初中英语首字母填空练习
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Most American families are smaller than the families in o 1 countries. Most American families e 2 have one or two children.
C 3 in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live far f 4
their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often w 5 to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on h 6 .
Parents usually let their children choose their o 7 jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付
钱)for d 8 some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.
Do you often help y 9 parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents w 10
you grow up ?
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Lofton is a little village（村庄）in England. It is not f__ 1___ from the city of Manchester. Not many families l__2___ around the village, so the people all know each o__ 3___. Most of them are friendly and helpful.
Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S__ 4__ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o___ 5___ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t__ 6___ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester. In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n___7___ cinemas in Lofton.
Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so
e___8____ as the life in the b___9___ cities, but it can be just as interesting.That is w___10 _ people
in Lofton love their village.
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One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but never s 1 to see why she looked so sad. As I got closer I saw that her b 2 had a strange shape. That’s a hump (驼背)! Perhaps that was the r 3 why people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside her and said, “Hello!” Then she, in a low vo ice, said, “Hi.” I smiled and she smiled b 4 , shyly. Then we talked there u 5 it got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, “Because of the hump.”
“But, you make me t 6 of an angel (天使), sweet and friendly,” I said. She looked at me and asked, “Really?” I said, “Yes, I think you are an angel and you come here to watch over all those people walking by.” When she h 7 this, the little girl jumped up. “I am!I’m an angel!” I was happy because she was no sad any m 8 .
After that, my life also changed. I learned how to s 9 both happiness and sadness with others. I believe now we give something to others in the s 10 way we get the same.
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There was a big earthquake under the India Ocean Area o 1 December 26th 2004 and it c 2
a large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.。