备战2021年中考英语专题复习——选词填空 1（真题）

从下面方框中选出10个单词，将其正确形式填入短文，使短文意思正确通顺(每词限用一次）

    A man walking through an elephant camp was surprised to find that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or held by chains. All that was holding them back from running away from the camp was a small piece of rope— it was just  to one of their legs.

    As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn't understand it. Why didn't the elephants just use their power to break the rope and run away?

    Wanting to know the , he asked a trainer nearby why it was so.

    "When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size of rope to tie them, and at that age, it was enough  them. As they grew up, they still believed that they couldn't break away. Even now, they believe the rope can still control them, so they have the  courage to try to break free, "the trainer answered.

    The man was . These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted, but it was only because over time, they believed that it was just .

    How many of us go through life like the elephants—believing that it was beyond (超越) our  to do something only because we failed once or some times before?

    Failure is part of . If we fail at something, we can still get something from it. Failure in the past doesn't mean we can never  in the future. We should keep on trying with confidence  even after we have experienced failures in life.

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

    Friendship and kindness go hand in hand. A friendship can forever when friends are kind to each other. People  become friends because they have something in common. They share many of the same and like to be together.  It is easy to be a friend when everything is going great, but a true friend is one who sticks around in both the  times and the bad. A good friend will cheer you up when you are  a bad day. Show a friend you care. Ask the other person, "What can I do to help you?" and be willing to do it. Listen to your friends. Be honest. Tell what is wrong if they have hurt you. Send a card, give them a little , or call them on the phone just to say" I value our friendship”.  whenever and wherever you can. Good friendships are not easy to develop, but a friendship can last forever  you are loyal and sincere.

    If you are a friend to , they will usually be a friend to you. Friends make life better.

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺完整。（每词限用一次）

    In January 2020, a virus we now call COVID-19 broke out. This virus was highly infectious (易传染的). It made lots of people terribly and sometimes even killed them. At that moment, was put into lockdown (封锁) in Wuhan as if the stop button (按钮) was pressed across the city.

    Before the lockdown, my family went to my parents' hometown in Caidian, a suburb (郊区) of Wuhan. Life went on . All the villagers closed their doors and didn't go out. Soon, I began to worry my study. Our government and several companies made it possible for students to study at home. Through live streaming (直播课), we were able to learn all the subjects online. At first, I was afraid I couldn't keep up my studies the Internet was very slow in the countryside. Sometimes I had connecting to my online classes. This made me feel a little nervous. My parents often encouraged me and helped me a lot.

    Without my textbooks, I had to read and do exercises on a computer screen, which hurt my . Luckily, our teachers taught us to do eye exercises. They provided us with psychological guidance (心理辅导) as well.

    Gradually, life fell into a new routine (惯例). I studied online, went to bed and got up early. Every afternoon, I around the backyard for a while to keep healthy and strong. I wanted to be prepared for the entrance examination for high school.

    It was my birthday when Wuhan was to reopen. I was very happy to see stores selling hot dry noodles again. I think I'll remember this birthday forever.

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。一空一词，每个词限用一次。

    Chile (智利) is a long and beautiful country with ocean to the west and mountains to the east. Some of the villages are a very long way from  and some of the schools are very small.

    It is difficult for small schools to teach science  they don't have enough teachers or equipment (设备). This is where the Science Bus Project can help. The bus  special science teachers, new ideas and equipment to schools in different parts of the country. Sometimes the children go inside the bus for  science lessons or clubs. Sometimes the teachers  bring the equipment inside the classroom. The children do experiments (实验). The materials used in the experiments are  to find, for example recycled plastic bottles, so that the class teacher can  the experiments with the class when the bus has gone.

    The  of the Science Bus Project is to bring science to children all over Chile. Since 2012, the bus has visited lots of schools in Chile, and hundreds of teachers have learned how  their science classes fun and exciting.

    Science is  for all of us, as it helps us understand our world and we can learn about it inside or outside of the classroom.

从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺（每空一词，每词限用一次）。

    Once upon a time, there lived a wise man. Everyone looked up to him. His son, however, was very and did nothing all day.

    The wise man was worried his son's future. One day, he said to his son, “I want you to go to find some treasure.” Then he gave his son a bag. Inside the bag were clothes, some food, a little and a map.

    The son set out on his long journey the next day. He had to travel across forests, and mountains. Along the way, he met a lot of people. They him when he was in trouble. He also came across robbers (强盗). He saw the beauty of nature and experienced different kinds of weather.

    , after a long year, he reached the treasure's location. He spent two days for the treasure, but found nothing.

    Disappointed, he began to go back home. On his way back, he learned to hunt (打猎) and make meals. He had to fix his own clothes himself. He met the same people had helped him earlier. This time, he stayed and helped them.

    When he reached home, he said sorry to father for not finding the treasure. "There wasn't any treasure in the place, my son, I think you have found your life's true purpose." the father answered with a smile.

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从方框内所给11个动词中选择10个意义相符的词，必要时进行词形变化 (可添加助动词或者情态动词)，填入空白处。

    Parents are the first teachers of their children. Many people in Beijing return to school only because they have become parents. Ding Rong, a teacher from the Fourth Middle School of Beijing, said, "Many parent either love their children too much or behave badly to them. They little about home education and thus make mistakes." Because of this situation, parents' school are badly needed.

    "I to school next month, and it will help me treat my children in better way," said Xiao Chengjun, a 40-year-old woman worker. "I decided to do it when the question `Do you really know your child?"

    One pupil complained in a composition that his father always left so much smoke in the living room that he his homework there. Another wrote that his father often played mahjong (打麻将) at night while he . The noise always him up.

    "It's the father's fault not to educate his son himself," is an old saying. "But, it's also the father's fault if he his son a bad example," said Zhen Yan.

    A parent said, "I in the parents' school for one year. After the school, I know more about my child and she also understands me more. "

    Do you think your parents know how you properly? Do you want them to enter parents' schools?

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每词限用一次。

Lei Feng Spirit Carrying on

    "It is not hard to do one good deed, but it is hard to do good deeds all your life." Chairman Mao said. And he called on people to learn from him. Do you know who the man is? He is Lei Feng.

    Lei Feng was born in a poor family in a little mountain village of Hunan Province, on December 18th, 1940. He didn't go to schoolhe was 10 years old. At the age of 18, he became a steel. He was often praised for his good job. On January 8th, 1960, he joined the army and several months later, he joined the Communist Party. He loved the Party and the people, and kept doing something good for others. When he got, he always said, "It's my duty and it's just that some people need some help, there should be someone standing outthem a hand." He became a model soldier one year later.  To our sadness, Lei Feng died in an accident in 1962.

    March 5tha "Learn from Lei Feng Day" since 1963. When Lei Feng's Diary came out, People began to know more about him than before. Now the term "Living LeiFeng" has become a name for anyone who is brave, anyone who haslove for his country, anyone who works hard,anyone who is always ready to help others…

    Lei Feng's spirit will live inhearts. Lei Feng's spirit will be remembered by thenation forever. And we will surely practice his spirit in life as he did.

从下面方框中选出10个单词，将其正确形式填入短文，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次）。

    Is it true that we British people have a different sense of humor from people in other countries? Let's have a look at what we laugh at in .

    To us British people,  and important people often cause laughter. It's not just politicians (政客) who make us laugh, but anyone whose job is to tell other people what to do and who takes  too seriously.

    We laugh at the power, but also, pitifully, at anyone who is treated . We know they cannot win, but if they do win sometimes, it's even . Our clowns (小丑) are often silly people doing silly things, while in America, they are often clever people doing clever things-and  at last.

    The fact that we laugh when other people might feel  is one of the strangest things to learn about British humor. We do have a strong sense of irony (反讽). After some terrible experience, we might say, "Not very ." And we might say in the middle of a typhoon, "It's a bit windy today." Or "There is a tiny problem," when something has gone  wrong. We don't like to express strong feelings, but just "keep calm and carry on".

    Another things that can make it difficult  British humor is that we don't always laugh or even smile when we say something funny. We often keep a straight face or use an unsmiling expression when we're making a joke.

    Do you think the British sense of humor is special?

将下列单词的适当形式填入空格。每空限填一词，每词只能用一次。

    A man named Bill once visited a temple that was still being built. He saw a sculptor(雕刻家) a sculpture. As he watched the man work on the sculpture, he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby.

    He felt strange and asked the sculptor, "Why are you creating twosculptures? Do you need two to put in different?"

    "No." the man said without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one became damaged(损害) I could finish it, so I'm working on a new one."

    Bill picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it. But he couldn't find wrong with it．

    "Where is the damage?" he asked.

    "There is a scratch(划痕) on the sculpture's nose." the sculptor said whilehis work.

    Bill then asked, "Where are you going to place the sculpture?"

    The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a platform which is 20 feet in height. "If the sculpture is up that high,is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose?" Bill asked.

    The sculptorhis work, looking up at the man and said, "I will know it."

    The sculptor chose a high standard of excellence in his work. Even if other people didn't notice it, it mattered to him that his work should be of thequality(质量). This is an attitude we should work hard to have.

请根据语篇内容,用方框中所给词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。

    As a famous piano master, Paderewski was admired by many people. Wishing to make progress on the piano, one day, a boy to a Paderewski's concert by his mother. After they were seated, the mother saw a friend and walked up to greet her, leaving the boy alone in seat.

    Catching the chance to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy stood up and finally made his way through a door was marked "No Admittance(进入)". Soon, the mother to her seat, she discovered that the child was missing.

    Suddently the lights focused on the piano on the stage. In surprise, the mother found her little boy sitting at the piano. knowing where he was, the boy was picking out Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star.

    At the moment, the great piano master appeared, moved to the piano , and whispered (耳语) in the boy's ear, "Don't stop. Keep playing." Then he sat down and added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young beginner changed an embarrassing situation into a wonderfully creative experience. It became one of the parts of the whole concert that evening. The people were touched so much by the master and the mother was shocked. She believed that such an experience would make a big to her boy's life.

    In fact, that's the way it is in life. What we can do on our own is hardly unusual.

    We tried our best, but the aren't excatly smooth music like what we have expected. But when we trust in the hands of a greater power, our life's work can be truly beautiful.

    Next time, you set out great works, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the master, whispering in your ear, "Don't stop. Keep playing."