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2012年英语中考专题练习----短文首字母填空 Passage 1 Here’s a story about Ming’s life 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（网）. Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the birds’ n??6?? so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been t? ?7? ? to bring the fish to people. And then people reward（奖励）them with a fine big fish as soon as 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? ?. Passage 2 Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i??1? ? of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q??2? ? skillful（熟练的）things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员）always g??3?? the animal some sugar o??4? ?a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. 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（警报）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? ?. Passage 3 In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a