名师点评
本文是一个对话，关于沙漠中人们如何旅行、如何休息，其中有大量的初中部分很重要的一些词组，如：so… that , must be , put sth. up。
答案简析
1.C。cross a desert 意为“穿越沙漠”。
2.D。nothing but 是“除了……之外什么也没有”之意。
3.B。固定词组，so… that …即“如此……以至于……”。
4.A。根据上文，此处应选end 。 “ no end”意为“无边无际”。
5.D。表示有把握的猜测，一定，肯定。
6.B。根据常识，沙漠应该总是很热。
7.C。during the day 在白天。
8.A。for sb. to do sth. 全句意为“没有树或那样的东西让你纳凉”。
9.B。 此句学生在做时，很容易根据中国人的思维。事实上，上文是一个否定句，如果是对整个否定句进行肯定回答，应用No，否则，用Yes。
10.B。动词和副词构成的这类词组，如果所接宾语是代词必须放在这两个词之间， 如果是名词放中间，放在后面皆可。Put them up 意为“把他们支起，搭起”。
11.C。这是一个反意疑问句，前部分是肯定句，所以后部分要用否定形式，而且主语用人称代词。
12.C。联系上下文，意为“睡觉之前”。
13.D。set out 意为”出发”。
14.C。与上文的put them up相反，意为“收起帐篷”。
15.C。唯一的方法。
初中英语完形填空自测练习题(4)
Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore, in the place where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is 1 .
These bridges can make people 2 roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.
They are more efficient (效率高的), 3 less convenient (方便的) because people have to climb up a lot of steps. This is inconvenient to the old. When people 4 an overhead bridge, they do not hold up (阻挡) traffic. But when they cross a 5 road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is 6 the government (政府) has 7 many overhead bridges to help people and 8 traffic moving at the same time.
The government of Singapore has 9 a lot of money building these bridges. For their own safety, people should be given hope to use them 10 rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little 11 climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road 12 all the moving traffic.
Overhead bridges are very useful. People, 13 old and young, should 14 use them. This will stop accidents 15 happening.
1. A. noisy B. not safe C. crowded D. not busy
2. A. cross B. crossing C. across D. through
3. A. though B. or C. if D. till
4. A. pass B. use C. visit D. build
5. A. wide B. narrow C. busy D. free
6. A. what B. why C. when D. where
7. A. made B. let C. built D. asked
8. A. see B. keep C. find D. feel
9. A. used B. made C. spent D. borrowed
10. A. full of B. fond of C. in spite of D. instead of
11. A. difficult B. different C. worried D. exited
12. A. past B. along C. about D. with
13. A. both B. either C. neither D. not
14. A. almost B. always C. nearly D. hardly
15. A. in B. at C. with D. from
名师点评
新加坡，一个美丽的国家。但本篇着重介绍新加坡花费大量财力建筑立交桥，以及它们的利弊。最终得出结论，人们应该使用立交桥因为它们对防止交通事故的发生起很大的作用。
答案简析
1.B。本句是定语从句中的第二个小分句，做时特别要注意。意为“在交通拥挤和过马路不太安全的地方”。
2.A。make sb. do sth. 其它词性不对。
3.A。“效率高”与“不方便”意思上相反,故用though，有“尽管”的意思。
4.B。 pass与bridge无法搭配,而visit ,build与bridge搭配意思不符。
5.C。繁忙的马路。
6.B。why引导表语从句，意为“这就是……的原因”。
7.C。建造立交桥.。
8.C。keep … doing 意为“让……一直干某事” 。
9.B。spend…(in) doing 意为“在建立交桥上花费了大量的财力”。
10.D。建立交桥一方面有利安全，另一方面帮助人们。所以人们应该使用它们，而不是横穿马路(有如在建立交桥之前)。instead of “而不是”，“代替”。
11.A。 老人上下立交桥当然是有点困难，difficult形容词作宾语补足语。
12.D。指过去没有立交桥时，既有人又有车辆过马路，with“伴有”，“带有”。
13.A。两者都(老年人和年轻人)。
14.B。建议人们应经常使用立交桥，其它选项在意思上都不对。
15.D。固定短语stop sb. from doing，本句意为“阻止交通事故的发生。
初中英语完形填空自测练习题(5)
The water and the land are thought part of the earth surface (表面). The air is 1 thought a kind of blanket (毯子) 2 the earth. But it is 3 than that. Maybe you have been in a cave (洞穴) 4 in the earth. Did you think about the air that was in the cave? The land has some air mixed in it. Air is even mixed 5 the water in the sea. These examples show that some air is 6 the earth’s surface as well as above it.
Men once 7 that there were four basic things from which everything else was made. They 8 these things-earth, fire, air and water the four elements (元素). 9 man made more observations, they 10 that fire was not an element. 11 they concluded (得出结论) that land, air and water were not elements, 12 .
13 , there are more than 100 elements from which scientists believe all things are made. 14 land, air and water are not elements, they are three main parts of man’s environment (环境). You will 15 more about them as you study the earth.
1. A. usually B. seldom C. never D. sometimes
2. A. above B. around C. across D. among
3. A. better B. more C. less D. worse
4. A wide B. high C. long D. deep
5. A. at B. in C. with D. to
6. A. below B. before C. between D. beside
7. A. found B. thought C. knew D. understood
8. A. called B. told C. name D. said
9. A. That B. For C. As D. So
10. A. believe B. planned C. decided D. want
11. A. End B. At last C. Hardly D. Nearly
12. A. too B. neither C. also D. either
13. A. True B. Read C. In fact D. Correctly
14. A. When B. As C. Since D. Though
15. A. exam B. study C. exercise D. know
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