初中英语选词填空

初中英语选词填空

一．综合习题

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．任务型阅读（共5小题。每小题1分，计5分）

Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their

research work, and players may fail in competitions. (A) Although failure happens to everyone, but different people’s

attitudes(态度) towards failure are different.

Some people don’t think that their failure is an important thing at all. So they pay no attention to it. As a result,

they will have the (B) failure later. Some people think they themselves are fools and lose their hearts in

everything after they get a failure. Then they(C)

their time and energy on useless things. At last, they may really be fools as they have thought.

（D）Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of being hopeless and

lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced. (E) they, after, will ,hard, in, work, be , the,

successful , end. So we should draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced.

任务一: 65. (A)处句中有一处错误，请找出并改正。（可用文字叙述）

任务二: 66. 在( B )、(C )处的横线上分别填上一个单词（B） （C）

任务三: 67. 将(D)处句子译成汉语： 。

任务四: 68. 将(E)处的单词连成句子：

任务五: 69.请从下面的选项中给短文选个标题，将答案标号填在此横线上：

A. Draw a lesson from every failure B. The attitudes towards failure

C. Failure is everywhere in our life D. Failure is very important

三．

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

light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3.

________ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke 4.________

from his gun 5.________ the sound reaches your ears.

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

from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. ________ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every

minute. The light from some of tonight’s started on 8. ________ journey towards you even before you were born.

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

“ The stars look nice. They were 10. ________ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. ” well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up,

if, now, house

before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not can 四

You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._______

stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2.________, but it is not 3. ______ for most plants.

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

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

_______ things.

The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from 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 10._______ and give them food and water.

live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

What is it like being an actor? Many people think it must be wonderful because we travel to exciting places, wear