2021年中考牛津英语专项练习-短文填空(含答案)

2020-2021年中考牛津英语专项练习-短文填空

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It'salongwaytothetunnel.Mothergivesthethreekidsapicniclunch.Shealso

givesPeterherw1.

Whentheyreachthetopofthehillabovethetunnel,theystoptolookd_2

attherailwayline,wherethetrainComesalong.

"Comeon!”saysPeter."Followme!”

Suddenly,theystopandhearalowrumblingnoisebutitisn'tfromat3.It's

strange.Whatcanitbe?”asksPhyllis.

“Lookthere!Thetrees!nsaysPeter,pointingtothetreesontheothersideofthe

line."TheyYem4!”

It'strue!Thetreesaremovingslowlydownthehillonabigpieceofrock.There

mustbeaterribleCRASH!

PeterturnstoBobbieandPhyllis,andshouts,nThe11.29trainiscoming!We

mustdosomething.nHisfaceturnswhite.Helooksatmother'swatch,nWemuststop

itb5itgetshere!Weneedredflags!"

“Oh,look,PhyllisandIhaveredpetticoats!Theyareflags"saysBobbie.Theyq

6_takethemoff.

H7theflags,theystandthereandwaitforthetrain.It'scoming!Theystart

wavingtheirflagsandshouting,butthetraindoesn'tslowdown,itstillrunsfast.

"Theycan'ts8us!”shoutsBobbie.Sherunstothetrain.

"Bobbie!”criesPeter.nKEEPOFFTHELINE!,5ButBobbiestaysthereand

wavesherflagveryhardatthetrain,shouting"STOP!STOP!**

ThetraingetsnearerandnearertoBobbie.Shestillwavesandwaves...Then

theenginestartstoslowdownandfinallys9.

PeterandPhyllisrunuptoBobbie.Thethreebraveh10hugtogether,

smiling.

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Theywentin.Scroogesawanoldgentlemansittingbehindahighdesk."It's

oldFezziwig!^^hesaideL.OldFezziwigrubbedhishandsandlaughed.Thenhe

calledoutinacheerfulvoice,"Ebenezer!Dick!”Scrooge'sfonnerself,nowayoung

man,camequicklyintotheroom,withDick,theotherapprentice(学徒)

“DickWilkins!^^saidScroogetotheGhost."Thereheis.Weweregood

friends.”

“Myboys!99saidFezziwig.uNomorew2tonight.ChristmasEve,Dick.

Christmas,Ebenezer!Let'sclosetheshutters,criedoldFezziwig.

Thetwoyoungmanranintothestreetandc3theshutters.

“Cleareverythingaway,boys.Lefsmakesomer4fortheparty!”

Itwasdoneinam5.Theywashedthedoor.Theyputcoalonthefireand

soonthewarehousewasthewarmest,brightestballoon.Incameafiddlerwitha

musicbook.IncameMrsFezziwig,withabigsmileonherface.Incamethethree

prettyMissFezziwig.Incamethesixyoungmanwhoseheartstheybroke.Incame

allMrFezziwig'semployees.Intheyallcame,oneaftera6Andsoonthere

weretwentycouplesdancingroundtheroom.Whentheclockstruckeleven,theparty

e7.MrandMrsFezziwigstoodbythedoor.Theysaidg8toeverybodywhen

theyleft.AndtheywishedthemaMerryChristmas.Forthewholetime,Scroogei

9hewasinthescenewithhisformerselfHerememberedeverythingande10

everything.

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FinallyIwasawayfromPap,thatcrazyandcruelman.Iwasgladtocomeupwith

theideaofbeingkilled.Iwassure,onlywiththeb1andhair,hewouldnever

findme.Noonefollowed,myescapes2!NowIwasonacanoe(独木舟).It

tookmeseveralmilesdownstream,whereJacksonIslandwas.

Iwashappythereforthreedays,huntingandf3forfoodintheriveralone.

SowhenImettheblackslave(奴隶)Jim,web4scaredeachotherbadly.He

didn't

believehimselfandeventhoughtthatIwasaghostbecauseeveryone,inthetown

knewIwasd5.Wetalkedthewholeday.AndIlikedtalkingwithhimbecausehe

knewalot.Hesawsomebirdsflyinglowintheskyandsaid,nIt*sgoingtor6

later.H

Sureenough,aheavystormcame.Wehadtohideinacave,whichwaswetand

cold.Westartedafiretokeepw7.Butitrainedsohardthatthewaterr8over

thebanksatlast.Wehadtocontinueourcanoetrip.

Thenonenight,wesawawoodenhousefloatinginthewater,infrontofus.We

climbedinands9everywhere.Withgoodluck,wegotmanyinterestingand

usefulthings.Ievengotaniceoldstrawhat.Itwasjustmys10soItookit.

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Isavedthegraincarefullyandfinallyhadenoughtoplant.Ibuiltawallaround

mygardentokeepthewildgoatsaway.

Thenwhenmycropboreitsfruit,thebirdsdjit.Thebirdswerenotafraidof

mydogatall.IshotthembutassoonasIwalkedaway,theyr2.Atlast,Ikilled

somebirdsandhungthemamongthecrop,hopingtheywouldserveasthe

scarecrows,whichturnedouttobes_3_.Byharvesttime,Ihadnearlytwobushels

ofriceandtwoandahalfbushelsofwheat.

Withmynewgraintostore,Ifoundanewproblem.Thefinegrainrant_4

mybaskets.Ittookmenearlytwomonthstoformanddrytwouglypots一oneforr

5_andonefbrwheat.

NextIformedaclayovenandmadesomeothertoolsfromhardwoodandcloth

tobakebread.Imadeandbakedbreadinmyoven.Ispentthet6yearonthe

islandinfarmingandbaking.

Soonafterthat,IbegantothinkofmydayssailinginatidyboatwithXury.I

wishedtohaveaboatandexploretheislandbysea.

Itriedtoturnovertheship'sboatthatIhadseenwashedup.B7failed.I

wasstilldeterminedtohaveaboat.SoIchoseastrongtreeandspentweekscuttingit

down.ThenittookmemonthstoturnItfromt8toboat

Whenitwastimetolaunch,IrealizedIhadmademyboattoofarfromthe

neareststream.Theboatwasfartooh9fbrmetomove.Itriedbringingthe

watertotheboatinsteadoftheboattothewater.Isoonsawitwouldtakemetwenty

yearsofconstantlabor.

Icelebratedmyfourthyearontheislandwithtwoboats,butIwasnoc10

toaseajourney.

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InacityinFrance,ahistoryteachernamedMitchellfoundanoteinanoldbook.

Itsaidtherewasalargeamountoft1buried(埋)onanislandnearthecity.

Dreamingofbeingtherichestmaninthecity,Mitchelldecidedtodosomething.

Heinvitedhisschool'sgymteacherScotttogowithhimtotheisland.Theybrought

w2.food,andsetoutfortheisland.Atfirst,theythoughttheywouldfindwhat

theywantandbebackinadayortwo.Andstartthelifeofthe

richestinthecity.However,theygot13atseaandhadnoidea

howtogetbackhome.

Theyf4alloftheirfoodbytheseventhday.Therewas

justhalfabottleofwater15.ScottkeptitfromMitchelland

wouldn'tlethimdrinkit.Theyfought.Intheend,Scottbeat

MitchellheavilyandMitchelld6

Twodayslater,Scottwasrescued（获救）.Ontherescueship,hetookoffhishat

andhisheadwassweaty（汗津津的）.OfficerDerekwaitedforScotttotellhisstory.

Scottsaidthathek7Mitchellbyaccident.Hesaidhewastryingtos_8

Mitchellfromdrinkingseawater.Bythattime,theyhadn'thadanywatertodrinkfor

sevendays.

“Isee.That'squiteinteresting,Scott.Ithinkyou're19.Youkilledhimon

purposesoyouwouldn'thavetos10anyfreshwaterwithhim.”

HowdidDerekknowthatScottwasn'ttellingthetruth?

（6）

Whatcanyoudotohelppeopleoranimalsinneed?Theansweris—tobea

volunteer.

Helpingyourselfbyhelpingothers

Volunteeringnotonlyhelpsothersbutalsohelpsyourself.Ifyou9resadabout

somethingthathappens,likeane1oraflood,doingsomethingtohelpothers

canbeagreatwaytomakeyoufeelbetter.Itfeelsgoodtobeabletohelp.B2

ofyourhelp,somekidshavewarmhats,glovesandboots.Doingvoluntarywork

meansoneveryimportantthing一youarehelpingm3theworldabetter

place.

Gettingstarted

Schoolisagoodplacetostart.Youcanaskateacherw4youshoulddotobe

avolunteer.Someplaceswantvolunteerswhoare12oreveno5Kidsoften

startvolunteeringbyworkingwiththeirparents.Youmightbetooyoungtogetfood

readyatakitchen.Butw6yourparentsgiveyouahelpinghand,youmightbe

abletogoalong（继续）.

Thingstodowithparentsorfamilymembers

Volunteeringisagreatwaytohavefunwithyourfamily.Herearesomeideasfbr

thingsyoucandoasafamily.Cleanupapark,aschoolorotherplaces.O_7

foodtopeoplewithouthomes.

Comingupwithyourownways

Youcantrytofindyourownwaystor8money.Youcanmakeandsell

thingsanddonatethemoneytocharities.

Volunteeringcanalsohelpkidslearnsomethingaboutt9Theywilllearn

aboutwhatkindsofthingstheycandoandwhattheyarei10in.

Sowhatareyouwaitingfbr?Makeaplantostartvolunteeringtoday.

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Threeorfourmonthspassed,anditwasintothew1.1hadspentmostofthe

timeinschool.Ilearntspelling,readingandevenw2.

Atfirst,Ih3theschool,butfinallyIlearnttolikeit.AndthelongerIwent

there,thee4_itgot.

IwasalsogettingusedtothelifewithWidowDouglas,b5nothercoolsister

MissWatson.Totellthetruth,sleepinginawannbedseemedprettyniceformein

thecoldestmonths.Ithoughtoftheo6timewithmyselfsometimes,butItried

preferringthenewone.AndIthoughtitmustbethestartofmygoodluck,but...

Onemorning,Ic7knockedoverthesaltshaker（盐瓶）atbreakfast.I

reachedsomeofitasquicklyaspossibletothrowovermyleftshoulder.IknewI'd

havesomebadluckifId8.Butitwaslate.MissWatsonnoticedthatandscolded

（责骂）mealot.WidowDouglascameandcleanedupthemessbeforeIhadac_9

tothrowthesalt.Iwassureofthecomingbadlucknow.

Afterbreakfast,Is10onthenewsnowtoschool,thinkingaboutwhatbad

thingswouldhappensoon.

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TwomonthsafterreturningtoEngland,Gulliversetssailonaship,travellingto

theCapeofGoodHope（好望角）.Ontheway,astrongstormdrawstheshipoff

courseandtheshipfinallyal_atanunknownland.Gulliverseesag_2_

followingtheboat.Herunsaway,andwhenhestops,heisonahill.Heisgreatly

s_3_toseethatthegrassaroundisabouttwentyfeettall.

Hewalksd_4_apaththroughafieldbutcannotseeanythingoveracrop

becauseitisfortyfeettall.Hetriestoclimbasetofstepsintothenextfield,buthe

cannotclimboverthembecausetheyaretoohigh.Whenheseesanothergiant,

Gulliverhidesfromhim,butthegiantcallsformorepeopletocome,andtheybegin

tocutthecropwithscythes（大镰刀）.Gulliverliesdownandfeelssadabouthis

s_5,thinkingabouthowunimportanthemustbetothesegiantobjects.

Agiantfinallynoticeshim,andp_6himupbetweenhisfingerstogeta

closerlook.Finallythegiantputshiminhispocketandbeginstowalktowardshis

master.

Thegianfsmaster,theformerofthesef_7_,takesGulliverfromhismanand

watchesGullivermoreclosely.Heaskstheothermeniftheyhaveevers_8_

anythinglikeGulliver,thenputshimontotheground.Theysitaroundhim.Gulliver

beginstospeakas1_9_ashecan.Hegivesapursefullofgoldtothefarmerbutthe

farmercannotunderstandwhatthet_10_thingis.

（9）

Hangzhouwonitsbid（申办）fdrthe2022AsianGamesonSeptember16th,2015.

ItwillbethethirdtimethattheGamesareh1inaChinesecityafterBeijingin

1990andGuangzhouin2010.

Thewell-knowncapitalcityofZhejiangProvinceinthesoutheastpartofthe

countryhasap2of8.9million.Itisabeautifulcitywithalonghistoryandithas

beendevelopingrapidlyinrecentyears.HostingtheAsianGameswillgivethecity

anotherc3togrow.

“WehaveseenherethestrongwishandthegreateffortofHangzhoutohostthe

19thAsianGames/9theOCA（亚奥理事会）presidentpraised.

TheGamesi436to40sports.Thirtyvenues（场馆）havealreadybeen

completed,whileseveralothersarestillbeingbuiltandwillbeputintouseoneyear

beforetheGames.TheAsianGameswillbeheldf5September10to25,when

thetemperatureisaround20C.

“Thereisnodoubtthattheeventwillattractmorev6toexperience（体验）

thebeautyandcharmofthisamazingcity.Atthes7time,moreroadswillbe

builtandtheundergroundwillbeadded,reducingheavyt8Butthebestpart

isthatitwillgiveusthechancetowatchworld-classcompetitionsclosetoour

homes."ShaoLin,alocalperson,toldthereporterexcitedly.

WiththeAsianGamesinHangzhouinSeptemberandtheWorldCupinQatar（卡

塔尔）inNovember,2022willbeanexcitingyearforAsians,e9Chinesesports

fans.

Hangzhouistryingitsbesttogetr10forthebigsportsshow.Hangzhouis

waitingtoseeyouin2022.

（10）

Lifehasgonemostlyonlinefbrmanypeoplearoundtheworld.Withmore

peoplegoingonlineduringthepandemic,global（全球的）internettraffichasbecomea

bigproblem.BetweenJanuaryandlateMarch,aquarterofmajorcities

experienced（经历）ani1ininternettraffic.

Videomeetings,onlinec2andstay-at-homeentertainmenthave

becomealifelinetotheoutsideworld.Thisincreaseintrafficistestingtheintemefs

strength.InMarch,majorphonenetworksintheUKexperiencedmassoutages（断供）.

Peoplewerenotabletotakecalls,receivetextso_3usemobiledata（数据）.

IntheUS,majortelecommunications（电信）companieslikeAT&Tsaidtraffic

wasup21%monthovermonth.VideostreamingserviceslikeYouTube,Netflixand

Facebookhavecuttheirpicturequalitiesanddownload（下载）speeds.Thisisbeing

donetor4networktrafficjams（拥挤）.

C___5___withtheendof2019,Chinahasseenaninternettrafficincreaseof

around50percent.Thecountry'snetworkspeedswentd____6____greatlyinearly

February,reportedXinhua.However,theyr_7tonormal（正常）soonafterwards

andhaveworkedwell.

Thisisdueto（由于）China'sworkinbuildingnetworkinfi*astructure（基础设施）；

e_85Gtechnology.BytheendofFebruary,164,0005Gbasestationshadbeen

builtalloverthecountry.ThishasgivenChinesenetworksthepowertowithstand（承

受）increasedtraffic."Withoutthed9oftheinternetnetworkfield,people

couldhardlyenjoysuchacolourfullifeathome.Onlineworkingandteachingcould

neverberealizedsoe10WenKu,anofficialwiththeMinistryofIndustry

andInformationTechnology,toldXinhua.

（11）,

Avillagermadealivingbysellingseeds（种子）inthemarket.Hehadtenbags

withhim,whichhewouldcarrytoanothervillagetobuyseeds.O_1_thetenbags,

onewasbroken.Althoughitwasinp_2___condition,thevillagerwouldcarryit

withalltheotherbagstogettheseedsfromanothervillage.

Oneday,thebrokenbagthought,"Iamjustabrokenbagw_3___manyholes.

Whydoesmyownertakemealongtobringseeds?”Itthenaskedthevillager,66Why

don'tyouthrowmeaway?YouknowIamofnou_4_.Idropalltheseedsyouput

inme.

Thevillagersmiled.441willtellyouwhatgoodyouhavedonetomeandothers.

S__5_thesewords,thevillagertookthebrokenbagoutside."Doyouseeallthese

trees?Thesetreesarethereallalongthewayf6___thisvillagetothenext,from

whereIbuyseeds.Thesetreeshavegrownfromtheseedsyouhavebeendropping

alongtheway."Butthebrokenbagstilld____7___whetheritwasuseful.

Then,thevillagercontinued,"Thesetreesgivecoolshade（阴凉）tot___8_

peopleonhotsunnydays.Theyalsogiveoxygentohumansandanimals.Can'tyou

seeyou'vedonetheworldag___9___service?^^

Thebrokenbagwashappytolearnallthis.Finally,itr___10___thateveryone

hassomethinggoodtooffertotheworld!

（12）

SaYe,18,wasbominapoorfamilyinaremotevillageinYunnanprovince.He

wasbomwithcongenitalmusculardystrophy（先天性肌肉萎缩症,CMD）.The

diseasemakeshismuscles（肌肉）veryw1.Hehasbeenunabletowalkor

evenstands2theageofseven.Heusesascooter（滑板车）togetaround.

Becauseofhisdisease,Safeltlikealonerandspentmostofhistimebyhimself.

Butoneday,hisoldercousingavehimasmartphone.Hecouldfinallyc3

withtheoutsideworld.

SasoonbecameinterestedinplayingthepopularvideogameHonorofKings

（《王者荣耀》）,Playingitmadehimfeelfi叩pyagain.Buts4,his

grandmotherbecamequitesick,whichputanewburden（负担）onhisfamily.

Tohelphisfamilyr5moneyforhisgrandmother^treatment,Sa

decidedtobecomeane-sportsstreamer（电竞主播）.Hestartedstreamingin2019on

HuyaLiveunderthenameDK-770.

Atfirst,hehadjust700followers.Hetrainedhard,playingvideogamesformore

than10hourseachday.LastMay,hemadeabreakthrough（突破）helearnedto

usehisfivef6tobettermanipulate（操控）thegame'scontrols.T7hehad

just50-percentmobility（移动能力）inhishands,hewasabletoplaybetter.

Sanowhasn8400,000fansandearnsabout10,000yuanevery

month.HisEmily'slifehasimproved.Heisslowlysavingupmoneyforfuture

operationstoimprovehiscondition.Hed9ofbecomingaprofessional

e-sportsstreamerinthefuture.

“Inthegame,Tmnotinferior（较差的）toothers.I10,IfeelthatTm

stronger.Thisiswhymyaccountnameis"770\Iwanttobeaherolike’007'and

havetheabilitytoprotectmyfhmily,“hesaid.

（13）

WhatWouldYouDoisaTVprogramonAmericanABC.Theprogramwhichis

hostedbythenewsreporterJohnQuinonesispopularwithmanypeople.Hesaid,“It

ispopularwithmanypeople—boththey__1___andold.Ittestswhatpeoplewilldo

w___2___theyseesomeoneisintrouble.Weusehiddencamerastorecordwhatwill

h___3.Itspurposeistotellustohelppeopleinneed.”

Hereislastweek'sprogram.

Inacakeshop,oneactoractedasablindwomannamedPamelaandtheo___4_

oneactedastheshopworkerofthecakeshop.Theshopworkerlookeddownupon

theblind.Hiddencameraswererecordingwhatwouldhappen.The.blindwoman

cameintotheshopandb___5___aboxoftwelvecupcakes.Theshopworker

cheatedherwhenhegaveherthechange.Heonlygaveher6singledollarbills

i6of34dollars.

Wouldsomeonebebraveenoughtoh___7___theblindwoman?Yes!Acustomer

inthecakeshopp___8___theshopworkerfromcheatingtheblindandtreatingher

badly.Andothercustomersjoinedintooandaskedtheshopworkertorelurnthe

r___9___moneytotheblindwoman.Johnappearedintheendandinterviewedthe

firstcustomerwhohelpedPamelaout.Shesaiditwasnecessarytogiveahandtothe

peopleinneed."Apsychology(心理学)professoroncesaid,“shesaid,"It'sdifficult

totakethefirststeptostandup.Itneedsc___10___

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Foralongtime,peoplethoughtthattheflooroftheoceanwasaveryquietplace.

Somethoughtthatitwasalmostwithoutanys1atall.Scientistswere

surprisedwhentheyputamicrophone(麦克风)underwaterandheardallkindsof

noises.Theyheardgrunts,growls,snarlsandwhistles.Theb2ofthesea

soundedlikeazoo!Thescientistswerepuzzled(迷惑的)whentheyfoundoutthese

noiseswerec3fromfish.Somefishmakenoisebygrindingtheirteeth.

Othersscrapetheirbonestogether.Stillothersmakenoisewiththesacofairintheir

bodies.W4fishmakethesesoundsissomewhatamystery(谜).Some

scientiststhinkthatthefishusethesenoisestos5tooneanother.Most

peoplebelievethesoundshavenomeaning.Scientistshavefoundoutthatthedolphink

6themeaningofsomesounds.Testsshowthatitisoneofthesmartesta7

inthesea.Peoplesaythattheyhavebeenabletoteachthedolphinmanyhumanwords.

AtMarinelandofthePacific,itissaidthatdolphinshaveevenbeentaughttosing.They

risetothes8ofthewaterandsingforvisitors.Atleastitsoundssomewhat

likesinging!

Whoknows?Wemaybeabletotalkwiththedolphinandlearnmanysec