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) join
2、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 earthquak
3、e 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 buildin
4、gs will be destroyed. ( 2 )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
5、train. 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 angri
6、ly, “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 w
7、as 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, say A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river. The farmer 1 out to him, “ What are you grow
8、ing , Grandpa? ” The old man 2 _for a moment, then said, “Swim over 3 Ill tell you.” 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 shouted. I w
9、ould 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 )3. telephone , for, lose, so, strong, clever, somebody, good, happy, outside, everybody, atMrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cats first winter. One
10、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, “ But cats are really
11、 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, ” he said “ Why do
12、nt you put your 10._ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. ” ( 5 ) 4. 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
13、 2. _ his people . He was a 3. _ . That 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. _ , s
14、ome armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . 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
15、10. _? ( 6 ) 5. before, discover , fast, in, 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 t
16、his difference by 3. _ the start of a running 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 sta
17、rted to travel to you four years 7. _ at a 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, “ Th
18、e 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.” H
19、e said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. _ been 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 wen
20、t 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 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 yo
21、u crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ Ill 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. In the desert we can 1._ stones. We can see hills, too. There
22、 is a little rain in the 2._, but it is not 3. _ 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 pe
23、ople of the desert have to keep 7. _ from places 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 ar
24、e very 9. _. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._ and give them food and water. ( 9 )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
25、are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, 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
26、 became so 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 go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tell
27、s the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall 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
28、I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look 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 th
29、ree-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, and says，Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shant keep you long. With this, he walks away, sh
30、ows the photo to a second 5._, and says: I know that face. 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 officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and
