英语专题练习----短文填空(10篇)
Passage 1
Here’s a story about Ming’s on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1
in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on l 2 ,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact（实际上）,he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f 3 ,he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v 4 him.
Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants(鸬鹚) do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the bird’s
n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b 7 the fish to people. And then people reward（奖励）them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f 8 . Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 .
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Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful（熟练的）things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员）always g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. The scientists say that many d 5 animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f 6 doing that.
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A kite—board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holand and as e 5 as the last century. Since the board was hard to control（控制）,f 6 people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design（设计）of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 .How to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50
kilometres an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d better not play it. It is not s 9 .
It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 , but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷）.
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British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓）with milk and won a National Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖）.
Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops. “It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.
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Passage 5
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This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 . He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 . That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕）for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.
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April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2 . If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l 3 , too, and he will never be angry with you.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5 .
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner.
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Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldn’t do some r . So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）person were glad to make f with him.
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It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “Your books are all dull（乏味的）,” said the girl, “I want a d one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”
Passage 8
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f off the horse and died. When the king h of this, he got angry and sent his men to c Effendi at once.
W Effendi came, the king shouted a ,”Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”
Effendi l at the king and answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days e than you.”
The king was a that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l him go.
Passage 9
Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i .When he was driving along recently, he saw two thieves r out of a
shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, drove his bus into the b
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of it. While the car was moving away, stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged（损坏）and e to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c .
Passage 10
Now, let’s begin our sports report. Here’s a really good game, the b one I have seen this year. It’s the last five minutes of the g .Henry plays football f . He has the ball now. He p the ball to David. David k it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he’s too far a . and still have one goal each and there are only two m left of the game. Just then an English p gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e the English team w .
答 案 Passage 1
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Passage 2
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Passage 3
won difficult carefully played early few learn fast safe body
Passage 4
usual suddenly thought decided pushed shouted everywhere reached lives opening
Passage 5
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to money visiting showed on worried where before pay sent
Passage 6
jokes day laughs thank rest life presents together December seen
Passage 7
busy reading center closed friends except someone/somebody another delicious took
Passage 8
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Passage 9 Passage 10
best game for passes kicks away minutes player 6 / 6
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