人教版 短文填空專練Passage 1 My mom works hard. She 1._ care of me and my younger sister. Every day when she gets home from work, she makes supper for us.One day, I decided to cook supper for her. I dont know a lot about cooking. 2._ it doesnt look that difficult, right? Noodles are 3._ to cook. All I need to do is to pour and then boil water in a pot, and then add the noodles and continue boiling. This is how my mom is doing it many times.I was really excited. “Today, when Mom comes home, supper will be cooked. We will 4._ down and eat some tasty noodles.” I said to myself.After school I ran home eagerly and started cooking. I boiled the water on the stove and added the noodles. I was very careful. I cooked the noodles 5._ a long time.Just before Mom got home, I 6._ off the stove. The noodles were not so delicious as my mom 7._ made.They were very mushy(糊狀的)Mom was surprised when 8._ came home. She put the noodles in a bowl and sat with me and ate her noodles. “Mmm! These are very good 9._，” she said, “These are the best noodles in the world.”Later, Mom told me that she would give me 10._ cooking lesson if I wanted.Passage 2 Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure(冒險(xiǎn)). When most of us keep dreaming, others have made it happen.Gregg Beakneys dream was to travel the Americas from 1._ to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1，600­kilometer bike ride. Greggs friend, Brooks Allen, was also 2._ cyclist(騎自行車的人). The two 3._ talked and set their goal: they would travel from Alaska to Argentina by bike. To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and 4._ money for years. Once they were on the road, they often camped outdoors 5._ stayed in hotels. In many places along their route, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave 6._ food.During their 7._， Gregg and Brooks cycled through deserts, rainforests and mountains. They 8._ modern cities and explored ancient ruins such as Tikal in Guatemala. In many places, they met other cyclists from all over the world. In May 2007, they traveled twelve countries in two years, and over 30，500 km. 9._， they eventually(終于) reached Ushuaia, Argentina, 10._ the tip of South America. Gregg and Brooks kept a record of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about traveling. Passage 3 Amy Purdy is a well­known athlete(運(yùn)動(dòng)員), model and actress. She has achieved great success in her life and hasnt let anything slow her down 1._ the loss of her both legs! 2._ fact, some of Amys greatest achievements came after she lost them.When Amy was 15, she started snowboarding. After finishing high school, she moved to the mountains, where she could easily 3._ her free time snowboarding. She felt totally in control of her life. But then at 19, she got a 4._ disease and lost both legs below the knees.For a long time Amy felt sad. 5._ when she closed her eyes, she could still see herself snowboarding. She decided not to let this situation 6._ over her life. By the 7._ she was 21, she was back on her snowboard, wearing artificial(人造的) legs. The first time she tried to use 8._， she fell off herself. But after 9._ few years of hard training, Amy did so well that she won the bronze medal in the 2014 Paralympic Games.Now, if you ask Amy, “Would you want to change your situation？”， she would say no. Losing her 10._ has enabled, not disabled her. According to Amy, “Its facing our fears bravely that allows us to live our lives beyond our borders.”Passage 4 A few years ago the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. Ive always enjoyed jogging, so I was really happy when I 1. _ out the apartment they had rented for us was next to Central Park.This meant that every morning I could go 2._ a run before I went to work. Because a lot of people had told me to be 3._ of muggers(搶劫者) in the park, I didnt usually take anything with me. How could they rob me 4._ I didnt have anything? But on one morning my wife asked me to buy some bread on the way home so I put a$10 note in my back 5._. When I was running through the park, another jogger bumped into me. He apologized and continued running. I thought it was a bit strange so I checked my pocket and found that the 6._ was missing. I immediately started to 7._ after the jogger. I finally caught up and grabbed him by his arm. I started shouting and demanding that he gave me 8._ $10. Im not usually a hot­hearted person but I really lost my temper. This seemed to frighten him and he quickly held out his hand and gave me the money. 9._ he ran away as fast as he could.I bought the 10._ and went home. As soon as I got there, I began to tell my wife my story. “You wont believe what happened to me.” I started. She immediately interrupted. “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”Passage 5 So far, it had been the most boring summer ever for Kim. School was starting in less than a week. But she had nothing interesting to report to her classmates. Suddenly, loud beeps(喇叭聲) broke the 1._ of the afternoon. Kim walked over to the bushes that separated her house 2._ the next door.And she 3._ at many boxes outside the truck. There was a box with the words “Jaes stuff(物品)”. “Maybe I would have 4._ new neighbor named Jae，” thought Kim.Kim stepped around the bushes to get a better look. Kim heard something moving. Her large 5._， Cupcake, crawled(爬)out from the truck. After that, Kim saw her new neighbor Jae who was 6._ of dogs. And Kims mother was afraid that Jae would be bitten by Cupcake. So she told Kim to 7._ back when Kim and Jae were talking. Kim looked at Jae, and then looked down at her feet, not sure of what to 8._ next.“We can talk 9._. And maybe you can show me how to get to school.” Jae said. “Sure, Jae. And maybe we can take Cupcake for a walk.” Well, Kim thought as 10._ returned home. Maybe the rest of the summer wont be so boring after all.Passage 6 A young man named Lenny started working at a factory. He had just graduated 1._ school and he was very proud of his job. Lenny felt that 2._ job was more important than the jobs of other factory workers. He was rude to the janitors(看門人), who he considered below him in status. He was especially hard on one old janitor. The 3._ man didnt seem to do very much. He thought he was lazy.Later, there was a big visit from the president of the 4._， a rich and powerful man. When the president arrived, he 5._ to the people and asked them about their work. What happened next shocked Lenny. The president walked right up to 6._ old janitor and put his arm around him.He said, “Mr. Jensen is my oldest 7._ most valued employee. When I first started this company 30 years ago, he worked as my janitor. Then, I could 8._ afford to pay him, so I gave him shares of the company.”Then he looked at the old janitor and asked, “Has everyone been treating you right？” The old janitor 9._ at Lenny and said, “Everyone has been very nice, even when I am a little slow.” The president then said, “Thats good, because every 10._ in this factory is just as important as the rest.” After that, Lenny learned a lesson that he would never forget: treat all people with respect.Passage 7(素材源自O(shè)ne Story A Day Book 2)知錯(cuò)就改Last week, my friend Allan and I were playing catch in my yard. The ball hit my neighbors window 1._ of my fault. The window broke into many pieces.We were scared and hid. Mr. Jones, the neighbor, came out of his house and 2._ around to see who threw the ball. We didnt come out. So he had to repair the broken glass with 3._ own money.Later, my mom and I were talking. She told me about the broken 4._. “Poor Mr. Jones，” she said. “Hes such 5._ nice guy. I cant believe anyone would break his window 6._ not stay around to apologize.”Right away, I knew what I had to do. I told Mom that I broke the window 7._ accident. Mom said I could easily correct that mistake. She said I should go right over now and admit my mistake. It wasnt easy to 8._ on Mr. Joness door and tell him what I had done.Mr. Jones looked at me after I explained what had happened. He was not 9._ at all. I told him that I would save my money and pay back every penny of it. Mr. Jones smiled. “Its not the money that matters，” he said. “I was 10._ hurt that someone would do that to me without stopping to apologize. Now that you have come and explained the accident, I feel good again.”Passage 8(素材源自impact Book 3)特立獨(dú)行Sometimes I like to be alone, but I usually prefer to be with my friends. My 1._ and I enjoy being together because were interested in a lot of same things. 2._ example, we all like sports, and most of us play on the school football team. We 3._ ride our bikes to the places we like, such as the park.But our favorite thing is going to the mall on weekends. 4._ like hanging around the stores, and we have fun doing crazy things, too. In other 5._， we like to get peoples attention. For example, we might all wear one blue sock and one red sock to see 6._ anyone notices us. Or we might pretend to 7._ for a lost contact (鏡頭) on the floor to see whether someone else will start noticing us.One time, we created 8._ foreign­sounding language. And then we pretended that we were tourists from another country. We had a map and pretended to 9._ for directions in our fake language. But it was so 10._， so we couldnt stop laughing. Unluckily, by now most people at the mall have known us, so they just ignore(忽略)us!Passage 9(素材源自Wonderful WORLD Book 3)難忘的旅行My name is Juliana, and I love travelling. Last summer holiday, I went on 1._ four­day trip to Costa Rica. It was fantastic! I love animals, and the animals in Costa Rica are cooler than any other animal Ive seen.First, we 2._ two days in the Barra Honda National Park. This park is famous for 3._ large caves. We wanted 4._ see the bats that live there. There are thousands of them! We saw them in the day when they were sleeping. We brought flashlights to help to see them better than before 5._ its dark in the caves. At night, the 6._ fly out of the caves and eat insectslots of insects. Do you know that some bats can 7._ 1，000 insects in a single hour? Thats amazing.After leaving Barra Honda, we travelled south to Corcovado National Park, which is a bigger park. Corcovado has got many 8._ kinds of animals: 220 different types of butterflies, 400 different types of birds and 6，000 different types of insects! I loved seeing the beautiful birds flying in the 9._. But my favourite was the coatimundi(長(zhǎng)鼻浣熊). Its so cute. It 10._ like a teddy bear, and it loves bananas!Passage 10(素材源自O(shè)ne Story A Day Book 2)好人自有天助At the beginning of time, the earth was warm and people did not need fire. 1._ slowly, the world grew colder. People 2._ together in their cold homes.One day, 3._ beautiful bird with a bright orange tail told them, “You need to have fire so that you can warm your houses and cook your food. I have fire and I will give it to you.”But the bird said, “I will give it 4._ to people who know what it is to help others. Do you agree？” Everyone agreed. So the bird said, “See this orange on my tail? Bring some dry wood. When you touch my tail 5._ the wood, you will have fire.” The people came quickly with dry wood. But the bird flew away. 6._ chased(追捕)after it. But no one could catch it. They 7._ down the mountains and into lakes as they chased the fire bird.As the fire bird was flying away, it noticed a young woman sitting alone with a very 8._ man. It landed beside them and said, “ 9._ didnt you chase after fire like all the rest？” The woman said, “This is my grandfather. He is sick, and I must 10._ for him. That is all.”“Touch the orange tail，” said the bird, “for you are the only one among people worthy of this great gift.”Passage 11(素材源自O(shè)ne Story A Day Book 2)貪睡的代價(jià)I missed the chance to meet our national soccer team. Just a little more effort on my part, and everything would have 1._ out well. I mean, if you really want to do 2._， you should put more effort to make it happen.Last week, I missed an important chance to go on a special trip to meet the national 3._ team. We would be introduced to some of the best soccer players in our country. We were supposed to meet the bus at our school 4._ on Saturday morning. Our teacher told us, “Dont be late, or the bus will leave 5._ you.”That night I could not 6._ asleep. I lay in bed imagining how special the trip would be. Finally, I fell asleep. When the alarm clock 7._ me up, it was 6：30. Its a 30­minute bus ride from home to 8._. I had plenty of time. I hit the OFF button on the alarm clock. I rolled over and went back to sleep. I just wanted to sleep five more minutes.Then all of a sudden, I woke up. It was 9._ 7 oclock! “Oh, no! I should have been on the bus at this time，” I cried. 10._ there I was, still in bed. I had overslept by half an hour! When I arrived at school, it was 8：15. I was late. The bus had left without me.Passage 12(素材源自O(shè)ne Story A Day Book 5)友情的力量Bill was a popular kid at school. He played some sports and was in the school team. His favourite subject was history, 1._ he was very good at math and science.One day, a new boy named Harry came to the school. He didnt seem to 2._ about school and he seldom passed his tests. But he was 3._ at wrestling(摔跤), and both he and Bill were accepted to the wrestling team. Within a few months, Bill and Harry were together all the time. Bills marks began to go down and his behavior got worse, too. 4._， Bill realized that he was being dragged(拖)down.One day, he and Harry 5._ a fight about it, and they stopped being friends. People were glad to see that Bill had realized that Harry was a bad influence.Then one day, in history class, the teacher asked 6._ question, but no one answered. The teacher waited and was about to give the answer. Suddenly, Harrys hand went up. 7._ actually knew the answer! Everyone was shocked, especially Bill. Soon, Harrys 8._ became quite good, and people realized that he was actually a smart person.Harry said that his friendship with Bill meant so much to him that he needed 9._ change his life. Harry told Bill, “I need to change, and being your 10._ gives me a reason to do it.” Passage 13A king was gifted a pair of baby parrots (鸚鵡). They were the most beautiful birds he had 1._ seen. So he called for a bird trainer and asked 2._ to train the parrots.The king also prepared 3._ place in the garden for the parrots. He often 4._ at them from his window. As time passed, one day the trainer came to the palace and told the king that though one of the parrots was flying high 5._ the sky, the other one had not moved from its branch (樹(shù)枝) since the day it arrived.Hearing this, the king 6._ for other trainers. They all tried their best, 7._ couldnt make the parrot fly! He even asked his people to try to find a 8._ to make the parrot fly but they all failed. The parrot was not moving from its branch at all. One day a farmer from the countryside told the king that he could make the parrot fly. The king was very happy and invited him to the palace.The next morning, the king was surprised to see the parrot flying high above the palace garden. He asked the 9._， “How did you make the parrot fly？”With his hands folded with respect, the farmer said to the king, “It was very 10._. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”Passage 14I was taking my fifteen­minute walk break at work today when an elderly gentleman asked me for directions. He was going to see his 1._. I pointed towards the direction but he seemed hesitant(猶豫). I thought it was right 2._ I walked with him up the stairs and down the hall to be sure. He was right! He was not in the right place! We were directed down another hallway and still couldnt 3._ the right place.Finally, we 4._ to call his wife and found out where the doctor was. The poor man looked so sad and got lost but tried to keep positive(積極的) and kept thanking me. When we finally did, I gave him directions on how to find the other place which was down the road. I hoped 5._ all my heart that he would find it. He continued to thank me. And he told me how many buildings and roads he had built for the city proudly while we were finding the 6._ place. And I knew many of 7._ well. Before meeting him, I was having 8._ very busy but meaningless day. After being in his presence(出現(xiàn)), I felt meaningful in my life again. I kept 9._ about how much he had given to society in his many years here. And it was my 10._ to help him in this very small way. I hoped I could do more in the future. Passage 15Kindness happened to me last Saturday.I was having a picnic 1._ my friend in the park. We bought some drinks and food, then we enjoyed our food. 2._ after a few hours, it was windy and looked ready to drop a heavy rain. We 3._ away everything quickly and were ready to leave. My friend suddenly felt bad and couldnt talk to 4._. She didnt move. She was about to lose consciousness (意識(shí)). I held her in my arms and 5._ if she wanted to rest but she didnt answer.It started to 6._ and I didnt know what to do. She was fighting to stay awake and her skin was pale. Suddenly, from nowhere, 7._ woman on a bicycle showed up, wearing a raincoat.“She doesnt look good. Do you want me to call an ambulance (救護(hù)車)？”“Yes, please！” I replied.She did. Struggling(掙扎) in the rain, she managed to call some policemen, who quickly helped me carry my friend to a safe place. The ambulance arrived and we went to a 8._. The next day she felt well again after medical treatment. 9._ I asked the police officers who the woman was, but nobody knew.I am so 10._ that she appeared exactly at the right moment and helped me call the police. I didnt even get the chance to say thanks.Passage 16熱點(diǎn)時(shí)代楷模陳立群It is reported that the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee(中共中央宣傳部) has honored the high school headmaster Chen Liqun as a “role model of the times” 1._ the past, Chen was an excellent teacher. He had been working as a headmaster of high schools in East Chinas Zhejiang Province. After he retired in 2016, Chen 2._ to work at a high school. The high school 3._ in a poor area in Southwest Chinas Guizhou Province. “The best way to keep countrys students out of poverty(貧窮) is to give them a good 4._， and I happily offer my help.” Chen said.Over the past three years, Chen has improved the schools education quality by helping 5._group of teachers. During his stay there, he visited many students families by himself. At the 6._ time, he supported over 100 poor families of Miao ethnic group(少數(shù)民族) with money. His actions have encouraged many others to 7._in the educ