中考英语完形填空之首字母

完形(三)完形填空是中高考常见的一种题型，这种题被专家称为障碍性阅读，也是中学生最为棘手的题型之一。

它是由出题者在一篇语义连贯的文章中有目的地去掉一些词语，形成空格，要求在给出的对应的备选答案中，选出一个正确的或最佳的答案，使文章恢复完整。

它既考查对语法，词汇，习语，句型，搭配等基础知识的综合运用能力，又考查对短文的阅读理解能力，甚至有时还考察对时事政治等的关注。

其中包括在具体的语境中灵活运用语言知识的能力，根据试题内容进行正确的逻辑推理，综合判断和分析概括的能力。

1.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 at a circus.If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员）always g__3__ the animal some sugar or a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. The scientists say that many d__4__ animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f__5__ doing that.Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern times have used geese to give warning by m__6__ a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f __7__.Many blind people have Seeing Eye dogs to guide them, but not Elsie Schneider. She has a Seeing Eye cat called Rhubarb! Mrs. Schneider said "At first I had the cat on a ten-foot leash. It would take me to the trash cans and out to the clothesline. Now, it k__8__ exactly what to do —— even without a leash. Rhubarb guides me d__9__ the stairs." said Mrs. Schneider."It even gives me a little meow if I come too c__10__ to the wall or door."2.Mrs. Taylor teaches the fifth grade. Her pupils have t__1__ learning the names of all the states in the United States. They also couldn't r__2__ where they were on the map. Mrs. Taylor thought of a good idea to teach them. She took a bucket of paint and a paint brush and went out to the playground. The playground was made of concrete. Mrs. Taylor painted a h__3__ map of the United States on the concrete. She drew every state. Then she had her pupils play games on the map. She also had them race from one state to another. S__4__ her students knew the states b__5__ than the students of any other classes in the school.Maps are very useful and important to us today, but they are not a new invention. In fact, people have made and used maps for c__6__. It is believed that the first map of the world m__7__ be a 2600-year-old clay map from Babylonia. People in the past did not know what the world really looked like, but they had many i__8__ about it. Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the Earth until people began t__9__ around the world in the fifteenth century, mapping small areas each time. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people making c__10__ maps of countries, but the accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.3.In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart disease and other kinds of health p__1__ during this month. In the Northeast and Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very c__2__ at other times. People in these places may have heart disease after the weather c__3__ in February or March.The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1982 study by scientists, the IQ scores of a group of students were very high during a storm, but a__4__ the storm their IQ scores were lower than usual level. So storms can i__5__ intelligence. However, very hot weather can lower it. Students in the United States often do b__6__ on exams in the hot months of the year.Weather also has a strong influence on people's f__7__. Winter may be a bad time for t__8__ people. They usually feel cold during these months and they may feel unhappy during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the o__9__ hand, fat people may not feel comfortable. The summer heat may make them tired and they are easy to g__10__ angry.Are you feeling sick, sad, tired or very intelligent today? The weather may be the cause.4.Salads are very popular in western countries. They’re made from uncooked vegetables or fruits, and this makes them h__1__. They are tasty too. Salads are great to eat in s__2__, when the weather is hot. They are light and cool. Here’s a way to make a v__3__ salad. First, buy some lettuces, tomatoes and carrots, Buy a salad dressing too. Next, w__4__ the vegetables carefully. Then, c__5__ up the vegetables and put them in a bowl．After that，add the dressing．Finally，mix the vegetables and the dressing up. And there you have your salad!Popcorn pops because each little seed has w__6__ in it. When the seed is h__7__, the water turns to s__8__ and builds up until --- pop! --- it breaks out of the shell. Many people add something to their popcorn l__9__ butter and salt or melted cheese. Popcorn is one snack food of which millions of people say, “Too much is never e__10__.”5.Christopher and Jeff had known each other s__1__ childhood. One day, Jeff told his friend that he’d fallen in love and planned to get married the n__2__ month. He asked Christopher to l__3__ him $1,000 for the wedding party, and promised to pay him back a month later when he started his new job. Christopher knew that Jeff was not very good with money, but he s__4__ agreed. As they were o__5__ friends, they didn’t put anything in writing.A month later, Christopher hadn't heard from Jeff or received any money, s__6__ he phoned him. Jeff was very apologetic and said he would surely pay him back within a month. Six weeks later, Christopher tried to phone Jeff and f__7__ he had moved and left no link address. B__8__ this time, he was angry.Then one month later, to his surprise, Christopher received a cheque for $100 from Jeff and a letter giving his new address. He explained that he’d been having money p__9__, and wouldn’t be able to pay back the remaining $900 for some time. Christopher wrote back telling Jeff to forget the r__10__ of the money and never to reach him again by message or telephone.6.Mr. and Mrs. Smith were having an argument（争吵）on the boat deck. Mrs. Smith was refusing to get into a lifeboat w__1__ her husband. Then Mrs. Smith had an idea．She saw Captain Smith s__2__ nearby with a megaphone．She went up to him and explained she was all alone in the world and asked if her husband could get intothe lifeboat with her. The old captain turned a__3__ and shouted into the megaphone, “Women and children f__4__”At this point Mr. Smith came over. He spoke to his wife seriously and q__5__“You really must get in now．This b__6__ with women and children first is just a matter of form．The ship is fully equipped and everyone will be saved．”Mrs. Smith asked her husband if he was being completely truthful．Mr. Smith replied firmly，“Yes”．So they kissed g__7__ and she got into the l__8__. As the boat dropped into the water, Mr. Smith c__9__ out from the deck，“Keep your hands in your pockets, it is very c__10__ weather．”THE Answer Key Page。