天津中考英语-首字母填空 2000-2015

天津市初中毕业生学业考试试卷英语

八、综合填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，没空限填一词。

2015

In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different k___81____ of music—everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so p 82 ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, it's both of the things, but it’s a 83 something else: they're elephants.

These musical elephants started at the TECC（泰国大象保护中心）in Lampang. The TECC protects

elephants. It teaches people to understand and love them. And, like many zoos a 84 the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.

Richard Lair w 85 for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals' paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants h 86 better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are s 87 and they have good hearing, maybe they can play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance（表演）, the elephants play a number of

i 88 , including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）.

But can elephants really make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human e 89 the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they don't just copy their trainers o 90 other people. There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.

2014

On July2, 1937, Amelia Earhart( an American pilot) and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Island in the Pacific. This was the longest and most dangerous part of their t 81 around the world. Earhart had trouble soon after the plane took off. The weather was very bad, so she had to

f 82 at 3,000 metres. Goin

g this high, the plane used fuel quickly.

After about 20 h 83 , Earhart and Noonan got close to Howland Island. The island was o 84 about 65 miles (英里) away, but the bright sun was shining in their faces so they couldn’t see it. Near Howland, a ship was w 85 for the plane. Earhart contacted the ship: “We don’t have enough fuel,” she said. The ship tried to stay in touch with her b 86 got no answer. Finally, the ship called for help. People looked for Earhart and Noonan for days. However, they found nothing.

What happened to Amelia Earhart? No one knows for sure. D 87 the flight, she probably moved in

the wrong direction(方向) because the sun was bright and it was d 88 to see. So she got lost; soon after, her plane ran out of fuel, and she died at sea. Another idea is that she survived(幸存) the plane crash(飞机失事), s 89 to a lonely island, and later died there. Still other think she survived the crash and secretly returned to the U.S. with a new identity(身份).

Till now, none of these i 90 has been proved. People are still wondering about them. (Noonan’s body has neve r been found either.) No matter what happened, Earhart probably died as she wished. “When I go,” she said, “I’d like best to go in my plane.”

2013

Many people say dolphins are very intelligent (聪颖的). They seem to be able to think, understand, and learn things quickly. But are they c 81 like humans or more like cats or dogs? Scientists say dolphin intelligence is s 82 to human intelligence in some ways. How?

Like humans, every dolphin has a “name”. I 83 is a special whistle (哨声). Scientists think dolphins, like people. “t 84 ” to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans, dolphins use a system (系统) of sounds and body language to c 85 . But understanding their co nversations is not easy for humans. No one “speaks dolphin” yet, but some scientists are trying to learn.

Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups, and they often come to play games from

different groups and have f 86 , just like people. In fact, playing t 87 is something only intelligent animals do.

Dolphins and humans b 88 make plans to get something they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, dolphins use an interesting way to get food. When fish are n 89 a boat, dolphins signal (发信号) to the fishermen to put their nets (网) in the water. And the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins? Why do they h 90 the men? The dolphins can get some of the fish.

2012

Parents sometimes learn much from their children.

Many years ago, a 81 my friend David worked day and night, he was still not rich. One day, when he arrived h 82 after work, he found his 3-year-old daughter wa s decorating a box with some expensive wrapping paper. He thought she was w 83 money and became angry with her. He even p 84 his daughter by beating her. However, the little girl brought the box to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy. Merry Christmas!” He was embarrassed (尴尬) by his