英语中考短文选词填空专练1R.doc

.短文填空根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填空，使短文内容完整。并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。( 1 ) forget, bring，mend，beside，luck，pick，same，I, 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, “Thats 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, “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.( 2 )enjoy, where , see, idea, go ,take, make, with, problem, morning A: What are you going to do next weekend?B: I have no 1 . What about you?A: I dont know. Do you want to do something 2 me?B: Sure. What do you want to do?A: How about 3 fishing on Saturday?B: OK. 4 are we going to meet? A: Lets meet at my house. My father has a boat. He can 5 us fishing on the lake.B: What time shall we leave?A: Lets leave at 5: 30 in the 6 . Fishing is good at that time.B: So early? Can we 7 it a little later?A: Well, no 8 . What about 6:00?B: Great. We are sure to 9 ourselves. 10 you at 6:00 on Saturday morning.A: OK. Bye!( 3 ) telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cats first winter. One evening it was 1._ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. _it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. _ she telephone the police and said, “ I have 4. _ a small 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 the snow, and when it melts (融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. _ .” Mrs 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 telephone you now. ”( 4 ) tell, hear, guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way Here are some old ways to sending 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 Egyptians to send messages.People in 4._ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and 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 pigeons 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. _?( 5) before, fast, in, come, watch , so, 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 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 tonights 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. ” (6 ) interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss , think A man was sitting in the doctors office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . _ .“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. _ been a good one since I became 3. _ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I cant even 4._ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5._, Im out there in the football field and 6. _ after a flying ball. When I wake up, Im more 7. _than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ” The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. _ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. _about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.” “ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ Ill 10. _ the ball !”(7 ) move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble 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 no 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. ( 8 ) how, they ,winter, spend, care , dance , 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 2._ 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 birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. _ kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. _ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. _ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7._ you many other interesting things, but the 8. _ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look and listen carefully.( 9 )eat, around , be , of , amuse , different , probable, gift, but, other, Have you ever been to Disneyland? For most of the kids 1 the world, this 2 park is a fantastic place for them to have fun. When we 3 young, we all have heard 4 Mickey Mouse, Sleeping beauty, Snow White and many Disney characters. Some of us 5 have seen them in cartoons. Actually, you can go to see them all in a theme park. Now, there are four 6 Disneyland amusement parks all over the world. Two are in the United States, one is in Tokyo, and the 7 is in France. There are not only some amusement attractions there , 8 also many specials with Disney characters. In Disneyland, you can have a lot of fun watching Disney movies, 9 in Disney restaurants, and buying Disney 10 . ( 10 ) how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , so , interest, ask Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ . When he was a child, he was always 2._ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3._ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didnt understand why he had 4._ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6._ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7._ in science. One day , he saw a little boy 8._ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._. The boys father was so 10._ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph. ( 11 ) sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, wake up, quick, much ,why Dreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream, some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several 2. _each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. _ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas 5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. _ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we 7. _ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. _ from memory (记忆). Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. _ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10. _ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired. ( 12) think, find, drink ,dinner, around , hear , scare, animal, sleep , darkness I went on a camping trip in the mountains with my classmate. After hiking all day, we 1 a good place to camp for the whole night. We make a campfire so that we can cook our 2 . We roasted some hot dogs and potatoes and 3 some lemonade. When it got 4 , we told ghost stories by sitting 5 the campfire.Later when we lay down to go to 6 , we listened to the sounds of crickets(蟋蟀) and some 7 moving around in the grass. We 8 there were some ghosts nearby. “ What?” we asked. “ I think I hear someone walking in the woods. ” Kathy said. Soon we all 9 footsteps and we were all so 10 that we couldnt go to sleep.Of course, there was no one there, but we have very active imagination(想象).( 13 ) receive , satellite , weather , change, help, or , early , for, when, forecast Satellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1._ take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the 2. _ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3. _ satellite pictures. 4. _they receive the new pictures, they compare (比较) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. _ during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather 6. _, they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of a great 7. _ to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours 8. _. Now they can make good forecasts for three 9 _ five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather 10. _ a week or more ahead. ( 14 )choose, never, thirst, need, time, play, on, exercises, through, differenceDo you want to be healthier? Then go 1 the passage, and you may find its easy to keep fit.1) Eat all kinds of foods, especially fruits and vegetables.You may have a favourite kind of food, but the best 2 is to eat as many kinds as possible. If you eat 3 foods, youre more likely to get the nutrients your body needs. Taste new foods that you 4 tried before. Some foods, such as green vegetables, are very important. Have five servings(份) of fruits and three vegetables.2) Drink water and milk often.When you are really 5 , cold water is the No. 1 choice. Kids need calcium(钙) to grow strong, and milk is a great source of this mineral (矿物质) . How much do children 6 ? About three glasses of milk every day.3) Limit screen time.Whats screen time? Its the 7 for watching TV, DVDs, and videos, 8 computer games, and using the computer. If you spend much time 9 these activities, you may have less time left to take 10 , such as playing basketball, bicycling, and swimming.( 15 ) try, what, if, can, much, shop, glass , read, down, put Tom lived away from town. One day he went into town to buy something in the shop, and after he bought 1. _ he wanted, he went into a restaurant and sat 2 . _ at the table. When he looked round, he saw some old people 3. _ eyeglasses on before 4. _ their books, so after lunch he went to a shop to buy 5. _, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. _.The man in the shop made him 7. _ on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom said, “ No, I cant read with these. ” The man became 8 . _ and more puzzled (困惑) . At last he said, “ Excuse me, but 9. _ you read at all?”“ No, I cant! ” Tom said, “10. _ I can read, do you think I will come here to buy glasses? ” ( 16 ) brother, on , ago , I , for , make , neednt , as , because , much, In my spare time, I paint designs on T-shirts. I got the idea two years 1 for my 2 birthday present. The shop wanted $ 20 for a special design 3 a T-shirt, so I decided to do it 4 . I bought a white cotton T-shirt 5 $6 and some paints, and I painted a lion on the front. My brother loved it!Painting T-shirts is great fun. You 6 be a great artist, you can just paint shapes and lines. The T-shirts are the 7 expensive part of my hobby. Also you have to use special fabric paints and you need to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobby 8 I can make T-shirts that no-one else has. I give a lot of them away 9 presents to my family and friends. Sometimes, I sell them. Since I started, Ive 10 about 60 T-shirts and each one is different. ( 17 ) what, leave, ask, in, driver, something, inside , number , bring, me, A: Good morning, madam. May I help you?B: Yes, Im afraid I 1 my handbag on the taxi this morning!A: Whats 2 the handbag?B: About 5000 yuan.A: 3 else?B: Yes, my ID card, I think.A: By the way, have you 4 for the taxi ticket?B: Yes, the ticket 5 is 3456789.A: Well, Ill help you to call the taxi 6 . ( Knocking at the door)B: Come in, please.A: Good morning, sir. I found this handbag on my taxi and I 7 it here. Theres much money 8 . B: Thank you very much. (turning to the woman). Is this your handbag?A: Yes, its 9 . Thank goodness! 10 a kind man! Thank you. (18) from I sit will like window friendly more not think One sunny spring morning, Clark and I were 1 in the school library. Then I looked out of the 2 and saw Mr. White, my English teacher crossing the school yard. “I dont want to meet him,” I said. “Why 3 ?” asked Clark. “He just doesnt like me,” I explained. Clark thought for a second and said, “Maybe youve got it wrong. He probably 4 you dont like him, so hes not 5 to you. People like people who like them. If you show interest in him, he 6 be interested in you. Get to talk to him.” At last I