上海中考-首字母填空42篇

1、英语中考专题练习 -短文首字母填空Passage 1Here s a story about Ming s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide1 inr china. His home isa large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once beenon l2but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In

2、 fact, he could swim before he could walk. Whenhe wants to play with his f3he just 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 birds called cormorants do thefishing for him. Rings（圈） have been put around the birds6so

3、nthat they cannot eat the fish they catch.They have been t7to bring the fish to people. And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish assoon as their work is f8Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s9withhis mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his

4、o10 .Passage 2Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练） to doa number of simple jobs i1of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants,monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2skillful （熟练的） things. Perhaps you h

5、ave seen them on thetelevision or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员） always g3the animalsome sugar o 4a piece of fruit as a reward （报酬） . The scientists say that many d5animals may betrained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f6doing tha

6、t.Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t7have u8geese to give warning（警报）by m9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it maybe possible to train animals to work in families or f10 .Passage 3In recent years, playing kite-boar

7、d seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new andold game. The game has w1the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d2One needs to play it very c3A kite-board is in fact a skateboard （滑雪板） drawn（拉） by a few big flying kites. The old game was

8、p4bysome young people in Holland and Spain as e5as the last century. Since the board was hard to control （控制）,f6people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design （设计）of kite and skateboard, manypeople can l7 how to play it. A kite board may go as f8as about 50 kilometres an hour. I f you

9、 haven thad any practice, you d better not play it. It is 9not sIt is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷） .Passage 4British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖） .Leech, 35 years o

10、ld, said that when he was sending out milk as u1along Pine Street, he s2heard aloud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England.“ That must be a fire, I t3” Leech said.“ Then I quickly4 d to do something. So I p5the door inand then I s6 for the

11、people inside. Then I started pouring milk e7” He used 320 pints of milk to stopthe fire. When firefighters r8 the shop, the fire was under control （得到控制） .Leech helped save the l9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.“ It was hard work o 10all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to

12、 tell my boss where all the milk hadgone, ” Leech idsajokingly.Passage 5While t1in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of（缺少） money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for 500.“ Send the m 2by telegram（电报） to the bank（银行） here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began v3the bank.He s4 his passport（护照） to the bank

13、clerk （职员） .“ Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was toThis went o5for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got veryw6He then phoned his brother, asking w 7the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b8 That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕） for failing to p9 his hotel bill （账单） .

14、 He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one wouldbelieve him. At last he was s10 to the police station for fifteen days.Passage 6April Fools isDayon April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2 If you succeed, youusually laugh and say“ April Fool!” The person who ha

15、s been fooled3 bytoyo,uandlhe will never beangry with you.Mother s Dayis on the second Sunday of May. Itay to t s4 a dmothers. On that day mothers usually receiveflowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r5Easter Day falls on the first Su

16、nday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It s also called EasterSunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l6Many people go to church and children oftenget p7such as toy rabbits.Thanksgiving Dayis on the fourth Thursday in November. It s a day whenthankspeoplefor

17、 thegivegood thingsin life. Usually families all get t8 and have a big dinner.Christmas Day comes on D925th. It s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be 10severywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.Passage 7Mr King taught English in a middl

18、e school. He was very b1all the time and couldn t do some2 rSo he left the school and opened a book shop in the c3of the town. It wasn t big enough but all the bookswere nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c4he could read at home. Heknew a lot and the learned （有学问的） perso

19、n were glad to make f5with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e_6a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s7there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the booksone after a8It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪） . Mr King c

20、ame up to her and asked,“ Excuse me,madam. What can I do for you?” “ Your books （are乏all味的dull） , ” said the girl,“ I want9 a done. ”“ That s easy,” Mr King smiled. He10 tout a cookbook （烹调书） and said,“ Here you are, madam.”Passage 8Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister （首相） . He said the

21、Minister w1 die the next day. The nextday, the Minister really f2off the horse and died. When the king h3 of this, he got angry and sent hismen to c4Effendi at once.W5Effendi came, the king shouted a6“ Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die,you must also know the date of your own death.

22、Say it out, or you ll die today.”Effendi l7at the king and answered,“ But how can I know? I ll die8 twothandaysyoue. ”The king was a9that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着） aslong as he could. So he l10him go.Passage 9Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short

23、 while ago, however, he b1a bus-driver and he feels no sorry aboutit. He was finding his new work far more i2When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he sawtwo thieves r3out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f4ofmoney. Roy acted quickly and drove the b

24、us straight to the thieves. The one w5the money got so afraidthat he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b7of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t8the police. The thieves car was badlydamaged（损坏） and e9to recognize（辨认

25、） . Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both menwere c10Passage 10Now, let s begin our sports report. Here s a really good1 gamone, Ithaveb seen this year. It s the lastfive minutes of the g2Henry plays football f3France. He has the ball now. He p 4 the ball toDavid. David k5it over t

26、he heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he6Francestoo far aand England still have one goal each and there are only two m7 left of the game. Just then an English p8gets the ball. He gives it to Bill,“ King of the match” . Bill puts the ball into the9 goal. In the ethe English team w10Passage

27、 11Today people can u1the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use thephone, you don t see the person you are2twith. That may c3in the future.Today some people are using a kind of telephone c4“ Picture phone” or“ Vision phone5”it, . Wtwopeople who are talking can see

28、each other.Picture phones can be useful when you have s6to show the person you re calling. They may have otheruses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l7and ask to borrow a book. Then you ll be able toread the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping t8 y

29、our picture phone. Ifyou see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you ll go to your phone. and call the sPeople at the shop will s9 you the thing you re interested in right over the phone. You ll be able tover town and n10leave your room.Passage 12Henry was worried. This was hi

30、s first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h1to find his seat, so hewent to the air hostess and asked,“ Could you help me? I can t find my seat.2”himThetheair hostess sseat and told him to sit d3and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m4about when the planewas going up. And she als

31、o said that Henry s ears might feel5 ,abutlittlehes didn t need to worry about it b6many people felt like that. When the plane was f7very high, Henry could stand up and walk round.He could e8read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b9food and drinks. Henrycould e10the flight and ar

32、rived home soon.Passage 13Some of Robert s old friends were t1about young people in their town. They all a2that oldpeople were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said,“ But young3peopletharenoldspeople.”All of them agreed that this is true e4Robert. He thought he was as strong as b5“ That

33、is not possible,” said his friends.“ Well,” said Robert, one c “ In6of my garden there s a big stone. When I was young, I couldn7 t mit. I wasn t strong e8Now I m old and when I try to move it, I s9can t. That 10swI mas strong as before.”Passage 14In the home a dad is very important. He is the perso

34、n who provides us w1money and clothes. He can makeyour bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c2for your birds, r3your bicycle and help youwith your maths homework. A dad can be very u4for taking you in the car to and from parties, musiclessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complain

35、s about the time you s5talking on the t6as he has to p7the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b8you to beright. He is someone who reads your school r9and treats（奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come intoa nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n

36、10Passage 15Can vegetables be p1in winter? Yes, but a greenhouse（温室） must be b2first. The greenhouseshould be m3of glass. A large greenhouse may be ten metres l4three metres w 5and twometers high. The sunshine can r 6the vegetables t 7the glass. The wind and cold air can be s8from getting in. The ai

37、r inside the greenhouse is always w9More and more greenhouses are b 10built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter.Passage 16Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u1each other?Here is a simple

38、test. Imagine( 设想 ) you will hold a m2at four o clock, what time should you e3your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a4on 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 thi

39、nk since the English l5was widely used in the world, what they did was certain tobe widely understood. Very soon they f6they were completely( 完全地 ) wrong. For e7, the Britishare happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p8not to work while

40、 eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e9other, and they don t drinkat lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b10dinner; the French like to eat first and talkafterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.Passage 17Do you k1robots? There are

41、 a l2of robots in the world now. Some of the robots can walk, singand dance. Some can talk w3people. Most of them can do heavy work. In a few m4years, a robotwill be able to d5a car, a train, a ship or a p6. In a hospital, a restaurant or a shop, we m7see arobot at work. By then, we need n8do the co

42、oking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders( 命令 ) toa robot and it will do a9the housework. A robot will be our good f10 .Passage 18Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f1trip there. One morning I s2out tovisit a famous museum, but I didn t 3know way to go, so I stopped a

43、stranger and asked,“ Excuse mdoes this street lead(通向 )to the Grand Museum?” “ Yes, ” he answered.“ Go along this street and turn left at thesecond crossing. You can4 t mit ” . So I w5two blocks( 街区 ) and turned to my left, but the museum w6there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said,“ Go along t

44、his street and turn left at the second crossing.a7I couldn t find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s8walked up and said.“ Excuse me. Where est sb the near9?” I answered q10,“ Go along this street and turn left at the second

45、 crossing!”Passage 19Do you have a pet? Are you i1in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to studyto be animal doctors. Theyc re often2“ vets ” . Many of them work in animal h 3. Others maywork on farms or at a z4. Some study animal diseases(疾病 ) and try to find w5to keep

46、 the animalsfrom getting i6 . They do studies in m7for animals.Vets listen to an animal s h 8. They check( 检查 ) its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. They o9animalswhen they need to. They may give the animals shots( 注射 ) and tell the pets10 o what food is best.Passage 20“ I don t want move!” Fred said t

47、o his fatherliving. here in New“I likeYork City. And I l1to play in thestreets. My Friends are h2. I want to stay!”“ We have tom3. Fred.” Mr. Sparks said,n “4I havejoba in the Island. Why d5you wait untilyou see them? Maybe you will like living t6 . ”“ Never!” was Fredas7.A few weeks l8 , the Sparks

48、 family left the city by plane. They f9over land for hours. In SanFrancisco they took a10big plane. This time they flew over water.At l11they saw land.“is ThisHawaii,” Mr. Sparks said.“ And it is the island weo are12to live. Butwe will visit the other islands, too. A13of them are beautiful.”“ I don

49、t care(关心) w14they are like,” said Fred.“ I wishb I could15 goto New York Cityright now!”Passage 21More and more people are l1 the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail q2and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, a3in the world withoutputting a

50、 stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world i4seconds(秒 ). E-mail is easy touse and it s 5time and money. It serves(服务 ) for twenty- four hours. So it doesn t matter if your friends arein bed when you send E-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail b6 .Can you imagine( 想象 ) the future without teachers b7computers? Students will teach themselves in theschools of the future. Computers help stud