1、中考英语选词填空专项训练( 1 )well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house We cant stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they dont destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 ._ idea to build houses along lines where 2. _ of the earths plates(板块) joi
2、n together. Second, if you think there 3. _ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. _. Third, you must make the houses as 5. _ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. _ . . Scientists are 7. _ that one day an even bigger earthqu
3、ake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building more 8. _ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. _ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. _ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and build
4、ings will be destroyed.( 2 )forget, bring,mend,beside,luck,pick,same,differently, I ,every , stop,each Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 _ him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 _ there. One day Mr. Brown went to London by tr
5、ain. He 3 _ to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 _ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 _ up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6 _ by the man. He said angrily
6、, “Thats 7_ !” Mr. Brown s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once. When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 _ of them, he said, “Youve mended them very well.” In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 _ man wa
7、s in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “Youve had a 10 _ day,” he said.( 3 )not speak, call , idea, and, what, garden, hear , quiet , do ,eat , name, sayA farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.The farmer 1. _ out to him, “ What are you growi
8、ng , Grandpa? ”The old man 2 . _ for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. _ Ill tellyou.”The farmer didnt like the 4. _ of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5. _ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6. _ in his ear, “ Im planting peas in my 7. _ .”“ You should have
9、 shouted. I would have 8. _ quite clearly on that side.” Said the farmer.“ Oh, no, I wouldnt 9. _ that . The sparrows would have heard me and 10. _ my peas.”( 4 )telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, at Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cats
10、first winter. One evening it was 1._ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. _it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. _ she telephone the police and said, “ I have 4. _ a small black cat. Has 5. _ found one? ”“ No,madam, ” said the policeman at the other end, “ B
11、ut cats are really very 6. _ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts (融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. _ .” Mrs Andrews felt 8. _ when she heard this. “ And ,” she said, “ Our cat is very 9. _. She almost talks. ”The policeman was getting tired, “Well then,
12、” he said “ Why dont you put your ( 5 ) tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way , instruction Here are some old ways to sending messages. An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . _ the horses coming this way. He ran to 2. _ his people . He was a 3. _ . That
13、was one way for Egyptians to send messages.People in 4._ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5._ .Much 6. _ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) .
14、These pigeons always 7. _ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. _ , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the birds leg. It would fly back 9. _ the soldiers message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10. _? ( 6 ) before, discover , fast, i
15、n, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not can Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . _ than that of sound. 2. _ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3. _ the start of a runn
16、ing match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员), you can see smoke 4._ from his gun 5._ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. _ far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. _ at a
17、 speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonights started on 8. _ journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. _ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “ The stars look nice. They were 10. _ four ye
18、ars ago but their light has just reached our earth. ” ( 7 )happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, thinkA man was sitting in the doctors office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . _ .“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. _ be
19、en a good one since I became 3. _ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I cant even 4._ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5._, Im out there in the football field and 6. _ after a flying ball. When I wake up, Im more 7. _than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ” The doctor
20、 sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. _ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. _about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.” “ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ Ill 10. _
21、the ball !”( 8 )other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friend You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2._, but it is not 3.
22、 _ for most plants.The animals are 4. _ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. _ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _ things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. _ from plac
23、es to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _ place. The desert people are very 9. _. No man in the desert would ever r
24、efuse to help the people in 10._ and give them food and water.( 9 )how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, goodThe world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. _ are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, a
25、nimals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2._ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 _ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began
26、 to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. _ kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall
27、 follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. _ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. _ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7._ you many other interesting things, but the 8. _ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9._
28、when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look and listen carefully.( 10 )two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, ChinaMr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. _. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须
29、). Since it has been 2._ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. _. An officer looks at the 4. _for a moment, and says,Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shant keep you long. With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5._, and says: I know that fa
30、ce. The second officer looks at the 6. _ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7._ officer smiles and says: An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man. 8._ it comes to the first o
31、fficer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: Did you9. _ at the No.2. High School? When Mr Hill answers, 10. _, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: I thought so. Im Jack Smith. You taught me French. You havent changed a bit.( 11 )how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so
32、, interest, must , ask Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ . When he was a child, he was always 2._ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3._ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didnt understand why he had 4._ many strange questions. Mo
33、st of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6._ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7._ in science. One day , he saw a little boy 8._ on
34、the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._. The boys father was so 10._ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph. ( 12 )as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up,
35、quick, much ,whyDreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream, some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several 2. _each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. _ old films. They come to us ove
36、r and over 4. _. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas 5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. _ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we 7. _ with
37、a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. _ from memory (记忆). Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. _ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10. _ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
38、( 13 )see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his, rememberMore than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert. One day the Prince wanted to go 1. _ with his men. He told his 2. _ to stay at home and look after his ba
39、by son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small bed. When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws (前爪)on the Princes chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelerts jaws and head. What have you done?
40、the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. _his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them. So you have killed my son? the Prince said angrily. You unfaithful dog! He took out his sword(剑) and 4. _ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. _
41、 , he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead 6. _. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended(保卫) the baby and killed the wolf. The Prince ran 7. _ into the house but he was too
42、 late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. 8. _ ran down his face when he realized he had killed 9. _faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked u
43、p the mountain and stood by the dogs grave for a few minutes. If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It 10. _people of a brave and faithful dog. ( 14 )and ,receive , satellite , weather , change ,help, or , early , for, when, f
44、orecast , starSatellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1._ take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the 2. _ station.
45、 So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change. Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3. _ satellite pictures. 4. _they receive the new pictures, they compare (比较) them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. _ during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather 6. _, they