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1、英语专题练习-短文填空（10篇）Passage 1Heres a story about Ming s 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
2、 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.Mings father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net （网）.Great black birds called cormorants（四鹦）do the fishing for him. Rings （圈）have been put arou
3、nd 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 sa their work is f 8 . Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of co
4、urse, are boats very like his o 10 .1. r 2. l 3. f 4. v 5. u6. n 7. b 8. f 9. s 10. oPassage 2Can 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 el
5、ephants, 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 animal
6、s may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f 6 doing that.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 m
7、ay be possible to train animals to work in families or f 10 .1. i 2. q 3. g 4. o 5. d6. f 7. t ,8. u 9. m 10. fPassage 3In recent years, playing kite board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people.The gam
8、e is interesting but a little d 2. One needs to play it very c 3 .A kite board is in fact a skateboard （滑雪板）drawn （拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holand and Spain as e 5 as the last century. Since the board was hard to control （控制）,f 6 people dared （敢）to pl
9、ay it. With the development of the design （设计）of kite and skateboard, many people can l _乙.How to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you havent had any practice, youd better not play it. It is not s 9 .It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 , but
10、 also the sensitivity of your brain （大脑的敏捷）.1. w 2. d 3. c 4. p 5. e 6. f 7. l 8. f 9.s 10. bPassage 4British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats （公寓） with milk and won a National Bravery Award （国家勇敢奖）.Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, h
11、e s 2 heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England.That must be a fire, I t3 ,“ Leech said. Then I quickly d _4to do something. So I p 5 the door in and then I s6 for the people inside. Then I startedpouring milk e 7 . He used 320 pi
12、nts of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8 the shop, the fire was under control （得至U控制）.Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone, “ Leech said jok
13、ingly.1. u 2. s 3. t 4. d 5. p6. s 7. e 8. r 9. l 10.oPassage 5While traveling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran shout of （缺少）money. So he wrote t 1 his brother, asking for $ 500. Send the m 2 by telegram （电报） to the bank （银行） here,“ he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 一 4_ his passport （护口to
14、 the bank clerk（职员）.Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson, “ he was told.This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 . He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 . That evening Ed Jackson was arrested （被捕）for failing to p 9
15、 his hotel bill （账单）.He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.1. t 2. m 3. v 4. s 5. o6. w 7. w 8. b 9. p 10. sPassage 6April Fools Day is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2
16、. If you succeed, you usually laugh and say April Fool! ” The person who has been fooled by you l 3, too, and he will never be angry with you.Mother s Day is on the second Sunday of May. Its a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5 .Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the f
