初二英语阅读训练之首字母填空练习答案版

英语首字母填空练习题含答案一I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b 1 country in the world. I went there w 2 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 them h 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Before windows were used, old h 1 in Europe（欧洲） and Britain were very dark. Their great rooms were high w 2 only one hole in theroof（屋顶）to let the smoke o 3 from cooking fire. Later, people began to make the holes b 4 __ to have more light and air in their homes. The firstEnglish window was j 5 _ _ a small opening（口，孔） in the wall. It was cut long to let in as m 6 light as possible, and narrow to keep out the badw 7 . But, more wind than light would c 8_ __ in if the window was cut long. This is why it was c 9 _ “The wind’s eye”. And the word “w 10_” comes form two ancient（古代的）words for “wind” and “ eye”.三Long ago, people used bells more t 1 __ they do today. The postmen used to ring a hand bell when they delivered letters. Fire engines had bell i 2_ of sirens(号笛 ). People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting w 3 _ was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was t 4 to go to church. At night, this bell was ringing so that travelers would find the village in the d 5 _. In most countries bells were hung r 6 _ the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or sheep. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used l 7_ _ and less, Buzzers, sirens and horns have t 8 __ theirplace. Now people try to keep the old bells in school and churches so t9 they will not l 10_ their beautiful sounds for ever.四There are t 1 _ many accidents in cities. Accidents often happen when people c 2 the roads or streets. Read the passage c _ 3 __ and learn to be careful later on. Be careful when it is r 4 __. Many accidents happenon rainy days. People are in a h 5 because they don’twant to get w 6_ _. They often cross the roads quickly. Often they can’t see c 7 _ _ as they hold their umbrellas in front of t 8_ . Remember that cars take l 9_ __time to stop when the roads are wet. When it is raining, we must bemore and more careful, not l 10_ _ careful.五Someone says: “Time is money,” but I think time is e 1 __ more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is g 2 _, it will never r 3 _ . That’s whywe mustn’t waste time. It goes without saying that the t 4 _ is usually limited（有限的） . Even a second is very important. We should makefull use of our time to do s 5 useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i 6 of time. They spent their limited timesmoking, drinking and p 7 _. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8_ _. In a word, we should save time. Weshouldn’t l 9_ _ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have n10 time to lose.六Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that c 1 the world or,at least, make life easier for somebody. P 2 we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a real thing. Recently, there was a competition in a country, which e 3 young people to make their bright ideas come true. There were t 4_ groups in the contest: Group A was for school children under 16; Group B was for those o 5_ 16. And there were eleven prize-winners altogether.Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c 6_ “SunshineSuperman” by one newspaper writing about his design. When peoplestudy the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately(准确地，精确地 ). We need to know how many h 7_ of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders o _8 record direct (直接的 ) sunshine. Neil’s is more accurate and this is very i 9 for research into ways of using solar power（太阳能） . Neil plansto keep inventing.The ideas in the competition were so g 10 that we are surprised that the industry (工业界 ) doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions.七My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Year Four. Every evening we get into h 1 battles (争执 ). Three afternoons a week, she has a 2 (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the l 3 thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue 争(论 ) about w 4 she should do her homework r 5 after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play f 6 When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm s 7 that she is going to need to be able to do it on her o 8 And in f 9 , most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond (超越 ) their a 10 .As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas?八On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base基(地 ) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, because of damaged损(坏的 ) s 1 and food shortages after the May 12 earthquake, a local official said.The pandas were t 2 by trucks from China Giant PandaProtection and ResearchC 3 to Ya’an, another base less affected by the earthquake, said Xiong Beirong, an official of Sichuan Provincial Forestry Bureau (林业局).Eight other pandas l 4 for the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will be carried by China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing, where they will s 5 at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.Liu Shaoyong, a leader of CSA, said the pandas were scheduled(预定 ) to leave Chengdu at 3 p.m. Saturday. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo a 6 water.“There is e 7 water now, b 8 food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples”. Xiong Beirong said.After the earthquake, tons of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicines were brought to the center, but the supplies could only l 9 about a week, she said.There are about 1,590 pandas l 10 in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.九We were singing, “Happy birthday to you, ” My mother was smiling, surrounded by my father, my little sister and me.It was time to send wishes. My father said, “ You’ve done m 1 things for us. On this special day, let me d 2 all the housework for you”. After kissing my mother, my sister said,“Mum, you’re a g 3 mum in my eyes.” I l 4 at my mother’s eyes and said, “Dear mum, I am always waiting for one day when you and Dad get old”. My parents seemed puzzled (困惑 ), and I explained, “When you’re old, I will take care of you just like you take care of me.” There were tears in their eyes, Yes, w 5 they get old, I will take care of them. These words were in my mind f 6 a long time, and at last I said them to my dear parents. I felt v 7 happy.My parents are just common people, b 8 they’re great. Like other parents, they bring us up with love, and give us food and c 9 . They teach us how to be real people. My parents have done a lot of things for me and I am very thankful to them.However, they will not always be able to take care of me. One day, they will get old. They may not even be able to take care of t 10 . But that doesn’t matter. I, their child, will take charge.十Do you know the differences between the new building and the old ones?Old buildings h 1 brick( 砖)and stone walls. The walls hold up the b 2 .In cities, many modern building l 3 as if they are made just of windows. Walls of dark glass reach high into the air. Many buildingsare m 4 than 50 stories(层)tall.Are walls of glass strong e 5 to hold up the new buildings? No, The new glass walls do not hold up the buildings, b 6 they only cover up the frame(框架 )made of steel. Have you ever watched a new building goingup? The steel frame is built f 7 .Then the glass walls are hung on the frame. When the building is f 8 ,the frame does not show. The outside looks like windows without walls. The glass walls shine i 9 the sun withno decoration(装饰 ).Many people find t 10 beautiful just as they are.答案一1.biggest 2.with 3.there 4.love/ like 5.when 6.happily 7.friendly 8.covered 9.snowmen 10.back二1.houses 2.with 3. out 4.bigger 5.just 6.much 7.weathere 9.called 10.window三1.than 2.instead 3.what 4.time 5.dark 6.round 7.less 8.taken 9.that 10.lose四1.too 2.cross 3.carefully 4.rainy 5.hurry 6.wet 7.clearly8.themselves 9.longer 10.less五1.even 2.gone 3.return 4.time 5.something 6.importance7.playing 8.lives 9.leave 10.no六1.change 2.Perhaps/Probably 3.encourage 4.two 5.over 6.called 7.hours 8.only 9.important 10.great/ good七1.homework st 4.whether 5.right 6.forst7.sure 8.own 9.fact 10.abilities八1.shelters 2.taken 3.Center 4. left 5. stay 6. and 7. enough 8.but st 10.living九1.many 2.do 3.good 4.looked 5.when 6.for 7.very 8.but 9.clothes 10.. themselves十1.have 2.building 3.look 4.more 5.enough 6.but 7.first8.finished 9.in 10.them。

牛津译林版8B英语期中复习--任务型阅读+首字母填空（一）Each summer, you hear news that some sports players are sent to hospitals because it is too hot. Our bodies can’t be outside in the sun for a long time. So in hot summers, be careful about playing sports outside.Firstly, to play sports safely in hot weather, you must drink water. Sports drinks are great for athletes, but they have so much sugar that they’ll dehydrate(使脱水) you more. However, drinking a few bottles of sports drinks will be good for you.Secondly, be sure to ta ke enough rest to let your body rest. If your coach doesn’t let you do so in the heat, don’t wait until you feel uncomfortable. Just be honest with your coach when you need rest.Thirdly, when you have a rest, don’t sit in the sun. With the sun beating dow n on you, you’ll only heat up and sweat(冒汗) more. Take a seat under a tree, or even better, go indoors for a little while. Cooling yourself down can help you stay active longer.Fourthly, remember that the earlier in the day you start your exercise, the cooler it will be. If you can start practice before the sun comes up, you have a few good hours to practice in the cool hours of the morning. Also, the earlier you practice, the earlier you can finish the exercise. If you need more practice time, come back to the field later in the evening when the sun is setting.Last but not least, you should watch your food. Eat food which is high in water, starch(淀粉) and carbohydrate(糖类), but be sure to get a good balance in your diet.As long as you pay attention to the above, playing sports safely in the heat isn’t a（二）Everyone has worries. But what can you do when you have worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to deal with your worries:1. Try to find out what you're worried aboutSometimes, you can know what you're worrying about. Other times, you might not. Try to find it out first. if you can't, you can ask others for help.2. Think of ways to make it betterThere is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting thereworrying can't solve your problem.Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you're worried about grades, ask yourself these questions:✧Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?✧How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes (复习课堂笔记) evenwhen there isn't a test?✧Do I have a good place to do my homework?✧Have I tried different ways of studying?If your worry is about a fight you had with a friend, you might write down all the things you can do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. If you know the things you can do, you can do one of them to get your friend back.3. Ask for helpWhen you're worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask your（三）Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.Eat breakfast every morningResearch(研究) shows that if you eat a meal in the morning, you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day.Get enough sleepPoor sleep can influence(影响) our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accidents! Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!Take a walk every dayWalking is an easy way of exercising. You’d better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you’ll find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.Join social groupsSocial groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or musicgroups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficulttimes. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. And active mind is a healthymind.Have a hobbyA hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. ◆It may ___4____ traffic accidentsevery ◆Walking is an easy way of ___5____. You’d better meet friends for a walk __6___ of a meal. ◆Enj oy the ___7____ world around you while walking.◆You can get much support, ___8____ and help from socialHas anyone ever told you that eating carrots will help you see in the dark? Thisis just one of many incorrect thoughts you may have heard. Below, TEENS haspicked out scientific explanations for three mistakes that people make about their eyes.Let’s take a look.Can eating more carrots help you see better?Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which helps the eyes to turn light into informationfor your brain.This allows people to see in darker places.However, eating more carrots won’t help you see better. A certain minimumamount will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision.If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too?Parents can pass myopia(近视）onto children.A study by the American Optometric Association found that if both parents aremyopic, there’s a 33 to 60 percent chance that their child will be. For children whohave one parent with myo pia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it’s down to 6 to 15percent for kids with non-myopic parents. So though your eyesight is bad, yourchildren might still have good vision.Do color blind people see the world in black and white?Color blindness doesn’t usually mean that people see the world in black andwhite.They usually can’t tell certain colors apart, especially green and red. Anothercommonly confused pair of colors is yellow and blue.Our eyes have cone cells(视锥细胞), they can sense different wavelengths(波长) oflight. Color blindness will appear if people’s cone cells don’t work in a proper way.There are different levels of color blindness. Some people are only color blind inlow light. However, in the most serious form of color blindness, everything is shadesof gray.（五）Typing(打字) is one of the most important and basic work skills of the 21st century. Because mobile phones are now so popular, there is a new kind of typing-thumbing. Thumbing means people use one or more thumbs(拇指) to touch the keys.Most people can type between 20 and 35 words a minute. Some typists, however, can work very quickly, at more than 110 words a minute. And people’s left hand usually does 56 percent of the typing.The most common international English keyboard is QWERTY. People name it after the first letters on the top left side of the keyboard. It is more than 140 years old. Other keyboards include QWERTY (in Central Europe) and AZERTY (used by most French speakers in Europe). Countries with non-Roman alphabets(字母系统), such as, Arabia, Russia or Japan, have their own keyboards.People practise the sentence ”The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” to make their typing better. That’s because it uses every letter o f the English alphabet.Thumbing and typing can hurt you. RSI (repetitive strain injury) is the name of a medical condition you get if you type too much. However, most people do not understand what RSI is or how serious it can be. Anyone who uses a computer a lot is（六）If you want to know which social media platforms Chinese youths like now, you better not miss short videos. On popular short video apps, including Douyin and Kuaishou, users can upload(上传) short videos, the content of which are from cooking and physical exercise to dancing and gatherings, and share them with other users.A 12-year-old user named Xiaoqianyu has up to 2.6 million followers on Douyin.The girl, who has enjoyed dancing since she was inkindergarten（幼儿园）, has uploaded videos showingher learning jazz dance and finger dance since lastJuly. One of the videos won her about one million fans,and she has become famous as a result. "whilerecording the movements, I add music to the video, soit is easy and fun to shoot the videos," said Xiaoqianyu.Another user, named Xiaozhou, she likes Kuaishou best. "Most people think the life showed on Kuaishou is low. Instead, I think those videos give those people a voice. The short videos in different types bring happiness to their daily life." Xiaozhou said.However, some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos."Killing time is the only reason for me to watch the short videos, but I really don't like the content of the videos. Moreover, many dances in the videos are almost the same, which are boring ." said Houyu, a 21-year-old student at Anhui Foreign Language University.The main reason behind the fast development（发展）of short videos is to attract （吸引）others’ attention. Short videos encourage users to show themselves and funny things. So the youths make short videos to share with others and invite them to understand what they think is funny.Popular social media platforms-- short videosPeople who like short videos Xiaoqianyu The girl __1__to enjoy dancing when she was in kindergarten.She became famous _2__one of her videos won herabout one million fans.She _3___ it easy and fun to shoot the videos. Xiaozhou Kuaishou is her __4__ short video app.She doesn’t _5__ with people who think the lifeshowed on Kuaishou is low.She thinks the short videos can make people __6__.People who _7___ short videos Houyu He watches the the short videos in _8_ to kill time.However, he thinks the content of the videos is _9___.The __10__ for the development of short videos The users want to attract people’s attention.They want to show themselves and funny things through short videos.（七）You have probably heard it before, most likely from your English teacher. If you want to become a good writer, read good writing. Unfortunately, you may not have understood what did good to you and even whatyou were supposed to get from that experience.As you start reading a book, poem, or story, do so with no thought at all and the参考答案：任务型阅读（一）1 playing/ doing2 high3 ways4 bad5 plenty6 Avoid7 early8 setting9 careful10 safer(二)1.three/32. worry3. improve4. less5. unable/useless/helpless6. meaning7. prepare8. with9. invite 10. helpful(三）1. improve2. through3. enough4.cause5. exercising6. instead7. beautiful8. advice9. mind 10. as(四)1. eyes2. Facts/Reasons/ Explanations3. improve4. in/from5.parents/ parents’6. passed7. but8. like9. able 10. properly（五）1.touch /press2.importance3.with /using4.speed5.mored7.improve8.speakers9.harmful 10.Few（六）1. started/began2. because3. thinks4. favourite5. agree6. happy7. dislike8. order9. boring 10. reason（七）1，helps 2. advantages 3. pleasure 4. interest 5. mistakes6. Time7. devoted8. bored/tired9. favorite10. progress首字母填空(一)In recent years, mobile phones and e-readers have become more common. Some people worry that the days of paper books will be gone. So we did a survey(调查) about paper books. Here is what we have got.In the UK, s___1____ of e-books are dropping, to our surprise, the number of people who buy paper books is r____2_____. More surprisingly, it's young people who are buying the most paper books. A___3______ survey of university students from the United States, Japan and Germany also showed that 92 percent of them liked paper books better.The most popular reason was: "I like to hold the product." It's true that paper books bring a very different reading e____4_____. Some students said that they liked the smell of paper books. Other students said that they got a sense of accomplishment(成就感) when they c___5_____ reading a paper book and they enjoyed seeing it on the bookshelf.Paper books can also be very personal objects to readers. Many people like to sign their names on the inside cover. I___6_____ the cover gets bent(弯曲) or there's a mark made from coffee or food, it will make the book even more personal. It's more like the readers' old friends.This "friendship" b___7___ people and book isn't just sentimental(情感的). Studies have shown that readers remember more information from paper books. People also more e___8_____have sore(酸痛的) eyes while reading e-books.It seems that there is no reason to r____9______ paper books. So why not p___10_____ up a book and start reading?（二）White Fang had made an enemy of Lip-Lip. The dog attacked him whenever he could. He was bigger and stronger than White Fang and always w 1 their fights. White Fang knew that he could never win a fight against Lip-Lip. He knew that he had to do something else to teach the dog a l 2 .Most of the time, however, White Fang was h 3 . His mother was trapped because the men did not want her to run away again, but he was able to be with her w 4 he wanted. There was always meat to eat, and the women were kind to him. Only Lip-Lip made him unhappy. He decided to do something about thisbad-tempered dog.One day, he pretended(假装) to be h 5 and unable to run fast. Lip-Lip ran after him. White Fang stayed just in front of him. White Fang l 6 Lip-Lip to the place where Kiche was. Although she was tied up by her master, she was able to bite Lip-Lip. She turned him over and b 7 it him many times. Lip-Lip ran away when Kiche let him go , but White Fa ng’s problem with him was not over.Lip-Lip was the l 8 of the other dogs. They followed him and obeyed him. N 9 of them would make friends with White Fang. Whenever he came near them, they attacked him. They knew that he was not a real dog.White Fang was always alone. He was never a 10 to play with the other dogs. This made him angry. He often forgot how to behave well. ---from White Fang（三）On the fourth day of the lunar new year, my parents and I went to the t 1 to watch《Hi, Mom》Watching the movie, I have some insights( 感悟). Perhaps everyone has h 2 the old saying: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. The son wants to perform his duty but there are no elders a 3 . " Jia Xiaoling was found by her mother pretending(假装) to be admitted( 录取)to a famous university, because she wanted to make herself a promising daughter.U 4 , her mother died in a car accident, which brought all this to nothing. Jia's most simple w 5 was to let herself get the envy( 嫉妒) of the people around. But mom has passed away. If everything was back in 1981, she would have done anything to m 6 up for these mistakes and make her mother gain face at all costs!The director Jia Ling made this film just to remember her late mother LiHuanying, who encouraged Jia Ling to r 7 her artistic dreams.What should we do when we grow up? We can often go back home to take care of our parents, and spend more time with them. Life is only o 8 , but the heart of our lovely family has countless times. When the spring wind b 9 all over China, take your family out for a walk to relax, stay with your family, blow away the sadness of the past year, and w 10 the brand new 2021.首字母（四）White Fang had made an enemy of Lip-Lip. The dog attacked him whenever he could. He was bigger and stronger than White Fang and always w 1 their fights. White Fang knew that he could never win a fight against Lip-Lip. He knew that he had to do something else to teach the dog a l 2 .Most of the time, however, White Fang was h 3 . His mother was trapped because the men did not want her to run away again, but he was able to be with her w 4 he wanted. There was always meat to eat, and the women were kind to him. Only Lip-Lip made him unhappy. He decided to do something about this bad-tempered dog.One day, he pretended(假装) to be h 5 and unable to run fast. Lip-Lip ran after him. White Fang stayed just in front of him. White Fang l 6 Lip-Lip to the place where Kiche was. Although she was tied up by her master, she was able to bite Lip-Lip. She turned him over and b 7 it him many times. Lip-Lip ran away when Kiche let him go , but White Fang’s problem with him w as not over.Lip-Lip was the l 8 of the other dogs. They followed him and obeyed him. N 9 of them would make friends with White Fang. Whenever he camenear them, they attacked him. They knew that he was not a real dog.White Fang was always alone. He was never a 10 to play with the other dogs. This made him angry. He often forgot how to behave well. ---from White Fang（五）A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his f 1 . He held a sign which s 2 , "I am blind. Please help me."There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and d 3 them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that e 4 who walked by could see the new words.Soon the hat b 5 to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who c 6 the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(认出) his footsteps and asked, "Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a d 7 way." What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it." Do you t 8 the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course b 9 signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the b 10 of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.（六）O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen n 1 . His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long b 2 of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach h 3 everything he needed to know.When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry w 4 to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He f 5 worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some t 6 . Some money went missing from the bank. People believed that O.Henry had stolen(偷）it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). D 7 the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.He w 8 mostly(主要）about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his s 9 , because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers s 10 .Do you like reading his stories?（七）Many years ago in 1971, the US table tennis team was at the World Championship in Japan. The team from the People’s Republic of China was also there. This championship took place d 1 the days of the Cold War. Because of this, the American and the Chinese players didn’t e 2 talk to each other.Glen Cowan, from the US team, d 3 that. One day, he saw a Chinese player and invited him to play. They played together for 15 minutes, and Cowan m 4 the US bus back to the hotel.Then, something 5 happened. One of the Chinese players waved to Cowan from the Chinese bus. He thought for a moment and then he got on the bus. But the Chinese players didn’t talk to him. S 6 Zhuang Zedong, three times world champion, came up to Cowan. “What are you doing?” said the other Chineseplayers. “Don’t talk to him! Don’t make t 7 !” Zedong gave Cowan a silk scarf. “I give you this to s 8 the friendship of the Chinese people to the American people,” he said through a translator. Cowan wanted to give something b 9 , but he didn’t have anything with him.Then the bus arrived at the hotel. There were lots of r 10 waiting there —it was big news to see an American and a Chinese player together.（八）The computer and the Internet have become part of teens’ life. The number of teen Internet users in China is (1) g bigger, up to 253 million. The number shows a great increase(增长) in Internet users in China over the last (2) f years, especially among teenagers. And China becomes a large market for Internet (3 b.A new survey (调查) shows that Chinese teens show (4) i_______ in online activities. They seem not to know that （5）s too much time before a computer screen(显示屏) is bad for their health. According to the survey, 42.6% of teens have built their (6) o web blogs. More than half enjoy (7) c online with friends and 10.6% of teens play Internet games. It is a (8) p that only 6% use the Internet to get information for their learning projects! Also, the survey finds that the teens have different favourite (9) p to use the Internet. For teens in towns, 35% choose Internet bars as a mai n place to go online. For those living in large cities, 76% use home computers.Too much time online certainly (10) l to problems for their young life. Should teens think more about what role (角色) a computer plays?（九）Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how ? Here is an example.There was a farmer who grew corn(玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market.Then each time his corn was chosen as the b 1 and won the first prize.One year a newspaper reporter i2him and learned something surprising about how he grew it. The farmer o3his seed（种子) corn to his neighbors."How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the competition with you each year. ""Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen (花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow b 4 corn , cross-pollination ( 异花传粉) will be not good for my corn. S 5 if I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors to grow good corn. "The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve I 6 his neighbors’ corn cannot improve.As a great man says, "We make a living by w 7 we get ; we make a life by what we give to others. " We can't live w 8 food, clothes, and many other things.H 9 , a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well, and those who choose to be happy must help others to find h 10 in their life.首字母填空(一)1 sales2 rising3 Another4 experience5 completed6 If7 between8 easily9 refuse 10 pick（二）1. won2. lesson3. happy4. when/whenever5. hurt6. led7. bit8. leader9. None 10. allowed （三）1-5 theatre heard around Unluckily/Unfortunately wish6-10 make realize once blows welcome（四）1. won2. lesson3. happy4. when/whenever5. hurt6. led7. bit8. leader9. None 10. allowed （五）1. feet2. said3. dropped4. everyone5. began6. changed7. different8. think9. both 10. beauty（六）1. name2.because3.himself4.went5.first6.trouble7.During8.wrote9.stories 10.surprised(七)1. during2. even3. disliked4. missed5. surprising /strange6. Suddenly7. trouble8. show9. back 10. reporters(八)1. growing/getting2. few3. business4. interest5. screen6. own7. chatting8. pity9. places 10. leads（九）1 . best 2. interviewed 3. offered 4. bad 5. So6. if7. what8. without9. However10. happiness。

中考英语阅读首字母解题技巧讲解一、近年中考阅读首字母考查词性梳理二、首字母填空训练技巧讲解阅读是英语中的一个难点，首字母完形填空又是阅读教学中最令人头痛的一环。

它不但考查学生对语篇的理解能力，而且考查学生理解语篇过程中的分析判断、句子成分与词性的对应关系、语法结构、词义辨析等全方位的综合能力。

只有具备了相当词汇量、扎实的语法知识、充分的扩散性思维和严密的逻辑推理能力的学生，才能很好地完成语篇，使文章通顺畅达，恢复原样。

“台阶式”训练法也许是在较短时间里提高缺词填空能力的途径之一。

台阶一：掌握七种句子成分与十种词性之间的对应关系。

通过对单一成分的分类练习，掌握该句子成分与何种词性相对应。

词性正确是答案正确的前提。

(1) 对主语的判断【典型例题】1. _____________ are helpful to students. ( teach )2. _____________ is more important to me than money. ( healthy )3. Some famous ______________ are going to give lectures in our university in August. ( science)4. _____________ is my favourite sport. ( fish )5. _____________ stamps is my hobby. ( collect )【参考答案】1. Teachers 2. Health 3. scientists 4. Fishing 5. Collecting【测量目标】考查学生把句子成分和词性对应的能力【难度等级】基础【思路解析】以上练习中，填入词均为句子的主语。

主语是动作的发出者，词性主要为名词与代词（1-3题）；动词不能直接用作主语，必须转化成其对应的名词或doing（4、5）。

2020年中考英语首字母填空(名师精选历年真题+实战训练，建议下载练习)类型1首字母填空Passage1先阅读短文,再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的第一个字母已给出。

Soap is widely used in our lives around the world. Once soap was aArabs first made the soap that we know today. They created colored, liquid, and hard soaps. They even had soaps which were used for shaving(刮胡子).Soap became people's f(10)in the late 1800s. Advertising in Europe and the US helped people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health. Now, soap is something we wouldn't want to live without.Passage2h(5)that she left a glass slipper and the Prince used that to find her. F(6), Cinderella and the Prince married and lived happily ever after.That's one telling of the story, but the Cinderella fairy tale is found in many different countries. And Cinderella is not always a young l (7). In an Irish story, a young gentleman, Becan, marries a princess and lives happily ever since.Why is the Cinderella story so p(8)and found in so many cultures? There are several r(9). First of all, it's a romantic story. Also, Cinderella is a kind girl with a hard life. And m(10)the most important is that in the Cinderella story, a person faces many difficulties but overcomes them in the end.Passage3)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。

八年级英语阅读能力提高训练（十七）二、首字母填空If you were asked to recite(背诵) lines of poems that have the Chinese character(汉字)“hua”—which means “flower” — how many could you recite? He Liran, 13, had to take on this 1)c_____________ on a TV show. She, a student at the Harbin No 13 Middle School in Heilongjiang, had competed with over 100 other students. The competitors took 2)t___________ to recite the lines of poems that used the word “hua”, with He Liran replying to each one. 3)F__________, she won, reciting more than 60 out of the 127 lines that were recited in her competition. Her love of reading helped her win. Her father started reading to her when she was just 4 years old. 4)S________ then she has been a bookworm. She is 5)e____________ interested in ancient poems(古诗). “The beautiful lines refr esh my thinking and inspire(启发) me a lot. I love Su Shi’s 6)w__________. His optimism(乐观) 7)i_____________ me a lot,” she said. Though she was busy with schoolwork, she spares time to study at 8)l__________ one poem each day. She thinks ancient poems is still of great 9)i_______________, even in modern times. Poems can be 10)p_________ of her daily life.三、任务型阅读In almost every US city and town, there are local organizations to help people stop smoking. One of the most popular and successful is the California Smokers' Helpline. Here is a page from one of their leaflets.When you really want a cigarette，try the three Ds:1 Delay(延迟): Look at your watch and wait for a couple of minutes. If you can wait for more than two minutes, you won't want to smoke.2 Drink water: If you drink water or some other drinks, you reduce the need to have something in your mouth.3 Deep breathing(深呼吸): Breathe in slowly and deeply. Count to five when your lungs(肺) are full. Then breathe out slowly. Repeat several times.And here are some ideas from Florida Anti-smoking Club to help people to give up smoking:1. Make a plan: Make a list of friends who smoke and places where you smoke. Don't see those people and don't go to those places!2. Keep busy: Instead of smoking, make a phone call, take a short walk or talk with a friend.3. Develop new interests: Exercise-walking, biking, jogging, swimming, or taking a music class —helps you to forget about cigarettes.It is now against the law for anyone to smoke anywhere at any time in our school. So set a date, and take action at once to give up smoking for your own good.shower. During winter, living on a boat can be very cold. Also, most boats are quite small inside. You don’t have much space, especially if you are a couple, family or group of friends.Although it is not easy, the number of people living on houseboats has grown by around 50 percent over the past 10 years.1 More families and young people are choosing to live on houseboats because it is much cheaper to buy or rent (租) a boat than a flat or a house.Another good thing about living on the water is the friendly neighbors. People who live on houseboats always help each other and usually become good friends. This is quite a different story from people who live in flats or houses and may hardly know the people next door at all.( )1. Ten years ago, the number of people living on houseboats may have been _____.A. 50,000B. 30,000C. 25,000D. 20,000 ( )2.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the story?A. Living conditions on houseboats have become much better.B. It is convenient to live on houseboats.C. People can have large bedrooms on houseboats.D. Living on houseboats is challenging during winter.( )3.Many people choose to live on houseboats because _____.A. it is cheaper to rent a houseboat than a flatB. it is challenging to live on houseboatsC. they are looking for something specialD. they are tired of living in flats( )4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that _____.A. people living in flats are not friendlyB. people living on houseboats have no privacy(隐私)C. people living on houseboats are warm-heartedD. people living in houses like to tell stories五、完形填空I always felt nervous at the running race. I was too thin to be an athlete. So when our class needed a 1 in the two mile race around the lake, I hoped 2 would notice me.I hid under a 3 when our teacher Bronto called the names of the runners. I got more nervous when I heard he called, “Noah! Where’s Noah? He’s in this race!”He saw me under the tree and shouted, “Noah, we 4 a boy to run the two mile race.” He pushed me to the starting line. I pleaded with him. “I don’t know the way around the lake !”“It’s not a problem. Just 5 Craig and you’ll know the way.” Bronto smiled. Craig was the fastest runner in our class. Then Bronto said, “For the last hundred meters, 6 throw your head back and run.”I stood next to Craig and trembled. Then I heard the gun and sixteen of us started to run. I ran 7 behind Craig.But gradually(逐渐地), the distance(距离) between Craig and me became wider.It was 8 . I felt very tired. My energy was spent. I was about to 9 . But then I looked ahead and saw only three boys were in front of me. The 10 was shouting, but I could hear Bronto shouting,”Run!”I threw my head back and told my legs to go. I never looked ahead and I never looked back for those last hundred meters. I felt 11 . Nobody was telling me what I was, or what I wasn’t. My legs were running a race against my brain and I was winning!I didn’t know when I crossed the finish line. Bronto caught me and shouted, “You flew! You flew, man!12 ! You passed two boys!”However, the best prize that I got was 13 . That year I discovered I could do a lot of things 14 I believe myself and put my energy into them.I never got to say thanks to Bronto right after the race. But later, I saw him over the lake. He was coaching another kid. I had no 15 that the kid was also going to win.( )1．A．runner B．jumper C．swimmer D．diver( )2．A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody ( )3．A．desk B．tree C．bed D．chair( )4．A．get B．teach C．help D．need( )5．A．forget B．beat C．follow D．trust( )6．A．also B．just C．still D．yet( )7．A．slowly B．hardly C．closely D．happily( )8．A．surprising B．difficult C．boring D．wonderful ( )9．A．put up B．take up C．hurry up D．give up ( )10．A．crowd B．workers C．officers D．kids ( )11．A．nervous B．tired C．free D．lucky ( )12．A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth ( )13．A．kindness B．health C．teamwork D．confidence ( )14．A．before B．unless C．until D．if( )15．A．question B．doubt (怀疑) C．value (价值) D．thought。

八年级英语阅读能力提高训练(七)一、完形填空One night, a little swallow flew over the city. He was very 1 and wanted to have a good sleep in the city. When he saw the Statue(雕像) of the Happy Prince (王子), he flew down and got ready to sleep 2 the feet of the Happy Prince.Just as he was putting his head under his wing, some 3 fell on him. He thought it was raining. But when he looked 4 , he found the sky was so 5 and bright that(以至于) he could see lots of stars. Suddenly, he saw some tears were running down the Prince’s golden 6 .“7 are you crying?” asked the swallow.“In a little street, there’s a poor house. From one of the windows, I see a woman8 at a table. She’s sewing(缝) clothes for 9 women to wear. In a bed in the corner of the room, her little boy is sick. He’s asking for oranges, but his mother has only water to give him, so he is crying. The boy is so thirsty 10 the mother is very sad. Little swallow, will you please take her the 11 from the top of my sword (宝剑)?”“It is very cold and I am leaving for a warm place, but I will stay with you and do as you ask.”The swallow took the bright red jewel(珠宝) from the Prince’s sword and flew away with it in his mouth. He flew into the woman’s room and12 it beside the woman’s needle(针线).13 he flew back, he told the Prince what he had done. “It’s strange,” he added, “It’s so cold but I feel quite 14 now. ”“That’s15 you have done a good thing(做了一件好事), ” said the P rince. The little swallow began to think about this, and then he fell asleep.( ) 1. A. hungry B. tired C. angry D. sad( ) 2. A. among B. above C. below D. between( ) 3. A. water B. snow C. grass D. milk( ) 4. A. at B. down C. up D. for( ) 5. A. good B. clear C. dirty D. sunny( ) 6. A. ear B. feet C. hair D. face( ) 7. A. Where B. How C. When D. Why( ) 8. A. sitting B. eating C. drinking D. cooking( ) 9. A. poor B. rich C. young D. old( ) 10. A. why B. what C. that D. because( ) 11. A. jewel B. orange C. gold D. diamond( ) 12. A. forgot B. took C. got D. put( ) 13. A. Before B. After C. Till D. While( ) 14. A. cold B. hot C. warm D. cool( ) 15. A. because B. though C. if D. so二、首字母填空Ren Kexin is preparing a Christmas gift for her best friend. It is a cross-stitch(十字绣). Making the gift takes up a lot of her 1)f____________ time.“I’m 2)i_____________ in making gifts myself,” said the Grade 10 girl, “and I 3)b_________ my friend will like it very much.”Many Chinese students make gifts instead of 4)b____________ them. Ren is one of them. A DIY gift is not only cheap but also interesting to make and it has a special 5)m_______________.Teenagers also make other gifts like bracelets（手链）or Chinese ties(中国结). “Gift shops may sell many of them, but any gift you make by 6)y____________ is unique(独一无二),” said Zheng Ruobing, a 16-year-old girl. She 7)o__________ made a gift for an American teacher. Her teacher was 8)e____________ about the cross-stitch.However, 9)n_________ all students are DIY fans. Luo Dinghan thinks making gifts is a waste(浪费) of time. “I often buy gifts for some of my friends, as time is more important than 10)m____________,” he said. “And some gifts you get from stores are much more beautiful.”三、阅读表达(回答下面5个问题, 每题答案不超过5个词。

复习专项——首字母填空首字母填空类属于短文的阅读题的考查，可以是考查英语语言知识方面的，也可能涉及到其它学科的内容。

学会一点常用的答题技巧，再在做习题中体验一下，就可以解决这方面的问题。

在此提供了初中英语第一学期首字母填空练习，从牛津英语教材的角度，按年级划分，并附上参考答案，希望对初中生有所裨益。

就答题技巧问题也说两句。

首先要通读短文，了解文章的大意。

每篇短文段落之间必然承上启下、前呼后应。

因此通读全文时要一气呵成，只要能了解短文的大意即可，细节不理解可以跳过。

因此，在解题之前通读一遍短文，目的是对文章有个全面的了解，弄清其中心思想和大意。

其次要特别注意一篇文章的开头和结尾，它们能提供主要的信息，帮助了解全文所描述的事件或文章的中心思想。

在阅读过程中，要注意上、下文的关系，这对于把握文章的整体意义大有用处。

对不理解的地方采用暂时回避的方式，待真正理解全文之后再找解决的方法。

有些短文填空题，有时出现少量的生词是很正常的，这就要求学生根据构词知识或上、下文的意思加以猜测，来确定它的词义。

在阅读过程中，对留空的句子进行全面的分析，看它在全文中所处的位置、作用和意义。

这一遍阅读要求是精心阅读，要留心找出关键词、短语或句子，还要结合所给首字母的提示，进行填写，并注意单词的正确形式。

做完填空，认真读一遍，检查所填写的单词是否与文章要求相符，文章是否通顺，前后是否呼应，有无句型结构及语法错误。

从实际中看，很多学生能够充分利用词首字母和短文内容填写单词，关注单词的形式变化，深思熟虑很重要。

阅读短文，根据首字母提示填空，每空一词。

（10‟）（A）Most American families are smaller than the families inother 81 countries. Most American families each 82 have one or two children.Children 83 in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live far from 84 their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write 85 to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday 86 .Parents usually let their children choose their own 87 jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付钱)for doing 88 some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.Do you often help your 89 parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents when 90 you grow up ?（B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。

每空格限填一词,首字母已给)Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today, I'm going to show you a special pen. We call it magic explorer. Just as you see, it look l 1 a mini-pen. It's only 12 cm long and it weighs only 11 grams. Of course, it can be u 2 as a pen, however, the special use of this kind of pen is that it can translate English into Chinese. Suppose you're reading an English book or m 3 . When you can't u 4 an English word you’ve never met before, what could you do? Don’t worry, just put our magic explorer above the word then press the button o 5 the top of the pen. The Chinese explanation will s 6 immediately on the screen outside the pens cap.There are different colours for you to choose. We hope our magic explorer can make it c 7 for you to learn English.1. 2. 3. 4.5. 6. 7.答案：1.like2. used3. magazine4. understand5. on6. show7. convenient首字母填空（52）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。

首字母阅读填空一．阅读理解（共15小题）1．Stephen Hawking：A free soul in the WheelchairStephen Hawking died in his home in Cambridge，England，on March 14，2018，at the age of 76．His family stated that he "died peacefully"．Here are some facts about him．E（1）LifeWe often like the things our parents like and we grow up to do the things our parents do．So it was with Stephen Hawking．His parents like science and learning．They both graduated from Oxford College．Family dinner was a silent affair because everyone was reading a book．Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname "Einstein"．He wanted to study math at university but Oxford didn't have a math degree at the time，so he chose physics and chemistry i（2）．Overcoming ALSAfter graduation，Hawking went to Cambridge to study for his PhD．Then he began to have a h（3）problem．The doctor discovered that he had a disease called ALS（肌萎缩侧索硬化症）．With the help of science and modern medicine，Hawking lived a f（4）and meaningful life．Although he had to live on a wheelchair and couldn't talk，he could communicate using a touch pad computer and a voice synthesizer（合成器）．S（5）Hawking spent much of his work researching black holes and space﹣time theories．He wrote many important papers about them and became a famous expert．Stephen also enjoyed writing books．In 1988 he published A Brief History of Time．This book c（6）modern subjects such as the big bang（宇宙大爆炸）and black holes in terms that could be understood．The book became very popular selling millions of copies．2．在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给．Four weeks before my mum's 40th birthday，Dad said to me，Jason，let's do something s（1）for your mother．Let's give her a surprise party．I thought it was agreat idea，so we started planning．Mum loves the river，so Dad booked a party boat．It came with a Karaoke machine．That was good，because she loves s（2）．Dad invited some friends and n（3），and some people from Mum's work．He even invited some of her old school friends．They all promised to keep it a s．One day，Mum said，It's my birthday soon．Let's go to a restaurant，just the three of us．Dad and I looked at each other and tried not to laugh．Dad said，I'll book a restaurant beside the river．On Mum's birthday，all the people went to the river at 6：30 and got onto the boat．At seven o'clock，the three of us s（5）out for the restaurant．When we walked past the boat，everyone shouted，" Surprise!" Mum really was surprised and very happy．She loved every minute．After the party，she said，'Thanks for the best birthday ever!'3．Donna Reid had just finished her training as a children's doctor．A famous research hospital in New Y ork had offered her a job with （1）g pay．And her boyfriend，Tony，hada clinic（小诊所）in their hometown and hoped she could work with him．At the same time，a small hospital，Backwoods Hospital，in a very poor area had also offered Donna ajob．Now it was time for her to decide （2）w to work．Dad：Donna，that research hospital in New Y ork has a good reputation（声誉）for children's medicine．Some of the best children's doctors in the country work there and you can （3）l a lot from them．Mom：Y es，I agree it's a good hospital and the pay is good，too．But，that's not the point（要点）．Dad：（4）T what's the point？Mom：It's in New Y ork，too far away! Let me tell you，dear Donna．Tony's clinic is just several miles away．Y ou don't need to travel （5）f if you work there．Tony isa nice young man and I guess you'll get married soon．Dad：Ha! It's hard enough to live with a husband or wife．Working with them，（6）t？That's a choice for trouble．Well，Donna，what do you think？Donna：I'm thinking about （7）a the offer from Backwoods Hospital．Dad：But Donna，look at their offer! Y ou'll be on call（随时待命）six days aweek．That's really a （8）h job．Mom：Oh，Donna，the pay is another problem．Donna：Mom and Dad，I didn't become a doctor for enjoying a comfortable life（9）o．Dad：No？Then （10）w did you become a doctor？Donna：I want to help people．Y ou know that．And Backwoods serves the poor．Backwoods，here I come!4．Travelling has been more and more popular with people．If you don't want to s（1）your holiday travelling on a bus，resting in the hotel or sitting on the beach，you may try hiking．Hiking is an activity of going out for a long walk for fun．It is a great way to travel．Y ou will get close to nature and take exercise．Y ou can see lots of rivers and grass at the same time．Hiking is e（2）to do．The things you need are just good shoes，clothes anda big bag．Hiking doesn't have to be very expensive as well．Y ou can hike in mountains，ina forest or along a river．It won't cost you much．If you go with your friends，you can havea talk with them on the way．Hiking is fun and it's good for your health．Here is some a（3）on hiking．◇Bring water， a good map and a phone．◇Don't hike alone（单独的）．Y ou shouldn't f（4）safety．It is the first．◇Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun．◇Take an u（5）with you so that you won't get wet in the rain．Why not put on your hiking shoes and take a hike now？5．Small talk and chitchat（闲谈）are the short conversations we have at parties，while we wait in line at the store，at family events or work．Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not w （1）．Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers．Many people find these small conversations about unplanned subjects difficult．Some people say they hate it．Others say small talk is a w（2）of time．They may even call it useless chitchat or useless chatter，meaning it doesn't do anything．They c（3）small talk not important．However，small talk is important．These exchanges can open doors that may lead to l （4），more meaningful conversations．When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don't know well，it would be awkward（尴尬的）to b（5） a conversation about a really deep subject such as war，politics or the meaning of life．Small talk also gives you the c（6）to decide if you want to get to know that person better﹣or not．Let's say you make small talk with someone at a party．But they only want to talk about cats．Y ou may not want to build a friendship with them u（7）you really，really love cats．Chitchat can also increase your feeling of understanding toward people you know but not well．Chatting with a workmate about their child may help you to understand more of their life outside the o（8）．This could help build healthy work relationships．Researchers at the University of Chicago find that those who make small talk with strangers are happier than those who sit a（9）．Also，another similar study showed that people who talked with a cashier（收银员）in a coffee shop felt happier t（10）those who simply went in，ordered and left．Small talk may make us happier．6．Have you heard about the periodic table （元素周期表）lately？Well，there's some big news about this special table，but first，remember that the periodic table is used to organize all the elements，or things that make u（1）our world．Elements are all around us．Iron is one of the commonest elements found within the Earth．Y ou probably know the element oxygen．It is the element that we b（2）in all the time．And elements can combine （结合）to make new things l（3）H2O．This is hydrogen and oxygen put together，also known as w（4）! Learning about these things helps us better understand the world we live in．But have you ever noticed something missing in the periodic table？There were already 114 elements．But the seventh row of the table was not f（5），until now! In December，scientists from IUPAC（国际理论与应用化学联合会）found the f（6）elements that were missing．They are elements 113 ，115 ，117 and 118．"To scientists，this is of greater v（7）than an Olympic gold medal，"Ryoji Noyori， a Nobel honored chemist，told the Guardian．The new elements are heavy metals and were made in l（8）．These kinds of elements can't be found in nature．Scientists are still looking for ways to use these elements，and other elements in the eighth row，in our daily lives．Scientists have been working on this for 10 years，but the work is not done．Now they will p（9）to look for "element 119 and beyond"．But for now，be careful when you read your C（10）books because the periodic table might be outdated．7．I still remember my first 10，000m race．That was an unforgettable experience．I was not good at running．I was not strong enough，either．Why did I take part in the race？That's because of my volunteer work．When I was 14years old，I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10，000m race．My job was to pass out water to the runners．I felt （1）e when I saw all the different kinds of people pass by and take a cup of water hurriedly．Some ran past，some walked past and a few wheeled past．After seeing so many （2）t of people do it，I thought maybe I could also do it．So the next year I signed up for the race．During the race，I jogged，I walked，I jogged and I walked．Sometimes I was even not sure （3）i I could finish．Then came an important moment．At one point near the end，an old man ran past me，very，very fast．Therefore，I was embarrassed because I was much younger than him，but I couldn't keep up with him．I felt hopeless for a second．But then I（4）r something．He was running his race and I was running my race．He had different abilities，experience，training and goals for himself．I had （5）m．Remember my goal was only to finish．I learned something important at that moment．I turned my embarrassment into inspiration（鼓舞）．I decided that I would not give up though many people ran past me．As I（6）c the finish line，I was proud of my success．In life we all have those moments when we compare ourselves with others．It's only （7）n．Don't allow those moments to weaken you．Turn them into motivation （动力）and let them inspire you．8．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words．（在空格内填入合适的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（共4分）Mother's Day began long ago in Greece．It was a holiday for Rhea，the mother of thegods．But Mother's Day became a modern holiday about 100years ago in the US．A woman named Anna Jarvis and her mother，Anna Reese Jarvis，were very close．They lived in a p （1）town．It was very dirty，and many people had bad health．Often，babies would get ill and die．Jarvis and her mother worked t（2）to make their town better，and everyone thought they did good things for the town's people．Jarvis' mother died on Sunday，May 14，1905，at the age of 41．Two years later，their church （教堂）had a d（3）to remember the woman because she had helped so much．The second Sunday of May became an American holiday on May 8，1914．And now people in more than 40countries celebrate Mother's Day each year．How do they do it？There are lots of different ways to show our love to mum．Lots of people buy presents for their mothers．Others give their mothers flowers．People usually give carnations （康乃馨）to wish their mothers h（4），sweetness and love．Do you want to make your Mother's Day special for your mum？Here are some ideas：*Make her breakfast in bed．*Do some housework．*Clean your room．*Write her a special letter．*Make her a card．9．AMAZING RESCUE﹣﹣﹣THANKS TO CELL PHONETwo teenagers capsized（倾覆）in the ocean off the east coast of the U．S．and called the west Coast on a cell phone to ask for help．Brother and sister Ray and Susan Rivera were on a sailing vacation near Newport，Rhode Island．But because of huge w（81）of the sea，their boat capsized，and they were thrown into the ocean．Ray，17，and Susan，16，spent 30minutes trying to right the capsized boat，but without success．They couldn't get back into the boat，and they couldn't a（82）the attention of passing ships．After they had been in the water for about 40minutes，the situation wasgetting s（83），and they felt very cold．Then Susan remembered her cell phone in its watertight container in her pocket，and reached for it．But she didn't think of dialing 911，the emergency number．I （84），she called their father，who was 2500miles away in Scattle，Washington on a business trip．Susan explained："I thought it would be q（85）to call someone I knew and tell them our position．I dialed Dad's number and he contacted the Coast Guard．"About ten minutes later，after they had held on to the boat for nearly an hour，they heard a helicopter．Next，everything happened very fast，and Ray and Susan were picked up and carried to s（86）．Afterward．The Coast Guard said that the teenagers were lucky to be alive and very，very lucky that the cell phone had worked．"Anyone in trouble should contact the Coast Guard d（87）by calling 911．"he added．10．I rely a lot on my phone to help me when I study in America．Here are some of the most useful apps I have used but never paid for!CalendarAll phones come with an inbuilt calendar app．I've found myself using the app quite a lot recently．It is important to know your date when （1）p a weekend away．It is also comforting to check the app when I'm feeling homesick ﹣it helps to remind me that I will be home soon，so I should make the most of my time （2）a．Google TranslateIt's that moment when the word is on the tip of your tongue，but you just can't（3）r it!Don't worry；Google Translate can lend you a hand! Just make sure you double﹣check if you are translating longer texts，as the software does make some very humorous （4）m!GmailPersonally，I really like the Gmail app because it automatically puts emails，based on different items，into different categories．The important mail goes straight to my inbox （信箱），while （5）l important mail is put into other categories．HeadspaceAfter an exhausting day of work，I needed a way to help calm and focus my mind．This is how I found Headspace．Sign up for free to try some easy meditations （冥想）﹣they onlytake ten minutes．I've found them a great way to relax （6）a a stressful day．Trip AdvisorWhen exploring a new town，it's good to know the best places to eat and the most interesting attractions to see．I always turn to Trip Advisor for information．Here，you can find hotels，restaurants and attractions which are （7）l together with other visitors' ratings （等级）and comments．It makes it a lot easier to choose a good hotel．11．Chinese social network companies began to take away the smoking emoji（表情符号）from their products to support China's new indoor smoking ban（禁烟令）．The smoking emoji usually （1）s for the feeling of "cool" or "relaxed" in many apps before．Since the new ban was announced，China's technology companies have been （2）a to take this kind of emoji away．"Smoking is not cool，" said Zhang Jianshu，head of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association．"It's not（3）p to take smoking as being cool"．He pointed out that the major social network users are younger people，who were much （4）e to be influenced．In response，Sina Weibo took away the emoji of a smoker in September on its smart phone apps and （5）c．Two months later，Tencent followed Weibo's footsteps on November 6，2017 to change the smoking emoji （6）w a green leaf．However，the action was only taken on QQ's mobile app．QQ on PC still （7）r the same．Tencent's another popular social app，Wechat，has also been required to change the emoji．China is home to 300 million smokers and produces the world's （8）l number of cigarettes．It is reported that about 27.7% people （9）s in China in 2017，according to the government．Zhang said，taking the smoking emoji away was to prevent it spreading the wrong （10）i among the public．The BTAC hopes to use the social network to make more people develop a healthier lifestyle．12．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）Facts you don't know about animalsPeople have already known a lot about animals．However，there are still some things about animals that may surprise you．Here are some facts about animals you probably didn't know．CowsCows do have best friends and feel stressed （焦虑的）when they are separated （分开）．Sometimes they even （1）a humans when they are too nervous and angry．However，scientists also found that cows are very social animals and a cow always makes friends with other cows in the herd （兽群）．When a cow is with its friend，its heart rate is reduced compared with when it is （2）a or with a cow from another herd．PenguinsDuring breeding （繁殖）season，a male penguin will offer a pebble （卵石）to a female penguin as a （3）g．If she takes it，they will become partners．When the female penguin lays an egg，she and her husband may （4）c it on their feet，because some penguins don't build nests．CrocodilesWhen crocodiles eat something，they always swallow （吞）their prey．They don't chew it like other animals．To help with digestion （消化），they swallow stones which grind up the food in their stomachs．But these stones can （5）h be defecated （排泄掉），so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives．ElephantsElephants use plants to get rid of （6）p or other illness．Scientists once found a pregnant （怀孕的）elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days，while this kind of plant was not part of her regular （7）d．Four days later，she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly．The same plant was used by the local women to help with labor （分娩）．Do you find these facts amazing？Maybe you can introduce some of them to your friends and see how surprised they are when they know the facts!13．Leonardo da Vinci's（达芬奇）mother may have been a Chinese slave（奴隶）according toa new research by an Italian ﹣Angelo Paratico．He has spent the last 20years living andworking in Hong Kong，researching the links（联系） b （1）his homeland andChina．It is believed that Leonardo da Vinci's mother was named Caterina，who，according to some reports，was a local farmer．But Mr．Paratico's new work leads to a d（2）explanation．Speaking to the South China Morning Post，Mr．Paratico said，"I am s（3）that Leonardo's mother was from the East，but to make her a Chinese，we need to use a deductive method （演绎法）．"Angerlo Paratico has s（4）many documents（文献）．He found that one wealthy friend of Leonardo's father's had a slave called Caterina．After Leonardo's date of b （5），she disappeared from the documents．"She was no longer working there and could not be found，" Paratico a（6）．Supporting his opinion，he said，"During the period，countries like Italy and Spain were f（7）of slaves from the East．"He said that there were certain aspects（方面）of Da V inci's life and works which suggesta Chinese link．An e（8）is that he was writing with his left hand from left toright．And he was a vegetarian（素食者），which was not common．Mona Lisa（蒙娜丽莎）is probably a picture of his mother．On the back of Mona Lisa，there is a Chinese landscape and e（9）her face looks Chinese．Mr．Paratico said the only way to s（10）the mystery is to extract（提取）some DNA．But he said he preferred to let the mystery to remain mysterious．14．C．Something changed a few years ago．Around 2012，teens started to spend their time much differently from the generation before．I started to notice big difference in teen's b（1）and attitudes in the yearly survey of 11million young people．A2017survey found that two out of three U．S．teens owned an iphone．For this reason，I call them iGen （iphone generation）．What makes iGen different？Growing up with a smart phone has affected nearly every aspect of their lives．They spend so much time on the internet，texting friends and on social media，an average of about six hours per day，so they have less free time for everything else．That （2）going to parties，shopping at the mall or watching movies with their friends．These were o（3）the favorite activities of most teens．But now iGcn teens are taking part in these socialactivities at lower rate than others．A link that should be noticedI wondered if these changes might be c（4）to their deteriorating（退化）mentalhealth．Sure enough，I found that teens who spend more time on screens are less happy and more disappointed．Meanwhile， a 2017study asked some adults to give up Facebook felt happier，less l（5）and less disappointed during the week as they had more free time for social activities like meeting friends，watching movies，etc．What else is lost？Spending less time with friends means less time to develop social abilities．A 2016study showed that the sixth graders who spent just five days at a camp w（6）using screens ended time better at reading expressions on others' faces．That isn't to say that iGen teens don't have a（7）．They are physically safer and more tolerant（宽容）．They also seem to have a stronger work spirit and more realistic expectations．To my surprise，the iGien teens I interviewed said they preferred seeing their friends in person to communicating with them using their phones．But it might be just what iGen needs．15．The rise of the Emoji（表情符号）Happy，angry，amazed﹣these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when we're sending a message on our mobile phones．We're also using them as a quick way of telling someone how we're f（1）．Y es，emojis have become a very important tool for communication．Let's clear one thing up first﹣there are emojis and emoticons．The latter are little images which are made using normal keys on a keyboard．For example，a colon（冒号），two dots，followed by a close bracket（右括号）is a "smiley face"．But as technology has improved，many images have been created and they can be simply a（2）to your messages，which is great!The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word "emoji" comes from the Japanese words for "picture" and "character"．The number of different images has greatly i（3）since then．Now we have a picture of every mood or situation．Another a（4）of emojis is that they are an international language﹣they don't use word but tell a message in pictorial form so they can be e（5）translated whatever your native language is．However，the emojis you send need some thought as they can sometimes be misunderstood．If a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer（锤），you may think he is angry when really he is s（6）he has hurt!But as Linguist Neil Cohn says，"To many，emojis are an exciting development of the way we communicate；to others，they are linguistic decline（语言的衰退）．" It shows there is a lot more to our communication than words a（7），but does this mean the decline in traditional writing？首字母阅读填空参考答案与试题解析一．阅读理解（共15小题）1．【分析】本文介绍了英国著名的科学家霍金的一生，以及他的科学成就和敢于与病魔斗争到底的顽强斗志．【解答】1．Early 考查形容词．根据下文，第一个副标题下显然说的是霍金的早年生活，注意首字母大写．故答案为early．2．instead 考查副词．根据上文，他想要学习数学，但是没有数学学位，只能选了物理和化学作为替代．故答案为instead；3．health 考查名词．根据语境"然后他遭遇了健康问题"，指有关"健康"方面的问题．故答案为health；4．full 考查形容词．由语境分析，在科学和现代医学的帮助下，霍金得以延缓生命、传达自己的思想，所以他的一生过的充实而有意义．故答案为full；5．Success 考查名词．根据下文，本段提到的《时间简史》书籍，宇宙大爆炸理论，都是霍金的成就．故答案为Success；6．created 考查动词．根据语境"这本书用通俗易懂的术语创造了现代的课题，比如宇宙大爆炸和黑洞"，由1988推断此处是一般过去时态．故答案为created．2．【分析】本文是作者和父亲为妈妈准备的四十岁的生日聚会．【解答】1．special．考查形容词，结合Let's give her a surprise party．I thought it was a great idea，可知是想做些特别的，结合首字母用形容词special修饰something，故答案是special．2．ships．考查名词，结合Mum loves the river，so Dad booked a party boat可知是因为妈妈喜欢船ships，故答案是ships．3．neighbors．结合some friends and n（3），and some people from Mum's work和首字母可知这里指的是邻居们，故答案是neighbors．4．secrect．考查名词，结合Let's give her a surprise party．可知是给一个惊喜，故可知是保密，故用secrect．5．set．考查动词，结合out for the restaurant可知是出发去饭店，结合首字母set out动身，过去式还是set，故答案是set．3．【分析】本文主要讲的是Donna Reid 完成了她的儿科医生的培训之后，家人以及她对自己工作的期望和选择．【解答】1．great；考查形容词；根据语境"A famous research hospital in New Y ork had offered her a job with great pay；纽约一家著名的研究医院给了她一份薪水丰厚的工作；a job with great pay一份薪水丰厚的工作，故答案是great．2．where；考查疑问代词；根据语境" Now it was time for her to decide where to work；现在是她决定去哪里工作的时候了；故答案是where．3．learn；考查动词；根据语境" Some of the best children's doctors in the country work there and you can learn a lot from them．一些国家最好的儿童医生在那里工作，你可以从他们身上学到很多东西．从…中学到是learn from．因为can 是情态动词，后面加动词原形，故答案是learn．4．thus；考查副词；根据语境"But，that's not the point ，thus what's the point？但是，这不是重点，那重点是什么呢？根据前一句But，that's not the point 可推测出是问，那么什么是重点，故答案是thus．5．far；考查形容词；根据语境"Y ou don't need to travel far if you work there如果你在那里工作，你不需要走很远．远的是far．6．together；考查副词；根据语境"Working with them，together ？和他们一起工作？根据前面Working with them可只是一起，故答案是together．7．accepting；考查动词；根据语境"I'm thinking about accepting the offer from Backwoods Hospital我在考虑接受来自伍兹伍兹医院的邀请，about是介词，后面加动词ing．故答案是accepting．8．hard；考查形容词；根据语境"That's really a hard job．那真是一项艰苦的工作．艰苦的是形容词hard．9．only；考查形容词；根据语境"I didn't become a doctor for enjoying a comfortable life only．我并不是仅仅因为享受舒适的生活而成为一名医生．仅仅，只是only．10．why；考查疑问副词；根据语境"Then why did you become a doctor？那你为什么要当医生呢？以及答语I want to help people我想帮助别人，可知问的是原因，故答案是why．4．【分析】本文主要介绍了如果你不喜欢把你的假期浪费在车上旅行，或者在旅馆里休息，或者坐在海边的话，你可以尝试一下远足．远足可以让你接近大自然，花费不高，还能锻炼身体．【解答】1．spend考查动词．根据空格前面的词语是want to，因此可知空格处要用动词原形来填空，又根据后面的词语是travelling，结合给出的首字母提示s，因此可知这句话考查短语"spend…doing sth．"意为"花费…做某事"句意：你不喜欢把你的假期浪费在车上旅行，或者在旅馆里休息，或者坐在海边的话．故填spend．2．easy考查形容词．根据下文"The things you need are just good shoes，clothes and a big bag．"你需要的东西仅仅是结实的鞋子，衣服和一个大包．结合给出的首字母提示，又因为空格前面的词语是is，所以要用形容词来填空，句意：远足是很容易做的．故填easy．3．advice考查名词．根据下文列举的一些事项，结合给出的首字母提示，因此可知这句话的意思是"下面是一些远足的建议"advice是不可数名词．故填advice．4．forget考查动词．根据"Don't hike alone（单独的）．"以及空格后面的词语是"safety"结合给出的首字母提示，因此可知这句话的意思是"不要忘了安全．"又因为空格前面的词语是情态动词，所以要用动词原形来填空．故填forget．5．umbrella考查名词．根据下文"you won't get wet in the rain"你不会在雨中淋湿，结合给出的首字母提示，因此可知这句话的意思是"随身带把雨伞，以免你在雨中淋湿．"又因为空格前面的词语是不定冠词an，所以要用名词单数来填空．故填umbrella．5．【分析】本文主要讲述的是有关于简短交流的事情，很多人认为简短交流是浪费时间的一件事，其实不然．简短交流可以使人更快乐．【解答】1．well，考查副词，根据Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know 有时候我们会和认识的人进行简短的交流，此处出现but，可知是没有很熟，修饰动词用副词，故填well．2．waste，考查名词，根据They may even call it useless chitchat他们会说是无用的交谈，所以是浪费时间，故填waste．3．consider，考查动词，根据not important不重要的，前面提到有人说简短谈话是浪费时间，所以应该是认为不重要，时态一般现在时，主语they，动词用原型，故填consider．4．larger，考查形容词，根据However，small talk is important简短的谈论是很重要的，此处提到more meaningful conversations更有意义的谈话，可知是更好的交流，前面提到的是small，所以此处用比较级，表示更大的，故填larger．5．begin，考查动词，根据a really deep subject such as war一个深奥的话题，比如战争，前面提到someone you don't know well不是很熟悉的人，所以以这种话题开始谈论是糟糕的，故填begin．6．chance，考查名词，根据gives you给你，后文提到结交朋友，所以是给你一个机会，填写chance．7．unless，考查连词，根据you really，really love cats你确实很喜欢猫，所以是除非你很喜欢猫，不然不会喜欢那样的谈话，故填unless．8．office，考查名词，根据Chatting with a workmate about their child和同事聊孩子，所以应该是在公司，故填office．9．alone，考查形容词，根据who make small talk with strangers are happier与陌生人进行简短交流的人更快乐，用的是比较级，所以是和不交流的人相比，alone表示自己一个人，故填alone．10．than，考查连词，根据who talked with a cashier（收银员）in a coffee shop felt happier 收银员更快乐，由此可知是和进入商店买东西的人相比，故填than．6．【分析】本文是一篇科技性说明文，介绍的是元素周期表的．文章介绍了元素周期表的用途，以及科学家为寻找某些（丢失的）元素所做的探索等．【解答】1．up 考查介词．分析句子结构可知，make是不及物动词，故应填介词．根据语境可知，元素周期表用于把组成我们这个世界的元素或事物组织起来．make up组成．故填up．2．breathe．考查动词．分析句子结构可知，应填动词，作为从句的谓语．根据语境可知，它（氧元素）就是我们一直在吸入的元素．breathe in吸入．本句说的是个科学道理，故用一般现在时．故填breathe．3．like．考查介词．分析句子结构可知，应填介词，和后面的名词组成介宾结构，充当状语．根据语境可知，（这两种以上）元素可以结合起来，构成H2O（水）之类的新物质．like 像……一样．故填like．4．water．考查名词．分析句子结构可知，应填名词，作为介宾．根据语境和科学常识可知，这就是氢元素和氧元素结合在一起，也就是我们熟知的水．water水．故填water．5．finished．考查被动语态．分析句子结构可知，应填形容词或过去分词或现在分词．作为表语或谓语．根据语境和科学常识可知，直到现在，元素周期表的第七行仍然没有完成．finish完成．主语和动词finish之间是动宾关系，故用被动语态．故填finish的过去分词finished．6．four．考查数词．分析句子结构可知，应填形容词或数词等，作为定语．根据下文"They are elements 113 ，115 ，117 and 118"可知，第113号、115号、117号和18号，共。

套题一阅读理解Four girls go to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls says, “There i s a test this morning. Let’s get toschool late. Then we will not have the test.”　“What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls says. “He will be angry. We will need a good excuse.”The girls think for a moment, then one of them says, “Let’s tell him thatour taxi has a flat tire(瘪胎).”“That’s a good idea,” the other girls say. “We will tell him that.” They to school an hour later.The test is over.The teacher asks, “Sit d own, one of you in each “Why are you late?”　corner(角落) of the classroom.The four girls do this. Then the teacher says, “Write down a piece of paperthe answer to this question: Which tire is flat.”( )1. How do the girls go to school every day?A. By busB. By taxiC. By bikeD. On foot( )2.Why do the girls want to go to school so late?A. They don’t like school.B. They want to go shopping.C. They don’t finish their homeworkD. They don’t want to take atest.( )3. what is the girls’ excuse for being late?A. They get up late.B. They can’t get a taxi.C. Their taxi has a flat tire.D. They forget(忘记) the time( )4.Can the girls answer the teacher’s question?A.No, they can’t. Because they can’t remember which tire is flat.B. Yes, they can . Because there is a flat tire.C.No, they can’t. Because they may give a different answer.D. Yes, they can. Because all four tires are flat.( )5.What can we know from the text?A. They find a good excuse.B. The teacher is very clever.C. There is a flat tire.D. They don’t like to go to school by bike.1-5 B D C C BI 完型填空（10分）Let me tell you something 1 my little dog snoopy. Snoopy is an American2 He looks very3 He has4 Small eyes two big ears,5 short legs and asmall tail.It’s great fun playing with him . I often teach him how to 6 games. Nowhe can play many kinds of games. If I say, “ Go to sleep!” He goes to his bed and7 basketball !” he goes to catch a ball and put it into alies down. If I say “　8 for us! ” then he dances to the music. Can he singbasket. If I say “ pleasea song? One of my friends asks me. Of course he can.But he does not 9 in English or Chinese. When he sings . 10 can understand him.( )1. A. for B. to C. at D. about( )2 .A. cat B. tiger C. dog D. pig( )3. A. love B. lovely C. danger D. dangerous( )4. A. some B. any C. many D. two( )5. A. four B. three C. two D. one( )6. A. plays B. playing C. play D. do( )7. A. do B. dose C. plays D. play( )8. A. sing B. sings C. dance D. dances( )9. A. sing B. sings C. dance D. dances( )10.A. Somebody B. Many C. Nobody D. SomeI. 1-5 D C B D A 6-10 C D C A C套题二根据短文内容及首字母补全单词，使短文内容完整。