2019中考英语冲刺增分练(呼和浩特专用版):呼和浩特英语 阅读理解填词

Passage 1

Two simple words “thank you” have made a big difference to thousands of firemen in New

York City.

Savannah is a girl f 1 Texas. “I was trying to think h 2 I could help them out,”

she says. After hearing about sacrifices (牺牲) made by firemen, she was m 3 by the risks

they face. S 4 Savannah made 200 thank-you cards for them. “I want to show how much I

care about them.”

“I told the firemen thank you,” Savannah recalls. “They’re always there to help you.”

Savannah decided to k 5 making cards. For the next ven months, she woke up early to

paint and color and cut. In that time, she s 6 1,600 cards with bite-sized candy while

meeting her h 7 . Soon, fire stations started thanking her.

Once too shy to give a speech at school, it is now e 8 for Savannah to speak regularly to

firemen and school students. She is quite different from what she u 9 to be.

“She’s saying how t 10 she is for them!” Savannah’s mom, Debbie, says, “Savannah

es that stepping out and doing something can really make difference.”

【主旨大意】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了两个简单的单词“谢谢你”已经对纽约数以千计的

消防员产生了重要的影响。一个女孩受到消防队员的影响并且表达对他们的感谢。

1. from 3. moved 4. So 5. keep ul

Passage 2

Sometimes we are ud to drawing a quick conclusion(结论). But is it right or not? My little

son gave me a l 1 .

One day， I took my five-year-old son to go out for a walk after dinner. On the way, we saw

an old woman lling fruits. I didn't take enough money with me. A 2 my son liked eating

fruit very much, I could buy only two pears and gave them to him.

The little boy 3.h the pears in his hands. I asked him if he could share one with me.

On hearing this, he quickly took a bite(咬）from one pear, and then the o 4 .

I was quite surprid. I a 5 mylf what mistakes I had made in educating my son so

that he acted in such a greedy(贪婪的）way. I was l 6 in thought. Perhaps I was just think

too much. My son was too young to know about sharing and giving.

S 7 , my son gave me the pear in his right hand and said. “Mom, you have this one.

This one is much sweeter. “ Then I knew why my little son took a bite from e 8 pear.

From then o 9 , I always tell mylf not to reach a conclusion too quickly. Try to spend

some more time in understanding things b 10 .

【主旨大意】本文为一篇记叙文。文章通过自己的亲身经历，小小的一件事中，儿子给作者

上了一课，告诉我们不要轻易下结论。

1. lesson2. Although 3. 6. lost 7. Suddenly 8. each9. on 10. better

Passage 3

Soap is widely ud in our lives around the world. Once soap was a dangerous-to-make hair

product, b 1 it is something that it would be difficult to live without today.

Soap is everywhere. We u it every day and c 2 it as something important in our lives. It

also has an amazing h 3 . In Babylon around 2800 B.C, the e 4 known soap was made and

ud. Ancient Egyptians also made soap. At one time, soap-making was not s 5 . That's

becau lye（碱液）b 6 chemical burns or even made people blind in the making process.

Other dangerous materials were also m 7 with animal fats and oils. Later, soap became

available in stores and people gradually stopped making it in their homes.

Originally（最初），soap was not only mainly ud for c 8 . Instead, it was as gel（凝胶）

for making hair stay in place or smell good. The Arabs first made the soap that we know today.

They created colored, liquid,and hard soaps. They even had soaps w9 were ud for shaving

（刮胡子）.

Soap became people's f 10 in the late 1800s. Advertising in Europe and the US helped

people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health. Now, soap is something

we wouldn't want to live without.

【文章大意】本文是篇说明文。主要介绍肥皂使用及其发明历史。

1. but 2. consider 3. history 4. earliest 5. safe 6. brought 7. mixed 8. cleaning 9. which10.

favourite

Passage 4

Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers.1. H , if you eat the right food and

exerci more, you can feel better, look better and have more energy. So healthy eating along with

regular exerci is 2. p the only way to become fit.

As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy it 3.n . For a healthy diet, you

should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and 4.f . You also need to drink a lot of water ---

six to eight glass a day. 5.D enough water will improve your skin and give you healthy

hair.

Exerci is something that can 6. h to make you look good, feel good and be healthy.

Teenagers should spend at 7.l 30 minutes exercising, five times a week. Walking and riding

your bike count, and so do school sports. When you exerci, your body 8.p some things that

make you feel peaceful and 9. r and increa your ability to concentrate when you study.

The things can even help you sleep better at night. A good amount of sleep every night is also

important for your health. Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep each night.

If you follow the 10. s above, you will look and feel much better in no time at all.

[答案]

1. However 2. probably 3. needs 5. Drinking 6. help 7. least 8. produces 9. relax 10.

suggestions

Passage 5

I wanted to buy a pair of sports shoes for a long time. I had spent months saving up the money

to buy them and I finally had e 1 . Last Saturday my friend Jack wanted to buy a new CD

so we decided to go shopping together.

We took the bus into town and it was very c 2 , so we had to stand all the way. Jack and I

were talking when I suddenly n 3 that my bag was open and my pur had gone! The bus

had just stopped and there was a boy near me who was going quickly towards the door. We

thought he has stolen my money so we got off the bus and f 4 him. The boy started running

and then Jack ran after him shouting “Stop! T 5 !” It was like a scene out of a film! A

policeman saw what was going on and managed to get the boy.

The embarrassing thing was that when the policeman s 6 the boy, he didn’t have any pur!

He had probably thrown it away before he was caught. The boy said he made a mistake and we

shouldn’t blame(指责) him for the stolen pur. He explained that he had o 7 started

running becau he was late for a meeting with friends. The policeman a 8 him to go and I

felt really stupid. I don’t know whether he stole my pur or not as there was no proof(证据). I

wish I hadn’t been so careless and had kept an e 9 on my bag !

I’ve lost my front door key and 60 pounds. I’m really fed up. Jack offered to lend me the

money to buy the sports shoes, but I don’t think it’s f 10 to take it. It isn’t his fault(过失)

that I had my pur stolen!

1. enough 2. crowded 3. noticed 4. followed 6. arched 7. only

8. allowed 9. eye 10. fair

Passage 6

If you lo 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and

lf-development, kept t 1 . And he became famous by showing people how to be

successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy

didn’t e a train u 2 he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every

day to milk the cows in his family.

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless becau of his clothes and ordinary looks.

His mother e 3 him: “Why not try to be better in other things i____4_____ of just

dress and good looks?”

Carnegie tried to be more a 5 in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But

one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was d 6 in himlf. He said later

that he thought of killing himlf after so many failures(失败).

But soon Carnegie was en practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work

brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech c 7 and became

widely known.

The young man made his own words come true: “B 8 that you will succeed, and

you will.” In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His

best-llers(畅销书) i 9 How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop

Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38

l___10____. They are still helping people on the road to success.

1. trying 3. encouraged 4. instead 5. active (alive) 6. disappointed 7.

competition(contest) 8. Believe 9. include 10. languages

Passage 7

Do you remember how you get your English name? Your English teacher gave it to you or

you looked up the 1. d________ to get it? Have you ever thought 2. w________ your English

name will bring you good luck or bad luck?

A new study found a name that others felt difficult to pronounce might 3. i________ a

person's future. The study shows that the 4. e________ your name is to pronounce, the more

trustworthy(值得信赖的) people will think you are. The rearch also shows that people with

more familiar(熟悉的) names are probably to hold higher positions in 5. s________. In other

words, a weird(古怪的) name may prevent someone from going to be a 6. l________ or a boss.

You may think about your name again. If your first name sounds strange and you can't 7.

c________ it, you can do as the following 8. s________. Try using a middle name if it's not hard

to pronounce. If you don't have a middle name, you can u a nickname(绰号). And when you get

to the interview, you can 9. e________ that you often u a nickname becau people find your 10.

r________ name difficult to pronounce.

Your name may mean more than you think.

nary/dictionaries r nce y tions

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Passage 8

There once lived three greedy(贪婪的) brothers in a town. Everyday, three brothers f 1

to get more things. One day, their father called them out to reason with them, "Sons, stop fighting

with each other."

However, they still remained greedy. After thinking d 2 for a few days, the father came up

with a good idea. He gathered his three sons to express his dying wish.

“I will leave all my asts(资产) to one of you who can break off this bundle(捆) of sticks.”

Every son shouted out that he could do it, competing with one a 3 . “That is easy.” “Give it to

me.” The father h 4 a very large bundle of wooden sticks to them. The oldest son tried hard to

break the bundle off. However, the wooden sticks were unbreakable.

The s 5 son laughed at his older brother and challenged in breaking the bundle. He was u

6 to do it, either. Then, the youngest son came forward. But, the r 7 was the same.

Then, the father divided the bundle i 8 three ts and pasd them to each son. “Well, try

to break them now.” The three sons could break them easily. Then, a s 9 appeared on their

faces.

The father gently advid them, “There is nothing you can’t do i 10 the three of you

stand together. Help each other until you die.” The three sons ran with tears becau they were

moved by the father's advice.

答案：1. fought 2. deeply 3. another 4. handed 5. cond 6. unable 7. result

8. into 9. smile 10. if

Passage 9

The Clever Learning Methods

Why do you need study skills? Becau they will make it e 1 for you to learn and do

well in class, especially as you move up to middle school and high school.

◆Pay attention in class

Do you have d 2 paying attention in class? Are you sitting next to a loud person? Is it

hard to e the blackboard? Make sure you're sitting in a good at that makes you pay attention.

Tell your teacher or parents about any problem that is stopping you from paying attention and

taking good notes.

◆Take good notes

Not sure h 3 to take notes? Start by writing down facts that your teacher mentions o 4

writes on the blackboard in class. Try your best to u good handwriting so that you can read your

notes later. It's also a good idea to keep your notes, quizzes, and papers organized by subject.

◆Plan b 5 tests

It's not wi of you to w 6 until Thursday night to study for Friday's test. It also makes

it hard to do your best. You'll feel sorry for p 7 off things often. One of the best ways is to

plan ahead.

◆Get a good night's sleep

So the test is tomorrow and you've followed your study plan, but s 8 you can't

remember anything, not even 2+2! Don't worry. Your brain n 9 time to digest (消化) all the

information you've given it. Try to get a good night's sleep and you'll be s 10 by what comes

back to you in the morning !

答案: 1. easy 2. difficulty 3. how 4. or 5. before 6. wait 7. putting 8. suddenly

10. surprid

Passage 10

My dear son,

I think my life has been long enough now. And I won’t be able to visit you any m 1 ,

but would it be too much to ask w 2 you could come and visit me once in a while? I miss

you so much! I am so glad when I hear you are coming to the school for a meeting. But I have

d 3 not to go to the school becau I am riously i 4 .

I’m sorry that I only have one eye, and I have been an embarrassment for you. But before I

leave this world. I have to tell you one thing that has been hidden in my h 5 for over

twenty years. When you were very little, you got into an accident, and l 6 your eye. As a

mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to g 7 up with only one eye. So I gave you

m 8 . I was so proud you could e a whole new world for me. I was n 9 angry with

you for anything you did. Sometimes when you were upt with me, I thought to mylf, “It’s

becau you love me.” I miss the time when you were still young around me.

I miss you so much. I love you. You m 10 the world to me. Wish you a safe trip.

Your mom

【主旨大意】本文是一封信。从一位母亲给儿子的信中，我们可以了解到母爱的伟大。

1. more 2. whether 3. decided 4. ill 5. heart 6. lost 7. grow 8. mine 9. never

10. mean