题目内容
短文填空：先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。（本大题共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans eat turkey. But one l 【小题1】 turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 【小题2】a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 【小题3】this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 【小题4】to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 【小题5】of its life.Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c 【小题6】. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 【小题7】of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon.Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 【小题8】turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 【小题9】up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 【小题10】with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car turkey. But one l 1. turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 2. a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 3. this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4. to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5. of its life.
Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c? 6.. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 7. of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon. Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8. turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 9. up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.
Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10.? with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.
短文综合填空（本大题满分11分，每空1分）
Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s_______1.when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c_______2.farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the p_______3.. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.
Many people know the s_______4.“Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c_______5.“Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f_______6.into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u_______7.!
For many years Chinese scientists have been w_______8.on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i_______9. against insects(昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p_______10..
Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w_______11.to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.
首字母填空
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was 14, I was too nervous to talk to anyone. My classmate often l___1.__ at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, s___2.___happened. It changed my life. It was an English contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to s___3.__ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to w__4.___.” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I c___5.___the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to r__6.____ all the speech and practice it over 100 times. W __7.____ my mother’s great love, I did well in my contest. I could h__8.___ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those c__9.__ who once looked down on me, now all said “Congratulation!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.
S___10.___ then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself . I try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
