上海牛津中考选词填空专题练习.docx

选词填空专题练习Passage 1A. changed B. important C. quietly D. fool E. in fact F. running away from G. came to H. cover I. thingF-B-G-A D-E-H-IWhen I was 14, I left Houston for California. I was following my dream. On my journey I met an old man, a homeless man, on the street corner. He asked me if I was (51) ______ home. I told, “Not exactly, sir.” Since my father had given me his blessing (祝福). “It is (52) ______ to follow your dream, son.”The friendly old man then told me to follow him. We (53) ______ a library. The old man found two old books. He then said the words that (54)______ my life. “There are two things that I want to teach you. Number One is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can (55) ______ you. You think I’m just a homeless person, don’t you?”I said, “Er, yes, I guess so, sir.”“I’m one of the richest men in the world (56) ______, but one day I realized that there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live without a home. So, you see, don’t ever judge a book by its (57) ______. Number Two is to learn how to read. There is only one (58) ______ that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom.” He put my hands upon the books. He hoped that I would never forget what he had taught me.Passage 2A. out of B. first C. grow up D. looked through E. from F. short G. looked after H. kids I. sendD-E-H-I F-B-C-AGlen and Yvonne Lutz moved into a large house with lots of empty rooms. In 1990, they decided to fill the rooms.Yvonne, who was 46 at the time, told Glen that she wanted to adopt (收养) some kids. Glen was 38 years old then and he said the kids could be no more than three. But when they (51) ______ the newspapers on adopting children, they found a family of seven kids needed parents. They aged (52) ______ 4 to 13.At first, the (53) ______ weren’t sure if they could