短文填空(九上)AThe environment is everything around us, such as air, water, 1___________(animal), plants and buildings. People can’t live without the environment. 2__________/evribɔdi/ needs to breathe air, drink water and eat food every day. We 3_________ /bə: n/ coal to keep warm and use wood to make paper. As a 4_________, we become part of the environment.The environment has been getting worse and worse for many years. The air is polluted by smoke from factories. Machines make noises that annoy us. Animals are 5__________(home) because the forests are being cut down. Streets are crowded with people and vehicles. The environment is 6___________ painful for us to live in now. So it’s time to solve those problems.7___________ (luck), it isn’t too late to correct our mistakes. People have come to realize the importance of the environment and have begun to change their 8___________/bi’heivjə/. Our government is making 9___________ to deal with air, water and noise pollution. If someone disobeys the laws, they will be 10____________(punish). We believe that we will be able to save our environment and live in a better world.答案:1.animals; 2.Everybody; 3. burn; 4.result; 5.homeless; 6.becoming; 7.Luckily;8.behavior; ws; 10.punishedBFlying to the moon has been a dream for thousands of years. In the 14th century, a Chinese man named Wan Hu tried to 1_________ himself into the sky. He tied 47 bamboo tubes with gunpowder to his chair. Although he 2___________(die) in the journey, Wan was hnown as the world’s first person to use a 3_____________/´rɔkit/.Yang Liwei is one of Chinese 4__________. He was sent into space on the Shenzhou V. He said hello to people from all over the world. It was the 5 ___________ Chinese greeting to the earth from outer space.With the 6____________/sək´ses/ of the Chang’e I visiting the moon, this long-time dream is coming 7___________(close) to become true.The dream has already 8____________ true for US astronauts, but it may 9____________/teik/ China at least ten years to land astronauts there, “10_____________(land) on the moon will be a project for today’s young people,” said Ye Shuhua, an old scientist.答案：1.send; 2.died; 3.rocket; 4.astronauts; 5.first; 6.success; 7.closer; e; 9.take;ndingCHave you noticed ads which say, “Learn a foreign language in weeks. From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just pay…” and so on?Of course, it never happens like that. The only language easy to 1________ is one’s own language. And think how much 2_________ /´præktis/ that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language to read bools and 3_________ (newspaper) of the country. Now speaking the foreign language is what most people want. Every year 4__________ /´miliənz/ of people start learning one. How do they do it?Some people try at home, with books and recorders, some use radios or televisions; 5____________ go to evening classes. If they use the language only two or three 6__________(time) a week, learning it will take a long time.It is much 7_________(easy) to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. However, most people can’t 8__________/ ə´f ɔ: d/ this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in 9__________ to do their work better. 10__________/´w e ðə / the language is learnt guickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the students’s work for him.答案：1.learn; 2.practice; 3.newspapers; lions; 5.others; 6.times; 7.easier; 8.afford;9.order; 10.WhetherDAre you a garlic(蒜头) lover? Yes? No? You see, people are either for us 1_________ against us. Many people hate it because of ________(it) smell. But actually garlic is very good for our health.In New York, a nursery school 3_________(offer) sweet garlic to children every day after class. Why do the choose garlic ________/ i n´s t e d / of many children’s favorite foods like milk and bread? One of the 5__________(teacher) says, “Garlic is good for children’s health. We want to make sure that our kids are in good 6__________/ h e lθ/.”Of course, not every child likes 7__________ smell or taste of garlic. So the school holds some activities to help 8__________/´tʃ i l d r ə n / get to know about the vegetable. They ask children to make garlic dolls, plant them and watch them grow. When chiidren know the plant and make friends with it, they are more 9________ (will) to eat it as an ordinary food.Garlic is popular in both the West and China. It’s said that the ancient Egyptians fed garlic to their slaves each morning, so they would have the strength to build the great pyramids! It may become a trend(趋势) 10_________ garlic to be an after-class snack in the near future.答案：1.or; 2.its; 3.offers; 4.instead; 5.teachers; 6. Health; 7.the; 8. Children; 9.willing; 10.forEThe earth needs a helping hand. The earth is getting 1_________(warm) because of the activities of people. We cut down and burn trees 2_________ send gases into the air with our cars and factories. Can we do anything about it? Sure. We may not be a leader or a scientist but we can play our part in 3__________(protec) the planet. Here are two 4___________ (idea). Do you go to school by bus or by bike? If you bike, you are doing something for the earth. Buses, cars, trains and planes produce a lot of carbon dioxide. Wash in green ways. Do you help your mom and dad wash 5__________/ k l əu ðz /? Then wash them in 6________ energy-saving way. A recent study by Cambridge University found that 60 percent of the energy 7__________ (use) on a piece of clothing is spent in washing and drying it. Over its 8_________/´l ai f t ai m /, a T-shirt can send up to 4 kilograms of carbon dioxide into the air.If you wash your own clothes, wash them in cold or warm water to save 9_________/´e n ədʒ i /, but not hot water. When they’re clean, dry your clothes in the natural way, by hanging them 10___________ a line rather than putting them in a dryer.答案：1.warmer; 2.and; 3.protecting; 4.ideas; 5.clothes; 6.an; ed; 8.lifetime; 9.energy;10.onFApril 27 is a special day in Britain. It’s 1_________ (call) Take Our Daughters to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from 2_________/´ə m e r i k ə /. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the 3__________ /s ə´s ai ə t i / where they live.Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose 4________ job. May experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work 5___________(good). She said that this 6____________(make) her feel more confident about her future.Schools 7_________ many companies support the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a 8___________/´n e s ə s ə r i / part of school life.Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be successful than common girls. If parents can set good 9_________ (example) both at work and at home 10_________ them, they will do better than others. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.答案：1.called; 2.America; 3.society; 4.a; 5.better; 6.made; 7.and; 8.necessary; 9.examples;10.for。