初初初初初初初专攻—————B初十二选十短文填空专练1（2021金牛区期末）angry; down; hour; interest; meet; no; rest; save; tiring; thank; up; useful Once, there was a huge tree in the middle of some dry land. The tree was a good ____1____ point for travelers from towns and villages to discuss something. And it also gave them a good place ____2____.One day, two travelers reached the tree after ____3____ walking. They wanted to go to one of the towns nearby. It was a hot and sunny day, and the travelers were very happy to take a rest under the tree. They were really ____4____, so they lay under the tree. They slept for a while, enjoying the cool shade（阴凉处）.When they woke up, one of the travelers got hungry. They had no food with them. The hungry traveler looked ____5____ at the tree, to see if there was any fruit. Finding ____6____, he began to say some bad words to the tree. “Oh, this tree has nothing to feed us, not even some fruit or even nuts! It is of no ____7____!”The other traveler stopped him and asked him to stay cool. However, the hungry man continued shouting at the tree, full of ____8____.The tree could not stand the bad words from the traveler. It said in a sad but strong voice, “You are so impolite. I offered you a cool and comfortable place. I ____9____ you. If I were not here, you would have died now!” The traveler realized his mistake and said sorry to the tree.“When eating bamboo sprouts（竹笋）, remember the man who planted them.” Please be_____10_____ for everything that we get.1.meeting2.to rest3.hous’4.tired5.up6.nonee8.anger9.saved10.thankful短文填空专练2（2021锦江区期末）a be begin cheap common end left no see surprise though wellThe “Double Eleven” Shopping Festival is one of the largest shopping festivals in China.Last year, the biggest winner, Alibaba, alone ____1____ 498.2 billion yuan in trade.Many people believe such large shopping festivals can help them save lots of money. After all, many customers do buy some goods the ____2____ in a year. But if you take a careful look at the sales prices, you’ll find that many of them ____3____ in “9”or “99”. In our everyday life, we hardly say, “Just give me 5.99 minutes.” Or it’s ____4____ to say,“Just give me 59 minutes.”We get used to saying,“Just give me six minutes.” and “Just give me 60 minutes.” Why do stores choose the other way round?According to Lee E. Hibbett, an expert of marketing, this pricing skill ____5____ around for a century. No one knows who invented it. It’s clear that stores all like it. Prices that have “99”and “9” simply sell ____6____.The skill is based on (基于) how we read. On a price tag, we can easily remember the number on the far ____7____. We can remember the “5” most ____8____5.99 yuan is pretty close to 6 yuan. Something that sells for 5.99 yuan just seems like a better deal than the one that sells for yuan.In a 2016 study, Hibbett asked a clothing company to raise the price of one of its dresses. He and his workmates all thought fewer people would buy the dress, but the result actually____9____ them. Sales were up by a third when the price was raised from $34 to $39. However, raising the price from $34 to $44 made ____10____ difference.So be careful with prices with “99” and “9”. They may make you spend more money but not save some!1.saw2.most cheaply3.end4.uncommon5.has been6.better7.beginning8.though9.surprised10.noamong change consider except include little outdoor population protect rise step surprise With her eyes feeling tired, 16-year-old Sun Run went to the hospital with her parents.___1___, she found out that her eyesight（视力）dropped from 5.0 to 4.6 in only half a year.In fact, poor eyesight ___2___ Chinese primary and high school students ___3___ from 59.2 percent to 70.6 percent in the first six months of 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. By 2050, half of the world’s ___4___ will be nearsighted（近视）according to a study in the journal Ophthalmology. The main reason for this is that people’s lifestyles ___5___ over the years. They spend less time outdoors and more time looking at screens.___6___ students’ eyesight, Chinese government has taken some ___7___. For example, schools should make sure that students have at least two hours of ___8___ activities a day. So many schools begin to have more P.E. classes.Besides, the size of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point（小五号）. And the lights in classrooms should give off as ___9___ blue light as possible. Blue light is bad for our eyes, as it can kill the photoreceptor cells（感光细胞）we need. However electronic devices （电子设备）we use every day, ___10___ our phones and computer screens, give off blue light.These steps are welcomed by the students and parents, and they also realize the importance of protecting eyes in daily lives.1.Surpringly2.among3.rose4.population5.have changed6.To protect7.steps8.outdoor9.little10.includingbe beautiful grow pick play share surprise taste well when workI am a mother of five children. Our house 1 noisy since I had them. Luckily,I love gardening and my garden helps me relax.For a long time, I love the peace of the garden. 2 the children followed me into the garden, I would make them be out of my sight. And I would hand out tasks.“Here: you water the onions, you dig the holes, and...” Soon they would be hot or their arms would be sore, and they would leave me to 3 .But during the last spring, while I was working in the garden, my 13-year-old son, Josiah noticed me. He picked up a tool and began helping. As a team, we finished the job in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, finding that I'd enjoyed 4 with him.The same thing happened-one or two of the children would appear and join in the gardening from time to time. 5 , I would feel that the work was lighter because of their help.One day, when I 6 the peas（豌豆）and having a taste alone, Abby saw me and ran over. I put several peas into her mouth. She just loved how 7 they were.“Mama, I want the others to try them, too.”Suddenly, I came to know I had been wrong for long. I'd tried to keep the happiness of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn't wait 8 with others. “Sure, honey, let's pick some. We'll make a wonderful dinner.”Now I enjoy all of the garden's 9 with the children. We bring the fruits back home, preparing and cooking them together, because we know that everything is10 when shared.1. has been2.When3. play4.myself5.Surprisingly6.picked7.good8.to share9.work10. more beautifulafter, before, care, communicate, control, do, large, make, remind, shame, teach, with As a child, I got angry quite easily and was not good at 1 with others. I still remember it was an early autumn. Some trees started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready for school, my mother 2 handed me my father's vest（背心）.At that time, I was getting to have a 3 size than my father. So when I put on the vest, I felt as if I couldn't breathe！I realized that it was a small mistake which was made by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong that it 4 me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I shouted at her 5 thinking much. I got it off my body so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and rushed out of the house 6 my mother could stop me. Later, my mother shared her bad feelings with my father. "See what your son 7 ." He didn't say he would beat me, but he quietly asked my mother to mend（缝补）the vest. Later, when my mother told me what my father did, I felt 8 of my bad behavior（行为）. My father's gentle kindness taught me a lesson which I would never forget. On that day, I decided not to let anger 9 me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father's vest It always 10 me to think about others' feelings when I get angry.municating rger 4.made 5.without 6.before7.has done8.shamed9. control10 reminds短文填空专练6（2020青羊区期末）advice although decide fair fan rise recently success imagine stress plan thousandIt’s really important to read books. Which do you read? There are tens of1 of books to choose from. Have you heard of self-help books? Have youever read any self-help books?It seems that some classic self-help books have become very popular.More people nowadays are turning to self-help books for 2 on how tolive their lives. Last year, according to research, sales of there books in the UK 3 20 percent, reaching a record high of 3 million.Famous people wrote many self-help books. They teach you how to make a 4 when you meet problems in your life---for example, how to get along with your classmates or coworkers, how 5 your time well and how to find happiness in your daily life.But can these books really help us? People have lots of different opinions about this.Julie Hall from London is a big 6 of self-help books. After reading more than 300 of them，she set up her own self-help website. Her site helps women 7 in the business world.They can give you the confidence to do whatever you’d like to do.”However, a 8 research by the University of Montreal in Canada might not agree with that. Researchers surveyed two groups of people -- one of them had read many self-help books, while the other hadn’t. They found that people in the first group were 9 out than the second one.It’s always good to know that help is at hand when we need it 10 there is no rapid way that can improve our lives.1thousands2advice3rose 4 decision5to plan6fan7succeed8recent9more stressed10although短文填空专练7（2020锦江区期末）continue deep encourage express fun goalice internet many mix they seriousLemons are a kind of fruit that you wouldn’t normally put your teeth onto. But recently, many people have posted pictures and videos online of 1 when they are eating lemons. While they’re eating the sour fruit, their 2 on their faces look pretty funny.However, they are not just doing this for fun. They are taking part in an online charity（慈善）activity called the “LemonFace Challenge”, which has 3 to help people with a certain type of brain illness. After posting their “lemonface” pictures or videos, people then ask friends or their family members to do the same thing. The people they choose can either eat lemons or give away money for the charity activity, as well as invite more people 4 the challenge.“Marrying the 5 love of challenges with charity is a stroke of genius（天才之举）,” Neetzan Zimmerman, a US expert told HuffPost.Charity challenges like this one have been around for a while , but they weren’t so popular until the “ice bucket（桶）challenge” in 2014. In this challenge, people poured buckets of 6 water on themselves to experience how ALS（渐冻症）people feel. It was a great success, 7 more popular challenges that came after.However, opinions on these challenges are 8 . Some people believe that the challenges are seen as 9 of a game than as a true charity activity.But who says that charity activities have to be 10 ? These popular challenges are a creative way to get people to take part in charity and help those in need, according to People's Daily.1.themselves2.expressions3.goals4.to continue5.Internet’s6.icy7.encouraging8.mixed9.more10.serious。
