中考英语首字母填空讲解及练习
首字母填空讲解
如何做好首字母填空题
考查重点是名词、动词、形容词、副词和代词这几大词类。
?首字母填空特点及中考趋势：
1)首字母填空题答题时要求既要使所填的词在语法和语义上正确，又要使其符合短文
内容与情景的需要，所给出的词首字母同时起着提示和限定的作用。它不仅考查学
生在词汇、语法等方面的基础知识，还考察理解、推导、分析等综合能力。
2)从近几年的考题来看，短文填空题所考查的单词涉及的词性范围较广，几乎涉及到
了十大词类；文中所涉及的语言知识面较宽，学生需运用已学过的词法、句法及常
用词组、短语、惯用法等知识进行具体分析后再答题，有一定的难度。文章短小、
精致，字数通常在100～150之间。短文的体裁不一，有记叙文、说明文、议论文等。
短文题材丰富，内容通俗易懂，与现代生活紧密相关，如：英国人分期付款购房；
度假回来的路上买家具的小故事；食物对不同年龄段的人的不同影响；被驯化的动
物可以为人们做事情等，可读性、趣味性强，符合初中生的认知特点。
?首字母填空的解题方法和技巧：
短文填空题失分率较高，其原因也是较多的。有些同学或急于求成，或过于自信，或为节省时间，在未通读完全文时便匆匆答题。殊不知这样做会适得其反，达不到良好的效果。因此，了解和掌握正确的解题方法和技巧是十分必要的。
◆通读全文，了解大意
短文中虽有一些词未知，但不影响对文章主要内容的理解。在初步阅读中，可以跳过空格，尽量捕捉文章所提供的内容信息，以及语法结构方面的提示，有助于下一步的分析与判断。
◆再读全文，理清脉络
通读全文、掌握大意后，还应逐字逐句地仔细阅读，从文意中找出句与文、句与句、词与句、词与词之间的关系，尤其是一些不易察觉的、隐含的微妙关系，用已知信息去获取未知信息，以便初步确定答案。在答题过程中，同学们可以把有把握的词先填好，逐步减少空格对阅读造成的障碍，然后再仔细推敲剩下的难题。
◆仔细推敲，确保准确
词义判断正确了不等于答题正确，同学们还应从词法、句法、惯用法等方面考虑答案的准确性。有的学生经过思考确定了一个意思正确的词作为答案，但忽略了从语法角度再进行验证，因而出现了一些与时态、人称等有关的词形变化的错误。如果填的词是名词，首先要考虑到单、复数的问题；如果是动词，要考虑应使用什么时态和语态。
◆注意：填入的词既能使句意通顺，又能做到语法、用词搭配的正确。如bought易误答
成buy；lights易误答成light；reaches易误答成reach; heavier易误答成heavy等。因此，在初步确定答案后，一定还要反复考虑，仔细推敲，确保用词准确
◆复读全文，全面检查
答题完毕后复读全文，进行核查是必不可少的。做完题后，一定要认真检查，尽量减少粗心所致的笔误或拼写错误，对有疑问的地方，更要根据文章的内容、上下文的语法结构、逻辑发展进行反复斟酌，这样才能尽量避免失分。
专项题型解析：
例题解析：
Dogs are good pets. They are very f 1 to people and also very beautiful. Most dogs get on very well with c 2 and their parents. Others are good watch-dogs because they cry loudly when a s 3 arrives.
When you buy a dog, an important thing to think about is its s 4 ——buy a small dog if your home is small and a bigger one if y 5 is larger. Many people don’t know how much to feed their dogs. Dogs eat a 6 anything! They like meat, rice and lots of other things. You can buy lots of food m 7 for dogs in shops. Don’t let your dogs eat too much. F eed it only once a day. Always l 8 water for your dog. It can get thirsty very quickly, especially in s 9 .
Remember that dogs need e 10 . You should take it for a walk every day. Don’t keep your dog inside all day.
答案及简析
1. friendly. 人们之所以把狗作为宠物来养，主要是因为它们比较通人性，且对人很友好，能给人们带来欢乐。根据“be very f 1 to people”来分析，此空应填一个形容词，表明狗对人的态度。friend是名词，friendly是形容词，故friendly是正确答案。
2. children. 宠物狗自然是在家中养，它们除了听主人的话以外，与家中的小主人即孩子也是好朋友。由于是指大多数家庭的情况，并受their一词的提示，此处应填“孩子”的复数形式，即children。
3. stranger. 狗的天性是护家。文中的watch-dogs意为“看家狗”，专门指有生人来时发出叫喊的狗。“生人”在英文中即为stranger。
4. size. 这个空略微有点难。一是size一词平时用得较少，二是一般家庭都养小型犬，供狗活动的空间一般不成问题，因此，对狗的体积问题考虑的较少。从后面的句子来看，此处是在谈狗的体积的问题——“如果你的家小，就买一只小狗；如果你的家大，就买一只大狗。”
5. yours. 这是一个名词性物主代词，代替上半句的your home。此句完整的说法应是buy a small dog if your home is small and buy a bigger one if your home is larger. 为避免词的重复使用，在英文句子中常用名词性物主代词代替前面的那个名词。
本文最突出的一个特点就是决大多数需填词的后面都有一句或两句话的内容是对所填词的内容进行补充说明的。因此，在做这种类型的题时，一定要注意分析上下文的内容，进行推理和归纳，正确的理解句意，最后决定出最佳的词及其正确形式。
巩固练习：
There was an old man who loved money very much. He n 1 gave anything to anybody. After some years he became r 2 .
One day he was walking near the river with his friends when he fell into the river. His friends ran to help him. One of them held out his hand and cried, “Give me your hand, and I’ll p 3 you out！”The rich m 4 head went down the water a 5 then came up again, but he did not g 6 his hand to his friend. Again another of his friends tried, but again the s 7 thing happened.
Then a 8 friend, Nasreddin, said, “Take my hand and I’ll pull you out!” The rich man took his hand and Nasreddin pulled him out of the water.
“You don’t know your friend very w 9 .” Nasreddin said to the others. “When you say ‘Give！’ to him, he d 10 nothing, but when you say ‘Take！’ he always takes.”
?答案与简析：
守财奴闹出了笑话。文中谈了一次救人的过程，解题时要根据当时的情况特别注意
“give”和“take”的妙用。
1. never. 因为love money,所以他决不会“给予”。never意为“从不”。
2. rich. rich是形容词，作表语。由于从不施舍，几年后他就富有了。
3. pull. pull...out意为“把……拉出来”。
4. man’s. head 为名词，要选用man的所有格形式。
5. and. and then...意为“后来又……”。and起并列作用。
6. give. give...to...意为“把……给……”。
7. same. 句意为：又发生了同样的情况。
8. another. another表示不定指的“又一个，另一个”。
9. well. well为副词，know well意思是“很了解”。
10. does. 这句话是引述原话，故用一般现在时。do no thing表示“什么事都不干”。
例题解析
A
Do you know the word “brunch”? In the West, many people like to have brunch—late
(1)b________ or early lunch. People often have brunch (2) b_____ 10 a. m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday because they prefer to get up (3) l_____ after a week's hard work or want to enjoy brunch with their parents, or friends. That is a relaxing and interesting (4)w______ of eating for most families.
Today, brunch has become (5) p______ in big hotels. One can (6) e_____ ask for or cook it himself. To make it (7) l______ like both breakfast and lunch, people choose to have lots of dishes. You may often see the following (8) f______ on the table, meat, eggs, fruit, (9) v_______, orange juice, tea and bacon. Do you have brunch at (10) w_______? If not, why not try?
?答案与解析3：
这是一篇说明文，文章介绍了近年来在西方流行的brunch(早午餐)。brunch 一词是由breakfast 与lunch 中的字母br和unch 合在一起构成的。
1. breakfast, 由下句“early lunch” 和前面的对应词late 可知brunch 是比breakfast 要晚，而比lunch 要早。
2. between, 这里的between…and… 是固定搭配。
3. late, 根据句中的状语“on Sunday” 和“after a week's hard work”可知在周末由于人们都在家休息，所以起床会较完。
4. way, 对大部分家庭来说，这种brunch只是一种新的放松有趣的进餐方式。
5. popular, 目前在西方，brunch 已经成为一种时尚，越来越受到人们的欢迎。
6. either, 这是一个等立连词，either…or…，意思是”或者……或者……”。
7. look, 由于brunch介于breakfast 和lunch 之间，所以人们在做起brunch 来，既要像breakfast，又要像lunch。look like 的意思就是”看起来好像”。
8. food, 根据下面所列举的内容可知答案。
9. vegetables, 英语中，以字母v 开头的food 就是vegetables 了。
10.weekend, 根据文章的介绍，brunch 是在周末人们所享用的进餐方式。
巩固练习
Most people have f____ a kite or have seen one rise and dip in the strong spring wind. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China t______ of years ago. The a____ Chinese were making flying kites even before they were writing.
A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in the wars. They would fly these war kites in the d____. The kites were fixed so that they made strong sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strong sounds were m_____ by god in the sky. The ancient Chinese also flew kites to b____ good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings and hooks to the kites. Then they fly the kites o_____ water letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.
The Chinese use sticks, strings and paper for their kites. Some of the kites look like animals or trees. O___ look like birds or houses.
首字母填空训练：
(1)
At different times in a man's life his food has different effects (影响) on his body. Among children f 1 is quickly changed to the power(力量) to run and play games. Most of a young man's food is spent on growing t 2 ; We grow upwards only d 3 the first twenty years of our l 4 , not later. Working men get their strong bodies from their food; and if they work h 5 , they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and s 6 down a lot, and may begin to grow fat when s 7 quite young. Many older people t 8 to work much and walk often. P 9 the most difficult time is when a man r 10 sixty years of age. His body and mind b 11 restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to f 12 .
（1）1.food 2. tall 3. during 4. lives 5. hard 6. sit 7. still 8. try 9. Perhaps 10. reaches
11. become 12. fat
(2)
Bats(蝙蝠) are the only flying "animals" in the world. It is k 1 to all that they cannot see very well. "As b 2 as a bat" is often heard. Yet, they have no t 3 flying on the darkest nights and f 4 their way round very well. Why can bats fly and see at night? They fly b 5 "radar(雷达)". The bat's radar w 6 the same way as the radar on ships and planes. As a bat flies t 7 the air, it makes a sound. If the sounds hit t 8 , they will come back and the bat's ears will r 9 the message. In this way, the bat is a 10 to know where the things are. Bats go out for f 11 at night. In the daytime, they hang in some
d 12 places.
1.known
2. blind
3.trouble
4. finding
5.by
6.works
7. through 8.things 9. reaches 10. able 11. food 12. dark
（3）
Tennis is in its second life. Its first game b 1 in France. The name of the game comes
from the French word "tennez". The English men c 2 the game "tennis" when they watched the Frenchmen play 800 years ago.
The Englishmen liked the French game. Tennis courts were built in every park, in every city, just l 3 today. The two countries played a 4 each other. At first they played for honor. Then they w 5 money. Later people began cheating（欺骗）to get money. Three hundred years ago the game was forbidden（禁止）to stop the cheating. The game a 6 disappeared. Americans found the old courts when they went to Europe 100 years ago. They learned w 7 they could do about the game. They liked the game as the Englishmen had
b 8 . After returning home, the Americans built tennis courts. Tennis began to become
p 9 in all the United States. Now it is one of the most e 10 games in the world again.
1. began
2. called
3. like
4. against
5. won
6. almost
7. what
8. before
9. popular 10. exciting
(4)
There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy t 1 to make money in order to pay the high tuition(学费）for my brother and me. They h 2 say "I love you" or send f 3 to each other. Besides，my father has a bad temper(脾气). It is easy for him to lose his temper w 4 he's very tired from the hard work. I didn't know whether there was love between them u 5 one spring. At that time，my father suddenly got badly sick .My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very w 6 as if both of them had a serious illness.
After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. H 7 after two months my father still couldn't walk by h 8 . All of us were worried about him.
"Dad，how are you f 9 now?" I asked him one day.
"Susan, don't worry about me." he said I 10 a low voice. "I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life." Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.
Once I thought love m 11 flowers, presents and sweet kisses. But from this e 12 ,
I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. trying
2. hardly
3. flowers
4. when
5. until
6. weak
7. However 8. himself 9. feeling 10. in 11. meant 12. experience
(5)
A woman was eating in a restaurant. She asked the waiter to do many t 1 for her. Now she was g 2 the waiter a lot of trouble. F 3 , she asked the waiter to turn on the air conditioner because she f 4 too hot. Then she asked him to turn it o 5 because she was too cold. This went on and on for n 6 half an hour.
But the waiter was very kind and h 7 . He did everything the woman asked h 8 to do without getting angry. F 9 , someone else in the restaurant asked why the w 10 didn't just throw the woman out. "Oh, I don't care." The waiter said and smiling, "We don't even have an air conditioner."
1. things
2. giving
3. first
4. felt
5. off
6. nearly
7. helpful
8.him
9. finally 10. waiter
首字母填空练习：
Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can b_1_______ you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel, when a play on television can tell you the s__2_____ story with color, picture and action?
H__3______ , television has not killed reading. Today, newspapers and magazines sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, books are still a c__4______ way to get information and entertainment.
Some types of books should be in our homes. Every home should have a good dictionary. It might be expensive, but a good encyclopedia（百科全书）is useful , too, because you can find information on a__5______ subject. In addition, it is useful to have on your bookshelves other books such as history books, science texbooks, cook books, books a__6_____ medicine and health, etc. It is also important to have some storybooks or novels. Then you can r__7______ with a good story and have a rest quietly.
练习二：
More and more Japanese teenagers read novels on mobile phones（手机）, n___1____ on the paper.
The phone novels are usually written by first-time writers—usually in their tens or twenties. Several novels have been turned into real books. Love Sky, a story a____2____ a boy with cancer, has sold more than 1.3 million books and has been made into a f____3_____.
Many of the phone novels are influenced by comic(漫画) books because comic books are very popular in Japan. So phone novels are heavy in dialogue and have r____4____ short paragraphs. Large empty spaces between sentences are used to mean that the characters are thinking.
A mobile phone novel website, Maho i-Land which started several years ago, now has six million members and a million novels on the site.
However, some t____5_____ writers are angry about phone novels. They c____6____ that phone novels are short of scene(缺少情景) and character development.
Koichiro Tomioka, a professor at Kanto Gakuin University, said it was a new w____7____ for writers to become known.
He said, “It’s interesting. The problem is: can this new type of writer keep on writing books as a professional writer?”
练习三：
It’s ti me to go back to school and hit the books. The long lazy summer days are over and now we have another school year. So how can we make this year a w 1 one? The answer to that lies in our friends.
Friends play a big role in our lives. We want to share our thoughts and feelings, experience new things and create memories, and friends can help us do that.
Friends are there to listen to you and to share your
m 2 of joy and sadness. But most importantly friends are there to support(鼓励、支持)
you. Throughout middle school, I was the only foreign student in the school. It was difficult at times to deal with other students. A 3 I started my school year, I began to meet new classmates. I s 4 realized that it was good to have new friends. All of a sudden, I was crowded by a group of people who o 5 me support and gave me strength to face my difficulties.
The best part of having those new friends is the memories that we created. We shared many laughs and studied t 6 . We shared our experiences. At the end of each day, we would look back and smile realizing that we had made it t 7 another day.
Thanks to God, I have been very lucky in meeting my new friends. I realize now the importance of having friends and being part of a community(社会、社区). I would advise you to get to know as many friends as you can this year and to form a strong circle of friends that can support one anther.
练习四：
When you laugh, you will open your mouth and show your teeth. The healthier those teeth are, the h___1_____ you look. Why is that?
It’s because your teeth are important in many ways. If you take care of them, they’ll help to take care of you. Strong, healthy teeth help you eat the right food to help you g____2___. They also help you speak clearly.
You can take care of your teeth by doing like these:
Brush your teeth t_____3______ a day---after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after l___4_____ or after eating sweet cakes.
Brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend some time on the teeth along the sides and in the back.
Take your time while brushing. Spend at l_____5____ 3 minutes each time you brush.
Be sure your toothbrush is soft. Ask your parent to help you get a new toothbrush every three month.
Learn how to floss(用牙线清理) your teeth, which is a very important way to keep them healthy. It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you’ll be u___6______ to doing it. The floss gets rid of food that’s hidden between your teeth.
Brushing and flossing keep your teeth healthy. You also need to care about w___7__ you eat and drink. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of drinks.
练习五：
Most of you know this mathematical game, of course. You and your friend draw crosses and circles on a sheet of paper. You do it one after a 1 . The first pupil who gets three marks in a row w 2 . But do you know that you. can play this game another way and it will become m 3 interesting? You must try to make your friend win. If you get your three marks in. a row, you don't win - you l 4 !
It is more difficult to play this game the other way. The second pupil can always win (if he plays the r 5 way), but he may not win if the first pupil begins, with his mark in the center. Then, if the first pupil always takes a place on the other sides of his friend's mark, nobody will win.
If your friend does not know the s 6 which we have explained, you must play each time so a 7 to leave him the greatest number of ways to win. You may try a few games and you
will see how interesting it is to play the game this way.
练习六：
Many British people like to host foreign students because they really enjoy having someone from a different country living in their house and sharing part of their daily life. Students should try to fit in with the everyday life of the household. There may be some difficulties and misunderstandings- on either s 1 ____ - but these can usually be cleared up quickly if you do as following:
●In your room, you will find a comfortable bed and a table or desk for studying. You should
make your own bed and keep your room t 2 ____.
●Most homestay families have only one bathroom, so arrange tile most convenient t 3 to
take a bath. Always remember to leave the bath clean after use.
●If you want to use the kitchen y 4 , you'd better get your host's permission first. Don't
leave electric heaters or-lights switched on throughout the night or when you are out, a 5 ____ electricity is expensive.
●It is better to do Some small jobs such as washing the dishes or clearing the table after a meal.
British people may eat more potatoes than you are used to e 6 ___. Tell your host if you don't like them.
●If you b 7 ___anything, you should be honest to let your host know as soon as possible
and offer to pay for this.
●If you make good friends while you are here, your friendships could last a lifetime.
练习七：
Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy．It is very 1 d to find a better definition（定义）of friendship．A true friend does indeed find pleasure in our joy and share sadness. He or she is always at our side to 2 g us his or her help and comfort．A true friend can always be trusted，loved and respected．Friends help each other when they are in3 t ，and cheer each other up when they are sad．My friends will listen to me when I want to speak, will wipe my eyes when I cry, will take care of me when I am sick.
Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or 4 t good friends. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she won’t tell anyone else. The most important thing is that a friend always 5 u you. Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the 6 l it is kept, the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best choice, but when we have enough time to enjoy 7 o , it is also the most fragrant(芬芳的) drink. In conclusion，when you have made a good friend，don’t forget him or her. Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in our choice of a friend through the journey of life.
练习八：
Mr and Mrs Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past, in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr Williams made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good h 1__ while they went around and saw the s 2____ of that famous city.
They f 3_____ to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they
would have to go to bed hungry, because in the boarding-houses they had been used to in the past, n 4 ___ meals were served after seven o’clock in the evening. But they were s 5_____ when the clerk who received them in the hall of the hotel asked them whether they would be taking dinner there at night.
“Are you still serving dinner then?” asked Mrs Williams.
“Yes, certainly, madam,” answered the clerk. “We serve it until half-past nine”
“What are the t 6 ___ of meals then?” asked Mr Williams.
“Well, sir,” answered the clerk, “we serve breakfast from seven to half-past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half-past nine.”
“But that h 7 ____ leaves any time for us to see the sights of Rome!” said Mrs Williams in a disappointed voice.
难度较大
（一）
A teenage girl couldn't stand her parents' family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be f 1 . But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food in the street for a l 2 . Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to e 3 corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, " I still love you... , come back home !"
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and r 4 the words: I still love you... She cried.
When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked at the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother's b 5 . Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, "It's me! Your daughter is back home!" The mother and daughter held each other, full of happy tears (眼泪). The daughter asked, "Why is the door not l 6 ? A thief could get in." The mother answered s 7 , "The door has never been locked since you left. "
The door of parents' love for their children will never be closed.
（二）
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. O 1 people think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
On Sunday, May 24, 1998, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the elevator, it s 2 between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He started to s 3 , but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work u 4 Tuesday!
There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait till one of his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates had to s 5 for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came to work and found the elevator was not working. He got someone to fix it. When the elevator was o 6 , Mr. Coates
came out hungry, weak, and t 7 _.
（三）
Ask people to name a safe place and most will say "Home". But every year the British Government's survey shows that home can be a d 1 place. Last year 7 British citizens(公民) died while p 2 up their Christmas decorations (装饰). Over 1,600 needed m 3 help after falling off their chairs. And 70 people had fatal (致死的) a 4 while lying in bed. It is safe to say that n 5 activity is without danger.
Some of these accidents are just the risks (冒险) of modern living. We prefer to risk having a washing machine that might hurt us rather than be safe spending hours cleaning our clothes by
h 6 . But most fatal accidents are not the r 7 of mechanical (机械的) failure. The two most common are falling down the stairs and going to s 9 in the bath. This s that we are in a more dangerous situation when we feel s 10 .
四
International organizations are founded to h 1 the children. These p 2 children's lives were changed b 3 of Europe war at that time. Now, UNICEF works all over the world. It p 4 clean water, food and e 5 for children in many countries. It wants children to be h 6 and to go to school. It collects money by s 7 Christmas cards and organizing other activities. It helps governments and families to make the world a better place for children. All children should go to school i 8 of working to keep their families. They should be helped when they are in t 9 . They should a 10 be treated with kindness．
五
Someone says, "Time is money." But I think time is m 1 important than money. Why? Because when money is s 2 , we can get it back. H 3 , when time is gone, it'll never r 4 . That is why we mustn't w 5 time.
It goes without saying that time is u 6 limited (有限的). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s 7 useful.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i 8 of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p 9 . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 10 .
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn't l 11 today's work for tomorrow.
Remember we have no time to l 12 .
六
We have been in Australia for three days. We're having a g 1 time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. There is so much to see that it is i 2 for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big trees and beautiful flowers
a 3 the houses and they l 4 really beautiful. There are also some special a 5 in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.
During the past three days we've visited many places of i 6 around Sydney. I'd like to spend more time here. But we will f 7 to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds （珊瑚礁）tomorrow. It is said that words cannot d 8 the beauty of the colourful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are b 9 packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy o 10 in Cairns this time tomorrow, I'm looking forward to going there!
七
M: Would you please tell me what you were doing when the accident happened and what you saw?
W: Yes, I was d 1 home from work. It was about 5:15, and there was a blue car in front of me.
We were both driving along Harbor Road w 2 a small white Ford suddenly shot out of the side road. It shot right in front of the blue car. The driver tried to stop, but it was impossible. He r 3 into the white Ford.
M: What's the s 4 of the car in front of you when the accident happened?
W: You mean the blue car? Well, thirty miles an hour. Of course no m 5 than that.
M: And the white Ford shot out without any warning?
W: Yes, that's right.
M: How can you make s 6 that the blue car was only doing thirty?
W: Because I was only doing thirty, and the blue car wasn't going any f 7 than I was.
M: Are you sure of that? Absolutely positive（肯定）?
W: Yes, I a 8 . I'm positive.
M: How can you be so positive? Were you looking at your speed-metre when the accident happened?
W: Of course not. I was looking at the road ahead. That's how I managed to see the accident.
M: Well, if you were not looking at your speed-metre, how can you p 9 be sure how fast you were going?
W: Because I never go faster than 30 on that road, or it's a 10 law
八
The most important drink is water. Not many people understand this but it is quite t 1 . People can l 2 for a long time without food, but they will die if two or three days
w 3 water. In h 4 weather, many people do not drink e 5 water, because they don't know how much water they n 6 . After t 7 exercise, people need more water.
The water in the man's body is m 8 more than other matters(物质). We'd b 9 have enough water, or we may get ill.
Water is n 10 to all the living things. "There will be no l 11 if there is no water."
So we must save water and don't w 12 water.
九
Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a t 1 student. In f 2 , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study w 3 much work. Here's how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a l 4 of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn't take all of your time. Don't forget to leave y 5 enough time for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk o 6 just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think o 7 about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen c 8 to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class m 9 less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can m it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to h 10 you with your studying. I believe you find many other ways besides these.
十
Life is not easy, so I'd like to say " When anything happens, believe in yourself."
When I was 14, I was too nervous to talk to anyone . My classmate often l 1 at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened. It changed my life. It was an English contest. My mother asked me to take part in it . What a t 2 idea! It meant I had to s 3 in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
"Come on , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to w 4 ." Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I c 5 the topic "Believe in yourself". I tried my best to remember all the speech and practice it o 6 100 times. W 7 my mother's great love, I did well in my contest. I could h 8 believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the c 9 from the teachers and students. Those classmates who
o 10 looked down on me, now all said "Congratulations!" to me. My mother hugged me and cried e 11 .
S 12 then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
十一
It seems to us that the earth stand quite still (静止的). But it is really m 1 all the time. It turns around a make-believe(虚假的) line t 2 its center. We call this make-believe line the earth's axis (地轴). The two e 3 of the earth's axis are called its poles (极). The earth travels twenty-four hours around its axis o 4 .
We look at the sun and say it "travels" a 5 the sky, but the sun doesn't really do
S 6 . The turning of the earth makes us f 7 as if the sun were moving across the sky. We can't see that the earth is moving because everything e 8 on the earth is turning with us. As the earth turns around every twenty-four hours, first one half f 9 the sun and then the other half. When our half of the earth is facing the sun, we say it is "day". When our half is
a 10 from the sun, we say it is "night". It is the turning of the earth that tells us when to go to bed and when to get up.
十二
When this story happened , they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the c 1 . It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little d 2 , because they had to work below where workmen were working. Often these workmen d 3 something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the t 4 shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did s 5 , a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut o 6 one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground s 7 ." Jeff looked everywhere for the m 8 ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and c 9 it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette
b 10 it."