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中考英语选词填空精练(1)well, second, may, strongly, afraid, sand, stay up, if, now, housewe cant stop an earthquake , but we can do things to make sure they dont destroywhole cities. first, it is not a 1 _ idea to buikd a house along lines where 2 _ of the earths plates 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 one may 6_.scientists are 7_ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around san francisco. they call it “the bigger 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. (2)forget, bring, mend, beside, luck, pick, same, i， stop, each mr. brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. peope sometimes1 _ 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 the jounery by train. just he was getting off, he was 6_by the man. he said angrily, “ thats 7 _!” mr. browns 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, “youve 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, “youve had a 10 _ day, ” he said. (3)not speak, call, idea, and, what, garden, hear, quiet，do, eat, a farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river. the farmer 1_ out to him, “ what are you growing, grandpa?”the old man 2_ for a moment, then said, “ swim over 3 _ ill tell you.”the farmer didnt like 4_ of swimming across the river. but he wanted to know 5 _of the old man doing. he swam over. theold man said very 6_ in his ear, “im planting pears in my 7_ .”“you should have shouted, i would have 8_ quite clearly on that side. ” said the farmer. “oh, no, i wouldnt 9 _ that . the sparrows(麻雀) would have hear me and 10 _ my pears. ”(4)telephone, for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, mr. andrews had a young cat, and it was the cats first winter. one evening it was 1 _ when it began to snow heavily. mr. andrews looked 2 _ it everywhere and shouted its name, but he didnt find it, 3 _ she she telephone the police and said, “i haxe 4 _ a samll black cat. has 5 _ found one ? ”“ no, madam,” said the policeman at the other end. “but cats are really very 6_ animals. they sometimes live for days in snow, when it (融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7 _. ”mr. andrews felt 8_ when she heard this. “ and ”, she said, “our cat is very 9 _ . she almost talks. ”the policeman was getting tired, “well, then,” he said, “why dont you put your 10_ down? maybe she is trying to to telephone you now. ”（5）dream get happy you many real sad see too woman i used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen windowone day i asked her why she practiced so 1 _she said：“i want to go to collegethe only way i can go is 2 _a scholarship(奖学金)i like basketball and 1 want to be the3 _player in collegemy dad told me：“if the dream is big enough，the facts dont count”she never changed her mindi watched her through those junior high years and into senior high schoolone day before she graduated from high school，i saw her sitting on the grass4 _i asked her what was wrongshe told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player，so she should stop5_about going to collegeshe was heartbroken and it made me feel bad6 _then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wronghe did not understand the power(力量)of dreamher father said to her：“if you7_want to play for the scholarship of a good college，nothing but you8_can stop your dream”he told her again：“if the dream is big enough，the facts dont count”the next year，she and her team went to a big gameshe9 _by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the10 _basketball team of their collegeshe was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years“if the dream is big enoughtle facts dont count”it is true（6）twonoisygrowbepeace good followartsomeone close whats the real meaning of the word peace ? the 1 _story may tell us something about it.there was once a king who offered an award to an artist who could paint the 2 _picture of peace. many3 _tried. the king looked at all the pictures.but there were only two he really liked and he had to choosebetween them.one picture was a calm lake. the lake was a perfect thing for peace because of the high mountains around it. overhead was a blue sky with white clouds.4 _who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.the other picture had mountains too. but they were rugged (高低不平的). above was the dark sky, from which heavy rain fell. a waterfall was rushing down the side of the mountain. this did not look 5_ at all. but when the king looked 6 _, he found behind the waterfall a very small bush7 _ in the midst 在.中 ) of the waterfall and a mother bird sitting on her nest (鸟窝) in perfect peace.the king gave the award to the artist who painted the8_picture. why?because,explained theking,peace does not mean9_in a place where there is no 10 _, no trouble，or hard work. peace means in the midst of all those things, youre still calm in your heart. thats the real meaning of peace. (7)he,build, easy, get, stand, visit, invent, science, france, whichthe eiffel tower is one of europes most famous buildings. it 1 _in a park near the river seine in paris. it is 300 meters tall. it was designed and2 _ by alexander gustave eiffel many years ago for the paris university exposition. “universal” here means “of the whole world”, and “exposition” is a place where new3_, new kinds of art and new kinds of food are displayed.eiffel hoped that people could go to the top of the tower 4_, so he asked elisha otis to design an elevator. unfortunately, the5 _government did not like the first design 6_otis showed them, and they would not let him put the elevator in. in early 1889, the first visitors had to climb hundreds of stairs 7_to the top.its interesting that eiffel 8 _lived in the tower where he had his own apartment. although eiffel designed the tower for people to visit, it was also for 9 _ use. now, the tower gets much more10 _than another famous buildingthe louvre (卢浮宫).（8）they pay hard happy thrill explain send one see noisean old man lived in a side street of a small town. every day after supper, some children would play football in the street. the children were too1 _ for the old man to have a good rest.one evening, the old man told the children that he would give them 25 cents each week2 _ them play football in the street at night. he said, “i am so glad when you play football happily.” this was his 3 _ . the boys were 4 _ , for they could 5 _ believe that they could 6_ to do something they enjoyed.at the end of the 7 _ two weeks, the boys came in the old mans house, and went away each time happily with 8 _25 cents. the third week when they came back, however, the old man said he had nearly run out of his money and 9 _them away with 15 cents. the fourth week, the old man said he was ill and he had spent almost all his money on medicine. he gave the boys only 10 cents. the boys were very 10 _, but there was not much for them to do about it.at the end of the fifth week, the boys came back again only to get 5 cents. after that, the children never played football in the street again. (9)tell, hear, guard, drum, much, fly, army, with, other, way,here are some old ways to send 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 egytians to send messages. people in 4 _ countries sent messages, too. when enemies came, one man beat his drum. in the next villages people 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 piegons 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 birds leg. it would fly back 9 _ the soldiers message. these are shown ways to send messages. can you think of more 10 _?(10)before, fast, in, come, watch, so, it, ago, shine, can not light travels at a speed which is about a millon 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 thisdifference by 3_ the start of running match. if you stand far away from the starter(), you can see smoke 4_ from his gun. 5 _ the sound reaches you 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 toght started to travel to you four years 7_ at a speedof nearly two million kilometers every minute. the light from some of toghts started on 8 _ journey towards you even before you were born. so, if you want to be honest, we 9_ say “the stars are shining toght. ” we have to say “the stars look nice.” they were 10 _ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. (11)visit, travel, knowledge, two, with, popular, but, advantage, other, intravel is useful to us in at least three ways.first, by 1_we can enjoy the beautiful scenery (风景) of different places. we can see 2_our own eyes many which can be read about in books, and 3_some famous cities and scenic spots.4_, we will meet people with different interests and see strange and different things when we travel. we can get ideas of the conditions and customs of 5_people, taste different foods and local favors (偏爱) if we like. 6_this way, we can understand how different other people live. third, travel will not only help us gain (获得)7 _of geography and history and other knowledge, 8_will also help us keep healthy and make us less narrow-minded (才智有限的).with all these 9_of travel, it is no wonder that travel has now become more 10_than ever in china.(12)at, hard, change, before, win, happen, down, choose, practice, partlife is not easy, so id like to say “when anything 1_, believe in yourself!” when i was a young boy, i was too shy to speak to anyone. my classmates often laughed 2_me. i was sad but could do nothing. later, something happened, and it 3_my life. it was an english speech contest(比赛). my mother asked me to take 4_in it. what a terrible idea! it meant i had to speak 5_all the teachers and students of my school!“come on, boy. believe in yourself! you are sure to 6_ .” then mother and i talked about many different topics. at last 7_the topic “believe in yourself”. i tried my best to remember all the speech and 8_it over 100 times. with my mothers great love, i did well in the contest. i could 9_ believe my ears when the news came that i had won the first place. i heard the cheers from the teachers and students. those classmates who once looked 10_on me, now all said congratulations to me.(13)leaf, then, learn, one, grow, thick, have, mean, first, easy, everyone loves oranges. they are sweet and juicy. theyre in sections, so it is 1 _ to eat them. some oranges do not have any seeds. some have a 2 _ skin, and some have a thin skin. the orange tree is beautiful. it has a lot of shiny green 3_. the small white flowers smell very sweet. an orange tree 4_ flowers and fruits at the same time.there were orange trees twenty million years ago. the oranges were very small, not like the 5_ today. the orange tree probably came from china. many different kinds of wild oranges 6_ in china today. the chinese started to raise orange trees about 4,400 years ago. farmers in other part of asia and middle east 7_ to raise orange trees from the chinese. 8_ they taught europeans the spanish planted orange trees in the new world(north and south america). they took them to florida 9_. orange are a very important crop in florida today. in english, orange 10 _ both a fruit and a color. we use the name of fruit for the color. (14)learn, question, be, good, much, happy, attitude, how, tell, usehave you ever had problems in your life that got in the way of your happiness? if so, you will find being a happy teenager by australian writer andrew matthews 1_. in his books, matthews tells 2_ to have a happy life, and answers some common 3_ teenagers have. the book says we should stop 4_ angry. the book also 5_ us some useful skills such as how to put what you have learnt into mental(心理的) pictures to make your memory better. success comes from a good 6_. some schoolboys have problems such as being too tall or too short. but matthew tells us 7_ comes from thinking about things in a positive(积极的) way. if you are too tall, people notice you, and you can get a 8_ view at the movie; if you are too short, your clothes and shoes wont take too 9_ room in your bedroom! this is matthews most important lesson: you can 10_ to be happy. (15)and, moon, first, stay, work, movie, themselves, small, watch, for,last wednesday, mr. chan took his class to the space museum. 1_ the children watched a movie about space travel. they saw how the space shuttle(航天飞船) took off in space and later landed on the earth again. it was very excting 2_ the children felt that they were traveling in space 3_. after the 4_, mr. chan took them to see models of rockets(火箭) and the space shuttles. the models looked very real, but they were 5_. the children also saw some moon stons. two americans landed on the 6_ in 1969. they put an american flag there. then they brought some stones back to the earth.before the children left, they7_ a video show about people living and 8_ in a spacelab(太空实验室). the spacelab was very big. there were kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and a big workshop 9_people to work in. the people could 10 _ in the spacelab for months. (16)at, day, make, crowd, holiday, when, work, and, never, beameriacns with samll families own a small car or a large one. if both parents are 1_, they usually have two cars. 2_ the families becomes larger, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车).a small car can hold four people and a large car can hold seven persons but it is very 3_. a van holds seven people easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a 4_ all together.mr. hagen and his wife had the third child last year. this 5 _ them sell their scond car and buy a van. the sixth and seventh seats of the van 6_ used to put other things. when they arrive 7_ their grandparents home, the two seats can then carry the grandparents. americans call vans mortor homes, which are 8_ used for vacations. when a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few 9_. all the members of a big family can enjoy a happier lif