专题10 首字母填空专练(解析版)

首字母填空专练
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请用适当的词完成下面的短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese.Let me tell you about my grandfather's life story.
My grandfather was 1 in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian,China. At the age of 14,he first heard of America.It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily become 2 there.
So,my grandfather came to America."I had thought it was easy to 3 money in America," he told me."But when I 4 in Los Angeles,I realized it was not true.I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English.I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, 5 I couldn't afford it. Later,I worked in a small 6 ,serving the guests, cleaning up the tables,washing the dishes and sweeping the floors.I was such 7 helpful and honest worker that my boss was pleased with me.I was popular with my workmates, 8 .Life became easier and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English."
My grandfather kept working hard, and finally made 9 dream come true.Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned 10 my grandfather.
1【答案】born 由后面的in 1932和grew up可知，此处应填born。

2【答案】rich句意：据说它是一个遍地是黄金的地方，穷人可以很容易在那里变得富有。

3【答案】make/earn make/earn money赚钱。

4【答案】．arrived arrive in到达。

5.【答案】but 由设空处前后两个分句之间的逻辑关系可知此处表转折，故填but。

6.【答案】restaurant 由serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors．可推测出他在饭店工作，故填restaurant。

7【答案】．a such+a/an+adj.+n．+that表示“如此……以至于……”。

helpful以辅音音素开头，故填a。

8【答案】．too 由前文可知此处表示我在同事之间也是受欢迎的。

9.【答案】his 主语是my grandfather，由此可知实现的是他的梦想，故此处应填his。

10.【答案】from 句意：那就是我从爷爷身上所学到的。

learn...from sb.从某人那里学到……．
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Will Johnson has worked his way up the list of most popular stars in his country．In fact，it is not surprising that Will is so successful if we know about his early life．Some v 1 lessons he learned as a child have influenced him in his later life．One of them was from his father who was s 2 with him and his
brother．
Once，will he and his brother Harry were g 3 a job to rebuild a broken brick（砖）wall in the yard．The wall was fifty feet long and around sixteen feet h 4 ．The boys had to mix concrete （水泥）and place only one brick at a time．They didn't know w 5 their father gave them such a huge job．However，with the attitude（态度）of"one brick more"，both Will and Harry rebuild the wall in a p 6 of six months．Each time they were about to give up，their father c 7 them up patiently．Both brothers were so s 8 about the job at first，but after completing the task，they f 9 a sense of pride，and so did their father．Even today when will thinks that he won't be able to do something，he will look back to this e 10 and keep telling himself，"one brick more"．
1.【答案】valuable．考查形容词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填形容词，作为定语．根据语境可知，当他小的时候所学到的宝贵教训影响了他的后半生．valuable是形容词，意思是"有价值的；宝贵的"，故填valuable．
2．【答案】strict．考查形容词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填形容词，作为表语．根据语境可知，其中一个教训是从他的爸爸那里学到的，他爸爸对他和弟弟很严格．be strict with对……很严格．故填strict．3．【答案】given．考查动词．根据句意，有一次，威尔和弟弟哈里被（爸爸）分配了一件工作，即在院子里重建一堵垮塌了的墙壁，故填give的某种形式．主语和动词give是动宾关系，故用被动语态，故填give 的过去分词，故填given．
4．【答案】high．考查形容词．分析句子结构和语法可知，and连接的是两个并列成分，故填形容词．根据语境可知，墙壁有50英尺长，大约16英尺高．high高的．故填high．
5．【答案】why．考查关系副词．分析句子结构和语法可知，空格处为从句的状语，且表示原因，故用why来引导状语从句．句意：他们不明白父亲为什么让他们干这么繁重的工作．故填why．
6．【答案】period．考查名词．句子结构和语法可知，应填名词单数，作为介宾．根据语境可知，威尔和哈里用了大约六个月的时间重建了这堵墙．period时期．a period of一段……的时期．故填period．7．【答案】cheered．考查动词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填动词，作为谓语．根据语境可知，每当他们要气馁时，他们的父亲就会耐心地鼓励他们．cheer sb up鼓励某人．本句说的是过去之事，故用一般过去时，故填cheer的过去式．故填cheered．
8．【答案】sad．考查形容词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填形容词，作为表语．根据下文"but after completing the task，they f （9）a sense of pride"可知，刚开始的时候．兄弟俩对这项工作很绝望（伤心），但是当完成任务后他们感到有点骄傲．sad悲哀的．故填sad．
9．【答案】felt．考查动词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填动词，作为谓语．根据语境可知，但是当完成任务后他们感到有点骄傲．feel是动词，意思是"感觉"．本句说的是过去之事，故用一般过去式，故填feel 的过去式．故填felt．
10．【答案】experience．考查名词．分析句子结构和语法可知，应填名词单数形式，作为介宾．根据语境可知，直到今天，当他认为自己不能做某事时，他就会回忆起这次经历．experience经历．故填experience．
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根振短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单詞，使短文意思完整．每空隊填一詞．
Most people w（1）to work，but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for everybody．The economics（经济）of the world need to grow by 4% each y（2）just to keep the number of the jobs for people．Often this i（3）not possible，and so more people are o（4）of work．Some people have no jobs now b（5）new machines can do the work of many people in shorter time．Also，machines do not ask for more m（6）and longer holidays．In all of the countries of the world，m（7）are taking work from people，not only in factories but a（8）on the farms．One machine c（9）often do the work of forty people．About 75，000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs，but only 70% of t（10）can find jobs．
1.【答案】want．考查动词．根据文中but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for
everybody．可知大多数人想要工作，但是今天的世界找工作对人们变得更困难，且首字母是w，故填want．
2．【答案】year．考查名词．根据文中可知世界经济每年需要增长4%才能保证人们找到工作的数量，其中each year表示每年，且首字母是y，故填year．
3．【答案】is．考查系动词．根据文中可知世界经济每年增长4%经常是不可能的，且字母是i，故填is．4．【答案】out．考查副词．根据文中often this is impossible可知世界经济每年增长4%经常是不可能的，所以更多的人失业，其中be out of work表示失业，故填out．
5．【答案】because．考查连词．根据文中new machines can do the work of many people in shorter time 可知一些人们没有工作是因为新机器可以用更短时间来做许多人的工作，句子前后是因果关系，故填because．
6．【答案】money．考查名词．根据文中可知机器与人们相比，不会要求更多的钱和更长的假期，且首字母是m，故填money．
7．【答案】machines．考查名词．根据文中可知在世界上所有国家，机器正在代替人们来工作，且首字
母是m，系动词are说明划线处是名词复数形式，故填machines．
8．【答案】also．考查副词．根据文中可知机器不仅在工厂，而且在农场，都正在代替人们，其中not only…but also…表示不但……而且……，故填also．
9．【答案】can．考查情态动词．根据文中可知一个机器可以做40个人的工作，且首字母是c，故填can．10．【答案】them．考查代词．根据文中About 75，000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs 可知大约有75000个人一天搬到城市里来找工作，但是他们中只有70%的可以找到工作，且首字母是t，故填them．
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Dear Mummy and Daddy,
I'm sending you the photos you asked for.First you'll find a photo of the house I'm s 1 in.It's a very typical English house.You don't see many blocks of flats in England. The English p 2 houses to flats. Sometimes you see r 3 of houses and they are all e 4 the same.
I enclose some pictures of the family I'm staying with. You can see Sandy and Sue( the children I told you in my l 5 letter),Mr.and Mrs.Clark.They have all become very good friends of m 6 .There are some pictures of the garden,too. Every English house has a small garden.The English people work very h 7 in their gardens.Mr. Clark has a l 8 lawn and lots of rose bushes and he grows all his own v 9 .
Everything is so green in England.Mr.Clark rarely has to water the garden because it r 10 so often here! When it rains, my English friends say,“Nice weather-for the ducks!”
I'll write to you again soon.
Love．
Gretel
【答案】1.staying 2.prefer 3.rows 4.exactly st 6.mine7.hard 8.lovely 9.vegetables 10.rains
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根据对话内容及首字母提示，在空格处填写适当的单词，每空一词。

John:Help!I just found out that there was a virus on my computer!
Joanne：Oh，that's t 1 ．
Justin:Me too. That's w 2 I have two anti-virus software installed（安装）．
John:I have Norton anti-virus installed. But from a week ago,it stopped w 3 by itself.
Joanne:I didn't have anti-virus software installed, but my computer n 4 gets virus.
Justin:Really? How did you manage that,Joanne?
Joanne:I never c 5 my computer to the Internet.And I don't borrow other people's discs.
Justin:I see. So John,what are you going to do now?
John:I tried to re-install Norton several times,but every time it f 6 ．So it seems I have to send it to the computer shop.
Joanne:I know a friend of mine is really good with computers.Maybe I can ask him to h 7 you out. John:That's so kind of you.
Justin:Oh,in that case can you also ask him to c 8 my computer?I want to install a third anti-virus software but I don't know how to do it.
Joanne:That's fine.I will r 9 him now.
Justin:Thank you.
John:I can w 10 for him at home any time he wants to come.
【答案】1.terrible 2.why 3.working 4.never 5.connect6.failed 7.help 8.check 9.ring 10.wait
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阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Children don't go to school on Saturdays and Sundays, but they usually have homework to do over the weekend. Some do their homework on Friday afternoon.T 1 they can enjoy the whole weekend. Others decide to r 2 first and do their homework on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday morning is a popular time for sports and other activities.A lot of schools have sports matches against other schools. Sports centres are usually very b 3 ,too. They usually have classes for different things like tennis, basketball, swimming and so on.
Saturday afternoon is normally the time for professional sports matches. There's always lots of sport on TV. Most rugby and football matches s 4 at three o'clock.
In the evening, most people want some kind of entertainment（娱乐）.Older teenagers go to the cinema or they go dancing at a club. At home, the television has many p 5 for family entertainment, such as The X Factor Merlin or Doctor Who.
On Sunday mornings, people often have a lie-in（懒觉）. That means that they get up l 6 than they do
during the week. Some people go to church on Sunday mornings. Families often have a big Sunday lunch together. The meal is usually roast meat( beef, chicken, etc.) with v 7 .And there's usually a big pudding, too. After that,a lot of adults spend the afternoon having a nap(= sleeping)in front of the TV!
Shopping centers are popular p 8 to go on Sunday afternoons. All the big shops are open usually 11 a.m. to 5 p. m.b 9 most smaller shops are closed all day.
Then it's Sunday evening, and your parents say:Come on, it's school a 10 tomorrow. So it's time to do your homework if you haven't done it yet, then pack your school bag and have an early night.
【答案】1.Then 2.relax/rest 3.busy 4.start 5.programmes/programs ter 7.vegetables 8.places 9.but 10.again
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阅读短文，根据括号中的汉语意思填入单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。

（每空一词）
Born in the city,we regard the country life as something faraway.We are used to everything in the city.We are even getting used to the noise and p 1 in the city.It has become a part of our life.We have n 2 been to the country.Nature is a word strange to us.This s 3 I had the chance to go with my parents on a visit to the countryside.
For the first time in my life I have the experience of the country life.Here I r 4 what a life in the countryside is.This is a small v 5 far from cities.It is at the foot of a mountain.The life there is simple.It is d 6 from the city life.
There are few cars or other traffic on the way.The air is fresh.The sky is high.The people are friendly.They are not as busy as the people in the big city.E 7 you can find people bathing in the sun.They d 8 clean water.The water comes from the mountain.They e 9 the quiet life very much.What's more,there you can hear the sound of nature.You can see the children playing with water in the river and the dogs running after the people.All these make a w 10 picture of the countryside. How I love the country life !
【答案】1.pollution 2.never 3.summer 4.realize 5.village6.different 7.Everywhere 8.drink 9.enjoy 10.wonderful
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首字母填空
It was a dark night when I was coming back from my aunt's house. I was very sad because my mum refused to buy me an ice cream. Suddenly I saw a young boy and h 1 little sister walking near me. The moment I looked at the little girl, she gave me a big smile. I t 2 to smile but I could not. Their clothes were dirty and the girl did not wear s 3 . It was clear that they were very p 4 .
I asked my parents if I could give my shoes to the little girl. They a 5 . The moment I gave her the shoes, she shouted h 6 . I felt happy, too. Then the boy and the girl said goodbye to me and l 7 . Suddenly the brother came back and g 8 me a balloon(气球) because they sold balloons. I refused to take it because I felt that I was too old for a balloon. Then I thought maybe he wanted to t 9 me in some way. So finally I took the balloon, the most special g 10 in my life. I stood there and watched them walk away in the dark, with a smile on my face.
【答案】1. his 2. tried 3. shoes 4. poor 5. agreed6. happily 7. left 8. gave 9. thank
10. gift
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

It’s necessary to dis cover what you are good at or not and what you like or dislike.
Many student s would be unhappy if they f (1) in a very difficult physics exam, but in f (2) they have known a lot about themselves. They r (3) that they should not become engineers or physical scientists in the future. So failing can help a student to live a happier life if he or she draws something out of it. They may then decide on their aim（目标）and c (4) the kind of work that they would be fit for and they would like to do.
You can’t be sure whether you like something u (5) you have tried it. If you m (6) a decision that you would like to play the violin, you need to take more music classes b (7) you know if you are really interested in it.
It is not e (8) to hope to be a violinist. You also have to stand（忍受）the hard practice before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist, but hate the hard and b (9) work, just give it up.
It’s a good plan to try as many ideas as possible when you are still young. And then you will be able to find
o (10) what your true interests are.
【答案】. failed; fact; realize; choose; until/ unless . decision; before; enough; boring; out
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

每空限填一词。

We go shopping almost every day. We usually buy things in a shop, a market o 1 a supermarket. Shopping always t 2 too much time. We have to walk around for a long time to look f 3 the
after shopping.
Now it’s different from that in the past. We can do many things at h 6 , we don’t need to go to the shop. We can buy many good and cheap things on the Inter net; they look nice but don’t cost m7 . It seems easy and quick, b 8 it sometimes brings us some trouble. The clothes you buy on the Internet are
d 9 from what you want, or th
e size is too small or too big. You may see many people wear the same clothes in the street. Do you know w 10 ? Because they all buy clothes on the Internet. How interesting! 【答案】1.or 2. takes 3. for 4. carry 5.tired 6.home 7. much 8. but 9.different 10.why
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综合填空
根振短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单詞，使短文意思完整．每空隊填一詞．
Most people w 1 to work，but it has become more difficult in today's world to find work for everybody．The economics（经济）of the world need to grow by 4% each y 2 just to keep the number of the jobs for people．Often this i 3 not possible，and so more people are o 4 of work．Some people have no jobs now b 5 new machines can do the work of many people in shorter time．Also，machines do not ask for more m 6 and longer holidays．In all of the countries of the world，m 7 are taking work from people，not only in factories but a 8 on the farms．One machine c 9 often do the work of forty people．About 75，000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs，but only 70% of t 10 can find jobs．
【答案】1．want2．year3．is4．out．5．because．6．money．7．machines．8．also．9．can．10．them．
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Will Johnson has worked his way up the list of most popular stars in his country．In fact，it is not surprising that Will is so successful if we know about his early life．Some v 1 lessons he learned as a child have influenced him in his later life．One of them was from his father who was s 2 with him and his brother．Once，will he and his brother Harry were g 3 a job to rebuild a broken brick（砖）wall in the
yard．The wall was fifty feet long and around sixteen feet h 4 ．The boys had to mix concrete （水泥）and place only one brick at a time．They didn't know w 5 their father gave them such a huge job．However，with the attitude（态度）of"one brick more"，both Will and Harry rebuild the wall in a p 6 of six months．Each time they were about to give up，their father c 7 them up patiently．Both brothers were so s 8 about the job at first，but after completing the task，they f 9 a sense of pride，and so did their father．Even today when will thinks that he won't be able to do something，he will look back to this e 10 and keep telling himself，"one brick more"．
【答案】valuable，strict，given，high，why，period，cheered，sad，felt，experience
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请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Kitty was a s tudent in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e 1 .
She went s 2 after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she d 3 to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any c 4 .” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school w ith her until her classes finished.
On her way home on the train she felt h 5 , so she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her seat and left. But when she remembered it and r 6 for it, it was gone. Kitty began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother was gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h 7 this, they asked her for her mother’s a 8 so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b 9 .
And now a week passed. Kitty got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g 10 , but why do you send m e three black umbrellas?”
【答案】1. expensive 2. shopping 3. decided 4. colour 5. hungry 6. returned 7. heard 8. address 9. back 10. gifts
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阅读下面的短文，根据每个空格中所给的词首字母填入适当的词，使短文意思完整。

It’s necessary to discover what you’re good at or not and what you like or dislike.
Many students will be unhappy if they f 1 in a very difficult physics course, but in fact they have known a lot about t 2 . They realize that they should not become engineer or p 3 scientists in the future. So failing can help a student to live a happier life if he or she draws something out of it. They may then decide on their own aim and c 4 the kind of work that they would be fit for and they would like to do.
You can’t be sure whether you like some thing u 5 you have tried it. If you make a d 6 that you would like to play the violin, you need to take more music classes b 7 you know if you are really interested in it.
It is not e 8 to hope to be a violinist. You also have to stand the hard practice before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist, but hate the hard and b 9 work, just give it up.
It’s a good plan to try as many ideas as possible when you are still young. And then you will be able to find o 10 what your true interests are.
【答案】fail; themselves; physical/physics; choose; until; decision; before; enough; boring; out;
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根据所给中文意思拼写单词，使短文完整、正确、通顺。

每空限填一词。

Dear Helen,
I’m back in Britain now after a great holiday with Jenny in Dublin.I really enjoyed it.
We traveled by p 1 and boat.I hated the boat journey—I tried to s 2 ,but it was very difficult.We were both very t 3 when we got there，but h 4 parents were wonderful.We stayed with them for t 5 weeks and they c 6 lovely meals for us.I practised my English all the time.
We visited many f 7 and also some of Dublin’s beautiful bui ldings.The museum was not o 8 so we didn’t ge t in;we just looked at the outside.I liked the university very much.What a great place to be a student!I also loved the pubs with their m 9 and friendly waiters.The w 10 was terrible.It was very wet,but everything else was great.
See you when you come back to Britain.
Love,
Sam
【答案】1.plane 2.sleep 3.tired 4.her 5.three 6.cooked 7.friends 8.open 9.music 10.weather
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—60的相应位置上。

Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop on it and ride away. But wait—isn’t this s 1 ? No one shouts, “Stop! Thief!”That’s b 2 this free ride is just fine with the city.
You can find h 3 of free yellow bikes in some U.S. cities. The idea began in Portland, Oregon. In 1994, people saw a need for f 4 transportation, and they wanted to help c 5 pollution. So, to get citizens out of their cars and onto pollution free bikes, they s 6 the Yellow Bike Project.
The public bikes are p 7 bright yellow and placed throughout the city. People can hop on a yellow bike and ride to work, to school, or to run errands. They then leave the bike for the n 8 rider. There have been times when bikes have been stolen, but most people obey the r 9 .What would be the point of stealing something that’s already free?
Portland’s i10 quickly became popular. Within two years of its start, similar programs were set up in cities in six other states.
【答案】1. stealing/strange2. because 3. hundreds4. free 5. control 6. started 7. painted 8. next 9. rule/rules 10. idea。