中考英语首字母填空专项练习题Do you know Sweden（瑞典）? It l 丄in the north of Europe. It is the fourth largest country in Europe with an a 2 of 450, 000 square kilometers and the population of about 8.5 million. Over one third of them live in the three largest cities, n amely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More tha n half of Sweden is c 3 with trees. It is one of the r 4 countries in theworld. About 100 years ago Swede n became in dustrialize（工业化）. Today less than one third of the people are f 5 .Swede n is the country where the famous Nobel Prizes are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c 6 of Sweden,must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded.The first Ianguage of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f 7 Ian guage in schools. Many middle-school stude nts can s 8 two to three Ianguages. Most of the Swedish peop, men and women, o 9 and young, can speak En glish. So there is no p 10 to speak with them in En glish.I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b 1 country in the world. I went there w 2 my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year, I had some happy memories.One of the most interesting things of that city was that t 3 were many dogs. Perhaps Russia ns l 4 dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families had a dog. I made friends with many Russia n childre n w 5 I was livi ng and study ing there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them h 6 though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They were f 7 to me. The weather in Moscow was very cold. It sno wed almost every in wi nter. The ground was always c 8 with a lot of snow. We ofte n made s 9 together.Now I am b 10 in China, but I miss them so much. I will n ever forget my happy memories of this visit to Moscow.These years, with the developme nt of society, more and more teen agers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make them feel very w 1 and un happy all day. Who can help them? A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought of a lot of w 2 to help them. On Mon day and Thursday, you can v 3 him. Here are some ideas how to keep the young men healthier in every way.F 4 , it is very important to keep healthy. To get e 5 sleep every day isalso n ecessary. Try to have a healthy d 6 . Secon dly, maybe you are not the top students. It doesn t m 7 . The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and pare nts will un dersta nd you. If you have some problems, you should be a 8 to talk with your teachers and pare nts. They can help you. Remember to s 9 your happ in ess and s 10 with your good friends. Sometimes you can go out for a walk.In a word, you can try to make you happy by yourselves. 1 m sure you can be happy every day.四Before windows were used, old h 1 in Europe（欧洲）and Britain were very dark. Their great rooms were high w 2 only one hole in the roof （屋顶）to let the smoke o 3 from cooking fire. Later, people began to make the holes b 4 __ to have more light and air in their homes. The first English window was j 5 __ a small opening （口，孑L） in the wall. It was cut long to let in as m 6 light as possible, and n arrow to keep out the bad w 7 . But, more wind than light would c 8 ____ in if the window was cut long. This is why it was c 9 _ “The wind' s eye" . And the word “w 10 comes form two ancient（古代的）words for “wind” and “eye”.Thirty years ago, I walked into your bakery and asked for some loaves 条）of bread to sell. At that time, I was 12 years old. A young lady s 1 methat day. She gave me five loaves and wished me good l 2 .I took the loaves and went out to sell them. It t 3 me all day, but I sold them all. At the e 4 of the day, I had some mon ey. I was the h 5 boy in the world as I walked home that eve ning.The n ext day, I went to a bicycle shop. I paid a deposi定金） on a new bicycle.. And the n I started my n ext j 6 as a n ewspaper delivery（）boy. Soon I c 7 pay the rest of the money for the bicycle and the bike was min e. I was so proud of m 8 !Today I still work in the delivery bus in ess. I have a lot of trucks to send goods all over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I don t ride a bicycle these days. I drive a large nice car.I don' t know e 9 that young lady was. But b 10 she gave me the start, I have become a successful man.' d like to show my thanks to her.六Long ago, people used bells more t 1 __ they do today. The postme n used to ring a hand bell when they delivered letters. Fire engines had bell i 2_ of sire ns（号笛）.People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting w 3 _ was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was t 4 to go to church. At night, this bell was ringing so thattravelers would find the village in the d 5 _. In most countries bells were hung r 6 _ the n ecks of ani mals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or sheep. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used l 7_______________ and less, Buzzers, sire ns and hor ns have t 8 __ their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in school and churches so t 9 they will not l 10_ their beautiful sounds for ever.七Life gets no isier every day and very f 1 people can be free fromnoise of some kind or another. W 2 you live in the centre of a modern city or a village far away --- the cha nces that you will be disturbed by pla nes, cars, radios, etc. are almost everywhere. We seem to be used to noise, too. Some people feel quite Ion ely w 3 backgr ound music while they are work ing.Tests have s 4 that total sile nee can be very frighte ning experie nces.H 5 , some people enjoy liste ning to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears. The noise level in some places is far a 6 the usual safety level for heavy in dustrial areas.One rece nt report about no ise said that a 7 a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c 8 in the level of noise really affects people's atte nti on. It goes on to say that a backgr ound no ise, which do esn‘ t change too much (music, for example) may even helppeople to pay atte nti on.People are test ing ways to make less no ise. There are eve n laws c 9 noise. We can tr 10 to the “ good old days ” of peace and quiet. But we can make less no ise --- if we shout loudly eno ugh about it八There are t 1 _ many accidents in cities. Accidents often happen whe n people c 2 the roads or streets. Read the passage c _ 3 __ and lear n to be careful later on. Be careful when it is r 4 __. Many accidents happen on rainy days. People are in a h 5 because they d6nt want to get w 6 ____ . They often cross the roads quickly. Often they can t see c 7___ as they hold their umbrellas in front of t 8_ . Remember that cars take l 9 __time to stop whe n the roads are wet. When it is raining, we must be more and more careful, not l 10 _ careful.Most American families are smaller than the families in other c 1 __. Childre n in the US will I 2 their pare nts' homes. Whe n they grow up, they usually live f 3 from their pare nts because they want to f 4 _____ g ood jobs. They often w 5 ___ t o their parents or telephone them. And theyofte n go to v 6 their pare nts on holiday. Pare nts usually let their childre n choose their o 7 __ jobs. America ns th ink it I 8 for young people to decideon their lives by themselves. Childre n are asked to do some work around their houses. And in many families, Childre n are p 9 _______ for doing some housework so that they can lear n h 10 to make money for their own use.十Some one says: “ Time is mon ey,” but I thi nk time is e 1 __ more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is g 2 _, it will never r 3 _ . That' s why we mustn，t waste time. It goes without saying that the t 4 _ is usually limited （有限的）.Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s 5 useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i 6 of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p 7 _. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own I8 ________________ .In a word, we should save time. We shouldn t l9 __ t oday' s work for tomorrow. Remember we have n 10 time to lose.Andy was born in China 15 years ago In 2005, she m 1 to the USA with her family .As a high school stude nt she has found many differe nces b 2 Chin ese and America nsAbout money1) America ns like to spe nd m 3 tha n they have so many of them are always in debt(欠债).But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many 0f them always have m 4 left in the bank2) The American kids themselves make their own money Most Chinese kids always a 5 their parents for money3) Many America n pare nts thi nk there is n 6 n eed to send their children t0 an expensive university.lt 's different in China. Many Chinese pare nts would do any thi ng to send their childre n to expe nsive uni versities t 7 their family isn ' t rich eno ugh.About school1) Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chin ese girls take part in study groups2） Many American students think that B is good while many Chin ese stude nts think that B is too b 8 .About frie ndsMost America n pare nts let their sons or daughters make friends by t 9 . They n ever ask them about their friends while Chin ese pare nts usually enjoy knowing mo re about their children‘ s friends i 10 many different ways, and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends十二Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inven ti ons that c 1 the world or, at least, make life easier for somebody. P 2 we all do sometimes, but we don' t often make the idea a real thing. Recently, there was a competition in a coun try, which e 3 young people to make their bright ideas come true. There were t 4_ groups in the con test: Group A was for school childre n un der 16; Group B was for those o 5_ 16. And there were eleve n prize-winners altogether.Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c 6_ “ Sunshine Superman" by one n ewspaper writ ing about his desig n. Whe n people study the weather, i f s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately（准确地，精确地）.We need to know how many h 7_ of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sun shi ne recorders o _8 record direct （直接的）sunshine. Nei's is more accurate and this is very i 9 for research into ways of using solar power（太阳能）.Neil plans to keep inven ti ng.The ideas in the competition were so g 10 that we are surprised that the industry （工业界）doesn' t ask more school children for suggestions.十三British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, s 1 they have to work pretty hard! Today' s tee ns spe nd more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, s 2 for 2.5- 3 hours every evening.Free TimeIt' s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have f 3 ? They love watch ing TV, going out, meeti ng friends in Internet cafes and liste ning to music.Com mun icatio nsIn additi on to the In ternet, tee nagers in Brita in use their computers to play games and do their homework. They a 4 love their mobile pho nes, and spe nd hours text ing 发短信）their friends and chatt ing. Today, phones are gett ing smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more w 5them than just talk. Text messaging has b 6 the coolest and most popular way to com muni cate. More tha n 90% of 12- to 16-year-olds have a mobile, and experts say that this stops t 7 from spe nding their money on sweets and cigarettes.Fashion 服饰）At school, almost all British tee nagers have to w 8 a school uni form.However, i n their freet 9 they can wear whatever they like, and what they like is desig ner n ames such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. In fact, 40% of British tee ns say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesn' t come c 10 , but many tee nagers think it usual or easy to spe nd more than £ 100 on one item of clothing.十四My nin e-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Y ear Four. Every eve ning we get into h 1 battles 争执）.Three after noons a week, she has a 2 （net-ball, singing） after school and by the time we get home, homework is the l 3 thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue 争论）about w 4 she should do her homework r 5 after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play f 6 When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm s 7 that she is going to need to be able to do it on her o 8 And in f 9 , most of the time, I have other thi ngs I n eed to be doin g. It seems that childre n these days have much more homework tha n we did, and some of it is really bey ond 超越） their a10 .As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don' t know what I should do. Any ideas?十五Whe n you finish high school or uni versity, is lear ning done? The answer is “no” .In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong （终身的）learning important? How can it help you? Let' s look at one e 1 of life long lear ning in Japa n.You go to school and learn. You study. You take tests B 2 learning doesn' t only happen in school. Learning doesn t s 3 when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can h 4 whe n you go to a museum. It cana 5 happe n whe n you get a job. You lear n whe n you p 6 a sport or when you take a trip. Learning is l 7 ! We never stop learning. Every day you can improve yourself by lear ning someth ing n 8 .In Japa n, life long lear ning is very importa nt. People in Japa n like to try new lear ning a 9 . Music, calligraphy （书法）and foreig n Ian guages are some of their f 10 classes. Japa nese take classes to improve their skills and lear n new thi ngs.Whe n we graduate from school, we can con ti nue to lear n. Make life long lear ning become one of your goals!十六On May 23, six pan das left an importa nt panda base基地）in Wolong, southwest Ch ina' s Sichua n Provi nee, because of damaged损坏的）s 1 and food shortages after the May 12 earthquake, a local official said.The pan das were t 2 by trucks from Chi na Gia nt Panda Protectio n and ResearchC 3 to Ya' an, another base less affected by the earthquake, said Xiong Beirong, an official of Sichuan Provincial Forestry Bureau （林业局）.Eight other pan das l 4 for the Chen gdu Research Base on May 18. They will be carried by Chi na Souther n Airli nes （CSA） to Beiji ng, where they will s 5 at the Beiji ng Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemi n.Liu Shao yong, a leader of CSA, said the pan das were scheduled （预定）to leave Chen gdu at 3 p.m. Saturday. They will travel on a Boe ing 747-700 pla ne with bamboo a 6 water.“ There is e 7 water now, b 8 food is still a big problem. The pan das need bamboos and apples. Xiong Beirong said.After the earthquake, tons of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medic ines were brought to the cen ter, but the supplies could only I 9 about a week, she said.There are about 1,590 pan das l 10 in the wild in China, mostly in Sichua n and the n orthwester n pro vin ces of Shaa nxi and Gan su.十七The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know h 1 to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.One day I wan ted to see my frie nd n earby. I could a 2 at his house in five minu tes, but I looked at my mobile pho ne and thought i 3 would be better to ring him up. I r 4 him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a 5 and this time I got an answer from him.I asked him if he was at home in the after noon. And he said--at 1 6 I thought he said--he would be at home all after noon. So I went to his house, but then I found n 7 in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s 8 , "You are not at home? But you just told me over the teleph one that you would be at home all after noon!"Here w 9 his an swer, "No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.”'I went back to my room, sat dow n in front of the mobile pho ne and looked at it. What e 10 could I do? Nothi ng!十八We were singing, “ Happy birthday to you …” My mother was smiling, surrounded by my father, my little sister and me.It was time to send wishes. My father said, “ You' ve done m 1 things for us. On this special day, let me d 2 all the housework for yoi After kissing my mother, my sister said, “Mum, you' r e a g 3 mum in my eyes” I l 4 at my mother' s eyes and said, “Dear mum, I am always wait ing for one day whe n you and Dad get old” My pare nts seemed puzzled （困惑）,and I explained, “When you' re old, I will take care of you just like you take care of me” There were tears in their eyes -Yes, w 5 they get old, I will take care of them. These words were in my mind f 6 a long time, and at last I said them to my dear parents. I felt v 7 happy.My pare nts are just com mon people, b 8 they re great. Like other parents, they bring us up with love, and give us food and c 9 . They teach us how to be real people. My pare nts have done a lot of thi ngs for me andI am very tha nkful to them.However, they will not always be able to take care of me. One day, they will get old. They may not even be able to take care of t 10 . But that doesn' t matter. I, their child, will take charge.十九Tom was a poor boy. He made a living by cleaning leather皮革） s 1 for others in thestreet. Tom was also a b 2 boy One day, a rich man n 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom.He watched his d 4 shoes for a while and then, looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They love money but hate to spend it Tom said, “ Let me b 5 your shoes sir. Only two pence（便土）, sir.Mr. Miser shook his head and walked awayTom thought for a second and then called out ‘‘I'd like to clean it for nothing This timeMr. Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shining brightlyWhen the rich man put his other shoe on the stoo凳子）,Tom saidhe wouldn' t clean it for him u 6 he was paid two pence for his work. Mr. Miser was very a 7 . He refused to payany thi ng and went awayBut to his s 8 , the well— cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look eve ndirtier. Mr . Miser looked round. People in the street were l 9 at him .Fin ally the rich man a 10 and gave Tom two pence In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly二十Do you know the differe nces betwee n the new build ing and the old on es?Old buildings h 1 brick（砖）and stone walls. The walls hold up the b 2 .In cities, many modern building l 3 as if they are made just of win dows. Walls of dark glass reach high into the air. Many buildi ngs are m 4 than 50 stories层）tall.Are walls of glass strong e 5 to hold up the new build in gs? No, The new glass walls do not hold up the buildi ngs, b 6 they only cover up the frame（框架）made of steel. Have you ever watched a new buildi ng going up? The steel frame is built f 7 .Then the glass walls are hung on the frame. Whe n the buildi ng is f 8 ,the frame does not show. The outside looks like windows without walls. The glass walls shine i 9 the sun with no decorati on装饰）.Ma ny people find t 10 beautiful just as they are.答案一 1.lies 2.area 3.covered 4.richest 5.farmers 6.capital 7.foreign8. speak 9.old 10.problem二l.biggest 2.with 3.there 4」ove/ like 5.when 6.happily 7.friendly8. covered 9.s no wme n 10.back三l.worried 2.ways 3.visit 4.Firstly 5.e no ugh 6.diet 7.matter 8.able 9. share 10.sad ness四l.houses 2.with 3. out 4.bigger 5.just 6.much 7.weather e 9. called 10.wi ndow五1.served 2」uck 3.took 4.end 5.happiest 6.job 7.could 8.myself9.sho/shom 10.become六1.than 2.instead 3.what 4.time 5.dark 6.round 7.less 8.taken 9.that 10.lose七1.few 2.whether 3.without 4.show n 5.However 6.above7. although 8.change 9.controling 10.return八1.too 2.cross 3.carefully 4.ra iny 5.hurry 6.wet 7.clearly8. themselves 9」on ger 10」ess九1.countries 2」ive 3.far 4.find 5.write 6.visit 7.own 8.important9. paid 10.how十 1.even 2.gone 3.return 4.time 5.something 6.importance 7.playing8.lives 9.leave 10.no十一 1.moved 2.betwee n 3.more 4.money 5.ask 6.no 7.though 8.bad 9.themselves 10.i n十二 1.cha nge 2.Perhaps/Probably 3.e ncourage 4.two 5.over6.called7. hours 8.o nly 9.importa nt 10.great/ good十三 1.so 2.studying 3.fun 4.also 5.with 6.become 7.teenagers8. wear 9.time 1O.cheap十四 1.homework 2.activities3 .l ast 4.whether 5.right 6.forst 7.sure 8.own 9.fact 10.abilities十五〔.example 2.But 3.stop 4.happen 5.also 6.play 7.life 8.new9. activities lOfavorite十六l.shelters 2.taken 3.Center 4. left 5. stay 6. and 7. enough 8.but st 1O.liv ing十七 1. how 2. arrive 3. it 4. rang 5. aga in 6. least 7. no body 8. shouted或screamed9. was 10. else十八 1.ma ny 2.do 3.good 4」o oked 5.whe n 6.for 7.very 8.but9.clothes 10.. themselves十九l.shoes 2.bright 3. named 4.dirty 5.brush 6.unle翳until7. a ngry 8.surprise 9」aughi ng/ look ing lO.agreed二十l.have 2.buildi ng 3」ook 4.more 5.e no ugh 6.but 7.first8. finished 9.in lO.them。