初中英语基础知识中考系列复习题9-阅读理解
阅读下面短文，然后从文前方框内所给的词中选出适当的词，并用其正确形式填空（每空限选一词）。
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call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl , something , read , take
Many years ago , there was a family ___1___ Franklin . They lived in Boston . There were five ___2___ and six boys in the family . On a January day in 1760 , another baby boy ___3___ . They boy’s mother and his father ___4___ the boy a name — Benjamin .
Benjamin was the ___5___ of all the children . He could read when he was five and he ___6___ write by the time he was seven . When he was eight he was sent to school .
In school Benjamin had been good at ___7___ and writing but not good at maths . He read all of ___8___ father’s books . And whenever （每当）he had a little money , he bought a book with it . He liked books . They told him how to do ___9___ . At that time he invented the paddles （脚蹼）for ___10___ .
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say , surprise , do , in , friend , to , visits , we , usual , or , welcome , time , for , but , ideas
Manners are important in every country , ___1___ people have different ___2___ about their manners . What is good in one country may not be ___3___ in another .
Chinese people are ___4___ to know the fact that an Englishman ___5___ stop to talk and shake hands with his friend ___6___ the street . They just say hello ___7___ each other and then pass on .
English people think that ___8___ Chinese end our ___9___ to friends all of a sudden . They ___10___ begin to show that they want to go 15 ___11 20 minutes before they leave their ___12___ house . And they do this two or three ___13___ within 20 minutes .
It is important ___14___ people to understand each other . Here is a ___15___ , “When in Rome , do as the Romans do .”
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（三）
need , animal , I , put , make , except , find , end , look , since , little , enough
Let me tell you a story .
A good friend of ___1___ lives with six hundred animals on an island . Ever ___2___ he left school , he has travelled all over the world ___3___ for animals for his own zoo . He writes books about his travels , and about his wonderful ___4___ . The money for his books helps him to pay for all the animal food . My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island , though there is a lot all around it ) , he ___5___ oil （石油） . He ___6___ money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy ___7___ water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it , it will be the ___8___ of his zoo and his life’s work .
So I think he will not tell anybody ___9___ you and me about what he found — because oil and water can’t ___10___ together . Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water . Do you think so ?
二. 阅读下面的短文，根据每个空格中所给的词首字母填入适当的词，使短文意思完整。
（一）
Can animals be made to work for people ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained （训练） to do a number of simple jobs i (1) of people . They say that at a circus （杂技场）， for example , we may see elephants , monkeys , dogs and other animals doing q (2) skillful （熟练的） things . Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find that the trainer （驯兽员） always g (3) the animal some sugar
o (4) a piece of fruit as a reward （报酬） . The scientists say that many d (5) animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f (6) doing that .
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Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to look after a house , and soldiers in both old and modern t (7) have u (8) geese to give warning （警报） by m (9) a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or
f (10) .
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Here’s story about Ming’s life on the waters . Ming has lived all his life on a wide r (1) in China . His home is a large house-boat with a roof , one of hundreds that move up and down . In about six years he has not once been on l (2) , but he is never lonely . He is a strong swimmer . In fact （实际上） , he could swim before he could walk . When he wants to play with his f (3) , he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v (4) him .
Ming’s father is a fisherman but he never u (5) a line or a net （网） . Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings （圈） have been put around the birds’ n (6) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch . They have been taught to b (7) the fish to people . And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f (8) . Ming loves watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s (9) with his mother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o (10) .
（三）
Last week Bruce wrote to Dick , telling him that he wasn’t enjoying the n (1) school in Richmond at all . As all the o (2) students were from the same junior middle school , they
g (3) on well with each other . Bruce tried his best to be friendly , but they didn’t . I (4) , they made fun of （取笑） him , for he was the s (5) in the class . He had no idea about what to do . So Bruce n (6) some help from his best friend , Dick .
Now , in his l (7) back to Bruce , Dick gave him two pieces of advice （建议）：First of all , d (8) worry about being short . And the s (9) , think about l (10) for a good friend .
（四）
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