中考词汇应用

2013初中学业水平考试复习指导词汇应用（一）Thanksgiving Day was near. The 1 (one) grade teacher gave her class some fun homework —to draw a picture of something for which they were 2 (thank).Most of the class drew a turkey or other 3 (tradition) things used for celebration. But Douglas drew a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Just an empty hand.Douglas was a different boy. He was poor and 4 (happy). As other children played, Douglas was likely to stand close by the 5 (teacher) side.His classmates were 6 (surprising) at his picture. Some children guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise (饲养) turkeys. 7 (Other) guessed it was the hand of God, for God 8 (feed) us.The teacher asked him which hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, “It’s 9 (your).”She recalled (回忆) the times she had 10 (take) his hands and walked with him here and there. How often had s he said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how 11 (hold) your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.Tears came into the teacher’s12 (eye). （二）Although I have grown up, I act like a small child 1 (sometime). I don’t like growing up to be an adult. Things become 2 (difficult) in the world of adults.One day, I went to buy a Christmas card. After I went into the shop, the shopkeeper showed me where to find the cards. I met a young mother and her baby there.There were a lot of 3 (toy) on the shelf. The young mother passed by the shelf closely so that the little girl 4 (be) able to pick up a toy. However, it seemed too difficult for the little girl 5 (pick) up a toy. Then the young mother stopped. She picked up a toy for her child and made her happy.The big smile on the face of the little girl made me 6 (thinking) of my childhood. When I was a small child, my parents came along whenever I needed 7 (they). They solved almost every problem for me. I seemed to get 8 (lose)in that happy memory. Suddenly, the young 9 (mother) words brought me back to reality.“Dear, one day, when you become an adult, I hope you can manage your own life,” she said to the little girl. The words 10 (wake) me up. I was no longer a small child. I should learn to be independent (独立的) and face problems 11 (brave) by myself. And my parents would certainly be 12 (pride) of me. （三）IPones(网络手机) may be the most popular mobile phones in the world now. Not only 1 (adult) like to use them, but little children also like to use them.Natasha Sykes, is a mother of two in 2 (American). When her daughter, Kelsey, was only two years old, she became 3 (interest) in her father’s iPhone.“She 4 (press) the button (按钮) and the phone lit up. It seemed to be 5 (amaze) for her,” said Natasha. “Then she got serious about the phone. She always 6 (cry) for it. It seemed like she also wanted an iPhone.”IPhons are easy to use. So it is not difficult for little children 7 (use) them. Many applications(功能) on iPhones 8 (design) for children who are too young to go to school. For example, children can learn more about the animals in the world by 9 (watch) the videos on the phones.10 (How), parents are very worried about this. They don’t know whether they should give their children iPhones. There are two 11 (mainly) reasons. One is that they are afraid that children may destroy the phones. Another reason is that they are not sure whether iPhones can really 12 (use) as educational tools (工具). （四）My family was not rich. I went to a school where 93% of the students 1(come) from poor families. This school 2 (know) for its poor education.It was very easy for me 3 (drop) out of school, just like some of the otherstudents. I might have been 4 (exact) like that if one thing in my lifehadn’t happened.At the 5 (begin) of the second grade, my aunt bought 6 (I) thefirst Harry potter book. It was 7 (such) interesting that I read it again and again. It encouraged me 8 (discover) the story behind J.K. Rowling’s success. I learned how she had started with nothing and then become one of the 9 (rich) women in the world. She had a great influence on me.From then on, I began to work 10 (hardly) in school and started to receive As in every subject.I began to find out more about the world that I lived in. I worked hard and wished that I would be able to have the same story as J.K. Rowling one day.Today, I’m the manager of a big company. I’m 11 (write) this story to tell you that you should try your best to 12 (success), no matter what the situation is.（五）My name is Joey and I’m 15 years old. I was not a good boy before. I 1 (fail) almost every exam I took and I liked to play with bad 2 (child).Everything changed after I met a man 3 (name) John. John was a friend of my mother. He told me that if I could do well in exams, 4 (keeping) away from those bad children and do at least 60 hours of community service (社区服务), he would allow me 5 (join) the “2Xtreme Dream” trip. The “2Xtreme Dream” was a trip to Southern Russia to climb Europe’s tallest mountain, Mt. Elbrus.The trip was 6 (pay) for by a charity (慈善机构). 10 children 7 (age) from 14 to 19 took part in the trip. They all had their own stories. Some of them even had 8 (many) terrible experiences than I did. However, after we 9 (set) out on the trip, we all changed a lot. We worked together to get to the top of the mountain. We made 10 (friend) with each other. And we did things for the local orphans (孤儿). “Life is like a mountain; every step you take is a step to success,” John told us.11 (be) at the top of the mountain was the best feeling I had ever had. I realize that I 12(do)anything if I put my heart into it. （六）One 1 (sun) day, while I was swimming in the water, I felt something 2 (specially) going through my gills (鱼鳃). It was a different kind of water. I also 3 (find) many of my friends became sick. Some of them were 4 (die). I was starting to worry because I didn’t want to get sick 5 (and) die. I was also thinking about what I should do 6 (save) my friends, so I decided to do some research.My research started. At first, I noticed there were many bottles, cans and other 7 (kind) of rubbish in the water. Then I went on …I got closer and then I 8 (taste) many different kinds of liquid (液体). To my surprise, I noticed a man 9 (pour) some liquid into the water. Others saw him doing so and they decided to follow him. I hated it! I wish I could have told them that it was killing us!I think it is so stupid for people to do this to the earth that they are living on! I can’t understand why they are doing this. The humans have to stop 10 (throw) things they don’t want into the lakes or rivers.I want to have a 11 (normally) life with my friends like humans. People have to stop being so selfish (自私的) about everything and care about life like before. If they do that, everyone 12 (be) fine and will have nothing to worry about.（七）An old lady answered a knock at the door one day, and she found a 1 (well-dress) young man carrying a vacuum cleaner (吸尘器).“Good morning, madam” said the young man. “If I could take a couple of 2 (minute) of your time, I would introduce the very 3 (later) vacuum cleaner to you.”“Go away! I’ve got 4 (not) interest in your stupid vacuum cleaner,” said the old lady. “I haven’t got any money!”When she was about 5 (close) the door, quick as a flash, the young man put one of his 6 (foot) inside the room and pushed the door w ide open. “Please, madam! Don’t make such a7 (decide) so quickly,” he said. With that , he 8 (make) the lady’s floor very dirty, and he said, “If this vacuum cleaner 9 (can) remove all of the dirty things from your floor, I will eat the rest on the floor by 10 (me).”“Well,” she said, “I hope you’ve got a good appetite (胃口) because the electricity 11 (cut ) off this morning.” After 12 (hear) what the lady said, a blush (脸红) came to the young man’s face.（八）At a summer camp named Netimus, mobile phones and computers are 1 (so) hard to find as boys. Netimus is a traditional camp for girls in America. 2 (Usual), a child needs to stay at Netimus for 2 to 7 weeks. At the camp, children are not allowed to use mobile phones or computers 3 (connect) with the outside world. The children 4 (ask) to write letters. It encourages the children to write at 5 (most) one letter to their parents a week. Some of the girls might write three letters in one week.For 6 (today) children, it is very strange to write letters. In 7 (them) opinions, letters should be sent to the museum.“If I want to connect with my father, I will send him a text message 8 (use) my mobile phone,” said one of the girls. Many summer camps in America are 9 (likely) Netimus.“As technology 10 (develop), it is very important to bring the lost tradition back.There really is 11 (no) that can take the place of Mom or Dad’s handwritten letters. You can even smell the smells of your parents on the letter. You really can’t take the place of that 12 (feel) with technology,” said one of the workers at Netimus. （九）Jenny was a pretty 1 (five-years-old) girl. One day, while she 2 (shop) with her mother, she saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). She asked her mother to buy 3 (one) for her. Her mother said, “Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it 4 (cost) a lot of money. I’ll buy you the necklace, but when we get home you have to do 5 (any) housework to pay for it. OK?” Jenny agreed and worked hard every day. Soon she 6 (pay) off the necklace.Every night, before Jenny went to bed, her dad would read 7 (story) to her. One night, when he finished the story, he asked, “Jenny, do you love me?”“Dad, you know I love you,” the little girl answered.“Well, give me your necklace,” Dad said.“No, Dad. But you can have my favourite doll.”“OK! Good night.”Several 8 (time), when her father asked her to give him the plastic necklace, she would give something else instead. One evening, as Jenny’s father was reading her a story, Jenny said, “Here, Dad.”She put her plastic pearl necklace 9 (in) her father’s hand.Her father 10 (hold) the necklace in one hand and opened the other hand at the same time. There was a real pear necklace in the other hand. He had 11 (have) it all along, but was waiting for Jenny 12 (give) up the cheap one so that he could give her the real one.（十）Last year, I bought a flower pot(盆). But I didn’t use it. Last week, I went to buy some flower seeds(种子). I planted the seeds in the flower pot. For a few days, nothing 1 (happen). But I went on 2 (water) the seeds. On the 3 (ten) day, I saw green sprouts (嫩芽). I was so 4 （exciting）. I knew thatI could make something grow!5 (Grow) flowers is like growing happiness. Our lives are sometimes like the empty pots. Our days are6 (fill) with lots of different things. However, we usually don’t do a lot of things just because they are of little7 (important). We feel that something is8 (miss). The missing things in my flower pot were seeds. The things that we may be missing in life are seeds of hope, love and dreams.I planted many different flower seeds that day, because I know that the things produced are exactly what I have planted. This is the same as 9 (plant) things in life. Everything that 10 (plant) inside my heart will grow. If I plant negative (消极的) thoughts inside my heart, I will only become sadder and 11 (sad) with each passing day. If I plant seeds of hope, I can expect 12 (wonder) things.。