1、第 1 页选词填空 3before, discover , fast, in, come, watch , so, fast it, ago , shine, not can Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . _ than that of sound. 2. _ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this diff
2、erence by 3. _ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter(发令员 ), you can see smoke 4._ from his gun 5._ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. _ far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to
3、 travel to you four years 7. _ at a speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonights started on 8. _ journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest(诚实), we 9. _ say , “ The stars are shining brightly tonight.“ We have to say, “ The stars
4、 look nice. They were 10. _ four years ago but their light has just reached our earth. “选词填空 4other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friend 第 2 页You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._
5、 stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2._, but it is not 3. _ for most plants.The animals are 4. _ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. _ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use
6、the camels(骆驼) for 6. _ things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. _ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and mov
7、e to 8. _ place. The desert people are very 9. _. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10._ and give them food and water.选词填空 5how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, goodThe world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. _ are so inter
8、esting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All 第 3 页around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2._ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 _ hours and hours studying birds? A b
9、usinessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. _ kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and field
10、s. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. _ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. _ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7._ you many other inter
11、esting things, but the 8. _ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9._ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10._ to people who look and listen carefully.选词填空 6two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, China第 4 页Mr Hill arrive
12、s at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. _. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2._ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. _.An officer looks at the 4. _for a moment, and says，“Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shant keep
13、 you long.“ With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5._, and says: “I know that face.“ The second officer looks at the 6. _ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7._ officer smiles and says: “An Englishman with a beard stole a
14、 painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man.“8._ it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: “Did you9. _ at the No.2. High School?“ When Mr Hill answers, 10. _, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: “I thought so. Im Jack Smith. You
15、 taught me French. You havent changed a bit.“选词填空 7Invent; ask; how; so; much; be; interest; play; safe; thank; Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ . When he was a 第 5 页child, he was always 2._ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3._ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school
16、 for only three months. His teacher didnt understand why he had 4._ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6._ a very good pu
17、pil. He learnt very fast and became very 7._ in science.One day , he saw a little boy 8._ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._. The boys father was so 10._ that he taught Edison to s
18、end messages by telegraph.选词填空 8as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why“Dreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,“ some scientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ time. People have several 2. _each night. Dreams are like
19、 short films. They 第 6 页are usually in colour. Some dreams are 3. _ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.Some people get new ideas 5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been
20、6. _ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimes we 7. _ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. _ from memory (记忆).Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. _ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind
21、is hard at work when we dream. That is 10. _ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.选词填空 9see, looked for, hunt , dog ,kill , wolf ,die, tear , remind , back , hunt , his, rememberMore than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the
22、Prince wanted to go 1. _ with his men. He told his 2. _ to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby 第 7 页was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws （前爪）o
23、n the Princes chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelerts jaws and head.“What have you done?“ the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. _his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.“So you have killed my son?“ the Prince s
24、aid angrily. “You unfaithful dog!“ He took out his sword（剑） and 4. _ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. _ , he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead 6. _. Then the Prince knew that Gel
25、ert had defended（保卫） the baby and killed the wolf.The Prince ran 7. _ into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. 8. _ ran down his face when he realized he had killed 9. _faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain
26、and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every 第 8 页morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dogs grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It 10. _people of a bra
27、ve and faithful dog.10 选词填空beautiful, same, classroom, deeply, friend, classmate, do, know, look, anything, because, successful My teachers thought I was the worst student. My family also had the 11 thought as my teachers. When I was going to give up my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to ou
28、r school. She was young, 12 and knowledgeable (知识渊博的).One day, I was sitting alone in my 13 , Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile away my unhappiness. “Do you think I can go to college?” I didnt 14_ why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. 15_ everyone
29、else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do 16_ you want. Just try, and youll get closer to success. I believe you are the best!”第 9 页I was touched 17_ by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on, we became good 18_. She often helped me with my study in her free time.In the end, I 19._ wel
30、l in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be 20._ in life.11【江西省2011】 （B）请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A,B,C,D 四个选项中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空白，并将答案写在答题卷的相应位置。每个词限用一次。 （每小题1分）so start easy badly some
31、one difficult if thank class reporter medical succeedProving Them Wrong!I m John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the first two years of high school, I found biology very 56 _. My report cards always said things like “must study harder“ or “John shouldnt choose science 57 _.“ It wa
32、s really terrible for 58_ who had always 第 10 页dreamed of becoming a doctor. I lost confidence, so I left high school x j at sixteen and 59_ working at a supermarket. One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein. According to the documentary, Einstein had done really 60_ at school. I began
33、to think that Einstein could 61 _, then I may have a chance, too. I didnt want to leave my job, 62 _I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years later, I went to a 63 _university.Ive often thought I should contact the 64 _ the Einstein documentaryand 65 _ him. As for the biology
34、teacher, I might contact her, too, one day - but not to thank her! 12【2011清远】. 短文填空共10小题，每小题1分，共10分阅读下面短文，从所给的12个词或词组中选出10个词或词组，并用其适当形式填空，请将答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。mean, take, wash, look at, on, slow, clean, while, when, you, boy, childBob lived in a small town. Later, he got a job in a big city so he had to move there with his wife and two _ 71_.
