初三英语首字母填空题答题技巧

 

相对完形填空题而言，首字母填空更需要大量的单词量，它没有猜的可能性，单词一定要能写出来，而且还要恰当，包括词性在内。

【答题技巧】

1. 通读全文，把它当做是自己写的文章去检查。

2. 读第一遍的时候，首先把确有把握的单词写出来，不会的，或有怀疑的暂时不写。

3. 主要是靠逻辑关系选词义，靠句法结构写词形，靠习惯用法确定固定搭配

4. 靠分析句子主要成分：主谓宾/主系表；然后找补足语或双宾语，再找次要成分定语       和状语，最后，还要看缺少什么关联词

5. 最后确定正确的单词，绝对不能靠猜，一定要在草稿纸上写正确，再写入试卷内

6. 最为关键的就是三大项：1）逻辑关系  2）词汇量 3）语法结构和习惯用法

【考试范文与体会】初三首字母填空 （上海中考练习题）

一、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Firefighters or firemen play an important role in our daily life. In some places, firefighters use watchtowers to look for smoke and fires, although they get a fire report by telephone. A high tower is still very u_____ 67 for watching and guarding a place. Fire fighters also make it a place for practice. They learn how to p_____ 68 out fires from burning buildings. They try to c_____ 69 up the outside of the tower as fast as possible. They carry water hoses up to the fire. They practise carrying imaginable victims down f_____ 70 high ladders.

There are reasons that firefighters are called for help. Maybe a building or a forest is o_____ 71 fire. A train accident happens and people are t_____ 72 inside. Still, people need to be rescued from floods or an earthquake. Whenever there is an emergency situation, they can be seen f_____ 73 there.

Being a fire fighter needs a lot of t _____74 . In the first place, firefighters should know how to educate the community （社区） by visiting schools, community centres and people in their own homes to p_____ 75 fire and accidents from starting. They have to learn how to deal with different dangerous situations. Above all, it’s necessary for firefighters to exercise every day to be h_____ 76 and strong.

答案一： 67.useful 68. put 69. climb 70. from 71.on 72. trapped 73. fighting 74. training 75. prevent 76. healthy

二、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Man has a big brain. He can think and s 72 languages. Scientists once thought that man isn’t the same as animals b 73 man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.

They are beginning to u 74 that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can’t speak. They make much n 75 when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they can not join words to make s 76 . They cannot think l 77 us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a 78 to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w 79 when he is four or five, b 80 no animals learn to speak.

How do children learn it? Scientists don’t really know w 81 happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

答案二：72. speak 73. because 74. understand 75. noise 76. sentences 77. like 78. able

79. well 80. but 81. what

 

三、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark u 72 someone opened the gate. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband s 73 weeks training him to press his paw on the latch (门闩) to let himself in. Rex soon became good at o 74 the gate.

H 75 , when I was going out shopping last week, I n 76 him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him o 77 ! Since then, he has developed another bad h 78 . As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes i 79 the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking a 80 . Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a 81 that he disappeared. Since then, we have not seen him.

答案三：72. until 73. spent 74. opening 75. However 76. noticed 77. out 78. habit

79. into 80. again 81. angry

 

四、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f 72 houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high e 73 to escape it.

Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a 74 house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand w 75 she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support.

“Well, ” Elizabeth e 76 to her friends, “at the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like m 77 now.”

“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be a 78 to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one p 79 for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back w 80 a little girl who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’she said to her own children."

The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she g 81 up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”

答案四： 72. few 73. enough 74. another 75. why 76. explained 77. me 78. able

 

79. present 80. with 81. grew

五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Teenagers are very busy at school now and often forget to think about their diets and sports. The truth is that healthy eating and regular exercise are t 67 ways to keep fit.

D 68 your teenage years, it is important to give your body enough e 69 it needs. Young girls need about 2,200 calories a day. Usually boys need a bit m 70 , many doctors suggest, 2,800 calories for teenage b 71 . 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, 6 to 8 glasses a day. D 72 enough water will improve your dry skin and give you healthy body.

Physical a 73 , such as playing basketball and swimming, are something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Experts (专家) suggest that teenagers spend at l 74 30 minutes exercising a day, five times a week.

After you exercise a bit, your body produces something that makes you feel r 75 and comfortable. It can even help you sleep better at night and let you p 76 more attention when you study.

答案五： 67. two 68. During 69. energy 70. more 71.boys 72. Drinking 73. activities

74. least 75. relaxed 76. pay

 

六、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. The couple worked and saved, making p___72___ for their nine children and themselves to travel to the USA. It had taken years before they saved enough money and got everything r___73___ for the trip.

The whole family was excited about their new life. However, seven days b 74 they left for the USA, the youngest son was bitten（咬）by a dog. The doctor treated the boy,

b 75 because there was a possibility of rabies（狂犬病）, they would be kept away from others for fourteen days.

The family’s dream could not come t 76 . They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. Watching the ship leave---without the Clark family, the father was quite a 77 with both his son and God for their bad luck.

Five days later, a piece of sad news s__ 78___ throughout Scotland---the strong and powerful ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking h 79 of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son was bitten by a dog, they were left b 80 in Scotland.

When Mr Clark heard the news, he thanked his son for saving the family. He thanked the God for t 81 a sad thing into a good one.

Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.

答案六：72. plans 73. ready 74. before 75. but 76. true 77.angry 78. spread

79. hundreds 80. behind 81. turning

 

七、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Have you had a headache during a test? Have you ever been so worried about something t _72_ you have a headache or even can’t sleep at night? If s__73__, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you f__74__ when you are worried about something. This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad. You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid. All of them can give you a stomach or a headache.

However, there are different kinds of stress. Some kinds of stress are good and o__75__ are bad. Good stress might happen when you are called to answer questions in class. This kind of stress can help you get things better done. For e__76__, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to p__77__ better before the test.

On the other hand, bad stress can happen if the stress l__78__ too long. You may not feel well if your parents are fighting, if a family m__79__ is sick, and if you are having problems at school, or anything else makes you unhappy every day. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you. And it can actually make you sick.

The best way to fight stress is to have a balanced life. Make s__80__ you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure(休闲),and Food. If you get e__81__ sleep and eat properly, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you’ll probably feel less stressed.

答案一：72. that 73.so 74.feel 75. others 76. example 77. prepare 78.lasts 79. member 80. sure 81. enough

 

八、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

What would you think if you saw a fish walking? Would you look again i 72 you saw a fish climbing a tree? There is a fish that does both of these things. It is c 73 the tree-climbing fish.

It is believed that a traveller to India first told about the tree-climbing fish. The fish was h 74 up in a tree. What was the fish doing in that tree? How did it get there? The traveller t 75 a bird might have put it there.

The next day the traveller saw a fish come out of the w 76 . It was hard to believe, but up the road went the fish. It used its fins (鱼鳍) and tail to p 77 itself along. It stopped to eat some worms. After the fish had eaten, it walked slowly over to a tree. Up, up it c 78 . When it got high up in the tree, it took a rest.

The traveller was s 79 to see these things and told other people about the tree-climbing fish. The people wanted to know w 80 this fish looked like. He explained that one he saw was dark brown and about one foot long.

The tree-climbing fish is f 81 not only in India but also in the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, and other places. It was at one time found in Florida, America. Because of cold temperatures, it was not able to live there.

答案二：72. if 73. called 74. high 75. thought 76. water 77. push 78. climbed 79. surprised 80. what 81. found

 

九、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Boys and girls, do you like making friends? Yes? Then come to Shanghai in 2010. You can m 72 many people from all over the world and make friends w 73 them. Why? Because the 2010 World Expo is being h 74 in the city of Shanghai. Now Chinese people are doing many things in different ways to w 75 the Expo. About 1,000 young college students shape themselves into the logo （标志）of EXPO 2010 Volunteer in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. That’s their way to s 76 their love for the big event.

The logo looks like the Chinese word “h 77 ”. The students hope it can tell the world that Chinese volunteers are g 78 ready to welcome all the people to Shanghai. They may come from d 79 countries and speak different languages. B 80 don’t worry. The Expo can help all the people understand each other b 81 and become good friends.

答案三：72. meet 73. with 74. held 75. welcome 76. show 77. heart 78. getting

79. different 80. But 81. better

 

十、根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. Here are examples of the things that a well-educated person does o 72 does not do.

If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door f 73 . When the door opens, you will not move before the host s 74 , “Come in, please.”After you enter the room, you should not sit down u 75 the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a tea table before you or s 76 to your hand, you will say, “Thank you.” And receive it with two h 77 , or they will think you are ill-mannered. Before e 78 a house in Japan, it is good to take off your shoes. In European counties, even though shoes sometimes become very d 79 , this is not done. In a Malay house, a guest never finishes food on the table. He always l 80 a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host, e 81 the hostess pleased. So it’s interesting and useful to understand the manners.

答案四：72. or 73. first 74. says 75. until/unless 76. sent 77. hands 78. entering 79. dirty 80. leaves 81. especially

 

十一、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

The continent（洲） Antarctica is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly covered with ice. People have never wanted to l 67 there because of its coldest temperature. But now scientists from all over the w 68 come to study the ice to learn more about the Earth’s history.

Some scientists live on Antarctica for part of the y 69 . But they don’t usually stay there for more than six months b 70 there are six months of light and six months of darkness.

Antarctica usually has a good deal of f 71 weather without any wind at all. The strong winds are usually only in some parts of it. It is also i 72 to learn that it isn’t very wet there. There is very l 73 snow or rain. It snows on the ice in winter, but at other times Antarctica is d 74 , just like the Sahara Desert.

In winter the sea around Antarctica freezes (结冰) for t 75 of kilometres. But scientists tell us that the earth is getting w 76 . So in the future, there may be less ice in the Antarctic sea. When that happens, our weather will never be the same again.

参考答案：67. live 68. world 69. year 70. because 71. fine 72. interesting 73. little 74. dry 75. thousands 76. warmer

 

十二、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you u 72 today wasn’t made until the Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the important e 73 work on dictionary. They spent nearly all their l 74 trying to collect words for their dictionary. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The i 75 for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to b 76 the editor of its new dictionary.

Murray had never been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught h 77 while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house b 78 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and w 79 in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray h 80 to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary u 81 he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

参考答案：72. use 73. early 74. lives 75. idea 76. be/become 77. himself 78. built 79. worked 80. hoped 81. until

 

十三、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Do you enjoy climbing mountains? I’d like to tell you a true story about John and Peter. They were b 67 mountaineers(登山者). As John was experienced, he was always asking Peter to copy his example. “Would you like to stand on the t 68 of the world, Peter?” “Of course. It has already b 69 my dream,”Peter answered.

On a sunny morning, the two men started for the top of Mount Qomolangma. After they climbed over one of the most d 70 slopes(斜坡), they found a man lying in the snow. “He’s going to d 71 ,” Peter looked at John and said, as if he would help the man. “ Leave him by himself and just follow me! But if you bring the burden(累赘)with you, I’m a 72 you will lose your life.” John warned Peter. Then he turned around and walked forward a 73 . It was too cold. After thinking for a w 74 , Peter made up his mind to help the dying man. He carried the man on his back and made his way forward. Little by little, Peter’s temperature made the man w 75 . The man came to himself! And soon he could move all by himself. Together they moved side by side.

About two hours later, they kept up with John. To their surprise, they found that John was almost d 76 in the snow. He had been frozen to death.

参考答案：67. both 68. top 69. been/become 70. dangerous 71. die 72. afraid 73.alone/again 74. while 75. warm 76. dead/dying

 

十四、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang completed a spacewalk 43 hours after the launch(发射) of Shenzhou-7. It is a breakthrough(突破) in history in our country’s great space program.

Zhai Zhigang went out of Shenzhou-7 at 4:43 p.m. o 67 September 27, 2008. He waved to us as well as the whole world. All the Chinese felt e 68 at that moment. Many people watched the spacewalk on TV or on the I 69 . They c 70 their hands and cheered. “Shenzhou-7 reports: I’m now outside the spacecraft. I feel well. I am here greeting the Chinese people and people of the whole world,” Zhai Zhigang r 71 to the ground control in China. Then another astronaut Liu Boming handed Zhai Zhigang a Chinese n 72 flag. Zhai Zhigang waved the red flag outside the spaceship. The t 73 astronaut called Jing Haipeng was monitoring the spaceship inside.

After the 20-minute spacewalk, Zhai Zhigang was seen lying back on his seat, chatting with two other astronauts w 74 a smile on his face. “The feeling of spacewalk is great. In the vast space, I am p 75 of our motherland.”

China’s first spacewalk attracts the world’s a 76 . The whole world have known about the spacewalk. China has made rapid progress in the unknown space.

参考答案：67. on 68. excited 69. Internet 70. clapped 71. reported 72. national 73. third 74. with 75. proud 76. attention

 

十五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

What can you do to keep healthy? Perhaps for children, healthy eating is one of the most important things. Here are some ideas about h 67 to eat healthily.

A good breakfast is very important to children. It’s necessary to have it in the m 68 . But some children often go to school w 69 breakfast, just because they want to sleep a little longer. Remember that a good breakfast will help you study better.

“My dream is that all the Chinese children can get half a kilogram(公斤) of milk a day.” The Chinese Premier(总理) Wen Jiabao said this during his v 70 to a milk farm. Milk is also very important to children’s health. It makes children grow stronger. It’s better for you to d 71 a glass of warm milk before going to bed. That will help you have a good s 72 .

Having healthy food is the most important. That means eating lots of different k 73 of food, especially fruits and vegetables. Don’t eat too much chocolate o 74 ice-cream. Some of you p 75 eating fast food, but in fact it is not good for your health. Try to eat healthy food as much as p 76 . Have healthy eating habits, and you will have a strong body.

参考答案：67. how 68.morning 69.without 70. visit 71. drink 72.sleep 73. kinds 74.or 75.prefer 76.possible

 

十六、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

What is the most popular snack today? Potato chips? Walk i 67 almost any supermarket or corner store in North America and you will see potato chips．North America has the l 68 number of people who love potato chips in the world．Do you know where this very popular snack food c 69 from?

One day, almost 150 years ago, a man in an expensive restaurant in New York State was c 70 popular food－French fries．However, a customer(顾客) in the restaurant didn’t like the French fries, and c 71 because they were too thick．The cook cut some potatoes into thinner pieces and fried them．A w 72 brought them to the customer．The customer tasted them, and asked to see the boss because he was still not satisfied．The boss went to explain to the customer．

However, the customer said something bad a 73 about the chips again．The cook became very unhappy because the customer was so r 74 ．He decided to play a trick on the customer．

He cut some potatoes so thin t 75 the customer wouldn’t be able to pick them up with his fork．To the cook’s s 76 , the customer loved the new chips．Soon other customers wanted them, too．From then on, the chips became more and more popular．

参考答案：67．Into 68．largest 69．came/comes 70．cooking 71．Complained 72．waiter/waitress 73．aloud/angrily 74．rude 75．that 76．surprise

 

十七、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Flu, or influenza, is a common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, and makes you cough and have a fever. But recently we find a new kind flu c 72 H1N1 influenza A. We find ourselves in the dark about the terrible flu virus. Is it quite d 73 from a common flu? The answer is no, because it seems s 74 to regular human flu with a fever, cough and a headache. The answer is y 75 , because it has caused at least 64 d 76 around the world. And the World Health Organization has confirmed（确诊） about 6,500 cases.

The flu virus first appeared in pigs or swines. WHO says the virus is being spread from human-to-human, not from contact with infected（感染的）pigs. Scientists try to know clearly how it jumped to humans. The steps are aimed at stopping further spread of the virus.

Pork imports aren’t a 77 from the areas which have swine flu. Though experts said swine flu is not connected with pigs and not spread by e 78 pork.

So far groups of illnesses seem related to Mexican travel. For example, some students in New York fell i 79 from an spring outing in Mexico. Flu viruses can be spread by touching(触摸) your mouth or nose w 80 unwashed hands. Swine flu can be treated, but so many confirmed cases s 81 that we had better take early notice, in case it would be too late.

参考答案： 72. called 73. different 74. similar 75. yes 76. deaths 77. allowed

78. eating 79. ill 80. with 81. show / suggest

 

十八、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

The earth is our home; we must take care of it. This means that k 67 the land, air and water clean is necessary and important. However, pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁)our health, or happiness and our life－－we see it, smell it, taste it and d 68 it.

Men began to p 69 the earth a long time ago. When land was used up or water became dirty, men had to m 70 to another place. At first, there weren’t so m 71 people then and their wants were fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed by nature. But now this is no l 72 true. The increase of population and the development of industry have changed that. Men are s 73 polluting his environment.

L 74 , millions of people have realized the danger of pollution. Large n 75 of people are now working hard to protect our environment. Everyone should do their b 76 to make our environment better and better.

参考答案：67. keeping 68. drink 69. pollute 70. move 71. many 72. longer 73. slowly 74. Luckily 75. numbers 76. best

 

十九、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Advertisements are everywhere! They’re on the radio and TV, in the newspapers and magazines, and on buses, and b 67 ．They’re on websites and mobile phones．Companies give their products to film stars, pop stars and sports stars to u 68 so that fans will buy them in order to copy the stars．

Advertisements have become so common that they aren’t w 69 any more．We don’t like advertisements．So we try not to see them．We turn o 70 the advertisements on our computers．

We refuse to watch them on TV, or read them in magazines．We no l 71 pay attention to the posters all around us．We don’t copy the stars because we know maybe they don’t r 72 like the things they advertise．

This means that advertising companies need a new w 73 to sell their products．They can’t make their products “cool” by advertising．Advertisements aren’t cool, and teenagers won’t buy the things in advertisements j 74 because the advertisements say they are fashionable．The latest way to advertise is not to advertise．

I 75 of using stars, companies are using teenagers．They pay them to tell their friends about new products．Teenagers don’t want to dress like everyone else and buy the things that everyone else has．They want to look d 76 and create their own styles．Teenagers don’t think it’s cool to copy the stars or buy things they’ve seen in advertisements．

参考答案：67．buildings 68．use 69．working 70．off 71．longer 72．Really 73．way 74．just 75．Instead 76．different

 

二十、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

In the USA, children between the ages of 8 and 14 are a powerful group. They make up 60% of Internet users u 72 age18. Just as in America, the number of teen Internet users in China is g 73 bigger, up to 253 million. The number shows a great increase in Internet use in China over the last f 74 years, particularly among teenagers, and China becomes a large m 75 for Internet business.

A new survey r 76 that Chinese teens take an interest in online activities. And spending too much time before a computer screen causes a lot of p 77 for their young life. According to the survey, 42.6% of teens have built their o 78 web blogs and 8% have taken Internet courses. More than half enjoy c 79 online in chat-rooms and 10.6% of teens play Internet games. In the eyes of most parents, what a p 80 that only 6% use the Internet to get information for their learning projects! Also, the survey finds that the teens have different favourite places to use the Internet. For teens in towns, 35% c 81 Internet bars as a main place to go online. For those living in large cities, 76% prefer home computers and 10% Internet bars.

参考答案：72. under 73. growing 74. few 75. market 76. reports 77. problems 78. own 79. chatting 80. pity 81. choose