中考英语短文填词选词填空专题含答案

一

well , soft, second ,better , 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 , not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the houses as 5. ________

as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. ________ . .

Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San

Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building more 8.

________ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times more than it was in

1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings

will be destroyed.

二

forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，differently, I ，every , 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’s 7________ !”

Mr. Brown’ s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good

look at 8 ________ of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

In the

afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the same seat. He looked

at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10 ________ day,” he said.

三

before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fast it, ago , shine, not can

Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . ________ than that of sound. 2.

________ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You

can get some idea of this difference by 3. ________ the start of a running match. If you stand far

away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke from his gun the sound reaches your ears.

The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. ________ far away that

light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. ________ at a speed

of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight’s started on 8. ________

journey towards you even before you were born.

So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. ________ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.”

We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. ________ four years ago but their light has just

reached our earth. ”

四

other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble,

friend

You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert

we can stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the , but it is not 3. ______ for most

plants.

The animals are 4. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and

drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. ________ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _______ things.

The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from places to place. They must always look for

grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _______ place.

The desert people are very 9. _______. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in

and give them food and water.

五

how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, 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 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