My friends saw a trainer nearby and asked (3) these elephants just stood there and made no attempt to get away.. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much (4) , we use the same size rope to tie them.. At that age, it was enough to (5) them.. As they grow up, they are trained to (6) that they cannot break away.. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to (7) free..”
Ⅱ.. 根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填写恰当的单词，使短文完整、连贯。
It seems that Americans are much happier to help strangers than Chinese.. Once I walked on the street and tried to find my (1) w to my hotel.. I stopped and (2) t out my map and began searching for the right way.. Then a lady came to me with a friendly smile.. I was wondering if I was in her way.. The lady asked, “Do you need any help? I can (3) s you the way..” I was very surprised..
Ⅱ.. 根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填写恰当的单词，使短文完整、连贯。
Vinecki achieved it in just 18 months with her mum.. They have taken (3) p in marathons in the United States, Kenya, Antarctica, Mongolia, Peru, New Zealand and Greece..
“This is just the beginning,” Vinecki said.. “This has just taught me that I can do anything, no matter how impossible it seems.. As my dad taught me, never give up..”
One day, 12 wild elephants ran into Rourkela from a nearby forest.. They were very huge.. Local people tried their (1) to drive the elephants into a gym.. But they didn’t know (2) to drive them back to the forest..
【解题思路】
综合填空要求考生具有扎实的语言基础知识和对篇章的理解和分析能力。做题时应注意以下步骤：
1.. 通读短文，掌握大意推敲，攻克难点；
4.. 复读短文，验证答案。
【巩固练习】
Ⅰ.. 根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。
“It was a (3) task.. The elephants became violent (暴力的) and started to destroy the gym area,” a local forest official told the BBC..
Then they thought of Nirmala Toppo, a tribal (部落的) girl who (4) in the neighboring state of Jharkhand.. She is famous for being able to talk to elephants.. She has (5) driven back elephants many times before in her hometown..
【2020】中考英语题型专练 综合填空
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【经典习题】
Ⅰ.. 根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。
amazed, but, by, believe, break,hold, leg, simple, small, why
The elephants started to leave the gym.. Toppo walked many miles with them (7) they arrived back at the forest.. Her feet were badly (8) because of the long distance..
However, Vinecki took the races as a (9) g learning experience.. “In Kenya I learned the true value of helping girls get education.. The race ended up being maybe only 10% of this travel.. Learning (10) h we can protect this continent was the other 90%,” she said..
“Watching him struggle against (与……作斗争) cancer, I realized that you shouldn’t put off what you can do today until (5) t ,” Vinecki told the Idaho Statesman Journal, a local newspaper..
because, difficult, good, home, hurt,how, learn, live, successful, until
Nirmala Toppo, a 14-year-old from India, can talk to elephants! And she has saved the city of Rourkela in India with this ability (能力)..
My friend was (8) .. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds, (9) because they believed they couldn’t, they were kept right where they were..
As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped.. He was surprised that these huge animals were being held (1) only a small rope.. The rope was tied (绑) to their front (2) .. No chains, no cages.. It was clear that the elephants could break away from their bonds (束缚) at any time, but for some reason, they did not..
Chinese people are more vigilant (警惕的) to strangers because they are (10) a to get hurt.. But many American people believe that if you love others first, you will be loved.. I think we should learn from this attitude..
When Toppo arrived, she came close to the elephants.. She wasn’t afraid at all.. “I told them the gym was not their (6) .. They should return where they belong.. They understood what I said,” said Toppo..
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life in the belief that (相信) we cannot do something, (10) because we failed in doing it once before?
Failure is part of learning; so we should never give up the struggle in life..
After experiencing (6) s many things like that in the US, I thought about the situation in China.. My teacher in China told me that several years ago he traveled to (7) a city by himself.. After a whole day’s hard work at a factory, he (8) b a pancake at a stall (摊位).. But he later found out that it had gone bad.. Since then, he has been very (9) c to buy food at the little stalls..