广东省短文填空专项练习题.doc

（练习1）Chinese has been added to the graduation exam list by Sophie School, an Italian high school and 29 students will take the test this year.This high school is mainly about language in northeastern Italy.It has become the first school in the country to list Chinese 1. _ a graduation exam subject.The Chinese course has been 2. _ at this Italian school for 5 years, and 145 of 3. _ 910 students have chosen to study Chinese.Maria, director of the school, said Chinese will become a global (全球的) 4. _ in the future and they set up the course because many students had asked for it.“There were only a few schools in Italy 5_ provided Chinese courses then, but now, Chinese courses have become 6. _ important part of our teaching plan,” she said. Robert is a student in this school.He is 7. _ to take the Chinese test this year.He said that speaking Chinese is not 8. _ difficult;It was difficult for them to understand the same word in 9. _ sentences and read Chinese poets, but writing Chinese characters(汉字) is the 10. _ difficult part of learning the language.“Although learning Chinese is difficult for Italian students, when considering looking for better jobs abroad, China must be my top choice,” he said. （练习2）Once there was a king who never ate a meal unless there was a dish of fish with it, but one day a big storm 1. _ the fishermen from going to catch fish.The king was 2. _sad that he ordered his servants to tell everybody in his capital that if anyone brought him a fish, he would give him anything 3. _ he asked for.At last, a fisherman 4. _a big fish and hurried to the kings palace with it.But the kings Prime Minister (大臣) would not let him in 5. _he promised to give him half of whatever the king gave him for the fish.The king was very happy when he saw the fish.He asked the fisherman what he wanted for his fish. To his6. _, the fisherman said, “I want you to beat me two dozen (十二个) times with a stick.” When the king began to beat him softly, the fisherman said, “No, please beat me as hard 7. _you can.” After the king had beaten him a dozen times, the fisherman jumped away and said, “That is enough for me.I promised the other dozen to your Prime Minister.” Then he told the king what had happened between the Prime Minister and himself.The king was very 8. _ . He not only gave the Prime Minister the dozen hits, but also said, “Because you have been dishonest, you will 9. _ be my Prime Minister anymore.The fisherman will 10. _ your place.”（练习3）This morning I got an e-mail from Roy.It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.The e-mail made me 1. _of the first day when we moved into this house.Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house 2. _ as his toys, books and clothes.Suddenly, his little hand knocked over a bottle of 3. _on the shelf.The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a 4. _mess.“Oh, my God!” my wife rushed in angrily.I looked at my son, and his small face was 5. _ with fear.I smiled and held his hand.“Take it 6. _ ,Roy.Now lets do something to make it look nice,”I said.I took out a brush.“You see, Dad is a magician.I can 7. _ it into a big tree.”His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.We 8. _ the whole afternoon painting and laughing.The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals.Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy.On that day, everybody in the house knew 9. _ special happened. In this e-mail, he wrote, “Since then Ive never worried about making 10. _,I believe I can always find out ways to solve problems.” （练习4） John Carlin was a person who could do many different kinds of work.He was an artist and writer.He taught 1 . _ five foreign languages.He was a leader among the deaf.John Carlin was 2. _ in Philadelphia in 1813.His father was a poor shoemaker.John did not need to do things that other children of his 3. _ had to do,so he had much free time to walk around the city.John got many rich experiences when he was young.He 4. _ his talent for painting early in life.He often drew pictures on the floor 5. _ some chalks.But when his mother saw what he had done,she cleaned them 6. _ with a mop(拖把). John went to work as 7. _ house painter when he was 12.He was busy with his work.However,he taught himself 8. _ languages at night.When he was 20,he went to New York to learn drawing.When he ran out of his money,he went to work again.But he would return to drawing whenever he could 9. _. John was the one who beat all the difficulties, 10. _ he was the first person to receive an honorary degree(荣誉学位) from Gallaudet(加劳德特大学) and became a successful man.（练习5）On Wednesday,January 31,2018,much of the world got to see not only a blue moon and a “supermoon”,but also a total lunar eclipse(月全食).Having all three events taking place at thesame time is really1._ .Astronomers(天文学家) say this has not happened 2. _ 1982.And it wont happen again 3. _ 2037A total lunar eclipse 4. _ when the earth comes between the sun and a full moon.The earth blocks the suns 5. _,making the moon appear dark in the sky.The eclipse was easier to see in the west of the United States and Canada before the moon rose early 6. _ Wednesday morning.It was seen across the Pacific Ocean into East Asia as the moon rose Wednesday night into Thursday.7. _,the US East Coast(海岸) missed out on the supermoon.The moon was 8._ down just as the eclipse got started.Europe,most of Africa and South America also missed out. A blue moon is the second full moon in one month.It is rare(罕见的) enough that English speakers use the expression “once in a blue moon” to 9. _ something that does not happen often! A supermoon is a full or new moon.It appears brighter and 10. _ than usual because the moon is closer to the earth than usual.Some people are calling this weeks lunar event a “super blue blood moon”. （练习6）Now, it seems that AI (人工智能) is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has greatly influenced the ways we live, work and play.Can you imagine that you can 1. _ table tennis with a robot one day?Recently, a scientist has 2. _ a special robot that can be a table tennis coach.That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a 3. _. Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is 4._ special.It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball.5. _ this way, it can exactly judge (判断) the players skill levels (水平).Then it uses the 6. _ tochange the ways to play.If the players are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a 7. _ and more difficult way.Whats more, while playing, it encourages players to try their best with words 8. _ “Good job!”, “Come on!” and so on.At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve9. _ skills.So it is both a good partner and a clever coach. Science and technology is developing quickly these days and its hard to imagine 10. _ will happen in the future.“In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!”Takuoya, the inventor of the robot, said.（练习7）Eleven countries are building a great wall of trees across Africa.It is 1. _ the Great Green Wall.The aim is to bring life to the dry lands and help to fight the bad environment.The 2. _ is 8,000 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide.It 3. _ from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east, on the south of the Sahara Desert (撒哈拉沙漠 ).So far, Senegal has made the best progress by 4. _ about 11,000,000 trees. Many years ago, there were few trees in that area and the winds used to be very strong.It was 5. _ to the fields.Also, there was little rain, so 6._ plants could grow and many people went hungry. Since the tree planting project started, the trees have provided 7. _ for the local people and increased the wetness (湿度) of the air.Little 8. _ little, there appeared green fields for people to grow plant. The project which began in 2007 is supposed to 9. _ a total of 8,000,000,000 dollars.Many countries are trying 10. _ best to help to continue the planting.So we will be able to see the whole green wall across Africa in the near future! （练习8） Tracy would never forget the night when she met a robber (抢劫者) many years ago. That evening, she went to a birthday party which lasted 1. _ two oclock in the morning.Tracy walked in the quiet street alone.Suddenly from the back of a dark building,a tall man with a 2. _ in his right hand ran out at her.“Good 3._, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I dont think you wish to die here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take 4. _ off！” Tracy suddenly had a good 5. _.She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her coat while using the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 6. _ them on the ground. “Take them and let me go,” she said.The robber thought that the girl didnt like the earrings at 7. _, only trying to protect the necklace.It would cost more, so he 8. _, “Give me your necklace.”“Oh, sir.It doesnt 9. _ much.Please let me wear it.” “Im not that silly, quick!” With shaking hands Tracy took off her necklace.As soon as the robber left, she picked 10. _ her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends. The earrings cost 480 pounds and the the necklace robber had taken away cost only 10 pounds.（练习9）When your dream is to become a footballer and play for Barcelona, nothing should get in your way even if you have no feet.An 11-year-old schoolboy Gabriel Muniz, who was 1. _ without feet, will fly from his home in Brazil to take 2. _ in the Spanish clubs summer training camp.Although he is 3. _, Muniz is one of the top players at the school and captain of his gym class.He can run, dribble (运球), pass and strike the ball as well 4. _ any of his able-bodied teammates.He 5._ all his spare time on the football pitch.His best friend Lucas Santos spoke about his 6._ on a video for The Sun, “He is skillful, he goes after it, he is fearless and he knows how to organize plays.He also makes good passes.” Mum Sandra was thrilled(激动的) because her son would achieve 7. _dreams.She said,“He started walking before he was one.We would go after him, expecting him to keep 8. _, but he never fell.” Munizs gym teacher added, “He is challenging the social norms (标准).9. _ he arrived there, no one believed in him.” But he showed to everyone that he could play as well as any other boy. So he was invited to go to Spain to 10. _ his talent. The Spanish La Liga soccer club has offered to fly Muniz to Spain in September, where hell be able to show off his “fancy footwork” and meet his idol, a soccer player Lionel Messi.（练习10）Mr.Smith worked in a company.He had 1. _ a wife nor a child.And he lived in an old house alone.He liked nothing 2. _ drinking.He almost spent all of his money 3. _ drinking wines.One evening, Mr.Smith met a friend of his in the street.The man asked him to have dinner in a 4. _. He was happy and drank a lot.When they finished the meal, Mr.Smith could 5. _ walk.His friend had to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him home.Soon the taxi 6. _ at the door of his home.7. _ the help of the driver, he got out.“Thank you, sir,” said Mr.Smith.“And I can open the door by 8. _.” The taxi driver then went away.But Mr.Smith couldnt put the key into the keyhole.He tried many times, but failed.At that time, a 9. _ passed there.“Can I help you open the door, sir?” asked the policeman.“Thank you, sir,” said Mr.Smith. “My house is circling now.If you can 10. _ it from moving, I can open the door by myself.”