中考英语-首字母填空训练4

　　中考英语-首字母填空训练4

　　 Let me tell you a story. A good friend of mine lives with six hundred animals on an island. Ever s___1___ he left school, he has travelled all over the world l___2___ for animals for his own zoo. He writes books about his travels, and about his wonderful a___3___. The money for his books helps him to p___4____ for all the animal food. My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island, though there is a lot all around it ), he f___5___ oil. He n___6___ money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy e___7___ water for a long time, but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it, it will be the e___8___ of his zoo and his lifes work. So I think he will not tell anybody e ___9___ you and me about what he found because oil and water cant be p___10___ together. Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water. Do you think so?

　　 1. _____ 2. ____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____7. _____ 8. ______

　　 9. ______ 10. _____

　　 KEYS: 1. since 2. looking 3. animals 4.pay 5. found 6. needs

　　 7. enough 8. end 9. except 10. put

　　 Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs i_________ (1) of people. They say that at a circus (杂技场), for e__________(2), we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q ________(3) skillful 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 ________(4) the animal some sugar o r a piece of fruit as a reward. 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 l__________(7) after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t __________(8) have used 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).

　　 1.______ 2.______ 3. ______ 4 .______ 5. ______ 6._______ 7.______

　　 8. ______ 9.________ 10. _______

　　 KEYS: 1. instead 2. example 3. quite 4.gives 5. different 6. for

　　 7. look 8. times 9. making 10. factories

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