初中英语短文填空专练附答案.doc

Passage 1 Here’s a story about Ming’s on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on l 2 ,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact）,he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f 3 ,he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v 4 him. Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net Great black birds called cormorants(鸬鹚) do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the bird’s n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b 7 the fish to people. And then people reward（）them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f 8 . Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 . 1. r 2. l 3. f 4. v 5. u 6. n 7. b 8. f 9. s 10. o Passage 2 Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus ,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer always g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward. The scientists say that many d 5 animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f 6 doing that. Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning by m 9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f 10 . 1. i 2.