初中英语中考复习 专题16 首字母填空专练（原卷版）

首字母填空中考专练

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Betty was a new student in my class. She was really little for her age of 12. The boys in 1. m       class often laughed at her. She would open a book, pretending to 2. r      , with tears dropping on the open page. I looked at this tiny girl and decided to 3. h       her.

    But how could I do that? One day, when I went into the classroom, I got a 4. c      . I saw a picture of a train on her desk. And she was making a copy carefully. It was perfect!

I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming talent show. So, I took Betty to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed the picture that was 5. d       by Betty. “Wow, it’s wonderful, ” said Miss Parker. Then she showed us a poster she had painted 6. f       the talent show．“I need more of these, but I just don’t have enough

7. t      . You draw so well and even 8. b        than me. Could you help me, Betty?”

On the day of the talent show, Betty’s posters were everywhere —all over the hall and all over the school, and each one is 9. d       .

“And finally, ” said Mr Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have an unusual 10. p      . I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students painted them.”

                                              二

Last fall I walked with a friend in my hometown. He was1. r       as the most stupid one among my childhood playmates, but he has been number one in an enterprise now.

    When we came to a crossing, a blind man walked from another direction. Testing the road with his bamboo pole, the blind was walking very 2. s       towards the road we were going in.

    I chatted with my friend as we were 3. w      . I talked about my five job-hoppings(跳槽) within two years and the experiences I was still going 4. t       in the plight(困境) then. My friend nodded and smiled, but he 5. k       silent all along. After a while, I occasionally looked back and found the blind man had disappeared.

    “Where is the blind man?” I shouted out.

    “He has walked so far!” said my friend with a smile.

    “How can a blind man walk much 6. f       than us? It’s strange!” I said.

    “Why impossible? We look in all 7. d       and walk half-heartedly while he is walking whole-heartedly.” said my friend.

     Hearing this, I was 8. s      . What a simple 9. t      ! Just think, if I had learned a little spirit of the blind man walking, how could I be down and out now?

     Although the scene has passed for one year, what my 10. f        said keeps lingering(挥之不去） in my ears.

                                        三

Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner. Old bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty soda cans (苏打罐) could be

1. s       everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there weren’t any flowers at all.

One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and

2. d      to do something about it. The next Monday, she brought a bag and collected some of the old bottles to 3. r      . On Tuesday, she spent another ten minutes picking up old bottles, while her best friend Judy picked up soda cans and 4. p    them in different bags for recycling. On Wednesday, all the

5. c       joined together. The 6. c       became clean!

    The corner looked better, but it was still ugly. So the next day the girl 7. b       some flower seeds. She planted the seeds and watered 8. t      , and watered the trees, too. It only took ten minutes a day 9. b       that was enough.

    A few months later, this corner became a beautiful garden 10. w       many flowers and trees.

    It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?

                                      四

The whole school was talking about the winter camp. And everyone was looking forward to it 1. e       me because I thought I would get homesick.    

When arriving at the camp, we were 2. a       to ski down to field by the coach. I skied carefully, but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down.

“Ha! Ha!” Behind 3. m      , somebody started laughing. I looked back to see who was 4. l       at me. To my 5. s      , I saw a girl in the same embarrassing position that I was in. “I thought I’d be bad at this, but it 6. s       more difficult than I expected!” she said. Suddenly, I started laughing, too. After being so 7. a       of falling, it was a comfort that made me not fear it anymore.

    The next day, 8. t       I didn’t want to go ski jumping, I was chosen to do that first. But when my 9. f       left the ground, I felt I was flying and it was wonderful.

    Just do your 10. b       to meet every challenge. You’ll never imagine how much you will get.

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Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father has a taxi and he is 1. b       all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. Though he gets a lot of 2. m      , he has no time to concern them with their studies.

    The two children study in the same 3. c      . Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother doesn’t like studying.

He only 4. l      playing. He is not good at 5. w         compositions.

    One day Mrs Cook told her 6. s       to write a composition “My Mother”. After supper Jenny finished writing her composition 7. q       and then went to help her mother do some housework. But Henry went to play football. When night came, he got back to watch TV. Then he remembered the composition. But he didn’t 8. k       how to write it. He thought hard and at last he found a way. He 9. c       Jenny’s composition.

Two days later, Mrs Cook asked Henry, “Can you tell me why 10. y       composition is the same as Jenny’s?” “Yes, I can, Madam,” answered Henry, “We have the same mother.”

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　　阅读下面短文,在空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的第一个字母已给出。

　　It was at an exhibition of the artists’ works organized by the Red Cross. I was invited as a special g　1　 to attend the exhibition. During this period, two cute girls of 16 or 17 years old came to me and asked me for my signature(签名). 

“I haven’t brought my pen. Is the p　2　 okay?”Actually, I knew they wouldn’t r　3　. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to the c　4　readers. 

“Certainly,” the young girls readily a　5　. I could see they were very excited. Of course, their excitement also made me feel more pleased and satisfied. One of the girls h　6　 her fine notebook to me. I turned over the cover of the notebook, wrote a few words of encouragement n　7　, and signed my name. The girl read my signature, frowned(皱眉), looked at me carefully and asked,“Aren’t you Robert Charboss?” 

“No,” I told her proudly,“I’m the author of Alice Adams, the w　8　of two Pulitzer Prizes.” 

The young girl turned to the o　9　, shrugged(耸肩)and said,“Mary, lend your rubber to me.” At that moment, all my p　10　 turned into a bubble(泡泡)immediately. Since then, I always warn myself: no matter how outstanding you are, don’t think highly of yourself. 

七

根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

　　Lan Lan, a student of Grade Seven in Lushan, was taking a drawing class in a tent on April 23. Guess what she drew—a house with wings. When the teacher asked why she did so, Lan said if her house could f　1　, it wouldn’t fall down in an earthquake. 

Lan’s hometown was hit by a s　2　earthquake on April 20. At least 196 people were killed and more than 11,000 were injured. Many people became homeless. Soldiers and doctors q　3　arrived in the area, saving people and rebuilding homes. Lots of money was sent there to help all those in need. 

Although we can’t prevent(阻止)an earthquake from happening, we can use some methods to r　4　harm. During an earthquake, do not jump out of high buildings because it is very d　5　. Another method is to cover your head and neck u　6　a strong table or desk. If there is no shelter(躲避处)nearby, you can also stay by a wall, and cover your head and neck with your arms and hands. And then you must keep calm and stay there u　7　the shaking stops. 

Japan is a c　8　which lies on the earthquake belt(地震带)and it is very good at dealing with earthquakes. From a very young age, the Japanese are already taught how to survive(幸存)them. Students often receive earthquake training. Almost in every Japanese family you can find a survival kit(救生装备)with a flashlight, a radio, water and enough food for several days. This helps people to stay a　9　after an earthquake. 

“There should be more safety t　10　at schools in our country,”said Xu Jiannong, an education expert in Beijing. There is no more truth than this when one’s life is the most important of all. 

八

　　Fourteen-year-old girl Zhang Li was walking towards her home. S　1　, a man stopped her and shouted,“Give me your money!” 

Zhang’s hands were c　2　 by the man. But in one quick movement, she took back her arms and started to scream for a　3　. So the man ran away without g　4　 any of her money. Zhang is a student from one school of Beijing. Her teacher Li Wei has started giving his students an unusual lesson:self-protection. Luckily, Zhang had just learned how to escape from an attacker, a p　5　 who plans to hurt someone. 

The school has t　6　 self-protection for four years. During this time, about 5,000 students have learned how to protect t　7　. 

According to a new survey, students’ s　8　 has become a big problem. Nearly 50% students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. This school is not the only one to care about students’ self-protection. Many other schools in China also have lessons l　9　 this. 

Student Wang Hui said,“I learn how to save lives and most such courses tell students how to a　10　 dangerous situations.” Students practise what to do if they are attacked by a bad man. 

They have known how to save lives if someone is hurt. They also learn how to work together and build team spirit.

九

　　根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

　　If you pay a visit to Liu Hasheng’s restaurant in Harbin, you will find 18 robots there. They are ready to serve you and make sure that your dining e　1　is perfect. After the visit, you can tell others that robots serving customers isn’t a dream any more. 

It’s wonderful to see h　2　the 18 robots work in the restaurant. The wonder s　3　when you walk in. You’ll see a robot come up and say,“Earth person,hello!Welcome to the Robot Restaurant.”When you have ordered your m　4　, the robots in the kitchen begin to do the cooking. After the food is p　5　, a robot waiter will glide(滑行)out of the kitchen to serve you with the meal you’ve ordered. And as customers enjoy their d　6　food, a robot sings lovely songs for them. 

You may ask,“Where did all these robots come from?”Liu said they were designed(设计)and m　7　by the Harbin Haohai Robot Company. Liu said he invested(投资)5 million yuan in the restaurant, with each robot costing 200,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan. And the w　8　robot team is managed by the workers in the computer room. 

After a busy day, all the robots will go for a ‘meal’, which is e　9　. After 5 hours, the robots can continue their work for a day. The restaurant now provides a menu with more than 30 dishes(菜肴), and the average(平均)cost for a dinner is a　10　40 to 50 yuan. Do you want to go and have a try in this restaurant? 

十

根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

 In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand,there is an unusual group of musicians.They play many different k　1　of music—everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven.Both children and adults love this group.What makes them sop　2　?Is it their music?Their looks?Yes,it’s both of these things,but it’s a　3　something else:they’re elephants. 

These musical elephants started at the TECC(泰国大象保护中心)in Lampang.The TECC protects elephants.It teaches people to understand and love them.And,like many zoosa　4　the world,the TECC encourages elephants to paint. 

 Richard Lair w　5　for the TECC.He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants.He says some of the animals’ paintings are very good.But,in fact,elephants h　6　better than they see.And so he had an idea:if elephants ares　7　and they have good hearing,maybe they can play music.To test his idea,Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra.During a performance(表演),the elephants play a number of i　8　,including the drums and the xylophone(木琴). 

 But can elephants really make music properly?Yes,says Lair.They are very creative.Humans e　9　the animals to play,but the elephants make their own songs;they don’t just copy their trainers o　10　other people.There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC.And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.