1. well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, housenot speak, call , idea, and, what, garden, hear , quiet , do ,eat , name, say中考英语选词填空专项训练We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .idea to build houses along lines where2.of the earth’s plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there 3.be anearthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. . Third, you must make thehouses as 5. as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strongones may 6. . .Scientists are 7.that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part aroundSan Francisco( 旧 金 山 ) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still buildingmore8.. The population in and around San Francisco is 9.ten timesmore than it was in 1906. This means that 10.many houses and buildings will be destroyed.( 2 )there is another earthquake, a greatMr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 himbroken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2there.One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 to take an umbrella with himthat day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing4the seat. Whenthe train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 up the umbrella as he often did during hisjourney by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6by the man. He said angrily,“That’s7!” Mr. Brown’ s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once. When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at8of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”In the afternoon he got into the train again. The9man was in the same seat.He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10day,” he said.( 3 )A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river. The farmer 1 out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa? ” The old man 2 _for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3 I’ll tell you.”The farmer didn’t like the 4 of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5the2. forget, bring ，mend ，beside ，luck ，pick ，same ，differently, I ，every , stop ，eachold man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6 in his ear, “ I’m planting peasin my 7 .”“ You should have shouted. I would have 8 quite clearly on that side.” Said the farmer.“ Oh, no, I wouldn’t 9 that . The sparrows would have heard me and 10 my peas.”( 4 )3. telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, atMrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat’s first winter. One evening it was 1.when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. she telephone the police and said, “ I have 4.a small black cat. Has 5. found one? ”“ No，madam, ” said the policeman at the other end, “ But cats are really very 6. animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts ( 融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. .”Mrs Andrews felt 8. when she heard this. “ And ,” she said, “ Our cat is very 9.. She almost talks. ”The policeman was getting tired, “Well then, ” he said “ Why don’t you put your 10.down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. ”( 5 )4. tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way , instructionHere are some old ways to sending messages.An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . the horses coming this way. He ran to 2. his people . He was a 3. . That was one way for Egyptians to send messages.People in 4. countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5. .Much 6. , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7.back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird’s leg. It would fly back 9. the soldier’s message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of m ore 10. ?( 6 )5. before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not canLight travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . than that of sound.2.one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by3. the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke4. from his gun5.the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight’s started on 8.journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ”( 7 )6. happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, thinkA man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his1 . .“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. been a good one since I became 3. in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even 4.from it in my sleep. When I close my 5. , I’m out there in the football field and 6. after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 7. than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”“ Are you crazy ( 疯了) ?” the man shouted,“ I’ll 10. the ball !”( 8 )other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friendYou may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1. stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2. , but it is not 3. for most plants.The animals are 4. to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. shoes, water bags andeven tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8.p lace. The desert people are very 9. . No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10. and give them food and water.( 9 )9. how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, goodThe world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2. they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4.kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. sleep. We shall watch bees 6. in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7. you many other interesting things, but the 8. thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9. when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10. to people who look and listen carefully.( 10 )10. two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport,ChinaMr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. . Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2. there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. .An officer looks at the 4. for a moment, and says，"Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5. , and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 6. and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7.officer smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris onhow, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , askas, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,whyFriday, And that man looks just the kind of man..."8.it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you 9.at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill answers, 10., that he did, thefirst officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."( 11 )Thomas Edison was a great American 1. . When he was a child, he was always2. gave up.questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3.hard it was, he neverYoung Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had 4.many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacherdidn’t want to teach Tom any 5. . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’smother taught him to read and write, and she found him6.learnt very fast and became very 7.in science.a very good pupil. HeOne day , he saw a little boy 8.on the railway tracks at a station. A train wascoming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried theboy to 9 .. The boy’s father was so 10.messages by telegraph.that he taught Edison to send( 12 )"Dreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 . time. People have several2. each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are3.old films. They come to us over and over 4.. That may be because thedreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas 5.their work from dreams. They may have been 6.about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimes we 7.with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't rememberthe dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8.from memory (记忆).Too much dreaming can be harmful ( 有 害 的 ). The 9. we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10.we may have a long sleepsee, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his, rememberand ,receive , satellite , weather , change ,help,or , early , for, when , forecast , starand still wake up tired.( 13 )More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go 1. with his men. He told his 2. to stayat home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle ( 摇 篮 ), which was like asmall bed.When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws （前爪）on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head."What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. his babyson. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood onthem."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword （剑） and 4.the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog., he managed to bark.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead 6. . Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended （ 保 卫 ） the baby andkilled the wolf. The Prince ran 7. into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. 8.ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed 9.faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain andburied him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people willshow you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It 10.people of a brave and faithful dog.( 14 )Satellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast ( 预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1. take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms ( 形成). They send these pictures to the 2. station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3. satellite pictures. 4. they receive the new pictures, they compare ( 比较) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather 6., they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of a great 7. to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours 8.. Now they can make good forecasts for three 9 five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather 10. a week or more ahead.( 15 )have,study , happy ,leave, coffee, message, on , must , next ,arrive, go , sheCatherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet 1. .Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach 2how to use a computer. And now she typed（打字）all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was worried about burglar（盗贼）.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone 4be at home.One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was something different in her house. There was only a little 5. lift in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was 6. , and someone had typed in a new story. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows was broken. Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. "I'll use it in my 7.book!" she said 8 .The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had 9. .She ran to the computer. This time there was only a 10. on the screen（屏幕）."IT'S NOT YOUR STORY.IT'S MINE!" it said.( 16 )try, how, what, if, can, wonderful , much, shop, glass , read, down, putTom lived a way from town. One day he went into town to buy something in the shop, and after he bought 1. he wanted, he went into a restaurant and sat 2 . atthe table. When he looked round, he saw some old people 3. eyeglasses on before 4.their books, so after lunch he went to a shop to buy 5. , too. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. .The man in the shop made him 7. on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom said, “ No, I can’t read with these.”The man became 8 . and more puzzled (困惑) . At last he said, “ Excuse me, but 9. you read at all?”“ No, I can’t! ” Tom said, “10.I can read, do you think I will come here to buy glasses? ”( 17 )well, brother, on , ago , I , for , make , needn’t , as , because , much, beforeIn my spare time, I paint designs on T-shirts. I got the idea two years 1 for my 2 birthday present. The shop wanted $ 20 for a special design 3 a T-shirt, so I decided to do it 4 . I bought a white cotton T-shirt 5 $6 and some paints, and I painted a lion on the front. My brother loved it!Painting T-shirts is great fun. You 6 be a great artist, you can just paint shapes and lines. The T-shirts are the 7 expensive part of my hobby. Also you have to use special fabric paints and you need to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobby 8 I can make T-shirts that no-one else has. I give a lot of them away 9 presents to my family and friends. Sometimes, I sell them. Since I started, I’ve 10 about 60 T-shirts and each one is different.( 18 )what, leave, ask, in, driver, something, inside , number , bring, me, howA: Good morning, madam. May I help you?B: Yes, I’m afraid I 1 my handbag on the taxi this morning!A: What’s 2 the handbag?B: About 5000 yuan.A: 3 else?B: Yes, my ID card, I think.A: By the way, have you 4 for the taxi ticket?B: Yes, the ticket 5 is 3456789.A: Well, I’ll help you to call the taxi 6 . ( Knocking at the door)B: Come in, please.A: Good morning, sir. I found this handbag on my taxi and I 7 it here. There’s much money 8 .B: Thank you very much. (turning to the woman). Is this your handbag?A: Yes, it’s9 . Thank goodness! 10 a kind man! Thank you.( 19 )eat, around , be , of , amuse , difficult, different , probable, gift, but, and, otherHave you ever been to Disneyland? For most of the kids 1 the world, this2 park is a fantastic place for them to have fun. When we3 young, we all have heard4 Mickey Mouse, Sleeping beauty, Snow White and many Disney characters. Some of us5 have seen them in cartoons. Actually, you can go to see them all in a theme park. Now, there are four6 Disneyland amusement parks all over the world. Two are in the United States, one is in Tokyo, and the7 is in France. There are not only some amusement attractions there ,8 also many specials with Disney characters. In Disneyland, you can have a lot of fun watching Disney movies,9 in Disney restaurants, and buying Disney 10 .( 20 )choose, across , never, thirst, need, time, play, on, exercises, photo, through differenceDo you want to be healthier? Then go 1 the passage, and you may find it’s easy to keep fit.1)Eat all kinds of foods, especially fruits and vegetables.You may have a favourite kind of food, but the best 2 is to eat as many kinds as possible. If you eat 3 foods, you’re more likely to get the nutrients your body needs . Taste new foods that you 4 tried before. Some foods, such as green vegetables, are very important. Have five servings(份) of fruits and three vegetables.2)Drink water and milk often.When you are really 5 , cold water is the No. 1 choice. Kids need calcium( 钙) to grow strong, and milk is a great source of this mineral (矿物质) . How much do children 6 ? About three glasses of milk every day.3)Limit screen time.What’s screen time? 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