初中英语短文填空常用虚词（供新初三用初中英语选词）

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从下面选择适当的单词，并用其适当的形式完成短文，每词只能用一次，每空一词。

century ， or ， prevent ， put ， from， what ， try receive ， long ， direct，

Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain’s most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries. Every year it___1___more than 750,000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially in June as they want to see the sun rising on the___2___day of the year.

For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders___3___tocommunicate with the gods. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can't be true because Stonehenge was built so many___4___ago. “The leaders arrived in England much later,” he points Out.

Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar. The largest stone were ___5___together in a certain way. On midsummer’s morning, the sun shines___6___into the center of the stones. Other people believe the stones have a medical purpose. They think the stones can___7___illness and keep people healthy. “As you walk there, you can feel the energy_____8_____your feet move up your body,” said one visitor. No one is sure_____9_____Stonehenge was used for, but most agree that the position of the stones must be for a special purpose. Some think it might be a burialplace____10____a place to honor ancestors. Others think it was built to celebrate a victory over an enemy.

答案：

1. receives 2. longest 3. tried

4. centuries 5. put 6. directly

7. prevent 8. from 9. what.10. or

语篇分析：

这篇短文主要是介绍来世界上最伟大的奇迹之一——巨石阵。

答案解析：

1.句意：每年接待超过75万游客。根据Every year这里是一般现在时态，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词变第三人称单数。receives的意思是“接收”。根据句意，故填receives。

2.句意：人们喜欢去这个地方，尤其是在六月，因为他们想去。看到太阳在一年中最长的一天升起。根据文中especially in June as they want to.see the sun rising可知，这里是最长的一天。the longest day表示最长的一天。根据句意，故填longest。

3.句意：很多年来，历史学家认为巨石阵是一座古代领导人试图与神沟通的寺庙。短语try to do sth.表示设法去做某事；这里是一般过去时态，try的过去式是tried。根据句意，故填tried。

4.句意：然而，历史学家保罗·斯托克认为这不可能是真的，因为巨石阵是几百年前建造的。so many 名词复数，century意思是“世纪”，这里用复数，根据句意，故填centuries

5.句意：最大的石头是以某种方式放置的。这里是一般过去时态的被动语态，put的过去分词是put。根据句意，故填put。

6.句意：在仲夏的早晨，太阳直接照射到石头的中心。这里是副词修饰动词。direct的副词是directly，意思是“直接地”，根据句意，故填directly。

7.句意：他们认为这些石头可以预防疾病，保持人们的健康。Can 动词原形；prevent的意思是“阻止”，根据句意，故填prevent。

8.句意：当你走到那里的时候，你可以感觉到你脚上的能量向上移动。from表示从……。根据句意，故填from

9.句意：没有人能确定巨石阵是用来做什么的。这里是what引导的宾语从句。根据句意，故填what。

10.句意：有人认为这可能是一个祭祀祖先的墓地或地方。根据a place to honor ancestors.可知这里用or来连接，意思是“或者”，根据句意，故填or。

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根据短文内容从方框中选择正确词的正确形式填空，每个词只用一次。将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。

one, popular, since, visit, large, water, learn, world, million, ancient

Not everyone can swim with fish in the ocean. But they can enjoy underwater life in another way-by visiting an aquarium.n.(水族馆)

There is a very large public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Aquarium says it is _1_．in the world. It has more than one hundred thousand sea animals in thirty million liters of _2_． . These include two whale sharks ---the _3_． largest fish. And everyone seems to enjoy _4_．huge public aquariums. They have opened around the world. Visiting an aquarium is a good way for children _5_． about sea animals. They might even want to start an aquarium at home and join _6_． of people keeping fish as pets around the world.

We do not really know when people began keeping fish as pets. But people have been interested in fish _7_． a long time ago. Some say the Chinese kept and studied carp(鲤鱼) and goldfish more than one thousand years ago. The _8_．Romans kept eels（鳝鱼) as pets . And the Greek philosopher Aristotle(亚里士多德) might be the _9_． to study sea life, including sharks and dolphins.

Some people say that keeping fish at home in small water tanks called aquarium is very _10_． today.

答案：

1.the largest 2.water 3.world’s

4.visiting 5.to learn 6.millions

7.since 8.ancient 9.first

10.popular

语篇分析：

这篇短文主要介绍了世界上最大的水族馆及人类养鱼作为宠物的历史。

答案解析：

1．结合语境可知此处指的是它是世界上最大的水族馆，根据所给单词，可知填large的最高级the largest，最大的。作定语。

2．联系上下文，可知此处指的是有三千万公升的水，根据所给单词，可知填名词water，物质名词不可数，故用原形即可。

3．结合语境可知此处指的是世界上最大的鱼类。根据所给单词，可知填名词所有格world’s ，世界的。作定语。

4．联系下文，可知此处指的是喜欢参观这个大公共水族馆。Enjoy，喜欢，享受，后面接名词或者动名词作宾语，，根据所给单词，可知填动名词visiting，参观。

5．联系上下文，可知句意为：对于孩子们来说，参观水族馆是一个认识海洋动物的好途径。不定式作表语补足语表示具体的将要进行的动作，结合语境及所给单词，可知填不定式to learn，学习，认识。

6．联系下文，可知此处指的是很多的人，根据所给单词，可知填数词million的复数形式millions，和of连用表示概数，成千上万的。作定语。

7．联系下文，可知此处指的是自很久以前，根据所给单词，可知填连词since，自……以来。

8．联系下文，结合常识可知罗马人现在已经不存在了，可知指的是古罗马人，根据所给单词，可知填形容词ancient，古老的，古代的。作定语。

9．结合语境可知此处指的是亚里士多德可能是第一个研究海洋动物的人，根据所给单词，可知填one的序数词形式first，第一个。作定语。

10．结合语境可知此处指的是在家用一个水族箱养鱼很流行。根据所给单词，可知填形容词popular，流行的，作表语。

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