1、初中英语九年级外研版首字母填空专练初中英语九年级外研版首字母填空专练 阅读短文阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示填写单词的正确形式根据短文内容及首字母提示填写单词的正确形式 1 Before the nineteen sixties, London was 1. k_ for its terrible smog. During my visit, it was 2. t_ smoggy. You could 3. h_ see your hands in front of your face. Cars and buses moved slowly with their lies on and
2、 their bones blowing widely. When evening fell, smog would get 4. w_. I had an important meeting on the other side of the city. It was 5. i_ to find a taxi. So I decided to walk and set out much 6. e_. Minutes later I was completely 7.l_. I could not even find a street sign to tell me where I was. T
3、hen I heard a voice coming out of the smog. “I suppose you are lost, can I help you?” I could hardly see the young man who had spoken to me, but was glad to find someone in the fog. I 8. e_ where I wanted to go and she said she knew exactly how to get there. I was puzzled for a moment, and then I fo
4、llowed her through the 9. d_. The city was very quiet. We seemed to have walked in the dark streets for a very long time. I began to wonder whether she herself had lost her way. Just then the woman stopped in front of a big building she led me right to the place where I wanted to go. “ I know this p
5、art of town quite well,” she said “but the smog- this terrible smog made it impossible to see anything, it makes no difference to me whether it is smoky or clear, you see Im 10. b_.” she said with a smile. I thanked her for her kindness in earnest. 1 known 2 terrible 3 hardly 4 worse 5 impossible 6
6、earlier 7 lost 8 explained 9 darkness 10 blind 2 Thomas Edison was awarded more patents（专利权） on 1. i_ than any other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered 2. h_ they could best 3. s_ their respect for him. One 4. s_ was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All elec
7、tric power would be 5. s_ off in homes, streets and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan can made Americans 6. r_ fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have 7. l_ to complete confusion. A bla
8、ckout was out of the 8. q_. On the day of Edisons funeral, many people 9. s_ deemed（使 暗淡） their lights. In this way, they honored the men who had 10. d_ more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymens fingertips.(指尖) 1 inventions 2 how 3 show 4 suggestion 5 shut 6 real
9、ize 7 led 8 question 9 silently 10 done 3 In 1944, the year before the end of the Second world War., representatives of five powers ( China, the USA , the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and France) proposed to set up a world 1. o_. These proposals were finally 2. a_ on and signed as the U. N. Cha
10、rter （宪章） by fifty- one countries in 1945. The 3. d_ was 24 October ，now universally 4. c_ as ,United Nations Day. By now there are nearly two hundred 5. m_ States in the U. N. Its headquarter is in New York city, the United States of America. The aims of the U.N are to maintain international peace
11、and security, to 6. d_ friendly relations among nations, to cooperate internationally in 7. s_ international economic, cultural and human problems, promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to be a 8. c_ for co-ordinating （协调） the actions of nations in attaining these common en
12、ds. According to the U.N charter, no country is superior to another in the U.N Each members rights and obligations （义务） are the same, all must 9. c_ to the peaceful settlement of international disputes（争 端） and members have pledged to refrain（克制） from the threat or use of force 10. _ other state. 1
13、organization 2 agreed 3 date 4 celebrated 5 member 6 develop 7 solving 8 center 9 contribute 10 against 4 Old Tom was very rich, he was seventy years old. Now he 1.d_ to do something for the people of his town, but first he wanted to find out 2.w_they were 3.w_ of his help. One day, he asked his son
14、 to put a large stone in the middle of the main road to the town, he hid himself behind a tree and watched. Soon a middle aged man came along with his cow. “Whos put this big stone in the middle of the road?” he said. But he did not try to remove it, 4.I_, he walked past the stone and went on his wa
15、y. Another man came along and did the same, then came another and another, all of them 5.c_ about the stone, but 6.n_ of them tried to do anything about it. Late in the afternoon, there came a young girl. She saw the stone and said, “how did this stone find 7.i_ way here? People will fall 8.o_ it in
16、 the night, then the girl began to move the stone away, she pushed and pulled with all her strength. How 9.s_ she was when at last she moved away, the stone and found a lot of money in an envelope. On the envelope were these words: “This money is for the first honest 10.p_ who removes this stone fro
17、m road. 1 decided 2 whether 3 worthy 4 Instead 5 complained 6 none 7 its 8 over 9 surprised 10 person 5 Here is a story about George Washington- the 1.f_ of America. In his days, everyone in the US knew him and many people wished to have a picture or 2.s_of his in their homes. One day, Washington we
18、nt to a dentist to have his teeth filled. The dentist 3.e_ his teeth carefully. “Well, sir,” at last the dentist said “Im afraid six of your teeth are not 4.w_ mending, Ill have to pull them out” and so he did. A week later, Washington was surprised to learn that his teeth were on 5.s_ in the market
19、 at 50 dollars each. And what made him angry was that in front of the tees there was a 6.n_ saying, “ George Washingtons teeth, one of the best collections to surprise your friends!” Washington immediately sent six of his men to the market to buy all his teeth. The six men were away from the 7.o_ al
20、l day when they came back late in the afternoon, Washington asked what have you been doing the 8.w_ day? “Trying to 9.c_ all your teeth from the market,” said one of the men. Putting the teeth on the table in front of the general. Washington just 10.c_believe his eyes- there were 175 teeth altogether 1 father 2 something 3 examined 4 worth 5 sale 6 note 7 office 8 whole 9 collect 10 couldnt
