首字母专项训练（一）
综合填空（一）（每空1分，共10分）
阅读下列短文，根据上下文及空格中所给的单词首字母，填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。
Water is important for us. We drink it every day. We use it to cook and w (1) things. W______ (2) water, we can’t live. Sometimes there is not e(3) clean water. In the future, it may be a big p_ (4). So we should not w (5) water.
What can we do? Use l (6) water during the daytime. Take shorter shower（淋浴）. Five to ten m________(7) is enough. D (8) leave the water running for a long time.
Try to s (9) every drop of water. That way, we can all have c (10) water for years and years.
综合填空（二）分数___________
Jim likes s (1) very much. It was very h (2) last Monday and Jim decided to go for a swim a (3) class. There were already a few p (4) swimming in the river there. He took off his clothes, went u (5) a rock and j (6) into the river, and he hit himself on a rock in the water and was badly h (7). A man took him out of w (8) and sent him to the nearest h (9) at once. Jim had to stay in bed for a week and felt that he should be more c (10) next time when he goes swimming.
综合填空（三）分数___________
Mr White w (1) to London for a trip last month . In London he stayed i (2) a hotel. After he put down his bags, he t (3) out a book of English grammar and began to learn the grammar rules. Several hours later, he was s (4) he could remember many rules.
The next day, Mr White g (5) up early in the morning and he wanted to v (6) a famous museum. But he didn’t know the w (7), so he had to ask a (8) English woman in the street. He spoke to h (9) in English, but the woman could not u (10) what he said. He didn’t know why.
综合填空（四）分数___________
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will leave their p (1) homes when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good j (2). They often w(3) letters to their
parents or make t (4) calls to them. And they often go to see their parents on their h __________(5). Parents usually l (6) their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important f (7) young people to decide on their life by t (8).
Children are asked to do some work a (9) their houses. And in many families, children are p (10) for doing some housework so that they can learn how to make money for their own use.
综合填空（五）分数___________
Mr. Ellis is very old. There are s (1) many changes in his hometown.
He knows that things are d (2) now. But he n (3) forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often t (4) about his favourite birds, the robins(知更鸟). “When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every s (5) the robins came. Thousands of them flew up to the north from the south after they spent the w (6) . Some built their nets in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut d (7) trees, and they built more houses. The robins d (8) come. They couldn’t build their nets near our houses b (9) there were no trees.
Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no p (10) for the robins. They do not come any more.”
综合填空（六）分数___________
Once upon a time there w (1) a rich man in England. He had a lot of money, but he felt u________ (2) all the time.
One day he went to see an old man to ask about happiness. The old man had a look at him, shook his head and said n_______________ (3).
Finally, the rich man left home to look for happiness. He v (4) many places, met many rich men, but all of them said they were not happy, e (5).
On his way home, the rich man saw a farmer w (6) in the fields. He went up to the farmer and asked, “Could you tell me if you feel happy ?” “Yes, I’m quite happy,” the farmer answered. “Please tell me how you have found happiness,” asked the rich man. The farmer answered with a s(7) on his face. “That’s very easy. If you work h (8), have three meals a day and go to bed early w (9) any worry, you’ll be the h(10) man in the world.
综合填空（七）分数___________
January 1 is N (1) Year’s Day. People usually give parties to celebrate it. Then the Spring Festival comes. It is the most important holiday in C (2). Before the Spring Festival, people c (3) their houses and do a lot of shopping. On the eve of the festival, family members meet for a big dinner. After dinner they w (4) TV until midnight. They enjoy talking and eating. At t (5) o’clock, people cheer to welcome the New Year and wish each other good luck.
