中考英语首字母填空专项练习1Millions and millions of years ago, the world was much w________ than it is now. There was never any winter or snow. Warm rain fell on the land. Even the sea was warm. In this warm world lived some beasts called dinosaurs. They were the kings of the world for a long time.In the days of the dinosaurs there were no human beings. So no man has ever seen a r________ dinosaur. But we found a lot about the dinosaurs after years of study. Some dinosaurs lived near the water w_______ some lived on land. Some ate only plants and some ate other a________.After millions of years, something h________ to the dinosaurs. They began to die out at once. No one knows what happened. But we know that the world grew a little colder. Maybe the dinosaurs could live when it was very warm, and they died out when it became cold. But we are not sure. All we know is that the dinosaurs were the kings of the world for a long time. And no animals like them have ever been seen a______.2It was Sunday. I never get up e________ on Sundays. I sometime s_____ in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very l_______. I looked out of the window. It was d______ outside. "What a day!" I thought. "It is raining again." Just then, the telephone rang. It was my Aunt Lucy. "I have just arrived by train," she said. "I am c_____ to see you."But I am s_____ having my breakfast," I said. " "What are you doing?" she第 1 页共15 页asked.I am having breakfast," I r______. "Dear me." she said. "Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!"3A woman saw three old men sitting in front of the house. She said. "Youmust beh_______come in and have something to eat.""We do not go into a house together." they replied. "Why is that?" asked the woman. One of the old men e________, "His name is Wealth, this is Success, and I am Love." Then he went on to say. "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."Then the woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband said. "Let's invite Wealth! Let him come and fill our home with wealth!" Hiswife d_______, "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Then the daughter made a s________, "Would it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!" "Let's take our daughter's advice," said the father.Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and f_______ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, "I only invite Love. Why are you coming in with him?"The old men answered t________, "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, s_______ you invited Love, there is also Wealth and Success!"4第 2 页共15 页In 1995, Ray Kroc v________ a small restaurant in California. Theo________ of it was the McDonald brothers. They built it b______ the road, sopeople could drive up to the restaurant, buy food without g______ out of theircars and drive away easily. They called it "drive-in" restaurant.Ray Kroc saw the bright f________ of the restaurant of this kind. Hebought the restaurant and used the brothers' family name for his new r________.The first McDonald's restaurant chain was born.Now in the United States, there are more than 5.000 restaurants and it hasits chain restaurants in 60 other countries. The l________ McDonald's restaurantis in Beijing. China. It has 1,000 workers. About 700 people can sit and eat thereat one time.5A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. He lay down in theseat and c_____ his eyes. A man came up and k_____ at the window to ask the time. The driver o______ his eyes and looked at his watch. "It's 8 am. " hesaid. Then hewent to sleep again.But soon he woke up b________ a second person was knocking at thewindow. "Sir, do you have the time?" he asked. The driver looked at his watchagain, and told the man it was 8:30am.At this rate, he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short n_______ andput it upon the window for all to see. It s_______: "I don't have the time. "Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a t______ person came along and began k nocking at the window. “Hay, sir,” he said. "It a quarter to nine."6第 3 页共15 页Until a few years ago, only boys could become s________ at the University of Ruritania (鲁里坦尼亚). Later the university decided to take girls in. But oneof the teachers, Mr. Goller was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to l_____ girl students in.Mr. Goiter always began his lesson with the word Gentlemen". What could hedo now? Well, when the girt students came to his lesson for the f________ time, he still began with the word. For him the girls were j________ not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. F or a moment, Mr. Goller didn't k____ what to do. Then he began. "Sir!"F_______, a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class. He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, "Oh, nobody's here today!" He turned and went out w_______ giving his lessons.7When you want to go s________, decide how much money you can s_____ on new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes on sale.There are labels(标签)inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in w________ water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water The label on a coat may say "dry clean only". If you do as the d_________ say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best. Many clothes must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes l_______ longer. They look good even after they have been washed第 4 页共15 页many times. Clothes that c________ more money are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes l______ expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.8When Albert Einstein started to work in America, someone asked him whathe needed. He said he needed a desk, some paper and pencils. He also asked for a big waste-paper basket to hold a_____ of his mistakes. This meant that he knew even the cleverest man in the world can only learn by making m________. Einstein regarded time as something very i________. He never wore socks and he thought p________ on socks was a waste of time as people already wore shoes. He also thought it was a waste of time remembering things that could quickly be found in a b________. That is w______ he never remembered hisown phone number, which was in the phone book. He knew what was worth remembering. It is that if we are going to do great things in our lives, we cannot waste our time.Einstein liked to j_______ too. Once in an examination a student asked himwhy all the questions were the same as last year's. Einstein said the questions were the same but the answers were d____9Now satellites are to forecast the weather. They are in s______, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take the pictures of the atmosphere, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will c______. Today, n_______ 500 weather stations in 60 countries can receive satellite pictures. When they receive the new pictures, they compare them with the e_______ ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds第 5 页共15 页have changed d_____ the last few hours. This may m______ that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, they can tell people about it.So the weather satellites are of great h______ to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecast for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or m_______ ahead.10Mr. Smith stood at the bus stop and w_______ the cars going by. Many ofthe cars were new Bluebirds, and most of them were w_______. Mr. Smith always wore the same clothes, ate the same food, and did the same things as the other people. Mr. Smith did not like to be d______.The f______ week. Mr. Smith bought a new white Bluebird car. He wasvery pleased with it and drove to work in it the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car when he saw all the other Bluebirds, in front, behind, and on both side of him.Mr. Smith p______ his car in a big car-park near his office. But when he came back f______ work, there were so many bright white Bluebirds in thecar-park that Mr. Smith did not know which car was his. He tried his k______ in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a s______ look, so he stopped. Mr. Smith had to wait nearly two hours u______ his car was the only white Bluebird.第 6 页共15 页11'Depend on yourself" is what nature says to e______ person. Parents canhelp you. Teachers can help you. O_____ still can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.There have been many great men in (4) h . Many of them werevery p_______ when they were young, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends tohelp them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend on themfor e______.They tried their best to learn something and never gave up tillthey became well-known. One of the most famous teachers in England used totell his students. "I cannot make worthy men of you. but I can help you makemen of yourselves." Some young men don't try their best to make themselves valuable to the human being. If they see their weak points and change theirways, they can be s______. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as longas they live, unless they accept the a_______ of their parents and teachers, and depend on themselves.12We have been in Australia for three days. We are having a great time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. There is so much to see that isi_______ for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are also some special a______ in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They arereally l______.D______ the past five days we’ve visited many places of interest around Sydney. I’d like to spend more time here, but we will f_____ to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds tomorrow. It is said that words cannot d______ thebeauty of the colorful corals. Many famous cartoon films were m______ there.Now we are beginning packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy o______ in Cairns this time tomorrow. I am lookingforward to going there!第7 页共15 页13Dick was born in a r_____ family. His parents often traveled in the worldwhen he was young. So his father learned English, German and Arabic. Hecould talk with the foreigners and knew a lot about the countries which hetraveled in.Now his father was too old to go on traveling. Dick had to go abroad a_____.He could speak only French. It brought him a lot of t______. He thoughtEnglish is w______ spoken in many countries, so he decided to learn thelanguage. He went to one of the famous professors in Paris and asked the man to teach him. Half a year l______ the young man thought he had learned English.He called on his teacher and said, “You are the b_____ teacher in the world! I leaving now, but you’ll be my teacher f_______. Could you tell me how to thank you?”“Well, then,” said the professor, “I wish you could do one thing: Donyou.”a______ that I’ve taught14Newspapers are very important in our d______ life. Many people begin theirday by r______ the paper. In this way they learn w_____ is going on in theworld. Sometimes, however, they don’t have the time to read the news carefull and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they maybe in such a hurry that they have time o____ to have a quick look at theheadlines.There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are manytypes with several different editions every day. In some towns there are fewernewspapers and perhaps only edition each day. In some places the paper is第8 页共15 页printed w_______.Most newspaper have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than u_____. There are beside the front page with the mosti______ news, the sports news, the a______ page, the business page and so on.15Life on the earth d______ on the sun. Day after day we see its light and feel its warmth. The sun is far away from the earth. It is ninety-three million miles away from the earth.The sun is a large star. The earth is very small among its p______. Every daythe sun sends out a great deal of heat and makes us feel hot. But we receive only a small part of the heat, b______ the sun is so far away from us and its lightl_____ more of its energy when it reaches the earth. We also receive a very small part of its l_____. This is e_____ for the growth of trees, plants andh_____. On the other hand, much heat and light would be h_____ to them. The heat and light from the sun come in just the right quantities for l_____ on the earth.16Jim is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago and he had tom________ a living by himself. One day when he was walking in the street he found a wallet full of money. He found the o______, Mr. Jackson, and returnedit to him. Mr. Jackson t_______ the boy very much. When he knew Jim didn't have a job, he hired him to work for him at his home. Jim worked hard andn____ touched anything expensive in the rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were satisfied with him,.Mr. Jackson loved planting trees. There were a lot of trees in his garden.第9 页共15 页When he was f ____, he always watered them c_______.The week before last, Mr. Jackson brought a few trees home, planted them in the garden and watered them every day. Several days later, he left for another city. Before he started, he said to Jim. "Take good care of the trees when I am away from home." Six days passed and Mr. Jackson came back. As soon as he saw Jim, he asked, "Has anyone come to steal the trees?" "No, sir," said Jim, "To stop someone from s_______ the trees, I pulled them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week.17In Britain you are a_______ to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a two-year driving license before you can start. When you're learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you are not allowed to drive the car on the road a_____. You don't have to go to a driving school—a friend can teach you. The person with you isn't allowed to take money for the lesson u______ he's got a teacher's license.B_______ you're allowed to have a full license you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't p______ the test, you're allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. Once there was a woman who passed her fortieth test after 280 driving lessons!When you've passed your test you don't have to take it again, and you're allowed to go on driving as long as you l________, if you are healthy.Britain's o________ driver was a man who drove at the age of 100.18We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be第10 页共15 页found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 k______ of them. No one 1________the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide what she loves. She? Yes, she. It is true that male mosquito doesn't bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay e______. She is always looking for things or p________ she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn't like your blood, she will turn to someone e________ for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you just remember you arec_______. You are different from the others.If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body w________ letting you know. She bites you so quickly and q________ that you may not feel anything different.19We've talked about snails and their slow m_____. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They are in their shells——s_______.Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell. A snail will die in a h______ rain. So when it rains,a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs. It spends all the w____ months in its shell, asleep.In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When h_____. the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers(触角)，are very w_____. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.A snail' s mouth is not b_______ than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can't see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new o_____.第11 页共15 页20Many years ago milk was sold on the streets out of milk cans. The milk seller was often a f_____. He kept the cows. Each of the women ran out of her house with a pan. The man took out the milk with a smaller can andp_______ it into the pans. One day a doctor watched a farmer selling his milk. The farmer put his large milk can on the ground. People stood around the can with their pans to buy the milk. They were waiting to buy the milk.The big can stood o____. A little girl holding a dirty doll ran up to the can. She wanted to see what was in the can. She looked in. Suddenly she c________, "My doll! I dropped it into the milk!"Did the farmer throw away the r______ of the milk? Oh. No! He put hish_______ into the milk and felt around for the doll. Soon he brought it out. But the farmer didn't stop s______ the milk. He sold it all.The doctor said to him, "The milk is now as dirty as the doll. It is nots______ to drink dirty milk." The doctor thought about this, and he tried to find out a better way for drinking clean milk. After that he thought of bottles formilk.We can say that the doctor helped all of us, because we can get clean milk now and keep ourselves healthy.第12 页共15 页第13 页共15 页参考答案1: warmer, real, while, animals, happened, once, again2: early, stay, late, dark, coming, still, replied3: hungry, explained, disagreed, suggestion, followed, together, since4: visited, owners, beside, going, future, restaurant, largest5: closed, knocked, opened, because, note, said, third6: students, let, first, just, know, finally, without7: shopping, spend, warm, directions, money, last, cost, less8: any, mistakes, important, putting, book, why, true, joke, different9: space, change, nearly, earlier, during, mean, help, more10: watched, white, following, parked, from, key, strange, until11: every, Others, history, poor, education, successful, advice12: impossible, animals, lovely, During, fly, describe, made, ourselves 13: rich, alone, trouble, widely, later, best, forever, anyone/anybody14: daily, reading, what, only, weekly, usual, important, amusement15: depends, planets, because, loses, light, enough, humans, harmful, life 16: make, owner, thanked, never, free, carefully, from, stealing17: allowed, alone, Before, unless, pass, like, oldest18: kind, likes, eggs, people, else, chosen, without, quietly第14 页共15 页19: movement, sleeping, heavy, winter, hungry, weak, bigger, ones 20: farmer, poured, open, cried, rest, hand, selling, safe第15 页共15 页。
