短文填空

A

(2018绍兴)

阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

This is Tammela School,a primary school in Finland.The students are having a math class with their robot teacher.

The “teacher” is 1. a small,blue machine about 25cm high,Reuters reported.Whenever students have problems,it helps them very 2. patiently (patient) and never gets bored.

“The robot can make students 3. more active (active) in class than usual.I see Elias as one of the 4. tools (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom,” a teacher told Reuters.

So far the school 5. has introduced (introduce) four robot teachers,one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music. “6. It is necessary to encourage kids to come up 7. with new ways to make use of technology in school life,” the head of the school 8. added (add) in the interview.

The robot teachers are used 9. to help (help) improve learning.This doesn’t mean that human teachers will lose their jobs.The robots can teach well, 10. but they are not able to keep class in order.The school still needs human teachers.

B

(2018温州)

根据短文内容和所给中文提示,用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

Charlie’s life dream was to become a soldier,but he would never be able to because of his leg condition—he couldn’t stand on his right leg.He was very 1. sad (伤心的) about it.

One day,Harris,an army officer,2. heard (听说)the story.After communicating with Charlie’s parents,Harris started to plan secretly to give the poor boy a big 3. surprise (惊奇,惊喜).

A month later,one day in 4. August (八月) 2016,Harris appeared in Charlie’s classroom.In front of his classmates,Harris asked the boy,“Would you 5. mind (介意) taking a ride with me?”

Charlie was taken to the Army Reserve Center,where he 6. really (真正地) dreamed to go.Harris said to Charlie,“Today you will become a member of our team.” Charlie was too 7. excited (激动的) to say a word.Charlie raised his right hand and repeated the oath 8. loudly/aloud (大声地),“I volunteer to join the army and make all my efforts to protect the people and the 9. country (国家).”

Charlie’s parents were so thankful.Harris said that it was simply part of his job,“When I joined the army,I made a 10. promise (承诺) to protect the people,which also means protecting the dreams of a child.”

C

(2018 金华)

阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Joseph is a teacher in New York.He gives lessons to 1. his (he) students about American history.But he was born 2. in Kenya,an African country where the children lead a very different life.For example,a ten-year-old boy may spend 3. more (much) time in taking care of cows than studying at school.The children also learn many 4. skills (skill) like how to live in the wild.

Unlike many other children,Joseph went to school.And 5. luckily (lucky),when he was 15,he came 6. to study (study) in America and then became a teacher.Joseph has written 7. a book called Facing the Lion.In the book,he talks about his childhood.He thinks 8. it is very important for American children to learn about the cultural differences between their country 9. and the others.He also thinks children should learn to be strong and full of hope.Now Joseph 10. is doing (do) a project,hoping that it will help children face their own “lions”.

D

(2018 肥城市期中)

根据短文内容,用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空,使文章通顺、完整。(每词限用一次) depend,ill,waste,mess,since,neighbor,stress,sweep, anyway, provide I work in a cleaning company(公司).Usually people call us,and we 1. provide house cleaning service.

One day,I got a call from a man named David.“I want to help an old man.He just had surgery(手术)and is still 2. ill .Can I pay for it without letting him know?”he asked.David was a very kind man.He called us because he was worried about his 3. neighbor ,Mr.Smith.Mr.Smith just came back from the hospital.His house was in a 4. mess ,but he couldn’t do any housework.Even 5. sweeping the floor was difficult for him.He didn’t tell his children because he didn’t want them to 6. waste their time taking care of him.David wanted to help Mr.Smith without bringing him any 7. stress .And then we asked David what would happen if Mr.Smith would refuse to let us come into his house.“I have to at least try,and 8. anyway ,I really want to help him,”he said.

Luckily,Mr.Smith let us in and our workers did a good job.9. Since we promised(允诺) David not to tell his name,we didn’t tell too much to Mr.Smith.Mr.Smith was touched by the gift from someone he didn’t know.

Sometimes we don’t expect to 10. depend on others,because we are afraid of letting them get into trouble.However,there is always someone who cares about you and tries his best to help you.

E

(2018济宁)

阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词语填空,方框中有两个词语为多余选项。 rule,none,again,note,first,directly,another,set out,gave up One day,a student asked his teacher,“What is greed?” The teacher didn’t answer his question 1. directly ,but asked the student to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the biggest chocolate bar(条、块) he could

find.But there was a 2. rule :as he passed through the factory,he could not turn back.

The student went to the chocolate factory.As he walked,he saw a large chocolate bar.He liked it,but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going.He kept walking and saw 3. another chocolate bar.This one was a little bigger.But 4. again ,he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going.As he neared the end of the factory,he saw fewer chocolate bars,and 5. none of them were as large as the earlier ones.He started to regret his decision to keep going.Finally, he 6. gave up .He went back to his teacher empty-handed and explained what had happened.

The teacher told him,“You liked the 7. first chocolate bar,but you kept looking for a bigger one.And later,you realized that you had given up the best chocolate bar because you thought you could do better.That is called greed.”

F

(2018 临沂市郯城县期末)

In early January this year,a Chinese boy’s fate(命运) has caught millions of people’s attention.The boy named Wang Fuman is known to people as “frost boy(冰花男孩)”.

On a very cold winter morning, Wang spent more than an hour 1. walking (walk) 4.5 kilometers to school.Wearing a thin jacket,he braved -9℃ weather 2. to take (take) an exam in Shaotong,southern China’s Yunnan Province.When he arrived,his hair and eyebrows were covered completely with frost(霜).As soon as his classmates saw him 3. coming (come) into the classroom,they gave a loud laughter.And Wang made a funny face to his classmates.

Seeing the lovely boy,Headmaster Fu 4. took (take) a photo of him and put it on the Internet.The picture quickly became popular,and Wang became an overnight star online.“So far,over 300,000 netizens(网民) 5. have shared (share) his picture.”said a reporter.

After the Chinese Lunar New Year,a private school offered the boy and his sister a chance of free boarding(寄宿) education.Mr.Yang,the headmaster said,“Although