中考英语专项训练

中考英语专项训练

中考英语专项训练 完 型 填 空 A．Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage：‎ ‎1‎ The Americans think a lot about time. From childhood they __1__ to value （珍惜） time. As __2__, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When Americans are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time.‎ Time is money. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or __3__ hours a week. This is the working time. In his spare time, he also works hard for __4__. Even Saturday and Sundays are filled with activities. In the street you can __5__ see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact they are running. ‎ The Americans love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also __6__ time, for they feel they have become servants (仆人) of the clock.‎ ‎　‎ ‎1. A. know how        B. want          C. learn         D. like ‎2. A. children        B. teachers      C. parents       D. human beings ‎3. A. twenty          B. forty         C. sixty         D. eighty ‎4. A. pleasure        B. health        C. comforts      D. more money ‎5. A. still           B. almost        C. hardly        D. even ‎6. A. save            B. dislike       C. waste         D. need ‎2‎ Dear Sir,‎ I would like to make a comment (发表意见) on the plastic bags some shops give to us.‎ I thought that the bad effect 1 all these bags on our environment was well 2 and that most people knew they should not keep 3 them away. However, one of the 4 near my home seems to 5 more of these bags than ever before. Red ones and white ones-it makes no difference. They don't care about the 6 of environment. They keep using plastic bags to wrap (包装) most of the things every day. When I went shopping the other day, I bought two things, and I was given three bags to wrap them. Someone should tell them to start to 7 our environment.‎ ‎ Yours faithfully,‎ ‎ Tony Wang ‎1. A. in B. under C. from D. on ‎2. A. known B. taught C. done D. kept ‎3. A. taking B. putting C. sending D. throwing ‎4. A. factories B. offices C. stations D. shops ‎5. A. sell B. use C. have D. pass ‎6. A. questions B. problems C. business D. mistakes ‎7. A. keep B. make C. help D. save ‎3‎ Imagine you receive an e-mail that looks something like this: ARE YOU GOING TO CLASS TODAY? How does __1__ this message make you feel? Why did the sender use __2__ capital (大写) letters? Was he or she angry, or did that person just __3__to turn off the ‘Caps Lock’ (大写锁定) on the computer. This e-mail 'sounds' like the __4__ is shouting because using all capital letters in an e-mail is usually the way that people shout online. Knowing when and when not to __5__ capital letters is just one __6__of online etiquette (礼仪). Don't do anything online that you wouldn't do in real life. Don’t use information that someone else has written, and __7__ it's yours. Do share your knowledge of the Internet with others. ‎ ‎1. A. reading         B. typing          C. watching          D. leaving 2. A. some          B. all             C. any              D. none 3. A. start           B. begin          C. forget            D. remember 4.A. writer          B. worker         C. nurse            D. student 5. A. copy          B .believe         C. double           D. use 6. A. mistake        B. advice         C. example          D. game 7.A.speak           B. tell           C. talk              D. say ‎ ‎4‎ Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore, in the places where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is not safe.‎ These bridges can make people cross roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.‎ They are more efficient (效率高的) 1 less convenient because people have to climb up a lot of steps. This is inconvenient to the old. When people pass an overhead bridge, they do not hold up (阻挡) traffic, But when they cross a 2 road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is why the government has built many overhead bridges to help people and 3 traffic moving at the same time.‎ The government of Singapore has ‎4 a lot of money building these bridges, For their own safety, people should be given hope to use them 5 rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little 6 climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road 7 all the moving traffic.‎ Overhead bridges are very useful. People, both old and young, should 8 use them. This will stop accidents from happening.‎ ‎1. A. though B. or C. if D. till ‎2. A. wide B. narrow C. busy D. free ‎3. A, see B. keep C. find D. feel ‎4. A. used B. made C. spent D. borrowed ‎5. A. full of B. fond of C. in spite of D. instead of ‎6. A. difficult B. different C. worried D. excited ‎7. A. past B. along C. about D. with ‎8. A. almost B. always C. nearly D. hardly ‎5‎ When you wave to a friend, you are using sign（手势）language. When you smile at someone. you mean to be __1__ . When you put one finger in front of your mouth, you mean "Be quiet." ‎ Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt __2__ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter come, the Englishman __3__ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he __4__ to say. "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to __5__, first tea, then coffee, then milk but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was __6__ to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was __7__ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large place of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.‎ ‎1. A. well B. friendly C. fine D. careful ‎ ‎2. A. hungry B. tired C. cold D. ill ‎ ‎3. A. pointed to B. reached for C. touched D. opened ‎ ‎4. A. needed B. meant C. decided D. had ‎ ‎5. A. cat B. watch C. drink D. read ‎ ‎6. A. ready B. sure C. again D. afraid ‎ ‎7. A. quick B. big C. strong D. clear ‎ ‎6‎ What do I remember about my childhood? There were good things and bad things. We used to live 1 , and my parents always got up early in the morning to feed (喂) the cows and sheep. I always remember waking up to the smell of the breakfast my mother was cooking. What a wonderful smell? I used to 2 , wash quickly and run downstairs. My breakfast would be waiting for me on the table.‎ During winter, the weather was always very cold. The house didn't have any heating, so we all used to wear heavy clothes in bed! When we woke up in the morning, there used to be 3 on the windows outside, and sometimes on the inside! It was a hard life, _ 4___‎ I remember 5 our holidays by the sea. We always used to go to the same place every year. I was a beautiful place. I was always very _ 6 there. My mother tells me that I always used to cry when we left to come home. I will never forget my childhood.‎ ‎1 .A. in a town B. on a farm C. on a busy street D. in a city ‎2. A. leave the bed B. lie in bed C. jump out of bed D. get up ‎3. A. ice B. vapor C. steam D. snow ‎4. A. really B. only C. finally D. however ‎5. A. finishing B. giving C. spending D. wasting ‎6. A. busy B. interested C. healthy D. happy ‎7‎ Among the many different sports in the world, walking over Niagara Falls (尼亚加拉瀑布)‎ ‎ is one of the wettest.‎ The first woman to walk on a rope 1 Niagara Falls was Maria Spelterina. To make it even 2 , she also crossed with small baskets on her feet. ‎ Another one of the Niagara high walkers is Balleni. When some other person 3 walking on the rope that Balleni put up, he became so mad that he tried to cut down the rope and send the other man falling into the water. ‎ Frenchman Philippe Petit is a "dry" high walker. Standing on top of a building 1350 feet high. He was going to walk a rope between the two tall buildings in New York. Philippe took his first step with great care. The rope 4 . Now he was 5 he could do it with only a long stick (杆子), Philippe walked his way ‎6 a rope of 131 feet. He walked seven times. At times he turned, sat down, and 7 went on his knees. Once he lay down on the thin rope, After the forty-five-minute 8 , Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked why he did it. He just said, "When I see two tall buildings, I walk."‎ ‎1. A. on B. over C. past D. through ‎2. A. worse B. farther C. slower D. harder ‎3. A. tried B. liked C. enjoyed D. did ‎4. A. jumped B. caught C. broke D. held ‎5. A. worried B. afraid C. sure D. glad ‎6. A. across B. through C. to D. by ‎7. A. almost B. often C. even D. still ‎8. A. exercise B. show C. subject D. work ‎8‎ The name of Daniel Hale Williams has been known to the black people in the United States for many years. He became a ‎1 in Chicago in 1883. After graduating, he taught at Northwestern University's medical school. He was asked by the president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, to go to Washington, D. C., to head the Freedmen's Hospital. It was one of the few hospitals for blacks in the country 2 .‎ He went back to Chicago to help to set up Provident Hospital. 3 it opened, Chicago’s: black doctors could not practice in hospitals. They had to treat patients 4 , so operations were performed on beds and kitchen tables. Dr. Williams also helped to set up a training school in Chicago for black nurses.‎ In 1893 he operated on a man who was dying from a stab wound (刺伤) in the heart. Such a wound had always 5 death. But Dr. Williams tried to save the man. 6 X-ray or blood transfusions (输血), he opened the man's chest and sewed up (修补) his heart. Everything went on well with the bold (大胆的) operation. The man 7 . ‎ ‎1. A. headmaster B. manager C. doctor D. nurse ‎2. A. at that time B. in the past C. a moment ago D. just then ‎ ‎3. A. After B. Before C. When D. As soon as ‎4. A. in the office B. in the school C. in the university D. at home ‎ ‎5. A. shown B. explained C. meant D. described ‎6. A. According to B. Instead of C. Because of D. Without ‎7. A. died B. lived C. became strong D. got badly hurt ‎9‎ The word “Hello” is perhaps used more often than any other one in the English language. Everybody in the U.S. uses this word every day and everywhere. The first word you hear when you_ 1_up the telephone is “Hello”. The first word when you meet a friend in the street is “Hello”, too.‎ Where did the word come from? People think the American_ 2_, Thomas Edison, is the first person to use the word “Hello” in the late 18th century, soon_ 3 _the invention of the telephone.‎ At first, people had greeted (问候) each other on the telephone with “Are you there?”. They were not _ 4 _ the new thing could carry _ 5 _ but Thomas Edison never wasted time. The first time he picked up the phone, he didn’t ask if anyone was there. He was sure _ 6 _ was, and just said “Hello!”‎ From then on, the word “Hello” became _ 7 _ used in America.‎ ‎1. A. put B. look C. lift D. pick ‎2. A. teacher B. doctor C. inventor D. worker ‎3. A. after B. before C. with D. behind ‎4. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. glad ‎5. A. people B. noise C. lines D. voice ‎6. A. none B. someone C. everyone D. anyone ‎7. A. slowly B. easily C. luckily D. widely ‎10‎ In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school _ 1 _ they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they _ 2 secondary（中等的）schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to 3_ their education because the schools _ 4 _ money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still _ 5 _ private schools, though they are much more expensive.‎ Today about half of the high school students _ 6 _ universities after they finish the secondary school. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state.‎ But many students work while they are studying at universities. In this way they _ 7 _ good working habits and live by their own hands.‎ ‎1. A. and B. though C. until D. since ‎2. A. leave B. begin C. study at D. pass ‎3. A. worry about B. pay for C. ask for D. make sure ‎4. A. take B. spend C. receive D. cost ‎5. A. wish B. hate C. prefer D. mind ‎6. A. follow B. miss C. change D. go on to ‎7. A. develop B. produce C. build D. grow ‎11‎ Jack liked fish very much and when he had enough money, he would buy some for his __1__. But when his wife saw the fish, she always said to herself, “Good! I will ask my friends to lunch __2 _we will eat this fish together, ” So when Jack came home in the evening after his work, the fish was _ 3 _ there, and his wife always said, “Oh, I’m sorry to tell you that _ 4 _ ate the fish. She is so bad!” And she gave Jack some vegetables and rice for his dinner.‎ But one evening when this happened, Jack became very _ 5 _. He took the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and _ 6 _ the cat carefully. Then he turned to his wife and said, “My fish weighed two kilos. This cat weighs two kilos, too. My fish is here, you say. Then _ 7 _ is my cat?”‎ ‎1. A. cat B. wife C. dinner D. friend ‎ ‎2. A. and B. but C. if D. or ‎3. A. not yet B. never C. always D. already ‎4. A. my dog B. my friend C. your cat D. your daughter ‎5. A. angry B. hungry C. worried D. surprised ‎6. A. listened to B. looked over C. watched D. weighed ‎7. A. how B. how much C. which D. where ‎12‎ The Japanese pay much attention to the luck of telephone numbers. The bathhouses, for example, like to use 4626, because when _ 1 _ in Japanese, it has the same pronunciation __2__ “have a good bath”. The clothes shops like 4129 better than _ 3__number because it can be read as “good dress”. Since these numbers are connected with（和……相连接）something __4 _, people can remember them very easily. They have become advertisements for the shops.‎ ‎ __5 _, there are also telephone numbers which are __ 6 __as forbidden by the Japanese. 1564, for example, has the sound of “kill people” __ 7 __ the number 4219 has that of “people die”.‎ ‎1. A. read B. listen C. hear D. look ‎2. A. like B. as C. that D. which ‎3. A. any B. other C. any other D. another ‎4. A. nice B. bad C. useful D. silly ‎5. A. Although B. On the other hand C. More D. As a result ‎6. A. looked B. regarded C. remembered D. pronounced ‎7. A. but B. and yet C. when D. while ‎13‎ Mr. Lee had never been up in an airplane before and he had read a lot bout accidents. So one day when a friend came to his house and _ 1 _to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr. Lee was very __ 2__. He thought to himself, “If I don’t agree, my friend may not be happy. But if I agree, I am really afraid that there might be some danger.” _ 3__, his friend made him believe that it was very safe and Mr. Lee got on the plane. His friend __4 _the engine and the plane began to move along the runway. Mr. Lee was very __5_ and closed his eyes. After a minute or two he opened them __ 6__, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, “Look at those people down there. They look as __7__ as, don’t they?”‎ ‎“Those are ants,” answered his friend. “We are still on the ground.”‎ ‎1. A. offered B. allowed C. agreed D. afforded ‎2. A. excited B. grateful C. worried D. glad ‎3. A. Finally B. First C. Last D. Slowly ‎4. A. began B. carried C. moved D. started ‎5. A. frightened B. frightening C. happy D. sad ‎6. A. again B. once C. quickly D. easily ‎ ‎7. A. slow B. big C. strange D. small ‎14‎ What do you usually use mobile phones for? Sending text messages for fun? Playing games? Well mobile phones can do 1 more than that. 2 this year’s Asian tsunami (海啸), mobile phones saved many lives. More than 10,000 international phones were 3 __when the tsunami hit. Police sent text messages to them and found more than 2,000. But how? People _4__ the signal and found out where the tourists were. So, how can 5 so small be so smart? Well here’s how! When you turn the phone on, it tries to find a signal. This signal comes from the telephone network.‎ If you have a signal you can see it on the phone’s screen. Sometimes, if the signal is weak, __6 can be difficult to make a phone call. When the phone is finding a signal, it also sends a __7 to the telephone network. This message tells the station where the phone is. When you start to make a phone call, the telephone network tells telecommunications offices where you are. The office will find out who you’re calling then put you through to your friend!‎ ‎1. A. very B. so C. far D. little ‎2. A. While B. During C. At D. When ‎3. A. doing B. working C. functioning D. using ‎4. A. heard B. listened C. followed D. examined ‎5. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. nothing ‎6. A. he B. it C. they D. you ‎7. A. information B. word C. message D. note ‎15‎ Traffic rules are made to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people safe. ‎ The pedestrian（行人）has as many rules to __1__ as the driver of a car. You should walk at the sidewalk or at the side of the road. Always look carefully before you walk across the street. ‎ If you like riding a bike, don't ride in the middle of the road or run __2__ red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don't look around to talk. ‎ If you drive, you should __3__ at the traffic lights. You must always __4__ a seat belt. Without belts __5__ the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident. Someone may be thrown out through the window. ‎ You may not need to drive a bus, but __6__ if you have to travel in one. Get in or get off a bus only when it has come to a __7__. When it is full, don't try to get inside or you may fall off. ‎ Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules. The maxim（格言）for all road users is "thinking about others". ‎ ‎1. A. follow B. make C. break D. pass ‎ ‎2. A. through B. across C. along D. around ‎ ‎3. A. speed up B. go ahead C. get off D. slow down ‎ ‎4. A. take B. wear C. carry D. bring ‎ ‎5. A. half B. neither C. both D. all ‎ ‎6. A. look around B. take care C. take a seat D. look back ‎ ‎7. A. sign B. stop C. corner D. crossing ‎ ‎16‎ The old shoes have brought him so much trouble that Mike decided to throw them away. He threw them into a dustbin (垃圾箱). Then he returned home gladly. He 1 down on his bed and slept. But when his dog went to the dustbin to 2 food, it saw the shoes in the dustbin. It knew __3_, so the dog took one of the heavy shoes 4_, went back with it and left it beside the bed. Then the dog went and took the other shoe in the same way.‎ When Mike woke up, he saw the shoes and was very much 5_. He thought, “The shoes can walk by themselves. I must do something with them.” So he made a fire in front of his house and put the shoes on it.‎ Just then a strong wind was blowing, and soon the fire made the house 6_. He was so frightened that he could do nothing. The house burnt down, but 7 was saved by the dog again.‎ ‎1. A. lied B. lie C. lain D. lay ‎2. A. take B. look for C. find D. carry ‎3. A. who were they B. who they were C. whose were they D. whose they were ‎ ‎4. A. in its mouth B. with its legs C. with its hands D. on its back ‎5. A. angry B. surprised C. happy D. sad ‎6. A. burn B. to burn C. burning D. burnt ‎7. A. the house B. Mike C. everything D. the pair of shoes ‎17‎ From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 1 themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own 2 _.‎ There are many different ways to spend our free time. Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be something from colleting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth 3 of money, others are valuable only to their owners.‎ I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 4 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which cost him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 kinds of them, but I wonder 5 they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. 6 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.‎ That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 7 to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not 8_ , but the pleasure it gives us is.‎ ‎1. A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play ‎2. A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things ‎3. A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number ‎4. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of ‎5. A. that B. if C. what D. why ‎6. A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something ‎7. A. have B. need C. refuse D. like ‎8. A. good B. low C. important D. cheap ‎18‎ They had lived with Watson in the same room for two years, so they knew that he slept like a log (圆木) . Any loud noise in the room quite failed to wake him up _1 he was asleep. If they __2_ rushed into his room shouting his name to the skies, the sleeping Watson would not move. Even so, they were surprised and amused when he told them about his holiday in Norfolk. He had spent nearly a week riding a bike slowly round the seaside, traveling by day and sleeping out each night in a different place. He slept in a sleeping bag in a small tent (帐蓬), which he put up usually in a corner of a field near the roadside, with his _3_ locked onto one of the tent poles (杆). Well, poor Watson woke up on the fifth morning about ten o'clock and looked _4_ to find not only his bike and the tent pole gone but also the tent and all his clothes. Watson always slept with _5_ on, so now he _6_ walk to the nearest house dressed only_ 7_ his bed, so to speak, in which he had made two holes for his feet. ‎ ‎1. A. before B. till C. so D. if ‎2. A. even B. only C. just D. also ‎3. A. bed B. bag C. bike D. clothes ‎4. A. up B. out C. about D. over ‎5. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something ‎6. A. should B. could C. might D. had to ‎7. A. in B. on C. with D. by ‎19‎ It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all __1__ at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery.‎ Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and __2__ Vincent’s grandfather owned the bakery. Now, Vincent and Angela own and run the bakery.‎ ‎ __3__ in the family works in the bakery. The oldest daughter, Claire, decorates many of the special cakes. Maria is the __4__ child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work there before or after school.‎ ‎ The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day except Monday. The bakery sells cookies, cakes, and bread. For special holidays, __5__ Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open __6__ 6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.‎ ‎ Mr. Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it’s good. Mrs. Salerno is __7__a regular customer. Every Friday, she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her sir-year-old daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mrs. Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.‎ ‎1. A. play B. study C. help D. eat ‎2. A. at last B. later on C. since then D. before that ‎3. A. Everyone B. Someone C. No one D. Only one ‎4. A. first B. middle C. only D. last ‎5. A. for example B. such as C. as well as D. in addition ‎6. A. after B. before C. at D. until ‎7. A. just B. still C. also D. even ‎20‎ When someone asks me what business I am in. My face feels hot. I envy (嫉妒) people who can say that they are writers, bookkeepers and doctors. All these jobs speak for themselves.‎ I really do make a living by _ 1 , and a good one, too. I can laugh like a king or like a schoolboy. It is a skill that I have learned, 2 the skill of mending shoes. Whenever and however laughter is needed－I am asked to do it. I laugh like a bus driver or a shopkeeper. I laugh __3 , kindly and happily.‎ I need 4 point out that a job of this kind is tiring. I spend most evenings in nightclubs (夜总会). My job is to laugh during the 5 part of the show. My loud, hearty laughter must be timed carefully. It must not came too soon, 6 neither must it be too late.‎ I go through life quietly, I can 7 the laughter of others. I can laugh in many different ways. But I'm not sure that I have ever heard the sound of my own laughter.‎ ‎1. A. laughing B. writing C. speaking D. working ‎2. A. at B. to C. by D. like ‎3. A. gladly B. sadly C. truly D. suddenly ‎4. A. clearly B. easily C. badly D. hardly ‎5. A. weaker B. stronger C. more terrible D. more wonderful ‎6. A. for B. so C. but D. and ‎7. A. get B. make C. copy D. have B. Read the passages and fill in the blanks with proper words:‎ ‎1‎ We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a n________ for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the tiger. ‎ Before New Year’s Day, people are busy s_________ and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to w________ the New Year. On the f________ day of the New Year, people put on their new c_________ and go to visit their relatives and friends. They say “Happy New Year” and some other greetings to each other. People u________ have a very good time d________ the festival.‎ ‎2‎ I went to town yesterday, and decided to stop at the b________ to see Linda. I thought she might have time to go to lunch with me. When I go to the bank, they told me she had just been out for a few minutes. I asked them w_________ she would be back by 11:30 or 11:45, and they said yes. I had some time, so I decided to w_________ for her. Then I walked over to some c_________ by the windows and sat down. I decided to watch the front door because I knew she would come back in that way. I waited and waited, but she didn’t come through the door. At last I decided not to wait any longer. It was 12:30, and I was sure that she wouldn’t be back u_________ after lunch. I got up, and as I started to walk to the door, somebody called my name. I turned around and was s__________ to find out that it was Linda. When I said that someone had told me she had been out, she told me she hadn’t l_________ her office all the morning.‎ ‎3‎ Ask people to name a safe place and most will say “Home”. But every year the British Government’s survey（调查）shows that home can be a d________ place. Last year 7 British citizens died while putting up their Christmas decorations（装饰）. Over 1,600 needed m_________ help after falling off their chairs. And 70 people had fatal accidents while lying in bed. It is safe to say that n_________ activity（活动）is without danger.‎ Some of these accidents are just the risks (冒险)of modern living. We prefer to risk having a washing machine that might hurt us rather than be safe spending hours cleaning our clothes by h_________. But most fatal accidents are not the result of mechanical failure. The two most common are falling down the stairs and going to s_________ in the bath. This s__________ that we are in a more dangerous situation when we feel s__________.‎ ‎4‎ Tennis is in its second life. Its first game began in France. The name of the game comes from the French word “tennez”. The English men c_______ the game “tennis” when they watched the Frenchmen play 800 years ago. ‎ The Englishmen liked the French game. Tennis courts（球场）were built in every park, in every city, just like today. The two countries played against each other. At first they played for honor. Then they w________ money. Later people began cheating（欺骗）to get money. Three hundred years ago the game was forbidden（禁止）to stop the cheating. The game a________ disappeared.‎ Americans found the old courts when they went to Europe 100 years ago. They learned w_______ they could do about the game. They liked the game as the Englishmen had b_______.‎ ‎ After returning home, the Americans build tennis courts. Tennis began to become w_______ in all the United States. Now it is one of the most e_______ games in the world again.‎ ‎5‎ We’ve heard a lot lately about the campaign to “Save the Whale”. Many whales die every year; people kill them to use their oil f____ different products. At the beginning of last century, the whale species nearly died out. Today the number of whales is l_____, but people still need to protect the species.‎ You can see whales in the sea in many parts of the world. Now “whale-watching” is a tourist industry in some places. In California there are land trips, boats and cruises to watch grey whales in their natural surroundings. It’s become big b_____ on many coasts.‎ What do the whales feel about this? Well, they seem to enjoy the attention. The whales swim very close to the boat ----- s_____ too close! The high jets of water that come from the whales often soak the tourist watching; and the whales sometimes bump the boat in a friendly ----- but d_____ way! The whales even put their heads out of water for tourists to pat them!‎ So the whales like humans to watch them as they “breath” ----- as they lift themselves high in the air and turn over.‎ It’s an impressive sight ----- 40 tons of grey whale! But the whales are so interested in the people who come to see them that they forget their normal ways of life. People are now studying the whales to see i_____ their behavior has changed. The U.S. Marine Mammal Commission are trying to find out if the whales have stopped mating. If they have stopped, this could be a serious situation. Perhaps the whales are too interested in watching the tourists, who are watching t_____!‎