首字母填空练习及答案(15篇)

Sally was a student in a small town. It was going to 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 a______4__ color.” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class 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 s______6__. But when she returned, it had gone. Sally began to cry. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had 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. Sally got a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely g______10__, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”
Passage 2
Have you had a headache during a test? Have you ever been so worried about something t______1__ you have a headache or even can’t sleep at night? If s______2__, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you f______3__ when you are worried about something. This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad. You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid. All of them can give you a stomach or a headache. However, there are different kinds of stress. Some kinds of stress are good and o______4__ are bad. Good stress might happen when you are called to answer questions in class. This kind of stress can help you get things better done. For e______5__, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to p______6__ better before the test. On the other hand, bad stress can happen if the stress l______7__ too long. You may not feel well if your parents are fighting, if a family m______8__ is sick, and if you are having problems at school, or anything else makes you unhappy every day. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you. And it can actually make you sick. The best way to fight stress is to have a balanced life. Make s______9__ you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure(休闲), and Food. If you get e______10__ sleep and eat properly, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you’ll probably feel less stressed.
Passage 3
On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest Chinas Sichuan Province, because of damaged (损坏的) s______1__ and food shortages after the May 12 earthquake, a local official said.
The pandas were t______2__ by trucks from China Giant Panda Protection and Research C______3__ to Yaan, another base less affected by the earthquake, said Xiong Beirong, an official of Sichuan Provincial Forestry Bureau (林业局).
Eight other pandas l______4__ for the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will be carried by China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing, where they will s______5__ at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.
Liu Shaoyong, a leader of CSA, said the pandas were scheduled (预定) to leave Chengdu at 3 p.m. Saturday. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo a______6__ water.
There is e______7__ water now, b______8__ food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples. Xiong Beirong said.
After the earthquake, tons of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicines were brought to the center, but the supplies could only l______9__ about a week, she said.
There are about 1,590 pandas l______10__ in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.
The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know h______1__ to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.
One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a______2__ at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i______3__ would be better to ring him up. I r______4__ him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a______5__ and this time I got an answer from him.
I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at 1______6__ I thought he said--he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n______7__ in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s______8__, “You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!”
Here w______9__ his answer, “No, I said: ‘I will NOT be at home all afternoon.’”
I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e______10__ could I do? Nothing!
Passage 5
Tom was a poor boy. He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) s______1__ for others in the street. Tom was also a b______2__ boy. One day, a rich man n______3__ Miser appeared in front of Tom.
He watched his d______4__ shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They love money but hate to spend it.
Tom said, “Let me b______5__ your shoes, sir. Only two pence(便土), sir.”
Mr. Miser shook his head and walked away.
Tom thought for a second and then called out, “I’d like to clean it for nothing.” This time Mr. Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.
When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子), Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him u______6__ he was paid two pence for his work. Mr. Miser was very a______7__. He refused to pay anything and went away.
But to his s______8__, the well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier. Mr. Miser looked round. People in the street were l______9__ at him.
Finally the rich man a______10__ and gave Tom two pence. In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly.
Passage 6
Do you know Sweden(瑞典)? It l___1___ in the north of Europe. It is the fourth largest country in Europe with an a___2___ of 450, 000 square kilometers and the population of about 8.5 million. Over one third of them live in the three largest cities, namely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More than half of Sweden is c___3___ with trees. It is one of the r___4___ countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized(工业化). Today less than one third of the people are f___5___.
Sweden is the country where the famous Nobel Prizes are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c___6___ of Sweden, must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded.
The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f___7___ language in schools. Many middle-school students can s___8___ two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people, men and women, o___9___ and young, can speak English. So there is no p___10___ to speak with them in English.
Passage 7
These years, with the development of society, more and more teenagers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make them feel very w___1___ and unhappy all day. Who can help them? A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought of a lot of w___2___ to help them. On Monday and Thursday, you can v___3___ him. Here are some ideas how to keep the young men healthier in every way.
F___4___, it is very important to keep healthy. To get e___5___ sleep every day is also necessary. Try to have a healthy d___6___. Secondly, maybe you are not the top students. It doesn’t m___7___. The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and parents will understand you. If you have some problems, you should be a___8___ to talk with your teachers and parents. They can help you. Remember to s___9___ your happiness and s___10___ with your good friends. Sometimes you can go out for a walk.
In a word, you can try to make you happy by yourselves. I’m sure you can be happy every day.
Passage 8
Long ago, people used bells more t___1___ they do today. The postmen used to ring a hand bell when they delivered letters. Fire engines had bell i___2___ of sirens(号笛). People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting w___3___ was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was t___4___ to go to church. At night, this bell was ringing so that travelers would find the village in the d___5___. In most countries bells were hung r___6___ the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or sheep. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used l___7___ and less, Buzzers, sirens and horns have t___8___ their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in school and churches so t___9___ they will not l___10___ their beautiful sounds forever.
Passage 9
I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b___1___ country in the world. I went there w___2___ my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year, I had some happy memories.
One of the most interesting things of that city was that t___3___ were many dogs. Perhaps Russians l___4___ dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families had a dog. I made friends with many Russian children w___5___ I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them h___6___ though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They were f___7___ to me. The weather in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost every day in winter. The ground was always c___8___ with a lot of snow. We often made s___9___ together.
Now I am b___10___ in China, but I miss them so much. I will never forget my happy memories of this visit to Moscow.
Passage 10
Life gets noisier every day and very f___1___ people can be free from noise of some kind or another. W___2___ you live in the centre of a modern city or a village far away --- the chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios, etc. are almost everywhere. We seem to be used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely w___3___ background music while they are working.
Tests have s___4___ that total silence can be very frightening experiences. H___5___, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears. The noise level in some places is far a___6___ the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise said that a___7___ a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c___8___ in the level of noise really affects people’s attention. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example) may even help people to pay attention.
People are testing ways to make less noise. There are even laws c___9___ noise. We can’t r___10___ to the good old days of peace and quiet. But we can make less noise --- if we shout loudly enough about it
Passage 11
Most American families are smaller than the families in other c___1___. Children in the US will l___2___ their parents’homes when they grow up. They usually live f___3___ from their parents because they want to f___4___ good jobs. They often w___5___ to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to v___6___ their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their o___7___ jobs. Americans think it i___8___ for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around
their houses. And in many families, Children are p___9___ for doing some housework so that they can learn h___10___ to make money for their own use.
Passage 12
Someone says: Time is money, but I think time is e___1___ more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is g___2___, it will never r___3___. That’s why we mustn’t waste time. It goes without saying that the t___4___ is usually limited(有限的). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s___5___ useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i___6___ of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p___7___. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l___8___. In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t l___9___ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have n___10___ time to lose.
Passage 13
Andy was born in China 15 years ago. In 2005, she m___1___ to the USA with her family. As a high school student, she has found many differences b___2___ Chinese and Americans:
About money
1) Americans like to spend m___3___ than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have m___4___ left in the bank.
2) The American kids themselves make their own money. Most Chinese kids always a___5___ their parents for money.
3) Many American parents think there is n___6___ need to send their children to an expensive university. It’s different in China. Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive universities t___7___ their family isn’t rich enough.
About school
1) Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups.
2) Many American students think that B is good while many Chinese students think that B is too b___8___.
About friends
Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by t___9___. They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more about their children’s friends i___10___ many different ways, and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends.
Passage 14
Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that c___1___ the world or, at least, make life easier for somebody. P___2___ we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a real thing. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition e___3___ young people to carry out their bright ideas. There were t___4___ groups in the contest: Group A was for school children under 16; Group B was for those o___5___ 16. And there were eleven prize-winners altogether.
Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c___6___ Sunshine Superman by one newspaper writing about his design. When people study the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately(准确地, 精确地). We need to know how many h___7___ of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders o___8___ record direct (直接的) sunshine. Neil’s is more accurate and this is very i___9___ for research into ways of using solar power(太阳能). Neil plans to keep inventing.
The ideas in the competition were so g___10___ that we are surprised that the industry (工业界) doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions.
Passage 15
My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into h___1___ battles(争执). Three afternoons a week, she has a___2___ (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is
the l___3___ thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue (争论) about w___4___ she should do her homework r___5___ after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play f___6___. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm s___7___ that she is going to need to be able to do it on her o___8___. And in f___9___, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越) their a___10___. As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?
参考答案
1) 1.expensive 2.shopping 3.decided 4.any 5.hungry 6.seat 7.heard 8.address 9.back 10.gifts
2) 1. that 2.so 3.feel 4.others 5.example 6.prepare sts 8. member 9. sure 10. enough
3) 1.shelters 2.taken 3.Center 4. left 5. stay 6. and 7. enough 8.but st 10.living
4) 1. how 2. arrive 3. it 4. rang 5. again 6. least 7. nobody 8. shouted/screamed 9. was 10. else
5) 1.shoes 2.bright 3. named 4.dirty 5.brush 6.unless／until 7.angry 8.surprise ughing／looking 10.agreed
6) 1.lies 2.area 3.covered 4.richest 5.farmers 6.capital 7.foreign 8.speak 9.old 10.problem
7) 1.worried 2.ways 3.visit 4.Firstly 5.enough 6.diet 7.matter 8.able 9.share 10.sadness
8) 1.than 2.instead 3.what 4.time 5.dark 6.round 7.less 8.taken 9.that 10.lose
9) 1.biggest 2.with 3.there 4.love/ like 5.when 6.happily 7.friendly 8.covered 9.snowmen 10.back
10) 1.few 2.whether 3.without 4.shown 5.However 6.above 7.although 8.change 9.controling 10.return
11) 1.countries 2.leave 3.far 4.find 5.write 6.visit 7.own 8.important 9.paid 10.how
12) 1.even 2.gone 3.return 4.time 5.something 6.importance 7.playing 8.lives 9.leave 10.no
13) 1.moved 2.between 3.more 4.money 5.ask 6.no 7.though 8.bad 9.themselves 10.in
14) 1.change 2.Perhaps/Probably 3.encourages 4.two 5.over 6.called 7.hours 8.only 9.important 10.great/ good
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