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首字母填空练习
Passage1
Here’sastoryaboutMing’slifeonthewaters.Minghaslivedallhislifeonawider 1 inChina.Hishomeisalargehouse-boatwitharoof,oneofhundredsthatmoveupanddown.Inaboutsixyearshehasnotoncebeenonl 2 butheisneverlonely.Heisastrongswimmer.Infact,hecouldswimbeforehecouldwalk.Whenhewantstoplaywithhisf 3 hejustswimsacrosstotheirboatsorasksthemtov 4 him.
Ming’sfatherisafisherman,butheneveru 5 alineoranet(网).Greatblackbirdscalledcormorantsdothefishingforhim.Rings(圈)havebeenputaroundthebirds’n 6 sothattheycannoteatthefishtheycatch.Theyhavebeent 7 tobringthefishtopeople.Andthenpeoplereward(奖励)themwithafinebigfishassoonastheirworkisf 8 .Mingloveswatchingthecormorants,butbetterstillhelikesgoings 9 withhismother.Theshops,ofcourse,areboatsverylikehiso 10 .
Passage2
Cananimalsbemadetoworkforpeople?
Somescientiststhinkthatonedayanimalsmaybetrainedtodoanumberofsimplejobsi 1 ofpeople.Theysaythatatacircus(杂技场),forexample,wemayseeelephants,monkeys,dogsandotheranimalsdoingq 2 skillful(熟练的)things.Perhapsyouhaveseenthemonthetelevisionorinafilm.Ifyouwatchclosely,youmayfindthatthetraineralwaysg 3 theanimalsomesugaro 4 apieceoffruitasareward.Thescientistssaythatmanyd 5 animalsmaybetrainedtodoalotofsimplethingsiftheyknowtheywillgetarewardf 6 doingthat.
Ofcourse,asweknow,dogscanbetrainedtolookafterahouse,andsoldiersinbotholdandmodernt 7 haveu 8 geesetogivewarning(警报)bym 9 alotofnoisewhenanenemycomesnear.Andalsoitmaybepossibletotrainanimalstoworkinfamiliesorf 10 .
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Inrecentyears,playingkite-boardseemstobecomemoreandmorepopularinAlaskainAmerica.Itisanewandoldgame.Thegamehasw 1 theinterestofmanyyoungpeople.Thegameisinterestingbutalittled 2.Oneneedstoplayitveryc 3 .
Akite-boardisinfactaskateboard(滑雪板)drawn(拉)byafewbigflyingkites.Theoldgamewasp 4 bysomeyoungpeopleinHollandandSpainase 5 asthelastcentury.Sincetheboardwashardtocontrol,f 6 peopledared(敢)toplayit.Withthedevelopmentofthedesignofkiteandskateboard,manypeoplecanl 7 howtoplayit.Akiteboardmaygoasf 8 asabout50kilometersanhour.Ifyouhaven’thadanypractice,you’dbetternotplayit.Itisnots 9 .
Itissaidthatthegamecanexercisenotonlyyourb 10 butalsothesensitivityofyourbrain(大脑的敏捷).
Passage4
BritishMilkmanSteveLeechsavedsomeshopsandflatswithmilkandwonaNationalBraveryAward(国家勇敢奖).
Leech,35yearsold,saidthatwhenhewassendingoutmilkasu 1 alongPineStreet,hes 2 heardaloud,strangesoundbehindhimandthenhesawsmokecomingoutofashopinCornwall,southernEngland.“Thatmustbeafire,It 3 ”Leechsaid.“ThenIquicklyd 4 todosomething.SoIp 5 thedoorinandthenIs 6 forthepeopleinside.ThenIstartedpouringmilke 7 . ”Heused320pintsofmilktostopthefire.Whenfirefightersr 8 theshop,thefirewasundercontrol.
Leechhelpedsavethel 9 ofeightpeopleintheflatsabovetheshops.
“Itwashardworko 10 allthosebottles.Butitwasevenhardertryingtotellmybosswhereallthemilkhadgone,”Leechsaidjokingly.
Passage5
AprilFools’DayisonApril1st.Peoplecanplayj 1 onothersonthisspeciald 2 .Ifyousucceed,youusuallylaughandsay“AprilFool!
”Thepersonwhohasbeenfooledbyyoul 3 too,andhewillneverbeangrywithyou.
Mother’sDayisonthesecondSundayofMay.It’sadaytot 4 mothers.Onthatdaymothersusuallyreceiveflowersandcardsfromtheirchildren.Fathersandchildrendothehouseworksothatmotherscanhavear 5 .
EasterDayfallsonthefirstSundayafterthefullmoonwhichisonorafterMarch21st.It’salsocalledEasterSunday.ItissaidthatonthatdayJesusChristcomesbacktol 6 .Manypeoplegotochurchandchildrenoftengetp 7 suchastoyrabbits.
ThanksgivingDayisonthefourthThursdayinNovember.It’sadaywhenpeoplegivethanksforthegoodthingsinlife.Usuallyfamiliesallgett8 andhaveabigdinner.
ChristmasDaycomesonD 9 25th.It’sthemostimportantfestivalinayear.Thebeautifulthingscanbes 10 everywhere.Peopleexchangegifts,sendChristmascardsandvisitfriends.
Passage6
MrKingtaughtEnglishinamiddleschool.Hewasveryb 1 allthetimeandcouldn’tdosomer 2 Sohelefttheschoolandopenedabookshopinthec 3 ofthetown.Itwasn’tbigenoughbutallthebookswereniceandmostpeoplelikedtobuysomethere.Whentheshopwasc 4 hecouldreadathome.Heknewalotandthelearned(有学问的)peopleweregladtomakef 5 withhim.
ItwasSundayanditwascoldoutside.MrKingwasverybusy.Atnineintheeveningallthebuyerslefte____6agirl.Shewasdressedupandwaitedfors 7 there.Standingbytheshelves,shelookedoverthebooksoneaftera 8 Itmadetheminafearfulmess(凌乱不堪).MrKingcameuptoherandasked,“Excuseme,madam.WhatcanIdoforyou?
”“Yourbooksarealldull,”saidthegirl,“Iwantad 9 one.”“That’seasy,”MrKingsmiled.Het 10 outacookbookandsaid,“Hereyouare,madam.”
Passage7
OnceEffendihadajokewiththePrimeMinister(首相).HesaidtheMinisterw 1 diethenextday.Thenextday,theMinisterreallyf 2 offthehorseanddied.Whenthekingh 3 ofthis,hegotangryandsenthismentoc 4 Effendiatonce.
W 5 Effendicame,thekingshouteda 6 “Effendi,sinceyouknewwhenmyministerwoulddie,youmustalsoknowthedateofyourowndeath.Sayitout,oryou’lldietoday.”
Effendil 7 atthekingandanswered,“ButhowcanIknow?
I’lldietwodayse 8 thanyou.”
Thekingwasa 9 thathewoulddieifhekilledEffendi.HethoughthemustkeepEffendialive(活着)aslongashecould.Sohel 10 himgo.
Passage8
RoyTrentondroveataxibefore.Ashortwhileago,however,heb 1 abus-driverandhefeelsnosorryaboutit.Hewasfindinghisnewworkfarmorei 2 . WhenhewasdrivingalongCatfordStreetrecently,hesawtwothievesr 3 outofashopandruntowardsawaitingcar.Oneofthemwascarryingabagf 4 ofmoney.Royactedquicklyanddrovethebusstraighttothethieves.Theonew 5 themoneygotsoafraidthathedroppedthebag.Asthethievesweretryingtogeta 6 intheircar,Roydrovehisbusintotheb7 ofit.Whilethecarwasmovingaway,Roystoppedhisbusandt 8 thepolice.Thethieves’carwasbadlydamaged(损坏)ande 9 torecognize(辨认).Shortlyafterwards,thepolicestoppedthecarandbothmenwerec 10
Passage9
Now,let’sbeginoursportsreport.Here’sareallygoodgame,theb 1 oneIhaveseenthisyear.It’sthelastfiveminutesoftheg 2 Henryplaysfootballf 3 France.Hehastheballnow.Hep 4 theballtoDavid.Davidk 5 itovertheheadsoftheEnglishmentowardsthegoal.Buthe’stoofara 6 , FranceandEnglandstillhaveonegoaleachandthereareonlytwom 7 leftofthegame.JustthenanEnglishp 8 getstheball.HegivesittoBill,“Kingofthematch”.Billputstheballintothegoal.Inthee 9 theEnglishteamw 10 .
Passage10
Todaypeoplecanu 1 thephonetotalkwithothersalmostanywhereontheearth.Butwhenyouusethephone,youdon’tseethepersonyouaret 2 with.Thatmayc 3 inthefuture.
Todaysomepeopleareusingakindoftelephonec 4 “Picturephone”or“Visionphone”.W 5 it, twopeoplewhoaretalkingcanseeeachother.
Picturephonescanbeusefulwhenyouhaves 6 toshowthepersonyou’recalling.Theymayhaveotherusesinthefuture.Onedayyoumaybeabletoringupal 7 andasktoborrowabook.Thenyou’llbeabletoreadthebookrightoveryourpicturephone.Oryoumaybeabletogoshoppingt 8 yourpicturephone.Ifyouseesomethinginthenewspaperthatyouthinkyouwanttobuy,you’llgotoyourphoneandcalltheshop. Peopleattheshopwills 9 youthethingyou’reinterestedinrightoverthephone.You’llbeabletoshopallovertownandn 10 leaveyourroom.
Passage11
Canvegetablesbep 1 inwinter?
Yes,butagreenhouse(温室)mustbeb 2 first.Thegreenhouseshouldbem 3 ofglass.Alargegreenhousemaybetenmetresl 4 threemetresw 5 andtwometershigh.Thesunshinecanr 6 thevegetablest 7 theglass.Thewindandcoldaircanbes 8 fromgettingin.Theairinsidethegreenhouseisalwaysw 9 .Moreandmoregreenhousesareb 10 builtallovertheworld.Allkindsofvegetablescanbebroughtontoourdinnertablesinwinter.
Passage12
Travelingtoallcountriesoftheworldgetseasierandeasier,buthowwelldoweknowandu 1 eachother?
Hereisasimpletest.Imagine(设想)youwillholdam 2 atfouro’clock,whattimeshouldyoue 3 yourforeignbusinessfriendstocome?
IftheyareGerman,theywilla 4 ontime.IftheyareAmerican,they’llprobablybefifteenminutesearly.IftheyareBritish,they’llbefifteenminuteslate.
TheBritishseemedtothinksincetheEnglishl 5 waswidelyusedintheworld,whattheydidwascertaintobewidelyunderstood.Verysoontheyf 6 theywerecompletely(完全地)wrong.Fore 7 ,theBritisharehappytohaveabusinesslunchanddiscuss