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1、初三英语中考任务型阅读和首字母填空专练练习一A)根据短文内容，按要求答题。The Canadian people are not all the same. There are many different groups. They came to Canada at different times. They came from different places. Many of them still live in different ways.Long ago, only Native (土著的) Americans live in Canada. They arrived thousa
2、nds of years ago. Today there are about fifty different American groups.The Eskimos came after the Native Americans did. They have also been in Canada for a long, long time. Most Eskimos live in the north of Canada, where it is very cold.The European settlers started arriving 450 years ago. Most cam
3、e from France. They are a large group in Canada today. They follow French customs or ways of doing things. They speak French.Later, most settlers came from England and Scotland. They speak English. Today more than half of all Canadians speak English.Canadians have also come from Germany and Italy. T
4、here are smaller groups from other places, too. You can see that different kinds of people are called Canadians. Many do not want to forget their own customs and languages. But they share a large country. They share a future in that country. They are all Canadians. 76. Who first came to live in Cana
5、da?77. Where do most Eskimos live? 78. How long have the European settlers been in Canada?79. What language do most Canadians speak today?80. The Canadians look the same, dont they?B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was s_81_ to find few people there. Zoos are very
6、 important places. They p_82 _ homes for many endangered animals. They also help to educate the public about caring f_83_ them. If we dont s_84_ our zoos, they wont have e_85 _ money to take care of so many fine animals. Therefore, people should go and visit the zoos m 86 often to learn about animal
7、s and help to protect them better. H_87_, some people do think so. They think zoos are t_88_ places for animals to live. “Ive visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen o_89_ I liked or one that was suitable for animals to live in.” Jenny said. The animals are k_90 _ in small cages and
8、can hardly move at all. Whats more, they are only given food once week. Thats terrible.”练习二A) 根据短文内容，在空格里填入恰当的词语。注意：每空一词。Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. His parents came from Japan. Minoru went to college to study architecture. E
9、very summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. Often he worked from four oclock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men. Later in life, Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers. Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once h
10、e woke up at three oclock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw. Yamasaki used a new design for the buildings. These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel, and Tower in Los Angeles, California.Yamasaki was different from other architects. H
11、is buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He always designed buildings to please people. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.Yamasaki worked for several compa
12、nies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architects First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. It is very famous.In 1993, a bo
13、mb exploded (炸弹爆炸 ) in the World Trade Center. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design. Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.Minoru Yamasaki died in 1986. He
14、designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.The title A 62 American architectBe born In 63 in Seattle, Washington Studied 64 in collegeWorked in a fish factory to 65 for college In college66 a room with 100 other men and often staye
15、d up very late until midnight His design of buildings Made people feel 67 and happy Had 68 opinions about his buildings The World Trade Center didnt fall down after a bomb explosion Was not the 69 as other architectsDidnt begin his successful career 70 he started his own company Successful careerWon
16、 71 Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life Date of death Died in 1986 B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f 72 houses were washed away, but Elizabeths house was high e 73 to escape it.Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. S
