上海市首字母填空专项练习之进阶篇 21篇（有答案）

Passage 1

Some cities are crowded. They have bus or train s________ to help people travel through them. In these cities, many people do not have cars. For example, in New York, o________ about one third of the people drive to work.

Why do people need to have a car? Some people need a car to get to work. Others like the freedom of having a car. But having a car can be e________. Many people take buses or trains instead. They don’t want to worry about the c________ of having a car.

How much would it need to o________ a car? Learn the prices of new and used by looking at ads in the newspaper. Then count how much you would have to pay each month for a car. If you buy a car, you have to pay for insurance and registration mark. You also have to take care of the car and buy gas. Put all the money you have to pay and compare it with w________ you pay for buses and trains.

Now do you s________ want to buy a car?

Keys：services, only, expensive, costs, own, what, still

Passage 2

A chicken lays an egg．You feel sleepy．And a tree loses its leaves．All of these things，and many more，happen in a certain w___1__，at a certain time each day or each year．They take place beacuse of something c___2____ an internal clock．The word internal means“inside of”，and the internal clock is inside a certain p___3___ of every plant and animal．For example，there is an internal clock in the h___4____ of a chicken．

The internal clock receives a signal，or message，from the world around it．Some of these signals include light，heat，darkness and c__5____．When the internal clock gets the signal，the body of the plant or animal produces a chemical that causes the l____6_____ thing to do different actions．For example，daylight signals the chicken's internal clock to make a chemical．Then this chemical causes the chicken to lay eggs．

People are learning a lot about internal clocks．Farmers have even learned how to f___7____ a chicken's internal clock so that the chicken lays more eggs！

Keys：way, called, part, head, cold, living, fool.

Passage 3

Here is some information about the activities that you can do during your stay in Granada.

Theaters

Going to the theater is the best way to experience Spanish culture. In Granada, the two most popular theaters are the Alhambra Theater and the Isabel la Catlica Theater. In these theaters you can see all k__1__ of Spanish plays.

Cinemas

If you want to learn Spanish in Spain, the cinema is a good place. All movies are translated into Spanish, which will help foreigners i__2__ their Spanish. Cinemas can be found all over Granada, in all the business centers and also the city center.

Amusement Parks

The only amusement park located in the province of Granada is the water park. If you are willing to go a bit f__3__ away (1-2 hours by car) you can find several amusement parks in the province of Malaga.

Spanish Entertainment

When travelling to Andalucía, don’t m__4__ the flamenco (弗拉门科舞) shows. Flamenco music and dance come from the gipsies (吉普赛人) and there are many good shows in Andalucía. In Granada town you can find several flamenco clubs. Most of them are l__5__ on the Camino Del Sacromonte Street.

Others

If you just want to go out and have fun, you can find many kinds of entertainment in several places in Granada.

Keys：1. kinds 2. improve 3. further 4. miss 5. located

Passage 4

Traveling to any Disney World can be very expensive, but here are some ways to help you s__1__ money when you go.

Step 1:Don’t go during the hot season.

Try not to plan your trip during the hot season, such as Christmas time. During that time, hotel prices will be more e__2__ than usual. Some hotels at Disney World can be over 500 dollars a night. So if this is too expensive, don’t worry. The price can s__3__ fall to less than a hundred dollars, and this is decided by the time of year.

Step 2: Restaurants.

Have a look at some restaurant menus b__4__ you go on holiday. Then you will know which ones you can afford. While you can get a hamburger for less than 10 dollars, in some places it can c__5__ more than 100 dollars.

Step 3: Take snacks with you.

It is usually cheaper to eat something that you bought from a shop before going on holiday, such as snacks. Also, if you go to Wal-Mart and pick up some water and drinks, it will be much cheaper than buying them in the parks.

Step 4: Use the bus system.

If you are staying at Disney World you can use their bus system. This is a great idea, especially when you do not know w__6__ you are going. Not only will they take you there, but you can use Disney’s gas i__7__ of your own.

Keys：1. save 2. expensive 3. sometimes 4. before 5. cost 6. where 7. instead

Passage 5

What year were you born in, the year of Tiger or the year of Monkey or another animal? The C___1___ lunar calendar (阴历) has a history of about 5,000 years, and it cycles (循环) every twelve years. Each of the twelve years has an animal. It is said that only twelve a___2___ came to say goodbye to Buddha (佛) before he left Earth. As a prize to these twelve animals, Buddha named a year after each one in the order that they a___3___. Five twelve-year cycles is c___4___ a complete cycle, during the sixty-year cycle each animal is combined with one of the five Chinese elements (要素) —wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The Chinese lunar calendar starts at 11 pm and the twenty-four hours of a day are divided into twelve parts of two hours e___5___. An animal sign rules each one of these twelve parts.

The Chinese birth signs are as follows: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar.

As a point of interest, the animal that r___6___ your year is the animal that rules your heart. There are many i__7__ stories about these animals. For example, people born in the year of the Monkey tend to be good at mastering anything they put their hands to, and they are also very successful. People born in the year of the Tiger love to be the centre of attention and are often very lucky.

Keys：1. Chinese 2. animals 3. arrived 4. called 5. each 6. rules 7. interesting

Passage 6

For most of his life Joseph Turner lived in London and t 1 painting at The Royal Academy of Art（皇家艺术学院）.However, he walked all o 2 Britain and Europe, painting what he saw, especially mountains, ships and the sea.

His father was a barber(理发师) and had a shop. Joseph’s father was a very poor man and could not send him to school, s 3 Joseph sat in his shop drawing the men who came to have their hair cut. His father put Joseph’s drawings on the walls. One day a man came to the shop, saw Joseph’s paintings and asked him if he could copy other a 4 paintings. Joseph said that he could and for seven years he copied famous paintings for the man. In r 5 , he taught Joseph to read and write.

When Joseph was fourteen Joseph showed his paintings to a teacher at The Royal Academy. The teacher liked those paintings and said that Joseph could study at the Academy. Joseph Turner stayed there for the rest of his life, f 6 as a student and then as a teacher.

Joseph Turner became a very famous painter, especially for the w 7 he painted light. His most famous painting is of an old sailing ship. It is called The Fighting Temeraire.

Keys：1. taught 2. over 3. so 4. artists’ 5. return 6. first 7. way

Passage 7

Happiness is for everyone. In fact, happiness is always a 1 you if you put your heart into it. When you are in t 2 at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get s 3 , your friends will congratulate you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to c 4 it. And when you do something good to o 5 , you will feel happy,too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can find that happiness is always with you.

Happiness is not the same as money, it's a feeling of your heart. When you are poor,you can a 6 be very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money.When you meet with difficulties, you can say l 7 you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge (挑战) yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

Keys：1. around 2. trouble 3. success 4. correct 5. others 6. also 7. loudly

Passage 8

In most American hearts, Mark Twain is a great famous writer. Many of his books are still translated and printed in America or the other countries in the world now. However, he was e 1 a printer, river pilot, soldier and lived a hard life before he became a famous writer.

When Mark Twain was a little boy, his parents called him Sam. Little Sam had two good friends, Tom and John. Sam admired Tom most. He could sleep a 2 he liked—in the street or in the woods, and he could do what he wanted. Then the three fellows would set off in search of some adventures. In this way, Mark Twain ranged（浪迹）across the nation for more than a third of his l 3 .

Though Mark Twain lived a hard life in most of his life, he was famous for his h 4 . One day he was on the train, the conductor asked him for his ticket. Mark Twain looked for the ticket in all his pockets, but f 5 to find it. At last the conductor said, “It doesn’t really matter. If you can’t find it, there is no harm done.” However, Mark Twin said, “Oh, but there is. I must find the dammed（该死的）thing, or how will I know where I’m going?”

Another day, a millionaire replaced his unable left eye with a b 6 glass eye. He felt very proud and happy. When he met Mark Twain, he could not help asking, “Can you guess which eye of m 7 is the glass one?” Mark Twain pointed to the millionaire’s left eye. The millionaire was very surprised, “How do you know that?” Mark Twain replied, “Because in your left eye, there still has been a little mercy（仁慈）.

Keys：1. ever 2. anywhere 3. life 4. humour 5. failed 6. beautiful 7. mine

Passage 9

It’s time to go back to school and hit the books. The long lazy summer days are over and now we have another school year. So how can we make this year a w 1 one? The answer to that lies in our friends.

Friends play a big role in our lives. We want to share our thoughts and feelings, experience new things and create memories, and friends can help us do that.

Friends are there to listen to you and to share your

m 2 of joy and sadness. But most importantly friends are there to support(鼓励、支持) you. Throughout middle school, I was the only foreign student in the school. It was difficult at times to deal with other students. A 3 I started my school year, I began to meet new classmates. I s 4 realized that it was good to have new friends. All of a sudden, I was crowded by a group of people who o 5 me support and gave me strength to face my difficulties.

The best part of having those new friends is the memories that we created. We shared many laughs and studied t 6 . We shared our experiences. At the end of each day, we would look back and smile realizing that we had made it t 7 another day.

Thanks to God, I have been very lucky in meeting my new friends. I realize now the importance of having friends and being part of a community(社会、社区). I would advise you to get to know as many friends as you can this year and to form a strong circle of friends that can support one another.

Keys：1. wonderful 2. moments (moment) 3. As (After) 4 slowly(sometimes) (soon) 5. offered 6. together 7. through

Passage 10

One day last June I was walking along the beach of a small seaside town where I live. I was looking at the ships in the harbour. Though the weather was sunny, it was a very cold day, and I could h__1__ feel the sunshine on the beach. I planned to have a swim when I left home, but now I changed my mind. Just when I was hesitating w__2__ I should go back home, I came to a shelter made of glass. I decided to sit for a while. When I entered, I found that I was so w__3__ to have made such a decision. The shelter protected me from the cold wind and I could enjoy the sunshine. But soon after I sat down, a large friendly dog suddenly appeared and lay down at my feet. No matter how hard I tried to get rid of him, he r__4__ to leave. It seemed that he had decided to go home with me. He was wearing a collar (颈圈)but there was no name or a__5___ on it. Finally I had to ring the local police station and explained what had happened. I promised to keep the dog until they found the owner.

Several days later a lady appeared at my house to say the dog was h_6___. She said he jumped on a bus and rode away while she was talking to a friend at the bus stop. He sat and listened quietly. When she finished and called him in a soft voice, he got up and f_7___ her away happily. I was quite upset to have to give back such a friendly animal.

Keys：1. hardly 2. when 3. wise 4. refused 5. address 6. hers 7. followed

Passage 11

A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must e 1 give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records（唱片）are sold everywhere, he can not r 2 . Then he must work harder than ever to remain(保持) popular, because there are a 3 younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.

The l 4 of a successful pop singer isn’t easy at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and r 5 by the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most important people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very dangerous, too. Sometimes they do a 6 to get a souvenir（纪念物）. They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off（撕掉）buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to ride（即兴表演）. A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes because he must always look s 7 , different. And most important, he must always keep smiling.

1. either 2. relax 3. always 4. life 5. reported 6. anything 7. smart

Passage 12

Have you heard about Atlantis? More than two thousand years ago, in 360 BC, the Greek writer, Plato, d_____1______ a beautiful city in his book. He said that it was lost somewhere under the ocean. He called this city Atlantis.

Plato said that the people of Atlantis had been rich and happy. There were some a______2______ palaces and ports(港口) in the city. The houses had fountains with hot and cold water, and the walls were covered with silver(银) and gold. Outside the city, farmers grew food for all the people. It was s______3______ to think that no one would go there again.

For two thousand years, everybody thought that Atlantis was j_____4______ a fantastic story. They thought that Plato had invented it. But then in 1882 an American called Ignatius Donnelly wrote a book about Atlantis. He believed that there really was a beautiful lost city. T_____5______ of people read his book and wanted to find the lost city.

A lot of people believed that Atlantis was on an island in Greece called Santorini. Santorini used to be much bigger than it is today. About 3,500 years ago, a h_____6______ volcano (火山）erupted (喷发) and most of the island sank under the ocean. Some people say it was in Spain, Asia o_____7______ even in England. People have been looking for the lost city for more than a hundred years, but nobody has ever found it.

1. described 2. amazing 3. sad 4. just 5. thousands 6. huge 7. or

Passage 13

Mr and Mrs Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past, in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr Williams made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good h 1__ while they went around and saw the s 2__ of that famous city.

They f 3__ to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in the boarding-houses they had been used to in the past,

n 4 meals were served after seven o’clock in the evening. But they were s 5__ when the clerk who received them in the hall of the hotel asked them whether they would be taking dinner there at night.

“Are you still serving dinner then?” asked Mrs Williams.

“Yes, certainly, madam,” answered the clerk. “We serve it until half-past nine”

“What are the t 6 of meals then?” asked Mr Williams.

“Well, sir,” answered the clerk, “we serve breakfast from seven to half-past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half-past nine.”

“But that h 7 leaves any time for us to see the sights of Rome!” said Mrs Williams in a disappointed voice.

1 hotel 2 sights 3 flew 4 no 5 surprised 6 times 7 hardly

Passage 14

People in Shanghai feel happy and excited when it snows. They rush out to let the snow fall on their faces. They make snowmen and take lots of photos. They know that the snow will soon d 1 and become just a memory.

Yes, for many people in Shanghai, snow is a good thing. At least it was good u 2 this Spring Festival. This year it snowed and snowed and snowed. And then ... it snowed some more! It had the most snow and was the c 3 weather that Shanghai had had in fifty years. People were not ready. They didn’t know how to deal with so much snow. Police said there were many car accidents b 4 of slippery (滑的) roads. Hospitals reported many people fell on sidewalks. In the other places of China, the snow caused even bigger problems, including many d 5 .

This year, the beautiful snow was changed into a t 6 disaster (灾难). I think that’s true for most things that we like and enjoy. We can’t have too much of a good thing. We like to eat sweets, but too many will make us sick. We like to eat fast food, but too much fast food will make us unhealthy. We like to play computer games, but too much time in front of the computer screen will c 7 hurt your studies and your health.

1. disappear 2. until 3. coldest 4. because 5. deaths 6. terrible 7. certainly

Passage 15

Do you know something about rings (年轮) ? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. We can see the c 1 of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, to find out the w 2 of ten years ago, we can count the rings of a tree from the o 3 to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy m 4 of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.

Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of m 5 . Many centuries ago there l 6 a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there—no trees and no people. What happened?

A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to m 7 fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.

1. changes 2. weather 3. outside 4. most 5. man 6. lived 7. make

Passage 16

Time is money. This means that every moment (if we spent it well) may put some money into our pockets. If our time is carefully u 1 , it will either turn to some important piece of work, or it will add to our experience and increase our knowledge so as to enable us to get more money. Let those, who think nothing of w 2 time, remember this.

Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of losing life. We are f 3 when we think of death. But we are too careless to notice the loss (丢失) of an hour or a day, forgetting that our life is made up of the days and of the hours we live. A day or an hour is wasted. Therefore, so much life is lost. Now the a 4 life span (寿命) is over seventy years. But nearly one-third of this has to be spent in s 5 ; some years have to be spent over our meals, some in making trips on land or by sea, some in watching over the sick beds of our dearest r 6 . All time is precious (珍贵的), but the time of our childhood and of our youth (青少年时代) is more precious than any other time of our life. During that time we can get knowledge and develop our abilities. If we allow these morning hours of life to run a 7 , we shall never be able to call it back.

1. used 2. wasting 3. frightened 4. average 5. sleeping 6. relatives 7. away

Passage 17

A teenage girl couldn't stand her parents' family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be f 1 . But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food in the street for a l 2 . Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to e 3 corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, " I still love you... , come back home !"

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar. “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and r 4 the words: I still love you... She cried.

When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked at the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother's b 5 . Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, "It's me! Your daughter is back home!" The mother and daughter held each other, full of happy tears (眼泪). The daughter asked, "Why is the door not l 6 ? A thief could get in." The mother answered s 7 , "The door has never been locked since you left. "

The door of parents' love for their children will never be closed.

1. famous 2. living 3.every 4.read 5. bedroom 6. locked 7. softly

Passage 18

Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy．It is very (1) d to find a better definition（定义）of friendship．A true friend does indeed find pleasure in our joy and share sadness. He or she is always at our side to (2) g us his or her help and comfort．A true friend can always be trusted，loved and respected．Friends help each other when they are in (3)t ，and cheer each other up when they are sad．My friends will listen to me when I want to speak, will wipe my eyes when I cry, will take care of me when I am sick.

Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or (4) t good friends. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she won’t tell anyone else. The most important thing is that a friend always (5) u you. Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the (6) l it is kept, the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best choice, but when we have enough time to enjoy (7)o , it is also the most fragrant(芬芳的) drink. In conclusion，when you have made a good friend，don’t forget him or her. Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in our choice of a friend through the journey of life.

1. difficult 2. give 3. trouble 4. two 5. understands 6. longer 7. ourselves;

Passage 19

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every kind, with l 1 and difficult names. For competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new c 2 to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted (诱使) to throw a stone or t 3 at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to p 4 his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he did, and they laughed at him from far away. He had e 5 picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found o 6 .

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some metres away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr. Flowers had no f 7 trouble: the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1. long 2. colour 3. two 4. protect 5. even 6. others 7. further

Passage 20

Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family this summer? If your dad smokes, you may want to ask him to be careful. From January 1, Hong Kong banned（禁止）smoking in most p 1 places.

The places include restaurants, workplaces, h 2 , schools or karaoke lounges (卡拉OK厅). Even smoking at some outdoor places is a 3 the law. For example, beaches, sports grounds, museums and most areas of public parks.

Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive smoking. What is passive smoking? When people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus, others are forced(被迫地) to breathe the smoke too. They don't want to smoke but they have no c 4 . This is passive smoking. It does great h 5 to people's health . And it'll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban. Hong Kong has 7 million people. Among them, about 840,000 people aged 15 or above are s 6 .

Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban. "I don't like people smoking next to me. It's so smoky and smelly (臭的)," she said. If someone breaks the ban, he will have to p 7 for HK$5,000.The ban does not include nightclubs, bars or bathhouses (浴室) yet. But these places will have to ban smoking by July 1, 2009. Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban.

1. public 2. hospitals 3. against 4. choice 5. harm 6. smokers 7. pay

Passage 21

Now many middle school students have got a mobile phone. Because a lot of parents think i___1___ their children have mobile phones, it is easier for parents to k___2___ in touch with their children at any time. If a child is in d ___3___or lost, they can help him or her in time.

But some teachers don’t t___4___ it is a good idea for students to carry mobile phones to school. They say students depend too much on them. For example, if they forget something, they may phone home and tell their parents to b___5___ it to school. Some other teachers say students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school because some students send short m___6___ or play games and don’t listen to the teachers carefully in class. These make teachers feel a___7___ and they are bad for studying.

So mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Many teachers think it isn’t necessary to bring them to school. Some middle schools have stopped students from using mobile phones d___8___ school hours.

1. if 2. keep 3.danger 4. think 5. bring 6. messages 7. angry 8. during

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