05：【好题精选】首字母短文填空-2023年九年级下学期英语专题周周练（第一期）（江苏南京）（含解析）

05：【好题精选】首字母短文填空-2023年九年级下学期英语专题
周周练（第一期）（江苏南京）
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
短文首字母填空
请根据各题所给首字母提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live As you are s____1____ too young to rent an apartment by yourself, I think it is b____2____ for you to live with a homestay family. There are a lot of advantages.
I once studied in Canada for about nine months. The first time I had a homestay was in a small town in Canada. D____3____ that time, Mr. Carlton from my homestay family drove me to school every morning, and then b____4____ me back in the afternoon. The meals he made for me were always very d____5____, and when I got bored with my study, we usually watched a movie together to r____6____ ourselves. So we always got a____7____ very well with each other.
Living with a homestay family has t____8____ me how to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, the spark(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).
Of course, every coin has its two sides. Living with a homestay family may also have its d____9____, especially when living with a foreign family. The biggest p_____10_____ for you may come from the completely different lifestyle, and it will take you a long time to get used to it.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
One day, a teacher entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They w____11____ nervously at their desks for the exam to begin. The teacher handed out the question paper, with the text facing down, as usual. To everyone’s surprise, there were n____12____ questions but a black dot in the center of the page. The teacher, seeing the expression on e____13____ face, told them the following, “I want you to write what you see there.”
At the end of the class, the teacher took all the a____14____ papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no exceptions (例), described the black dot, explained its position in the centre of the sheet, imagined what the black dot s____15____ for and so on.
A____16____ all had been read, the classroom was silent. The teacher began to explain, “I am not going to grade on you this time. I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white p____17____ of the paper. Everyone paid attention to the black dot and the s____18____ happens in our lives. We have a white paper to notice and enjoy, but we always pay attention to the dark marks. Our life is filled with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate.”
In fact, we insist on paying attention only to the dark marks—the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the d____19____ relationship with a family member, the disappointment (失望) with friend, etc. T____20____ your eyes away from the black dots in your life. The dark marks are very small compared to everything we have in our lives, so enjoy each moment that life gives you.
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）
With her eyes feeling increasingly tired and her vision(视力) not so clear, 16-year-old Sun Na went to the hospital with her parents in January. She was surprised when she found out that her eyesight d____21____ from 5.0 to 4.6 in only a term, “A few of my c____22____ have had the same experience lately,” Sun said. In fact, poor eyesight a____23____ Chinese primary and high school students rose from 59.2 percent to 70.6 percent in the first six months of 2020, according to the Ministry of Education.
To p____24____ students’ eyesight, the Chinese government has worked out new requirements(要求) for school supplies(供应品) and equipment(装备). They will take effect on March 1, 2022. For example, according to the requirements, the s____25____ of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point(小五号). Also, teachers should also a____26____ using projectors(投影仪) or other multimedia equipment that are too bright. They’re bad for eyes. Besides these, there are requirements for the lights in the classroom. Theses lights should give off as little blue light as p____27____. Blue light is bad for our eyes because it can even k____28____ the photoreceptor cells(感光细胞) we need for vision. In fact, in our daily life, many of the electronic devices(设备) we use, i____29____ our phones and computer screens, give off blue light. Chinese government has also taken some other a____30____ to protect students’ eyesight in China. In May 2020, the National Health Commission required schools to make sure that students have at least two hours of outdoor activity a day.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。
A student wrote to me the other day. She said she is having a growing i___31___ in listening to music, especially Taylor Swift. But she is often w___32___ about spending so much time listening to music that she will have a hard time p___33___ attention to her schoolwork.
Listening to music is a great way to use only half o___34___ your brain. I enjoy music while washing my dishes or walking to the store. I love singing a___35___ the road while I drive as well. In some ways, our brains can sing and drive safely at the s___36___ time.
Reading is different. It r___37___ all of your brain’s attention. Have you ever noticed that people don’t read books while driving Reading while driving is like asking to die quickly.
So, you’re trying to study. That needs reading. You’re also listening to nice music. Taylor Swift’s songs don’t ask for your attention—they grab(抢走) it.
I think you can find the a___38___ to your problem: Don’t listen to music while studying, if you must listen to music, choose something w___39___ words, like piano or jazz. Play it softly in the background.
My favorite background “music” is white noise. Get yourself a white noise app and enjoy the s____40____ of rainfall while you read your books. Then, when you’ve finished studying, reward yourself with Taylor Swift.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
With social development, many people don’t stay in the same place forever. So many things can k___41___ you from seeing your loved ones in person, from busy schedules to long distances (距离) to a rather unexpected pandemic COVID-19. Fortunately, thanks to modern technology, the people we miss are o___42___ only a phone call or text message away. But if you’re someone who p___43___ typed-out messages, you may want to think twice. A new study found that communication that i___44___ voice, like a phone call or video chat, created s___45___ social connections than communication through typing, like text messaging or email.
Researchers found that although people thought that a phone call with an old friend would be less comfortable, h___46___ someone’s voice actually made the experience better. In an experiment, the researchers had strangers connect by e___47___ texting, talking over video chat or talking using only audio (语音). They found that both forms of voice c___48___—whether video or audio only—made the strangers feel more connected than when they communicated through texting. Sabrina Romanoff, a doctor from New York, says texting can make it hard to get the t___49___ meaning behind a conversation. “While making a voice or audio phone call, each party is there, so the speakers are able to understand the meaning behind the content (内容) w_____50_____ thinking over the endless possible meanings behind words.”
参考答案：
1．(s)till 2．(b)etter 3．(D)uring 4．(b)rought 5．(d)elicious 6．(r)elax 7．(a)long 8．(t)aught 9．(d)isadvantages##(d)ifficulties 10．(p)roblem
【导语】本文作者通过在加拿大留学时，住在寄宿家庭的经历，讲述了住在寄宿家庭的优势和劣势。
1．句意：因为你还太小，不能自己租公寓，我认为你和寄宿家庭住在一起会更好。此句句子结构完整，所以这里需要填写副词，结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“仍然”太小。故填(s)till。
2．句意：因为你还太小，不能自己租公寓，我认为你和寄宿家庭住在一起会更好。这里用到句型it is+形容词for sb to do sth，结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示和寄宿家庭住在一起“更好”。故填(b)etter。
3．句意：在那段时间里，寄宿家庭的卡尔顿先生每天早上开车送我去学校。结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“在……期间”。故填(D)uring。
4．句意：在那段时间里，寄宿家庭的卡尔顿先生每天早上开车送我去学校，下午再把我接回来。结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“把某人带回”bring sb back，这里在叙述过去的事情，时态为一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填(b)rought。
5．句意：他给我做的饭总是很好吃。结合句意和是首字母可知，这里指的是饭菜很“美味的”。故填(d)elicious。
6．句意：当我厌倦学习的时候，我们通常一起看电影来放松自己。根据句子中的“watched a movie”及首字母可知，这里表示“放松”自己。故填(r)elax。
7．句意：所以我们一直相处得很好。get along well with sb“和某人相处很好”是固定搭配。故填(a)long。
8．句意：住在寄宿家庭让我学会了如何与不同的人交流。结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“教某人如何做某事”teach sb how to do sth，且这里是一般过去时，动词使用过去式。故填(t)aught。
9．句意：住在寄宿家庭也可能有它的困难/劣势，特别是当生活在一个外国家庭。根据后文“you may come from the completely different lifestyle”可知，这里表示住在寄宿家庭的困难或劣势，difficulty和disadvantage是可数名词，用复数形式。故填(d)isadvantages/(d)ifficulties。
10．句意：对你来说最大的问题可能来自完全不同的生活方式。结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示最大的“问题”。故填(p)roblem。
11．(w)aited 12．(n)o 13．(e)veryone’s 14．(a)nswer 15．(s)tood 16．(A)fter 17．(p)art 18．(s)ame 19．(d)ifficult 20．(T)ake
【导语】本文主要讲述了老师通过一场特别的考试告诉学生们一个道理：不要总看向生活中不好的事情，要享受生活中的每一时刻。
11．句意：他们紧张地坐在课桌前等待考试开始。根据“They … nervously at their desks for the exam to begin.”及首字母可知，等着测试开始，wait“等待”，描述过去发生的事情，动词用过去式，故填(w)aited。
12．句意：令每个人惊讶的是，除了这一页中间的一个黑点外，没有问题。根据“there were …questions but a black dot”及首字母可知，试卷上没有问题，no“没有”，后接名词，故填(n)o。
13．句意：老师看到每个人脸上的表情，对他们说了下面的话。根据“To everyone’s surprise”及“seeing the expression on … face”及首字母可知，此处指每个人脸上的表情，修饰名词face，要用名词所有格形式，故填(e)veryone’s。
14．句意：下课时，老师拿了所有的答卷，开始在所有学生面前大声朗读。根据“the teacher took all the … papers”及首字母可知，老师收了所有的答卷，answer papers“答卷”，故填(a)nswer。
15．句意：想象黑点代表什么等等。根据“what the black dot … for”及首字母可知，此处用stand for表示“代表”，根据imagined可知，此空应填动词过去式，故填(s)tood。
16．句意：所有的东西都读完后，教室里静悄悄的。此空缺少连词连接前后两个句子，根据“all had been read, the classroom was silent”及首字母可知，读完了之后全班静悄悄，after“在……之后”，故填(A)fter。
17．句意：没有人写纸的白色部分。根据“the white… of the paper.”及首字母可知，此处指纸张中的白色部分，part“部分”，故填(p)art。
18．句意：每个人都注意到黑点，我们的生活中也发生着同样的事情。根据“the…happens in our lives”及首字母可知，跟我们生活中的情况是相同的，same“相同的”，故填(s)ame。
19．句意：事实上，我们坚持只关注那些黑暗的印记——让我们担心的健康问题、缺钱、与家人的关系困难、对朋友的失望等等。根据“we insist on paying attention only to the dark marks”及“the…relationship with a family member”及首字母可知，与家人之间关系困难也属于生活中遇到的困难，difficult“困难的”，故填(d)ifficult。
20．句意：把你的眼睛从生活中的黑点上移开。根据“your eyes away from the black dots in your life”及首字母可知，要把眼睛从生活中的这些黑点移开，要看向生活中好的一面，take“移走”，此句是祈使句的肯定形式，此空应填动词原形，故填(T)ake。
21．(d)ropped 22．(c)lassmates 23．(a)mong 24．(p)rotect 25．(s)ize 26．(a)void 27．(p)ossible 28．(k)ill 29．(i)ncluding 30．(a)ctions
【导语】本文通过一个学生视力降低的例子来说明目前中国中小学生的近视情况，以及中国政府的解决措施。
21．句意：当她发现自己的视力在一个学期内从5.0下降到4.6时，她感到很惊讶。根据“her eyesight...from 5.0 to 4.6 in only a term”可知是视力从5.0掉到4.6，drop“掉落”，是动词，根据语境可知时态是一般过去时，故填(d)ropped。
22．句意：我的几个同学最近也有同样的经历。根据“A few of my...have had the same experience lately”结合单词首字母可知此处是指我的几个同学也有相同的经历，classmate“同学”，a few修饰可数名词复数，故填(c)lassmates。
23．句意：事实上，根据教育部的数据，2020年前六个月，中国中小学生视力低下的比例从59.2%上升到70.6%。根据“...poor eyesight...Chinese primary and high school students”结合单词首字母可知此处是指在中国中小学生中，among“在……之中”，是介词，故填(a)mong。
24．句意：为了保护学生的视力，中国政府对学校用品和设备提出了新的要求。根据“...students’ eyesight, the Chinese government has worked out new requirements(要求) for school supplies(供应品) and equipment(装备)”可知是为了保护学生的视力，protect“保护”，是动词，前面有不定式符号to，用动词原形， 故填(p)rotect。
25．句意：例如，根据要求，学生教科书中的文本大小应不小于小五号。根据“according to the requirements...of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point(小五号)”可知是指文本字体的大小不能小于小五号，size“尺寸，大小”，是名词，故填(s)ize。
26．句意：此外，教师还应避免使用投影仪或其他太亮的多媒体设备。根据“teachers should also ...using projectors(投影仪) or other multimedia equipment that are too bright”结合单词首字母可知此处是指教师应该避免使用投影仪或其他太亮的多媒体设备，avoid“避免”，是动词，空前有情态动词，动词用原形，故填(a)void。
27．句意：这些灯应该发出尽可能少的蓝光。固定短语as...as possible“尽可能的……”，故填(p)ossible。
28．句意：蓝光对我们的眼睛有害，因为它甚至可以杀死我们视觉所需的感光细胞。根据“Blue light is bad for our eyes because it can even...the photoreceptor cells(感光细胞) we need for vision”结合单词首字母可知此处是指蓝光甚至可以杀死我们视觉所需的感光细胞，kill“杀死”，是动词，空前有情态动词，动词用原形，故填(k)ill。
29．句意：事实上，在我们的日常生活中，我们使用的许多电子设备，包括手机和电脑屏幕，都会发出蓝光。根据“In fact, in our daily life, many of the electronic devices(设备) we use...our phones and computer screens, give off blue light”结合首字母可知，此处是指包括手机和电脑屏幕在内的许多电子设备，including“包括”，介词，故填(i)ncluding。
30．句意：中国政府还采取了一些其他措施来保护中国学生的视力。根据“Chinese government has also taken some other...to protect students’ eyesight in China”可知中国政府还采取了一些其他措施来保护中国学生的视力，take other actions“采取其他措施”，故填(a)ctions。
31．(i)nterest 32．(w)orried 33．(p)aying 34．(o)f 35．(a)long 36．(s)ame 37．(r)equires 38．(a)nswer 39．(w)ithout 40．(s)ound
【导语】本文主要讲作者给一个爱听泰勒斯威夫特的音乐的学生写一封回信，主要告诉她在学习的时候不要去听歌，可以选择一些没有歌词的背景音乐。
31．句意：她说她对听音乐有逐渐增长的兴趣，尤其是泰勒斯威夫特。have an interst in“对……感兴趣”。故填(i)nterest。
32．句意：但是她也经常担心花太多的时间听音乐，以致于她在学业上不能集中注意力。be worried about“担心”，故填(w)orried。
33．句意：但是她也经常担心花太多的时间听音乐，以致于她在学业上不能集中注意力。have a hard time doing sth“做某事有困难”；pay attention to“注意……”。故填(p)aying。
34．句意：听音乐是一个很好的方式来使用你一半的大脑。half of your brain“你一半的大脑”。故填(o)f。
35．句意：我喜欢边开车边在路上唱歌。along the roas“沿着马路”，故填(a)long。
36．句意：在某种方式上，我们的大脑可以同时边唱歌边安全的开车。at the same time“同时”。故填(s)ame。
37．句意：阅读却不同。它需要你的大脑全部的注意力。根据“all of your brain’s attention”及首字母提示可知“需要”大脑全部的注意力。require“需要”，主语it是单数，谓语用三单形式。故填(r)equires。
38．句意：我认为你可以找到你问题的答案。the answer to your problem“问题的答案”。故填(a)nswer。
39．句意：不要在学习的时候听歌，如果你一定要听音乐，选择一些没有单词的音乐，像钢琴曲或者爵士乐。根据“like piano or jazz”可知这些音乐不带歌词，故应是选择不带歌词的音乐。without“没有”。故填(w)ithout。
40．句意：给你自己下载一个白色噪音的APP，当你在读你书的时候享受下雨的声音。根据首字母提示及“of rainfall”可知是雨声“the sound of rainfall”。故填(s)ound。
41．(k)eep 42．(o)ften 43．(p)refers 44．(i)ncludes##(i)nvolves 45．(s)tronger 46．(h)earing 47．(e)ither 48．(c)ommunications 49．(t)rue 50．(w)ithout
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。一项研究发现，包括声音在内的交流互动，如电话或视频聊天，比通过打字交流，如短信或电子邮件，造就更强的社会联系。
41．句意：有很多事情会让你无法见到你爱的人，从繁忙的日程到遥远的距离，再到意想不到的新冠疫情。根据“from busy schedules to long distances”以及首字母可知繁忙的日程以及遥远的距离等都会阻止你见到你爱的人，keep sb. from doing sth.“阻止某人做某事”，情态动词后加动词原形。故填(k)eep。
42．句意：幸运的是，多亏了现代科技，我们想念的人往往只是一个电话或一条短信的距离。根据“ the people we miss are...only a phone call or text message away”以及首字母可知往往只需要打电话或发短信，often“经常”。故填(o)ften。
43．句意：但如果你是一个喜欢打字的人，你可能要三思了。根据“you’re someone who...typed-out messages”以及首字母并结合下文可知是更喜欢打字，prefer“更喜欢”，句子用一般现在时，主语是someone，谓语动词用三单形式。故填(p)refers。
44．句意：一项新的研究发现，包括电话或视频聊天在内的语音交流比通过打字交流，如短信 或电子邮件，更能建立社会联系。根据“communication that...voice”以及首字母可知是包括声音等的交流，include/involve“包括”，句子用一般现在时，主语是communication，谓语动词用三单形式。故填(i)ncludes/(i)nvolves。
45．句意：一项新的研究发现，包括电话或视频聊天在内的语音交流比通过打字交流，如短信或电子邮件，更能建立社会联系。根据“someone’s voice actually made the experience better”可知打电话比打字能建立更强的联系，根据“than”可知此处用形容词的比较级stronger“更强的”。故填(s)tronger。
46．句意：但实际上听到某人的声音会让通话体验更好。根据“someone’s voice”以及首字母可知是听到某人的声音，hear“听到”，作主语用动名词。故填(h)earing。
47．句意：在一项实验中，研究人员让陌生人通过发短信、视频聊天或只使用音频交谈的方式联系。根据“texting, talking over video chat or talking using only audio”以及首字母可知此处是either...or“或者……或者”。故填(e)ither。
48．句意：他们发现，两种形式的语音交流——无论是视频还是音频，都会让陌生人感觉比通过短信交流时更有联系。根据“They found that both forms of voice”以及首字母可知是语音交流，communication“交流”，此处用名词复数。故填(c)ommunications。
49．句意：发短信会让人很难理解谈话背后的真正含义。根据“texting can make it hard to get the...meaning behind a conversation”以及首字母可知发短信让人很难理解真正含义，修饰名词用形容词true“真正的”。故填(t)rue。
50．句意：因此，说话者能够理解内容背后的含义，而无需思考单词背后的无尽可能含义。根据“the speakers are able to understand the meaning behind the content...thinking over the endless possible meanings behind words”可知说话者不需考虑单词背后的意义就能理解，without“没有”。故填(w)ithout。