中考英语专题练习-短文首字母填空(含答案)

短文填空之首字母填空（15篇含解析）初中英语专题练习一、短文填空（共15题，总计0分）1．阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Ever since the COVID-19 broke out, China has acted quickly by using a set of supportive policies (政策) to develop the economy .China chose the people-centered development policy w26． aims at making sure employment, people’s basic living levels, and the survival of businesses, e27． private and smaller ones.In order to continuously i28．the country’s growth quality and raise the living standard of the people, China has taken some a29． .Poverty alleviation (扶贫)Poverty alleviation is the basic need and one of the most i30． goals for China. From 2012 to 2019, the number of people living in poverty in China went d31． from 98.99 million to 5.51 million, It is not just a32． making the pie bigger, but also about dividing the pie and making sure n33． is left behind.New types of businessesAt the same time, China is also d34． new types of business such as the electronic economy and digital economy, information technology and education to c35． more jobs and stabilize the economy.China will continue to improve the country’s growth quality and raise the living standar d of the people .2．（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，首字母已给):If you have ever had trouble doing things you should do or would like to do, you have experienced procrastination(拖延症). When you procrastinate, instead of working on important meaningful tasks, you find yourself performing meaningless activities.If you are a procrastinator, perhaps you spend lots of time watching TV, playing video games, checking Facebook, eating, cleaning or walking back and forth through the room. Afterwards, you feel powerless and have the f___1___ of guilt and trouble. Once again, you end up doing nothing. Sound familiar?L___2___ people don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, however, want to actually do something but can’t force themselves to s___3___.Another fact about procrastination is that it is d___4___ from relaxation. Relaxing recharges you with energy. But procrastination makes you not energetic. The less energy you have, the greater the chances of you putting off your responsibilities, and, once more, you will achieve nothing.My dad always used to say, “Peter, you need to learn how to give yourself orders.” I would always answer, “I tell myself what to do, I just don’t listen.”Most likely, failure of the ability to listen to o___5___ is the main reason. The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation.Self-regulation is the ability to actively control your emotions. The more developed this ability is, the more often you will do what you tell yourself to do. Good news is it is possible to have self-regulation by t___6___. You need to begin by setting the bar as low as possible. Creating habits isn’t about quantity; it’s about small steps and regular repetition.Once you learn a new habit, you can exercise your willpower muscle(肌肉). As you s___7___ raise the bar, your willpower will gain strength day by day.Gradual changes are more pleasant than sudden, great changes. Therefore bigger success can be made. 3．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。

短文首字母填空（2024·江苏镇江·中考真题）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。

Zodiac animals are important to the Chinese people for long. Many years ago, a president from a foreign country v 1 China. At the dinner, he presented people with a riddle, “There are twelve things that can be given to all the Chinese, and each person can get his or her o 2 . What are the twelve things?” The answer is of course the “12 zodiac animals”. As a cultura l sign that stays with a person since his or her b 3 , the zodiac animal of the year plays an important role in e 4 life. Even today, many Chinese people will use “What is your zodiac animal?” instead of “How old are you?” when they ask about a person’s a 5 .In ancient times, people formed clans (部落). Different clans had different signs. The clans usually used the looks of animals. O 6 , an important meeting was held. At the meeting, the animals used by the most powerful clans were d 7 as the zodiac animals.Just l 8 China, many other countries also have similar systems of zodiac animals. For example, India has a system of 12 zodiac animals, which is a 9 the same as that of China, with only the lion in the place of the tiger. The Vietnamese (越南的) system has cat instead of rabbit, but the other e 10 animals remain the same. It is widely believed that it was the Chinese zodiac culture that spread to the countries nearby.（2023·江苏镇江·中考真题）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。

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(每空一词)第一篇：After crossing the river, Dorothy and her friends came to a poppy flower field, with many other colourful flowers next to it.“How b____121____!” Dorothy said.“When I have brains, I will probably like them better,” the Scarecrow said.“If I had a heart, I would love them.” added the Tin Woodman.“I always liked flowers.” the Lion said."But there are n____122____ in the forest so bright as these.”Soon they found t____123____ in the middle of poppies. It is known that when there are many of these flowers together, their strong smell will make anyone breathing it fall asleep, even sleep forever. But Dorothy didn’t k_____124_____ this. Soon Dorothy's eyes grew so h___125___ that she felt she had to sleep. Dorothy fell among the poppies, fast asleep.“The smell is k____126____ us all. If we leave her here, she will die,” said the Lion. “I can h___127___ keep my eyes open, and the dog Toto is asleep already.”“Run fast and get out of here,” said the Scarecrow to the Lion, "We can carry the little girl, but you are too heavy.The Lion ran as fast as possible but he fell asleep b____128____he was out of the field. Luckily, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were not troubled by the smell. They made a chair with their hands and carried Dorothy t____129____the flowers to the grass far enough from the poppy field. The Tin Woodman built a truck and pulled the Lion with the Scarecrow. The sweet fresh airw____130____ Dorothy, Toto and the Lion. Soon they continued their journey.第二篇：Xu Yuanchong is a famous Chinese modern translator. Born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in 1921, he s____151____ under Qian Zhongshu, Wu Mi and other Chinese masters at the National Southwest Associated University. He went to University of Paris for f____152____ study after graduation.Over the course of a translation career lasting more than seventy years, Xu has translated about 120 works, i____153____ The Book of Songs, The Songs of Chu and The Red and the Black,with a special focus on poetry. Xu is also the only person in China who has s____154____ translated poetry to and from Chinese, English and French, in a very precise（准确）and beautiful way.His works are often c____155____ as textbooks for foreign language learners.Xu pays m____156____ attention to the beauty of image, sound and form. He will leave something out and a____157____ something to make the translated works more beautiful.D____158____ his translation career, he has been at the center of many heated debates（讨论）with other translators. But Xu said, “I am not a____159____ of argument because the truth becomes clearer with each debate.”To everyone, he sends a wish: “Good, better, best. Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is b_____160_____.”第三篇：Ishmael started her job as a Chinese teacher in 2022. Her students f____161____ excited and happy when they greeted her with the Chinese phrase “ni hao” which is translated into “hello” in English.As a large number of students e____162____ an interest in learning Chinese, the school carried out Chinese as a full-time language study program in 2018. Some of the content are Chinese greetings, teaching kids how to count numbers, how to introduce t____163____, their family members, the weather and time. Kids also take part in competitions like the Primary School Chinese Bridge. The w____164____ is able to represent the school and travel to China.Now Ishmael teaches 14 classes made up of 350 students, and she s____165____ a lot of time preparing for each lesson. “Teaching a language is really interesting. Kids are always interested in learning more about China, e____166____ about the Chinese culture and food. They even ask a lot of questions during my lessons like what their f____167____ thing is called in Chinese,” she said, adding that most of the students want to visit China now.According to Ishmael, students can get a lot from learning Chinese. In China, almoste____168____ is convenient (便利的), like transportation and payment methods, so they can learn and see how they can improve services in their own country. She also encouraged students toc____169____ a career in the Chinese language. “It is not only for communication. It will open upanother c____170____ to them. There are more types of jobs that one can do after learning Chinese.” she said.第四篇：Part-time jobs are great for young people．They allow teenagers and young adults to gain a little jobe____111____ and make a bit of money too．Compared with other hobbies and activities，part-time jobs are healthier and better help teenagers p_____112_____ for adult life．Of course，for students，doing a part-time job should never be more important than s____113____ for good grades．There are so many different part-time jobs for you to c____114____ from．A few of the most common ones are restaurant waiters，store salesmen and park workers．These are all jobs that only need you to work b____115____ ten and twenty hours per week．Besides，they don’t require much work experience．So you can learn how to do the job e____116____ while you are working．You can learn great lessons from a part-time job．Some are about how to work with others，some are about how to be on time and o____117____ are about how to work hard．These are all necessary lessons you will use later in life．A survey shows that the young adults who do not have part-time jobs are l_____118_____ prepared for life than those who do．It is great to earn money for the first time from a part-time job．Then how do you usuallys_____119_____ the money from a part-time job？It can be used to save for college education or favorite things．Maybe you will find it's harder to use money you made than that your parents gave you！Yet it can right teach you the v_____120_____ of money．第五篇：（2018·江苏镇江·中考真题）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词．With the development of modern technology，digital devices（数码设备）have been seen everywhere．People often check what is h___101___ in the world on the Internet，keep in touch with friends through emails，or even start to read e﹣books．H__102__，many people still prefer paper books to e﹣books because they think that brains work b___103___ when reading paper books．Now，some scientists have come up with some d__104__ ideas．They believe how brains workis not greatly affected by the way people read，but depends on the following factors（因素）．They i__105__ the type and content of reading materials，the p__106__ of reading．etc．When people read for entertainment，like news about star families or f__107__ stories，reading paper books or e﹣books makes no difference．When people read to gaink__108__ about science，reading paper books is more helpful．Brains need longer to deal with harder problems．Usually，taking notes by h__109__ on paper books takes longer than typing （打字）notes out on digital devices．So it's e___110___for you to remember key points when you read paper books．Next time，when you read e﹣books about science，just remember to slow down and give your brain more time．【答案】121．beautiful 122．none 123．themselves 124．know 125．heavy 126．killing 127．hardly 128．before 129．through 130．Woke【答案】151．(s)tudied 152．(f)urther 153．(i)ncluding 154．(s)uccessfully 155．(c)hosen 156．(m)ore 157．(a)dd 158．(D)uring 159．(a)fraid 160．(b)est【答案】161．(f)elt 162．(e)xpressed 163．(t)hemselves 164．(w)inner 165．(s)pends 166．(e)specially 167．(f)avourite##(f)avorite 168．(e)verything 169．(c)onsider 170．(c)hance【答案】111．experience 112．prepare 113．studying 114．choose 115．between 116．easily117．others118．less119．save120．value【答案】101．happening 102．However 103．better 104．different 105．include 106．purpose 107．funny 108．knowledge 109．hand110．easy、。

中考英语首字母填空专项练习一Do you know Sweden(瑞典)？It l 1 in the north of Europe．It is the fourth largest country in Europe with an a 2 of 450, 000 square kilometers and the population of about 8.5 million. Over one third of them live in the three largest cities, namely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More than half of Sweden is c 3 with trees. It is one of the r 4 countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized(工业化). Today less than one third of the people are f 5.Sweden is the country where the famous Nobel Prizes are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c6of Sweden, must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded.The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f7 language in schools. Many middle-school students can s 8 two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people，men and women, o9and young, can speak English. So there is no p 10 to speak with them in English．二I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b 1 country in the world.I went there w 2 my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year, I had some happy memories.One of the most interesting things of that city was that t 3 were many dogs. Perhaps Russians l 4 dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families had a dog. I made friends with many Russian children w 5 I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them h 6 though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They were f 7 to me. The weather in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost every in winter. The ground was always c 8 with a lot of snow. We often made s 9 together.Now I am b 10 in China, but I miss them so much. I will never forget my happy memories of this visit to Moscow.三These years, with the development of society, more and more teenagers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make them feel very w 1 and unhappy all day. Who can help them? A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought of a lot of w 2 to help them. On Monday and Thursday, you can v 3 him. Here are some ideas how to keep the young men healthier in every way.F 4 , it is very important to keep healthy. To get e 5 sleep every day is also necessary. Try to have a healthy d 6 . Secondly, maybe you are not the top students. It doesn’t m 7 . The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and parents will understand you. If you have some problems, you should be a 8 to talk with your teachers and parents. They can help you. Remember to s 9 your happiness and s 10 with your good friends. Sometimes you can go out for a walk.In a word, you can try to make you happy by yourselves. I’m sure you can be happy every day.四Before windows were used, old h 1 in Europe（欧洲）and Britain were very dark. Their great rooms were high w 2 only one hole in the roof（屋顶）to let the smoke o 3 from cooking fire.Later, people began to make the holes b 4 __ to have more light and air in their homes. The first English window was j 5 _ _ a small opening（口，孔）in the wall. It was cut long to let in as m 6 light as possible, and narrow to keep out the bad w 7 . But, more wind than light would c 8_ __ in if th e window was cut long. This is why it was c 9 _ “The wind’s eye”. And the word “w 10 _” comes form two ancient（古代的）words for “wind” and “eye”.五Thirty years ago, I walked into your bakery and asked for some loaves(条) of bread to sell. At that time, I was 12 years old. A young lady s 1 me that day. She gave me five loaves and wished me good l 2 .I took the loaves and went out to sell them. It t 3 me all day, but I sold them all. At the e 4 of the day, I had some money. I was the h 5 boy in the world as I walked home that evening.The next day, I went to a bicycle shop. I paid a deposit(定金) on a new bicycle.. And then I started my next j 6 as a newspaper delivery() boy. Soon I c 7 pay the rest of the money for the bicycle and the bike was mine. I was so proud of m 8 !Today I still work in the delivery business. I have a lot of trucks to send goods all over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I don’t ride a bicycle these days. I drive a large nice car.I don’t know e 9 that young lady wa s. But b 10 she gave me the start, I have become a successful man. I’d like to show my thanks to her.六Long ago, people used bells more t 1 __ they do today. The postmen used to ring a hand bell when they delivered letters. Fire engines had bell i 2_ of sirens(号笛). People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting w 3 _ was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was t 4 to go to church. At night, this bell was ringing so that travelers would find the village in the d 5 _. In most countries bells were hung r 6 _ the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or sheep. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used l 7_ _ and less, Buzzers, sirens and horns have t 8 __ their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in school and churches so t 9 they will not l 10_ their beautiful sounds for ever.七Life gets noisier every day and very f 1 people can be free from noise of some kind or another. W 2 you live in the centre of a modern city or a village far away --- the chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios, etc. are almost everywhere. We seem to be used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely w 3 background music while they are working.Tests have s 4 that total silence can be very frightening experiences. H 5 , some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears. The noise level in some places is far a 6 the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.One recent report about noise said that a 7 a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c 8 in the level of noise really affects people’s attention. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example) may even help people to pay attention.People are testing ways to make less noise. There are even laws c 9 noise. We can’t r 10 to the “ good old days ” of peace and quiet. But we can make less noise --- if we shout loudly enough about it八There are t 1 _ many accidents in cities. Accidents often happen when people c 2 the roads or streets. Read the passage c _ 3 __ and learn to be careful later on. Be careful when it is r 4 __. Many accidents happen on rainy days. People are in a h 5 because they don’t want to get w 6_ _. They often cross the roads quickly. Often they can’t see c 7 _ _ as they hold thei r umbrellas in front of t 8_ . Remember that cars take l 9_ __ time to stop when the roads are wet. When it is raining, we must be more and more careful, not l 10_ _ careful.九Most American families are smaller than the families in other c 1 __. Children in the US will l 2 their parents’ homes. When they grow up, they usually live f 3 from their parents because they want to f 4_ _ good jobs. They often w 5 _ _ to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to v 6 their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their o 7 __ jobs. Americans think it I 8 for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their houses. And in many families, Children are p 9_ _ for doing some housework so that they can learn h 10 to make money for their own use.十Someone says: “Time is money,” but I think time is e 1 __ more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is g 2 _, it will never r 3 _ . That’s why we mustn’t waste time. It goes without saying that t he t 4 _ is usually limited（有限的）. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s 5 useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i 6 of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p 7 _. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8_ _. In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t l 9_ _ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have n 10 time to lose.十一Andy was born in China 15 years ago．In 2005, she m 1 to the USA with her family．As a high school student，she has found many differences b 2 Chinese and Americans：About money1) Americans like to spend m 3 than they have，so many of them are always in debt(欠债)．But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many 0f them always have m 4 left in the bank．2) The American kids themselves make their own money．Most Chinese kids always a 5 their parents for money．3) Many American parents think there is n 6 need to send their children t0 an expensive university．It’s different in China．Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive universities t 7 their family isn’t rich enough．About school1) Many American girls take part in sports，dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups．2) Many American students think that B is good while many Chinese students think that B is too b 8 .About friendsMost American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by t 9 . They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more about their children’s friends i 10 many different ways，and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends．十二Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that c 1 the world or, at least, make life easier for somebody. P 2 we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a real thing. Recently, there was a competition in a country, which e 3 young people to make their bright ideas come true. There were t 4_ groups in the contest: Group A was for school children under 16; Group B was for those o 5_ 16. And there were eleven prize-winners altogether.Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c 6_ “Sunshine Superman” by one newspaper writing about his design. When people study the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately(准确地，精确地). We need to know how many h 7_ of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders o _8 record direct (直接的) sunshine. Neil’s is more accurate and this is very i 9 for research into ways of using solar power（太阳能）. Neil plans to keep inventing.The ideas in the competition were so g 10 that we are surprised that the industry (工业界) doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions.十三British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, s 1 they have to work prett y hard! Today’s teens spend more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, s 2 for 2.5 –3 hours every evening.Free TimeIt’s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have f 3 ? They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafés and listening to music.CommunicationsIn addition to the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework. They a 4 love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting (发短信) their friends and chatting. Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more w 5 them than just talk. Text messaging has b 6 the coolest and most popular way to communicate. More than 90% of 12- to 16-year-olds have a mobile, and experts say that this stops t 7 from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes.Fashion (服饰)At school, almost all British teenagers have to w 8 a school uniform. However, in their free t 9 they can wear whatever they like, and what they like is designer names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. In fact, 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesn’t come c 10 , but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than ￡100 on one item of clothing.十四My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into h 1 battles (争执). Three afternoons a week, she has a 2 (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is thel 3 thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue (争论) about w 4 she should do her homework r 5 after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play f 6 When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm s 7 that she is going to need to be able to do iton her o 8 And in f 9 , most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越) their a 10 .As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?十五When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “no”. In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong (终身的)learning important? How can it help you? Let’s look at one e 1 of lifelong learning in Japan.You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests B 2 learning doesn’t only happen in school. Learning doesn’t s 3 when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can h 4 when you go to a museum. It can a 5 happen when you get a job. You learn when you p 6 a sport or when you take a trip. Learning is l 7 ! We never stop learning. Every day you can improve yourself by learning something n 8 .In Japan, lifelong learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning a 9 . Music, calligraphy (书法) and foreign languages are some of their f 10 classes. Japanese take classes to improve their skills and learn new things.When we graduate from school, we can continue to learn. Make lifelong learning become one of your goals!十六On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, because of damaged (损坏的) s 1 and food shortages after the May 12 earthquake, a local official said.The pandas were t 2 by trucks from China Giant Panda Protection and ResearchC 3 to Ya’an, another base less affected by the earthquake, said Xiong Beirong, an official of Sichuan Provincial Forestry Bureau (林业局).Eight other pandas l 4 for the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will be carried by China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing, where they will s 5 at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.Liu Shaoyong, a leader of CSA, said the pandas were scheduled (预定) to leave Chengdu at 3 p.m. Saturday. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo a 6 water.“There is e 7 water now, b 8 food i s still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.” Xiong Beirong said.After the earthquake, tons of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicines were brought to the center, but the supplies could only l 9 about a week, she said.There are about 1,590 pandas l 10 in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.十七The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know h 1 to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a 2 at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i 3 would be better to ring him up. I r 4 him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a 5 and this time I got an answer from him.I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at 1 6 I thought he said--hewould be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n 7 in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s 8 , "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!"Here w 9 his answer, "No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.'"I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e 10 could I do? Nothing!十八We were singing, “Happy birthday to you…” My mother was smiling, surrounded by my father, my little sister and me.It was time to send wi shes. My father said, “You’ve done m 1 things for us. On this special day, let me d 2 all the housework for you.” After kissing my mother, my sister said, “Mum, you’re a g 3 mum in my eyes.” I l 4 at my mother’s eyes and said, “Dear mum, I am always waitin g for one day when you and Dad get old.” My parents seemed puzzled (困惑), and I explained, “When you’re old, I will take care of you just like you take care of me.” There were tears in their eyes…Yes, w 5 they get old, I will take care of them. These words were in my mind f 6 a long time, and at last I said them to my dear parents. I felt v 7 happy.My parents are just common people, b 8 they’re great. Like other parents, they bring us up with love, and give us food and c 9 . They teach us how to be real people. My parents have done a lot of things for me and I am very thankful to them.However, they will not always be able to take care of me. One day, they will get old. They may not even be able to take care of t 10 . But that doesn’t matter. I, their child, will take charge.十九Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) s 1 for others in the street．Tom was also a b 2 boy．One day，a rich man n 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom．He watched his d 4 shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．Tom said，“Let me b 5 your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him u 6 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very a 7 . He refused to pay anything and went away．But to his s 8 , the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were l 9 at him．Finally the rich man a 10 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．二十Do you know the differences between the new building and the old ones? Old buildings h 1 brick(砖)and stone walls. The walls hold up the b 2 .In cities, many modern building l 3 as if they are made just of windows. Walls of dark glass reach high into the air. Many buildings are m 4 than 50 stories(层)tall.Are walls of glass strong e 5 to hold up the new buildings? No, The new glass walls do not hold up the buildings, b 6 they only cover up the frame(框架)made of steel. Have you everwatched a new building going up? The steel frame is built f 7 .Then the glass walls are hung on the frame. When the building is f 8 ,the frame does not show. The outside looks like windows without walls. The glass walls shine i 9 the sun with no decoration(装饰).Many people find t 10 beautiful just as they are.中考首字母专项练习答案一1.lies 2.area 3.covered 4.richest 5.farmers 6.capital 7.foreign 8.speak 9.old 10.problem 二1.biggest 2.with 3.there 4.love/ like 5.when 6.happily 7.friendly 8.covered 9.snowmen 10.back三1.worried 2.ways 3.visit 4.Firstly 5.enough 6.diet 7.matter 8.able 9.share 10.sadness四1.houses 2.with 3. out 4.bigger 5.just 6.much 7.weather e 9.called 10.window五1.served 2.luck 3.took 4.end 5.happiest 6.job 7.could 8.myself 9.sho/shom 10.become六1.than 2.instead 3.what 4.time 5.dark 6.round 7.less 8.taken 9.that 10.lose七1.few 2.whether 3.without 4.shown 5.However 6.above 7.although 8.change 9.controling 10.return八1.too 2.cross 3.carefully 4.rainy 5.hurry 6.wet 7.clearly 8.themselves 9.longer 10.less九1.countries 2.live 3.far 4.find 5.write 6.visit 7.own 8.important 9.paid 10.how十1.even 2.gone 3.return 4.time 5.something 6.importance 7.playing 8.lives 9.leave 10.no 十一1.moved 2.between 3.more 4.money 5.ask 6.no 7.though 8.bad 9.themselves 10.in十二 1.change 2.Perhaps/Probably 3.encourage 4.two 5.over 6.called 7.hours 8.only 9.important 10.great/ good十三1.so 2.studying 3.fun 4.also 5.with 6.become 7.teenagers 8.wear 9.time 10.cheap十四1.homework st 4.whether 5.right 6.forst 7.sure 8.own 9.fact 10.abilities 十五1.example 2.But 3.stop 4.happen 5.also 6.play 7.life 8.new 9.activities 10favorite十六1.shelters 2.taken 3.Center 4. left 5. stay 6. and 7. enough 8.but st 10.living十七1. how 2. arrive 3. it 4. rang 5. again 6. least 7. nobody 8. shouted或screamed9. was 10. else十八1.many 2.do 3.good 4.looked 5.when 6.for 7.very 8.but 9.clothes 10.. themselves十九1.shoes 2.bright 3. named 4.dirty 5.brush 6.unless／until 7.angry 8.surprise ughing ／looking 10.agreed二十1.have 2.building 3.look 4.more 5.enough 6.but 7.first 8.finished 9.in 10.them。

2023年中考英语逆袭冲刺（三年真题热门考点提炼+名校最新模拟速递）专训（上海专用）专题05 短文首字母填空三年真题热门考点提炼A（2022·上海·统考中考真题）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，首字母已给出。

Which would you rather spend your money on, an outing with friends or a pair of expensive shoes? It is my opinion that spending money on experiences brings greater happiness.My first r___1___ is that experiences make us different as we grow. We are not the result of the things we’ve bought. Instead, we are the result of everything we’ve seen and done. For example, getting expensive clothes didn’t c___2___ me as a person, but the camping trip last summer certainly did. It made me more independent.In addition, I p___3___ experiences because they bring people together. Sharing a new experience develops stronger relationships and creates long-lasting memories. Three years ago I met some teenagers on a study trip and now I am s___4___ in touch with them, but I hardly remember what I bought during the trip.My final point is that, although some people say it is a great j___5___ to own things, I think using the things you own is more pleasant. For example, I spend most of my spare money on new parts for my old mountain bike, but I love the experience of c___6___, not owning bike parts!To sum up, experiences make us who we are and develop stronger relationships. So next time before you pay for something, give it some s___7___ thought. Ask yourself, “Which will I spend my money on, an outing or a pair of shoes?”B（2021·上海·统考中考真题）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

热点09 首字母填空（解析版）（建议用时：30分钟）上海市五年中考试卷首字母填空考查要点统计发现考查重点是名词、动词、形容词、副词和代词这几大词类。

1.跳过空格，通读短文，了解大意。

2.复读短文，确定语义，判断句子成分。

3.判断空格单词在句子成分里的词性，缩小范围。

4.联系上下文，找关键信息推测出答案。

5.通读短文，检查答案。

注意时态，语法，以及词性等问题。

国内外最新时事、新闻话题、外刊等。

一、短文首字母填空She’s your age, but most of you can’t imagine how hard her life is. She’s “Handcart (板车) girl” Huang Feng. Huang, 14, from Anhui, was c____1____ as one of the Second China Top Ten Selfmotivated (自强) Girls by the National Population and Family Planning mission on November 16, 2017.Since the age of six, Huang has looked after her father and grandmother on her o____2____. Her father has been ill and lain on the bed for many years. Her mother left and Huang has had to take care of the family since then.In 2014, with 27 yuan in her pocket, Huang took her father on a handmade handcart to Shanghai. She begged on the street, but she didn’t get enough money to pay for the medical treatment (治疗). H____3____, Huang didn’t give up. In 2016, Huang took her father to Beijing. Luckily, a hospital received her father and the doctor had a s____4____ operation on him.Now Huang studies at a local school in Anhui. She gets up at six every morning to make breakfast for the family. During class break, she has to e back home and turn her father over on the bed to avoid bedsores (生褥疮). “I won’t l____5____ my father alone. I’ll do my best to look after him because this is my responsibility.” Huang said.Huang says her biggest wish is to see her father get better. “Although life is difficult, I should study hard and go to c_____6_____,” Huang said. “I want to be a nurse so that I can take care of my father and make other sick people better.”二、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，首字母已给“GRANNY HUANG, Granny Huang, teach me spinning (纺纱), teach me weaving (织布) ...”Have you ever read this ballad (民谣)? Do you know who Granny Huang refers to? If you answered “Huang Daopo,” thenBingo! you are right!Huang Daopo was one of the most famous women in the Chinese textile industry (纺织工业). The woman, however, had an u___7___ childhood.Huang was born in Wunijing — today’s Huajing Town in Xuhui, Shanghai — about 700 years ago. Her family was very poor. At the age of ten, she was sold into marriage. Unable to bear the illtreatment of her parentsinlaw, Huang ran away from home. She hid (躲藏) h____8____ in a ship and was accidentally brought to Yazhou — today’s Sanya in Hainan.Yazhou was famous for its cotton. The Li (黎族) people there had started a textile industry. Huang stayed with Li women for more than 30 years and learned spinning and weaving from them.Around 1285, Huang r___9___ to Shanghai and stayed in Songjiang. She taught local villagers to spin and weave. Meanwhile, she improved weaving machines and tools, allowing people to work f____10____ and produce betterquality textiles. With Huang’s efforts, Songjiang saw its textile industry develop quickly. The spinning and weaving techniques (工艺) then spread a___11___ the city. Soon, Shanghai became one of China’s most famous cotton processing centers.Naturally, Huang was highly respected by people in Shanghai. After she died, the locals built a temple in her hometown to remember her. They also created many ballads about her.Now, a new memorial hall (纪念堂) for Huang Daopo has been built in Huajing, Shanghai. The hall has a collection of more than 300 exhibits. Visitors can learn more about Granny Huang and the h____12____of Shanghai’s textile industry. They can even try their hands at making cotton products like scarves and cloth bags.三、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，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）Do you walk to school every day? But if you like to sleep in the morning, you may be late for your class. If you like bad smells and c___13___, the bus might be your choice. But why not a bicycle? A bicycle will get you there faster than your feet and will s___14___ your money. This is why you see more bicycles than any other kind transportation in China, about 500 hundred million of them. That’s about one for every two people in the whole country.Bicycles became more and more weled, because they are fun for people and at the same time they help d___15___ a strong body. No vehicle is better than a bicycle for enjoying an autumn weekend outside the city with parents, r___16___ or friends. You can travel on small, quiet paths.You can also p___17___ your bicycle beside the path wherever you want to stop to enjoy the beauty. Cycling every day helps people build h___18___ hearts and stronger muscles. Somescientists say a 30minute ride every day can help you lose weight and keep fit, and help you breathe the fresh air. Nowadays, bicycles are also popular with city planners, they see bicycles as a good way to s___19___ heavy traffic. Unlike vehicles or buses, bicycles produce no exhaust(废气) and don’t burn energy. Many countries are encouraging people to use bicycles more often.四、在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

2024年中考英语：短文语法—首字母—综合填空精选（三）含答案AFears are something we all have. You need to face your fears and to get over them. However, it’s easier said than d_____1____. Running away from your fears doesn’t make them leave. It just makes them b_____2______ than eve r. We’re never going to be completely fearless of everything we do, but we can at l____3_______ be more fearless and confident.What are the fears that scare(恐吓) you much? Check w______4_____ they are and get them out in the open. Are they things like height or snakes? Are you a_____5______ to talk to girls or boys? Are you so shy that you are fearing to say the wrong things? These are common fears that i______6_____ your daily lives.Before you can f______7_____ them, you need to learn more about what makes you fearful of these situations. Communicating your fear is one way. Other people may be able to realize your anxiety(焦虑) b____8______ they know something you don’t.It could be from past experience, something that you could never forget and has made you fearful since then.To face fears, you have to believe in something. It’s a very healthy way of letting you feel as if nothing can go w___9_____. When you feel that way, you may be able to think differently about your f____10___. You will be able to believe that everything will be okay. Everything does end up being okay.参考答案1.done2.bigger3.least4.what5.afraid6.influence7.face8.because9.wrong 10.fearsBIn a primary school, a teacher asked her students what theywished to become when they 1.___________ up. There wereseveral 2.___________: a doctor, a teacher, a film-star andso on.One of the students gave a 3.___________ answer. Thischild said, “I want to be a television!” The teacher asked thechild 4. ___________ he had such a wish. He said, with hiseyes full 5.___________ tears (眼泪), “There is no one at home to watch me or care for me. Everyone sits around the television. If there is 6.____________ wrong with the TV, they give great attention to it and fix it at once.”The loving teacher met the child's mother and talked about this with her. The mother said, “My husband is a very busy businessman. He 7. ___________ has time to look after the child.” “But what about you?” the teacher asked the mother. “What do you know about me? I am 8.____________ head of the women's club. I have so many meetings and activities.” The teacher now understood why the child 9. ____________ lonely at home.“I think children want their parents to 10._____________ more time with them.” said the teacher.【参考答案】看图短文填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）1. grew2. answers3. strange/special/surprising4. why5. of6. anything7. never8. the9. felt/was 10. spendCNow students’ English handwriting (书法)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel w__1__. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!◆Use paper with linesUsing paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you writeEnglish words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the r__2__ size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.◆Slow downIf your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even w__3__, you may make more mistakes.◆Hold your pencil rightWhen you hold your pencil in a correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids pressdown really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxedand don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If youdo so, people will guess you are a student with a good h___4 _.◆Draw more picturesDrawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to c__ 5__ your pencilbetter when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school,you can practice by y__6___ at home.Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or awell-known sports player, what do you do when your f__7__ run up to you? Give themyour autographs(亲笔签名), of course.【参考答案】1. worried2. right3. worse4. habit5. control6. yourself7. fansDYou have probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a most u 1 woman.She lives in a house that she built herself out o 2 trash. Well, the stuff used tobe called trash, but now it’s called“recycled” material. The windows and doorscame from old buildings around the town that were being pulled down. The walls aremade from old glass bottles that are g 3 together. The roof is made from d 4 tiles. And the fence is built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an a 5 fromthe Help S ave Our Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, “Amy is an i 6 to us all.”【参考答案】【主旨大意】本文介绍了埃米.温特伯恩女士用废品建立房子以及用废品制作玩具的故事。

英语首字母填空练习题及答案中考题型首字母短文填空对考生来说,相对较难。

以下我为大家细心打算了：英语首字母填空练习题及答案，盼望可以协助到大家!英语首字母填空练习题及答案一The u________ means the earth ,the sun , the moon and the stars and the space b________ them .Many of the stars are so f_____ away that we can not see them . The moon , our satellite , travels a______ the earth . It has already been visited b______ man from the earth . Man-made satellites have been sent up i______ space by many countries .They go round the earth . They are used for helping us to learn more a______ the earth , the weather and other things . They are also used for sending and r_______ messages . It makes people f_______ different countries understand each other much better . So people say the world itself is becoming a much s_____ place. People call the small place the global village .1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______8. ______9. ______ 10. ______答案：1.universe2.between3.far4.around5.by ,6.into7.about8.receiving9.from 10.smaller .英语首字母填空练习题及答案二A: G____(1)afternoon. What can I do for you ?B: Yes, please. Id like(想要) to see a T- shirt.A: What c_____(2) do you like?B: I like pink very m____(3).A: S____(4), we dont have any pink T-shirts. B___(5) we have some brown o___(6).B: Let me see.A: OK, h______(7) ere you are.B: Oh, the color is very nice. Can I try (试穿) i_____(8)?A: Sure. Youre c_____(9)_ool.B: T_____(10) you.答案：1. Good2. color3. much4.Sorry5.But6. ones7. here8.it9. cool10. Thank.英语首字母填空练习题及答案三Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h_____ to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, Could you help me? I cant find my seat. The air hostess s_____ him the seat and told him to sit d_____ and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m______ about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henrys ears might feel a little s______, but he didnt need to worry about it b_______ many people felt like that. When the plane was f_______ very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e______ read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b_____ food and drinks. Henry could e______ the flight and arrived home soon.1. __________2. __________3. ____________4. __________5. __________6. __________7.__________8. _________9. ____________ 10. __________答案：1.how2.showed3.down4.move5.strange ,6.because7.flying8.either9.bring10.enjoy。

2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（1）Making friends is a skill._ Like most skills, you can improve it if you are patient._ If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take action._ You must first go where there are people._ You won't make friends staying home a ____(1)._Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is much e_____(2)._ Or join someone in some activity._strangers means seeing the unknown._ And it's human nature to feel a bitcome from doubts (怀疑) about ourselves._ We imagine other people are judging us—finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that._ But don't forget that they must be feeling the s_____(5) way._ Try to accept yourself as you are,Try to be brave even if you don't feel that way when you e_____(7) a room full of strangers._ Walk tall and straight, look d _____(8) at other people and smile._If you see someone you'd like to speak to, say something._ Don't wait for the other person to start a conversation._Just meeting someone new does not mean that you'll make friends with that person._ Friendship is based on mutual (相互的) likings and "give and take"._ Ittakes time and effort (精力)for us to d______(9) friendship._ And there are things that stop a new friendship from g_____(10)._答案：1._ alone 2._ easier 3._ nervous 4._ dealing 5._ same6._ comfortable7._ enter8._ directly9._develop 10._._ growing2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（2）Leo and his father didn't talk for 10 years._ 10 years ago, Leo’s mother d_____(1)._ He thought it was his father who caused his mother's illness._ He hated his father._Now they were sitting in a nice c_____(2) shop._ Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee._ Leo was surprised._ His father smiled and said, “Before you were born, your mother and I often had f____(3) playing in the sea._ We could taste the sea, just l_____(4) the taste of the salty coffee._ Every time I have salty coffee, I always think of your mother._ I m______(5) her so much._”Leo was deeply moved (感动)._ He never knew his father had such deep l______(6) for his mother._ One month later, he moved to live w______(7) his father._ Every time he made coffee for him, he put some salt in the coffee._ After 10 years, his father died._ Leo received a l______(8) which said, “Dear Leo, please forgive my life's lie —the salty coffee._ Actually at that t_____(9) I wanted some sugar, but I said salt._ It was hard for me to change, so I just wentahead._ Now let me t______(10) you the truth._ I don't like salty coffee, but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life._”答案：1._ died 2._ coffee 3._ fun 4._ like 5._ miss6._ love7._ with8._ letter9._ time 10._ tell2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（3）A poor young man went to Paris, expecting that his father’s friend cou ld help him find a business for living._“Are you g______(1) at maths?” his father’s friend asked him._The young man s_______(2) his head._“How is your history?” “How a______(3) your law?”The young man lowered(低下) his head sadly._His father’s friend asked again and again, but the young man could o_______(4) shake his head._ He himself couldn’t find out any advantages._ “Then write down y____(5) address first._”The young man wrote his address and turned to leave, b______(6) he was stopped by his father’s friend._ “Your name is written very beautifully, which is your advantage._ You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a j_____(7) forliving._”Many y_____(8) later, the young man wrote the classical works that was well-known in the world._ He was Alexandra Dumas(大仲马), a f______(9) French writer of the 18th century._There are many ordinary persons in the world who all have many small advantages, but they can’t find t______(10)._ In fact, there is a gold mine(矿)in every ordinary life._ If you’re willing to dig, you will dig out treasures that surprise yourself._答案1._ good 2._ shook 3._ about 4._ only 5 your6._ but7._ job8._ years9._ famous 10._ them2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（4）A disappointing performanceTom was sick with disappointment._ The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f___(1) in his solo (独奏)._ He couldn’t understand how it could has happened._He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m___(2)._ He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p____(3) of him._ He spent his time with the piano._His teacher said he was q___(4) to learn._ It was true that he accepted music asanother l____(5), another way to talk to people._His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s___(6) them that he was the best in the whole class._But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w___(7)._ He looked into the audience and saw his f___(8) smiling back at him._At that time, he felt n___(9)._ His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as through he had caught a bad cold._He sat down at the piano._ He took a deep breath._ He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest._ He s___(10) over, thinking that would help._ It didn’t._ His bright musical life seemed to end._答案1._ failed 2._ months 3._ proud 4._ quick 5._ language6._ show7._ weak8._ family9._ nervous 10._ stared2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（5）Once upon a time, there were four seeds who were good friends._ They travelled by wind and (1)c____ to a forest._ They hide(藏) themselves in the ground, and hoped that they would be able to grow into big (2)t________But when the first seed began to grow, they (3)r_______ it would not be such an easy task._ There lived a group of monkeys, and the smallest monkeys loved to throw bananas (4)a______ any plant that started to grow._ They threw so many bananas at the first seed that she was almost cut into two._ When she told the other seeds(5)w_____ happened, they thought that it would be better to wait until the monkeys went away._They all agreed with that, except the first seed._ She thought she would at least try it ._ When she tried, she was (6)h_________ b y bananas._ The other seeds askedher to stop trying._ (7)b________ she had made up her mind to become a tree._ She tried again and again._ Every time she was hit by bananas, she would try harder._ The scars(伤疤)left by the bananas helped her grow (8)s________ than the other seeds._ Later, she could withstand (经受住)the hit of bananas._ She had already(9)g________ so well that the monkeys couldn't hurt her badly._At last, she grew into the biggest tree in the forest._ The other seeds still hide (10)t________ in the ground, hoping the monkeys would go away soon._答案: 1._ came 2._ trees 3._ realized 4._ at 5._ what6._ hurt7._ but8._ stronger9._ grown 10._ themselves2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(6)There are many ways to save the environment if you would like._ In thispassage, you can find some ways._Plant more trees._ Choose a right g___1___ near your house or workplace._U___2___ there’s any rule stopping you growing trees in that area, go ahead andgrow trees._ Plant a tree every month and e___3___ your friends and classmatesto join you._ Have more and more trees p___4___ and there will come a day whenyou have green land thanks to your hard work._Walk more and drive less._ Choose to walk r___5___ than drive your car._Walk or ride a bicycle to work if it’s not very far._ Not only cycling but walking isgood exercise._ And each time you avoid using your car, you’re doing somethingh___6__ to cut down air pollution._ You are saving fuel, saving money andkeeping fit as well._Save water._ Water is very important for living things._ It’s w___7___ who use and pollute it._ The simplest way to save water is turning o___8___ water taps after use._ When you visit a beach, m ake sure that you don’t throw waste around._ Do not pollute rivers b___9__ dropping garbage or other waste._ Water is so precious, so we c__10___ waste or pollute it._答案1._ground 2._Unless 3._encourage 4._ planted 5._rather6._ helpful7._ we8._ off9._ by 10._ can’t2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(7)A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos._ The monkeys, however, were very c__1__ and every kind of trap(计谋) that he set failed._A young boy watched the man's efforts and then took a pot with a narrow(狭窄的) neck._ He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i__2__ it._ He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, ‘We s hould have a m__3__ in a few hours._’Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot._ One put his hand into the pot e__4__ and got a handful of peanuts, but he couldn't p__5__ his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot._ The monkey was a__6__ andbegan to cry._ Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand._The boy and the man heard the noise._ As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e__7__ the one with its hand in the pot._ The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag._ The man was s__8__ and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap._ ‘Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h__9__ to get it out？’The boy laughed and said, ‘The mon key could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn't w__10__ to let go._ They never are._’答案：1._ clever 2._ in/inside 3._ money 4._ easily 5._ pull6._ angry7._ except8._ surprised9._ hard 10._ willing2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空（8）A man walked i 1 a doctor’s examining room._ “Put out your tongue._” the doctor said._“OK._ There is nothing s 2 ,” the doctor said._ “It’s clear what’s wrong with you._ You need more exercise._”“But,doctor,”the man sa id._ “I don’t think …”“Don’t tell me what you think._” the doctor said._ “I am the doctor, not you._ I know what you need._ I see hundreds of people like you._ N 3 of them get anyexercise._ They sit in the office all day and in f 4 of the television in the evening._ What you need is to walk quickly at 1 5 twenty minutes a day._ ”“Doctor,you don’t understand._” the man said._ “I…”“There is no e 6 ,” the doctor said._ “You must find time for exercise._ If you don’t,you will get fat and have health problems when you are old._”“But I walk every day._” the man said._“Oh,yes,and I know what kind of walking that is._ You walk a few meters to the office from your house,and a few more meters to a r 7 for lunch and back._”“Pl ease listen to me,doctor! ” the man s 8 at the doctor angrily._ “I’m a mailman._” the man w 9 on,“I walk for seven hours every day._ ”For a moment the doctor was silent,then he said quietly,“Put your tongue out a 10 ,will you?”答案：1._ into 2._ serious 3._ None 4._ front 5._ least6._ excuse7._ restaurant8._should9._ went 10._ again2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(9)2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(10)Travel can teach kids more than a textbook._ Travelling with kids is good f 1 them._ They can find new interests._ Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d 2 experiments in the lab._ While traveling, they learn h 3 to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people._ They learn patience, because sometimes I 4 takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places._I’ve been traveling since I was seven years old._ For me, to stop travelingwould be like taking something a 5 from my soul（灵魂）._ I can’t live without traveling and I wouldn’t be who I am if I don’t travel._ Some people think it’s h 6 to travel after having kids._ But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn’t m7they couldn’t travel any more._ My children have been traveling since they were three weeks old._Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities（责任）and I’d love to be a good mother._ One of my duties is to e 8 my children._ I’m so thankful that my parents to ok me on family trips when I was y 9 ._ I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in._ Of course, I want to pass these travel e 10 on to my children._I value the memories I have traveling with my children._ I’m sure they will always remember them in their lives._答案：1._ for 2._ doing 3._ how 4._ it 5._ away6._ hard7._ mean8._ educate9._ young 10._ experiences2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(11)Bill lives in a very far village._ He knows l 1 about the outside world because he hardly ever gets our of his village._One day, he got a radio f 2 his uncle who lives in the city._ He was veryexcited and s 3 the radio to all his friends._“Great!” Sheela, one of his friends, said._ “Could you please get one for me, too?” anoth er friend Mashi asked._ Of course Bill felt very proud o 4 the radio._However, the radio stopped w 5 only a few days later._ Bill was very sad but didn’t know w 6 to do._ A friend of his told h 7 to go to the repair shop in town._ So he did._ The man in the shop f 8 two dead cockroach(蟑螂) in the radio._Bill started crying._ The man, of course, was surprised, “W9 are you crying, my boy?” Bill cried said, “Because the two singer died in my radio._ How am I going to listen to nice s 10 ?”答案：1._little 2._ from 3._showed 4._of 5._working6._ what7._him8._found9._ Why 10._songs2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(12)Summer is coming._ The w__1__ becomes hotter and hotter._ A lot of people like s__2__ in the swimming pools or in the sea._ They think water makes them f__3___ cool._ But some people are not careful enough._ They often think they can swim b __4__ than others and they don't have to worry about anything._ So these years, many accidents happened and some people l___5___ their lives(生命)._ Most of them were students._ As we all know, safety is the most important._ Do you know h ___6___ to protect(保护)yourself? To protect yourself, you must be careful._ Remember not to swim in a d___7___ place._ Don't swim alone, and when you s ec a “No Swimming” sign, don't swim, e___8___._ Of course, you can swim w___9___ someone who can keep you safe._ If you remember these, swimming will b__10___ safer._答案:1._ weather 2._ swimming 3._ feel 4._ better 5._ lost6._ how7._ dangerous8._ either9._ with 10._ will be2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(13)Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College._ He walked into class one day and told his students that their h 1 was to perform one act of random(任意的) kindness._ His students did not understand the assignment (任务), but the professor would not answer their questions._ He e 2 his students to find it out for themselves._One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to s 3 their stories._ One student told of distributing blankets to the homeless, another had contacted a long, lost friend, and another student r 4 that he had helped a dog to find its owner._ Students were energized(激励) by the homework assignmentand wanted other people to be kind too._ W 5 the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something k 6 for others, They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind—not surprising as Professor Wall is blind._ Since then, s 7 kindness activities have been organized in schools all over the world._ Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, a 8 November 13, to celebrate World Kindness Day._ Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform d 9 kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity._ Students learn to c 10 other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place._答案1._ homework 2._ encouraged 3._ share 4._ reported 5._ with6._ kind7._ similar8._ around9._ different 10._ consider2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(14)My biggest problemMy biggest problem is that I am too busy._ When I was young, I used to have t 1 much time, but these days I get up early and s 2 in school all day._ T 3 I go right home and eat dinner._ Before I started f 4 school, I used to spend a lot of time p 5 games with my friends, but I just do n’t have thetime anymore._ In the evening, I used to watch TV or c 6 with my grandmother, but now I h 7 to study._ I love m 8 , and my father used to take me to the concerts._ These days, I hardly ever have time for c 9 ._ I do homework and go to bad._ I really m 10 the old days._答案: 1._ too 2._ study 3._ Then 4._ for 5._ playing6._ chat7._ have8._ music9._ concerts 10._ miss2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(15)The London Eye is a tourist attraction in London,the UK._ There you can get into a capsule(密封舱)to enjoy a great view of the city of London._I v 1 the London Eye last summer with a friend._ My friend didn't know where we were going._ I just told him we would go somewhere very special._ As we arrived a 2 Waterloo Station, he had worked out where we were going._ He s 3 happily._ When we reached the London Eye, there was a very long waiting line, so in order to s 4 time, he stayed in the line while I went to buy the t 5 ._The capsule doesn't completely stop when people get on, so you have to get into it q 6 ._ Then the door of the capsule shuts._ The view waswonderful._ We took many photos of the view and of o 7 ._ It took about half an hour for the capsule to go around._If you are i 8 in going there._ I'd like to give you some advice._ To enjoy the view, go in the d 9 ._ There are night rides, but you won’t see a lot._ Sometimes the top of the wheel can be quite cool even t 10 it's sunny._ So ladies, don’t forget to take a scarf._答案: 1._ visited 2._ at 3._ smiled 4._ save 5._ tickets6._quickly7._ ourselves8._ interested9._ daytime 10._ though2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(16)One day, when Bill was w 1 home from school, he heard a noise coming from the bushes(灌木)._He went over to see w 2 it was._ Behind a bush, he found a black dog._ Bill went back home as soon as he c 3 with the dog and showed her to his parents._ Bill's dad found that the dog had a broken leg,s 4 they brought the dog to a doctor for animals by car._ On the w 5 , Bill's parents decided that Bill could keep the dog if they couldn't find the owner._When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog._ He told Bill that she w 6 going to have babies! The next day, Bill p 7 up signs(牌子) like "FOUNDDOG BLACK" around his neighborhood._ He a 8 wrote his family's phone number on the signs._Two days later._ Bill got a call f 9 the owner of the dog._ The owner thanked BitWhen he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have o 10 of the babies._ Bill was very happy! Finally Bill got a baby dog from the owner._ He named him Rosco and liked him very much._答案: 1._ walking 2._ what 3._ could 4._ so 5._ way6._ was7._ put8._ also9._ from 10._ one2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(17)To: Christin foo@hotmail._comDate: 23rd MarchSubject: The Riding for the Disabled AssociationHi Christine,Sorry I haven’t emailed lately —I’ve been very busy s ince becoming a volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Association._Every Saturday, I help to get the horses r__1__ for the disabled(残疾) riders._ Many more disabled people want to ride h___2___ than you’d imagine._ It’s a disadvantage that I don’t know how to ride —I’d love to g et on long rides withthe riders—but I’ll learn soon enough._ Right now, I’m just happy to be able to lead the horses around for the d 3 riders._I’m a___4___ helping to organize a sale, which will be h___5___ next month._ It’s a lot more work than helping the disabled._ I need to collect second-hand things to sell at the sale._ There are f___6__ things available(获得的) than I thought, but I’m sure we’ll have enough b___7___ next month._I hope the sale raises more money than last month’s walk._ It was rainy, so too few people took part in the event._ Last week, we held an auction(拍卖)._ The auction took much less t___8___ to organize than the walk._ H___9__, for some reason, people offered too little money for the things, so we didn’t raise enough money._I’m s___10___ you some pictures in the letter, as well as a speech I gave last week._Robin答案: 1._ ready 2._ horses 3._ disabled 4._ also 5._ held6._ fewer7._ by8._ time9._ However 10._ sending2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(18)Donald wants to go fishing._ He asks his father to go with h__1__, but his father is too busy to go._ "Mom, can you go with me?" asks Donald._ “Sorry, I'm doing the dishes and t__2__ I have to go to work," says Mom._ He doesn't have any brothers or sisters._ "I think I'll go m__3__," he says._Donald rides his bike and g__4__ out._ His dog, Pooch, follows him._ “Do youwant to go fishing with m__5__, Pooch? OK! Let's go!"They leave for the river._ In about ten minutes, they arrive at the r__6__._In five minutes, Donald g__7__ a fish._ Pooch thinks it funny to watch thef__8__ move on the grass._In three hours Donald gets five fish._ Then he brings them h__9__._When he gets home, Pooch sits next him._ "T 10 for going with me, Pooch._"In the evening, Donald and his parents eat the fish for dinner._Pooch doesn't like to eat fish, but he is very happy to eat bones._答案: 1._ him 2._ then 3._ myself 4._ goes 5._ me6._ river7._ gets8._ fish9._ home 10._ Thanks2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(19)Peter, was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match._ He hated losing anything._ When he w 1 ,he would feel really good．If he lost,he would feel terrible,It seemed to Peter that losing was the w 2 thing in the world．A new kid,Albert,came to Peter's school．He was good at table tennis, too．Soon there would be a match b 3 Peter and Albert．Peter worked hard to get ready for the match,but Albert didn't seem to think m 4 of it．When the match began,Albert was a real player．There was always a s 5 on his face．while Peter looked serious all the time．Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat(舞弊),but he lost in the end._ “You played very well ,Peter．I think we can play again sometime,”said Albert．But Peter didn't f 6 happy and couldn't fall asleep that night． One day,Peter saw Albert playing basketball．t 7 he lost again and again,the happy smile never left his face．Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but b 8 at basketball．However,he enjoyed b 9 of them．Whether he won or lost the game, Albert e 10 it._ Peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it,He felt happier than ever before．答案: 1._ won 2._ worst 3._ between 4._ much 5._ smile6._ feel7._ Though8._bad9._ both 10._enjoyed2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(20)At some time in your life, you might have a roommate._ It is a good idea to share a flat, especially for students or people who have just finished school, because flats are usually expensive._ And m 1 is not the only reason for having a roommate._ Sharing a flat can be fun._But life with a roommate can also be a t 2 experience._ Some experts (专家) did a study of college students who shared a room._ They found that students who had problems with their roommates were not happy at school and were more likely to get sick than other students._ So, how can you l 3 with a roommate and enjoy it? Here is some a 4 :Being roommates with a friend can be hard._ Friends may be different when you stay with them all the time from when you don’t see them very o 5 ._ So, before you plan to share a room with a friend, discuss the situation c 6 ._ If you decide to share a room with someone you don’t know, talk to each other._ It’s important to be h7 about your habits and things you hate._ When you move in with a roommate, make rules._ Decide how you will share h 8 , such as cleaning, washing and shopping._ Will you share food? It is OK to have guests? And what about loud music?Don’t get angry at small things tha t your roommate does._ Try to f 9 the unhappy things between you and your roommate._ No one ---including you ---is p 10 ._答案:1._ money 2._ terrible 3._ live 4._advice 5._ often6._ carefully7._ honest8._ housework9._ forget 10._perfect2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(21)Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be u 1 mainly to protect themselves._Some birds like eating locusts._ but birds cannot easily catch them._ Why? It is b 2 locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops._ When crops are green, locusts l 3 green._ But as the harvest time comes, locu sts change to the s 4 brown colour as crops have._ Some other pests with differen t colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others._ So they h 5 to hide th emselves for lives and appear only at night._I 6 you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of colouring is protectin g themselves._ Bears, lions and other animals move quietly t 7 forests._ They ca nnot be seen by hunters._ This is because they have the colours much like the tree._ Have you e 8 noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid（液体） when it faces d 9 ._ While the liqui d spread over, the enemies cannot find it._ And it swims away i 10 ._ So it has liv ed up to now though it isn't strong at all._答案: 1._ used 2._ because 3._ look 4._ same 5._ have6._ If7._ through8._ ever9._ danger 10._ immediately2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(22)One Sunday, Mark decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan, b ut Dan happened to be away._ Dan's brother John offered to go i 1 though h e did not know anything about sailing._ Mark a 2 and they set out to sea._Soon they found themselves in a thick fog._ Mark was sure they would be h 3 by a big ship._ Fortunately he saw a large buoy (浮标)through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for s 4 ._ As he was getting onto th e buoy, however, he d 5 the wet rope._ The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, w 6 did not know how to use the radio._ He drifted (漂移) about and was not seen u 7 twelve hours later._Mark s 9 the night on the buoy._ In the early morning he fell asleep. _ He was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up._ A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he c 9 onto it and thanked the captain._ The captain told him that John had been p 10 up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a message._ "Without the message I would not have found you on the buoy," he said._答案: 1._ instead 2._ agreed 3._ hit 4._ safety 5._ dropped6._ who7._ until8._ spent9._ climbed 10._ picked2020年英语中考专题练习——短文首字母填空(23)Your maths teacher may wear old-fashioned clothes and always pronounce your name wrongly._ Your English teacher may love to start classes with tests._ Perhaps it is hard (1) f______ you to accept these._ But they eat pizza, go to movies and enjoy sports at weekends, just like you._So how can you (2) g______ along with your teachers? Here are some tips._ (3) F______, do the following things: Don't be late for school._ (4) H______ in your homework on time._ Be polite to your teachers._Second, show an interest in the subject._ Even if you are not (5) g______ at your maths or English, youshould do your (6) b______ to learn it and show your teacher that you are a hardworking student._You can also come to your teacher during his/her spare time._ Use this time to get some help or talk aboutyour progress in class._ You may be surprised to learn that your teacher is more relaxed in his/her free time (7) t______ in his / her working hours._A good relationship with your teachers will help you now and in the (8) f______._ There may be some(9) t______ you will always remember because they change you and your life._ After (10) f______ school,you may even go back to visit them._ And they are always proud of that._。

大家一个总体的信息，重点是“on the waters”，而且时态为现在时。

1. 既然Ming的生活是和水紧密联系的，所以第一个空就很容易了，r打头的关于水的单词，就是river，因为前面有冠词a，所以只用单数形式。

2.通过前文可以得知，“Ming住在一个船型的屋子里，6年里他从来没有到过**，但是他从来不孤单”，也就是说他非常喜欢在水上的生活，因此可以推测出他从来没有来过陆地，填land。

3.本空的关键在play with，通常后面可以加fire、snow，但是与文意不符，所以是与朋友们玩，后文的their说明是复数形式，填friends。

4.本空的ask them to ** him和or之前的swims across to their boats是相互对应的，要么Ming去朋友那里，要么他的朋友来看他，所以填visit，表示拜访的意思。

5.本句说到，Ming的父亲是一位渔夫，一位渔夫捕鱼用线或者网是非常正常的事情，但but表示转折，说明他的父亲与一般渔夫不一样，不使用线或者网，后文的birds do the fishing for him也说明他自己不需要用这些工具。

他的父亲是第三人称，所以填uses。

6.本题是难题，通过上下文可以得知，Ming的父亲在那些鸬鹚的某个部位圈上了圈，所以它们就不能把捕到的鱼吃下折，“风筝板很有趣，但是也很**”，那么和“有趣”相对的就是“危险”或者“困难”，所以dangerous或difficult皆可。

3. 第一段最后一句是前面一句的延伸，如果空2填出来，空3就不成问题，正是因为这项运动很危险，所以玩的时候必须要非常小心仔细，填carefully。

4. 文章首句就有playing kite-board，提示出空4应该是play的被动语态，填played。

5. 本题考察的是as…as的结构，当中填形容词或者副词的原级，关键点在结构后的last century，既然已经是上个世纪，不难想出应该是“和上世纪一样早”，所以填early。

初中英语首字母填空专项训练（四）ARead 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，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）A bookstore chain (连锁书店), “Popular Bookmall (大众书局),” introduced their unique style of book distribution in Shanghai back in November. This experimental store offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require c___1___ to pay before taking books away. Sounds like a book lover’s paradise!Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store r____2____ that it was a great success; enough customers voluntarily paid for their books. But most older “honesty stores” in China did not receive enough honest customers. For example, a self-service restaurant opened in Fujian province(福建省)years ago which allowed customers to pay whatever they chose, but about one-fifth of customers paid n____3___. Therefore some people have speculated that Chinese are becoming more honest. The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to e____4___ people in China to remember how important honesty is.Many Chinese are concerned about dishonesty in China. Even at Popular Bookmall, not everybody chose to pay for their books. How can we encourage ourselves to be honest? We should listen to our conscience. This has d____5____ roots in Chinese culture. Confucius(孔子)taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.But there is also a great rational reason for “honesty stores”: the more honest people there are in society, the more reasons we have to t____6____ others. And if people trusted each other they’d be more willing to share. We could contribute to a “sharing economy” where you do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time, but helping other people. F____7___ all these reasons, society is built on trust, not only trade.BRead 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，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）We all have problems. If we can’t deal with our problems, we will become unhappye__1_______. Worrying about our problems can affect what we do at school. It can also influence the ways we get along with our families at home. Here are some s___2_______ to deal with our problems.♦ By learning to forgetMost of us have probably been angry with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps theys____3____ something you didn't like, or you felt they were talking about a small problem. Whenwe are angry, we are usually the ones affected. H____4____this usually does not last for long. We can solve a problem by learning to forget.♦ By regarding problems as challenges (挑战)Many students often complain about school. They might feel they have too much work to do orthink the rules are too s____5__ . We must learn how to change these "problems" into "challenges".As young people, it is our duty to try to deal with each challenge in our education with the help of our teachers.♦ By thinking of something worseBy comparing yourself to o 6 you will find your problems are not so terrible. Think about Stephen Hawking, a very clever scientist. He can't walk or even speak, but he has become very f 7 and successful. We are probably quite healthy and smart. Let's not worry about problems. Let's facethe challenges from now on.参考答案：A篇：customers; reported; nothing; encourage; deep; trust; For.B 篇：easily; suggestions; said; However; strict; others; famous.1、最困难的事就是认识自己。

专题23 短文填空考点1 首字母填空（第01期）（2024·天津·中考真题）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。

每空限填一词。

Long ago, the early people did not live in houses as we do today. Most of the homes were in caves or shelters (遮蔽物) which were built in trees. These ‘homes’ were only used as temporary (临时的) shelters to p 1 them from the sun, the rain and the wild animals in the forests. Men of that time were called ‘cave people’.These ‘cave people’ usually lived in small groups and life was not e 2 for them. They had to move from place to place to s 3 for food. They would hunt, fish or pick wild fruit. When they couldn’t find a 4 to eat, they would leave to find another proper place. Their tools were very simple. They ate raw (生的) food u 5 they learnt how to make a fire. For clothing, they used only the bark (树皮) of trees or the skins (皮) of animals to c 6 their bodies.However, the lives of the ‘cave people’ changed. They collected the seeds (种子) of wild plants that g 7 in the forests. Soon they learnt to plant fruit, vegetables and other crops. They also kept cows, sheep and other kinds of farm a 8 for milk, meat and skins. They became f 9 and lived in only one certain area. Their groups became l 10 than before as they lived more settled (固定的) lives. They built houses as long-lasting homes, and as a result, villages and towns developed quickly. The ‘cave people’ began to be civilized (文明的).（2024·山东东营·中考真题）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

中考英语专题练习-短文首字母填空(含答案)Most people desire to work。

but finding XXX in today's world。

The global economy needs to grow by 4% annually to maintain the same number of jobs for people。

but this is often not achieved。

XXX people being XXX。

new machines have replaced many jobs。

as they can perform tasks XXX。

a single machine can often replace the work of forty people。

As a result。

around 75,000 people migrate to cities daily in search of employment。

XXX。

only 30% of them are successful in finding jobs.XXX once said。

“Time is money,” but I believe that time is even more valuable than money。

This is because money can be earned again。

but time once lost cannot be XXX。

it is crucial that we do not waste time。

Time is limited。

and even a single second is us。

We must make the most of our time and use it wisely.Unfortunately。

some people do not understand the XXX。

中考英语短文首字母填空整理（共20 篇）阅读短文，根据短文及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词一I wrote my first poem when I was 5 years old. It was (1) f_______ Mother’s Day.The poem was not my best work, but my mom kept it – just like she kept every other piece of writing and artwork I ever made. She (2) a________ kept my baby clothes and a piece of hair from my first haircut. Sometimes I feel like my m om runs a museum of (3) m_______ life, and she is the only visitor.But it feels (4) n________ to be loved like that. Who else would care enough to keep all of my terrible drawings and silly poems? Only a (5) m_________.(6) O________ Mother’s Day when I was little, I used to bring my mom breakfast in bed, (7) m________ her a card, give her kisses and t ell her I loved her. I’d say to her: “You’re the (8) b________ mom in the whole world!”I don’t get to see my mother very much these days. Now I live in China, 11,200 km from my parents’ home in the US. I’m too far away to bring my mom breakfast in bed or give her kisses.(9)B______ when Mother’s Day comes, I’ll call my mom from China. Over the (10) p________, I’ll tell her I love her. No matter how far away I go, she’s always in my heart.【2012山东东营】【答案】1. for2. also3. my4. nice5. mother6. On7. make8. best9. But 10. phone二True friends are hard to find. Often you thought you could believe in someone, (1) b_______ later he or she may let you down (让你失望).A true friend is sometimes who will always be there for you. Through good times or(2)b______ times, they will stand by your side. They will not (3) l ____ you alone when things get difficult. They will accept you without trying to change you. A friend will (4)b new and exciting things into your life and make it richer.True friends will keep your worst secrets as you will keep (5) t . They will be honest and you can always believe in them. If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don’t have to (6) w about what you may say. We can enjoy this freedom only with friends.Friendship is a two-way street. To find a true friend and keep the friendship (7) b you, you must do the same thing as well. Be there for your friends when they are in (8) n and share the good times with them. Offer them the same things they give to you. Friendship will break quickly if only one person is giving and (9) p effort into it.You will find that there is nothing more valuable (10) t having a true friend by your si de to share life with, just as someone says, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prize (珍惜) than true friendship”.【答案】1.but2.bad3.leave4.bring5.theirs6.worry7.between8.need9.putting 10.than三Parents sometimes learn much from their children.Many years ago, (1) a ___ my friend David worked day and night, he was still not rich. One day, when he arrived (2) h ____ after work, he found his 3-year-old daughter wa s decorating a box with some expensive wrapping paper. He thought she was (3) w ___ money and became angry with her. He even (4) p 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 overreaction (过激反应), but he became angry a (5)______ when he found the box was empty.He shouted at her, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there should be s (6)______ inside it?”The little girl looked up at him with (7) t in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my (8)l . All for you, Daddy.”The father was very surprised. He put his arms around his little girl, and said (9)s to her. Later, David told me that he kept that box by his bed for years. When he was discouraged(情绪低落), he would take out an imaginary (想像的) kiss from the box and(10) r the love of the child.【2012天津】【答案】1. although2. home3. wasting4. punished5. again6. something7. tears8. love9. sorry 10. remember四If you think of after-school activities as a waste (浪费) of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many (1) w ________. Above all, they offer us chances to practice what we learn in (2) c_________. Through various activities, we can also learn more about today’s society (社会) and a lot of (3) n_________ things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, the y help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the (4) f ________.We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to (5) r ________ ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe (6) f________ air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay (7) a________ to our studies and achieve good results.Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to (8) o________; some can keep us strong and (9) h________; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and take an (10) a________ part in various after-school activities!【2012江苏南通】【答案】1. ways2. class3. new4. future5. relax6. fresh7. attention8. others9. healthy 10. active五On a hot summer holiday, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house. He (1) j_______into the water, not realizing a crocodile was swimming (2) t_________him. In the house, his mother was looking out of the window. She saw the animal getting closer and closer to (3) h_______son. She ran to the water, shouting as (4) l_________as possible to her son.Hearing her (5) v_________, the little made a U-tum to his mother. It was too (6)l_______. The crocodile reached him just(7) a_________the boy reached his mother. The mother held her little boy by her arm as the crocodile bit his legs. The crocodile was much stronger (8) t______the mother. But the mother would never give up. Luckily, a farmer happened to drive by, heard their calling for (9) h________, and shot the animal. The little boy was (10) s________.After that, the little boy said to the reporter, “I love my mum; she never let me go when I was in danger.”【2012山东德州】【答案】1.jumped2. towards3. her4. hardly5. voicete7. as8. than9. help 10. saved六Class 10 had a good (1) t______ on the school trip. They went to Blue Water Aquarium for the day. First they watched a movie about sharks. Then they watched a dolphin (2) s______. After lunch, they went to the Gift Shop and bought lots of gifts. Finally, (3)t______ but happy, they took the bus back to school. At the (4) e______ of the day, the science teacher was very happy because the class monitor (5)c_______ the bus after the trip.【2012湖南怀化】【答案】1. time2. show3. tired4.end5. clean七Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthday. They usually have a party and (1)i _______ their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the exact date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the closest weekend instead.Two kinds of parties are the most (2) p One is held at home. Parents prepare a (3)s birthday meal for their children. The other is held away from home. It may be at a restaurant，a park，a movie theater or some other places.There is a birthday (4) c with candles on that day. Each candle means each year of a birthday boy or girl’s age.As children grow olde, their birthday parties change. In (5) f many people stop having parties now. They say they would like to forget their age.【2012 贵州六盘水】【答案】1.invite2. popular3. special4. cake5. fact八Joanne is an American. She has never been (1)a , but she has a very international life! Every morning for breakfast she drinks a cup of black coffee from Italy (2)a eats some melon from Thailand.She has a Japanese car and prefers to (3)d to work. In the car, she listens to Austrian music (4) a the radio. If there is a (5) s she knows, she usually sings along with the music.Joanne is a clothes designer. She really loves her (6)j . She makes coats, using silk. The coats are sold all around the world. She uses a computer in her work and she puts (7)a_____ for her coats on the Internet so that her clothes are sold better.When she gets home after work, she takes her dog for a walk and then cooks dinner. She likes to cook Chinese food. After dinner, she likes to (8) w Korean films on her DVD player.On Saturday night, Joanne goes out with her friend Lucy. Usually, (9)t go to an Indian dance class together. After that, they have a French (10) m_________in a restaurant with Joanne’s boyfriend, Scan.【2012 佛山】【答案】1.abroad2. and3. drive4. on5. song6. job7. advertisements / ads8. watch9. they 10. meal九When you laugh, you will (1) o ____ your mouth and show your teeth. The healthier those teeth are, the happier you look. Why is that?It’s because your teeth are important in many (2) w . if you take care of them, they’ll help to take care of you. Strong healthy(3) t help you eat the right food to help you grow. They also help you speak clearly.Brush your teeth(4) t ____ a day - after breakfast and before bedtime.You also need to care about (5) w ______ you eat and drink. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of drinks.【2012四川广安】【答案】1.open2. ways3. teeth4. twice5. what十Victor likes basketball very much. He often stays out to play basketball with his friends and a (1) ___ home very late. Yesterday he played for 4 hours and (2) f ___ when he should go home. His father and mother felt (3) m __ about that. However, Victor thinks it is important to spend some time on his hobbies, which can help him relax and make his life colorful. He wishes that he could get his (4) p support. At last, they ask him not to give up his hobbies but not to influence his study, (5) e .【2012四川凉山】【答案】1.arrives2. forgot3.mad4.parents’5.either十一Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.Nearly 100 years ago. President Taddy Ronsevelt (罗斯福) went on a bear hunt, He(1) e_____hunting in the woods. Because be was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it (2) s .But after three days of walking and climbing and riding. (3) n hears were found!The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs (4) f found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide (5) t the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said “No”. He ordered that the bear should be let go.Mr. Berryman, a cartoonist (漫画家), heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while (6) h _________ . Mr. Michtom, owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it (7) w ________ a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great (8)i___________in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt’s permission (同意) to (9) u his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born!Since then the toy bear has been famous (10) a _________ the world and especially popular with children.【2012江苏扬州】【答案】1. enjoyed2. successful3. no4. finally5. tied6.hunting7. was8. interest9. use 10. around十二Have you ever tried the “Magic Cube” (魔方)? Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won’t be able to (1) p it down. How hard can it be to rearrange the nine little(2) s on each side of the cube? In fact, there are millions of possibilities! It has been over 30 years since the cube first (3) h the market. However, not many people know that it was used just as a simple classroom (4) m at the beginning.In 1974. Mr. Erno Rubik (5) i the “Magic Cube” as he called it. He did this to help his students (6) u difficult 3D concepts (概念). This classroom example was quickly (7) t into a popular toy. In 1979, Idea Toys started to sell it as “Rubik’s Cube”. The invention quickly became a 1980s (8) c icon.As time went by, the cube once (9) l its attractive qualities. However, it made a comeback with the Internet. Now anyone can go online and find many videos that show ways to (10) s__________ the cube. Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the world record now. He finished in just 7.08 seconds!【2012江苏无锡】【答案】1. put2. squares3. hit4. model5. invented6. understand7. turned8. cultural9.lost 10.solve十三Your local community is the area near your home where you work, and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your (1) f make connections with other people, and the place you feellike you belong to. People are very social. We need to (2) t and interact(交往) with other human beings. We often understand ourselves (3) b _____ when we discuss our opinions, emotions, and activities with other people. Making more connections with friends and family lets us put aside our worries and focus(关注) on things that are more(4) i : the people we care about.Communities grow and (5) c over time. Families move from one city to another because of (6) w or family situations. Older adults often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up and moved out to (7) s ____ families of their own. New families move in when others (8) l ________ .Basic (基本的) community (9) s_________, such as police, fire, post office, health, and public schools, remain steady(稳定的) forces in the community, (10) a some people may retire （退休）or move on. Businesses provide services provide different kinds skilled work.【2012江苏南京】【答案】1.family2. talk3. better4. important5. change7.work 7. start 8. leave 9. service 10. Although十四Last Sunday the Browns went to the park. They got home very late. Father opened the front door and they both went into the house. It was very (1) d , Mother turned on the light. On the way to their bedroom, Mather Said, "John,(2) l ! I can heard someone in the bedroom.They stood quietly outside the bedroom door. They could hear some (3)v in the room."You're right” Father said. "There are two men in it. They are talking." Then he shouted, "Who is there?" But (4) n answered. Father opened the door quickly and turned on the light.The room was (5) e . Then Father found something and laughed. The radio was still on! "I (6) f to turn it off this morning," Father said, then he turned it off.【2012 山东临沂中考】【答案】1. dark2. listen3. voices4. nobody5. empty6. forget十五As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your (1) c____________.Once you find a dream, what do you do (2) w_________ it ? Do you ever try to make your dream real? Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that (3) m_______ our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts (4) p________ you from getting your dream, the book says.In (5) f_________, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.(6)D_________ let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small (7)d_______. You must also never give up your dream.There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to (8)d________ what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will(9) l_______ to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get(10) c__________ to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.【2012山东烟台】【答案】1.class2. with3. making4. prevent5. fact6. Don’t7. ones8. decide9. lead 10. close/ closer十六Jimmy is a middle school student. He adopted (收养) three homeless baby dogs two months ago. He took good (1) c of them and the dogs became healthier and fatter. Jimmy loved them very much. But now he feels worried. He has some problems. First, he has run out of his money to (2) b ___food for dogs, because it is expensive. Second, the dogs are too big and there is not (3) e room for them. Third, the dogs have become too noisy. So his mother (4) h__________ them. She can’t s tand them.Some of Jimmy’s friends are trying to cheer him up. Some advise(建议) Jimmy should put up dogs’ (5) p_______ in the street and look for their owners. Some suggest him calling the TV station for help. Do you have any good (6) i ____ to help him?【2012湖南株洲】【答案】1.care2. buy3. enough4. hates/dislikes5.photo(s)/picture(s)6. idea(s)十七As everyone knows, (1) e_______ fast walk or slow walk does good to the muscles and lungs of human. So people walk in build up their body, or to lose(2) w___ ___. But only some of them know that taking a walk every day is also good for(3) p________ man’s heart. Heart attack has become the first disease in the world (4) b_________ more and more people suffer from it.Taking a walk can improve the blood supply to our hearts. If you try to walk as(5) o______ as possible, you’ll have a healthier heart.【2012江苏连云港】【答案】1.either2.weight3.protecting4. because5.often十八Fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours without(1) c anything. But this does not (2) w me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old shoes and rubbish. I’m even less lucky. I never catch anything...not even old shoes. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an (3) e bag. “You must give up fishing!” My friends say, “It’s a waste of time.” But they didn’t (4) r one important thing. I’m not (5) r interested in fishing. I’m only interested in sitting in a boat doing nothing at all【2012四川南充】【答案】1.catching2.worry3.empty4.realize5.really十九Nogoba was a cave girl. She lived in a cave with about 40 other people. Cavepeople lived in big groups to help each other. Their (1) l were very dangerous. There were many(2 )w animals near the caves-lions, tigers, bears and elephants.The cavemen hunted. They(3) k _______ the animals for food. The children’s jobs were dangerous, too. NOgoba and her friends went to the river every day to get (4)w . Sometimes, the river was very deep. (5)S , there were animals near the river.For many moths of the (6)y , NOgoba was cold. There was ice and snow everywhere. It was difficult to be (7) w . The children sometimes went to sleep by the fire. Sometimes they were too (8) n _______ the fire.Sometimes Nogoba and her friends went to (9)f_________fruit and nuts to eat. Sometimes the fruit and nuts were poisonous and everyone became(10) i . There weren’t any cave doctors or cave hospitals!【2012江苏盐城】【答案】1.lives2. wild3. killed4. water5. Sometimes6. year7. warm8. near9. find 10. ill二十When you’re busy or stressed, don’t forget your hobbies, such as listening to (1) m______, reading and playing ball games. If eating makes you feel better, you can go to your favourite restaurant to have a delicious meal.Parents may not think that it is useful to (2) w______ TV. However, if you are worried(3) a______ your English and don’t know how to improve it, why not watch some English TV programmes?If you’re feeling bad about your weight and don’t (4) k______ what to do, why not go walking or jogging?Finally, trying to keep your worries to yourself can make them worse. I like to (5) s______ my friends. They always give me useful advice. If you don’t know who to talk to, you can alwayswrite to me. You’re never alone.【2012江苏宿迁】【答案】1. music2. watch3. about4. know5. solve。

2024年中考英语专题复习精练—首字母填空（2）1.（2023·江苏连云港·统考中考真题）根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar has 24 solar terms (节气) in a year. Ancient Chinese people created this system to m 21 the change of time based on the sun’s position. In ancient times, this system guided farming activities. It t 22 farmers what to do according to the changes in temperature. Today, 24 solar terms still play an important role in Chinese people’s e 23 life. They remind people of the changes in s 24 and to eat suitable food. This ancient time system has gained new charm now. In Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the director used a new countdown (倒计时) method, showing 24 solar terms instead of numbers. This creative method was greatly p 25 by people around the world. They are amazed by the wisdom of Chinese people.【答案】21．(m)ark 22．(t)old 23．(e)veryday 24．(s)easons 25．(p)raised【导语】本文主要介绍了中国古人创造的24节气以及这个古老的时间系统带来的新的魅力。

2012 年英语中考专题练习----短文首字母填空（请选择使用）Passage 1Here’s a 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, 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. Ming’s father is a fisherman, bu t 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 t 7 to bring 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 .Passage 2Can 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 sugar o 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 infamilies or f 10 .Passage 3In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 One needs to play it very c 3A kite-board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holland and Spain as e 5 as the last century. Since the board was hard to control（控制）,f 6 people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design（设计）of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 how to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d better not play it. It is not s9It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷）.Passage 4British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖）.Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, he s 2 heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England. “That must be a fire, I t 3 ” Leech said. “Then I quickly d 4 to do something. So I p 5 the door in and then I s 6 for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e 7 ” He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8 the shop, the fire was under control（得到控制）.Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.“It was hard work o10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell myboss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.Passage 5While t 1 in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of（缺少）money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the m 2 by telegram（电报）to the bank（银行）here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport（护照）to the bank clerk（职员）. “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told. This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 He then phoned his brother, asking w7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕）for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.Passage 6April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l 3 too, and he will never be angry with you.Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It is s aid that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 Many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits. Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner. Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.Passage 7Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldn’t do some r 2 So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c 3 of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c 4 he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）person were glad to make f 5 with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e____6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “Your books are all dull（乏味的）,” said the girl, “I want a d9 one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t 10 out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w 1 die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f 2 off the horse and died. When the king h 3 of this, he got angry and sent his men to c 4 Effendi at once.W 5 Effendi came, the king shouted a 6 “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”Effendi l 7 at the king and answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days e8 than you.”The king was a 9 that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l 10 him go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b 1 a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his new work far more i 2 When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r 3 out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f 4 of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w 5 the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a 6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t 8 the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged（损坏）and e 9 to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c 10Passage 10Now, let’s begin our sports report. Here’s a really good game, the b 1 one I have seen this year. It’s the last five minutes of the g 2 Henry plays football f 3 France. He has the ball now. He p 4 the ball to David. David k 5 it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he’s too far a 6 France and England still have one goal each and there are only two m 7 left of the game. Just then an English p8 gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e_____9 the English team w 10Passage 11Today people can u 1 the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are t 2 with. That may c 3in the future.Today some people are using a kind of telephone c 4 “Picture phone” or “Vision phone”. W 5 it, two people who are talking can see each other.Picture phones can be useful when you have s 6 to show the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l 7 and ask to borrow a book. Then you’ll be able to r ead the book right over your picture phone.Or you may be able to go shopping t 8 your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will s 9 you t he thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and n10 leave your room.Passage 12Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h 1 to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, “Could you help me? I can’t find my seat.” The air hostess s 2 him the seat and told him to sit d 3 and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m 4 about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henry’s ears might feel a little s 5 , but he didn’t need to worry about it b 6 many people felt like that. When the plane was f 7 very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e 8 read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b 9 food and drinks. Henry could e 10 the flight and arrived home soon.Passage 13Some of Robert’s old friends were t 1 about young people in their town. They all a 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said, “But young people are s 3 than old people.”All of them agreed that this is true e 4 Robert. He thought he was as strong as b 5“That is not possible,” said his friends.“Well,” said Robert, “In one c 6 of my garden there’s a big stone. When I was young, I couldn’t m7 it. I wasn’t strong e8 Now I’m old and when I try to move it, I s 9 can’t. That’s w10 I’m as strong as before.”Passage 14In the home a dad is very important. He is the person who provides us w 1 money and clothes. He can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. A dad can be very u 4 for taking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time you s 5 talking on the t 6 as he has to p 7 the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. He is someone who reads your school r 9 and treats （奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10Passage 15Can vegetables be p 1 in winter? Yes, but a greenhouse（温室）must be b 2 first. The greenhouse should be m 3 of glass. A large greenhouse may be ten metres l 4 three metres w 5 and two meters high. The sunshine can r 6 the vegetables t 7 the glass. The wind and cold air can be s 8 from getting in. The air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 More and more greenhouses are b 10 built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter.Passage 16Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u 1 each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine(设想) you will hold a m 2at four o’clock, what time should you e 3 your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a 4 on time. If they are American, they’ll probably be fifteen min utes early. If they are British, they’ll be fifteen minutes late.The British seemed to think since the English l 5 was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f 6 they were completely(完全地) wrong. For e 7 , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p 8 not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e 9 other, andthey don’t drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b 10 dinner; the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.Passage 17Do you k 1 robots? There are a l 2 of robots in the world now. Some of the robots can walk, sing and dance. Some can talk w 3 people. Most of them can do heavy work. In a few m 4 years, a robot will be able to d 5 a car, a train, a ship or a p 6 . In a hospital, a restaurant or a shop, we m 7 see a robot at work. By then, we need n 8 do the cooking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders(命令) to a robot and it will do a 9 the housework. A robot will be our good f10 .Passage 18Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f 1 trip there. One morning I s 2 out to visit a famous museum, but I didn’t know w 3 way to go, so I stopped a stranger and asked, “Excuse me, does this street lead(通向)to the Grand Museum?” “Yes,” he answered. “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. You can’t m 4 it”. So I w 5 two blocks(街区) and turned to my left, but the museum w 6 there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing.” But a7 I couldn’t find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s 8 walked up and said. “Excuse me. Where’s the nearest b9 ?” I answered q10 , “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”Passage 19Do you have a pet? Are you i 1 in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who likeanimals may want to study to be animal doctors. They’re often c 2 “vets”. Many of them work in animal h 3 . Others may work on farms or at a z 4 . Some study animal diseases(疾病) and try to find w 5 to keep the animals from getting i6 . They do studies in m7 for animals.Vets listen to an animal’s h8 . They check(检查) its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. They o 9 animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the pets’ o10 what food is best.Passage 20“I don’t want move!” Fred said to his father. “I like living here in New York City. And I l 1 to play in the streets. My Friends are h 2 . I want to stay!”“We have to m 3 . Fred.” Mr. Sparks said, “I have a n 4 job in the Island. Why d 5 you wait until you see them? Maybe you will like living t 6 .”“Never!” was Fred’s a7 .A few weeks l 8 , the Sparks family left the city by plane. They f 9 over land for hours. In San Francisco they took a 10 big plane. This time they flew over water.At l 11 they saw land. “This is Hawaii,” Mr. Sparks said. “And it is the island we are to live o 12 . But we will visit the other islands, too. A 13 of them are beautiful.”“I don’t care(关心) w 14 they are like,” said Fred. “I wish I could go b15to New York City right now!”Passage 21More and more people are l 1 the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail q 2 and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, a 3 in the world without putting a stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world i 4 seconds(秒). E-mail is easy to use and it s 5 timeand 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 b 6 .Can you imagine(想象) the future without teachers b 7 computers? Students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of l 8 . Students will follow the learning programmes by looking at online libraries and w 9 lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students o 10 or E-mail their teachers. Computers are becoming more and more popular indeed.Passage 22Dear Mum and Dad,I’m very happy to visit Beijing a gain. Great changes have taken place here. Yesterday, I went to visit Qiming Middle School---I had lived there f 1 nearly two years. Maybe you don’t believe(相信) I couldn’t find the w 2 there! A taxi driver took me there in the end, he said, “Beijing changes too m 3 . Sometimes even a Beijinger cannot find a way.”Now, English can be h 4 everywhere in Beijing. Many people are attending(参加) Englis h classes in the evening schools, some of them can speak very good English. I’m s 5 the 2008 Olympic can be held in Beijing successfully(成功地).Passage 23A storm dropped(降) heavy rains on central and southern parts of China.The radio says that a 1 the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, floods caused by terrible r 2 in the past weeks killed 25 people and 13 others were missing.The Chinese Government warned some parts in Yunnan and the city of Chongqing of possible heavy rains over the f 3 few days.In Changsha water levels rose(水位上升) to 38 metres early Monday morning, about 3 metres a 4 the danger line.In Guangdong, at l 5 21 people have been killed, while three were s 6 hurt and seven went missing w 7 heavy floods hit northern parts by Saturday.The cities of Shaoguan, Meizhou and Heyuan w 8 hardest hit and many people were left homeless(无家可归).About 620 million yuan has been lost in the floods. Guangdong has sent something u 9 to Meizhou, Heyuan and Shaoguan to help the people who had lost homes build their h 10 again.Passage 24Wang Yani was born in 1975 in Guangdong, China. A 1 a baby, she loved to draw. She drew lines everywhere. She e 2 drew on the walls! Her father was an artist. Yani wanted to be like h 3 . So she tried to stand like her father w 4 he painted. This made him laugh. One day, she d 5 lines on his painting. She was only two and a half years o 6 , but her father got angry. She cried and said, “I want to paint like you!” T7 her father thought about his own childhood. He also wanted to draw and paint. But his parents c 8 understand him. They just got angry. He decided to help his daughter b 9 an artist.Wang Yani was famous at a young age, b 10 she still has a normal(常人的) life. So the Wang family lives like everyone else.Passage 25Dear Editor,I used to be a doctor in the children’s department of a local h 1 . Sometimes I treated children w 2 have been poisoned(中毒) by medicine for older family members. The children can easily o 3 the bottle that we now use in China.Some days ago I talked about medicine w 4 an American. He showed m 5 aplastic pill bottle that is “Childproof”(防儿童的). The design was s 6 simple that I’m sure our Chinese factories could produce these b 7 easily. The top of the bottle locks, but can be o 8 by pressing down on it while turning. This is d 9 for most young children to do, b 10 adults can open them without any difficulty.I’m sure that the expense of making such tops would be very low. As a doctor, I’d love to see this done. And most parents would be grateful.Passage 26Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the t 1 . Along the way, he can stop and look a 2 . And the h 3 he climbs, the more wonderful his view(视野) is. If he keeps climbing, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way of t 4 everything.Now learning a f 5 language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is more than a look at the surface(表面) of things. It can open the way into people’s minds and hearts, into a culture(文化) very d 6 from the one of your own. This will make you richer, e 7 in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair w 8 through books.Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to l 9 at the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find p 10 in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language.Passage 27It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still s 1 on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.Suddenly the ice b 2 . One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn’t know w 3 to do. The two Canadian friends heard t 4 and skated over to get the boy out of the water.The ice was t 5 . The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to r 6 the little boy. They knew they must be q 7 . If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.Many people ran over to h 8 . Some of them had ropes and poles(绳和竹竿). A young man jumped into the water to wave to the o 9 people.The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the h 10 at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.Passage 28Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two p 1 and one or two children each.Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usua lly live f 2 from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or t 3 them. And they often go to v 4 their parents on holiday. Parents usually l 5 their children choose their own jobs. Americans think i 6 important for young people to decide on their lives by t 7Children are a 8 to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are p 9 for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own u 10Passage 29Most people want to work, but it has become m 1 difficult in today's world to find work for e 2 The economies(经济)of the world n 3 to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not p 4and so more people are w 5 work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can d 6 the work of many people in a shorter time. Also, machines don't ask for more money and l 7 holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on f 8One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75000 people are m 9to the cities a day to look for jobs, but o 10 70% of them can find jobs.Passage 30Someone says, “Time is money,” but I think time is even more i 1 than money. Why? Because when money is s 2 we can get it b 3 However, when time is g4 it’ll never return. That’s w5 we mustn’t waste(浪费) time. It’s sure that the t6 is usually limited(有限的).Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something u7 But some people don’t knowthe importance of time. They spend their limited time smoking, drinking and playing. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8In a word, we should sav e time, we shouldn’t l9 today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to l 10 .Passage31Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be t 1 to do a number of simple jobs. They s 2 that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs, bears, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you w3 carefully, you may find that those animals are given something to eat in return ford 4 them. The scientists say that many d 5 animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they will get something to eat.Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephants can be usedto do some heavy j 6 And we can also teach animals to work in f 7 . Apes,for example have b 8 used in America to help make cars and scientists b 9that these monkeys may one day get in crops and e 10 drive trains.Passage32If you don’t use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; when you start using them again, they will gradually （逐渐地）become stronger again.Everybody knows this. Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the s 1 with memory. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he d 2 give it enough chance to become stronger.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we k 3 that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his p 4 are to blame, and f 5 of us know that it is just his own fault.Have you e 6 found some people can’t read or write but they usually have b 7 memories? This is b 8 they cannot read or write and they h 9 to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They must remember dates, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.So if you want a good memory, l 10 from these people : practise remembering.Passage33When I was walking down the street one day, I s 1 a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see w 2 I could find out the owner’s name. There was n 3 inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station. Before I left, the policeman wrote down my name and my a 4 . He thought the owner might want to thank me.That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn’t r 5 where I had seen her. D____6____ our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had l 7her bag that afternoon. All at once I remembered w 8 I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, though she looked now much o 9 than the girl in the picture. She was very s 10 , of course, when I told her about the bag. After dinner we went to the police station and got back her bag. The policeman said to me, “It’s a wonderful thing. You found not only the bag, but also the owner of the bag. ”Passage34Only mother love is true love. It gives e 1 everything all his life.When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. Inyour waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n 2 and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.When you are old e 3 to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t 4 . On cold winter days, she always tells you to p 5 on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b 6 , she always feels worried about you at home. She u 7 knows about your study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest s 8 on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day.Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w 9 ! We will r 10 Mother Love for ever!Passage35Seumas Mcsporran is a very b 1 man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel. Seumas l 2 and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha but in s 3 150 tourists come by b 4 every day. Every weekday Seumas gets up at six and makes b 5 for the hotel guests. At eight he drives the island’s children to s 6 . At nine he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the s 7 . He says：“Margaret likes being busy, too. We n8 have holidays and we don’t like w9 television. In the evening Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At ten we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. P10 our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”。

短文填空之首字母填空（15篇含解析）初中英语专题练习一、短文填空（共15题，总计0分）1．根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。

Every year in early October, Albuquerque International Balloon Festival is h _____26_____ in Albuquerque, the biggest city in New Mexico. Because of the great number of balloons, it is the world's 1 _____27______ ballooning event. For more than 30 years, guests from all over the world come to Albuquerque in October to celebrate ballooning. In 2018, over 900, 000 peoplea_____28_____ this event. There were over 500 balloons in the event with over 1,000 pilots. When h _____29_____ of colorful balloons flew up high, the sky of Albuquerque became a moving cartoon. It was full of colors and special characters. It was a time when d _____30______came true and romance filled the sky. Grown-ups and children were amazed and joyful during the balloon festival.2．（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给）Do you know something about rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?A tree will g____12____ well in a climate(气候) with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. We can see the c____13____ of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, we can find out the weather ten years ago, and we can count the rings of a tree from the o____14____ to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is n____15____ the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.Tree rings are important not only for studying the weather but also for studying the h____16____ of men. Many centuries ago there l____17____ a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there - no trees and no people. What happened?A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave b____18____ they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.3．阅读短文，理解文章的意思，根据给出的首字母，用适当的形式填单词，在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词。