2016 第五讲 选词填空一

选词填空专项练习（一）（一）Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 ________ him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 ________ there.One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 ________ to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 _______ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 ________ up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6 ________ by the man. He said angrily, "That's 7________ !" 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 at 8 ________ of them, he said, "You've mended them very well."In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, "You've had a 10 ________ day," he said.（二）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 where 2. ________ of the earth's plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there 3. ________ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the houses as 5. ________ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. ________Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it " The Big One ". However, people today are still building more 8. ________ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.（三）Light 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 by 3. ________ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke 4.________ from his gun 5.________ 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." Wehave to say, " The stars look nice. They were 10. ________ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. "（四）You 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 and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _______ things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from place to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _______ place. 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.（五）The 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.（六）Mr 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 won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5.________, and says: "Iknow 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 on Friday, 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, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."（七）Thomas Edison was a great American 1.___________ . When he was a child, he was always 2.__________ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3.____________ hard it was, he never gave up.Young 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 teacher didn't want to teach Tom any 5.___________ . He asked Tom's mother to take the boy home. Tom's mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6.__________ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7.___________ in science.One day , he saw a little boy 8.___________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9___________. The boy's father was so 10.___________ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.（八）"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 several 2. ____________each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. ____________ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _____________. That may be because the dreamer 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 remember the 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 sleep and still wake up tired.（九）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 stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small 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 baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You are unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword （剑）and 4. ___________ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. ____________ , he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.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 and killed 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 and buried 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 will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It 10. ____________people of a brave and faithful dog.（十）My teachers thought I was the worst student. My family also had the 1 thought as my teachers.When I was going to give up my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young, 2 and knowledgeable (知识渊博的).One day, I was sitting alone in my 3 , Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile took away my unhappiness. “Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t 4___________ why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. 5____________ everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do 6____________ you want. Just try, and you’ll get closer to success. I believe you are the best!”I was touched 7____________ by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on, we became good 8___________. She often helped me with my study in her free time.In the end, I 9____________ well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be10____________ in life.（十一）I' m John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the first two years of high school, I found biology very 1 . My report cards always said things like "must study harder" or "John shouldn't choose science 2 ." It was really terrible for 3 who had always dreamed of becoming a doctor. I lost confidence, so I left high school at sixteen and 4 working at a supermarket.One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein. According to the documentary, Einstein had done really5______ ___ at school. I began to think that Einstein could 6 , then I may have a chance, too. I didn't want to leave my job, 7 I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years later, I went to a 8___________ university.I've often thought I should contact the 9___________ the Einstein documentary and 10 him. As for the biology teacher, I might contact her, too, one day - but not to thank her!【江西省2011】（十二）Bob lived in a small town. Later, he got a job in a big city so he had to move there with his wife and two 1 _.2_ _ the first Saturday in their new home. Bob 3 his new red car out of the garage(车库). He 4 it when a neighbor came by. 5 he saw Bob’s car, the neighbor stopped and 6 __ it for a minute. Then Bob turned and saw him.The neighbor said, “That's a nice car. Is it 7 ?”"Sometimes" Bob answered.The neighbor was puzzled. "Sometimes?" he said, "What do you 8_ _?”Bob answered 9 ,"Well, when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter. When there's a football game somewhere, it belongs to my son. When I've washed it, and it looks really nice and 10 , it belongs to my wife. And when it is dirty, it's mine."【2011清远】。