上海牛津版九年级英语首字母专项练习.doc

上海初三中考英语首字母填空专项练习 首字母填空的题型是考生反应最难的部分之一，其要求考生在理解短文的基础上正确拼写，词语的形式要合理，符合语法规范。常要注意的是几点：1. 通读短文，从整体理解。2. 抓重要信息，前后照应猜词。3.合理答题，讲准确细致。4. 常做练习，总结得与失。 一 Firefighters or firemen play an important role in our daily life. In some places, firefighters use watchtowers to look for smoke and fires, although they get a fire report by telephone. A high tower is still very u 67 for watching and guarding a place. Fire fighters also make it a place for practice. They learn how to p 68 out fires from burning buildings. They try to c 69 up the outside of the tower as fast as possible. They carry water hoses up to the fire. They practise carrying imaginable victims down f 70 high ladders. There are reasons that firefighters are called for help. Maybe a building or a forest is o 71 fire. A train accident happens and people are t 72 inside. Still, people need to be rescued from floods or an earthquake. Whenever there is an emergency situation, they can be seen f 73 there. Being a fire fighter needs a lot of t 74 . In the first place, firefighters should know how to educate the community （社区） by visiting schools, community centres and people in their own homes to p 75 fire and accidents from starting. They have to learn how to deal with different dangerous situations. Above all, it’s necessary for firefighters to exercise every day to be h 76 and strong. 二 Man has a big brain. He can think and s 72 languages. Scientists once thought that man isn’t the same as animals b 73 man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too. They are beginning to u 74 that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can’t speak. They make much n 75 when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they can not join words to make s 76 . They cannot think l 77 us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has