短文填空专项练习
2014B短文填空。 ( 每空2分，共16分)
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
If you read a clock, you can know the time of day. But how did the early people know about the time?
We cannot see or hear time. We know it only when it’s passing. We know it has passed only when something 78 . In the real world, changes never stop. Some changes happen only once 79 others happen again and again.
In early human history, people found that the changes of “light and darkness” seemed to 80 again and again. The sun rises in the east, producing 81 and goes down in the west, causing darkness. This “light and darkness” was the first “time” for the early humans. We now call it one day.
People also saw the sun rise in the sky, sometimes 82 but sometimes lower. They counted the days that passed from the sun’s highest position (位置) until it returned to that position. That was three hundred and sixty-five days. That’s just one year.
Early humans also noticed changes of the moon. 83 used the changing faces of the moon to tell time. The moon was “full” when its face was bright and
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round. The early humans counted how many times the sun appeared 84 full moons. They learned that this number always remained the same ---about twenty-nine. Twenty-nine suns equaled (等于) one moon. We now know this is one 85 .
In this way, we humans get the time of day, month, year and so on.
2014A短文填空。 (每空2分，共16分)
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people … these acts of kindness seem very ___78___ . But students at James Middle School know that such small acts make the world a better place.
Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week __79__ March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness is her daily life. “I believe the world is __80__ by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her surprise, Murray also __81__ great changes in her class.
Before that, she always needed to ask her ___82___ to push the chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those
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things by __83___. “The teachers have a lot of work,” said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza, __84__ student, gave out more praises (赞扬) to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, __85__ busy she is. She believes her acts could encourage others.
2013B短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
whenever disasters(灾难) happen, there are plenty of sad stories. But sometimes these stories have surprising endings. Once a hurricane(飓风) hit 78 Shirley and her parents lived. Their house seemed to be pulled down. They went out of the house quickly. 79 but Shirley noticed Doggy, her pet dog, go missing. At that moment, Shirley ‘s father got badly hurt when he tried to stop flying sticks 80 hitting Shirley. All her family were so busy taking care of her father and getting ready to move away that they had no time to look for doggy. When they set off a safer place 10 kilometers 81 from home, Doggy didn’t still show up. Shirley though she lost her Doggy forever. Several weeks later, Shirley looked at the photo of Doggy on the desk. How she missed him! It was raining heavily outside. Suddenly, she 82 a loud noise. She was sure it wasn’t the rain. It was a bark(狗叫声). She opened the door quickly and couldn’t believe her 83 . It was Doggy standing and barking in the rain. As soon as he saw Shirley, he ran to her. He looked all 84 and weak. How could he find the
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new house? Where had he been these days? It was a miracle(奇迹).
People usually say dogs and cats good at 85 their way home by their sense(感觉) of smell. But that doesn’t explain how Doggy came to the new house. “I wish he could talk,” said Shirley.
2012短文填空。(每空2分，共16分)
根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Whenever we see something new, we wish to write it down in one form or another. We will be happier if we share (分享) our experience with others. Then 78 can we write better travel stories? The following may be helpful.
Memory and notes
Don't believe your memory. You may have a good memory, 79 you cannot remember everything. You are seeing and hearing so much information while you're on a trip. When you return to write about your travel stories, you may forget something. So you should make notes, take photographs, and if 80 , take videos. In this way, you can describe your travel and write it down 81 missing anything.
Photographs and your stories
Photographs are very useful for you to remember what you have seen. As
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you see the photographs, you can describe your experiences easily by remembering how you felt when you took 82 . When you are writing about your travel stories, make sure they are not too short as your reader may not get the full impression (印象) of them and make sure they are not so 83 that the reader
may get bored.
Popular factors (因素)
Make sure your stories have popular factors and the reader will find your travel stories not only pleasant to 84 , but useful as well. Popular factors are food to eat, places to stay and the things to look out for while 85 . They should also include what you've found useful and the things you miss so much.
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