四川省2020年中考英语专题练习：完形填空一含答案

2020年四川省中考英语专题总复习—完形填空

一．完形填空。

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填人相应空白处的最佳答案。

A

The first astronauts

Since the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets. Today people use modern machines 1 at the sky. This is very different from the situation 2 years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamed of 3 the universe.

When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago, 4 the first astronauts were not people-they were animals.

Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as 5 as possible for humans. So they decided to experiment with animals and test 6 in spaceflights. Insects, mice, frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals 7 first went into space. Many of them 8 , but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service, we 9 forget these animals.

Albert Ⅱ was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 10 his spaceship landed back on Earth.

11 the result was different for Ham the Monkey. His story ended happily when he return to earth 12 very good health.

Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question: could 13 animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth? The answer came when Ham 14 into space in 1961. Yes, he did everything well and lived for 15 16 years

( )1. A look B. to look C.looking D. looked ( )2. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of ( )3. A explore B to explore C explored D. exploring ( )4.A.as B. or C. but D. so

( )5. A. safe B. safer C. safest D. the safest ( )6. A. they B.them C. their D. theirs

( )7. A whom B. what C. that D. whose ( )8. A. die B. died C have died D. will die ( )9. A shouldn’t B. may not C.don’t have to D. needn’t ( )10.A.if B.because C. after D. since

( )11. A. Luck B. Luck C. Luck D. Luckily ( )12. A. at B. on C. in D.for

( )13. A. a B. an C. the D./

( )14. A. send B. sent C. is sent D. was sent ( )15. A. another B.other C. others D. the others

B

At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those 16 , his father stopped him and said to him calmly,” Einstein, you were spending too much time 17 , so you failed in the exams. I’m 18 about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also 19 , but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,”Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, “There is a 20 _in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. 21 , they fell into the chimney(烟囱).When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty 22 the other’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its 23 . The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, 24 can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a 25 person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein was ashamed and lay down his fishing rod and returned to his small room. Since then, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be 26 with himself and kept telling himself. “ I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein 27 in his career.