2022年英语中考专题练习----首字母填空

1、英语中考专题练习-首字母填空passage 1 here s a story about ming s life on the waters. ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 in china. his home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. in about six years he has not once been on l 2 ,but he is never lonely. he is a strong swimme

2、r. in face（实际上） ,he could swim before he could walk. when he wants to play with his f 3 ,he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v 4 him. ming s father is a fishman,but he never u 5 a line or a net （网） . great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. rings （圈） have been put

3、around the birds n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. they have been t 7 to bring the fish to people. and then people reward（奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f 8 . ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. the shops, of

4、 course, are boats very like his o 10 . 1. r 2. l 3. f 4. v 5. u 6. n 7. t 8. f 9. s 10. o passage 2 can animals be made to work for people? some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. they say that at a circus（杂技场） ,for example, we may s

5、ee elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful（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 g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬） . the scientists say that many d 5 an

6、imals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f 6 doing that. of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning（警报） by m 9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. and also

7、it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f 10 . 1. i 2. q 3. g 4. o 5. d 6. f 7. t 8. u 9. m 10. f passage 3 in recent years, playing kite board seems to become more and more popular in alaska in america. it is a new and old game. the game has w 1 the interest of many young people.

8、 the game is interesting but a little d 2 . one needs to play it very c 3 . a kite board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板） drawn（拉） by a few big flying kites. the old game was p 4 by some young people in holand and spain as e 5 as the last century. since the board was hard to control（控制） ,f 6 people dare

9、d（敢） to play it. with the development of the design （设计） of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 how to play it. a kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. if you haven t had any practice, you d better not play it. it is not s 9 . it is said that the game can exercise not only yo

10、ur b 10 , but also the sensitivity of your brain （大脑的敏捷） . 1. w 2. d 3. c 4. p 5. e 6. f 7. l 8. f 9.s 10. b 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -passage 4 british milkman steve leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a national bravery award（国家勇敢奖） .

11、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

12、 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 firefighters r 8 the shop, the fire was under control （得到控制） . leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops. “ it was hard work o 10 all those

13、bottles. but it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone, ” leech said jokingly. 1. u 2. s 3. t 4. d 5. p 6. s 7. e 8. r 9. l 10. o passage 5 while t 1 in russia, ed jackson ran short of （缺少）money. so he wrote to his brother, asking for 500. “ send the m 2 by telegram（电报） t

14、o 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 clerk（职员） . “ nothing has come for you, mr. jackson, ”he was told. this went o 5 for three weeks, and mr. jackson got very w 6 . he then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. the brother s

15、aid it had been sent three weeks b 8 . that evening ed jackson was arrested （被捕） for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. he tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. at last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days. 1. t 2. m 3. v 4. s 5. o 6. w 7. w 8. b

16、9. p 10. s passage 6 april fools day is on april 1st. people can play j 1 on others on this special d 2 . if you 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. mother s day is on the second sunday of may. it s

17、a day to t 4 mothers. on that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5 . easter day falls on the first sunday after the full moon which is on or after march 21 st. it s also called easter sunday. it is sai

18、d that on that day jesus christ comes back to l 6 . many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits. thanksgiving day is on the fourth thursday in november. it s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner. chr

19、istmas day comes on d 9 25th. it s the most important festival in a year. the beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. people exchange gifts, send christmas cards and visit friends. 1. j 2. d 3. l 4. t 5. r 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -6. l 7. p 8. t 9. d

20、 10. s passage 7 a delicious book mr king taught english in a middle school. he was very b all the time and couldn t do some r . so he left the school and opened a book shop in the c of the town. it wasn t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. when the shop

21、was c , he could read at home. he knew a lot and the learned（有学问的） person were glad to make f with him. it was sunday and it was cold outside. mr king was very busy. at nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. she was dressed up and waited for s there. standing by the shelves, she looked ov

22、er the books one after a . it made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. mr king came up to her 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 d one.”“ that s easy, ” mr king smiled. he t out a cookbook（烹调书） and said, “ here you are, madam.”

23、passage 8 once effendi had a joke with the prime minister（首相） . he said the minister w die the next day. the next day, the minister really f off the horse and died. when the king h of this, he got angry and sent his men to c effendi at once. w effendi came, the king shouted a , “ effendi, since you

24、knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. say it out, or you ll die today.”effendi l at the king and answered, “ but how can i know? i ll die two days e than you.”the king was a that he would die if he killed effendi. he thought he must keep effendi alive（活着）as

25、long as he could. so he l him go. passage 9 roy trenton drove a taxi before. a short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. he was finding his new work far more i .when he was driving along catford street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a w

26、aiting car. one of them was carrying a bag f of money. roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. the one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. as the thieves were trying to get a in their car, roy drove his bus into the b of it. while the car was moving away, roy stop

27、ped his bus and t the police. the thieves car was badly damaged （损坏） and e to recognize（辨认） . shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c . passage 10 now, let s begin our sports report. here s a really good game, the b one i have seen this year. it s the last five minutes of

28、the g .henry plays football f france. he has the ball now. he p the ball to david. david k it over the heads of the englishmen towards the goal. but he s too far a . france and england still have one goal each and there are only two m left of the game. just then an english p gets the ball. he gives

29、it to bill, “ king of the match ” . bill puts the ball into the goal. in the e the english team w . passage 11 today people can u the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. but when you use the phone, you don t see the person you are t with. that may c 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - -

30、- - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -in the future. today some people are using a kind of telephone c “ picture phone” or “ vision phone ” . w it , two people who are talking can see each other. picture phones can be useful when you have s to show the person you re calling. they may have othe

31、r uses in the future. one day you may be able to ring up a l and ask to borrow a book. then you ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. or you may be able to go shopping t your picture phone. if you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you ll go to your p

32、hone and call the shop. people at the shop will s you the thing you re interested in right over the phone. you ll be able to shop all over town and n leave your room. passage 12 a delicious book mr. king taught english in a middle school. he was very b 1 all the time and couldn tdo some r 2 . so he

33、left the school and opened a bookshop at the e 3 of the town. it wasn t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. when the shop was c 4 , he could read at home. he knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）persons were glad to make f 5 with him. it was sunday and it was c

34、old outside. mr. king was very busy. at nine in the evening all the buyers left e 6 a girl. she was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 . it made them in a fearful mess （凌乱不堪） . mr. king came up to her and asked, “ excuse me, madam. w

35、hat can i do for you? ”“ your books are all dull （乏味的） ,” said the girl. “ i want a d 9 one.”“ that s easy, ” mr. king smiled. he b 10 out a cookbook（烹调书） and said, “ here you are, madam.”1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. passage 13 some of robert s old friends were t 1 about young people in their town

36、. they all a 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. then one of them said, “ but young people are s 3 than old people.”all of them agreed that this is true e 4 robert. he thought he was as strong as b 5 . “ that is not possible, ” said his friends. “ well, ” said robert, “ in one c 6 of

37、my garden there s a big stone. when i was young, i couldn t m 7 it. i wasn t strong e 8 . now i m old and when i try to move it, i s 9 can t. that s w 10 i m as strong as before.”1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. passage 14 in the home a dad is very important. he is the person who provides us w 1 money

38、 and clothes . he can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2 for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. a dad can be very u 4 for taking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. he is the one who complains about the tim

39、e you s 5 talking on the t 6 , as he has to p 7 the bills. dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. he is someone who reads your school r 9 , and treats（奖励） you if it is good. a dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a

40、 n 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -10 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. passage 15 can vegetables be p 1 in winter? yes, but a greenhouse（温室） must be b 2 first. the greenhouse should be m 3 of glass. a large greenhouse may be ten metres l 4 , three metres w 5

41、 , and two meters high. the sunshine can r 6 the vegetables t 7 the glass. the wind and cold air can be s 8 from getting in. the air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 . more and more greenhouses are b 10 built all over the world. all kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in win

42、ter. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. passage 16 traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u_each other? here is a simple test. imagine(设想 ) you will hold a m_at four o clock, what time should you e_your foreign business friends to come? if they are ge

43、rman, they will a_on time. if they are american, they ll probably be fifteen minutes early. if they are british, they ll be fifteen minutes late. the british seemed to think since the english l_was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. very soon they f_they wer

44、e completely( 完全地 ) wrong. for e_, the british are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the japanese p_not to work while eating. lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e_other, and they don t drink at lunch. the germans like to talk abo

45、ut business b_dinner; the french like to eat first and talk afterwards. they have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything. passage 17 do you k_robots? there are a l_of robots in the world now. some of the robots can walk, sing and dance. some can talk w_people. most of them can do he

46、avy work. in a few m_years, a robot will be able to d_a car, a train, a ship or a p_. in a hospital, a restaurant or a shop, we m_see a robot at work. by then, we need n_do the cooking or go shopping ourselves. we just give orders( 命令 ) to a robot and it will do a_the housework. a robot will be our

47、good f_. passage 18 last may i stayed in santo lusa for a week. that was my f_trip there. one morning i s_out to visit a famous museum, but i didn t know w_way to go, so i stopped a stranger and asked, “ excuse me, does this street lead(通向 )to the grand museum? ”“ yes,” he answered. “ go along this

48、street and turn left at the second crossing. you can t m_it ” . so i w_two blocks( 街区 ) and turned to my left, but the museum w_there. then i asked a second stranger. he said, “ go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. ” but a_i couldn t find the museum. i asked a third stranger 精品

49、学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -and he said the same thing. this time i found the grand museum. just then s_walked up and said. “ excuse me. where s the nearest b_?”i answered q_, “ go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”passage 19 do you h

50、ave a pet? are you i_in taking care of animals? girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors. they re often c_” vets” . many of them work in animal h_. others may work on farms or at a z_. some study animal diseases( 疾病 ) and try to find w_to keep the animals from getting i

51、_. they do studies in m_for animals. vets listen to an animal s h_. they check(检查 ) its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. they o_animals when they need to. they may give the animals shots( 注 射 ) and tell the petso_what food is best. passage 20 “ i don t want move! ” fred said to his father. “ i like liv

52、ing here in new york city. and i_to play in the streets. my friends are_. i want to stay! ”“ we have to_. fred.” mr. sparks said, “ i have a_job in the island. why_you wait until you see them? maybe you will like living_.”“ never! ” was fred s_. a few weeks_, the sparks family left the city by plane

53、. they_over land for hours. in san francisco they took_big plane. this time they flew over water. at_they saw land. “ this is hawaii,” mr. sparks said. “ and it is the island we are to live_. but we will visit the other islands, too. _of them are beautiful.”“ i don t care(关心 )_they are like, ” said

54、fred. “ i wish i could go_to new york city right now! ”passage 21 more and more people are_the life with computers. using computers you can send e-mail_and easily. you are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, _in the world without putting a stamp. e-mail can send its message to

55、 the other side of the world_seconds( 秒). e-mail is easy to use and it_time and money. it serves(服务 ) for twenty-four hours. so it doesn t matter if your friends are in bed when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send e-mail_. can you imagine( 想象 ) the future w

56、ithout teachers_computers? students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. computers help students develop their own ways of_. students will follow the learning programmes by looking at online libraries and_lessons by world-class teachers. if they don t understand something, they will a

57、sk other students_or e-mail their teachers. computers are becoming more and more popular indeed. passage 22 dear mum and dad, i m very happy to visit beijing again. great changes have taken place here. yesterday, i went to visit qiming millde school-i had lived there_nearly two years. maybe you don

58、t believe( 相信 ) i couldn t find the_there! a taxi driver took me there in the end, he said, “ bijing changes too_. 精品学习资料 可选择p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - -sometimes even a beijinger cannot find a way. ”now, english can be_everywhere in beijing. many people are atten

59、ding(参加 ) english classes in the evening schools, some of them can speak very good english. i m_the 2008 olympic can be held in beijing successfully( 成功地 ). passage 23 a storm dropped( 降) heavy rains on central and southern parts of china. the radio says that a_the xiangjiang river in hunan, floods

60、caused by terrible r_in the past weeks killed 25 people and 13 others were missing. the chinese government warned some parts in yunnan and the city of chongqing of possible heavy rains over the n_few days. in changsha water levels rose(水位上升) to 38 metres early monday morning, about 3 metres a_the da