中考英语选词填空专项训练(答案解析)

-中考英语选词填空专项训练-1.well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, houseif, now,-We can t stopan earthquake( 地震 ), but we can do thingsto makesure theydon t-destroy( 毁坏 ) whole cities. First, it is not a1 ._idea to build houses along lines-where2. _ of the earth s plates( 板块 ) join together. Second, if you think there3._ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on4. _.Third, you must make the houses as5. _ as possible. Weak buildings will falldown in an earthquake, but strong ones may6. _ .Scientists are7. _that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the partaround San Francisco(旧金山 ) . They call it“The Big One. However, people today arestill building more8. _. The population in and around San Francisco is9._ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that10. _there isanother earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.( 2 )-2.forget, bring ， mend ， beside ， luck ，pick ， same ，differently, I，every , stop ， eachMr. Brownhad an umbrellashopin a smalltown.Peoplesometimes1 _him brokenumbrellas,and then he tookthem to a big shopin London.Theywere2_ there.One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 _to take an umbrella with-him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing4 _ theseat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown5 _up the umbrella as heoften did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was6 _bythe man. He said angrily,“That s7_!Mr. Brown s face turned red and hegave 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 at8 _of them, he said,“You ve mended them very well.In the afternoon he got into the train again. The9 _man was in the sameseat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas,“You ve had a10 _ day, hesaid.( 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 farmer1out to him,“What are you growing , Grandpa?The old man2 _for a moment, then said,“Swim over3Ill tellyou. The farmer didntlike the4of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very6in his ear,“I mplanting peas inmy7. “Youshouldhaveshouted.I wouldhave8quiteclearlyon that side. Saidthefarmer.-“Oh, no, I wouldn t9that .The sparrows wouldhave heardme and10my-peas. ( 4 )3. telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, atMrs Andrewshad a youngcat,and it wasthe cat s first winter.Oneeveningit was1._whenitbegantosnowheavily.MrsAndrewslooked2._iteverywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. _ she telephone thepolice and said,“I have4. _ a small black cat. Has 5._ found one?“No ， madam,said the policeman at the other end,“But cats are really very 6._ animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts (融化 ) orsomebody finds them, they are quite 7. _. Mrs Andrews felt 8. _ when she heard this.“And ,she said,“Our cat is very9. _. She almost talks.The policemanwas gettingtired,“Wellthen,he said“Why don t you put your10._ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.( 5 )4.tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army,with, other, way , instructionHere 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 to2. _ his people . He was a3. _ . That was one way forEgyptians to send messages.People in4._ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one manbeat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. Themessages went from village to village by5._ .Much6. _ , somearmies(军队 ) kept manypigeons( 鸽子 ) .Thesepigeonsalways 7. _ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. _ , hemight take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the birds leg. It would fly back 9._the soldier s message.These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10. _?( 6 )5. before , discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not canLight travels at a speed(速度 ) which is about a million times 1 . _ than that ofsound.2. _ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travelsonly 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by3. _the start of arunningmatch.If youstandfar awayfromthe starter( 发令员 ), youcanseesmoke4._ 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 youfour years7._ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of-tonight s started on 8. _ journey towards you even before you were born.-So,if wewantto behonest(老实 ), we9._ say, “Thestarsareshining-brightly tonight. We have to say,“The stars look nice. They were 10. _ four-years ago but their light has just reached our earth.( 7 )-6. 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. _ been a good-one since I became 3. _ in football andit is getting worse and worse. I canteven-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 sat back and said,“First of all, you 8. _ to do your best not to-dream( 做梦 ) about football. Before youfall asleep, try to 9._about something-else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several milliondollars. “Are you crazy (疯了 ) ?the man shouted,“I ll 10. _ 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. Inthe desert wecan 1._ stones.We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the2._, but it is not 3. _ for most plants.The animals are4. _ to the desert people in many ways. The desert peopleeat 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 places to place. They mustalwayslookfor grass or desertplantsfor their animals.Theyusuallylive in the tents.When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on thecamels and move to 8. _ place. The desert people are very 9._. No man inthe desert would ever refuse to help the people in10._ and give them food andwater.( 9 )-9. how, they ,winter, summer goodspend, care , dance , take, show , open , only,-The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. _ are so interestingthat quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, treesand flowers. The facts about 2._ they live and grow are as interesting as anythingcould be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 _ hoursand hoursstudyingbirds?A businessmanwholivesnearNew YorkCity becameso-interested in insects( 昆虫 ) that he began 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 goquietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbitsthat there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search forfood and get ready for 5. _ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. _ in the air to letother bees know where they can find food. I will 7._ you many other interestingthings,but the 8. _ thingthat I canteachyou is to keepyoureyes and ears9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people wholook and listen carefully.(10)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 ). 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, andsays ， "Will youexcuseme?Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to asecond5._, and says:"I knowthat face."The secondofficerlooksat the6._ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrivedback 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 officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Didyou 9. _ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill answers, 10. _, that hedid, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French.You haven't changed a bit."(11)how, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , askThomas Edison was a great American 1._. When he was a child, he wasalways2._questions and trying out new ideas. No matter3._hardit was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didntunderstand whyhe had4._many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons.The teacher didntwant to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to taketheboyhome.Tom s mothertaughthimtoreadandwrite,andshefoundhim6._a verygoodpupil.He learntveryfast andbecamevery7._ inscience.One day , he saw a little boy8._ on the railway tracks at a station. A trainwas coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out andcarried the boy to9 ._. The boys father was so10._thathe taughtEdison to send messages by telegraph.-(12)-as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why"Dreams(梦 ) may be moreimportantthansleep.We all needto dream,"somescientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several2. _eachnight.Dreamsare likeshortfilms.Theyare usuallyin colour.Somedreams are 3._ old films. They come to us over and over 4._ . That maybe because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying tofind an answer.Some people get new ideas5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been 6._ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimeswe 7. _with a goodfeelingfroma dream.But oftenwe can'tremember the dream. Dreams candisappear ( 消失 ) 8. _ from memory (记忆 ).Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的 ). The 9. _ we sleep, the longerwe dream. The mind ishard at work when we dream. That is 10._ we may have along sleep and still wake up tired.(13)see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his,remember-More 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 baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮 ), whichwas like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. Hewagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws前爪on the Prince's chest. Then thePrince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head."What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3._hisbaby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and therewas blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took-out his sword剑and4. _ the dog. Just as Gelert was5. _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, he-him was a dead6. _. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended保卫the baby and killed the wolf.The Prince ran7._ into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. ThePrince was very sad indeed. 8._ ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed9. _faithful friend. The Princecarried the bodyof his brave dogto the top of amountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning atdawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people willshow you where Gelert is buried.-There is a sign by his grave. It10. _people of a brave and faithful dog.(14)and , receive , satellite , weather , change ,help,or, early , for,when , forecast ,starSatellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are helping to forecast (预报 ) the weather. They are in space, and theycan reach any part of the world. The 1._ take pictures of the atmosphere (大气 ),becausethis is wherethe weather forms(形成 ). They send thesepicturesto the 2._ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world andtell how the weather will change.Today, nearlyfivehundredweatherstationsin sixtycountriescan3._satellitepictures.4. _theyreceivethe newpictures, they compare(比较 ) themwith the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have5. _during thelast few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. Intheir next weather 6. _, they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites areof a great7. _to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast theweather for about 24 or 48 hours8. _. Now they can make good forecasts forthree 9 _ five days. Soon, perhaps, they may beable to forecast the weather10. _ a week or more ahead.-(15)-have ,study , happy ,leave, coffee, message, on , must , next ,arrive, go , sheCatherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in asmall town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet 1._.Long beforeher books became popular, she had tried to teach 2how to use a computer. And now shetyped 打字 all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3the house to getsome books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because shewas worried about burglar盗贼.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she alwaysput a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglarthink someone4be at home.One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was somethingdifferent in her house. Therewas only a little 5. lift in the cup, and the radio was off. Butwhen she looked at her computer, she saw it was 6. , and someone had typed in a newstory. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windowswas broken. Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one."I'll use it in my 7.book!" she said 8 .The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate ofsandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had 9. .Sheran to the computer. This time there was only a 10. on the screen屏幕."IT'S NOT YOURSTORY.IT'S MINE!" it said.-(16)-try,how,what,if,can,wonderful, much,shop,glass, read,down,-put-Tom lived a way from town. One day he went into town to buy something in the shop,-and after he bought1. _ he wanted, he went into a restaurant and sat_at the table. When he looked round, he saw some old people3.eyeglasses on before 4. _ their books, so after lunch he went to a shop to buy 5._, too. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. _.The man in the shop made him 7. _on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom2 ._-said,“No, I cantread with these.-The man became 8 . _and more puzzled (困惑 ) . At last he said,“Excuse-me, but 9. _you read at all?-“No, I can t! Tom said,“10. _ I can read, do you think I will come here tobuy glasses?(17)well, brother, on ,ago , I , for , make , neednt, as , because , much, beforeIn my spare time, I paint designs on T-shirts. I got the idea two years1formy 2birthday present. The shop wanted $ 20 for a special design3aT-shirt,so I decidedtodoit4. I boughta whitecottonT-shirt5$6 and some paints, and I painted a lion on the front. My brother loved it!PaintingT-shirtsis greatfun. You6be a great artist, you can just paint-shapes andlines.The T-shirts arethe7expensivepart of myhobby.Alsoyou have to use special fabric paints and you need to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobby8I can make T-shirts that no-one else has. I give a lot ofthem away9presentsto my family and friends.Sometimes,I sellthem.Since I started, Ive10about 60 T-shirts and each one is different.(18)what, leave, ask,in , driver, something, inside , number , bring, me, howA: Good morning, madam. May I help you?B: Yes, I m afraid I1my handbag on the taxi this morning!A: What s2the handbag?B: About 5000 yuan.A: 3else?B: Yes, my ID card, I think.A: By the way, have you4for the taxi ticket?B: Yes, the ticket 5is 3456789.A: Well, I ll help you to call the taxi6. ( Knocking at the door)B: Come in, please.A: Good morning, sir. I found this handbag on my taxi and I7it here. There smuch money8