短文填空
(一) (扬州)
Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the t 1 made the garden look wonderful.
No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t get on well with each other. The vegetables h 2 the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e 3 light to survive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b 4 it could get to him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w 5 in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫)from the hot sun. Soon they both began to dry up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable f 6 when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t 7 they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin r 8 what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow, grow…. F 9 , he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realized that it was better to help each other than to f 10 .
From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with those around them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(二) (山东莱芜)
Have you ever seen Along the River During the Qingming Festival? Almost everyone has heard of this painting in his h 1 class. But how m 2 do you know about the famous painting? It was painted by Zhang Zeduan, an a 3 in the Song Dynasty. The painting shows people's lives in the Song Dynasty. There are l 4 of shops, restaurants, hotels and houses on b 5 sides of the river, and the roads are c 6 with people.
Now you have the chance to feel like you're living in that time. The painting was remade into a 3D version. The people, animals and ships are moving in the p 7 .We can see the river flowing and hear the s 8 of the drum. From October 21st to D 9 1lth, the 3D Along the River During the Qingming Festival will be shown in Shanghai. Don't f 10 to see it to feel people's lives
in the Song Dynasty by yourself.
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(三)
(2013,山东莱芜)
Leo and his father didn’t talk for 10 years. 10 years ago, Leo’s mother d 1 . He thought it was his father who caused his mother’s illness. He hated his father.
Now they were sitting in a nice c 2 shop. Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee. Leo was surprised. His father smiled and said, “Before you were born, your mother and I often had f 3 playing in the sea. We could taste the sea, just l 4 the taste of the salty coffee. Every time I have salty coffee, I always think of your mother. I m 5 her so much.”
Leo was deeply moved (感动). He never knew his father had such deep l 6 for his mother. One month later, he moved to live w 7 his father. Every time he made coffee for him, he put some salt in the coffee.
After 10 years, his father died. Leo received a l 8 which said, “Dear Leo, please forgive my life’s lie — the salty coffee. Actually at that t 9 I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change, so I just went ahead. Now let me t 10 you the truth. I don’t like salty coffee, but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life.”
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(四)
(2013广西贺州)
Bill lives in a very far village. He knows l 1 about the outside world because he hardly ever gets out of his village.
One day, he got a radio f 2 his uncle who lives in the city. He was very excited and s 3 the radio to all his friends.
“Great!” Sheela, one of his friends, said. “Could you please get one for me, too?” another friend Mashi asked. Of course Bill felt very proud o 4 the radio.
However, the radio stopped w 5 only a few days later. Bill was very sad but didn’t know w 6 to do. A friend of his told h 7 to go to the repair shop in town. So he did. The man in the shop f 8 two dead cockroach(蟑螂) in the radio.
Bill started crying. The man, of course, was surprised, “W 9 are you crying, my boy?” Bill cried said, “Because the two singers died in my radio. How am I going to listen to nice s 10 ?”
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(五)
Don’t Change the World
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Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a rich country. One day, he went for a t 1 to some distant(遥远的) areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the f 2 time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went t 3 was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every r 4 of the country with leather. Of course, this would need t 5 of cows’ skin, and would c 6 a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of m 7 ? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your f 8 ?”
The king was surprised, but he later a 9 to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself. In fact, there is a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change y 10 —your heart; and not the world. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(六)
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God: “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow b 1 how am I going to live there?”
God replied, “I c 2 an angle(天使) for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”
“I don’t do anything e 3 but sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be happy.” “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s l 4 and be happy.”
“And how am I going to be able to u 5 when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that men talk.”
“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever h 6 , and with much patience and care, your angel will t 7 you how to speak.”
“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
“Your angel will place your h 8 together and will teach you how to pray(祈祷).” “But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”
“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the w 9 for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.”
“Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel’s n 10 .”
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“Your angel’s name is of no importance, you will call your angel: Mommy.” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
(七)
There are many ways to save the environment if you would like. In this passage, you can find some ways.
Plant more trees. Choose a right g 1 near your house or workplace. U 2 there’s any rule stopping you growing trees in that area, go ahead and grow trees. Plant a tree every month and e 3 your friends and classmates to join you. Have more and more trees planted and there will come a day when you have green land thanks to your hard work.
Walk more and drive less. Choose to walk rather than drive your car. W 4 or ride a bicycle to work if it’s not very far. Not only cycling but walking is good e 5 . And each time you avoid using your car, you’re doing something h 6 to cut down air pollution. You are saving fuel, saving money and keeping fit as well.
Save water. Water is very important for l 7 things. It’s we who use and pollute it. The simplest way to s 8 water is turning off water taps after use. When you visit a beach, make sure that you don’t throw w 9 around. Do not pollute rivers by dropping garbage or other waste. Water is so precious, so we c 10 waste or pollute it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 答案:
(一)
6. field 点拨:此题用上下文理解法。由上下文得知:此处意为“给菜地浇水”water the vegetable field。
7. thirsty 点拨:本题关键在于理解:When the gardener did that意为:园主停止浇水时。没有水,树和蔬菜必然觉得“渴”,故答案为thirsty。
8. realized 点拨:句意为:一个小南瓜意识…,用realize 的过去式realized表达。 9. Finally 点拨:此处表示南瓜不断的长的结果,用Finally表达。
10. fight 点拨:句意为:他们意识到相互帮助比争斗要好。争斗用fight表达。
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(二)
1. history 点拨:《清明上河图》是宋朝张泽端的作品,故应“在历史课上”。
2. much 点拨:句意:你对这幅名画能知道多少(知识)呢?修饰不可数名词(知识)用how much。 3. artist 点拨:张泽端是一个画家,故用artist。 4. lots 点拨:lots of意为“许多”。
5. both 点拨:这里指河流的“两边”,故用both。
6. crowded 点拨:be crowded with为固定搭配,意为“挤满;充满”。 7. picture/painting 点拨:这里指《清明上河图》》这幅图里。 8. sound 点拨:句意:看到河流在流淌并听到鼓声。 9. December 点拨:从十月21日到12月11日。
10. forget 点拨:不要忘记亲自去看看,感受一下宋朝人的生活。
(三)
6. love 点拨:Leo非常受到感动,他从未想到他的父亲如此深深地爱着他的妈妈。故用love。 7. with 点拨:此题用联系上下文法。从后面的“Every time he made coffee for him, he put some salt in the coffee.”可知,Leo是和他父亲住在了一起。故用with。
8. letter 点拨:从后面的“Dear Leo, please forgive my life’s lie”可知,这是信的开头,故他收到的是一封信。故用letter。
9. time 点拨:at that time意为“在当时”,为固定短语。 10. tell 点拨:空格后面是他父亲讲述的内容,故这里用tell。
(四)
1. little 点拨:know little about sth., 对某物知之甚少,表示否定意思。根据下文...he hardly ever gets out of his village, 他几乎不曾出村,可判断他对外面的世界了解很少,故填little。 2. from 点拨:get sth. from sb.从某人那儿得到某物;句意:一天,他从住在大城市的叔叔那儿得到了一个收音机。
3. showed 点拨:句意:他很激动,然后把收音机给他所有的朋友看。根据后面的to和句意及首字母提示可定位show, 另外,前句用了was, 时态要与前面的一致,故填showed。show sth. to sb.把某物给某人看。
4. of 点拨:此题用联系上下文法。从上文比尔把收音机给朋友看,可得知他对这个感到很自豪,feel proud of sth.对某物感到自豪/骄傲,故填of。
5. working 点拨:句意:然而,只有几天的时间后,那台收音机就停止____了。根据下文他去修理,可推知收音机坏了:stop working,故填working。stop doing sth.停止做某事, 表示停止正在做的事情。此处表达收音机坏了。
6. what 点拨:句意:比尔很难过,不知道该做些_____。此处是know后跟动词不定式的用法,do后没有宾语,可知空格处即它的宾语,根据语境可推知“他不知道该做什么”,故填what。
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