专项练习一、选词填空：从所给单词中选出单词，并用其适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺（每次限用一次）.（一）（forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，I ，stop，each）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’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 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 a10 ________ day,” he said.（二）（tell, hear, guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way ）Here 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 more 10. ________?（三）（well , second , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house）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 （岩石）, 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 buildi ng 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.（四）（they, careful, be, fact, take, would, other, stand, what, decide）I’m eighteen years old this year. I 1._________ a pupil before and now I’m a university student. My mother was my first teacher when I was very little. Then, I had three 2. ________ teachers in different schools. Now Miss Williams is one of my university teachers.I have never expected that I will be a teacher one day. I am a shy girl and I am afraid of 3. ______ beforemany people. I do not know 4. _______ to say. But I will be a teacher tomorrow! Tomorrow morning!I made this 5.______ just two weeks ago. Miss Williams, my English teacher, told me there was a teacher job, just for two weeks in this summer. She asked if I 6.________ be interested. I wanted to make some money, so I said “yes” to her. At once I regretted but it was too late to 7. ______ my word back.There are about twenty foreign boys and girls in the class. They know very little English. I have 8._______ read the book that Williams gave me. Four of the lessons are very simple, in 9._______ too simple. I do not know what to do with these few simple words and sentences. I will read the lesson to them, and ask them to read after me, and then ask them to read it 10. ________. That will be about ten minutes. What shall I do next?（五）（how, they ,winter, spend, care , dance , show , open , only, good）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 u s 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.二、首字母填空：根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整.（一）I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b1country in the world. I went there w2 my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year, I had some happy memories.One of the most interesting things of that city was that t 3 were many dogs. Perhaps Russians l 4 dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families had a dog. I made friends with many Russian children w 5 I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with themh 6 though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They were f 7 to me. The weather in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost every in winter. The ground was always c 8 with a lot of snow. We often made s 9 together.Now I am b 10 in China, but I miss them so much. I will never forget my happy memories of this visit to Moscow.(二)When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “no”. In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong (终身地)learning important? How can it help you? Let’s look at one e 1 of lifelong learning in Japan.You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests. B 2 learning doesn’t only happen in school. Learning doesn’t s 3 when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can h 4 when you go to a museum. It cana 5 happen when you get a job. You learn when you p 6 a sport or when you take a trip. Learning is l 7 ! We never stoplearning. Every day you can improve yourself by learning something n 8 .In Japan, lifelong learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning a 9 . Music, calligraphy (书法) and foreign languages are some of their f 10 classes. Japanese take classes to improve their skills and learn new things.When we graduate from school, we can continue to learn. Make lifelong learning become one of your goals!（三）Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) s 1 for others in thestreet．Tom was also a b 2 boy．One day，a rich man n 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom．He watched his d 4 shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．Tom said，“Let me b 5 your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This timeMr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him u 6 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very a 7 . He refused to payanything and went away．But to his s 8 , the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look evendirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were l 9 at him．Finally the rich man a 10 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．（四）These years, with the development of society, more and more teenagers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make them feel very w 1 and unhappy all day. Who can help them? A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought of a lot of w 2 to help them. On Monday and Thursday, you can v 3 him. Here are some ideas how to keep the young men healthier in every way.F 4 , it is very important to keep healthy. To get e 5 sleep every day is also necessary. Try to have a healthy d 6 . Secondly, maybe you are not the top students. It doesn’t m 7 . The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and parents will understand you. If you have some problems, you should be a 8 to talk with your teachers and parents. They can help you. Remember to s 9 your happiness and s 10 with your good friends. Sometimes you can go out for a walk.In a word, you can try to make yo u happy by yourselves. I’m sure you can be happy every day.（五）In many cities in the world, the overuse of cars is thought to be one of the major causes of air pollution. What will cars be l 1 in the future.Some experts think that today’s cars are in trouble b 2 they use too much petrol (汽油). They say the car of the future will be much, much smaller. The car of tomorrow will be m 3 ooeyY。
