英语中考专题练习短文首字母填空.doc

英语中考专题练习----短文首字母填空 (1) Elvis Presley,(艾尔维斯﹒普莱斯利,绰号猫王”) who was born in 1935 and died in 1977, was a world-famous pop s_____(1) and will always be loved by his fans from d_______(2) countries. Elvis parents were very poor and lived in a two-room house. He started singing when he was o_______(3) two years old. He could sing very well when he was eight. For his e________(4) birthday, Elvis wanted a bicycle but was g______(5) a guitar by his parents. Elvis left school and became a truck driver. He made his f______(6)record (唱片)for his mothers birthday when he was 17. The next year another song was recorded. After that he was a______(7) by more and more people to make records. During his lifetime, Elvis made more than 200 records and 30 films. Even today, his music is still liked by people a______(8) the world. The house where he once lived has been t_____(9) into a museum and is visited by t________(10)of people every year. Keys:1.star2.different3.eleventh4..only5.given6.first7.asked8.around 9.turned 10.thousands （2） 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 l