上海初三英语首字母经典习题10篇.doc

21 Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, a____1____ five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain hard so I decided I would leave the children in the car before I rushed into a shop. I w____2____ the girls not to touch anything and told them I would be back w____3____ a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left them happily looking out of the window. I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had d____4____! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were still locked; the windows closed and on the back seat were only two coats. Feeling quite sick with f____5____, I sat on the driver's seat and tried to stop trembling (颤抖). Suddenly, I heard 1____6____ behind me. I got out of the car, ran around to open the boot (汽车行李箱) and there inside were two very red-faced and e____7____ children.22 The night outside was cold and windy. Joe Langley was alone in his London flat. His dog, Max, was sleeping at his feet. The T '3 o 1 , but Joe wasn’t watching it. He was just sitting in his armchair, thinking about his f____2____. He didn't have any money and he couldn't get a job! He felt very depressed (ffliS).It was quite late at night and Joe was getting s 3 ■ He decided to go to bed but forgot to put out the fire in the fireplace. He fell asleep as soon as he got into bed. Suddenly, Joe woke up. His dog was barking loudly. Joe saw smoke coming out of the living-room. His carpet was on fire! He took a bucket f 4 with water and poured it onto the b 5 carpet. Thanks to Max, he was saved from the fire.After what had happened, Joe realized that life was not that bada 6 all! He felt 1 to be alive, and was sure that everything wouldbe all right.23 Mr. and Mrs. Smith were having an argument on the boat deck. Mrs. Smith was r____1____ to get into a lifeboat without her husband. Then Mrs. Smith had an idea. She saw Captain Smith standing nearby with a megaphone (扩音器). She went up to him and e____2____ she was all alone in the world and asked if her husband could get into the lifeboat with her. The old captain turned away and shouted into the megaphone "Women and children first!" At this point Mr. Smith came over. He spoke to his wife s____3____ and quietly. "You really must get in now. This business with women and children first is just a matter of form. The ship is f____4____ equipped (装备), and everyone will be saved.” Mrs. Smith asked her husband if he was being c____5____ truthful. Mr. Smith replied firmly (坚定地) • "Yes. " So they kissed g 6 and she got into the lifeboat. As the boat dropped into the water, Mr. Smith c____7____ out from the deck, "Keep your hands in your pockets, it is very cold weather."24 Many people have to work on weekends. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is t____1____. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be d____2____. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England. One Saturday, he went to the office to do some work. When he got the elevator to go home, it stopped b____3____ floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that Monday was a bank h____4____ in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates e____5____ up sleeping for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came into work and f____6____ the elevator was not working. When the elevator was finally opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, w____7____, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours! Now Mr. Coates says, “I’ll only use elevators if they have telephone in them.”25 Garbage (垃圾) or trash is a major kind of environmental pollution. Each person produces about two kilograms of trash a day. We are making waste products faster than n____1____ can break them down. And we are using up resources (资源) faster than they can be replaced (取代). This a____2____ up to trouble for the environment. Where does all that garbage go? What can be done to help dispose (处理) of garbage? How can we make less garbage? Garbage isn't just the smelly rotting fruits, vegetables or meat that we throw away in our homes. They're only a small part of all the stuff we throw away. We c____3____ other kinds of waste, in construction, mining, and in our factories. Did you ever wonder what happens to your garbage? Most is burned or buried in landfills (垃圾填埋场). Less than a quarter of our waste is recycled. With a p____4____ of 1.3 billion, garbage is a big problem for China. Chinese cities produce around 148 million tons of garbage every year. The a____5____ is growing at around 10 percent each year. Once we used about 3 billion p____6____ shopping bags every day in China. The result was a great waste of resources and serious pollut。