1、专项 （提高） 首字母填空（二） （A） Have you ever h_ of e-books ? E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book., with a screen which you can r_. How does e-books work ? First, you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want. There are t_ of books provided by different
2、 websites on the Internet. Then d_ the books you like to your e-book. You can download 10 books at a time. Now you can sit back and enjoy y_ reading.Compared with ordinary books, e-books have many advantages. First of all, e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing not b_ than
3、a pocket radio. Second, e-books are usually small and light, so its easy for you to carry e-books e_. You can renew books in your e-book any time you like. With the development, probably an e-library will appear. If this idea comes t_, you just take your e-book there and download what you want to re
4、ad. You no l_ need to worry about whether your books are over-due (过期的) or not.I think this new way of reading may make people who dont want to bookshops to read happy. In fact, our lifestyles often c_ with the development. 答 案 ： 1).heard 2).read 3).thousands 4)download , 5).yourself 6). bigger 7).e
5、verywhere 8).true 9) .longer 10).change (B) Once a little boy was sad all day. His mother told him to go out to look for love. He knew it may cost him much time to find w_ love was. So he prepared many things w_ with pizzas and drinks and started off. When he walked p_ a park, he found an old woman
6、sitting there and watching birds. She looked hungry. The boy gave her a pizza.She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again. He gave her a coke. The woman smiled again.The boy was happy because he felt love. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and s_.
7、But they said nothing.When it grew dark, he decided to leave. Before l_, he turned around and hug(拥抱) the woman. She gave her the biggest smile ever. When he arrived home, his mother was s_ at his look of joy on his face and asked what m_ him so happy. He told his mother he got the m_beautiful smile
8、. At the same time, he also found his mothers p_ and asked why. She said: “I had lunch with love in the park.” If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a b_ life. 答案：1）.what 2).well 3).past 4).smiling 5). leaving 6).surprised 7).made 8).most 9).pleasure 10).better (C) Lofton is a little village （村
9、庄）in England. It is not f_1_ from the city of Manchester Not many families l_2_ around the village, so the people all know each o_3_. Most of them are friendly and helpful.Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S_4_ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o
10、_5_ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t_6_ _ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester. In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n_7_ cinemas in Lofton
11、. Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e_8_ as the life in the b_9_ cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w_10_ people in Lofton love their village. 答案：1far 2live 3other 4Some 5or 6 takes 7 no 8 exciting 9 big 10 why （D） W
12、hile Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside(海边).They enjoyed w_1_ the seagulls(海鸥).They learned a l_2_about these lovely birds .They will often come c_3_to you when you are eating something . If you threw pieces of bread to them, they at once caught it up. Seagulls swim very w_4_,but they dont
13、often dove for fish .They are good at f_5_with their wings ,when a seagull is in the s_6_he puts his legs under his body ,Tom often watched them come to the ground . The seagulls beat the air w_7_their wings and brought down their feet before they touched the ground .Mary liked to s_8_ them gliding
14、(滑翔)over the water as they often do ,without m_9_their wings but she said she didnt like the n_10_they make. 答案： 1).watching 2).lot 3).close 4).well 5).flying 6).sky 7).with 8).see 9).moving 10).noise (E) A man had two sons. They were twins. They were b_1_ at almost the same time and looked quite al
15、ike. But in one important way, they were very d_2_. One of them was an optimist(乐观主义者), while the o_3_ was a pessimist(悲观 主义者). The man was worried about his sons. There are good and bad things in ones life. He didnt want his sons to be too pessimistic or too optimistic. He told his best friend John
16、son about this p_4_. Johnson was a man of many ideas. Then he asked, “W_5_ is their next birthday? The father replied,” Its on Wednesday. They will be twelve years old.” “Excellent,” Johnson said. Heres what you should do. Give your pessimistic son a really n_6_ present. Give your optimistic son a r
17、eally poor present. That will work! The father did as his friend told him. On Wednesday morning, the two boys got their birthday p_7_. The pessimist looked at his first. It was a very expensive gold watch, but he was not pleased with it. He said, I dont l_8_ this very much. I am sure it wont keep go
18、od time. It will always be fast or s_9_ and it will probably break easily. Then I have to s_10_ lots of money getting it repaired. Then the optimist looked at his present. He was really pleased. “Look! Dad has given me shoelaces(鞋带),” he said. He held up the shoelaces and said, I can use it when I have new shoes.” 答案：1).born 2).lot 3).close 4).well 5).flying 6).sky 7).with 8).see 9).moving 10).noise
