初一英语综合填空练习.doc

首字母填空练习（一）Most American families are smaller than the families in o81countries. Most American families e82have one or two children.C83in the US will leave their parents home when they grow up. They usually live farf 84their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often w85to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on h86.Parents usually let their children choose their o87jobs. 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 d88some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.Do you often help y89parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents w90you grow up ?（二）Lofton is a little village （村庄）in England. It is not f_81_ from the city of Manchester. Not many families l_82_ around the village, so the people all know each o_83_. Most of them are friendly and helpful.Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S_84_ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o_85_ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t_86_ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n_87_ cinemas in Lofton.Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e_88_ as the life in the b_89_ cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w_90_ people in Lofton love their village.（三）One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but nevers81to see why she looked so sad. As I got closer I saw that herb82had a strange shape. Thats a hump (驼背)! Perhaps that was ther83why people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside her and said, “Hello!” Then she, in a low voice, said, “Hi.” I smiled and she smiledb84, shyly. Then we talked thereu85it got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, “Because of the hump.”“But, you make me t86of an angel (天使), sweet and friendly,” I said. She looked at me and asked, “Really?” I said, “Yes, I think you are an angel and you come here to watch over all those people walking by.” When sheh87this, the little girl jumped up. “I am! Im an angel!” I was happy because she was no sad anym88.After that, my life also changed. I learned how tos89both happiness and sadness with others. I believe now we give something to others in thes90way we get the same.(四)There was a big earthquake under the India Ocean Area o81 December 26th 2004 and itc82 a large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.That morning my classmates and I went to the seaside and had breakfast when we h83a loud noise like bombs. People in the sea ranw84to the bank and s85, Water is coming! Someone told us to run to a higher place. We ran as q86 as we could.Since we did not know what happened, we were very f87. We looked back and saw a t88picture. The water waves were so strong that carswere made to fall upside down and the flood w89away everything on the seaside .We were safe but the n90of victims was over 140,000. People call the day Black Sunday.（五）Man has a big brain. He can think and s76languages. Scientists once thought that man isnt the same as animals b77man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.They are beginning to u78that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cant speak. They make much n79when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make s80. They cannot think l81us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a82to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w83when he is four or five, b84no animals learn to speak.How do children learn it? Scientists dont really know w85happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.（六）Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books isf72. You can always keep yourself interested and help you to have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especiallyu73when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a booka74: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed even in the bath. All youn75is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.A76good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. Thism77that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes muche78. Many school subjects depend on（依赖于） good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date. This is nott79. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is never out of date!Good readers are most likely to be goodw80, too. They areusually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W81other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable?（七）Michel is a young girl who works for the police as a handwriting expert(专家). She has helpedc 72many criminals by using her special talents.When she was fourteen, Michel was already quitei 73in the differences in her friends handwriting that she would spend hours on them. Afterf 74college she went to France for a special two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.Michel says that it isi 75for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover most ofw 76she needs to know just by looking at the writing with her own eyes. She also has machinest 77help her make out different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge iso 78great help to the police.Michel believes that handwriting is a good sign of what kind of person thew 79is. “I wouldnt go out with a fellowi 80I didnt like his handwriting.” She says. And she adds she fell inl 81with her future husband, a young policeman after she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be all right, however.（八）Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the worlds attention last week. March 22ndwas World Water Day and had the theme “Water for Life”.There are more than one billion people in the world who livew67safe drinking water. The United Nationsh68to cut this number in half by 2015.Solvings69a big problem seems like an unreal challenge（挑战）. Bute70，even teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the U.S. has set an example to others of her age around the world.Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work collecting waste batteries whichp_71_ water.In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an exhibition about how chemicals in old batteriesh_72the water of Lake Erie.Haggerty learnt that recycling the batteries was an easy way to solve the problem. “I think everybody can do it, because everyoneu73batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began her action in her area. She talked to the government and school. She got permission to start a recycling programmme in the school as well as the public libraries, hospitals and churches. With the help from her family, friends andl_74_ officers, she gathered, transported and made an educational video. Over the past two years, she collected four tons（吨）of batteries. When she was asked if she felt like that she was a hero, Haggerty was q_75_ modest. “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”Every year the Gloria Barron Prize honours young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have organized and led a service activity that has clearly done good to other people. Each year, tenw_76_ will receive U.S. $2000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.（九）.Bedtime stories are one of the delights（喜悦） of early childhood. But a_（1） to Dr. Julie Spreadbury from Queensland， parents s_（2） not speed up reading to their children after they entered primary school. She says listening to， reading and d_（3） the stories help childrens relaxation. My theory （理论） is that when children can read t_（4）， most parents stop reading to them， Dr. Spreadbury says. That may be at the end of the Year 1， which is far too informal.Dr. Spreadbury says bedtime reading n_（5） only gives children a good b_（6） at school， but also brings parents and their children closer. This makes it funnier for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them， o_（7） things they are reading in their everyday life. (十). British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓） with milk and won a National Bravery Awaid. Leech， 35 years old， said that when he was sending out milk as u_（1） along Pine Street， he s_（2） heard a loud， strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall， southern England. That must be a fire， I t_（3）， Leech said.Then I quickly d_（4） to do something. So I p_（5） the door in and then I s_（6） for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e_（7）。 He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When fire-fighters r_（8） the shop， the fire was under control.Leech helped save the 1_ （9） of eight people in the flats above the shops. It was hard work o_（10） all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone， Leech said jokingly.（十一）We have been in Australia for three days. Were having a g time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. There is so m to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big t and beautiful flowers around the houses and they l _ really beautiful. There are also some special a in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.During the past three days weve visited many p of interest around Sydney. Id like to spend more time here. But we will f to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds (珊瑚礁) tomorrow. It is said that words cannot d _ the beauty of the colourful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are b packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy o in Cairns this time tomorrow, Im looking forward to going there!（十二）Advertisements are everywhere! Theyre on the r_ and TV, in newspapers and magazines. on buses and buildings. Theyre on websites and mobile phones. Companies g_ their products to film stars, pop stars and sports stars to u_ so that fans will buy them in order to copy the stars. Advertisements have become so common(常见的) that they arent w_ any more. We dont like advertisements. so we try not to see them. We turn o_ the advertisements on computers. We refuse(拒绝) to watch them on TV, or read them in magazines. We no longer pay attention to the posters all around us. We dont copy the stars b_ we know they dont really like the things they advertise. This means that advertising companies need a new w_ to sell. They cant make their products “cool” by advertising. Advertisements arent cool, and teenagers wont buy the things in advertisements J_ because the advertisements say they are fashionable. The latest way to advertise is not to advertise. I_ of using stars, companies are using teenagers. They pay them to tell their friends about new products. Teenagers dont want to dress like everyone else and buy the things that everyone else has. They want to look d_ and create their own style. Teenagers dont think its cool to copy the stars or buy things theyve seen in advertisements. （十三）In many big cities in the world, the overuse of cars is thought to be one of the major causes of air pollution. What will cars be 1_-in the future?Some experts think that todays cars are in trouble b _ they use too much petrol( 汽油 ). They say the car of the future will be much, much smaller. The car of tomorrow will be m _ without a motor or air conditioning. Itll have no radio and no lights. Tomorrows car will be an o_ air car with no doors or windows. It neednt have a pollution control system because it w _ use petrol. In fact, this new car will be pushed by the drivers feet. Very few people will be killed in accidents, because the top s_ will be five miles per hour. However, we are also warned not to ask for pretty c_ , because the cars will come in grey only.Other car experts do not hold the same idea. They are s _ that the future will be happier. They think that all our problems will soon be solved by car companies with the production of the Supercar. Tomorrows car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable than b_ . The Supercar will have four rooms, TVs, running water, heat, air conditioning, and maybe a swimming pool. Large families will travel on 1 _ trips comfortably. If petrol is in short supply ( 供给) , the Supercar will run on water.（十四）When the Great Library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But nobody thought it was a v_ book. A poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins.The book wasnt very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting i_. It was a thin strip of vellum(羊皮纸) on which was written the secret of the “Touch stone”!The touchstone was a small pebble(卵石) that could t_ any common metal into pure gold. The writing e_ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was that the real stone would feel w_, while ordinary pebbles were cold.So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b_ they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t_. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Y_ he went on and on this way.（十五）You may open your electronic mail and find information about how to buy medicine, cheap airline tickets, books and, of course, computers and computer products(产品). But the use of electronic spam(垃圾邮件) to s_ products has become a major problem to many people as it makes computer c_ more difficult.Many computers who want to send a lot of advertising may u_ the services of “spammer”. A spammer is a p_ or company that uses computers to send out millions of copies of the same sales information. Spammers find e-mail a_ from websites, news groups and “chat room”, where people send m_ to each other. Most spam is sent by companies that try to get you to buy their products. Some of these are h_ companies that offer good products for fair prices. These companies can offer their products for a l_ price than you might find in a store. However, much of the spam on the Internet is sent by criminals trying to sell products that do not exist or offer things they will not p_. They are only interested in stealing your money. One country in Africa has become famous for the criminals who try every known trick to cheat people.（十六）As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For examples, art museums are places where people can learn about v_ cultures. More and more popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. U_ most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.The a_ of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits(展品). Being different from the art museum visitors, design museums visitors s_ feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量生产) work and look as they do, and how design has i_ the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something b_ their understanding.Several new design museums have opened their doors in r_ years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy(满足) the publics growing interest in the field with new i_. Londons Design Museums, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choice open to design museums seem f_ less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part