中考英语短文填空题汇编一
【2014中考上海】
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文
的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填写一词，首字母已给出) （14分）
A school newspaper The Teens asked over one thousand teenagers how they spent their spare time. Here they report the r 81 of the survey. It’s not at all
surprising to learn that most teens said they wanted more free time. Most
have less than an hour a day for after-school activities.
P 82 activity was popular among both girls and boys, averaging between three to six hours a week. Favorite sports
among girls were tennis, basketball and swimming. Boys said they liked
football, basketball and skating.
Speaking of entertainment, music and TV were popular. About half of those surveyed said that music was their favorite activity. This
i 83 both listening to and playing music. TV was also very popular. Three quarters said they preferred watching TV to reading
a book or magazine.
Unexpectedly, as many as three out of ten teenagers mentioned that collecting things was something they liked to do in their spare time. They had v 84 collections from cartoon books and baseball cards to stickers, toys and coins.
V 85 friends was also popular. Eight out of ten teenagers said they met friends once a week. Nine out of ten said they contacted friends through the Internet. A 86 popular way of contacting friends was the telephone. Everyone we surveyed said they spoke to
friends every day. Most said they spoke about twenty minutes a day. Surprisingly, teenagers s 87 went dancing, especially girls. Only one out of ten said they went to the dance regularly.
参考答案
81. result(s) 82. Physical 83.
included 84. various 85. Visiting
86. Another 87. seldom
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Ⅷ. 短文填空
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通
顺。
Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people. . . these acts of kindness seem very 78 . But students at James Middle School know that such small acts make the world a better place.
Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week 79 March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world is 80
by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her surprise, Murray also 81 great changes in her class.
Before that, she always needed to ask her 82 to push the
chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things by 83 . “The teachers have a lot of work,” Said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza, 84 student, gave out more praises to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, 85 busy she is. She believes her acts could encourage others.
参考答案
78. small 79. from 80.
changed 81.found/saw/discovered
82. students 83. themselves 84. another 85. however
【2014中考河南】
5、词语运用
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思
完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
Every morning, kids from a high school are working hard. They are 66 and selling special coffee at a coffee shop. They are also making a lot of money.
These students can make up to nine 67 dollars a day. They are selling their special coffee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the 68 of the money goes to a local youth project.
These high school students use a space in the Oakland airport. It is 69 very crowded. Many people who 70 on the planes like to drink the special coffee.
One customer 71 that the coffee costs a lot but it is good and worth it. Most customers are pleasant but some are unhappy. 72 do not like it if the coffee cafe is not open for business.
The students earn $ 6.10 an hour. They also get school credit while they learn 73 to run a business. Many of the students enjoy the work 74 it took some time to learn how to do it.
They have to learn how to heat milk, load the pots, and add flavor. It takes some skill and sometimes 75 are made. The most common mistake is forgetting to add the coffee.
66. 67. 68. 69.
70.
71. 72. 73. 74.
75.
参考答案
66. making 67. hundred 68. rest 69. usually 70. fly
71. thinks 72. They 73. how 74. although 75. mistakes
【2013中考河南】
五、词语运用
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
One day a visitor came to Nasreddin’s house. “I am your
cousin 66 Konya,” he said, “and I have brought you a duck
to 67 th e visit.” Nasreddin was 68 . He asked his wife to cook the duck, and served the visitor a 69 dinner.
The next day another visitor arrived. “I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck,” he said. Nasreddin invited him in and
gave 70 a good meal. The next day another visitor arrived and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Again Nasreddin invited him in for a meal. 71 , he was getting a
bit angry. 72 seemed to be using his house as a restaurant.
Then another visitor came, and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. He was 73 in. Nasreddin’s wife brought some 74 to the table and the visitor tasted it. “What kind of soup is this? It 75 just like warm water.” “Ah!” said Nasrdddin. “That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck.”
66. 67. 68. 69.
70.
71. 72. 73. 74.
75.
参考答案
66. from 67. celebrate 68.
pleased 69. fine 70. him
71. However 72. Visitors 73.
invited 74. soup 75. tastes
【2014中考陕西】
短文填空用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）
look, year, change, deep, home, cold, can, work, take, father
Every day, on her way to work, Amelia had to pass a slum(贫民窟). As a social 61 , she had not paid much attention to it. This
62. one day when she met a ragged(衣衫褴褛的) boy named Sam. Sam knew she was the head of social services, and that she 63. help. He reached out his hand and said, “Can you help me?I’m 64. for my dad.” His hands were so 65. . Amelia said, “What’s up?” “My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my
66. coming back would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two 67. old,” said the boy.
Amelia was 68. moved and asked Sam to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Amelia saw a woman lying on the bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Amelia, “Please find a 69. for my son.”
Amelia 70. her hand and nodded with tears(眼泪). She got an idea! Her husband and she had no children, and looking forward to having one. Later Amelia brought Sam home. Ever since then, the new family have had happiness and laughter.
参考答案
61. worker 62. changed 63. could 64. looking 65. cold
66. father’s 67. years 68. deeply 69. home 70. took
【2014中考江西】
B) 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，并将答案填写到答题卷的相应位置。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）
Losing friends is about as easy as making friends if you don’t know how to deal with anger and conflict（冲突）. Conflict is part of everyone’s 56 . It will show up at school, at work and at home. It’s OK to feel angry, annoyed or sad. These feeling are 57 , but different people deal with 58 in different ways. Some people shout, call people names, or even hit the person who has 59 them. Others do their best to keep away from disagreements but very few deal with conflict 60 .
Dealing with conflict is a step by step process(过
程). 61 you start discussing the problem, calm down, count to 10
and imagine a relaxing 62 .Then, say what is really bothering you, but watch how you express yourself. Don’t complain. Share 63 you feel by using “I…”. For example, don’t say“ You are always ordering me to do this or to do that,” but “I feel sad 64 you don’t pay attention to what I think.”
You want people to 65 your opinion so make sure you practice what you want to say. Listen carefully to the other person and accept that he or she might see the problem in a different way. Be open-minded and willing to say sorry.
56. 57. 58. 59.
60.
61. 62. 63. 64.
65.
参考答案
56.life 57.natural 58.
them 59.hurt 60.successfully
61.Before 62.place 63.how 64.because 65.hear 【2014中考杭州】
七、词语填空（共10小题，计10分）
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限
用一次）。
The British love sending text messages. They send more tha n 2.5 billion every month. And
most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing 61 . In fact,
when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole artic le “in txt”,his teacher 62 him “C+
4 f4t ”(“C+for effort ”).
Although texting(发短
信) is a 63 way of staying in touch with your f riends, it can also
bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the
64 person in the world to receive
treatment for an addiction(沉
溺) to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-
old spent
初中英语填空题专练 1 Yesterday morning, Li Hua got up early and____1____breakfast he went to school._____2_____his way to school he saw some____3____ coming from the ____4___ of a house. “There must be something on ____5_____,”he thought. Then he ___6____ as fast as he could to get some water, after a short time, he carried a bucket of ___7____. Quickly he poured the water into the fire. The smoke was put___8_____. To his surprise, he saw an old ____9____out of the window, with a smoke in his hand. He shouted at Li Hua___10______,“See what you are doing! You bad boy!” 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ 2 More and more people are___1_____the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail ____2___ and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone___3____in the world without putting a stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world____4_____seconds.E-mail is easy to use and it_____5___time and money. It serves(服务)for twenty-four hours. So it doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send E-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail____6____.Can you imagine(想象) the future without teachers____7_____computures? Students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of____8___. Students will follow the learning programmes by looking at on line libraries and _____9____lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students online or E-mail their teachers. Computers are becoming more and more_____10_____indeed. 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ 3 It is easier to go downhill than to climb uphill, so it is easier to _____1____ into bad habits(习惯)than into good ones. Bad habits don’t come ___2_____. They come little by little(逐渐的)____3___people do not notice(注意)their danger(危险). Schoolboys first pick up little____4_____habit in school and on the streets. When they can’t finish their lessons, they copy(抄袭) from their ___5______. If they see bigger boys____6___, they also want to learn to smoke. When they get bigger, the habits become so ___7_____that they can no longer get ride of___8___. From copying, they fall behind, then they learn to steal, and smoking is bad for their _______9___. At last, they become worse and worse. How necessary (必要) it is that we get rid of the bad habits in the ___10_____. 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ 4 Here’s a part of an e-mail _____1______from Joe, giving some ___2______to his son in college.”when I was young, I often met ___3____”about what to do and what not to do. My grandmother told me not to ____4____about those things because I only did them once a year or once a lifetime. ____5_______, I should try to do well those things which I do every day. For example, I need to eat every day, so I should learn how to ____6____. I need to talk____7_____ ,
中考英语综合填空练习题 一. 阅读下面短文，然后从文前方框内所给的词中选出适当的词，并用其正确形式填空（每空限选一词）。 （一） ----------------------------------------------------------- call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl , something , read , take ------------------------------------------------------------- Many 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 , ideas ------------------------------------------------------- Manners 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 before they 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
One “I don’t want to get up early,” the Junior 1 middle school student in Shanghai said, “I want more(1)_____ ” But,like it or not,Luo has breakfast at 6:15 am, (2)_____ home at 6:30 am and, after a 30-minute bus ride, he (3)_____at school at 7 am. Like most of his 40 classmates, Luo arrives at school a full hour before lessons starts(4)_____8:00 am. A study of 2,500 schoolchildren in six cities, showed that about 66% of primary school students and 77% of middle school students were (5)_____of sleep. Some parents also say, In China, young mothers and fathers have little time to play with their children.Parents are(6)_____ with their work and kids are busy with their study. That is not(7)_____ for kids is growth. Kids need more time to have (8)_____ with their parents, not just to study. To solve this problem, some cities cut their school hours to give childen more time to play. Some middle school students now go to school 30 minutes(9)_____ than they did before. “The best way for childen to learn is to play. When pupils get more playtime, the y can be relaxed and learn (10)_____to get along with other people,” said a school head. Two My favorite festival is Spring Festival. It is celebrated(1)_____ the first day of the first lunar month. Before it comes, people(2)_____ the house and make the house beautiful. It means to wash (3)_____ the bad things. On the first two days of Spring Festival, people(4)_____ their friends and relatives and send wishes to each other. (5)_____ this festival, people also gather together to have big meals. It’s my favorite festival (6)_____ I can wear new clothes and(7)_____ the gift money. What’s more, I can see the dragon dance. It makes me(8)_____ happy and excited. The true(9)_____ of the Spring Festival is the reunion of the family and the wish of a better(10)_____ in the coming year. Three October 5th, 2015 was a big day for Chinese. Tu Youyou won the 2015 Noble Prize in physiology or medicine. She was the(1)_____ Chinese scientist who won this prize. Chinese people are (2)_____ of her. She was born(3)_____ December 30th, 1930. She became(4)_____ in medicine when she was still a little girl. So she studied medicine when she was in university. She started her lifelong career after she(5)_____ her study in the university. (6)_____ her working conditions were very simple, and she got sick, she didn’t give(7)_____ her study. She tried to connect Chinese medicine(8)_____ Western medicine to make a new medicine. She believed that failure is the road to success. She failed quite a lot of times, but she (9)_____ at last. She is more than 80 years old now, but she still goes on working on her study. (10)_____ a great scientist she is! I hope more and more Chinese scientists will win Noble Prize.
2020年中考英语短文填空 Passage 1 （为什么蝙蝠是这么多病毒的源头） Bats tend to live in dark and wet places. There are all 1.____ of viruses. Bats always live in gr oups 2 .____ the viruses can have larger “playgrounds” to evolve (进化) and become more pow erful variants (变体). Bats are mammals (哺乳动物), just like humans. Our similar genes (基因) make it easier for 3.____ to become infected with the same viruses. When bats fly, their body temperature can reach as 4.____ as 40 C. This high temp erature can kill weak viruses, but 5.____ ones will survive (存活) and continue to evolv e. Bats have special immune (免疫的) systems 6.____ allow them to live with viruses without getting sick. Since they can fly, bats can spread viruses farther and more easily than other animals. Although wild animals carry many diseases, it doesn’t mean that we should view th em7.____ evil. Each species has a role in the ecosystem (生态系统) and all of them are important for keeping a good ecological balance. The 8.____ we should learn from viru s outbreaks is to respect and 9.____ animals and to live in harmony with them, instead 10.____ hunting, killing, or eating them. 答案 1. kinds 2. so 3. us 4 high 5.stronger 6. that/which 7. as 8. lesson 9. protect 10.of
中考英语短文填空训练题库 1 1 When you go to a c 1 or a high school sporting event, you can see cheerleaders. Cheerleaders dress in the colours of their team. They jump and dance in front of the crowd and s 2 the name of their team. Their job is to excite the crowd. Everybody makes a lot of n 3 . They want their team to win the game. The f 4 cheerleader was a man. In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at the University of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted, “HoorayMinnesota! ”This was the first organized shout, or “yell ”Fo.r the n 5 thirty-two years cheerleaders were men only. Women were not cheerleaders u 6 1930. Today cheerleaders work in t 7 . They practise special shouts, dances, and athletic shows. Often the women work separately from the men, but cheerleaders are the most e 8 when men and women work together. The men throw the women high in the air and then catch them. The team members climb on each other ’s shoulders to make a human pyramid. They yell and dance, too. Cheerleadersnow have their o 9 contests. Every year there are local, state, and national contests for cheerleaders.The teams make newer, faster, and more exciting shows to be the best, and the crowd shouts. They want their cheerleaders to w 10 . 1.____________ 2.____________ 3._____________ 4.___________ 5. __________ 6.____________ 7.____________ 8._____________ 9.___________10. __________ 1. college 2.shout 3.noise 4.first 5.next 6. until 7.team 8.excited 9.own 10.win 2 Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? For many students, their biggest 1 is that they can not concentrate on their study or tests. It seriously affects (影响) both their study and the results of the test.
英语短文填空专题复习教学设计 课题：专题复习—短文填空 执教者：陈宁 课型：复习课 教学目标： 知识目标：To revise the important words, phrases and sentences. 能力目标：To use the skills of finding missing words freely to complete short passages. 情感目标：The synthesis ability to use the English language. Failure is the mother of success. 教学重点与难点： 1.To guess the missing words by reading the whole passage quickly 2.To pay attention to the right forms of fill-in words. 教学方法：deductive method（演绎法）inductive method（归纳法）教学资源：Multimedia Papers 教学过程： Step One: Pre-checking
Free talk Step Two: Presentation 1. Ask the students to do ten one-choice questions. （通过做这十道单项选择题是为了让学生了解到英语中词性的变换） (1). Rose received a letter full of love from her parents on her _____ birthday. A eleven B eleven’s C eleventh D the eleventh (2). He is too_____ to go to school. After all, he is only three years old. A old B young C younger D youngest (3). All singers kept together. As a result, their performance was _____ . A successful B success C succeed D successfully (4). I have been there many _____ since the earthquake. A time B times C in time D on time (5). The old lady ______ in the street and broke her leg. A fell down B fall down C fell into D fallen into (6). They are the friends of my ______. A father B fathers C father’s D fathers’
广东省短文填空真题汇总(2010-2020) 2020 年广东省初中毕业生学业考试英语试题 借助上下文补充所缺信息。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。 An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to 46 him fishing. The old man was really 47 at fishing and it didn’t take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give 48 a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man was 49 and asked, “Why don’t you want the fish?” The child 50 , “I want the fishing rod(竿) i n your hands.” The old man asked, “Why do you want the rod?” “It doesn’t take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But 51 I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won’t be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.” I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn’t know 52 to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she gets the fishing rod. It’s useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the 53 important, not the fishing rod. Too many people think that if they have a “fishing rod” in their life, they will 54 longer be afraid of the wind and rain. They are just 55 the child. She thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 2019 年广东省初中毕业生学业考试英语试题 请用适当的词完成下面的短文,并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。 Last winter holiday,I visited a village with only 11 houses. __71__ the village was very small, I spent a whole day in it. The village became popular because __72__ Grandpa Huang's hard work. He bought a house there over 30 years __73__, but in 2010 the village was to be pulled down. In order to save the old village, Grandpa Huang painted on the walls of __74__ own house and other houses. He painted things that he liked. In the village, there were many paintings of __75 __, such as cats and birds. The most popular paintings for visitors were of famous people. One of them was a picture of Andy. He and my __76__ singer. I liked him so much that I asked a visitor to __77__ a photo of that painting and me. On the ground of the village, Grandpa Huang has painted __78__ lot of well-known Chinese sayings. From them, Grandpa Huang learned to live a long and happy __79__. I really had a good time in the village __80__ wished to visit it again. 2018 年广东省初中毕业生学业考试英语试题 请用适当的词完成下面的短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。 Will Johnson has worked his way up the list of most popular stars in his country． In fact， it is not surprising that Will is so successful if we know about his early life． Some valuable lessons he learnt as a child have strongly influenced him 71 his later life． One of them was from his father 72 was strict with him and his brother． Once， Will and his b rother Harry 73given a job to rebuild a broken brick（砖） wall in the yard． The wall was fifty feet 74and around sixteen feet high． The boys had to mix concrete（水泥） and place only one brick at a time． They didn't know why their father gave them 75 a huge job．76 ，with the attitude（态度） of "one brick more"， both Will and Harry rebuilt the wall in 77 period of six months． Each time they were about to give up， their father 78 them up patiently． Both brothers were so sad about the job at 79 ， but after completing the task， they felt a sense of pride， and so did their father． Even today when Will thinks that he won't be able to do something， he will look back to this experience and keep telling 80 ，"one brick at a time"．
最新中考英语综合填空 最新中考英语综合填空（1） 阅读下列短文，在每个空格处填入一个适当的英语单词，使短文在结构和意义上完整。 The Beautiful Spring City—Kunming Kunming is the c________(1) city of Yunnan. It’s a city with a long h______(2). Kunming has a p_______(3)of more than 5,000,000. Though the weather in Yunnan changes from place to place, Kunming is famous for her beautiful weather. It’s neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. That’s why more and more people like to travel and even to live there. You can see that great c_____(4) have taken place there. A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been built. You can cross the streets on footbridges(人行桥) in the city. You can almost buy w_____(5) you want in shops and s_______(6) in or around the city. People’s life is becoming better and better. At weekends or on holidays, people like to r_____(7) themselves in different places and in different ways. In winter, people, especially old people, would like to climb the Western Hills. From the tops of the hills, you can have a good look at the beautiful s______(8) of Kunming. People in Kunming are really friendly. They often invite their friends home to try d_______(9)food, like rice noodles. If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her y_______(10)! 最新中考英语综合填空（2） 阅读下列短文，在每个空格处填入一个适当的英语单词，使短文在结构和意义上完整。 Zhao Ruirui, meters tall, was the t______(1) player in the Women's Volleyball World Cup in 2003. Thanks to her baby face, she was also the most b________(20 player. But, more importantly（更为重要）, she was also the Cup's best player! She a_______(3) quickly, scored（得分） lots of points, and was a great striker(扣球手). “She is young, but she's already an e________(4) attacker（攻击手）,” says Chen Zhonghe, the team's head coach（教练）. Being tall sometimes makes Zhao's life d_______(5). The 25-year-old girl finds it hard to buy t_______(6) long enough. And sometimes people think she's a boy. Still, she would never want to be short. “It's a pity I can't grow any taller,” she says.“I hope to be e_____(7) taller, so I would be a better player.”
中考英语短文填空训练题库1 1 When you go to a c 1 or a high school sporting event, you can see cheerleaders. Cheerleaders dress in the colours of their team. They jump and dance in front of the crowd and s 2 the name of their team. Their job is to excite the crowd. Everybody makes a lot of n 3 . They want their team to win the game. The f 4 cheerleader was a man. In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at the University of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted, “Hooray Minnesota!” This was the first organized shout, or “yell”. For the n 5 thirty-two years cheerleaders were men only. Women were not cheerleaders u 6 1930. Today cheerleaders work in t 7 . They practise special shouts, dances, and athletic shows. Often the women work separately from the men, but cheerleaders are the most e 8 when men and women work together. The men throw the women high in the air and then catch them. The team members climb on each other’s shoulders to make a human pyram id. They yell and dance, too. Cheerleaders now have their o 9 contests. Every year there are local, state, and national contests for cheerleaders. The teams make newer, faster, and more exciting shows to be the best, and the crowd shouts. They want their cheerleaders to w 10 . __________ __________ 1. college 6. until | 2