英语中考短文填空专练.doc

英语中考短文填空专练（一） call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl , something , read , takeMany years ago , there was a family ___1___ Franklin . They lived in Boston . There were five ___2___ and six boys in the family . On a January day in 1760 , another baby boy ___3___ . They boy’s mother and his father ___4___ the boy a name —Benjamin .Benjamin was the ___5___ of all the children . He could read when he was five and he ___6___ write by the time he was seven . When he was eight he was sent to school .In school Benjamin had been good at ___7___ and writing but not good at maths . He read all of ___8___ father’s books . And whenever （每当）he had a little money , he bought a book with it . He liked books . They told him how to do ___9___ . At that time he invented the paddles （脚蹼）for ___10___ .（二）say , surprise , do , in , friend , to , visits , we , usual , or , welcome , time , for , but , ideasManners are important in every country , ___1___ people have different ___2___ about their manners . What is good in one country may not be ___3___ in another .Chinese people are ___4___ to know the fact that an Englishman ___5___ stop to talk and shake hands with his friend ___6___ the street . They just say hello ___7___ each other and then pass on .English people think that ___8___ Chinese end our ___9___ to friends all of a sudden . They ___10___ begin to show that they want to go 15 ___11 20 minutes beforethey leave their ___12___ house . And they do this two or three ___13___ within 20 minutes .It is important ___14___ people to understand each other . Here is a ___15___ , “When in Rome , do as the Romans do .”（三）need , animal , I , put , make , except , find , end , look , since , little , enough Let me tell you a story .A good friend of ___1___ lives with six hundred animals on an island . Ever ___2___ he left school , he has travelled all over the world ___3___ for animals for his own zoo . He writes books about his travels , and about his wonderful ___4___ . The money for his books helps him to pay for all the animal food . My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island , though there is a lot all around it ) , he ___5___ oil （石油） . He ___6___ money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy ___7___ water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it , it will be the ___8___ of his zoo and his life’s work .So I think he will not tell anybody ___9___ you and me about what he found —because oil and water can’t ___10___ together . Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water . Do you think so ?二. 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。

（一）Can animals be made to work for people ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained （训练） to do a number of simple jobs i (1) of people . They say that at a circus （杂技场）， for example , we may see elephants , monkeys ,dogs and other animals doing q (2) skillful （熟练的） things . Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find that the trainer （驯兽员） always g (3) the animal some sugaro (4) a piece of fruit as a reward （报酬） . The scientists say that many d (5) animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f (6) doing that .Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to look after a house , and soldiers in both old and modern t (7) have u (8) geese to give warning （警报） by m (9) a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f (10) .（二）Here’s story about Ming’s life on the waters . Ming has lived all his life on a wide r (1) in China . His home is a large house-boat with a roof , one of hundreds that move up and down . In about six years he has not once been on l (2) , but he is never lonely . He is a strong swimmer . In fact （实际上） , he could swim before he could walk . When he wants to play with his f (3) , he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v (4) him .M ing’s father is a fisherman but he never u (5) a line or a net （网） . Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings （圈） have been put around the birds’ n (6) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch . They have been taught to b (7) the fish to people . And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f (8) . Ming loves watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s (9) with his mother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o (10) .（三）Last week Bruce wrote to Dick , telling him that he wasn’t enjoying the n (1) school in Richmond at all . As all the o (2) students were from the same junior middle school , theyg (3) on well with each other . Bruce tried his best to be friendly , but they didn’t . I (4) , they made fun of （取笑） him , for he was the s (5) in the class . He had no idea about what to do . So Bruce n (6) some help from his best friend , Dick .Now , in his l (7) back to Bruce , Dick gave him two pieces of advice （建议）：First of all , d (8) worry about being short . And the s (9) , think about l (10) for a good friend .（四）There are some people who just can’t make up their m (1) by themselves . They often ask the advice of their friends and then do the opposite （相反） of what their friends have said .My brother , Mike , is such a person . He can never decide what to do and always asks myi (2) . I try to help him as well as I can . But he never t (3) my advice . Yesterday I answered his questions in a different way . “Look , ” he said ,s (4) me a letter . “What do you think I should do ?”The letter was an o (5) of a job . It seemed to be a good chance for a young doctor . Mike would be s (6)to Africa to work . The job would pay very well , and he would be able to travel and visit many i (7) places .“What do you think , Peter ?” he asked . “Should I go ? If I take the job , I’ll have to stay longer . But it will be a wonderful time fo r me , what shouldI do ?”“Don’t go .” I told him . “You would be u(8) .”“Don’t go ?” he looked very surprised at my answer .As you’ve probably g(9) , Mike took the offer . I don’t know if he found that I r (10) wanted him to take the job .（五）Here’s a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advice to his son in college . “When I was young , I often met t (1) about what to do and what not to do . My grandmother told me not to worry about those things . I o (2) did them once a year or once a lifetime . I (3) , I should try to do well those things , and I do them every day . For example , I need to eat every day , so I should learn how to c (4) . I need to talk to o (5) every day , so I should learn how to work with d (6) people and know how to s (7) well . I walk every day , so my s (8) should be all right and comfortable （舒服） . Every night I sleep , so my bed should let me have a good rest . Taking care of thee (9) things m (10) that you do a better job of the one in a lifetime things as well .”（六）We usually use two kinds of money . One kind is money made of paper and the other kind is money made of m (1) . But in the past people used many things i (2) of money . Some countries used salt , tea or stones （石头）. Other countries even used some animals . Today people in some p (3) in the world still do not use paper money all the time .On the island of Yap , people use the h (4) money in the world —Yapstones . These are round , white stones w (5) a hole in the middle . The Yap stones do not c (6) from this island . The Yap men have to go to the islands over 600 kilometres away to get t (7) .Rich people do not carry Yap stones . Servants （仆人） f (8) the rich . Each servant carries a stone on a long s (9) over his shoulder （肩） . Today people on the island of Yap use paper money for everyday shopping . But for other things they still p (10) Yap stones to paper money .三. 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词。