1、首字母填空和完形填空专项练习.首字母填空 Passage 1Do you want to be eye-to-eye with three of the most amazing Arctic(北极的) animals in the animal world ?If so, you could v _1_ one of the Sea World parks across the US.The Sea World parks have a program that o _2_ a chance for visitors to get very close to many large and d
2、angerous animals. During a t _3 , tourists learn all about these animals and visit the animals in their habitats.A tour begins at the walrus exhibit(海象馆), where visitors get a c _4_ to feed a walrus by hand. Next, tourists get an inside look at the polar bear exhibit. These are the: dry” parts of th
3、e tour. Then, its t _5 to get into the cold water with a beluga whale(白鲸)！The water temperature in the beluga area is very l _6_ , so tourists wear wetsuits(潜水服) to keep warm. In the shallow(浅的) water, youll come face-to-face with the b _7_ white whales. Belugas weigh up to 2500 pounds (1,135kg) and
4、 measure up to 14 feet (4 meters) l _8_ . Sea World trainers teach you how to use your hands to c _9_ with the animals. You will also be able to touch and f _10_ the whales.Passage 2Lang Lang b 1_ to play the piano at 3. At the age of 5, he won first place in a piano competition of his hometown of S
5、henyang. People thought he was a genius(天才). From that moment on, p 2_ the piano became the dream of Lang and his parents.To get c 3_ to his dream, when Lang was 9, he and his fatter went to Beijing to study piano. His father even quit his job. But, i 4_ of the praise he had received at home, little
6、 Lang experienced the hardest time in his life.“Six months later, the teacher didnt think I played well and kicked me out of the class, It completely crushed(粉碎) my piano dreams,” Lang once said in an i _5_ . Langs father was shocked and very angry. He told Lang e _6_ to go back to Shenyang or commi
7、t suicide(自杀). Lang was so hurt that he hit the wall. He hated piano!L _7_ _ , another teacher noticed Langs sadness and encouraged him. Lang gradually found his passion(热情) and again felt new confidence about his piano playing, When he was 17, Lang became famous a _8 he played in a great concert in
8、 Chicago, US.Now, 28-year-old Lang is k _9_ all over the world for his great performances. He played at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He was also o 10_ of Time magazines 100 Most influential(有影响力的) People in the World in 2009.Passage 3来源:学优高考网 gkstkTHE Year of the Rabbit will begin on F _1_ 3rd. We
9、Chinese use 12 different animals to s _2_ for the order of our birth years. Some say the 12 animals were totems（图腾）of ancient tribes(部落). O_3_ thought people chose the 12 animals from their daily habits. The rabbit is a symbol for mercy(仁慈), elegance(优雅) and a love of beauty. People b 4_ in the Year
10、 of the Rabbit are kind and quick-minded. A 5_ they are sometimes shy, they have a s _6_ mind and will pursue(追求) their dreams all their lives.Rabbit people are talented and like artistic a_7 , such as music and painting. They are so friendly and well organized(组织能力良好的) that they can b 8 great teach
11、ers.There are some f _9_ people who were born in the Year of the Rabbit. For example, actress US Angelina Jolie and England soccer star David Beckham. In China, famous d 10_ Zhang Yimou and kungfu star Jet Li are rabbits, too.Passage 4 Winter heating fuelsThe most common sources for winter heating a
12、re natural gas, coal and e _1_ .Natural gas burns relatively(相对的) clean. Burning it produces CO2 and water. Too m _2 CO2 causes global warming, but the pollution natural gas causes is only 1/800 of t 3_ caused by burning coal.In developed c _4_ , natural gas is one of the major energy sources used f
13、or heating. But Chinas heating systems still heavily d _5_ on coal. Burning coal causes serious pollution. The pollutants include CO2 and sulfur dioxide(二氧化碳). Eighty percent of Chinas CO2 emissions(排放) come from burning coal. Sulfur dioxide c 6_ acid rain(酸雨), which damages forests, lake, and build
14、ings. It can also harm peoples health.Another common source of energy used for heating is electricity. The use of electricity itself does not cause pollution. But, if the electricity c _7 from coal-powered power plants, there are still serious pollution problems.Many countries a _8_ the world are lo
15、oking to new clean energies for heating, s _9_ as solar energy(太阳能) and geothermal(地热) energy. Solar energy can be changed into clean electricity. Geothermal energy is natural heat energy inside the Earth. It can be directly u _10_ for heating.Passage 5 Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my
16、 mother, we met a s _ 1 _ old man. It was raining hard and we had no u_ 2_. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was c 3_ a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a p_4 _.He had f_ 5 _his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fare (出租汽车费) to go back home. My mot
17、her didnt b_ 6 _ what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didnt get into a taxi. We f_ _ 7_ him and found he went into a pub (小酒店 ) and bought h_ _8 _ a glass of whiskey (威士忌) with the pound. After he d_ 9_it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbr
18、ellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he s_ 10 _ it again.Passage 6One afternoon Bob and Jane were walking along a quiet street when they h 1 a big noise from the street corner. They ran there and found that a small car had k 2 into the side of a truck. Both the car driver and
19、the truck driver were hurt.“Bob,” said Jane, “run back down the road to Mrs Days house. Ask her to call the p 3 and the ambulance(救护车). H 4 up. Ill stay here.”Bob went off as fast as he c 5 There was nothing Jane could do b 6 wait. She knew that when people were hurt in an accident，they shouldnt be
20、m 7 .It wasnt l 8 before the police car and the ambulance arrived. The policemen got the car door open and moved the man out. Then they got the truck driver o 9 .Luckily，the men werent badly hurt，but they were b 10 taken to hospital. The policemen thanked Bob and Jane. “You were very good to act so
21、quickly when you saw the accident. Thank you for all your help.”Passage 7Perhaps more than any other people, Americans have come to d 1 on their cars. The family car has been a c 2 thing since the early t 3 century, and it has c 4 _ American life. Many people have moved outside of the large cities t
22、o the suburbs. Some Americans spend two hours a day or m 5 in their cars g 6 to work and home again. Cars have become the means of transportation for most Americans going shopping, and even going on vacations.Americans used to like b 7 cars, and gasoline used to be very inexpensive. Recently, howeve
23、r, the c 8 of gasoline has increased, smaller cars have become more common. Also f_9 cars have become very common. Americans have bought large numbers of Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars from several other c 10 as well.Passage 8The 83rd Academy Awards(奥斯卡金像奖)，the biggest awards in the
24、 movie industry, were h 1 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on February 27. This year, Oscar producers wanted to attract more young audiences, so they i 2 popular young actor and actress James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host the show. There were not m_3_ surprises this year. For e 4 , Natalie Por
25、tman got the best Actress award for her performance in Black Swam(黑天鹅)The British movie The Kings Speech (国王的演讲) was the biggest w_5_ . It won four major Oscars that evening. They i 6 the prizes for best picture, best actor , best director and best original screenplay. The Kings Speech, which is bas
26、ed on real-life events, is an encouraging film. It tells the story of Prince Albert , who later becomes the King of England. The prince is afraid of s 7 in public. W 8 the support of his wife and the help of a doctor he overcomes the p 9 and becomes a good p 10 speaker. Passage 9All big cities are q
27、uite s 1 . Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in an American city. The same cannot be said about living on the farm, however.In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States,h _ 2 , each farm family lives on its own f
28、ields, often beyond the sight of any n 3 _ . Instead of traveling from a village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay on their land throughout the week. They travel to the nearest town on Saturday for shopping or on Sundays for c 4 .The children ride on buses to large schools which ser
29、ve all of the farm families living in the area. In some areas, there are small schools s 5 a few farm families, and the children walk to school.Of course, life k 6 changing for everyone, i 7 farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, and television sets. And of course there are m 8 machines
30、for farming. All of these have changed farm life.For many years, however, farming in America was often a l 9 way of living. Farmers had to deal with their own problems, i 10 of getting help from others. They learned to try new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.Pas
31、sage 10On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the i 1 they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots c 2 the computers screens. At the same moment, they stopped their work to c 3 some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out t
32、hat most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses.It is said that the computer viruses were m 4 by a group of young men like playing tricks. They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to s
33、 5 their intelligence. This kind of computer viruses is named Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time c_6_ they will attack the computers by lowering the functions, damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.We now come to
34、know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on F 7 and they are spreading to a lot of computers. A 8 the countries that suffered computer viruses are Britain, Switzerland, the US and some o 9 countries. But till now how to get rid of the terrible viruses r _10 a problem.Passage 11A teacher fr
35、om a western country visited a school in an e 1 country. In one class, she watched sixty children as they learned to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big on the backboard, and sixty children c 2 _ it on their papers. The teacher drew a small on the top of the first and then put two on top of it. The c
36、hildren drew in the same way. The lesson went on u 3 there were s_4 cats in the classroom. Each students cat looked exactly like the one on the board.The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was s 5 . The teaching methods were very much different from the way of teaching in her country. A childre
37、ns art lesson in her own country produced a roomful of pictures, each one is quite different from the o 6 .Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language.In countries, such as the United States or Canada
38、, students are asked to work by themselves and find a 7 themselves. The students are helped to learn to have their own i 8 . In countries such as China and Japan, students often work together and help each other in the classroom, but the teachers t 9 and the students listen. The students are asked t
39、o m 10 a lot. They have to learn the same textbook. They do the same homework and give the same answer.Passage 12He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He was black. He lived only thirty-nine years, but he became world-famous in that short time. He g 1 up in the southeastern part of t
40、he United States. He studied at Morehouse College where he met many outstanding men whose ideas he found important and exciting. There he read the writings of Thoreau, which gave him many ideas about freedom.After he graduated from Morehouse, he went o 2 to study at the University of Pennsylvania, H
41、arvard University, and Boston University. At Boston University, he met his wife, Coretta. In 1954, after he got his Ph.D.degree, he b 3 the minister of a small church in the south. There he became the leader of the b 4 people, who were poor and w 5 power. He gave s 6 and led marches(游行). For his ide
42、as and actions, he went to jail（监狱） for a short time.Many years later, in Washington, D.C., he spoke to a crowd of 250,000 people. He told them, “I have a d 7 .” That speech is still f 8 . In 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. His work was not finished when he d 9 on April 4, 1968. W 10 was he? He w
43、as Martin Luther King.Passage 13Dear Mr. Costa,Im sorry it has taken me so long to write. Ive been very busy with work and school, but Ivet 1 about you often.Howve you b_2_lately ? Did you have a good Christmas and New Y 3 ? Mac says youve been working hard at the restaurant and that business is ver
44、y good. What e 4 have you been doing?I had a short but good vacation. Mac and I went to Chicago for a few days b_5_Christmas, but I had to come back and work between Christmas and New Years (including Christmas Day and New Years Eve)! Every time something like that h 6 . I wonder if I really want to
45、 work in the hotel business.The other day I was thinking about the f 7 we used to have in our English class. I havent seen many of our classmates since the course was o_8_. In fact, the only one I see very often is Tomiko. Id really like to get in touch with Franco. Does he e 9 write to you? If so,
46、could you please s 10 me his address?Well, Mac and I are going skating and he is waiting for me, so I guess Id better say goodbye now. Write as soon as you can.Love,MariaPassage 14 Who is the happiest? IF life treats you well, you can say: “Im a h_1_ person.” But, do you dare (敢) say: “Im the happie
47、st person?”Well, Alvin Wong can, b_2_ he was just found to be the happiest man in the US.Gallup, an American company, d_3_ a national survey in the US every year to see who is happy and what m_4_ them happy. The survey has many questions to measure happiness, such as, “How many times do you laugh a
48、day?” and “How much money do you think is e_5_ for a good life?” The results of the latest survey c_6_ out on March 6. It s_7_ that Hawaii is the happiest state in the US. It also found that older people are happier than younger ones, and men are happier than w_8_. Based on the findings, the company has made a model of the happiest person in the US. Its a tall, Asian-American man, 65 or older. He lives in Hawaii, is married, has children, is religious (有宗教信仰的), runs a busines
