2021届中考英语选词填空专练

选词填空专练

A

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Long ago, only the cat had the ability to trace its prey by scent (根据气味追踪猎物). The other animals used their eyes (1)______ their prey. The dog wanted to learn the skill, so he went to visit the cat. The cat said (2)______ to the dog’s request (请求) and asked him to stay in his house during the lessons. After a few (3)______, the dog thought that he could use the skill and wanted to go home.

“You haven’t learned the skill yet,” said the cat.

“(4)______ I have to go home now,” the dog said.

“All right,” the cat said. “You may go back tomorrow but not today.”

The next morning, when the dog came to say goodbye, the (5)______ wife told him the cat went out early in the morning but she didn’t know (6)______ he went.

Actually, the cat hoped to test whether the dog had learned the skill. The dog started by (7)______ the footprints (足迹) of the cat. However, the cat jumped from one rock to another and then hid himself (8)______ a tree.

The dog followed to the two rocks but he could not find any footprints there. He became (9)______. He kept going round and round the tree, but he couldn’t trace the cat.

The cat watched every move of the dog. Finally, he said, “Look up! You have not (10)______ the skill!”

That’s why the dog only knows how to trace its prey on the ground.

B

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Deborah Ellis loves to write. One day she entered a writing competition. Her

story did not (1)______ the competition, but a publishing (出版) company decided to publish it anyway. The book was called Looking for X. She was very (2)______ when Looking for X won a literary award (文学奖) the following year!

In 1999, Deborah (3)______ some time in Pakistan, working in refugee camps (难民营) that housed mostly Afghan families. She heard stories of young girls who had to have their hair cut short and dress (4)______ boys in order to make money for their families. At that time, women in Afghanistan were not (5)______ to leave their homes.

Deborah wrote a book called The Breadwinner, a story about a young Afghan girl named Parvana. It became a huge (6)______ all around the world. Then Deborah’s father said he wanted to know what happened next to Parvana, (7)______ Deborah wrote another book called Parvana’s Jour ney. Later, Deborah wrote Mud City, a story about Parvana’s friend Shauzia in a refugee camp. All the (8)______Deborah makes from the sale of these books goes to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, Street Kids International and UNICEF.

Deborah Elli s’s books have helped (9)______ better understand the difficult lives that many children are having. She said, “Children are a blessing (神恩) to all of us. They are also (10)______ responsibilities.”

C

阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。