1、138 短文填空当堂达标题Test 1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，词首字母已给。Helen and Jenny are good friends. They had two tickets for a pop concert in Sydney. They were very excited about the concert. They decided which trains to c 1 , where to eat and where to go shopping in Sydney. Then they got some really e 2 news.
2、 A friend of Jennys said he could help them go backstage (后台), and he would ask the pop singers if the girls could come to say “Hello”. He was sure he could get them the singers autographs. Helen and Jenny could hardly wait! Then two days before the concert, Helen had a cold. She stayed in bed and t
3、ook medicine, but it got worse and worse. On the evening before the concert, she had a fever. Helens mother called Jenny. “Helen is too s 3 to go to the concert,” she said. “You can find someone else to go with.”The next day, Helen was feeling unhappy at home. Then she heard someone knocking at the
4、door. A v 4 came. It was her friend Jenny! She came with a big bag of fruit and lots of their favorite CDs.“I gave the tickets to Nancy and Tina in the end, and they went to the concert i 5 of us,” she said. “Well go to a 6 concert when youre well. It wouldnt be much fun without you.”Test 2根据短文内容，从方
5、框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。 amazed, but, by, believe, break, hold, leg, simple, small, whyAs my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He was surprised that these huge animals were being held (1) _only a small rope. The rope was tied (绑) to their front (2)_. No chains, no cages. It
6、was clear that the elephants could break away from their bonds (束缚) at any time, but for some reason, they did not. 2My friends saw a trainer nearby and asked (3) _these elephants just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much (4)_, we
7、 use the same size rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to (5)_them. As they grow up, they are trained to (6) _that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to (7) _free.” My friend was (8) _. These animals could at any time break free from their b
8、onds, (9) _because they believed they couldnt, they were kept right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life in the belief that (相信) we cannot do something, (10) _because we failed in doing it once before? Failure is part of learning; so we should never give up the struggl
9、e in life.Test 3根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填写恰当的单词，使短文完整、连贯。 It seems that Americans are much happier to help strangers than Chinese. Once I walked on the street and tried to find my (1) w_ to my hotel. I stopped and (2) t_ out my map and began searching for the right way. Then a lady came to me with a friend
10、ly smile. I was wondering if I was in her way. The lady asked, “Do you need any help? I can (3) s_ you the way.” I was very surprised. In China, most people wont give you a hand (4) u_ you ask. I said (5) y _to her. She carefully explained the direction to me. I was deeply moved by her warm attitude
11、. After experiencing (6) s _many things like that in the US, I thought about the situation in China. My teacher in China told me that several years ago he traveled to (7) a_ city by himself. After a whole days hard work at a factory, he (8) b_ a pancake at a stall (摊位). But he later found out that i
12、t 3had gone bad. Since then, he has been very (9) c_ to buy food at the little stalls. Chinese people are more vigilant (警惕的) to strangers because they are (10) a_ to get hurt. But many American people believe that if you love others first, you will be loved. I think we should learn from this attitu
13、de. Test 4根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。because, difficult, good, home, hurt, how, learn, live, successful, untilNirmala Toppo, a 14-year-old from India, can talk to elephants! And she has saved the city of Rourkela in India with this ability (能力). One day, 12 wild elephants ran into Rourkela
14、 from a nearby forest. They were very huge. Local people tried their (1) _to drive the elephants into a gym. But they didnt know (2)_to drive them back to the forest. “It was a (3) _task. The elephants became violent (暴力的) and started to destroy the gym area,” a local forest official told the BBC. T
15、hen they thought of Nirmala Toppo, a tribal (部落的 ) girl who (4) _in the neighboring state of Jharkhand. She is famous for being able to talk to elephants. She has (5) _driven back elephants many times before in her hometown. When Toppo arrived, she came close to the elephants. She wasnt afraid at al
16、l. “I told them the gym was not their (6) _. They should return where they belong. They understood what I said,” said Toppo. The elephants started to leave the gym. Toppo walked many miles with them (7) _they arrived back at the forest. Her feet were badly (8) _because of the long distance. How did
17、she learn to talk to elephants? Toppo said she (9) _that after a few elephants killed her mother. But others think thats (10) _ tribal people have lived with wild animals for so many years, and they know how to deal with them. 4参考答案：Test 11. catch 2. exciting 3. sick 4. visitor 5. instead 6. another
18、Test 21. by 2. legs 3. why 4. smaller 5. hold 6. believe 7. break 8. amazed 9. but 10. simplyTest 31. way 2. took 3. show 4. unless 5.yes 6. so 7. another 8. bought 9. careful 10. afraidTest 41. best 2. how 3. difficult 4. lives 5. successfully 6. home 7. until 8. hurt9. learned / learnt 10. because
