专题03 短文首字母填空-2023中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（上海专用）

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2023中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递
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专题03 短文首字母填空10篇
（2022·上海·模拟预测）Fill in the blanks with proper words.
It was a cloudy afternoon. I was walking in the park near my neighborhood. The wind was blowing hard and I knew it was about to rain. Even so, I didn’t want to go home. I had a terrible argument with my mom and ran out of the house just 10 minutes earlier.
I sat down near a lake. There were many children playing with their parents nearby. I felt a little l____1____. “Shall we play together?” A little girl came toward me with a ball in her hands. I agreed and she h____2____ me the ball with a sweet smile.
When it began to rain, all the children at the lakeside went home with their parents.
“Where are your parents?” I asked the girl. “My mom is selling candied fruit(蜜饯) outside the park. She hardly takes care of me,” the girl explained “I usually play alone here. It’s OK i____3____ you need to go home now. I am old enough to stay here and wait for my mom.”
“But it’s raining.” I said. “You’d better not be here alone when it’s dark.”
“It’s no problem. Mom won’t leave me alone. She is coming soon,” the girl replied. “She is my mom, even if she s____4____ cares for her daughter.”
A 5-year old girl taught me to love and believe in my mom. Should I listen to her and say s____5____ to my mom?
In the end, I took the little girl to her mom’s vending cart(售货摊)and then ran home quickly. Opening the door, my mom was close to t____6____:“Where have you been? I looked for you everywhere! See how wet your coat is! Don’t come to my room even if you get a cold tonight!”
But I knew she wasn’t angry anymore. A____7____ taking a shower, I heard her shouting outside my room： “Dinner time! Come out if you feel like eating some fish balls.”

（2022·上海·模拟预测）Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)。
On Dec 9, three Chinese astronauts who are working aboard the Tiangong Space Station, gave a lecture above Earth and showed millions of students their life there. They also did some fun s____8____ experiments. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Use it or lose it
The human body grows with the pull of Earth’s gravity (重力). But in space, our bones and muscles don’t need to s____9____ our body’s weight. This will cause bone and muscle loss. It is said that astronauts can lose up to 20 percent of their muscles after just a couple of weeks. That is dangerous for astronauts because they will be too w____10____ to work.
Astronauts have different ways to prevent this. During the lecture, Zhai introduced a special uniform Ye was wearing. It’s called a “penguin suit”. It can keep their muscles strong.
Wang also showed students how she walked on a treadmill (跑步机) and rode a bicycle. Astronauts usually e____11____ with these tools every day to keep their body strong.
Space water is different
During another experiment, Wang made a water film (膜). Then she added more water drops onto the film to make it a water ball. But this can n____12____ happen on Earth. Why?
We need to first u____13____ the surface tension (表面张力) of water. Surface tension is like a “skin” of water. The “skin” is there because water molecules (分子) are drawn to each other. One example on the Earth is that some bugs (昆虫) can “walk on water”. Most of the time, gravity is too strong and it breaks the “skin”. But with zero gravity in space, the “skin” stays much stronger and the water ball will not b____14____.
Space water is different in many other ways from that on Earth. For example, water will not flow downward if you try to pour it into a cup. If astronauts cry, the tears will not fall down. They have to wipe them away!

（2022·上海金山·一模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词, 首字母已给。）
While most people think the Chinese New Year’s celebration goes on for only one day, by c____15____ it is a fifteen-day celebration, and some of these days have their own festivals. The most important of these is the Lantern Festival.
It’s not really clear how the Lantern Festival s____16____. What is known is that the festival is over 2,000 years old. In one old s____17____, an emperor ordered people to light lanterns to honor Buddha. Much later, people began to carry around red paper lanterns with riddles on them. In many cities, people come t____18____ in parks with their lanterns, and it is a game to walk around and try to solve each other’s riddles.
During the Tang Dynasty (618-907）, the festival became so important that it went on for three days. Everyone was allowed to join in the fun, even single women could get out of the house at night. For this r____19____, the festival became linked with dating and love.
During the Lantern Festival, many people eat tangyuan or yuanxiao. In fact, eating yuanxiao is so popular that another name for the Lantern Festival is the Yuanxiao Festival. Tangyuan and yuanxiao are very s____20____, and some people even say they are the same food. Both are dumplings made of rice flour. Some are sweet and some are salty. These foods are most often eaten at home with the family on the day of the Lantern Festival. Of course, an important part of the Lantern Festival is the lanterns t____21____. Some cities try to have the largest, most beautiful lanterns around, of all different kinds of shapes and sizes. During this time of year, you can see streets lined with lanterns and parks that are seas of lanterns, making everyone feel festive and happy.

（2022·上海崇明·一模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，是其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给)
When Emily Cummins was four years old, her grandfather gave her a hammer. She loved using it, and started to learn how to make toys from old things that nobody used any more.
When she was a teenager, she was very c____22____ and always thought lot about making inventions to help other people. Emily’s grandfather had an illness. He had a lot of pain in his hands and fingers.
One day, Emily saw that he had t____23____ getting toothpaste (牙膏) out of the tube. She made an invention that helped him with this, and won the Young Engineer for Britain Award for her toothpaste dispenser.
A few years later, Emily learnt about the serious water shortage in some African countries. The women and children there often walk many kilometres a day to get water for their villages. They usually put the buckets on their heads. Therefore, they have to walk c____24____ so as not to spill (溅出) the water. Emily’s invention is a simple water carrier. It makes it possible for the women to transport up to five buckets each time. Besides, it is easy for them to r____25____ the water carrier when it is broken as it is made of wood.
Her latest project is a simple fridge that runs without electricity, but only needs the e____26____ that comes from the sun. There are now thousands of families in villages in Zambia, Namibia and South Africa who use it to keep milk, food and medicines cool.
Emily is now a young woman. She is the winner of several p____27____ for her inventions. She was named one of the world’s top ten young people.
Emily frequently visits schools and talks to teenagers. She wants to e____28____ them to come up with new ideas that make the world a better place. She wants to use her skills to make a difference.

（2022·上海浦东新·模拟预测）Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

As a child, do you dare to be a dreamer? Dreamers build bridges between the known and the unknown, and dance their dreams into reality (现实). So why not let your dreams fly?
Here is a good choice for you—Make Today Your Dreams Come True Day. If you’ve been putting off realizing your dreams, this day gives you a chance to make a fresh s___29___.
It’s important to dream because dreams can give us the energy to s___30___ in life. Dreams can push us forward. The great thing about dreams is that there’s no stress to realize them right away.
It might take a few years or even a lifetime to a___31___ them. The important thing is to be always working t___32___ your dreams. And the best way to do that is by setting goals.
Dreams can be very general. But the steps you take to reach them should be very detailed. Your dreams tell what you want, but goals show how you’ll get there. That means goal setting is a n___33___ step in reaching your dreams.
A lot of great people have spoken about dreams. Someone stressed the importance of working for your dreams. A dream never comes true e___34___, it takes sweat, decision and hard work. A famous author reminded us that dreams have nothing to do with age. It’s never too late to set a___35___ goal or to dream a new dream.
If you are dreaming of doing something, please take action right now. Write down your dreams, set your goals, and then you’ll be on your way to make your dreams come true.

（2022·上海嘉定·模拟预测）Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Laura, a fourth-grader from Shanghai, enjoyed her vacation this summer. Usually she was attending English or math training courses, but this summer, for most of the time, she played tennis and basketball i____36____.
A newly-introduced instruction(指令) helped Laura enjoy enough f____37____ time during the summer. Aiming to reduce the schoolwork on primary and junior high school students, the instruction calls for l____38____ homework for students and better quality of education, according to a news report.
According to the report, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework.
Off-school training centers are not a____39____ to offer education courses over their grade level. Training based on subjects will not be offered on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.
More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are taking private training courses, a newspaper reported. “Parents are w____40____ that if their children start behind, they will stay behind.” said a researcher at South China Normal University. “The instruction aims to calm the parents and society as a whole.”
“But this does not mean the training courses will completely d____41____, since exams still exist,” said an officer. “Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main r____42____ for students’ education and not push them into off-school classes.” the officer said.

（2022·上海宝山·二模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Since Steve first showed up in The Showroom Tales in 2003, he has been working as an actor for 19 years. Over the past 19 years, Steve produced a large number of excellent w____43____. Although he has never been a big hit, as soon as his familiar face appears on the small screen, a lot of people will r____44____ him right away. Even in some audiences’ impressions, as long as he stars in a show, it must be a good one to watch.
Steve knows how to make choice and works very hard to improve his acting skills. He h____45____ appears in variety shows (综艺节目). Instead, he spent all his spare time on acting. Sometimes, it took more than half of year for him to shoot (拍摄) only one TV show. But for him, it’s w____46____ the time. Steve isn’t the kind of lucky guy who becomes famous at young age. But his hard work has made him more persistent (坚持不懈的) in acting skills. For him, this persistence is a choice. For example, when he was shooting in Korea, he would try to buy the c____47____ of a gas station worker, just to make his character feel more like he had really lived there. “To me, persistence means when other people feel unnecessary, you still b____48____ that it’s something you must do.” This is how Steve understands the meaning of persistence.
But sometimes, he is so big-hearted, easy-going and free.
There was no special reason for him to be an actor. “It’s just that it grows on me as I have been doing the acting. I never liked acting and had no interest in performing before that, but as I was doing the job, I suddenly realized that when you were walking into another person’s life and another person’s world, what you felt was totally different. I think this process is quite e____49____ for actors.” So, he has been doing the acting job for more than ten years.

（2022·上海普陀·二模）Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

Are you animal lovers? Would you like to protect animals just like humans? Are you willing to spend your time helping animals? If you answer “yes” to these questions, you can possibly consider a j_____50_____ in animal care.
Animal rights officers make sure that people treat animals p_____51_____. They visit homes, places where animals are bought and sold, zoos and animal hospitals. They check to make sure that the animals are getting enough food and they have enough space to climb around. Sometimes an animal rights officer will appear in court(法庭) to protect the rights of an animal.
To be an animal care assistant, you must be in very good health. Sometimes it involves getting animals out of dangerous s_____52_____. For example, it’s not always easy to get a cat down from a tree. Other times, animal care assistants must take a sick animal to the hospital for treatment. These animals are often in great pain. They are afraid and difficult to catch or c_____53_____.
An animal d____54____ is also called a “vet”. Some vets work for zoos or animals hospitals to make some sick tigers, elephants and horses better. Others treat some sick animals like dogs and cats. They take the animals’ temperature, give injections, and take X-rays for sick animals. They also decide what kind of m_____55_____ a sick animal may need. If an animal weighs too little or looks very w____56____, a vet may use a feeding tube to make sure it gets enough nutrition from food. It takes many years of higher education to become an excellent vet.

（2022·上海崇明·模拟预测）Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

The 27-year-old Wu Xiuying is a member of the “Snow Dream” team. During the Winter Olympics, these crew members will p____57____ services to passengers traveling between Beijing, Yanqing and Chongli. They have been preparing two years for this big event.
“We have been taking all kinds of classes, including customer service, foreign languages, sign language, winter sports knowledge, etiquette (礼仪) and makeup skills,” said Wu. “The classes ran from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. S____58____ there were even night classes. We were busy like students.”  
Besides that, they also improved themselves through training. For example, they held a chopstick in their mouths to practise their warmest smiles. They put a piece of paper between their l____59____ to practise standing posture. When passengers ask questions about the Olympics, they need to give accurate information. All the e____60____ are made to offer the best service.
They also designed and decorated the carriages with snowflakes, Olympics logos, and pictures of winter sports athletes. “Our purpose is to c____61____ an atmosphere (氛围) of the Winter Olympics. We did all these by ourselves, and the train is like a home we have built together,” said Wu.  
Along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway, there are many tunnels through the mountains. Some passengers may feel “ear popping” (耳鸣) when the train runs at high speed. They wonder how to deal with it. To meet people’s n____62____, the “Snow Dream” team made a six-step exercise. Passengers can learn it from the screens on board.
“These days, more and more winter sports lovers take this train to ski in Yanqing and Chongli,” said Wu. “We hope our good service can make their trips h____63____ and warm. And of course, we’ll welcome the Winter Olympics with our greatest enthusiasm!”

（2022·上海青浦·二模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的单词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
What comes to your mind when you think of Beijing? The Forbidden City? Tian’anmen Square? The Temple of Heaven?
These f____64____ landmarks are all located along the central axis (中轴线). As the best preserved area of the old city of Beijing, the central axis is now under consideration for UNESCO’s World Heritage status.
The central axis means the ‘line’ that separates the e____65____ and western parts of Beijing. At 7.8 kilometers long, it runs from Yongding Gate in the south to the Bell Tower and Drum Tower in the north. Its building started in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and c____66____ in the Qing Dynasty.
The central axis is like the backbone (脊梁) of Beijing. It smartly arranged the palaces, temples, markets and streets in a____67____ times.
The central axis shows the traditional Chinese concept of ‘respecting the center’. This stressed the i____68____ of imperial power (皇权), as the royal palace would be in the central spot. Other important buildings were placed around it. For example, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was to the east of the Forbidden City, while the Altar of Land and Grain lay to the west.
The central axis also shows traditional Chinese i____69____ like harmony between man and nature (天人合一) and following order. It runs from the south to the north, the same as the d____70____ of a meridian (经线). The culture that started from the Zhou Dynasty (11 century-256 BC．stressed balance, symmetry (对称) and order. There are lots of symmetric buildings along the axis. The Forbidden City is the most well-known.
‘The unique and magnificent spatial order of Beijing was generated by this central axis,’ said an architect.


参考答案：
1．(l)onely    2．(h)anded    3．(i)f    4．(s)eldom    5．(s)orry    6．(t)ears    7．(A)fter
【分析】这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述作者跟妈妈吵架了，通过在公园和另一个小女孩的交谈，感悟到母爱，跑回家向母亲道歉。
1．句意：我感到有点孤独。根据“Shall we play together”女孩邀请作者一起玩，可知作者一个人在那里感到孤独，根据首字母提示可知用形容词“lonely”作表语。故填(l)onely。
2．句意：我同意了，她甜美地微笑，递给我球。根据“Shall we play together”及“A little girl came toward me with a ball in her hands”女孩手里拿着球，女孩邀请作者一起玩球，作者同意了。可知此处表达把球递给作者。根据首字母提示可知用动词“hand”。句子是一般过去时，用过去式“handed”。故填(h)anded。
3．句意：如果你现在需要回家也是可以的。根据“you need to go home now”及首字母提示，可知表达条件“如果你需要回家”，用连词“if”引导从句。故填(i)f。
4．句意：她是我的母亲，虽然她很少关心她的女儿。动词短语“cares for”前用频度副词修饰，根据前文“My mom is selling candied fruit outside the park. She hardly takes care of me” 及首字母提示，可知表达“很少关心她的女儿”，用副词“seldom”。故填(s)eldom。
5．句意：我应该听她的话，和妈妈道歉？根据前文“I had a terrible argument with my mom”及“A 5-year old girl taught me to love and believe in my mom”可知，表达作者听了女孩的话之后，为了和母亲吵架而感到后悔，觉得应该和妈妈道歉，用短语“say sorry to sb.”。故填(s)orry。
6．句意：打开门的时候，我看到妈妈都要流泪了。介词“to”后面缺宾语。根据“Where have you been? I looked for you everywhere”可知妈妈很焦急地到处找作者，根据首字母提示可知表达要流泪了，用复数名词“tears”。故填(t)ears。
7．句意：洗澡之后，我听到妈妈在我房间外面大叫：“吃晚饭了。如果你想吃一些鱼丸的话就出来。”根据“taking a shower, I heard her shouting”可知是时间顺序，讲述洗完澡之后听到妈妈的叫声，用介词“after”。句首首字母大写。故填(A)fter。
8．(s)cience##(s)cientific##(s)pace##(s)urprising##(s)pecial    9．(s)upport    10．(w)eak    11．(e)xercise    12．(n)ever##(n)ot    13．(u)nderstand    14．(b)reak##(b)urst

【分析】本文是新闻通讯，短文介绍了三名在天宫空间站工作的中国宇航员，在地球上向数百万学生展示了一些有趣的科学实验。
8．句意：他们还做了一些有趣的科学实验。设空处修饰名词experiments，根据上文“On Dec 9, three Chinese astronauts who are working aboard the Tiangong Space Station, gave a lecture above Earth and showed millions of students their life there”和首字母提示，可知，可以是科学实验，也可以是太空实验，或者特别的实验，令人惊讶的实验；science“科学”/scientific“科学的”/space“太空”/surprising“令人惊讶的”/special“特别的”符合语境，故填(s)cience/(s)cientific/(s)pace/(s)urprising/(s)pecial。
9．句意：但在太空中，我们的骨骼和肌肉不需要支撑我们的体重。but表转折，根据上文“The human body grows with the pull of Earth’s gravity”和首字母提示，可知是说在失重状态下骨骼和肌肉不需要支撑宇航员的体重，support“支撑”符合语境；not need to do表示“不需要做某事”，是固定结构，故填(s)upport。
10．句意：这对宇航员来说很危险，因为他们太虚弱了，无法工作。too…to…表示“太……而不能”，too修饰形容词或副词，是固定结构；根据上文“It is said that astronauts can lose up to 20 percent of their muscles after just a couple of weeks”和首字母提示，可知宇航员失去20%的肌肉会导致身体虚弱，weak“虚弱的”符合语境，故填(w)eak。
11．句意：宇航员通常每天用这些工具锻炼以保持身体强壮。本句缺谓语动词，根据下文“to keep their body strong”和首字母提示，可知是用这些工具锻炼，exercise“锻炼”符合语境；结合“every day”可知，本句陈述事实用一般现在时，Astronauts是复数人称，动词需用原形。故填(e)xercise。
12．句意：但这在地球上是不可能发生的。but表转折，根据上文“Then she added more water drops onto the film to make it a water ball”和首字母提示，可知本句是否定意义，是说在地球上不可能发生这种事，never和not都表否定，故填(n)ever##(n)ot。
13．句意：我们首先需要了解水的表面张力。根据题干“We need to first…the surface tension of water”和首字母提示，可知是说要了解水的表面张力，understand“理解”符合语境；need to do“想要做某事”是固定结构，故填(u)nderstand。
14．句意：但在太空中失重的情况下，“皮肤”会更坚固，水球也不会破裂。but表转折，根据上文“Most of the time, gravity is too strong and it breaks the ‘skin’”和首字母提示，可知是说失重状态下水球不会破裂，break和burst都可表示“爆裂”，符合语境；助动词will后接原形动词，故填(b)reak##(b)urst。
15．(c)ustom    16．(s)tarted    17．(s)tory    18．(t)ogether    19．(r)eason    20．(s)imilar    21．(t)hemselves

【分析】本文介绍了中国的传统节日——元宵节。
15．句意：大多数人认为中国新年的庆祝仅持续一天，但按照惯例，这是一个为期十五天的庆祝活动。由语境可知，中国对于春节的庆祝为期15天，这是一个习俗。by custom意为“按照惯例，按照习俗”，故填(c)ustom。
16．句意：人们并不清楚元宵节是如何开始的。结合下一句“What is known is that the festival is over 2,000 years old.”及本段内容可知，本段在讲述有关元宵节开始的传说，start意为“开始”，应使用一般过去时，故填(s)tarted。
17．句意：在一个古老的故事里，一个皇帝命令人们点灯笼来拜佛。结合文中“an emperor ordered people to light lanterns to honor Buddha.”可知这是一个古老的传说故事，故填(s)tory。
18．句意：在许多城市，人们拿着灯笼相聚到公园。结合句意可知，此处表示人们拿着灯笼到公园中进行猜谜等游戏，come together意为“一起来，相聚到一起”，故填(t)ogether。
19．句意：由于这个原因，这个节日和约会与爱联系到了一起。结合句意可知，元宵节之所以和约会与爱联系到一起是由于这个原因，“for this reason”表示“因此，由于这个缘故”，故填(r)eason。
20．句意：汤圆和元宵是非常相似的。结合文中“some people even say they are the same food.”可知正是由于汤圆和元宵很相似，所以人们才会认为它们是同一种食物。故填(s)imilar。
21．句意：当然，灯节的一个重要部分是灯笼本身。此处强调lanterns，反身代词用于强调时常作主语或宾语的同位语，置于所强调的词后面。lanterns themselves表示灯笼本身，故填(t)hemselves。
22．(c)reative    23．(t)rouble    24．(c)arefully    25．(r)epair    26．(e)nergy    27．(p)rizes    28．(e)ncourage

【分析】本文是记叙文，短文讲述了“世界十大青年”人物艾米丽的创新故事。
22．句意：当她十几岁的时候，她很有创造力，总是想着发明来帮助别人。设空处作表语，根据下文“and always thought lot about making inventions to help other people”和首字母提示，可知是说艾米丽喜欢创新，creative“创造性的”符合语境，故填(c)reative。
23．句意：有一天，艾米丽发现他很难把牙膏从管子里取出来。have trouble doing sth.表示“做某事有困难”，是固定短语，故填(t)rouble。
24．句意：因此，他们必须小心走路，以免把水洒出来。设空处修饰动词walk需用副词，根据下文“so as not to spill the water”和首字母提示，可知需小心谨慎，carefully“小心地”符合语境，故填(c)arefully。
25．句意：此外，当水车坏了，她们很容易修理，因为它是木制的。本句是固定句型“It is +形容词+ for sb. +不定式短语”结构，表示“对某人来说做某事是……的”，it是形式主语，后面的不定式是真正主语；根据下文“when it is broken ”和首字母提示，可知是说修理水车，repair“修理”符合语境，故填(r)epair。
26．句意：她的最新项目是一个简单的冰箱，无需电力，只是需要来自太阳的能量。定冠词the后接名词，根据上下文“that runs without electricity, but only needs the…that comes from the sun”和首字母提示，可知需要来自太阳的能量，energy表示“能源”，是不可数名词，符合语境，故填(e)nergy。
27．句意：她的发明使她获得了好几项大奖。根据题干“She is the winner of several…for her inventions”和首字母提示，可知是说艾米丽得了几项大奖，prize“奖赏”符合语境；由several可知用复数形式，故填(p)rizes。
28．句意：她想鼓励他们提出新的想法，让世界变得更美好。根据上下文“Emily frequently visits schools and talks to teenagers…to come up with new ideas”和首字母提示，可知艾米丽鼓励他们创新，encourage“鼓励”符合语境；want to do sth.“想要做某事”是固定结构，故填(e)ncourage。
29．(s)tart    30．(s)ucceed    31．(a)chieve    32．(t)oward##(t)owards    33．(n)ecessary    34．(e)asily    35．(a)nother

【导语】本文主要讲述了做伟大的事必须要有伟大的梦想，同时还要付诸行动。
29．句意：如果你一直推迟实现梦想，那么这一天会给你一个重新开始的机会。根据前句“If you’ve been putting off realizing your dreams,”和首字母提示可知，应是会给你一个重新开始的机会，故空处应是start“开始”，可数名词，因空前有a修饰，故名词应用单数形式。故填(s)tart。
30．句意：梦想很重要，因为梦想可以给我们在生活中取得成功的能量。根据前句“It’s important to dream”和首字母提示可知，应是因为梦想可以给我们在生活中取得成功的能量，故空处应是succeed“成功”，动词；根据句子结构可知，空处是动词不定式作定语，to后加动词原形。故填(s)ucceed。
31．句意：实现这些目标可能需要几年甚至一生的时间。根据空前“It might take a few years or even a lifetime”和首字母提示可知，应是实现这些目标可能需要几年甚至一生的时间，故空处应是achieve“实现”，动词；此句为固定句型：It takes (sb.) to do sth.“花费（某人）多长时间干某事”。故填(a)chieve。
32．句意：重要的事情是要一直朝着你的梦想努力。根据空后“your dreams”和首字母提示可知，应是要一直朝着你的梦想努力，故空处应是toward(s)“朝、向”，介词。故填(t)oward(s)。
33．句意：这意味着目标设定是实现梦想的必要步骤。根据前文“Your dreams tell what you want, but goals show how you’ll get there.”语境和首字母提示可知，应是目标设定是实现梦想的必要步骤，故空处应是necessary“必要的”，形容词。故填(n)ecessary。
34．句意：梦想永远不会轻易实现，它需要汗水、决心和努力。根据后句“it takes sweat, decision and hard work.”和首字母提示可知，应是梦想永远不会轻易实现，故空处应是easily“容易地”，副词。故填(e)asily。
35．句意：设定另一个目标或梦想一个新的梦想永远不会太晚。根据空后“or to dream a new dream”和首字母应是可知，应是设定另一个目标永远不会太晚，故空处应是another“另一个”，形容词。故填(a)nother。
36．(i)nstead    37．(f)ree    38．(l)ess    39．(a)llowed    40．(w)orried    41．(d)isappear    42．(r)esponsibility

【导语】本文主要讲述了来自上海的四年级学生劳拉今年暑假过得情况。同时介绍了因为一项新引入的指令，可以让学生在暑假享受更多的空闲时间。
36．句意：通常她都在参加英语或数学培训课程，但今年夏天，她大部分时间都在打网球和篮球。根据“Usually she was attending English or math training courses, but this summer, for most of the time, she played tennis and basketball i….”可知，此处强调今年情况与往年不同，使用副词instead“相反”，故填(i)nstead。
37．句意：一项新引入的指令帮助劳拉在夏天享受了足够的空闲时间。根据“for most of the time, she played tennis and basketball”可知，劳拉可以享受足够的空闲时间，free time“空闲时间”，形容词作定语修饰名词。故填(f)ree。
38．句意：一份新闻报道称，该指令旨在减少中小学生的课业，要求学生减少家庭作业，提高教育质量。根据“reduce the schoolwork on primary and junior high school students”和“and better quality of education”可知，此处指更少的家庭作业，less“更少的”，little的比较级，故填(l)ess。
39．句意：校外培训中心不允许提供超过年级水平的教育课程。根据“Off-school training centers are not a… to offer education courses over their grade level. Training based on subjects will not be offered on weekends”可知，此处指校外培训中心不允许提供超过年级水平的教育课程，be not allowed to do“不被允许做某事”，使用动词过去分词，表被动含义。故填(a)llowed。
40．句意：父母们担心，如果他们的孩子开始落后，他们就会落后。根据“if their children start behind, they will stay behind”可知，孩子落后会让父母担心，worried“担心的”，使用形容词作表语。故填(w)orried。
41．句意：“但这并不意味着培训课程将完全消失，因为考试仍然存在，”一名官员说。根据“since exams still exist”可知，培训课程将不会完全消失，disappear“消失”，will+动词原形。故填(d)isappear。
42．句意：因此，学校应该提高教育质量，承担起学生教育的主要责任，而不是把学生推到校外上课。根据“take the main r…for students’ education”可知，take the responsibility for“承担对……的责任”，故填(r)esponsibility。
43．(w)orks    44．(r)ecognize    45．(h)ardly    46．(w)orth    47．(c)lothes    48．(b)elieve    49．(e)njoyable

【导语】本文讲述演员史蒂夫的故事。史蒂夫做了19年的演员，深受观众的喜欢。他知道如何做出选择，并努力提高自己的演技。他坚持做他认为必须要做的事情， 他心胸开阔、随和、自由。他热爱演戏。
43．句意：在过去的19年里，史蒂夫创作了大量优秀的作品。根据首字母提示和“he has been working as an actor for 19 years”可知，work“作品”符合语境，创作了大量优秀的作品，a large number of后面跟可数名词复数。故填(w)orks。
44．句意：尽管他从来没有大红大紫过，但是一旦他那张熟悉的脸出现在小屏幕上，很多人就会马上认出他来。根据首字母提示和“his familiar face appears on the small screen”可知，recognize“认出，辨别出”符合语境，很多人就会立刻认出他，will后面跟动词原形。故填(r)ecognize。
45．句意：他很少出现在综艺节目中。根据首字母提示和“Instead, he spent all his spare time on acting.”可知，hardly“几乎不，很少”符合语境，意为“在综艺节目中，他几乎不出现”。故填(h)ardly。
46．句意：但对他来说，这是值得的。根据首字母提示和上文“Sometimes, it took more than half of year for him to shoot (拍摄) only one TV show.”可知，worth“值得的”符合语境，意为“他花了半年多的时间只拍摄了一个电视节目是值得的”，be worth“值得……”。故填(w)orth。
47．句意：例如，当他在韩国拍摄时，他会尝试买一个加油站工作人员的衣服，只是为了让他的角色感觉他真的住在那里。根据首字母提示和“buy the ... of a gas station worker”可知，clothes“衣服”符合语境，意为“买加油站工作人员的衣服”。故填(c)lothes。
48．句意：对我来说，坚持意味着当别人觉得不必要时，你仍然相信这是你必须做的事情。根据首字母提示和“To me, persistence means when other people feel unnecessary, you still...that it’s something you must do.”可知，believe“相信”符合语境，此句是一般现在时，主语是第二人称，用动词原形。故填(b)elieve。
49．句意：我认为这个过程对演员来说是非常愉快的。根据上文“I never liked acting and had no interest in performing before that, but as I was doing the job, I suddenly realized that when you were walking into another person’s life and another person’s world, what you felt was totally different.”可知，此句要表达“当你走进另一个人的生活和另一个人的世界，这一过程对演员来说是非常愉快的。”空格处作表语，用形容词，结合首字母提示可知enjoyable“愉快的，形容词”符合题意。故填(e)njoyable。
50．(j)ob    51．(p)roperly    52．(s)ituations    53．(c)ontrol    54．(d)octor    55．(m)edicine    56．(w)eak

【导语】本文主要讲述了动物权利官员、动物护理助理、动物医生在保护动物方面应如何去做。
50．句意：如果你对这些问题回答“是”，你可能会考虑从事动物护理工作。根据“An animal...is also called a “vet”.”以及首字母可知，此处是指一种工作，job“工作”，名词；又因空前有冠词“a”，其后跟名词单数形式。故填(j)ob。
51．句意：动物权利官员确保人们正确对待动物。根据“They visit homes, places where animals are bought and sold, zoos and animal hospitals...Sometimes an animal rights officer will appear in court(法庭) to protect the rights of an animal.”和首字母可知，此处是在描述如何正确的对待动物，空处需用副词形式properly“正确地”修饰动词。故填(p)roperly。
52．句意：有时，它涉及到让动物脱离危险的情况。根据“For example, it’s not always easy to get a cat down from a tree. Other times, animal care assistants must take a sick animal to the hospital for treatment.”和首字母可知，此处是指动物危险的情况。situation“情况”，名词。危险的情况不止一种，需用复数形式。故填(s)ituations。
53．句意：他们害怕，很难抓住或控制。根据“They are afraid and difficult to catch or...”和首字母可知，此处是指很难控制。control“控制”，动词；此处连词“or”连接两个动词原形。故填(c)ontrol。
54．句意：动物医生也被称为“兽医”。根据“is also called a “vet”.”以及“Some vets work for zoos or animals hospitals to make some sick tigers,”可知，此处是指动物医生。doctor“医生”，名词。故填(d)octor。
55．句意：他们还决定患病动物可能需要何种药物。根据“a sick animal may need.”和首字母可知。生病的动物需要的是药物。medicine“药物”，名词。故填(m)edicine。
56．句意：如果动物体重太轻或看起来很虚弱，兽医可以使用喂食管来确保它从食物中获得足够的营养。根据“a vet may use a feeding tube to make sure it gets enough nutrition from food.”和首字母可知，此处weak“虚弱的”，形容词符合语境，look后跟形容词作表语。故填(w)eak。
57．(p)rovide    58．(S)ometimes    59．(l)egs    60．(e)fforts    61．(c)reate    62．(n)eeds    63．(h)appy

【导语】本文主要介绍了“雪之梦”乘务组为北京冬奥会所做的准备。
57．句意：在冬奥会期间，这些机组人员将为往返于北京、延庆和崇礼的旅客提供服务。根据“these crew members will ... services to passengers”及首字母可知，此处指提供服务，provide“服务”，will后跟动词原形。故填provide。
58．句意：有时甚至还有夜课。根据“The classes ran from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. .... there were even night classes.”可知，夜课不是常有，结合首字母可知，应是有时有，sometimes“有时”，故填(S)ometimes。
59．句意：他们把一张纸放在两腿之间练习站立姿势。根据“to practise standing posture”可知，练习站姿，所以应是把纸放在两腿之间，leg“腿”，their后跟复数名词，故填(l)egs。
60．句意：一切努力都是为了提供最好的服务。根据“For example, they held a chopstick in their .... When passengers ask questions about the Olympics, they need to give accurate information. ”可知，此处是介绍他们所做的训练，结合首字母可知，此处指训练时付出的努力，effort“努力”，all后跟可数名词复数。故填(e)fforts。
61．句意：我们的宗旨是营造冬季奥运会的氛围。根据“Our purpose is to ... an atmosphere (氛围) ”可知，此处指创造一种氛围，create“创造”，to后跟动词原形构成不定式。故填(c)reate。
62．句意：为了满足人们的需求，“雪之梦”团队做了一个六步练习。根据“They wonder how to deal with it.”和“To meet people’s... ”及首字母可知，此处指为了满足人们的需求，need“需求”， meet people’s needs“满足人们的需求”。故填(n)eeds。
63．句意：希望我们良好的服务能让您的旅途愉快、温馨。根据“our good service can make their trips .... and warm.”及首字母可知，此处指提供好的服务是为了使旅客旅途愉快，happy“快乐的”，形容词作宾语补足语。故填(h)appy。
64．(f)amous    65．(e)astern    66．(c)ompleted    67．(a)ncient    68．(i)mportance##(i)nfluence    69．(i)deas    70．(d)irection

【导语】本文主要介绍了北京中轴线的一些相关信息。
64．句意：这些著名的地标都位于中轴线上。根据“The Forbidden City? Tian’anmen Square? The Temple of Heaven?”可知，这些地标都是很出名的，famous“著名的”，形容词作定语修饰“landmarks”。故填(f)amous。
65．句意：中轴线是指将北京的东边和西边分开的线。根据“the e... and western parts of Beijing”可知，此处指北京的东边和西边，eastern“东边”。故填(e)astern。
66．句意：它的建筑始于元朝（1271-1368），建成于清朝。根据“Its building started in the Yuan Dynasty”可知，建筑在元朝开始建，下文应该指到清朝才建成，“complete”“完成”，因句子描述的事情是过去的，时态应用一般过去时。故填(c)ompleted。
67．句意：在古代，它巧妙地划分宫殿、寺庙、集市和街道。根据“in a... times”可知，此处应该指古代，ancient“远古的”，形容词作定语修饰“times”。故填(a)ncient。
68．句意：这强调皇权的重要性/影响，因为皇家宫殿处于中央位置。根据“ This stressed the i... of imperial power (皇权), as the royal palace would be in the central spot.”可知，皇家宫殿处于中央位置，体现出古代皇权的重要或影响力，“importance”“重要性”或influence“影响”。故填(i)mportance/(i)nfluence。
69．句意：中轴线也显示了中国传统的思想，比如天人合一和遵循秩序。根据“like harmony between man and nature (天人合一) and following order”可知，这是中国传统的思想，idea“想法，概念”，因中国传统思想有很多，空处应用复数形式。故填(i)deas。
70．句意：它的轴向是从南到北，跟经线的方向是一样的。根据“It runs from the south to the north”可知，此处描述中轴线的方向，direction“方向，位置”。故填(d)irection。