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专题02 短文首字母填空15篇
（2021·上海徐汇·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):
If you have ever had trouble doing things you should do or would like to do, you have experienced procrastination(拖延症). When you procrastinate, instead of working on important meaningful tasks, you find yourself performing meaningless activities.
If you are a procrastinator, perhaps you spend lots of time watching TV, playing video games, checking Facebook, eating, cleaning or walking back and forth through the room. Afterwards, you feel powerless and have the f___1___ of guilt and trouble. Once again, you end up doing nothing. Sound familiar?
L___2___ people don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, however, want to actually do something but can’t force themselves to s___3___.
Another fact about procrastination is that it is d___4___ from relaxation. Relaxing recharges you with energy. But procrastination makes you not energetic. The less energy you have, the greater the chances of you putting off your responsibilities, and, once more, you will achieve nothing.
My dad always used to say, “Peter, you need to learn how to give yourself orders.” I would always answer, “I tell myself what to do, I just don’t listen.”
Most likely, failure of the ability to listen to o___5___ is the main reason. The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation.
Self-regulation is the ability to actively control your emotions. The more developed this ability is, the more often you will do what you tell yourself to do. Good news is it is possible to have self-regulation by t___6___. You need to begin by setting the bar as low as possible. Creating habits isn’t about quantity; it’s about small steps and regular repetition.
Once you learn a new habit, you can exercise your willpower muscle(肌肉). As you s___7___ raise the bar, your willpower will gain strength day by day.
Gradual changes are more pleasant than sudden, great changes. Therefore bigger success can be made.
（2021·上海·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little e____8____. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln even did j____9____ of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer in his early years.
A large number of US presidents experienced in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D．Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they g____10____ from the same school — West Point Military Academy. One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was o____11____ fined because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of US presidents are t____12____. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and a____13____. Every day, a lot of work is there for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was b____14____ to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a boring job.”
（2021·上海·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词首字母已给）
Each Indian tribe（部落） had different language. Many Indians never learned any language e___15___ their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other？They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.
Sign language is way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w___16___ the stranger was a friend or an enemy. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony（小马）. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r___17___ his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c___18___ of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a mirror to w___19___ someone of danger or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send message in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o___20___ when the sun was shining. At night, Indians use fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When her r___21___ the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
（2021·上海金山·九年级期末） Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Many years ago, I visited Thailand. One evening I went to a little market. There was a small boy selling T-shirts in the market. He couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old, but he was a good little salesman. He was talking q____22____ in Thai to two local persons when I arrived. And they both bought a T-shirt. Then there was a Japanese visitor in front of me, and the little boy began to talk in Japanese. Although he didn't speak Japanese very well, he was able to say a few words e____23____ to get another sale. When I came up, he saw my white face and immediately switched to English.
"Hello, Sir, how are you? Do you like T-shirts? "And within just a few m____24____ , he had persuaded(说服) me to buy five T-shirts. He was flexible (灵活的) he could jump from one language to another to m____25____ the customers from different countries. And even if he only knew a few words, he was so flexible that he could use his body languages to make customers understand the r____26____ of the meaning!
Selling a T-shirt meant getting money and that was a good thing. He made mistakes in his communication, but he didn't l____27____ anything by making some mistakes. Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills. He was in a good state. He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts and his face was wearing a b____28____ smile all the time.
It was work but he enjoyed it --he was relaxed and focused.
（2020·上海·九年级期末） Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出）
“Can’t hold a candle to” is a p __29__ expression. It is from the time before electricity, when people used candles for light. Someone who lived in a big house would have a servant light his way by holding a candle. The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant. Now, it means such a person cannot compare or compete. In the following song, singer Dolly Parton tells her new love that her old flames, her old lovers, cannot compare with him.
A ___30___ expression is “hold your tongue”. It means to be still and not talk. “Hold your tongue” is not something you would tell a friend. But a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child.
“Hold out” is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labour news. It means to refuse to play or work. Professional football and baseball players hold out if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worth. Members of labour unions（同盟）hold out and refuse to work until they get the work agreement they want.
The expression “hold up” has several different m ___31___ . One is a robbery. A man with a gun may say, “This is a hold up. Give me your money.” Another meaning is to delay. A driver late for work may tell his boss, “I was held up by heavy traffic.” Someone who was robbed on the way to work might say, “Sorry, boss, I was held up by a hold up.”
Still another meaning of the expression is for a story to be c___32___ true after an investigation（调查）. The same driver late for work could say, “My boss did not believe a hold up held me up. But the police confirmed（坚定的）what I said so my story held up.”
“Hold on” is another expression. Often it means wait or stop. As you leave for school, your brother may say, “Hold on, you forgot your book.”
Hold on is used to ask a telephone caller to wait and not h ___33___ up his telephone. If you call a library to ask for a book, the librarian might say, “Hold on w____34____ I look for it.”
Our final expression is “hold the line.” That means to keep a problem or situation from getting w ____35____ , to hold steady（稳定）. For example, the president may say he will hold the line on taxes. He means there will be no increase in taxes.
（2021·上海黄浦·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Long ago, there lived a sculptor (雕刻家) named Pygmalion in ancient Greece. He was a quiet person and when he was not carving statues, he read poetry and stories.
One day, Pygmalion was sitting in his garden, thinking about his next work of art. S____36____, he ran into his room, where he reached for a huge piece of ivory (象牙). He smiled at the beautiful ivory and set to work. He worked carefully and carved the tusk (象的长牙) into the figure of a woman. He worked day and night until e____37____ was perfect.
Pygmalion, normally a quiet man, was not silent as he worked. He would speak to his sculpture. When the statue was complete, Pygmalion looked at her. He knew he had made something great and his love for her g____38____ stronger and stronger.
One day, just as the sun began to rise, Pygmalion woke up with a sweet smile on his face. He had dreamed that his sculpture came a____39____, so Pygmalion got out of his bed immediately, eager to share this dream with her. When he touched the sculpture, to his surprise, a gentle smile s____40____ over the sculpture’s face and her eyes began to shine. She had become a real human being!
“You have given me life,” the woman spoke gently to Pygmalion. “Your love was so strong that it brought me life!”
Later, in the 1960s, two scientists found that if teachers hoped students would do b____41____, then these students would really have greater performance. They call this the Pygmalion Effect. It was named a____42____ this Greek myth.
（2021·上海市民办新复兴初级中学九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给。)
What do Russian, American, Japanese and Chinese astronauts eat in space? Do they eat the same things as on earth or something totally different? Are these foods tasty? The t___43___ may blow your mind
Russia
As the f___44___ country to send astronauts into space, Russia started to develop space food since the early 1960s. Food that can be sucked (吸) was the earliest type of space food. but astronauts still felt hungry after eating them. Later, more satisfying foods like ox tongue, herring pie and chicken cutlets were then added to the menu to solve the problem.
Now Russian astronauts can enjoy a variety of food s___45___ to on earth, such as black bread, honey cake, ham, quail, Polish pike, Russian cheese and sturgeon. Food is stored in special packages, and astronauts can eat them with a spoon or fork rather than suck them with a straw.
America
Fast food is the main food for American astronauts. The range of delicious food include sausage pies, spicy grilled fish, potato roast beef, butter bread, tempeh broth, tuna salad and drinks l___46___ Coca-cola.
Japan
Japanese space food expresses their unique c___47___. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency displayed 29 different types to space food at an exhibition in Tokyo in June, 2007. Most of these are traditional Japanese food, including rice balls, tomato fish, curry noodles, mountain vegetables, beans. glutinous rice, and sweets.
China
Chinese space food has become more diverse and delicious in recent years. Food is a___48___ differently in different stages of mission. For example, astronauts can eat porridge if they don’t have appetite during their first few days in spaces while in the later stage, food with l___49___ fiber (纤维) along with multivitamins will be brought in.
For the Shenzhou XIII astronauts, the recipe changed every five days during their 6-month stay in space.
（2021·上海市民办新复兴初级中学九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）.
Life has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With more people going online during the pandemic, global internet traffic has become a big problem. Between January and late March, a quarter of big cities experienced an i___50___ in internet traffic. Video meetings, online classrooms and stay-at-home entertainment have become a lifeline to the outside world. The increasing use of internet is t___51___ the internet’s power. Many people cannot surf the internet as fast as usual. In March, phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages（断供）. People were not able to take calls.
In the US, main telecommunications（电信）companies like AT&T said traffic was u___52___ 21 percent month over month. Video streaming services like YouTube, Netflix and Facebook have cut their qualities and download speeds. This is being done to reduce network traffic jams.
China has seen an internet traffic increase of around 50 percent c___53___ to the end of 2019. The country’s network speeds went down sharply in early February. However, they r___54___ to normal soon afterwards and have been working well.
This is due to China’s work in building network infrastructure（基础设施）, e___55___ 5G technology. By the end of February, 164, 000 5G base stations had been built nationwide. This has given Chinese networks the power to withstand increased traffic.
“If there were no such development in the internet network field, people could hardly enjoy such a colorful life at home. O____56____ working and teaching could never be realized so smoothly,” Wen Ku, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
（2021·上海嘉定·九年级期末）
Building blocks（积木）are still one of the most popular toys today. Their interesting design and easy use a____57____ children of all ages. They are always the best choices as gifts. Most t____58____ toys, like building blocks, were first made of wood. Today, wooden building blocks are still used, but now there are several other types of building blocks to choose from, like plastic building blocks.
Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks. This gives them the chance to learn the l____59____ things and life skills.
Building blocks can help children p____60____ their language skills. Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys. This type of toy also helps develop the skills that children n____61____ in life. As they begin to join groups playing with building blocks, they learn to take turns, share, and solve problems with others. However, these are not the only a_____62_____ of playing with building blocks.
Building blocks can also help develop children’s skills in math and science. They allow children to work according to the steps of scientific discovery, which are first to watch and think, and then to test. Building blocks also come in different shapes, colors and sizes. These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in d___63___ things.
Playing with building blocks is both fun and very helpful. Maybe that is the reason why building blocks are still popular today.
（2021·上海静安·九年级期末）Taking Action
At Seven Oaks Middle School, Daniela Carrera was searching for a club. There was a dance club, a choir, an exercise club, and an action club that found creative ways to raise money for other people. Daniela was thinking about j___64___ the dance club because dancing was her favourite.
Then Daniela's friend Ciara told her about the action club's new p___65___ . At first, Daniela was puzzled. "Why would people in a nursing home want a video-game console(平台)?" she asked Ciara.
"This would be a s___66___ kind of console that plays fitness games. The games help people who need to exercise but weren't able to get to a gym or exercise a___67___ out of their rooms. Besides, everybody loves video games, don't they?" Ciara replied.
"Not my great - grandmother," Daniela said, laughing. But she agreed to go to the club meeting the next day.
At the meeting, Mr. Washington, the club's manager, d___68___ to Daniela and the others how fitness video games helped encourage people to move. He explained how the consoles could help distract (使分心) people who s___69___ from severe pains. That was all Daniela needed to hear.
"How can I help?" She asked as she signed up for the club.
"We're selling raffle (抽奖增卖) tickets. With the money we get, we'll buy two fitness consoles. We'll give one to the w___70___ of the raffle. We'll give the other console to the nursing home," explained Mr. Washington.
"Great! Let's get started. I'm motivated to sell the tickets immediately!" said Daniela.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）
Do you have a vegetable garden? Have you ever w___71___ a seed sprout and grow and fruit until it became the tomato on your plate? If you go to school in the US, there's a good chance you have.
At the moment, nearly 20 percent of schools in the US have vegetable gardens that are planted and cared for by students. Later, even more schools will have gardens and more US kids will know the p____72____of growing food in their school vegetable gardens.
Much of the growing interest in planting comes from First Lady Michelle Obama's “Let's Move” project. The First Lady wants to i____73____children's nutrition（营养）in the US-and she began her project by planting a garden at the White House with the help of some local kids. The kids were more i____74____in eating vegetables from their garden than in eating fast food. This gave the First Lady an idea.
Because so many US kids eat breakfast and lunch at school，the food should be healthy and good. Why not let kids grow the food for their o____75____cafeterias（食堂）？Mrs. Obama's plan gives money to schools to start their gardens，and more school gardens are sprouting up every day.
Students also use the i____76____from their gardens to study science and math，and they paint pictures of their gardens in art class. Many students choose to work in the garden instead of playing on the playground during their noon b____77____. Sound like fun？Ask your teacher if there's room for a garden at your school，too.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）Sherlock Holmes
The detective Sherlock Holmes is one of the best-known characters in English fiction. He is the main character in a c___78___ of novels and short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887. Over the following 40 years, Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels telling how Sherlock Holmes solves crimes such as murder and t___79___.
Most of the stories take place in and. around London. Sherlock Holmes lives in an apartment at number 221B Baker Street. Holmes's good friend, Doctor John Watson, is often with him when he is trying to solve a crime. In fact, Conan Doyle wrote most of the stories in the words of Doctor Watson-Watson watches his ingenious friend at work and tells the reader what happened.
Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant thinker. He carefully o___80___ evidence, often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues. He notices small things that other people do not see. He thinks l___81___ about the evidence and uses his great knowledge of science to deduce what has happened. Holmes has other skills, too. In some of the stories, he disguises himself and p___82___ to be other people in order to get information. He is also good at boxing and using a sword, and these abilities help him in dangerous situations.
The mysteries that Holmes solves in the stories are all extraordinary. In The Speckled Band, he saves a woman f___83___ being killed by a snake sent by an enemy, in The Red-Headed League, he stops a bank robbery and in The Hound of the Baskervilles, he discovers how a man was frightened to death by a terrifying ‘ghost’ dog.
The Sherlock Holmes stories have been p___84___ for over a hundred years. They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）It's a school day morning. You are dressing yourself in the bedroom. At the same time, you are thinking about taking your schoolbag from the living room. But when you walk through your bedroom door and into the living room, you suddenly forget w__85__ you are there and just don't know what to do.
Most people would think they have a poor m___86___. But scientists believe that the act of walking through doorways makes them forget things. They call it the "doorway effect".
The scientists from the University of Notre Dame in the US did an e___87___. They placed several objects into two rooms. The students had to put an object from Room A into a shoebox and then carried it to Room B through a doorway. In Room B, they exchanged it for another object and brought it back to Room A in the shoebox. Then the students were asked to do the same things w__88__ crossing though a doorway.
During the period of time, the scientists would randomly (随机地) ask the students which object was in their shoebox at the moment. The scientists found their answers were slower and less c___89___ when they walked through a doorway and into a new room
"A doorway is just like a boundary (分界线) in the mind," the lead scientist Gabriel Radavansky told Scientific American. Setting "boundaries" in our minds can cause us to forget things e___90___. For example, when you walk into the living room, your brain thinks the act of getting your schoolbag is already "done" and it moves on.
Is there a way to s___91___ the "doorway effect? Writing down what you need before going into another room might be helpful.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）My first mistake was that I had left the garage door open. It couldn't be closed for months. I had no chance to repair it as I had an extremely high workload(工作负担). As I often travel for work, I am r__92__ home long enough to allow repairmen to come and work.
After travelling all week, I was tired and happy to be home. I didn't think anything of the door which led from the garage to the house being open. As soon as I entered the kitchen, I knew something was w__93__ Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone. As I looked over the messy place, I found the upstairs bathroom door close. I knew I couldn’t hesitate. I r__94__ back to the garage and grabbed the nearest heavy object, a hammer.
As I crept back into the kitchen, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I raised the hammer above my head. As soon as the robber, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet(头盔), stepped down from the last step, I didn't give him the chance to a__95__ me. I swung the hammer as hard as I could into his helmet. He fell to the ground yelping aloud and dropping the sports bag which he had been filling with the valuable from my house. After a moment, he jumped up and ran past me towards the garage door. After he had left, I was still very shaken with f__96__ as someone had broken into my house. After passing through the rooms of the house three times, I felt s__97__ that nobody else was there. At that point I laid the hammer down in the kitchen and called the police.
When the police heard I had stayed at the house and struck the robber with a hammer, they told me that I shouldn’t play a role as a h__98__ if I thought someone had broken into my house. Instead, I should exit the house and call the police from a safe place.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）Sam had always wanted to visit the International Space Station. He was really interested in the experiments that were happening there. He had read about growing food using water only. He thought that this was important as it was a way to provide food w____99____using land. Some of the techniques used in the Space Station had already been included in architectural plans for some super skyscrapers. So when Space Drams, a space travel company, held a competition, Sam decided to enter. The p____100____ was a trip to the Space Station itself!
The competition involved writing a description about how you would feel about traveling into space. Sam sat down and wrote how he thought it would fell. Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut was the judge. There were 1209.678 entries (参加的人)，so Sam thought that there was n____101____ way he would be a winner. The day when the competition winner was announced, Sam was expecting a phone call. When the phone rang, he answered, "HI." A voice replied. "Hello, can I speak to Sam? This is Jack Mellow of Space Dreams." Jack told Sam he was the winner. Buzz had said that Sam's writing d____102____exactly how he had felt on his first space trip. Sam could not believe it. Jack had already arranged with Sam's school for him to take a few days off. He had to go to t____103____ before he could fly.
Sam learnt how to put on a space suit. Then he was put onto a machine and turned around. This was to help him get used to travelling at very fast speeds. He also learned how to move without gravity(重力)to k____104____him on the ground. That was fun. He could do summersaults and fly through the air well, walk through the air in reality. The day came for take-off. Sam felt really f____105____because he knew nothing about what would happen after taking off. He was with two other people and an instructor. He had to climb into a tiny capsule in the nose of a rocket. Then the rocket went quickly into space. Sam's dream came true.
参考答案：
1．feeling 2．Lazy 3．start 4．different 5．ourselves 6．training 7．slowly
【分析】文章大意：本文主要介绍了拖延症的一些表现，并指出为了克服拖延症，可以进行自我管理，自我管理要从小目标开始，逐步的变化比突如其来的大变化更令人愉悦。
1．句意：然后你会觉得无力，并有罪恶和麻烦的感觉。
题干中“guilt and trouble”都是感觉的一种，结合首字母f可推出用feeling表示“感觉”。故答案为feeling。
2．句意：懒人不做任何事情，且感觉良好。
结合题干中“don’t do anything”及首字母L可推出此处用Lazy表示“懒惰的”。故答案为Lazy。
3．句意：然而拖延症患者确实想要做些事情，但是不能强迫自己开始。
结合句意“然而拖延症患者确实想要做些事情，但是不能强迫自己___”及首字母s可推出此处用start表示“开始”，不定式符号to后接动词原形。故答案为start。
4．句意：另一个关于拖延症的事实是，它与放松不同。
根据下文中“Relaxing recharges you with energy. But procrastination makes you not energetic.”可知拖延症不同于放松，结合首字母d可知此处用different表示“不同的”。故答案为different。
5．句意：大概，没有听从我们自己的能力是主要原因。
根据下文中“The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation.”可推出此处是说“听从我们自己”；结合首字母o可知要用ourselves表示“我们自己”。故答案为ourselves。
6．句意：好消息是通过训练拥有自我管理能力是可能的。
结合下文中“You need to begin by setting the bar as low as possible.”及首字母t可推出此处是说通过训练拥有自我管理能力，用train表示“训练”，by后接动名词形式training。故答案为training。
7．句意：随着你慢慢增加目标，你的意志力讲一天天增加力量。
根据上文中“it’s about small steps and regular repetition”及下文“day by day”可推出此处是说“慢慢增加目标”；结合首字母s可推出用副词slowly表示“缓慢地”，修饰动词raise。故答案为slowly。
8．education 9．jobs 10．graduated 11．once 12．tiring 13．abroad 14．brought
【分析】文章大意：本文主要讲了关于美国总统的一些信息，美国的总统大部分出生贫寒，而且很多人都有参军的经历，也有总统认为总统是一份很乏味的工作。
8．句意：他们受到极少教育。
根据下文“Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves.”可知此处是说他们收到的教育极少，结合首字母e可推出此处用不可数名词education。故答案为education。
9．句意：林肯早年甚至做过工人、店主及邮差等工作。
结合空后“of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer”及首字母j可推出此处用job表示“工作”，再由空后列举的三个工作，可推出此处用job的复数形式jobs。故答案为jobs。
10．句意：碰巧他们毕业于同一所学校——西点军校。
结合句意“碰巧他们____于同一所学校—西点军校”及首字母g可推出此处用graduate表示“毕业”；根据上下文语境可知此处用一般过去时，graduate的过去式是graduated。故答案为graduated。
11．句意：例如，艾森豪威尔曾因为他违反学校纪律而被罚款。
根据上文“One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school.”可推出艾森豪威尔应该是曾因违反学校纪律被罚款，结合首字母o可推出此处用once表示“曾经”。故答案为once。
12．句意：美国总统的工作是令人劳累的。
根据下文“He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and a____. Every day, a lot of work is there for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions.”可知美国总统工作繁多，是令人劳累的，结合首字母t可推出此处用形容词tiring表示“令人劳累的”，在句中作表语。故答案为tiring。
13．句意：他必须密切注意发生在国内外的任何重要事情。
根据题干中“both at home and a____”可知此处要用固定短语both at home and abroad表示“国内外”。故答案为abroad。
14．句意：当富兰克林·罗斯福还是个孩子的时候，他被带去拜访塔夫脱总统。
结合句意“当富兰克林·罗斯福还是个孩子的时候，他被____去拜访塔夫脱总统”及首字母b可推出此处用动词bring表示“带来”，再由题干中“was b____ to visit”可知此处用一般过去时的被动语态，bring的过去分词是brought。故答案为brought。
15．except 16．whether 17．rode 18．corners 19．warn 20．only 21．removed
【分析】本文主要讲了印第安人的每个部落都有自己的语言，以及各部落之间的交流方式。
15．句意：许多印度人除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。
根据文章最后一段Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. “现在你可以看到，印度人不需要学习彼此的语言。”由此推断“除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。”，根据首字母提示用except“除…之外”，故答案为except。
16．句意：这样，他们就可以知道陌生人是朋友还是敌人。
根据a friend or an enemy，可知意思为“是朋友还是敌人”， 所以用whether...or “是...还是...”，故答案为whether。
17．句意：为了发出他看到许多动物的信号，一个印第安人骑着他的矮种马转一个大圈。
根据空后的his pony“他的小马”，可知意思为“骑马”用动词ride，根据To signal that he had seen many animals用过去完成时，可知先看见动物，然后用骑马的方式发信号，所以“骑马”用一般过去式，ride的过去式为rode，故答案为rode。
18．句意：一个印第安人手里拿着毯子的两个角。
根据Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. “然后他开始在身前挥舞毯子从一边到另一边。”，可知手里拿着毯子的角，角corner，由空前的two，可知用复数形式corners，故答案为corners。
19．句意：他也能用镜子发出许多信号。它通常用镜子提醒某人有危险。或者他试图引起在远处的某人的注意力。
根据首字母提示及空后的…someone of danger，可知用warn sb. of sth.“警告某人某事”，由空前的to，可知此处用动词不定式to warn，表示目的“为了警告”，所以用动词原形，故答案为warn。
20．句意：当然，只有当太阳照耀时，镜子才能使用。
根据常识：只有当太阳照耀时，才能利用镜子反光发出信号，所以用only“只有，仅仅”，故答案为only。
21．句意：当他把毯子从火上移开时，就有一团烟雾（冒出来了）。
根据上句He held a blanket over the fire for a minute.“他把毯子盖在火上一分钟.”，可知然后把毯子移走，there was a cloud of smoke.就有烟雾冒出，根据首字母，可知用remove“移走，拿走”，由there was a cloud of smoke.为过去时，所以此处用过去式removed，故答案为removed。
22．quickly 23．enough 24．minutes 25．match/meet 26．rest 27．lose 28．beautiful/bright/big
【分析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述一个泰国的小男孩卖T恤衫，他是一名优秀的销售员，他可以灵活地运用各种语言和他的肢体语言与不同国家的人交流。
22．句意“当我到达时，他正在用泰语快速地与当地人说话”。
根据句意可知，空处修饰动词talking，用副词，且根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他能快速地说话。quickly快速地，故填quickly。
23．句意“尽管他日语说得不是很好，但是他能够说一些日语足以促成这项交易”。
根据Although he didn't speak Japanese very well“尽管他的日语说得不好”可知，表示足够促成这笔交易。enough足够的，故填enough。
24．句意“在仅仅几分钟之内，他已经说服我买5件T恤衫”。
根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他在几分钟之内就说服了我。minute分钟，且根据空前a few可知，空处用可数名词复数，故填minutes。
25．句意“他很灵活，他能从一个语言跳到另一个语言来满足（匹配）来自不同国家的顾客”。
根据句意可知，他说不同的语言是为了满足（匹配）来自不同国家的人。meet满足；match匹配。且根据空前to可知，用to do表示目的，故填match/meet。
26．句意“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词，但是他是如此地灵活以至于能够使用他的肢体语言让顾客明白剩余的含义”。
根据空前the以及空后of可知，空处用名词。且根据And even if he only knew a few words“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词”可知，他会用肢体语言让顾客明白剩下的含义。rest剩下的部分，故填rest。
27．句意“他在交流中犯了错误，但是犯错误没有让他丢失一些东西”。
根据Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills“实际上这是提高他的语言能力的机会”可知，他没有在错误中丢失东西。lose丢失，且根据空前didn’t可知，用动词原形，故填lose。
28．句意“显然地，他喜欢卖这些T恤衫，他的脸上一直挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑”。
根据He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts“很明显他喜欢卖这些T恤衫”可知，他喜欢卖T恤衫，所以他的脸上挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑。空处修饰smile，用形容词，故填beautiful/bright/big。
29．popular 30．another 31．meanings 32．considered 33．hang 34．while 35．worse
【分析】文章大意：文章主要介绍了英语中几个常用的短语，介绍了每个短语的内在含义和具体使用语境并举例进行了说明。
29．句意：“Can’t hold a candle to”是一个受欢迎的词组。
根据所给空的首字母是p以及后面的expression短语是名词可知，所填空应该是形容词，根据文章意思可知，应该是受欢迎的，故答案填popular。
30．句意：另一个词组是“hold your tongue”.
根据第一段第一句话说的是a popular expression以及第三段第一句话“Hold out” is an expression以及首字母是a开头的可知，应该说的是另一个词组，另一个是another，故答案填another。
31．句意：短语hold up 有很多不同的意思。
根据所给空的首字母是m以及前面的different是形容词“不同的”可知，应该是名词meaning意思，又因为所给空前面的several“几个”后面跟名词复数，所以用meanings，故答案填meanings。
32．句意：这个短语的另一层意思是一个故事在一个调查之后被认为是真的。
根据所给空的首字母是s以及前面的be可知，应该是形容词或者动词的过去分词，根据所给空后面的after an investigation在一个调查之后，可知应该是被认为是正确的，consider的意思是认为，又因为前面有be，故答案填considered。
33．句意：Hold on被用于让打电话的人等不要挂电话。
根据所给空的首字母是h以及前面的ask a telephone caller to wait让打电话的人等可知，应该是不要挂断他的电话，故答案填hang。
34．句意：你等会我去给你找。
根据所给空的首字母是w开头的以及后面的I look for it 我给你找，和前面的hold on等会两个动作同时发生，所以应该用while，故答案填while。
35．句意：这个短语的意思是阻止这个问题或者情况变得更糟。
根据所给空的首字母w以及后面的to hold steady（稳定）可知，是阻止事情变得更糟，更糟糕的是worse，故答案填worse。
36．(S)uddenly 37．(e)verything 38．(g)rew 39．(a)live 40．(s)pread 41．(b)etter 42．(a)fter
【导语】本文主要讲述了一个希腊神话故事，雕刻家皮格马利翁在雕刻的过程中爱上了他的作品，并不断地向她灌输爱，最终雕塑活了过来。文章最后还提到了以此命名的皮格马利翁效应：如果老师们对学生报以期待，学生们就会有更好的表现。
36．句意：突然，他跑进房间，伸手去拿一大块象牙。根据前句“ One day, Pygmalion was sitting in his garden, thinking about his next work of art.”和后句“he ran into his room, where he reached for a huge piece of ivory (象牙).”语境，再结合首字母提示可知，应是突然，他跑进房间，伸手去拿一大块象牙，故空处应是suddenly“突然”，副词，句首首字母大写。故填(S)uddenly。
37．句意：他日夜工作，直到一切都完美。根据前句“He worked day and night”和首字母提示可知，应是直到一切都完美，故空处应是everything“每件事情”。故填(e)verything。
38．句意：他知道自己做了一些伟大的事情，他对她的爱越来越强烈。根据空后“stronger and stronger”和首字母提示可知，应是他对她的爱越来越强烈，故空处应是grow“增长”，动词；结合上下文语境可知，句子应用一般过去时，故动词应用过去式。故填(g)rew。
39．句意：他梦见他的雕塑活了过来。根据后句“so Pygmalion got out of his bed immediately, eager to share this dream with her.”和首字母提示可知，应是梦见他的雕塑活了过来，故空处应是alive“活着的”，形容词。故填(a)live。
40．句意：当他触摸雕塑时，令他惊讶的是，雕塑的脸上绽放出温柔的笑容，她的眼睛开始发光。spread over“分散、传开”；结合上下文语境可知，句子应用一般过去时，故动词应用过去式。故填(s)pread。
41．句意：后来，在20世纪60年代，两位科学家发现，如果老师希望学生做得更好，那么这些学生真的会有更好的表现。根据空后句“then these students would really have greater performance.”和首字母提示可知，前句应是如果老师希望学生做得更好，故空处better“更好”，副词，是well的比较级形式。故填(b)etter。
42．句意：它是以希腊神话命名的。be named after“被以……命名”。故填(a)fter。
43．(t)ruth 44．(f)irst 45．(s)imilar 46．(l)ike 47．(c)ulture 48．(a)rranged 49．(l)ow
【导语】本文主要介绍了俄罗斯，美国，日本和中国的宇航员在太空上的饮食情况。
43．句意：真相可能会让你大吃一惊。根据“Do they eat the same things as on earth or something totally different? Are these foods tasty”及首字母可知，真相会让你大吃一惊，truth“真相”，故填(t)ruth。
44．句意：作为第一个将宇航员送入太空的国家，俄罗斯从20世纪60年代初就开始开发太空食品。根据“As the … country to send astronauts into space.”及首字母可知，俄罗斯是第一个将宇航员送入太空的国家，first“第一”，序数词表示顺序，故填(f)irst。
45．句意：现在俄罗斯宇航员可以享受到与地球上类似的各种食物。根据“such as black bread, honey cake, ham, quail, Polish pike, Russian cheese and sturgeon”及首字母可知，后面是举例一些与地球相似的食物，similar“相似的”，故填(s)imilar。
46．句意：美味的食物包括香肠派、辣烤鱼、土豆烤牛肉、黄油面包、豆豉汤、金枪鱼沙拉和可口可乐等饮料。根据“drinks … Coca-cola”及首字母可知，像可乐一样的饮料，like“像”，故填(l)ike。
47．句意：日本的太空食物表达了他们独特的文化。根据“Japanese space food expresses their unique”及“Most of these are traditional Japanese food”可知，这些食物表达了独特的传统文化，culture“文化”，故填(c)ulture。
48．句意：在任务的不同阶段，食物的安排是不同的。根据“Food is … differently in different stages of mission”及首字母可知，在不同的阶段安排不同的食物，arrange“安排”，主语food与动词arrange之间是被动关系，此空应填过去分词与is构成被动语态，故填(a)rranged。
49．句意：例如，如果宇航员在进入太空的前几天没有食欲，他们可以吃粥，而在后期，低纤维和多种维生素的食物将被摄入。根据“food with … fiber (纤维) along with multivitamins will be brought in”及首字母可知，此处指低纤维和多种维生素的食物，low“低的”，故填(l)ow。
50．(i)ncrease 51．(t)esting 52．(u)p 53．(c)ompared 54．(r)eturned 55．(e)specially 56．(O)nline.
【分析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述疫情期间，随着越来越多的人上网，全球互联网流量已经成为一个大问题。并着重讲述中国互联网基础设施的发展成功应对了这一挑战。
50．句意：1月至3月底，四分之一的主要城市的互联网流量有所增加。动词“ experienced”后缺宾语，根据“an”可知是单数名词。根据下文“This increase in traffic is testing the internet’s strength”和首字母提示,可知表达“增加”，根据首字母提示可知用名词“increase”。故填(i)ncrease。
51．句意：互联网使用的增长正在考验互联网的实力。句子是现在进行时，动词用“be doing”的结构。根据“the internet’s power”及“Many people cannot surf the internet as fast as usual. In March, phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages. People were not able to take calls”可知表达“检测，考验”，根据首字母提示可知动词用现在分词“testing”。故填(t)esting。
52．句意：在美国，像美国电报电话公司这样的电信公司说网速逐月高达21%。根据“21% month over month”及首字母提示可知高达21%，用介词“up”。故填(u)p。
53．句意：与2019年底相比，中国的互联网流量增长了约50%。根据“the end of 2019”可知表达时间的比较，用“compared to…”表达“与……比较”。故填(c)ompared。
54．句意：然而，他们在不久之后恢复了正常，且运转顺利。根据空后“and have worked well”和首字母提示，可知表达“恢复了正常”，用动词“return”。讲述的是过去的事情，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式“returned”。故填(r)eturned。
55．句意：这得益于中国在网络基础设施建设方面的工作，尤其是5G技术。根据“building network infrastructure”可知特别强调了5G技术。根据首字母提示可知用副词“especially”，表达“尤其地”。故填(e)specially。
56．句意：在线工作和教学从未如此顺利地进行。根据“online classrooms”及“the internet network field”可知表达在线工作和教学，用形容词“online”。句首首字母大写。故填(O)nline。
57．attract 58．traditional 59．latest 60．practise 61．need 62．advantage 63．dividing
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了积木是受欢迎的传统玩具。它给了孩子们学会新事物和生活技能的机会。积木还有助于开发孩子数学和科学技能。
57．句意：它们有趣的设计和易用性吸引了各个年龄段的孩子。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词，根据前面的“Their interesting design and easy use”和后面的“children of all ages”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是它们有趣的设计和易用性吸引了各个年龄段的孩子，时态是一般现在时，主语“Their interesting design and easy use”是复数，所以用动词原形，attract意为“吸引”，故填attract。
58．句意：大多数传统的玩具，像积木一样，最初是用木头做的。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是形容词作定语，由“toys, like building blocks, were first made of wood”可知，应该是大多数传统玩具，像积木一样，最初是用木头做的，traditional意为“传统的”，故填traditional。
59．句意：这使他们有机会学习最新的东西和生活技能。根据前文的“Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是这使他们有机会学习最新的东西和生活技能，latest意为“最新的”，故填latest。
60．句意：积木可以帮助孩子们练习他们的语言技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词原形，由后文的“their language skills. Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是积木可以帮助孩子们练习他们的语言技能，practise意为“练习”，故填practise。
61．句意：这种玩具也有助于培养孩子们在生活中所需要的技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词，由“develop the skills that children”和后面的“in life”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是培养孩子们在生活中所需要的技能，need意为“需要”，时态是一般现在时，主语“children”是复数，所以用动词原形，故填need。
62．句意：然而，这些并不是玩积木的唯一优势。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是可数名词单数，由前面的“However, these are not the only”和后面的“of playing with building blocks”并结合所给单词首字母可知，应该是然而，这些并不是玩积木的唯一优势，advantage意为“优势”，故填advantage。
63．句意：这些类型的积木鼓励孩子们发展划分事物的技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动名词作宾语，由前面的“These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in”和后面的“things”并结合所给单词的首字母可知，应该是这些类型的积木鼓励孩子们发展划分事物的技能，divide意为“划分”动名词形式是dividing，故填dividing。
64．joining 65．project / plan / program 66．special / specific 67．alone / anywhere 68．described 69．suffered 70．winner
【分析】本文讲述了丹尼拉·卡雷拉想加入一个俱乐部。丹妮拉正考虑加入舞蹈俱乐部。她的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新计划。他们打算给养老院的人买一台健身游戏机。他们通过卖抽奖券筹钱，用这些钱买两台健身机。他们将给抽奖抽中者一个，另一个给养老院。
64．句意：丹妮拉正考虑加入舞蹈俱乐部，因为舞蹈是她最喜欢的。
短语think about doing sth.：考虑做某事，about是介词，后面跟动名词；join the dance club：加入舞蹈俱乐部。故答案为joining。
65．句意：后来丹妮拉的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新计划。
根据第1段第1句“At Seven Oaks Middle School, Daniela Carrera was searching for a club.（在七橡树中学，丹尼拉·卡雷拉正在寻找一个俱乐部。）可知“后来丹妮拉的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新项目/计划。” project：计划，项目，方案；plan：计划，规划，方案；program：计划，安排，节目，程序。故答案为project / plan / program。
66．句意：这将是一种特殊的控制台，玩健身游戏。
根据上文“Why would people in a nursing home want a video-game console(平台)?（为什么养老院的人想要一台视频游戏控制台？）”可知此句是“这将是一种特殊的控制台，玩健身游戏。” special：特殊的，特别的；specific：特殊的，特有的。故答案为special / specific。
67．句意：这些游戏帮助那些需要锻炼但不能去健身房或在房间外单独锻炼（在房间外的任何地方锻炼）的人。
exercise alone out of their rooms：在房间外单独锻炼；exercise anywhere out of their rooms：在房间外的任何地方锻炼 。故答案为alone / anywhere。
68．句意：在会上，俱乐部经理华盛顿先生向丹妮拉和其他人描述了健身视频游戏如何帮助鼓励人们活动。
根据下文“He explained…”时态是一般过去时，可知此句时态是一般过去时。describe：描述，过去时是described。故答案为described。
69．句意：他解释了操纵台如何帮助那些遭受剧烈疼痛的人分心。
本句是主从复合句，主句“He explained”是一般过去时，可知从句时态使用一般过去时。短语suffer from：受（某种病痛）折磨。故答案为suffered。
70．句意：我们将给抽奖的抽中者一个。
根据上文“We're selling raffle (抽奖增卖) tickets. With the money we get, we'll buy two fitness consoles.（我们在卖抽奖券。用我们得到的钱，我们买两台健身机。）”可知此句是“我们将给抽奖抽中者一个。” the winner of the raffle：抽奖抽中者。故填winner。
71．watched 72．pleasure 73．improve 74．interested 75．own 76．information 77．break
【分析】本文介绍了美国百分之二十的学校有学生种植管理的菜园。孩子们更喜欢吃他们菜园的蔬菜。学生们也使用从菜园得到的知识来学习科学和数学，他们在美术课上画他们菜园的图画。
71．句意：你曾经观看过一粒种子发芽，生长，结果，一直到它成为你盘里的土豆吗？
此处表示看着一粒种子的成长过程，根据have此处用现在完成时，因此用过去分词，故此处为watched。
72．句意：后来，更多的学校将会有菜园，更多的美国孩子将知道在他们学校菜园种植食物的快乐。
根据Later, even more schools will have gardens可知，更多的学校将会有菜园，这样孩子们可以体会到种菜的快乐，the+名词+of表示“…….的……”，故此处为pleasure。
73．句意：第一夫人想要改善美国孩子们的营养，她在一些当地人的帮助下，在白宫通过种菜园来开始她的项目。。
根据句意，第一夫人想要改善孩子们的健康，根据want to do sth想要做某事，用动词原形，故此处为improve。
74．句意：比起吃快餐，孩子们更喜欢吃他们菜园的蔬菜。
be interested in doing sth对做某事感兴趣，故此处为interested。
75．句意：为什么不让孩子们为他们自己的食堂种植食物呢？
表示他们自己的食堂，修饰名词cafeterias用形容词，故此处为own。
76．句意：学生们也使用来自他们菜园的信息来学习科学和数学，他们在美术课上画他们菜园的图画。
根据to study science and math可知，要学习科学和数学，应是利用来自菜园的信息，故此处为information。
77．句意：许多学生在中午休息期间，选择在菜园里工作，而不是在操场上玩。
根据playing on the playground可知，学生在操场上玩，应是在休息的时间，故此处为break。
78．collection 79．theft 80．observes 81．logically 82．pretends 83．from 84．popular
【分析】你知道福尔摩斯吗？他是英国阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士的小说中著名的侦探，他的故事受到了全世界各地读者们的欢迎。这篇短文中给我们介绍了福尔摩斯这个人物。
78．句意：他是阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士小说集的主角。
空后novels and short stories是可数名词复数形式，这里表示“一系列的，集……为一体”，考查短语a collection of…，故答案为collection。
79．句意：在接下来的40年里，柯南·道尔写了56篇短篇小说和4部小说，讲述了福尔摩斯是如何破案的，比如谋杀和盗窃。
空前murder意为“谋杀”，该空与它并列，结合首字母可知，这里考查theft，是一个名词，意为“盗窃”。故答案为theft。
80．句意：他仔细观察证据，经常用放大镜仔细寻找线索。
根据句中often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues.“用放大镜仔细寻找线索”，结合首字母可知，这里考查observe，意为“观察”。短文介绍的是福尔摩斯这个人物，全文使用的是一般现在时，主语He是第三人称单数，谓语动词应变为第三人称单数形式。故答案为observes。
81．句意：他对证据进行逻辑思考，并运用他丰富的科学知识推断出所发生的事情。
根据句意and uses his great knowledge of science to deduce what has happened.“运用他丰富的科学知识推断发生的事情”，所以他逻辑地思考，考查logically，是一个副词，修饰谓语动词thinks。故答案为logically。
82．句意：在一些故事中，为了获取信息，他会伪装成别人。
根据句意he disguises himself“他伪装自己”，再结合单词的首字母可知，这里考查pretend，意为“假装”。空前disguises是动词的第三人称单数形式，这里也用第三人称单数，故答案为pretends。
83．句意：在Speckled Band中，他救了一个女人，使她免于被敌人派来的蛇咬死。
根据句意可知，这里表示“救某人免于……，把某人从……中拯救出来”，应用短语save sb. from doing sth.，故答案为from。
84．句意：夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事已经流行了一百多年。
根据下句话They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.“这些故事被拍成了电影、戏剧和电视”，由此可见它们非常的受欢迎，故答案为popular。
【点睛】这篇短文给我们讲述了著名的侦探福尔摩斯。文章是记叙文，叙述清晰，内容比较容易理解。题型是根据文意和所给单词的首字母填写适当的单词，并注意使用单词的正确形式。做题时，应先浏览全文，了解文章大意；然后根据文意以及首字母，填写适当的单词；再根据短文使用的时态、单词在句中的作用等，变化单词的形式。例如第3小题，根据句中often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues.“用放大镜仔细寻找线索”，结合首字母可知，这里考查observe，意为“观察”。短文介绍的是福尔摩斯这个人物，全文使用的是一般现在时，主语He是第三人称单数，谓语动词应变为第三人称单数形式。故答案为observes。再如第7小题，根据下句话They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.“这些故事被拍成了电影、戏剧和电视”，由此可见它们非常的受欢迎，故答案为popular，意为“受欢迎的”。
85．why 86．memory 87．experiment 88．without 89．correct/clear 90．easily 91．stop/solve
【分析】在日常生活中你可能会发现当你穿过门口后就会忘记你为什么在那里，也不知道要做什么了，这就是门口对人们记忆力的影响，并且科学家经过试验也验证了这一影响。或许你在穿过门口之前写下来要做的事情，会对你有些帮助。、
85．句意：但是当你走着穿过卧室的门并走进客厅的时候，你突然忘记了你为什么在那儿，也不知道要做什么。根据句意及首字母提示可推测这里表示 “为什么”,故填why
86．句意：很多人都认为他们的记忆力不好。根据上文you suddenly forget why you are there and just don't know what to do.可知人们容易忘记一些事情，结合首字母提示，所以这里表示“记忆力”，故填memory.
87．句意：来自美国圣母大学的科学家做了一个实验。根据本段后文具体内容可知，针对门口对人们记忆力的影响，他们做了一个实验，故填experiment.
88．句意：然后学生们被要求做同样的事情，而不穿过门口。根据本段内容可知，实验内容是对比穿过，门口和不穿过门口对人们记忆力的影响，故这里表示“不穿过门口”，故填without.
89．句意：科学家们发现他们穿过门口，进入新的房间时，学生们给出的答案更慢，准确度也没有那么高，结合句意，故这里表示“正确的，或清晰的”，故填correct/clear.
90．句意：在脑海中设置分界线可以导致我们更容易地忘记事情。结合句意可知，这里表示“容易地”，修饰动词forget,所以用副词形式，故填easily.
91．句意：有解决这种门口影响的方法吗？在你进入另一个门之前写下来你所需要的东西或许会有帮助。结合句意及首字母可推测，这里表示“解决或阻止”故填stop/solve.
【点睛】首先阅读短文，理解短文大意。结合句意和首字母提示是推测出空格所填词的关键, 例如第2小题，结合句意可知这里表示“坏的记忆力”，再根据首字母提示可以确定答案是memory, 故填memory.
92．rarely 93．wrong 94．ran/rushed 95．attack 96．fear/fright 97．safe 98．hero
【分析】这篇短文讲述的是作者家里的车库门和房门都开着，进了强盗。作者很英勇地与强盗进行了搏击，把强盗赶跑了。事后警察告诉作者当发生这样的事情的时候，应该马上先报警，不能自己与强盗直接对抗。
92．句意：因为我经常开车去上班，我很少有在家足够长的时间来让维修人员过来工作。rarely很少地，难得，是一个否定副词根据前文可知作者工作很忙，应该是很少有在家的足够长的时间，故填rarely。
93．句意：我一进入厨房，我知道出事情了。根据下文的描述Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone可知，作者的家里出事了。故这里填wrong，错误的，失常的。
94．句意：我跑回车库，抓起最近的重物，一把锤子。根据上文文意可知，作者的家里出了事情，所以他赶紧跑到车库拿东西防御。run跑，是一个动词，这篇短文使用了一般过去时，故填过去式ran。
95．句意：那个强盗带着头盔，走到楼梯的最后一步，我没有给他机会攻击我。attack攻击，袭击，句中使用了句型have the chance to do sth.有机会做某事，故这里填动词原形。
96．句意：他走后，我仍然为有人闯入我的家而害怕地颤抖。根据文意可知，作者的家里进了强盗，所以他感到很害怕，故这里应填fear。
97．句意：在我三次经过房子所有的房间之后，我感到安全了，房子里没有别的人了。safe安全，是一个形容词。根据句意nobody else was there可知，房子里没有其他人了，所以作者感到安全了。
98．句意：他们告诉我如果我认为有人闯入了家里，我不应该充当英雄的角色。根据上文When the police heard I had stayed at the house and struck the robber with a hammer可知，作者的家里进了强盗，他自己拿锤子跟强盗斗争，所以经常说他充当英雄的角色，故这里填hero。
【点睛】这篇短文作者讲述了自己家里被强盗闯入的一次经历。短文是记叙文，叙事比较清晰，文章中有一些较长的句子，增加了理解的难度。题型是根据文意和单词的首字母填写适当的单词，考查学生们在具体语境中使用单词的能力。做题时，应先通读短文，了解大意；然后根据首字母提示填写适当的单词。例如第2小题，根据下文的描述Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone可知，作者的家里出事了。故这里填wrong，错误的，失常的。
99．without 100．prize 101．no 102．described 103．train 104．keep 105．frightened
【分析】文章大意：萨姆一直想参观国际空间站。他对那里发生的实验很感兴趣。他读过关于只用水来种植食物的文章。他认为这很重要，因为这是一种利用土地提供食物的方式。
99．句意：他认为这很重要，因为这是一种不使用土地提供食物的方式。根据句意和首字母，空后是动名词using，可知,此空应填介词没有的意思，此空故填without。
100．句意：奖品是去空间站的旅行！根据空前定冠词The可知，此空应填名词，根据句意和首字母可知，此空故填prize。
101．句意：有1209.678条参赛者，所以萨姆认为他不可能成为冠军。根据句意和首字母可知，空后名词way,此空应填形容词，此空应是不可能的意思，此空应填no。
102．句意：巴斯说，萨姆的文章准确地描述了他第一次太空旅行的感受。跟均具有和首字母可知，此空应是描述的意思，根据主句Buzz had said可知，此空应用过去时，此空故填described。
103．句意：在他乘飞机之前他必须去火车。根据句意和首字母可知，此空是火车的意思，此空故填train。
104．句意：他还学会了如何在没有重力的情况下移动来保持他在地面上。根据句意和首字母可知，此空是保持的意思，根据空前介词to可知，此空应填动词原形，此空故填keep。
105．句意：萨姆感到非常害怕，因为他对起飞后会发生什么事一无所知。根据空前felt really可知，此空应填形容词作表语，根据句意和首字母可知，此空故填frightened。
牛津上海版九年级上学期期末复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分
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专题02 短文首字母填空15篇
（2021·上海徐汇·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):
If you have ever had trouble doing things you should do or would like to do, you have experienced procrastination(拖延症). When you procrastinate, instead of working on important meaningful tasks, you find yourself performing meaningless activities.
If you are a procrastinator, perhaps you spend lots of time watching TV, playing video games, checking Facebook, eating, cleaning or walking back and forth through the room. Afterwards, you feel powerless and have the f___1___ of guilt and trouble. Once again, you end up doing nothing. Sound familiar?
L___2___ people don’t do anything and are just fine with it. Procrastinators, however, want to actually do something but can’t force themselves to s___3___.
Another fact about procrastination is that it is d___4___ from relaxation. Relaxing recharges you with energy. But procrastination makes you not energetic. The less energy you have, the greater the chances of you putting off your responsibilities, and, once more, you will achieve nothing.
My dad always used to say, “Peter, you need to learn how to give yourself orders.” I would always answer, “I tell myself what to do, I just don’t listen.”
Most likely, failure of the ability to listen to o___5___ is the main reason. The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation.
Self-regulation is the ability to actively control your emotions. The more developed this ability is, the more often you will do what you tell yourself to do. Good news is it is possible to have self-regulation by t___6___. You need to begin by setting the bar as low as possible. Creating habits isn’t about quantity; it’s about small steps and regular repetition.
Once you learn a new habit, you can exercise your willpower muscle(肌肉). As you s___7___ raise the bar, your willpower will gain strength day by day.
Gradual changes are more pleasant than sudden, great changes. Therefore bigger success can be made.
（2021·上海·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little e____8____. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln even did j____9____ of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer in his early years.
A large number of US presidents experienced in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D．Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they g____10____ from the same school — West Point Military Academy. One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was o____11____ fined because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of US presidents are t____12____. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and a____13____. Every day, a lot of work is there for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was b____14____ to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a boring job.”
（2021·上海·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词首字母已给）
Each Indian tribe（部落） had different language. Many Indians never learned any language e___15___ their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other？They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.
Sign language is way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w___16___ the stranger was a friend or an enemy. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony（小马）. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r___17___ his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c___18___ of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a mirror to w___19___ someone of danger or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send message in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o___20___ when the sun was shining. At night, Indians use fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When her r___21___ the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
（2021·上海金山·九年级期末） Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Many years ago, I visited Thailand. One evening I went to a little market. There was a small boy selling T-shirts in the market. He couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old, but he was a good little salesman. He was talking q____22____ in Thai to two local persons when I arrived. And they both bought a T-shirt. Then there was a Japanese visitor in front of me, and the little boy began to talk in Japanese. Although he didn't speak Japanese very well, he was able to say a few words e____23____ to get another sale. When I came up, he saw my white face and immediately switched to English.
"Hello, Sir, how are you? Do you like T-shirts? "And within just a few m____24____ , he had persuaded(说服) me to buy five T-shirts. He was flexible (灵活的) he could jump from one language to another to m____25____ the customers from different countries. And even if he only knew a few words, he was so flexible that he could use his body languages to make customers understand the r____26____ of the meaning!
Selling a T-shirt meant getting money and that was a good thing. He made mistakes in his communication, but he didn't l____27____ anything by making some mistakes. Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills. He was in a good state. He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts and his face was wearing a b____28____ smile all the time.
It was work but he enjoyed it --he was relaxed and focused.
（2020·上海·九年级期末） Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出）
“Can’t hold a candle to” is a p __29__ expression. It is from the time before electricity, when people used candles for light. Someone who lived in a big house would have a servant light his way by holding a candle. The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant. Now, it means such a person cannot compare or compete. In the following song, singer Dolly Parton tells her new love that her old flames, her old lovers, cannot compare with him.
A ___30___ expression is “hold your tongue”. It means to be still and not talk. “Hold your tongue” is not something you would tell a friend. But a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child.
“Hold out” is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labour news. It means to refuse to play or work. Professional football and baseball players hold out if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worth. Members of labour unions（同盟）hold out and refuse to work until they get the work agreement they want.
The expression “hold up” has several different m ___31___ . One is a robbery. A man with a gun may say, “This is a hold up. Give me your money.” Another meaning is to delay. A driver late for work may tell his boss, “I was held up by heavy traffic.” Someone who was robbed on the way to work might say, “Sorry, boss, I was held up by a hold up.”
Still another meaning of the expression is for a story to be c___32___ true after an investigation（调查）. The same driver late for work could say, “My boss did not believe a hold up held me up. But the police confirmed（坚定的）what I said so my story held up.”
“Hold on” is another expression. Often it means wait or stop. As you leave for school, your brother may say, “Hold on, you forgot your book.”
Hold on is used to ask a telephone caller to wait and not h ___33___ up his telephone. If you call a library to ask for a book, the librarian might say, “Hold on w____34____ I look for it.”
Our final expression is “hold the line.” That means to keep a problem or situation from getting w ____35____ , to hold steady（稳定）. For example, the president may say he will hold the line on taxes. He means there will be no increase in taxes.
（2021·上海黄浦·九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Long ago, there lived a sculptor (雕刻家) named Pygmalion in ancient Greece. He was a quiet person and when he was not carving statues, he read poetry and stories.
One day, Pygmalion was sitting in his garden, thinking about his next work of art. S____36____, he ran into his room, where he reached for a huge piece of ivory (象牙). He smiled at the beautiful ivory and set to work. He worked carefully and carved the tusk (象的长牙) into the figure of a woman. He worked day and night until e____37____ was perfect.
Pygmalion, normally a quiet man, was not silent as he worked. He would speak to his sculpture. When the statue was complete, Pygmalion looked at her. He knew he had made something great and his love for her g____38____ stronger and stronger.
One day, just as the sun began to rise, Pygmalion woke up with a sweet smile on his face. He had dreamed that his sculpture came a____39____, so Pygmalion got out of his bed immediately, eager to share this dream with her. When he touched the sculpture, to his surprise, a gentle smile s____40____ over the sculpture’s face and her eyes began to shine. She had become a real human being!
“You have given me life,” the woman spoke gently to Pygmalion. “Your love was so strong that it brought me life!”
Later, in the 1960s, two scientists found that if teachers hoped students would do b____41____, then these students would really have greater performance. They call this the Pygmalion Effect. It was named a____42____ this Greek myth.
（2021·上海市民办新复兴初级中学九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给。)
What do Russian, American, Japanese and Chinese astronauts eat in space? Do they eat the same things as on earth or something totally different? Are these foods tasty? The t___43___ may blow your mind
Russia
As the f___44___ country to send astronauts into space, Russia started to develop space food since the early 1960s. Food that can be sucked (吸) was the earliest type of space food. but astronauts still felt hungry after eating them. Later, more satisfying foods like ox tongue, herring pie and chicken cutlets were then added to the menu to solve the problem.
Now Russian astronauts can enjoy a variety of food s___45___ to on earth, such as black bread, honey cake, ham, quail, Polish pike, Russian cheese and sturgeon. Food is stored in special packages, and astronauts can eat them with a spoon or fork rather than suck them with a straw.
America
Fast food is the main food for American astronauts. The range of delicious food include sausage pies, spicy grilled fish, potato roast beef, butter bread, tempeh broth, tuna salad and drinks l___46___ Coca-cola.
Japan
Japanese space food expresses their unique c___47___. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency displayed 29 different types to space food at an exhibition in Tokyo in June, 2007. Most of these are traditional Japanese food, including rice balls, tomato fish, curry noodles, mountain vegetables, beans. glutinous rice, and sweets.
China
Chinese space food has become more diverse and delicious in recent years. Food is a___48___ differently in different stages of mission. For example, astronauts can eat porridge if they don’t have appetite during their first few days in spaces while in the later stage, food with l___49___ fiber (纤维) along with multivitamins will be brought in.
For the Shenzhou XIII astronauts, the recipe changed every five days during their 6-month stay in space.
（2021·上海市民办新复兴初级中学九年级期末）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）.
Life has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With more people going online during the pandemic, global internet traffic has become a big problem. Between January and late March, a quarter of big cities experienced an i___50___ in internet traffic. Video meetings, online classrooms and stay-at-home entertainment have become a lifeline to the outside world. The increasing use of internet is t___51___ the internet’s power. Many people cannot surf the internet as fast as usual. In March, phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages（断供）. People were not able to take calls.
In the US, main telecommunications（电信）companies like AT&T said traffic was u___52___ 21 percent month over month. Video streaming services like YouTube, Netflix and Facebook have cut their qualities and download speeds. This is being done to reduce network traffic jams.
China has seen an internet traffic increase of around 50 percent c___53___ to the end of 2019. The country’s network speeds went down sharply in early February. However, they r___54___ to normal soon afterwards and have been working well.
This is due to China’s work in building network infrastructure（基础设施）, e___55___ 5G technology. By the end of February, 164, 000 5G base stations had been built nationwide. This has given Chinese networks the power to withstand increased traffic.
“If there were no such development in the internet network field, people could hardly enjoy such a colorful life at home. O____56____ working and teaching could never be realized so smoothly,” Wen Ku, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
（2021·上海嘉定·九年级期末）
Building blocks（积木）are still one of the most popular toys today. Their interesting design and easy use a____57____ children of all ages. They are always the best choices as gifts. Most t____58____ toys, like building blocks, were first made of wood. Today, wooden building blocks are still used, but now there are several other types of building blocks to choose from, like plastic building blocks.
Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks. This gives them the chance to learn the l____59____ things and life skills.
Building blocks can help children p____60____ their language skills. Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys. This type of toy also helps develop the skills that children n____61____ in life. As they begin to join groups playing with building blocks, they learn to take turns, share, and solve problems with others. However, these are not the only a_____62_____ of playing with building blocks.
Building blocks can also help develop children’s skills in math and science. They allow children to work according to the steps of scientific discovery, which are first to watch and think, and then to test. Building blocks also come in different shapes, colors and sizes. These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in d___63___ things.
Playing with building blocks is both fun and very helpful. Maybe that is the reason why building blocks are still popular today.
（2021·上海静安·九年级期末）Taking Action
At Seven Oaks Middle School, Daniela Carrera was searching for a club. There was a dance club, a choir, an exercise club, and an action club that found creative ways to raise money for other people. Daniela was thinking about j___64___ the dance club because dancing was her favourite.
Then Daniela's friend Ciara told her about the action club's new p___65___ . At first, Daniela was puzzled. "Why would people in a nursing home want a video-game console(平台)?" she asked Ciara.
"This would be a s___66___ kind of console that plays fitness games. The games help people who need to exercise but weren't able to get to a gym or exercise a___67___ out of their rooms. Besides, everybody loves video games, don't they?" Ciara replied.
"Not my great - grandmother," Daniela said, laughing. But she agreed to go to the club meeting the next day.
At the meeting, Mr. Washington, the club's manager, d___68___ to Daniela and the others how fitness video games helped encourage people to move. He explained how the consoles could help distract (使分心) people who s___69___ from severe pains. That was all Daniela needed to hear.
"How can I help?" She asked as she signed up for the club.
"We're selling raffle (抽奖增卖) tickets. With the money we get, we'll buy two fitness consoles. We'll give one to the w___70___ of the raffle. We'll give the other console to the nursing home," explained Mr. Washington.
"Great! Let's get started. I'm motivated to sell the tickets immediately!" said Daniela.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）
Do you have a vegetable garden? Have you ever w___71___ a seed sprout and grow and fruit until it became the tomato on your plate? If you go to school in the US, there's a good chance you have.
At the moment, nearly 20 percent of schools in the US have vegetable gardens that are planted and cared for by students. Later, even more schools will have gardens and more US kids will know the p____72____of growing food in their school vegetable gardens.
Much of the growing interest in planting comes from First Lady Michelle Obama's “Let's Move” project. The First Lady wants to i____73____children's nutrition（营养）in the US-and she began her project by planting a garden at the White House with the help of some local kids. The kids were more i____74____in eating vegetables from their garden than in eating fast food. This gave the First Lady an idea.
Because so many US kids eat breakfast and lunch at school，the food should be healthy and good. Why not let kids grow the food for their o____75____cafeterias（食堂）？Mrs. Obama's plan gives money to schools to start their gardens，and more school gardens are sprouting up every day.
Students also use the i____76____from their gardens to study science and math，and they paint pictures of their gardens in art class. Many students choose to work in the garden instead of playing on the playground during their noon b____77____. Sound like fun？Ask your teacher if there's room for a garden at your school，too.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）Sherlock Holmes
The detective Sherlock Holmes is one of the best-known characters in English fiction. He is the main character in a c___78___ of novels and short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887. Over the following 40 years, Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels telling how Sherlock Holmes solves crimes such as murder and t___79___.
Most of the stories take place in and. around London. Sherlock Holmes lives in an apartment at number 221B Baker Street. Holmes's good friend, Doctor John Watson, is often with him when he is trying to solve a crime. In fact, Conan Doyle wrote most of the stories in the words of Doctor Watson-Watson watches his ingenious friend at work and tells the reader what happened.
Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant thinker. He carefully o___80___ evidence, often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues. He notices small things that other people do not see. He thinks l___81___ about the evidence and uses his great knowledge of science to deduce what has happened. Holmes has other skills, too. In some of the stories, he disguises himself and p___82___ to be other people in order to get information. He is also good at boxing and using a sword, and these abilities help him in dangerous situations.
The mysteries that Holmes solves in the stories are all extraordinary. In The Speckled Band, he saves a woman f___83___ being killed by a snake sent by an enemy, in The Red-Headed League, he stops a bank robbery and in The Hound of the Baskervilles, he discovers how a man was frightened to death by a terrifying ‘ghost’ dog.
The Sherlock Holmes stories have been p___84___ for over a hundred years. They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）It's a school day morning. You are dressing yourself in the bedroom. At the same time, you are thinking about taking your schoolbag from the living room. But when you walk through your bedroom door and into the living room, you suddenly forget w__85__ you are there and just don't know what to do.
Most people would think they have a poor m___86___. But scientists believe that the act of walking through doorways makes them forget things. They call it the "doorway effect".
The scientists from the University of Notre Dame in the US did an e___87___. They placed several objects into two rooms. The students had to put an object from Room A into a shoebox and then carried it to Room B through a doorway. In Room B, they exchanged it for another object and brought it back to Room A in the shoebox. Then the students were asked to do the same things w__88__ crossing though a doorway.
During the period of time, the scientists would randomly (随机地) ask the students which object was in their shoebox at the moment. The scientists found their answers were slower and less c___89___ when they walked through a doorway and into a new room
"A doorway is just like a boundary (分界线) in the mind," the lead scientist Gabriel Radavansky told Scientific American. Setting "boundaries" in our minds can cause us to forget things e___90___. For example, when you walk into the living room, your brain thinks the act of getting your schoolbag is already "done" and it moves on.
Is there a way to s___91___ the "doorway effect? Writing down what you need before going into another room might be helpful.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）My first mistake was that I had left the garage door open. It couldn't be closed for months. I had no chance to repair it as I had an extremely high workload(工作负担). As I often travel for work, I am r__92__ home long enough to allow repairmen to come and work.
After travelling all week, I was tired and happy to be home. I didn't think anything of the door which led from the garage to the house being open. As soon as I entered the kitchen, I knew something was w__93__ Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone. As I looked over the messy place, I found the upstairs bathroom door close. I knew I couldn’t hesitate. I r__94__ back to the garage and grabbed the nearest heavy object, a hammer.
As I crept back into the kitchen, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I raised the hammer above my head. As soon as the robber, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet(头盔), stepped down from the last step, I didn't give him the chance to a__95__ me. I swung the hammer as hard as I could into his helmet. He fell to the ground yelping aloud and dropping the sports bag which he had been filling with the valuable from my house. After a moment, he jumped up and ran past me towards the garage door. After he had left, I was still very shaken with f__96__ as someone had broken into my house. After passing through the rooms of the house three times, I felt s__97__ that nobody else was there. At that point I laid the hammer down in the kitchen and called the police.
When the police heard I had stayed at the house and struck the robber with a hammer, they told me that I shouldn’t play a role as a h__98__ if I thought someone had broken into my house. Instead, I should exit the house and call the police from a safe place.
（2020·上海·九年级期末）Sam had always wanted to visit the International Space Station. He was really interested in the experiments that were happening there. He had read about growing food using water only. He thought that this was important as it was a way to provide food w____99____using land. Some of the techniques used in the Space Station had already been included in architectural plans for some super skyscrapers. So when Space Drams, a space travel company, held a competition, Sam decided to enter. The p____100____ was a trip to the Space Station itself!
The competition involved writing a description about how you would feel about traveling into space. Sam sat down and wrote how he thought it would fell. Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut was the judge. There were 1209.678 entries (参加的人)，so Sam thought that there was n____101____ way he would be a winner. The day when the competition winner was announced, Sam was expecting a phone call. When the phone rang, he answered, "HI." A voice replied. "Hello, can I speak to Sam? This is Jack Mellow of Space Dreams." Jack told Sam he was the winner. Buzz had said that Sam's writing d____102____exactly how he had felt on his first space trip. Sam could not believe it. Jack had already arranged with Sam's school for him to take a few days off. He had to go to t____103____ before he could fly.
Sam learnt how to put on a space suit. Then he was put onto a machine and turned around. This was to help him get used to travelling at very fast speeds. He also learned how to move without gravity(重力)to k____104____him on the ground. That was fun. He could do summersaults and fly through the air well, walk through the air in reality. The day came for take-off. Sam felt really f____105____because he knew nothing about what would happen after taking off. He was with two other people and an instructor. He had to climb into a tiny capsule in the nose of a rocket. Then the rocket went quickly into space. Sam's dream came true.
参考答案：
1．feeling 2．Lazy 3．start 4．different 5．ourselves 6．training 7．slowly
【分析】文章大意：本文主要介绍了拖延症的一些表现，并指出为了克服拖延症，可以进行自我管理，自我管理要从小目标开始，逐步的变化比突如其来的大变化更令人愉悦。
1．句意：然后你会觉得无力，并有罪恶和麻烦的感觉。
题干中“guilt and trouble”都是感觉的一种，结合首字母f可推出用feeling表示“感觉”。故答案为feeling。
2．句意：懒人不做任何事情，且感觉良好。
结合题干中“don’t do anything”及首字母L可推出此处用Lazy表示“懒惰的”。故答案为Lazy。
3．句意：然而拖延症患者确实想要做些事情，但是不能强迫自己开始。
结合句意“然而拖延症患者确实想要做些事情，但是不能强迫自己___”及首字母s可推出此处用start表示“开始”，不定式符号to后接动词原形。故答案为start。
4．句意：另一个关于拖延症的事实是，它与放松不同。
根据下文中“Relaxing recharges you with energy. But procrastination makes you not energetic.”可知拖延症不同于放松，结合首字母d可知此处用different表示“不同的”。故答案为different。
5．句意：大概，没有听从我们自己的能力是主要原因。
根据下文中“The scientific name of this ability is self-regulation.”可推出此处是说“听从我们自己”；结合首字母o可知要用ourselves表示“我们自己”。故答案为ourselves。
6．句意：好消息是通过训练拥有自我管理能力是可能的。
结合下文中“You need to begin by setting the bar as low as possible.”及首字母t可推出此处是说通过训练拥有自我管理能力，用train表示“训练”，by后接动名词形式training。故答案为training。
7．句意：随着你慢慢增加目标，你的意志力讲一天天增加力量。
根据上文中“it’s about small steps and regular repetition”及下文“day by day”可推出此处是说“慢慢增加目标”；结合首字母s可推出用副词slowly表示“缓慢地”，修饰动词raise。故答案为slowly。
8．education 9．jobs 10．graduated 11．once 12．tiring 13．abroad 14．brought
【分析】文章大意：本文主要讲了关于美国总统的一些信息，美国的总统大部分出生贫寒，而且很多人都有参军的经历，也有总统认为总统是一份很乏味的工作。
8．句意：他们受到极少教育。
根据下文“Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves.”可知此处是说他们收到的教育极少，结合首字母e可推出此处用不可数名词education。故答案为education。
9．句意：林肯早年甚至做过工人、店主及邮差等工作。
结合空后“of a worker, shopkeeper and post officer”及首字母j可推出此处用job表示“工作”，再由空后列举的三个工作，可推出此处用job的复数形式jobs。故答案为jobs。
10．句意：碰巧他们毕业于同一所学校——西点军校。
结合句意“碰巧他们____于同一所学校—西点军校”及首字母g可推出此处用graduate表示“毕业”；根据上下文语境可知此处用一般过去时，graduate的过去式是graduated。故答案为graduated。
11．句意：例如，艾森豪威尔曾因为他违反学校纪律而被罚款。
根据上文“One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school.”可推出艾森豪威尔应该是曾因违反学校纪律被罚款，结合首字母o可推出此处用once表示“曾经”。故答案为once。
12．句意：美国总统的工作是令人劳累的。
根据下文“He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and a____. Every day, a lot of work is there for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions.”可知美国总统工作繁多，是令人劳累的，结合首字母t可推出此处用形容词tiring表示“令人劳累的”，在句中作表语。故答案为tiring。
13．句意：他必须密切注意发生在国内外的任何重要事情。
根据题干中“both at home and a____”可知此处要用固定短语both at home and abroad表示“国内外”。故答案为abroad。
14．句意：当富兰克林·罗斯福还是个孩子的时候，他被带去拜访塔夫脱总统。
结合句意“当富兰克林·罗斯福还是个孩子的时候，他被____去拜访塔夫脱总统”及首字母b可推出此处用动词bring表示“带来”，再由题干中“was b____ to visit”可知此处用一般过去时的被动语态，bring的过去分词是brought。故答案为brought。
15．except 16．whether 17．rode 18．corners 19．warn 20．only 21．removed
【分析】本文主要讲了印第安人的每个部落都有自己的语言，以及各部落之间的交流方式。
15．句意：许多印度人除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。
根据文章最后一段Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. “现在你可以看到，印度人不需要学习彼此的语言。”由此推断“除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。”，根据首字母提示用except“除…之外”，故答案为except。
16．句意：这样，他们就可以知道陌生人是朋友还是敌人。
根据a friend or an enemy，可知意思为“是朋友还是敌人”， 所以用whether...or “是...还是...”，故答案为whether。
17．句意：为了发出他看到许多动物的信号，一个印第安人骑着他的矮种马转一个大圈。
根据空后的his pony“他的小马”，可知意思为“骑马”用动词ride，根据To signal that he had seen many animals用过去完成时，可知先看见动物，然后用骑马的方式发信号，所以“骑马”用一般过去式，ride的过去式为rode，故答案为rode。
18．句意：一个印第安人手里拿着毯子的两个角。
根据Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. “然后他开始在身前挥舞毯子从一边到另一边。”，可知手里拿着毯子的角，角corner，由空前的two，可知用复数形式corners，故答案为corners。
19．句意：他也能用镜子发出许多信号。它通常用镜子提醒某人有危险。或者他试图引起在远处的某人的注意力。
根据首字母提示及空后的…someone of danger，可知用warn sb. of sth.“警告某人某事”，由空前的to，可知此处用动词不定式to warn，表示目的“为了警告”，所以用动词原形，故答案为warn。
20．句意：当然，只有当太阳照耀时，镜子才能使用。
根据常识：只有当太阳照耀时，才能利用镜子反光发出信号，所以用only“只有，仅仅”，故答案为only。
21．句意：当他把毯子从火上移开时，就有一团烟雾（冒出来了）。
根据上句He held a blanket over the fire for a minute.“他把毯子盖在火上一分钟.”，可知然后把毯子移走，there was a cloud of smoke.就有烟雾冒出，根据首字母，可知用remove“移走，拿走”，由there was a cloud of smoke.为过去时，所以此处用过去式removed，故答案为removed。
22．quickly 23．enough 24．minutes 25．match/meet 26．rest 27．lose 28．beautiful/bright/big
【分析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述一个泰国的小男孩卖T恤衫，他是一名优秀的销售员，他可以灵活地运用各种语言和他的肢体语言与不同国家的人交流。
22．句意“当我到达时，他正在用泰语快速地与当地人说话”。
根据句意可知，空处修饰动词talking，用副词，且根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他能快速地说话。quickly快速地，故填quickly。
23．句意“尽管他日语说得不是很好，但是他能够说一些日语足以促成这项交易”。
根据Although he didn't speak Japanese very well“尽管他的日语说得不好”可知，表示足够促成这笔交易。enough足够的，故填enough。
24．句意“在仅仅几分钟之内，他已经说服我买5件T恤衫”。
根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他在几分钟之内就说服了我。minute分钟，且根据空前a few可知，空处用可数名词复数，故填minutes。
25．句意“他很灵活，他能从一个语言跳到另一个语言来满足（匹配）来自不同国家的顾客”。
根据句意可知，他说不同的语言是为了满足（匹配）来自不同国家的人。meet满足；match匹配。且根据空前to可知，用to do表示目的，故填match/meet。
26．句意“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词，但是他是如此地灵活以至于能够使用他的肢体语言让顾客明白剩余的含义”。
根据空前the以及空后of可知，空处用名词。且根据And even if he only knew a few words“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词”可知，他会用肢体语言让顾客明白剩下的含义。rest剩下的部分，故填rest。
27．句意“他在交流中犯了错误，但是犯错误没有让他丢失一些东西”。
根据Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills“实际上这是提高他的语言能力的机会”可知，他没有在错误中丢失东西。lose丢失，且根据空前didn’t可知，用动词原形，故填lose。
28．句意“显然地，他喜欢卖这些T恤衫，他的脸上一直挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑”。
根据He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts“很明显他喜欢卖这些T恤衫”可知，他喜欢卖T恤衫，所以他的脸上挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑。空处修饰smile，用形容词，故填beautiful/bright/big。
29．popular 30．another 31．meanings 32．considered 33．hang 34．while 35．worse
【分析】文章大意：文章主要介绍了英语中几个常用的短语，介绍了每个短语的内在含义和具体使用语境并举例进行了说明。
29．句意：“Can’t hold a candle to”是一个受欢迎的词组。
根据所给空的首字母是p以及后面的expression短语是名词可知，所填空应该是形容词，根据文章意思可知，应该是受欢迎的，故答案填popular。
30．句意：另一个词组是“hold your tongue”.
根据第一段第一句话说的是a popular expression以及第三段第一句话“Hold out” is an expression以及首字母是a开头的可知，应该说的是另一个词组，另一个是another，故答案填another。
31．句意：短语hold up 有很多不同的意思。
根据所给空的首字母是m以及前面的different是形容词“不同的”可知，应该是名词meaning意思，又因为所给空前面的several“几个”后面跟名词复数，所以用meanings，故答案填meanings。
32．句意：这个短语的另一层意思是一个故事在一个调查之后被认为是真的。
根据所给空的首字母是s以及前面的be可知，应该是形容词或者动词的过去分词，根据所给空后面的after an investigation在一个调查之后，可知应该是被认为是正确的，consider的意思是认为，又因为前面有be，故答案填considered。
33．句意：Hold on被用于让打电话的人等不要挂电话。
根据所给空的首字母是h以及前面的ask a telephone caller to wait让打电话的人等可知，应该是不要挂断他的电话，故答案填hang。
34．句意：你等会我去给你找。
根据所给空的首字母是w开头的以及后面的I look for it 我给你找，和前面的hold on等会两个动作同时发生，所以应该用while，故答案填while。
35．句意：这个短语的意思是阻止这个问题或者情况变得更糟。
根据所给空的首字母w以及后面的to hold steady（稳定）可知，是阻止事情变得更糟，更糟糕的是worse，故答案填worse。
36．(S)uddenly 37．(e)verything 38．(g)rew 39．(a)live 40．(s)pread 41．(b)etter 42．(a)fter
【导语】本文主要讲述了一个希腊神话故事，雕刻家皮格马利翁在雕刻的过程中爱上了他的作品，并不断地向她灌输爱，最终雕塑活了过来。文章最后还提到了以此命名的皮格马利翁效应：如果老师们对学生报以期待，学生们就会有更好的表现。
36．句意：突然，他跑进房间，伸手去拿一大块象牙。根据前句“ One day, Pygmalion was sitting in his garden, thinking about his next work of art.”和后句“he ran into his room, where he reached for a huge piece of ivory (象牙).”语境，再结合首字母提示可知，应是突然，他跑进房间，伸手去拿一大块象牙，故空处应是suddenly“突然”，副词，句首首字母大写。故填(S)uddenly。
37．句意：他日夜工作，直到一切都完美。根据前句“He worked day and night”和首字母提示可知，应是直到一切都完美，故空处应是everything“每件事情”。故填(e)verything。
38．句意：他知道自己做了一些伟大的事情，他对她的爱越来越强烈。根据空后“stronger and stronger”和首字母提示可知，应是他对她的爱越来越强烈，故空处应是grow“增长”，动词；结合上下文语境可知，句子应用一般过去时，故动词应用过去式。故填(g)rew。
39．句意：他梦见他的雕塑活了过来。根据后句“so Pygmalion got out of his bed immediately, eager to share this dream with her.”和首字母提示可知，应是梦见他的雕塑活了过来，故空处应是alive“活着的”，形容词。故填(a)live。
40．句意：当他触摸雕塑时，令他惊讶的是，雕塑的脸上绽放出温柔的笑容，她的眼睛开始发光。spread over“分散、传开”；结合上下文语境可知，句子应用一般过去时，故动词应用过去式。故填(s)pread。
41．句意：后来，在20世纪60年代，两位科学家发现，如果老师希望学生做得更好，那么这些学生真的会有更好的表现。根据空后句“then these students would really have greater performance.”和首字母提示可知，前句应是如果老师希望学生做得更好，故空处better“更好”，副词，是well的比较级形式。故填(b)etter。
42．句意：它是以希腊神话命名的。be named after“被以……命名”。故填(a)fter。
43．(t)ruth 44．(f)irst 45．(s)imilar 46．(l)ike 47．(c)ulture 48．(a)rranged 49．(l)ow
【导语】本文主要介绍了俄罗斯，美国，日本和中国的宇航员在太空上的饮食情况。
43．句意：真相可能会让你大吃一惊。根据“Do they eat the same things as on earth or something totally different? Are these foods tasty”及首字母可知，真相会让你大吃一惊，truth“真相”，故填(t)ruth。
44．句意：作为第一个将宇航员送入太空的国家，俄罗斯从20世纪60年代初就开始开发太空食品。根据“As the … country to send astronauts into space.”及首字母可知，俄罗斯是第一个将宇航员送入太空的国家，first“第一”，序数词表示顺序，故填(f)irst。
45．句意：现在俄罗斯宇航员可以享受到与地球上类似的各种食物。根据“such as black bread, honey cake, ham, quail, Polish pike, Russian cheese and sturgeon”及首字母可知，后面是举例一些与地球相似的食物，similar“相似的”，故填(s)imilar。
46．句意：美味的食物包括香肠派、辣烤鱼、土豆烤牛肉、黄油面包、豆豉汤、金枪鱼沙拉和可口可乐等饮料。根据“drinks … Coca-cola”及首字母可知，像可乐一样的饮料，like“像”，故填(l)ike。
47．句意：日本的太空食物表达了他们独特的文化。根据“Japanese space food expresses their unique”及“Most of these are traditional Japanese food”可知，这些食物表达了独特的传统文化，culture“文化”，故填(c)ulture。
48．句意：在任务的不同阶段，食物的安排是不同的。根据“Food is … differently in different stages of mission”及首字母可知，在不同的阶段安排不同的食物，arrange“安排”，主语food与动词arrange之间是被动关系，此空应填过去分词与is构成被动语态，故填(a)rranged。
49．句意：例如，如果宇航员在进入太空的前几天没有食欲，他们可以吃粥，而在后期，低纤维和多种维生素的食物将被摄入。根据“food with … fiber (纤维) along with multivitamins will be brought in”及首字母可知，此处指低纤维和多种维生素的食物，low“低的”，故填(l)ow。
50．(i)ncrease 51．(t)esting 52．(u)p 53．(c)ompared 54．(r)eturned 55．(e)specially 56．(O)nline.
【分析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述疫情期间，随着越来越多的人上网，全球互联网流量已经成为一个大问题。并着重讲述中国互联网基础设施的发展成功应对了这一挑战。
50．句意：1月至3月底，四分之一的主要城市的互联网流量有所增加。动词“ experienced”后缺宾语，根据“an”可知是单数名词。根据下文“This increase in traffic is testing the internet’s strength”和首字母提示,可知表达“增加”，根据首字母提示可知用名词“increase”。故填(i)ncrease。
51．句意：互联网使用的增长正在考验互联网的实力。句子是现在进行时，动词用“be doing”的结构。根据“the internet’s power”及“Many people cannot surf the internet as fast as usual. In March, phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages. People were not able to take calls”可知表达“检测，考验”，根据首字母提示可知动词用现在分词“testing”。故填(t)esting。
52．句意：在美国，像美国电报电话公司这样的电信公司说网速逐月高达21%。根据“21% month over month”及首字母提示可知高达21%，用介词“up”。故填(u)p。
53．句意：与2019年底相比，中国的互联网流量增长了约50%。根据“the end of 2019”可知表达时间的比较，用“compared to…”表达“与……比较”。故填(c)ompared。
54．句意：然而，他们在不久之后恢复了正常，且运转顺利。根据空后“and have worked well”和首字母提示，可知表达“恢复了正常”，用动词“return”。讲述的是过去的事情，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式“returned”。故填(r)eturned。
55．句意：这得益于中国在网络基础设施建设方面的工作，尤其是5G技术。根据“building network infrastructure”可知特别强调了5G技术。根据首字母提示可知用副词“especially”，表达“尤其地”。故填(e)specially。
56．句意：在线工作和教学从未如此顺利地进行。根据“online classrooms”及“the internet network field”可知表达在线工作和教学，用形容词“online”。句首首字母大写。故填(O)nline。
57．attract 58．traditional 59．latest 60．practise 61．need 62．advantage 63．dividing
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了积木是受欢迎的传统玩具。它给了孩子们学会新事物和生活技能的机会。积木还有助于开发孩子数学和科学技能。
57．句意：它们有趣的设计和易用性吸引了各个年龄段的孩子。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词，根据前面的“Their interesting design and easy use”和后面的“children of all ages”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是它们有趣的设计和易用性吸引了各个年龄段的孩子，时态是一般现在时，主语“Their interesting design and easy use”是复数，所以用动词原形，attract意为“吸引”，故填attract。
58．句意：大多数传统的玩具，像积木一样，最初是用木头做的。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是形容词作定语，由“toys, like building blocks, were first made of wood”可知，应该是大多数传统玩具，像积木一样，最初是用木头做的，traditional意为“传统的”，故填traditional。
59．句意：这使他们有机会学习最新的东西和生活技能。根据前文的“Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是这使他们有机会学习最新的东西和生活技能，latest意为“最新的”，故填latest。
60．句意：积木可以帮助孩子们练习他们的语言技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词原形，由后文的“their language skills. Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是积木可以帮助孩子们练习他们的语言技能，practise意为“练习”，故填practise。
61．句意：这种玩具也有助于培养孩子们在生活中所需要的技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动词，由“develop the skills that children”和后面的“in life”以及所给单词的首字母可知，应该是培养孩子们在生活中所需要的技能，need意为“需要”，时态是一般现在时，主语“children”是复数，所以用动词原形，故填need。
62．句意：然而，这些并不是玩积木的唯一优势。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是可数名词单数，由前面的“However, these are not the only”和后面的“of playing with building blocks”并结合所给单词首字母可知，应该是然而，这些并不是玩积木的唯一优势，advantage意为“优势”，故填advantage。
63．句意：这些类型的积木鼓励孩子们发展划分事物的技能。分析句子结构可知，应该填的是动名词作宾语，由前面的“These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in”和后面的“things”并结合所给单词的首字母可知，应该是这些类型的积木鼓励孩子们发展划分事物的技能，divide意为“划分”动名词形式是dividing，故填dividing。
64．joining 65．project / plan / program 66．special / specific 67．alone / anywhere 68．described 69．suffered 70．winner
【分析】本文讲述了丹尼拉·卡雷拉想加入一个俱乐部。丹妮拉正考虑加入舞蹈俱乐部。她的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新计划。他们打算给养老院的人买一台健身游戏机。他们通过卖抽奖券筹钱，用这些钱买两台健身机。他们将给抽奖抽中者一个，另一个给养老院。
64．句意：丹妮拉正考虑加入舞蹈俱乐部，因为舞蹈是她最喜欢的。
短语think about doing sth.：考虑做某事，about是介词，后面跟动名词；join the dance club：加入舞蹈俱乐部。故答案为joining。
65．句意：后来丹妮拉的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新计划。
根据第1段第1句“At Seven Oaks Middle School, Daniela Carrera was searching for a club.（在七橡树中学，丹尼拉·卡雷拉正在寻找一个俱乐部。）可知“后来丹妮拉的朋友希拉告诉她关于行动俱乐部的新项目/计划。” project：计划，项目，方案；plan：计划，规划，方案；program：计划，安排，节目，程序。故答案为project / plan / program。
66．句意：这将是一种特殊的控制台，玩健身游戏。
根据上文“Why would people in a nursing home want a video-game console(平台)?（为什么养老院的人想要一台视频游戏控制台？）”可知此句是“这将是一种特殊的控制台，玩健身游戏。” special：特殊的，特别的；specific：特殊的，特有的。故答案为special / specific。
67．句意：这些游戏帮助那些需要锻炼但不能去健身房或在房间外单独锻炼（在房间外的任何地方锻炼）的人。
exercise alone out of their rooms：在房间外单独锻炼；exercise anywhere out of their rooms：在房间外的任何地方锻炼 。故答案为alone / anywhere。
68．句意：在会上，俱乐部经理华盛顿先生向丹妮拉和其他人描述了健身视频游戏如何帮助鼓励人们活动。
根据下文“He explained…”时态是一般过去时，可知此句时态是一般过去时。describe：描述，过去时是described。故答案为described。
69．句意：他解释了操纵台如何帮助那些遭受剧烈疼痛的人分心。
本句是主从复合句，主句“He explained”是一般过去时，可知从句时态使用一般过去时。短语suffer from：受（某种病痛）折磨。故答案为suffered。
70．句意：我们将给抽奖的抽中者一个。
根据上文“We're selling raffle (抽奖增卖) tickets. With the money we get, we'll buy two fitness consoles.（我们在卖抽奖券。用我们得到的钱，我们买两台健身机。）”可知此句是“我们将给抽奖抽中者一个。” the winner of the raffle：抽奖抽中者。故填winner。
71．watched 72．pleasure 73．improve 74．interested 75．own 76．information 77．break
【分析】本文介绍了美国百分之二十的学校有学生种植管理的菜园。孩子们更喜欢吃他们菜园的蔬菜。学生们也使用从菜园得到的知识来学习科学和数学，他们在美术课上画他们菜园的图画。
71．句意：你曾经观看过一粒种子发芽，生长，结果，一直到它成为你盘里的土豆吗？
此处表示看着一粒种子的成长过程，根据have此处用现在完成时，因此用过去分词，故此处为watched。
72．句意：后来，更多的学校将会有菜园，更多的美国孩子将知道在他们学校菜园种植食物的快乐。
根据Later, even more schools will have gardens可知，更多的学校将会有菜园，这样孩子们可以体会到种菜的快乐，the+名词+of表示“…….的……”，故此处为pleasure。
73．句意：第一夫人想要改善美国孩子们的营养，她在一些当地人的帮助下，在白宫通过种菜园来开始她的项目。。
根据句意，第一夫人想要改善孩子们的健康，根据want to do sth想要做某事，用动词原形，故此处为improve。
74．句意：比起吃快餐，孩子们更喜欢吃他们菜园的蔬菜。
be interested in doing sth对做某事感兴趣，故此处为interested。
75．句意：为什么不让孩子们为他们自己的食堂种植食物呢？
表示他们自己的食堂，修饰名词cafeterias用形容词，故此处为own。
76．句意：学生们也使用来自他们菜园的信息来学习科学和数学，他们在美术课上画他们菜园的图画。
根据to study science and math可知，要学习科学和数学，应是利用来自菜园的信息，故此处为information。
77．句意：许多学生在中午休息期间，选择在菜园里工作，而不是在操场上玩。
根据playing on the playground可知，学生在操场上玩，应是在休息的时间，故此处为break。
78．collection 79．theft 80．observes 81．logically 82．pretends 83．from 84．popular
【分析】你知道福尔摩斯吗？他是英国阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士的小说中著名的侦探，他的故事受到了全世界各地读者们的欢迎。这篇短文中给我们介绍了福尔摩斯这个人物。
78．句意：他是阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士小说集的主角。
空后novels and short stories是可数名词复数形式，这里表示“一系列的，集……为一体”，考查短语a collection of…，故答案为collection。
79．句意：在接下来的40年里，柯南·道尔写了56篇短篇小说和4部小说，讲述了福尔摩斯是如何破案的，比如谋杀和盗窃。
空前murder意为“谋杀”，该空与它并列，结合首字母可知，这里考查theft，是一个名词，意为“盗窃”。故答案为theft。
80．句意：他仔细观察证据，经常用放大镜仔细寻找线索。
根据句中often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues.“用放大镜仔细寻找线索”，结合首字母可知，这里考查observe，意为“观察”。短文介绍的是福尔摩斯这个人物，全文使用的是一般现在时，主语He是第三人称单数，谓语动词应变为第三人称单数形式。故答案为observes。
81．句意：他对证据进行逻辑思考，并运用他丰富的科学知识推断出所发生的事情。
根据句意and uses his great knowledge of science to deduce what has happened.“运用他丰富的科学知识推断发生的事情”，所以他逻辑地思考，考查logically，是一个副词，修饰谓语动词thinks。故答案为logically。
82．句意：在一些故事中，为了获取信息，他会伪装成别人。
根据句意he disguises himself“他伪装自己”，再结合单词的首字母可知，这里考查pretend，意为“假装”。空前disguises是动词的第三人称单数形式，这里也用第三人称单数，故答案为pretends。
83．句意：在Speckled Band中，他救了一个女人，使她免于被敌人派来的蛇咬死。
根据句意可知，这里表示“救某人免于……，把某人从……中拯救出来”，应用短语save sb. from doing sth.，故答案为from。
84．句意：夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事已经流行了一百多年。
根据下句话They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.“这些故事被拍成了电影、戏剧和电视”，由此可见它们非常的受欢迎，故答案为popular。
【点睛】这篇短文给我们讲述了著名的侦探福尔摩斯。文章是记叙文，叙述清晰，内容比较容易理解。题型是根据文意和所给单词的首字母填写适当的单词，并注意使用单词的正确形式。做题时，应先浏览全文，了解文章大意；然后根据文意以及首字母，填写适当的单词；再根据短文使用的时态、单词在句中的作用等，变化单词的形式。例如第3小题，根据句中often using a magnifying glass to look closely for clues.“用放大镜仔细寻找线索”，结合首字母可知，这里考查observe，意为“观察”。短文介绍的是福尔摩斯这个人物，全文使用的是一般现在时，主语He是第三人称单数，谓语动词应变为第三人称单数形式。故答案为observes。再如第7小题，根据下句话They have been retold in a large number of films, plays and TV shows, with many different actors playing the role of the great detective.“这些故事被拍成了电影、戏剧和电视”，由此可见它们非常的受欢迎，故答案为popular，意为“受欢迎的”。
85．why 86．memory 87．experiment 88．without 89．correct/clear 90．easily 91．stop/solve
【分析】在日常生活中你可能会发现当你穿过门口后就会忘记你为什么在那里，也不知道要做什么了，这就是门口对人们记忆力的影响，并且科学家经过试验也验证了这一影响。或许你在穿过门口之前写下来要做的事情，会对你有些帮助。、
85．句意：但是当你走着穿过卧室的门并走进客厅的时候，你突然忘记了你为什么在那儿，也不知道要做什么。根据句意及首字母提示可推测这里表示 “为什么”,故填why
86．句意：很多人都认为他们的记忆力不好。根据上文you suddenly forget why you are there and just don't know what to do.可知人们容易忘记一些事情，结合首字母提示，所以这里表示“记忆力”，故填memory.
87．句意：来自美国圣母大学的科学家做了一个实验。根据本段后文具体内容可知，针对门口对人们记忆力的影响，他们做了一个实验，故填experiment.
88．句意：然后学生们被要求做同样的事情，而不穿过门口。根据本段内容可知，实验内容是对比穿过，门口和不穿过门口对人们记忆力的影响，故这里表示“不穿过门口”，故填without.
89．句意：科学家们发现他们穿过门口，进入新的房间时，学生们给出的答案更慢，准确度也没有那么高，结合句意，故这里表示“正确的，或清晰的”，故填correct/clear.
90．句意：在脑海中设置分界线可以导致我们更容易地忘记事情。结合句意可知，这里表示“容易地”，修饰动词forget,所以用副词形式，故填easily.
91．句意：有解决这种门口影响的方法吗？在你进入另一个门之前写下来你所需要的东西或许会有帮助。结合句意及首字母可推测，这里表示“解决或阻止”故填stop/solve.
【点睛】首先阅读短文，理解短文大意。结合句意和首字母提示是推测出空格所填词的关键, 例如第2小题，结合句意可知这里表示“坏的记忆力”，再根据首字母提示可以确定答案是memory, 故填memory.
92．rarely 93．wrong 94．ran/rushed 95．attack 96．fear/fright 97．safe 98．hero
【分析】这篇短文讲述的是作者家里的车库门和房门都开着，进了强盗。作者很英勇地与强盗进行了搏击，把强盗赶跑了。事后警察告诉作者当发生这样的事情的时候，应该马上先报警，不能自己与强盗直接对抗。
92．句意：因为我经常开车去上班，我很少有在家足够长的时间来让维修人员过来工作。rarely很少地，难得，是一个否定副词根据前文可知作者工作很忙，应该是很少有在家的足够长的时间，故填rarely。
93．句意：我一进入厨房，我知道出事情了。根据下文的描述Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone可知，作者的家里出事了。故这里填wrong，错误的，失常的。
94．句意：我跑回车库，抓起最近的重物，一把锤子。根据上文文意可知，作者的家里出了事情，所以他赶紧跑到车库拿东西防御。run跑，是一个动词，这篇短文使用了一般过去时，故填过去式ran。
95．句意：那个强盗带着头盔，走到楼梯的最后一步，我没有给他机会攻击我。attack攻击，袭击，句中使用了句型have the chance to do sth.有机会做某事，故这里填动词原形。
96．句意：他走后，我仍然为有人闯入我的家而害怕地颤抖。根据文意可知，作者的家里进了强盗，所以他感到很害怕，故这里应填fear。
97．句意：在我三次经过房子所有的房间之后，我感到安全了，房子里没有别的人了。safe安全，是一个形容词。根据句意nobody else was there可知，房子里没有其他人了，所以作者感到安全了。
98．句意：他们告诉我如果我认为有人闯入了家里，我不应该充当英雄的角色。根据上文When the police heard I had stayed at the house and struck the robber with a hammer可知，作者的家里进了强盗，他自己拿锤子跟强盗斗争，所以经常说他充当英雄的角色，故这里填hero。
【点睛】这篇短文作者讲述了自己家里被强盗闯入的一次经历。短文是记叙文，叙事比较清晰，文章中有一些较长的句子，增加了理解的难度。题型是根据文意和单词的首字母填写适当的单词，考查学生们在具体语境中使用单词的能力。做题时，应先通读短文，了解大意；然后根据首字母提示填写适当的单词。例如第2小题，根据下文的描述Smashed ceramics(粉碎的陶瓷) were lying across the floor and my set of Japanese kitchen knives were gone可知，作者的家里出事了。故这里填wrong，错误的，失常的。
99．without 100．prize 101．no 102．described 103．train 104．keep 105．frightened
【分析】文章大意：萨姆一直想参观国际空间站。他对那里发生的实验很感兴趣。他读过关于只用水来种植食物的文章。他认为这很重要，因为这是一种利用土地提供食物的方式。
99．句意：他认为这很重要，因为这是一种不使用土地提供食物的方式。根据句意和首字母，空后是动名词using，可知,此空应填介词没有的意思，此空故填without。
100．句意：奖品是去空间站的旅行！根据空前定冠词The可知，此空应填名词，根据句意和首字母可知，此空故填prize。
101．句意：有1209.678条参赛者，所以萨姆认为他不可能成为冠军。根据句意和首字母可知，空后名词way,此空应填形容词，此空应是不可能的意思，此空应填no。
102．句意：巴斯说，萨姆的文章准确地描述了他第一次太空旅行的感受。跟均具有和首字母可知，此空应是描述的意思，根据主句Buzz had said可知，此空应用过去时，此空故填described。
103．句意：在他乘飞机之前他必须去火车。根据句意和首字母可知，此空是火车的意思，此空故填train。
104．句意：他还学会了如何在没有重力的情况下移动来保持他在地面上。根据句意和首字母可知，此空是保持的意思，根据空前介词to可知，此空应填动词原形，此空故填keep。
105．句意：萨姆感到非常害怕，因为他对起飞后会发生什么事一无所知。根据空前felt really可知，此空应填形容词作表语，根据句意和首字母可知，此空故填frightened。
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