天津中考英语-首字母填空 2000-2015.doc

天津市初中毕业生学业考试试卷 英语 八、综合填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，没空限填一词。 ? In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different k___81____ of music—everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so p? ?82? ? ? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, its both of the things, but it’s a? ?83? ? something else: theyre elephants.? ?? ? These musical elephants started at the TECC（泰国大象保护中心）in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love them. And, like many zoos a? ?84? ? the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.? ?? ? Richard Lair w? ?85? ? for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants h? ?86? ? better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are s? ?87? ? and they have good hearing, maybe they can play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance（表演）, the elephants play a number of i? ?88? ? , including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）.? ?? ? But can elephants really make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human e? ?89? ? the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they dont just copy their trainers o? ?90? ? other people. There are now CDs of the group’s music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing. 2014 On July2, 1937, Amelia Earhart( an American pilot) and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Island in the Pacific. This was the longest and most dangerous part of their t 81 around the world. Earhart had trouble soon after the plane took off. The weather was very bad, so she had to f 82 at 3,000 metres. Going this high, the plane used fuel quickly. After about 20 h 83 , Earhart and Noonan got close to Howland Island. The island was o