2009年上海二模首字母填空附答案

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使内使内 容通顺容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给每空格限填一词 首字母已给 14 分分 We all like getting into gossip 闲聊 闲聊 Studies show that gossiping releases 释放 释放 our emotions and reduce tension 紧 紧 张 张 Research has proved that in the USA gossiping can make people more democratic 民主 平等民主 平等 It is a way of free expression While gossiping people communicate with a free mind Gossiping help us shift 转移 转移 our interest to others When we gossip we seldom discuss our own problems We generally discuss another person who is not present Doing so we laugh away our own cares Sometimes we feel sorry for a person involved in a particular problem And we also come up with solutions to his problems More happiness flows into our lives when we help and guide a person we are talking about But be aware of the dangerous side of gossiping Gossiping can be harmful if you hurt others on purpose When you start speaking ill of someone you start criticizing others for nothing When you gossip with an ill will it makes you tense Tension naturally comes to you when you try to make others tense Why do people talk badly about each other People pass bad remarks about others simply out of hatred 憎恨憎恨 fear envy 妒忌 妒忌 and greed The person making insulting 侮辱 侮辱 性的 性的 remarks thinks his listener will keep the talk a secret but gossiping travels faster than the wind And still faster when the gossiping is bad We all gossip at one time or another After gossiping people feel light and relaxed But purely bad gossiping makes us tense and envious of others D 92 show 93 helps 94 talking 95 hurt 96 ill 97 secret 98 light D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通使其内容通 顺顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14 分分 Uncle Henry and Aunt May went on holidays to Alaska Mom Dad and I went to visit them when they got back and they showed us the video they made there This is my review The video tells the story of how they left home and flew to the west coast The video shows us lots of clouds that can see out of the window of the plane When they got to the coast they traveled by train to a place where they could get on a big ship They didn t know the name of the place It wasn t mentioned 提到 on the video Uncle Henry and Aunt May couldn t remember it when I asked them When they got on the big ship they sailed up the coast of Canada to Alaska The video has many pictures of Aunt May with ice and snow Aunt May with water Aunt May at the front of the ship and Aunt May with other people We didn t know any of the people but we had to hear their life stories Aunt May insisted on pausing 暂停 the video and telling us The most exciting part was when they came close to a river that turned into a kind of waterfall into the sea They came up really close and one of the tour operators leaned over the front of the ship and tried to catch some of the water in a cup We all wanted to know whether she would fall into the ocean before she got the water She didn t Other surprising parts were when they saw a seal 海豹 sleeping on an iceberg and when Aunt May tripped over a piece of rope and also fell over Uncle Henry kept saying Are you all right dear almost I think this is an interesting video and I like it very much D 92 flew 93 on 94 stories 95 exciting enjoyable 96 really rather 97 before 98 Almost Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 本篇每题 2 分 本篇答案必须用黑墨水钢笔或黑色水笔填写 用圆珠笔或铅笔填写不给分 本篇答案必须用黑墨水钢笔或黑色水笔填写 用圆珠笔或铅笔填写不给分 One day last June I was walking along the beach of a small seaside town where I live I was looking at the ships in the harbour Though the weather was sunny it was a very cold day and I could hardly feel the sunshine on the beach I planned to have a swim when I left home but now I changed my mind Just when I was hesitating when whether I should go back home I came to a shelter made of glass I decided to sit for a while When I entered I found that I was so wise to have made such a decision The shelter protected me from the cold wind and I could enjoy the sunshine But soon after I sat down a large friendly dog suddenly appeared and lay down at my feet No matter how hard I tried to get rid of him he refused to leave It seemed that he had decided to go home with me He was wearing a collar 颈圈 but there was no name or anything address on it Finally I had to ring the local police station and explained what had happened I promised to keep the dog until they found the owner Several days later a lady appeared at my house to say the dog was homrless hers She said he jumped on a bus and rode away while she was talking to a friend at the bus stop He sat and listened quietly When she finished and called him in a soft voice he got up and follewed her away happily I was quite upset to have to give back such a friendly animal D 92 hardly 93 whether 94 wise 95 refused 96 address 97 hers 98 Followed D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入恰当的词 使其内容通顺 在短文的空格内填入恰当的词 使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给每空格限填一词 首字母已给 共 共 14 分 分 Many teenagers have problems that worry them Some do not learn their school subjects well Some are good at learning and do well in exams but they are doing so poorly in sports t hat their classmates call them bookworms So many teenagers suffer from stress 压力 The good news is that there are some simple ways to d eal with stress Firstly eating a healthy diet getting enough sleep and doing exercises are very important How can we be happy if we are not fit For school work planning ahead can help Making a list of the things they need to do and planning when to do them can help students organize their time If you are weak in a subject you should spend more time on it and ask a teacher for help Students should pay no attention to people who laugh at them Instead they should find the things they are good Then students should also make enough time for their hobbies Playing sports reading and watching films help them relax 92 that 93 deal do 94 healthy 95 list 96 spend 97 Instead 98 Relax D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给 每空格限填一词 首字母已给 14 分 分 Obamas 1 Allowance 零花钱 零花钱 How Much Do You Pay Your Kids Many children in America try to find the jobs in their holidays to earn their pocket money including President Obama s daughters Sasha and Malia Obama gives his seven and ten year old daughters just a dollar a week each for the jobs they do They help to do housework such as setting the table washing dishes and c 92 their play areas and bedrooms Some people question if it is r 93 to give children allowances in this way But most of the American parents believe that everyone in the family should be responsible for the housework The people who agree with this point say that kids shouldn t just get allowances for n 94 and that such payments can help kids learn it is not easy to get money this is the first l 95 of their money management skills Most of the children in America are allowed to spend their allowances on the things they like Many people think that kids can start receiving allowances around ages 4 or 5 when children start to understand how money w 96 in life How much should the children get from their jobs is another problem e 97 in these tough economic times 经济困难时期经济困难时期 One way here can help the parents to make the decision write down how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and set an a 98 based on 基于基于 the average daily expenses Then you will get the answer 92 cleaning 93 right reasonable 94 nothing 95 lesson 96 works 97 especially 98 amount arrangement D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给每空格限填一词 首字母已给 14 分分 Two American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10 000 years ago The scientists say that the human body has changed very l 92 since human first appeared on earth but the way we live has changed greatly Our body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of d 93 These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times So they are called diseases of civilization 文明 Many cancers and diseases of the blood system including heart attacks and strokes 中风 are examples of such diseases Scientists noted that early stone age people used very little alcohol 酒精 or tobacco 烟草 probably none Ancient people also got a great deal of physical e 94 but a change in food is one of the main differences b 95 life in ancient times and life today Stone age people hunted wild animals for their meat which had much less fat than farm animals They also ate a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits They did not use m 96 and other dairy products and they made very little use of grains But today we eat a lot of dairy products and grain foods We eat six times more salt than stone age people We eat more sugar We eat twice as much fat but much l 97 vitamin C People today probably do not w 98 to live as people thousands of years ago did but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did cutting the amount of fatty salty and sweet foods D 92 little 93 diseases 94 exercise 95 between 96 milk 97 less 98 Want D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14分分 The Amazon 亚马逊亚马逊 rainforest is home to millions of different kinds of animals plants and birds Most of the world s fresh water is here and the forest plants clean the Earth s air every day Chico was born near the Amazon town Brazil 巴西巴西 in 1944 and started working when he was very young Like the r 92 of his family the boy got the money by taking a little rubber 橡胶橡胶 from the trees in the forest The forest and its people lived together comfortably and peacefully But some people think too much about the p 93 and never think about the future In 1980 the forest was burned to build roads houses and factories Chico was angry he wanted to save the forest He talked to the government workers but they didn t listen to him They were still clearing the rainforests to make quick easy money Many voices are s 94 than one he thought so Chico held group meetings He discovered that hundreds of people agreed with him His hope g 95 More people came together to try to stop the work of the forest clearers Large areas of the forest were saved Later he traveled to many other countries for i 96 help People soon became very much interested in this brave Brazilian In the next few years Chico s name became famous all over the world The government of Brazil started making plans to protect large areas of the Amazon rainforest But as Chico s dreams started coming true someone stopped him in the o 97 possible way The famous forest fighter was murdered 谋杀谋杀 right outside his home on December 22 1988 Chico s life was cut short but his brave new ideas continued in other people One man c 98 the world s ideas After his death people around the world sent money to help Chico s work D 92 rest 93 present 94 stronger 95 grew 96 international 97 only 98 Changed D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词 首字母已给 14 分 分 Americans think that travel is good for people Some even think it can help one of the country s worst problem crime 犯罪犯罪 Crime worries a lot of people Every year the n 92 of crimes goes up and up They often come from sad homes with only one parent or no parents at all There are problems with drugs 毒品毒品 There are many young criminals 罪犯罪犯 in prison But prison doesn t change them 60 to 70 percent will go b 93 to crime when they come out of prison One man Bob Burton thought of a new idea In the old days young men had to live a hard life on the road They learned to be strong and brave and to help their friends in time of danger This helped them to grow into m 94 So Bob started Vision Quest 幻想探究幻想探究 He takes young criminals on a long long j 95 with horses and wagons 马车马车 3 000 miles through 7 states They are on the road for more than one year The young people on Vision Quest all have bad problems Most of them have already s 96 time in prison This is their last chance It s hard work on the road The day starts before the sun comes up The boys and the girls have to feed the horses Some of them have never loved anyone before b 97 they can love their horses That love can help them to start a new life Not all young people in Vision Quest will leave crime behind them 30 or 40 percent will one day be in prison a 98 But that s a lot better than 60 or 70 percent Bob is right Travel can be good for them 92 number 93 back 94 men 95 journey 96 spent 97 but 98 Again D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14 分分 Let me tell you a story One of my good friends lives with six hundred animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos There is not enough water on the island t 92 there is a lot all around it Ever since he left school he has travelled all over the world collecting animals for his o 93 zoo He hoped to collect at least two examples of every sort of animals on his island He writes books about his travels and about his wonderful animals that he collects The money from his books helps him to p 94 for all the food that these animals eat My friend told me that when he was out looking for water last week he found oil He n 95 money for his travels and for his zoo and a little oil can buy enough water for a long time but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it it will be the e 96 of his zoo and his life s work So I think he will not tell anybody e 97 you and me about what he found because oil and water can t be put together Oil may bring g 98 trouble to his animals than not having enough water Do you think so D 92 though 93 own 94 pay 95 needs 96 end 97 except 98 Greater D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14分分 My old friend Harrison a British gentleman was a retired banker Harrison had worked and lived in the Mediterranean for many years b 92 he returned to England Harrison had often dreamed of retiring in England his hometown where he spent his childhood happily he had p 93 to settle down in the country He had no sooner returned in July than he bought a house and went to live there Harrison had thought of everything e 94 the weather Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather for even though it was still s 95 once the most sunshiny days of this period with his schoolmates playing outside during their holidays it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold After so many years of e 96 the sunshine in the Mediterranean Harrison got a shock He acted as if he had n 97 lived in England before In the end Harrison had to admit that the weather of his hometown was more than he could bear He had h 98 had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country The dream of my poor friend had had for so many years ended there 92 before 93 planned 94 except 95 summer 96 enjoying 97 never 98 Hardly Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14 分分 Shanghaihua 上海话上海话 use it or lose it There are about 6 000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear in the next one hundred years Will Shanghaihua be one of t 92 It s a question that more people are asking In China Putonghua is the official language That m 93 it s the language of government business and the media 媒体 And it s also the language that is used in schools Shanghai is a special city It is modern fashionable and sophisticated 老练的 And Shanghaihua shows that by being modern fashionable and sophisticated I love riding on the b 94 and listening to people speaking Shanghaihua Miss Evans an American reporter said I don t understand a word they are saying but I like the sound of the language It sounds smoother than Putonghua And Shanghainese like things renao 热闹 so even a discussion about the weather can sound like an argument or a party My bus rides are a 95 interesting Young people still speak Shanghaihua but not as well as their parents and grandparents They are under more and more pressure 压力 to speak Putonghua So the language is being used l 96 often in everyday life Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely by building museums and having cultural festivals to save it But a language isn t a painting or a book It s a living thing and you e 97 use it or lose it If people stop using it in their d 98 lives a museum or a festival will not help It will be lost forever like the Yangtze River dolphin D 92 them 93 means 94 bus 95 always 96 less 97 either 98 Daily D Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words 在短文的空格内填入适当的词在短文的空格内填入适当的词 使其内容通顺使其内容通顺 每空格限填一词每空格限填一词 首字母已给首字母已给 14分分 A nurse took a tired soldier to the bed Your son is here she said to the old man She had to say the words several times b 92 the old man s eyes opened The old man dimly 模糊地 saw a young man in a Marine Corps uniform standing beside the bed He reached out his hand The soldier took it The nurse brought a chair so that the soldier could sit by the bed Nights are long in hospitals b 93 all through the night the young man sat there in the ward 病房 holding the old man s hand and offering him words of love and encouragement Sometimes the nurse suggested that the young man move away and rest a while but he r 94 Whenever the nurse came into the ward the soldier was oblivious 遗忘的 of her and of the night noises of the hospital Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words The dying man said n 95 only holding tightly to his son s hand all through the night Early