中考英语选词填空习题(1 )well , soft, sec ond ‘better , may , stron gly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, houseWe can't stop an earthquake（地震）, but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy （毁坏）whole cities. First, it is not a 1 . _______________ idea to build houses along lineswhere 2. _________ of the earth 'splates（板块）join together. Second, if you think there 3.be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. . Third, you must make the houses as 5. as possible. Weak buildings will falldow n in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. _________ ..Scien tists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the partaround San Francisco（旧金山）.They call it 'The Big One ”. However, people today arestill buildi ng more 8. ___________ . The populati on in and around San Fran cisco is 9._______ ten times more tha n it was in 1906. This means that 10. ____________ there is ano ther earthquake, a great many houses and buildi ngs will be destroyed.（ 2 ）forget, bring , mend, beside, luck, pick, same, differently, I , every , stop, each Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1 ____________him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 there.One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 ___________ to take an umbrellawith him that day. Sitt ing in front of him was a man with an umbrella sta nding 4 __________the seat. Whe n the train arrived in London, Mr. Brow n 5__________ up the umbrella as heofte n did duri ng his journey by train. Just as he was gett ing off, he was 6 ___________ bythe man. He said angrily, “ That _ s ! ” M rBrown ' s face turned red and hegave it back to the man at on ce.When Mr Brow n got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 ________________ of them, he said, “ You' ve men ded them very well.In the after noon he got into the train aga in. The 9 ________ man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr B rown and his six umbrellas, “ You' 1ve had a day, ” he said.not speak, call , idea, and, what, garde n, hear , quiet , do ,eat , n ame, sayA farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river.The farmer 1. _________ out to him, “What are you growing , Grandpa? ”The old man 2 . _________ for a moment, then said, Swim over 3. _______ I 'll tellyou.The farmer did n 'like the 4. ___________ of swimmi ng across the river. But he wan ted to know 5. __________ the old man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6._______ in his ear, “'m planting peas in my 7. _____________ . ”“You should have shouted. I would have 8. _________ quite clearly on that side. ”Said the farmer."Oh, no, I wouldn ' 9. ________ that . The sparrows would have heard me and10. _______ my peas.”(4 )Mrs An drews had a young cat, and it was the cat 's first win ter. One eve ning it was 1. _______ when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. ___________________ it everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. ___________ she telephone the police and said, “ have4. ________ a small black cat. Has5. ______ found one? ”"No, madam, ” said the policeman at the other end, "But cats are really very 6. a ni mals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and whe n it melts ( 融化)or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. _____________________________ .”Mrs Andrews felt 8. ________ when she heard this. 'And , ” she said, "Our cat is very9. _______ . She almost talks. ”The policeman was getting tired, Well then, ” he said "Why don't you put your10. ______ dow n? Maybe she is tryi ng to teleph one you now. ”（5 ）Here are some old ways to sending messages.An Egyptian（埃及人）put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses coming thisway. He ran to 2. ___________ his people . He was a 3. __________ . That was one way for Egyptia ns to send messages.People in 4. ________ coun tries sent message, too. When en emies came, one man beathis drum .In the n ext village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5. ______________ .Much 6. ________ , some armies （军队）kept many pigeons（鸽子）.These pigeons always 7. _______ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. ________ , hemight take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird ' leg. It would fly back 9. the soldier s message.These are show n ways to send messages. Can you thi nk of more 10. ______ ?（ 6 ）before, discover , fast, i n, come, watch , so, fastly, it, ago , shine, not can Light travels at a speed（速度）which is about a million times 1 . ______ than that ofsound. 2. _________ one sec on d, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travelsonly 340 meters. You can get some idea of this differe nee by 3. ___________ the start of a running match. If you stand far away from the starter（发令员）,you can see smoke 4. from his gun 5. ___ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some stra nge facts. The n earest star is 6. ______ f araway that light which you can see from it toni ght started to travel to you four years 7._______ a t a speed of n early two millio n kilometers every minu te. The light from some of tonight ' started on 8. ______________ journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be honest（诚实）,we 9. ___________ say , "The stars are shining brightly tonight. ” We have to say, "The stars look nice. They were 10. _____________ f ouryears ago but their light has just reached our earth. ”happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, thinkA man was sitting in the doctor ' office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . ________ .I like football, Doctor. ” He said, 'Please help me. My life has 2. __________ been a goodone since I became 3. _______ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can 'even4. _______ from it in my sleep. When I close my5. _______ , I 'm out there in the footballfield and 6. ________ after a flying ball. When I wake up, I 'm more 7. ______________ than Iwas before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”The doctor sat back and said, 'First of all, you 8.___________ to do your best not todream（做梦）about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9. _______ about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and some one is going to give you several milli on dollars. ”'Are you crazy （疯了）？” the man shouted, “ ' 10. ______ the ball ! ”（ 8 ）other, move, eno ugh, find ,desert, make, use , ano ther, friend , carry , trouble, friendYou may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1. __________ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the2. _______ , but it is not3. _____ for most pla nts.The ani mals are 4. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eatthe meat and drink the milk of the ani mals. They use their skins to 5. ______ shoes, waterbags and even tents帐篷）.They use the camels（骆驼）for 6. ____ things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. _________ from places to place. They mustalways look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. place. The desert people are very 9. _______ . No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10. ________ and give them food and water.（9 ）how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, good The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. _____________ are so interestingthat quite a lot of people are busy study ing them. All around us are birds, ani mals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2. _______ they live and grow are as in terest ing as anything couldbe.Do you know that one of the great preside nts of the Un ited States 3 ______ hoursand hours study ing birds? A bus in essma n who lives n ear New York City became so in terested in in sects （昆虫）that he bega n to collect them. He now has more tha n one thousa nd differe nt kinds 4. ______________________ kept in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature ' secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is dan ger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. __________________________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to letother bees know where they can find food. I will 7. ___________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. _________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears9. _______ whe n you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10. _______ to people wholook and liste n carefully.（ 10 ）two, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise , French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, ChinaMr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. _______ .Usually he wears a beard（蓄着胡须）.Since it has been 2. ______ there, he has taken it off（剃掉）.But his passport photo shows him with his 3. ______ .An officer looks at the 4. __________ for a moment, and says, "Will you excuse me?Please sit down. I shan't keep you Iong." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5. _______________ , and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 6._______ a nd asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7. _______________ officer smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stolea painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man..."8. _______ it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He retur ns to him, and asks:"Did you9. _______ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill an swers, 10. _______ , that he did,the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me Fren ch. You have n't cha nged a bit."（11 ）how, much, safe, tha nk, play , be, invent , no, so , in terest, must , ask Thomas Edis on was a great America n 1. _________ . When he was a child, he wasalways 2. _________ questi ons and tryi ng out new ideas. No matter 3. ___________ hardit was, he n ever gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three mon ths. His teacher did n 'u ndersta nd whyhe had 4. _________ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons.The teacher didn 'want to teach Tom any 5. ________ . He asked Tom 's mother to take theboy home. Tom ' mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6. __________ avery good pupil. He lear nt very fast and became very 7. _________ in scie nee.One day , he saw a little boy 8. ___________ on the railway tracks at a stati on. A trainwas coming n ear quiclly, and the boy was too frighte ned to move. Edis on rushed out and carried the boy to 9 . __________ . The boy ' father was so 10. _________ that he taughtEdis on to send messages by telegraph.（12 ）as, sleep,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why"Dreams （梦）may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 . _______ time. People have several2. _______ each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Somedreams are 3. _______ old films. They come to us over and over 4. _________ . That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an an swer.Some people get new ideas 5. ________ their work from dreams. They may have been 6._______ a bout their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimes we 7. ________ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can'tremember the dream. Dreams can disappear （消失）8. ______ from memory （记忆）.Too much dream ing can be harmful （有害的）.The 9. ______ we sleep, the Ion ger we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10. _________ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.（13 ）More tha n seve n hun dred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wan ted to go 1. _______ with his men. He told his 2. ________ tostay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a woode n cradle （摇篮）,which was like a small bed.Whe n the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws （前爪）on the Prin ce's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head."What have you don e?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and 3. _______ his baby son. The cradle was lyi ng on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them."So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword （剑）and 4. ____________ the dog. Just as Gelert was 5. __________ , he man agedto bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the gro und un hurt. Near him was a dead6. _____________ . Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended （保卫）the babyand killed the wolf.The Prince ran 7. __________ into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad in deed. 8. ________ ran dow n his face whe n he realized 'he had killed 9._______ f aithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince n ever smiled aga in. Every morning at daw n, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minu tes.If you go to Mount Sno wdo n in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sig n by his grave. It 10. __________________ people of a brave and faithful dog.（14and ‘receive , satellite , weather , change ,help, or , early , for, when, forecast , starSatellites Forecast the WeatherNow satellites are help ing to forecast （预扌报）the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The 1. _____________ take pictures of the atmosphere （大气）, because this is where the weather forms （形成）.They send these pictures to the 2. ______ station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will cha nge.Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can 3. _______________ satellite pictures. 4. _______ they receive the new pictures, they compare （比较）them withthe earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have 5. ____________ during the lastfew hours. This may mean that the weather on the gro und may soon cha nge, too .In their n ext weather 6. ___________ , they can tell people about it. So the weather satellites are of agreat 7. _________ t o the scie ntists at the stati on. In the past they could forecast the weatherfor about 24 or 48 hours 8. ___________ . Now they can make good forecasts for three 9_______ f ive days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather 10. __________ a week or more ahead.（ 15have, study , happy ,leave, coffee, message, on , must , n ext ,arrive, go , sheCatherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small tow n n ear London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet 1. ______________ ong beforeher books became popular, she had tried to teach 2 ________ how to use a computer. Andnow she typed （打字）all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3 ______the house to get some books from the library or have a meeti ng. She did n't like being away because she was worried about burglar （盗贼）.So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think some one 4 _______ b e at home.One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was someth ing differe nt in her house. There was only a little 5. _______________ lift in the cup, and the radio was off. Butwhe n she looked at her computer, she saw it was 6. ______ , and some one had typed in anew story. She had no idea who had got i n, or how, because none of the doors or win dows was broke n. Then she sat dow n to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. "I'll use it in my 7. __________________ book!" she said 8 .The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of san dwiches on the desk. When she retur ned, the coffee and the san dwiches had 9. ______ She ran to thecomputer. This time there was only a 10. _______________________________ on thescreen （屏幕）."IT'S NOT YOUR STORY.IT'S MINE!" it said.(16 )try, how, what, if, can, wonderful , much, shop, glass , read, down, putTom lived a way from town. One day he went into town to buy something in the shop, and after he bought 1. ________________ he wan ted, he went into a restaura nt and sat 2 .at the table. When he looked round, he saw some old people 3. eyeglasses on before 4. their books, so after lunch he went to a shop to buy 5._______ , too. He walked along the road, and soon found a 6. ________ .The man in the shop made him 7. _______ on a lot of glasses, but each time Tom said, "No, I can 'tread with these. ”The man became 8 . ________ a nd more puzzled (困惑).At last he said, "Excuseme, but 9. _______ you read at all? ”"No, I can ' ” Tom said, 10. ________ I can read, do you think I will come here tobuy glasses?”(17 )well, brother, on , ago , I , for , make , needn ', as , because , much, before In my spare time, I paint desig ns on T-shirts. I got the idea two years 1 ___________ formy 2 _______ birthday prese nt. The shop wan ted $ 20 for a special desig n _3 ________ aT-shirt, so I decided to do it _4 _____________ . I bought a white cotton T-shirt _5$6 and some pain ts, and I pain ted a lio n on the front. My brother loved it!Painting T-shirts is great fun. You 6 _________ be a great artist, you can just paintshapes and lin es. The T-shirts are the _7_______ expe nsive part of my hobby. Also youhave to use special fabric paints and you n eed to buy good quality brushes.I love my hobby _8 ________ I can make T-shirts that no-one else has. I give a lot ofthem away _9 ______ prese nts to my family and frien ds. Sometimes, I sell them. SinceI started, I "ve 10 ______ about 60 T-shirts and each one is different.(18 )think, find, drink ,dinner, bright, around , hear, scare, interesting, animal, sleep , darknessI went on a camping trip in the mountains with my classmate. After hiking all day, we _A_ A good place to camp for the whole night. We make a campfire so that we can cook our 2 . We roasted some hot dogs and potatoes and _3 _____________________________ some lemonade.When it got _4 _________ , we told ghost stories by sitting _5 __________ the campfire.Later when we lay down to go to _6 ____________ , we listened to the sounds ofcrickets(蟋蟀)and some J_________ moving around in the grass. We _8 ________ therewere some ghosts n earby. "What?” we asked. "I think I hear some one walk ing in the woods. ” Kathy said. Soon we all _9 ___________________ footsteps and we were all so 10that we couldn 'go to sleep.Of course, there was no one there, but we have very active imagination( 想象).(19 )Have you ever been to Disneyland? For most of the kids 1 __________ the world,this _2 _____ park is a fantastic place for them to have fun. When we _3 __________ young,we all have heard _4 _________ Mickey Mouse, Sleeping beauty, Snow White and manyDisney characters. Some of us 5 ____________ have see n them in cartoons. Actually, youcan go to see them all in a theme park. Now, there are four _6 _____________ Disneyland amuseme nt parks all over the world. Two are in the Un ited States, one is in Tokyo, and the 7 is in France. There are not only some amuseme nt attract ions there , 8also many specials withDisney characters .In Disn eyla nd, you can have a lot of fun watchi ng Disney movies, 9 in Disney restaura nts, and buying Disney 10 _____________________ .（20 ）Do you want to be healthier? Then go 1 ____________ the passage, and you may findit 'easy to keep fit.1） Eat all kinds of foods, especially fruits and vegetables.You may have a favourite kind of food, but the best _2 _________ is to eat as many kinds as possible. If you eat 3 _____________ foods, you 're more likely to get the nutrientsyour body needs . Taste new foods that you _4 __________ tried before. Some foods, such as green vegetables, are very important. Have five servings（份）of fruits and three vegetables.2） Drink water and milk ofte n.When you are really _5 _____________ , cold water is the No. 1 choice. Kids needcalcium（钙）to grow strong, and milk is a great source of this mineral （矿物质）.How much do children _6 _________ ? About three glasses of milk every day.3）Limit scree n time.What' screen time? It's the _7_ ______ for watchi ng TV, DVDs, and videos, 8 ________ computer games, and using the computer. If you spend much time _9 ______________ these activities, you may have less time left to take 10 __________ , such as play ing basketball, bicycli ng, and swim ming.答案解析（ 1 ） 1.good 2.two 3. may 4.sand 5.strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8.houses 9.now 10.if【剖析】这是一篇科普类文章，要求选填的词汇都是浅显易懂的常用词，且都是《大纲》范围内的词汇。