初中英语短文填空专练附答案

1、英语专题练习 - 短文填空 (10 篇)Passage 1Heres a story about Ming s on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r1in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. Inabout six years he has not once been on l2,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer.In f

2、act（实际上） ,he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f3,hejust swims across to their boats or asks them to v4him.Ming s father is a fisherman, but he never u5a line or a net （网） . Great black birdscalled cormorants( 鸬鹚 ) do the fishing for him. Rings（圈） have been put around t

3、he birdsn 6so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b7the fish topeople. And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f8 .Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s9 with his mother. Theshops, of course, are bo

4、ats very like his o10 .1. r2. l3. f4. v5. u6. n7. b8. f9. s10. oPassage 2Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may betrained（训练） to do a number of simple jobs i1of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and

5、 other animals doing q2skillful（熟练的） things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely,you may find that the trainer （驯兽员） always g3the animal some sugar o4a piece offruit as a reward（报酬） . The scientists say that many d 5animals may be trained to do a lot ofsim

6、ple things if they know they will get a reward f6doing that.Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old andmodern t7have u8geese to give warning （警报） by m9a lot of noise when anenemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in fa

7、milies or f10.1. i2. q3. g4. o5. d6. f7. t8. u9. m10. fPassage 3In recent years, playing kite board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska inAmerica. It is a new and old game. The game has w1the interest of many young people.1The game is interesting but a little d2. One needs to play it ver

8、y c3.A kite board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板） drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The oldgame was p4by some young people in Holand and Spain as e5as the last century.Since the board was hard to control （控制） ,f6people dared（敢） to play it. With thedevelopment of the design（设计） of kite and skateboard,

9、many people can l7 .How to play it. Akiteboard may go as f 8as about 50 kilometresan hour. Ifyou haventhad any practice,youd better not play it. It is not s9 .It is said that the game can exercise not only your b10 , but also the sensitivity of yourbrain （大脑的敏捷） .1. w2. d3. c4. p5. e6. f7. l8. f9.s1

10、0. bPassage 4British MilkmanSteve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓） with milkand wonaNational Bravery Award （国家勇敢奖） .Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u1 along Pine Street, hes 2heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop inCornwa

11、ll, southern England.“That must be a fire, I t3 ,”Leech said. “Then I quickly d4to do something. So I p5the door in and then I s6 for the people inside. Then I startedpouring milk e7 .”He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r8 theshop, the fire was under control （得到控制） .Leech

12、helped save the l9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.“It was hard work o10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tellmy bosswhere all the milk had gone, ”Leech said jokingly.1. u2. s3. t4. d5. p6. s7. e8. r9. l10. oPassage 5While traveling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran shout of（

13、缺少） money. So he wrote t1hisbrother, asking for 500. “Send the m 2 by telegram （电报） to the bank （银行） here,”he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport（护照） to the bank clerk2（职员） . “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson, ”he was told.This went o5for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson

14、got veryw 6 . He then phoned hisbrother, asking w7the money was. Thebrother said ithad been sent three weeks b8 .That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕） for failing to p9his hotel bill （账单） . He triedto tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s10tothe poli

15、ce station for fifteen days.1. t2. m3. v4. s5. o6. w7. w8. b9. p10. sPassage 6April Fools Day is on April 1st. People can play j1on others on this special d2. Ifyou succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool! ”The person who has been fooled by you l 3 , too, and he will never be angry with you.M

16、other s Day is on the second Sunday of May.It s a day to t4mothers. On that daymothers usually receive flowersand cards fromtheir children.Fathers and childrendo thehousework so that mothers can have a r5.Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21 st. Itsa

17、lso called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back tol6. Manypeople go to church and children often get p7such as toy rabbits.ThanksgivingDay is on the fourth Thursday in November. It s a day when people givethanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t8an

18、d have a big dinner.ChristmasDay comes on D925th. Its the most importantfestival in a year. Thebeautiful things can be s10everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visitfriends.1. j2. d3. l4. t5. r6. l7. p8. t9. D10. sPassage 7A Delicious BookMr King taught English in a middle scho

19、ol. He was very ball the time and couldn tdosome r. So he left the school and opened a book shop in the cof the town. It wasn tbig enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shopwas c, he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的） person were gl

20、ad tomake fwith him.3It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all thebuyers left ea girl. She was dressed up and waited for sthere. Standing by the shelves,she looked over the books one after a. It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪） . Mr Kingcame up to her

21、and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you? ”“Your books are all dull（乏味的） ,”said the girl, “I want a done.”“Thats easy,”Mr King smiled. He tout acookbook （烹调书） and said, “Here you are, madam. ”Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister （首相） . He said the Minister wdie the nex

22、t day. The next day, the Minister really foff the horse and died. When the king hof this, he got angry and sent his men to cEffendi at once.WEffendi came, the king shouted a,”Effendi, since you knew when my ministerwould die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you ll die t

23、oday. ”Effendi lat the king and answered, “But how can I know? I lldie two days ethan you.”The king was athat he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendialive （活着） as long as he could. So he lhim go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he ba bu

24、s-driver and hefeels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i.When he was driving alongCatford Street recently, he saw two thieves rout of a shop and run towards a waiting car.One of them was carrying a bag fof money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight atthe thieves. The on

25、e wthe money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves weretrying to get ain their car, Roy drove his bus into the bof it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and tthe police. The thieves car was badly damaged（损坏） and eto recognize（辨认） . Shortly afterwards, the policestopp

26、ed the car and both men were c.Passage 10Now, let s begin our sports report. Here s a really good game, the bone I have seen thisyear. It s the last five minutes of the g.Henry plays football fFrance. He has the ballnow. He pthe ball to David. David kit over the heads of the Englishmen towards thegoal. But he s too far a. France and Engl