will become a poor, stray anima·81 lonely 82 reason 83 medical 84 laws85running 86 volunteer 87 gentlyEight【浦东】As the world is becoming global, learning a foreign language is necessary besides studying our mother tongue well. For example, learning English is a good way. English is a s ___81____ that I like as well as Chinese. I still remember how glad I was when I t___82____ my English book for the first time. Since then I have regarded speaking English fluently as one of my important aims. Though my level is not very high, I never l__83____ my passion (热情) and I will always keep working hard. Nowadays many children are chosen to learn English at a very y__84___ age, but which is the right way should take?Now let me share my own ways with you.Firstly, one who wants to learn English well must be fond of it. As the saying goes, “A good interest is half of the success!”Secondly, you have to work hard and always keep a good state of mind. One can never reach the top of mountain without a hard p___85_____ and enough practice, so do English learners. Remember never to be disappointed when you got low marks or even did not pass the exams. As a learner especially a beginner, to experience failure is not s___86____!Thirdly, you must stick to what you are learnin g or ha ve learned. You should have a look at the words from time to time by heart, recite the texts again and again. You should h ave a proper arrangement, or you may learn it for a long time without rest and then leave it alone also for a long time. By doing so, the time you have spent learning is n___87_____ a waste.These above are my main ways of learning and I have received some good effects. If you think they are also suitable for you, you can just have a try to follow me.81 subject 82 touched/took 83 lose 84 young 85 process 86 strange 87 nearlyNine【普陀】This month in Traveller’s Corner read about three people’s experiences in year-abroad program:A----TokyoMy year abroad in the Unite States was truly awesome experience. I’m not a (81)s______ person. I was very comfortable speaking to everyone, so I got lots of chances to (82)p_____ my spoken English. I also learned lots of interesting things about American culture. When I got home, my friends couldn’t believe how much I had (83)i _____ in English! They were especially surprised at my spoken English. I hope to go back again in the future.B----Rio de JaneireI spent last year studying in London. I ’m from a small town, and London is a very big city. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I never felt (84) c______ enough when I spoke English. I was always afraid I couldn’t m ake myself clear. I missed my family, and I terribly missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our(85)r______, so I almost had no chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experience for me, butI ’m glad to be home.C----Hong KongStudying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I (86)r______ had spare time from Monday to Friday. I had English classes six hours a day with lots of homework. Our English teacher asked us to write more in English, so I wrote one or two pages about my experience in my (87)d______ every day. On Saturday, my home stay family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many awesome things about New Zealand culture. I ’m very glad I went!81. shy 82. practice 83. improved 84. confident 85. telephone 86. Rarely 87. diaryTen【松江】If you are reading this article in class, you are trying to read it quickly. You have been taught to skim and scan. You will look for key words so as to understand the main idea of the article and the i__81__points in die article. Skimming and scanning is a good way in it limited (有限的) time, such as when you are taking an exam. However, today, many people skim and scan everything and they have l__82 __ the ability to enjoy reading. Something called "the slow readingmovement" has become popular to solve the problem. The idea is that people turn off their computers and mobile phones for over half an hour each day and enjoy the h__83__ of reading a good book—slowly! In many cities there are e__84__slow reading clubs "here members go to a cafe, not to discuss books, but to sit quietly with each other, drink coffee and just read. Scientists have found that reading slowly, especially books of fiction, helps people relax and think about what they are reading. It also helps people empathize (共鸣). This point is essential. When you read a novel slowly, you get to understand the characters' emotions and to see the world t __85__their eyes.Reading, of course, isn't easy. You have to sit still for one thing. It can seem boring when compared (比较) to the excitement of playing video games. For me, reading has been an endless pleasure in my life. From the age often, when I got my first library card. I've enjoyed the company (陪伴) of heroes, evil criminals and clever detectives, of thousand, of interesting people I would have never met in real life. Reading provided me with escape, but it also e__86__me to understand the world around me. It was an education in a classroom that had no walls.In class, you have learned to read "fast." A__87__class, you should try to learn to read "slow." You may he surprised at how much you enjoy it.81 important 82 lost 83 happiness 84 even85 through 86 enabled 87 afterEleven 【徐汇】In March of 1999, Edie and Sarah began hiking（徒步旅行）the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Sarah was a teacher, she and Edie thought their hike would be an intereting learning experience for students. Before they set off, they visited classrooms f or tw o weeks. Students had the chance to try on a bag to see how much 81 w_____Sarah and Edie would be carrying during the trip. Students were also able to ask Sarah and Edie questions about the trail. Sarah and Edie planned to post photos and diaries on the Internett during the trip so that the students would be able to check on their 82 p_____.Before they left, Sarah and Edie packed 18 boxes with things they need like biscuits, noodles, peanut butteer , and dried fruits and vegetables. Their parents would mail the boxes to samll towns 83 a______the trail so Sarah and Edie could pick them up wherever they go. That way, Sarah and Edie did not have to carry all their supplies（补给）with them from the beg inning of the trip. Sarah and Edie met plenty of friendly hikers during their trip. People who are hiking the Appalachian Trail often creat “trail names” for 84 t______and their friends. That explains why Sarah and Edie met hikers with names like”Cold Feet” and “Baked Beans”!There are many shelters. Hiker can stay there overnight, especially in times of bad weather. There are also books called Registers（签到本）at many of the shelters. Hikers can sign the books and leave 85 n_____for friends they have made, giving them some information or just saying “Hi”.Sarah and Edie met with all kinds of weather on their hike. They had days of beautiful clear weather, but they also hiked through rainstorms. 86 S_______the weather was so hot that they had to drink a lot of water.When Sarah and Edie were in Virginia, there was a forest fire. They had to wait until it was 87 c_____safe to go on. Because of a fire in Shenandoah National Forest, they missed a 45-mile of the hike. Later in their trip, Sarah and Edie had to ask someone to drive them back there so they would not miss a single mile of the AT!Four and a half months after they began the hike in Georiga, Sarah and Edie finally succeeded at Mount Katahdin in Maine. 81-87 weight progress along themselves notes sometimes completelyTwelve【杨浦】When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in ahospital for people with mental health problem.When he l 81 the hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so be went to medical school in the state of Virginia, in the U.S. There he often did things differently from the doctors and other students. For example, he didn't like the doctor's w 82 coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients. He also tried to make them happy. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams because he was too different.But Adams believed that people in a hospital need more than m 83 . He saw that patients were lon ely and unhappy. He tried to help them, not just as patients but as people, too. He spent a lot of time with children int he hospital. He often put on a red rose to look like a clown and to make the children l .When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams and some other doctors began an organization called the Gesundheit Institute. One of their g is to build a clinic and teaching center. It will be a place with a different wayof working with sick people.Hunter Adams became f during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a successful m aboutAdams’s life called Patch Adams. Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoy playing him.”81 left 82 white 83 medicine 84 laugh85 goals 86 famous 87 movieThirteen【闸北】Charles Babbage: Father of the ComputerCharles Babbage was born too soon. He hoped to invent a calculator. But the technology of his time was too simple. Babbage could not make his dream come true .All his life, Baggage was interested in n____ . For example, he could find out how f____ a pig’s heart beats or make a table to calculate how much wood a man could saw(锯) in 10 hours.Baggage was also an inventor. Around 1830, he decided to d____ and build a machine for doing simple mathematical calculations. He called this machine the Difference Engine .Making the machineThe Difference Machine was very big and difficult to make. It was made of two tonsof steel and gears(齿轮).While he was building this h____ machine, he had an idea for anew machine. This one would do all kinds of calculations. He called it the AnalyticalEngine. It was the start of the modern computer. But Babbage used up all his money b____he could complete either machine.Re-inventing the EngineIn 1854, two Swedish inventors built a working mechanical calculator. It was b___ on the Difference Engine. This machine was able to print out different kinds of forms and tables. It was very accurate.Babbage was the first person to come up with the idea of computers. And he is more famous today than he w___ in his day.81. numbers , 82. fast, 83. draw, 84. heavy, 85. before, 86. based, 87. wasFourteen【长宁】How to Make a Weather Fo recastYou don’t have to be a weatherman to fo recast weather. If you notice the animals, the world around you and the sky, you can predict weather on your own and with good accuracy.Instructions➢Listen to birds or the sound of your ax (斧子). If the sound is sharp, stormy weather is moving nearer. If the sound dissipates (散去), a high-pressure system and nice weather is on the w____81___.➢Examine the moon or sun, but do not look at the sun d____82____or it will cause serious eye damage. If you seea halo (光环) around the sun or moon, then warm weather follows. A bright halo means rain or snow in the forest. ➢View the s____83____of the campfire to see if it rises. If it does, expect a high-pressure system and nice➢➢weather.➢But if it stays low, it shows low-lying dense (密集的) air, which usually means a storm is coming.➢Feel the direction of the wind. A wind blowing from the east show that a storm is likely to happen. A wind from the west means a s____84____day.➢O____85____the sky and remember the old rhyme (童谣)：Red sky in the morning , when looking east, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, when looking at the sunset, means sailor’s delight.➢Monitor the clouds. The higher the clouds are, the better the weather. If the clouds combine or you see an overlapping (重叠) of increasing clouds, and the sky turns into a milky c____86____—a storm is about to come. ➢Look at your shoes as you walk through the grass in the morning. If the grass is wet with dew (露珠), then you can expect dry weather. But if the grass is dry, then it will be w____87___of you to take your umbrella.81 way 82 directly 83 smoke 84 sunny85 Observe 86 colour 87 wise。