短文填空练习题
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In the past(过去)there lived a man in a small tow n called Zheng. One day he wan ted to buy himself a new pair of
(1) ___________________________ . He measured (测量)his feet with a ruler first and
(2) _____ dow n his size on a piece of paper. Then he went shoe shopp ing.
When he arrived at the shoe shop, he put his hand into his pocket( 口袋),but he found
(3) _____ paper was not here. So he said to the salesma n,
"I left the measureme nt at home and don ' know the size. I ' will go (4) ___________ h ome to take it. With these words, he ran out
(5) ______ of the shop.
He ran back home, found the paper and the n ran to the shop aga in. (6) ____it took him a
few hours and the shop was closed. He (7) _______ t he after noon on the way and did not buy his
shoes at last.
Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself If your pare nts are a _ 1 ___ about you, you might mistake nly thi nk the argume nt is your
fault (错误).But your parents' arguments are never your fault. If your parents' fighting really t_2 you, you might find i 3 ____ hard to sleep or go to school. If things are going like this,
try talki ng to one o__4__ both of your pare nts about what they are doing. They may n ot eve n r 5__ how bad you feel u _6_ you tell them how their arguments affect you. If the fighting
goes too far, let some one else know what's going on. Talk ing to other relatives or a teacher about the fight ing can be h_7 ______________________ . Sometimes pare nts who fight can go so far that they hurt each other
or other family members. If this h _ 8 __ , lett ing some one e_9 __ to be helped and protected from s_10_ harmful fighti ng.
(三) When tee nagers grow older, they try to un dersta nd who they are. Childre n start c 1 their cloth ing styles, hobbies, in terests and friends whe n they beg in to find out who they are. They think they are no Ion ger childre n. Tee nagers begi n to un dersta nd the world a 2 them. They no Ion ger just liste n to their parents. They start to have the desire(欲望)to f 3 answers themselves. And they won
' t obey the rules set by pare nts or teachers.
Sometimes, they are also confused(困惑的)about t ______ 4 _ They can ' make their own
choices and
d 5 in lif
e like adults, but they are n ot really the childre n who fully depe nd on o 6 . At this time, teenagers still need help. They need to have a good r 7 with their parents, but not just be told w 8 to do
or not to do. They need encouragement to go for their own dreams. They should be g_9_ more freedom to deal with something themselves. However, the freedom needs boun daries. They n eed s 10 in their lives that can help them whe n meeti ng difficulties.
(四) Once there 1. ____（be ） two poor woodsme n livi ng in the moun ta in .0 ne day,they happe ned 2.
（discover ） two large bags of cotton.They carried it on their back and 3. __ （go ） back home.
Some one asked (8) ______
Of course, he an swered.
“ Then why don ' t you (9) ____
"I trust 相 信)the ruler more (10) the shoes on by yourself ? _ my feet,
” he said. (二) know will allow the family
When they 4._ walk ing home, one of the woodsme n saw a large bun die（捆）of cloth.He decided to give up the cotton and take the cloth instead.The other woodsman said, “ Weve carried the cotton for such a long way.That 'not worth. 'But he insisted（坚持）on carrying the cloth.After walking for a while,they saw several jars（罐）of gold on the ground.The woodsman who carried the cloth felt excited, _ （h a vK）I the gold,I will be a wealthy man. ” So he gave
up the cloth and carried the gold,while his partner still 6. _______ （not agree） with him.He doubted
whether the gold was real or not.
Suddenly,it began to rain.Unluckily,the woodsman who carried the cotton found that his cotton was filled 7. water.It had become so heavy that he 8. ______________________________ carry it.He had to give it up
and went back home empty-ha nded with his part ner carry ing gold.
Here 9. ___ some ideas from this story .It tells us that we should 10. ___ （use） our wisdom
carefully to make the right choice.We should lear n to watch a certa in issue from differe nt aspects and avoid being stubborn（固执的）.Sometimes,if we can change our mind,we will get a smoother way to success.Remember that all roads lead to Rome.
（五）
“ Sorry ” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.
One day while I was 1._ on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly , brushing（轻擦） against my handbag.He continued his way , but turned 2. _ and said “ sorry ” to me.Even in a rush he did n't 3. — to say “ sorrO neday, after I bought some banan as, the shopkeeper was pass ing
me the cha nge, but I was n't ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. , Madam."'SchEy
said 4._ bending（弯腰）to pick it up.I was 5. _____ why he said “ sorry to me.Another time , I
stepped on a man's 6._ at the entrance to a cinema.At the same time, we
7. _ said “ sorry ”
Slowly , I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life , the British don't
8. — much about who is wrong.lf some one is in trouble , a “ sorry ” is always 9.Perhaps that is
10. __ I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Brita in.
（六）
Ask people to name a safe place and most wil l say “H 1 . " Buevery year the British
Government ' ssrvey shows that home can be a d 2 place. Last year 7 British citizens died while putting up their Christmas decorations（装饰）.Over 1,600 needed medical help after f 3 off their chairs. And 70 people had fatal（致命的）accidents while lying in bed. It is safe to say that n 4
activity is without dan ger.
Some of these accidents are just the risks of modern living. We prefer to risk having a wash ing mach ine that might hurt us r 5 tha n be safe spe nding hours clea ning our clothes by h 6 . But most fatal accide nts are not the r 7 of mecha nical failure. The two most com mon are falling down the stairs and going to s 8 in the bath. This s 9 that we are in a more dan gerous situati on whe n we feel s 10 .
（七）
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everyth ing and kept no secrets ___________________________ 1__ each other except that the woma n had a box in a drawer
__ 2 __ she had cauti oned her husba nd n ever to ope n or ask her about.
He'd n ever thought about it ever sin ce. One day _ 3 ___ woma n got very sick and the doctor
said she would n't recover. To sort out their affairs, the husba nd took dow n the box and _ 4 __
(bring) it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it was time that he should know __ 5 __ was in the
box.
__ 6 __ (ope n) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totali ng $25,000. He asked her about the contents. ___ “ When we were to, be msheedaid, “ my grandma told me the
secret of a happy _ 7 ___ (marry) was n ever to argue, and I should just keep quiet and make a
mat ___ 8 __ I got angry with you. ”
The man was so ___ 9 __ (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only bee n angry
with him twice in all those years of living and loving! , ” he saidHoney “ that explains the mats,
but what about the money? Where did it come from ? ”
“ Oh ” she said, “ that's the money I made from sellitO; . ”
(八)
A few weeks ago, I was on vacation with my family in Malaysia. We visited lots of places.
One of the hotels we stayed __ 1 ___ was n ear a China Town.
Everythi ng was cheap there __ 2 _ we did a lot of shopp in g. I was look ing for a watch for
myself and __ 3 __ for my girlfrie nd. There were many shops that were selli ng __ 4 __ same
watch ------ b ut for differe nt prices.
I fin ally found the best price, so I bought the watches while my sister and mom were buying other things from the shop. 5 it was time to pay, I realized I was 10 dollars short, so I suggested 6 (retur n) one of the watches. The 7 __ (ow n) of the shop asked why and I
expla ined I did n't have eno ugh money with me. She smiled and said, “ You can take it, but promise
me you'll pay tomorrow ! ”
So I asked her what time she __ 8 ___ (be) there the next day and said, “ Okay, I promise. ”
Unfortunately we changed our hotel and the new one was much ______ 9 __ (far) away from
China Town, but I still walked all the way to her shop and gave her the mon ey. She smiled and said, “ You're a good person. ”
It's so beautiful whe n people __ 10_ you don't know trust you.
(九)
Do you know why different animals or pests (害虫)have their (1) s _______________ colours?
Colours in them seem to be mainly used to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫),but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts cha nge their colours with the (2) c _______________________ of the colours of crops. When crops arc gree n,
locusts look gree n. But as the harvest time (3) c ______ , locusts cha nge into the same brow n
colour (4) a ______ crops have. Some other pests whose colours are differe nt from pla nts are
easily found and eate n by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and (5) a ________
only at ni ght.
Colours are useful not only on the (6) l_______ , but also in the sea. A kind of fish in the sea
can (7) g _______ out a kind of black liquid ( 液体)when they face (8) d ___________ . The liquid
spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their (9) e _______ and can quickly swim away.
That is why they can live safely (10) t _______ they are not strong at all.
(十)
Life will be peaceful if you always do kind thi ngs. I teach my daughters to d _____ (1) a
hibit fo help ing others.
We live in a rural(乡村)area. Most of what we see is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions
(例夕卜)to the beauty is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car win dows. And there are
no n ecessary public s ___ (2). Such as rubbish collect ion.
A helping behavior(行为)that I often p _______ (3) with my daughters is picking up rubbish in
our neighborhood. My daughters often have a m _________ (4) to see who can collect the most
rubbish. They will ofte n say to me in an excited voice, “ TherDaddys stop tubbish, —
car! ” Without t ______ (5) more, we will often get out of the our car and pick it up. Though it may
seem s ______ (6), we do it. In fact, we enjoy it. We pick it up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks,
almost a _____ (7).
One day I saw a man I had n ever met before pick in up rubbish on the road. I stopped. He
r ____ (8) his head and said to me with a smil e, "I saw you doing this with your family. It ' s a good idea to protect our na tural world. ”
There are many other ways to p ____ (9) kindn ess for others. You may share a dinner with a
begger(乞丐),visit Ion ely old people in the nursing home,or help the bli nd cross the street. You
can think of something that can be finished e ______ (10) but helpful. It is fun,self-satisfying, and
what ' s more, it can set a good example.Helping others is helping yourself.
People all know that is tirneney. ” However, a/oung man n amed Cao Yin glia ng from
Shenyang has (1 _____ a slow delivery(邮递)company. This special delivery company offers the
same service (2 ____ t he usual delivery compa ni es. The biggest differe nee is that customers( 顾
客)can decide (3 _____ t he letters are sent: It may be ten days later; it may be five years later.
The compa ny is in a small house. Outside the (4h ____ , there is a board. On the board, there
is a snail(蜗牛)with lots of letters walking to a green mailbox. The road the snail passes is marked to show differe nt (5y , such as 2012, 2020 or 2046. When people see the board, they will at
once un dersta nd the service this compa ny (6 __ . That is: sending letters to the future.
The (7c ____ for a letter to be sent with in one year is 9 yua n. If the letter is expected to be
sent more tha n one year later, the customer has to pay (8a ___ o ne yua n for each year.
At first, there were (9f _____ customers. Later, many people started to no tice this small house.
Now many people come to mail their letters using the service. Some of them are mothers who want to send a letter to their babies in the (10 ___________________________ , some of them are stude nts who want to send
their parents a letter after they finish their studies.
(十二)
Children are amazing! They pick up Ianguages so naturally and easily. Have you ever wondered why? It ' not because they have great natural Ianguage abilities. In fact, studies s 1 that an adult ' s pot潜能眺。
learn Ianguage is just as good as a child ' s .
So why do children still s 2_ to acquire(学至U) Ianguage more quickly than the rest of us? It ' s because of the way they lear n. Childre n lear n by simply d _ 3_ what comes n aturally —they liste n,
copy and com muni cate. Let ' actake aook at how childre n acquire Ian guage. Perhaps we can discover a better, more
“ natural ” way to learn English.
Children don ' t practice grammar drills, b u t 5 Ianguage to talk about things that interest
them. This helps them learn to express themselves. They don ' w_6_ about inadequate(不足的) vocabulary or poor grammar. They find w 7 to express themselves, and they do it successfully.
Stude nts of En glish should also pay more atte nti on to genuine(真实的)com muni cati on. Look
for chances to talk with people in Eng lish. If you can ' t find a foreigner to talk to, talk with other
English students i 8 . Start an English discussion group and chat about music, movies or whatever in terests you.
Don' Worry about m 9 mistakes. The aim is to lear n how to com muni cate easily and comfortably. Remember that you can com muni cate successfully even with a small vocabulary.
Trust your own natural a 10 to learn English. You ' ve got more potential than you probably
realize!
（十三）
Young people are ofte n un happy whe n they are with their pare nts. They say that their pare nts don ' t u1 them. They often think their parents are too s 2 with them.
Parents often find it difficult to wi n their c 3 trust （信任）,and they seem to forget how they themselves felt whe n they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much t 4 __ . It is one of their ways to
show that they grow up and they can s 5 __ any difficult problems. But older people always think
m 6 than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don r plansto lik e dthfej so
whe n you want your pare nts to let you do someth ing, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people ofte n make their pare nts angry by the c 8 they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don ' t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off from the old people ' s world and they are tto make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don' tike their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes i 10 of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you ' better get your parents to understand you. If so, your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
（十四）
There are five people in my family. Every day my pare nts are very busy trying to 1. _ ____
money.ln order to pay the high tuition （学费）for my brother, my sister and me, they hardly send flowers to each
other.Besides, my father 2. ____________________ a bad temper.
It's 3J_______for him to lose his temper from the hard work .I did n't know whether there
was love 4. _______them un til one spri ng.At that time, my father sudde nly got 5. _____ ill.
My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for months.When they returned from the hospital, they looked weak as if both of them had had a serious 6_^_ ____________________________ .
After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the mornin
g.However, after two mon ths my father still could n't walk by 7. _ .All of
us were worried about him. “ Dad, how are you fee?ng nowsked him one day.
“ Susan, don't worry about me, ” he said in a low voice. “ t like with your
mom.I like this kind 9—______ love. ” Heari ng this, I kno wlduves my mother very much.
Once I thought love meant 10^_______ , presents and sweet kisses.But from this experienee,
I un dersta nd that love is in side .It makes life strong and warm.
（十五）
Do you know who affects me most in my life? It's my father! In fact, I have been much affected by my father's humor, kindn ess, en terprise ever ________________________________ I was a little girl.
My father is wellk nown 2. ______ his humor.He's so humorous 3. _____ his colleagues
and friends all enjoy staying with him.He also uses humor to create a very 4 ____________ family
atmosphere （气氛）.My mother likes to chat over little things.When this happens, my father always gives a cup of tea to her and asks her to have it.A nd my mother 5. _____________________________ talki ng with
her an ger gone at once.
My father is also very kind to people.No matter whe n 6- _______ is in trouble, he always
offers his warm han ds.All this earns him lots of friends and their respect as well.
My father is filled with enterprise in his life.He has 7- ____________ given up learning all the
time.He has read many 8. ________ on architecture to work much better.Now he has become
9. _______ excelle nt worker in his compa ny.
My father is the greatest man in the world.I'm very 10. ______ of my father.
参考答案
一、阅读填空
1、l.shoes 2.wrote 3.the 4.back 5.of 6.But 7.spent 8.him 9.try 10.than
2、l.arguing 2.troubles 3.it 4.or 5.realize 6.until 7.helpful 8.happens 9.else 10.such
3、l.cha nging 2.aro und 3.fi nd 4.themselves 5.decisi ons 6.others 7.relati on ship 8.what
9.give n 10.some on e/somebody
4、l.were 2.to discover 3.went 4.were 5. have 6. didn ' tagree
7. with 8.couldn ' t 9ire 10. use
5、l.walking 2.back 3..forget 4.while 5.surprised 6.foot 7.both 8.care9.necessary 10.why
6、I.Home, 2.dangerous, 3.falling,4. no, 5.rather,6. hand, 7.result, 8.sleep, 9.shows, 10.safe
7、1. from 2. that/which 3. the 4. brought 5. what 6. Opening 7. marriage
8. if/whe n 9. moved 10. them
1. in
2. so
3. one
4. the
5. whe n
6. retur ning
7. owner
8. would be
9. farther /further 10.who/that/whom
9、1. special 2. cha nges3. comes 4. as 5. appear 6. la nd 7. give 8. dan ger 9. en emies10. though
10、1. develop 2. services 3. practice 4. match 5. thinking 6. strange
7. any where 8. raised 9. provide 10. easily
11、1-10ope ned, as, whe n, house, years offers, cost, ano ther, few, future
12、 1. show 2. seem 3. doing 4. close 5. use6. worry 7. ways 8. in stead 9. makin g10.
ability/abilities
13、1. un dersta nd 2. strict 3. childre n '4.sthought/th in ki ng 5. solve
6. more
7. cha nged
8. clothes
9. trying 10. in stead
14、1. make/earn 2.has 3.easy 4.between 5.badly
6. illness
7.himself
8.walking
9.of 10.flowers
15、1. since 2.for 3.that 4.happy 5.stops 6.anyone
7. never 8.books 9.an 10.proud。
