2015年上海中考英语首字母系列3

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (14分)

The Economist Intelligence Unit (《经济学人》情报组) is the world‘s leading resource for economic and business research . Every year, the EIU makes a list of the best cities to live in a__86___the world. It has its own ideas for scoring, for example: Is the city s___87__? Is the air clean? Are the schools good?

Melbourne is at the t __88___of the list in every category. people get along well there. Trees and grass c__89___ 40 percent of the city. People ride streetcars (有轨电车) and there aren‘t many cars ,s___90__ the air is clean .

As a result, according to the EIU‘s survey, Melbourne is the best city in the world to live in.

Vienna is NO.2 on the list. It is the capital of Austria. The city is famous for its culture and art. As ?the city of music‘, Vienna has a lot of big c___91__.

The third city on the list is Vancouver, Canada. It used to be No.1 on the list .But this time , the city got f__92___ points because of its traffic jams .Will it get its place back next year ?

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The 帝国大厦) has held a special place in the hearts of Americans

since it was completed in 1931.It r___86__ more than 443 metres into the sky. For more than forty

years , it was the tallest building in the world.

It has one hundred and three levels and six thousand five hundred windows. Visitors can ride

in one of seventy-three elevators that take them from the b__87__ to very near the top of the

building. Some of these elevators are very fast, reaching the eightieth floor in only forty-five

seconds.

The heads of government of almost every n__88___ in the world have visited the Empire State Building. These important people are just a few of million who have ridden to the observation area near the top of the building each year. From there, visitors can see almost all of New York City. They can see the view a __89__ the Hudson River into the state of New Jersey. They can see ships in the East River.

Even if you have never visited New York, there is a good chance for you to see the Empire State Building. It has been photographed c __90__ times. It has even played parts in movies. One is about a huge ape(猿)that escapes and climbs to the top of the building. The movie is ―金刚). It was made in 1933. The Empire State Building also appeared in the love story ―An Affair to Remember‖(金玉盟).Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play a man and a woman who meet and fall in love on a ship. They are looking at the New York City skyline from the ship when they plan a future meeting.

More recently, in ―Sleepless in Seattle(西雅图未眠夜)‖，two people in love agree to meet at the Observation Deck on (情人节). B__91__ do arrive, but one is a little later. They almost m __92___each other.

In the early nineteen seventies, the Empire State Building lost its place as the tallest building in New York. People in the city then had the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center to look up to. Tragically that all changed on the morning of September 11,2001. Terrorists hijacked(劫持) passenger airplanes into the Twin Towers and destroyed them. The Empire State Building again has become the city‘s tallest building.

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C．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的

词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：(14分)

What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will , but you will be surprised to find out that the it that the world has changed so much in recent years that our habits are not the same anymore?

Nowadays many people have no interest in literature(文学might be the change of lifestyle (生活方式to visit a club or a bar to relax ourselves after a long day's work, rather than read a book in the comfort of our own homes. People are more outgoing than they used to be. All the stress(压力)of work makes us want a quick relaxing means. Perhaps, most of us do not have the patience to read anymore. It is much turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature!

With all the TV programs, every one of us can find an interesting show or movie to watch. What's

with the remote control(遥控器) and falling asleep whenever you

with all the facts that a book can do. TV is much more superficial (肤浅的)than books, even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment!

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A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these ―woods‖.

Elephants, tigers and many o__86__ animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the animals began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and r__87__ pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed fire to keep t__88__ warm in winter, to cook their food and to drive away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly d___89__because there was not enough food for them. So did most of the wolves and tigers.

You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong e__90__ in the zoos, but there are still about 36 different animals living there. One of the most lovely of Hong Kong‘s animals is the barking deer. There are beautiful little animals w__91__ a rich brown coat and a white patch under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet high. They make a noise rather like a dog barking. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one r__92__enemy- men. People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(犯法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important for people to protect these wild animals.

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C．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的

词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：(14分)

at least one pair of sneaker. But, how many people know the history of the sneaker?

Sneakers were first introduced around the the 20th century. The sneaker was invented when a shoe company glued a piece of rubber to the shoetop. They called it an athletic(运动的)shoe.

In 1917, U.S.Rubber sold athletic shoes called Keds. The shoes became known as“sneakers,‖

that you could sneak up on (偷偷接近) people while wearing them.

‘t white. They were brown with black bottoms. The way sneakers looked changed in the early 1960s. A runner named Phil Knight and his

shoe, and went into the sneaker business.

One day, Bowerman stuck a piece of rubber into a waffle maker (华夫饼制造器)．he heated it up, the iron

made a pattern of criss-crosses(十字图案)in the rubber. Bowerman was inspired to use this on the

sole(鞋底) of a shoe to give the shoe traction(摩擦力)and a lighter weight. He knew that this

rubber wouldn't slip on the gym floor.

The two men named their shoes Nike, after a Greek goddess. Nike was a symbol of victory. millions and millions all around the world.

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I came into a village and I saw a policeman standing outside the post office and reading something carefully. He looked up at the car, w___86__ into the road, and held up a hand to stop me.

I a__87___ stopped, but then I realized that the policeman had been reading about me. I supposed the police at the hotel had worked quickly, and called all the local villages. I drove faster, the policeman jumped out of my way, and I was soon out of the village.

I left the main road as soon as possible and tried a smaller one. It was not easy without a map, and I realized that I had been so s___88___ to steal the car. It would help the police to find me in any corner of Scotland. If I left it, and went off on foot, they would find me in an hour or two.

I was very hungry; I had eaten n__89__ since morning. And now, as I drove, I heard a noise in the sky, and there was a plane. I drove as fast as I could down into another town. Suddenly, a car appeared in front of me from a s__90___road. There was no time to stop. I did the only thing possible and drove off the road into a fence, hoping to hit something soft beyond. But I was out of good l___91__. The car went through the fence like a knife through butter, and immediately began to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree, while the car disappeared into a river fifteen meters below.

A hand helped me out of the tree, and a frightened voice asked me if I was badly hurt. The speaker was a young man who was very sorry. I was more p__92___ than angry; it was a good way for the car to disappear.

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C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：（14分）

As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so

that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about

d__86___ kinds of cultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today,

however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most museums, the design museum shows objects

that are e__87___found in bur daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.

The advantage of design museums is mat they are places where people feel the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design feeling that there is something beyond their understanding

Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museum seem less strict than those to art museum, and visitors may also sense(感觉到) the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive joys collected from our everyday life.

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：(14分)

Now students‘ English handwriting (书法)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel w__86__. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

◆Use paper with lines

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write

English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the r__87__ size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.

◆Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it‘s hard for you to stop where you should, and even w__88__, you may make more mistakes. ◆Hold your pencil right

When you hold your pencil in a correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don‘t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good h___89__.

◆Draw more pictures

Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to c__ 90__ your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y__91___ at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f__92__ run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course.

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C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：（14分）

Are you eager to be a person who has a good memory? People who enjoy their wonderful

memory often do well in their studies and work. These people only have to spend a few

m__86___ on a page and will keep what they read in mind. Here are some things you can do

to improve your memory. Try these:

Be more observant(善于观察的). Some people who said to have a bad memory don't

r__87___ have memory problems. They just don't take time to notice the details. If you pay more

attention to the details. you're sure to have a much clearer memory of events. A little exercise

that you could do is to p___88___ memorizing lists of things, such as the things you are going to buy in a supermarket, or even the ingredients(原料)printed on your biscuit box.

Do more activities such as puzzles, word g__89___, and learn a new language. These activities will further improve your brain functions and will help you improve your memory.

Try to have more free time. When you are t___90___, probably you are to have a weaker focus. Find ways to get rid of stress, so your brain will be clearer and ready to have new i___91___.

Get enough sleeping hours. You need at least seven hours of sleep every night. Give your brain cells a chance to r___92__ the damage done by a day's tiring work. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains. Do your best to be healthy, and these foods help you improve your memory.

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：(14分)

Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have. It is important to remember that the body needs proper enough sleep, and exercise regularly.

Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well if it doesn't

receive the proper kind of "fuel". Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of

in protein(蛋白质), like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are

矿物质) . However, don't eat

too much. It is not helpful to be overweight.

Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you will feel

do, your body will feel strong.

your life-span (寿命) 1 Doing exercises is not only good for your body, but it is fun and enjoyable, too.

If you eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, you will all live to be much older and wiser.

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