XX年中考英语专题练习：短文填空12篇
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everyone needs friends. we all like to feel close to someone. it is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. surely, there are times when we need to be alone. we don"t always want people1________(周围). but we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
no two people are just the same. sometimes friends don"t 2_________(相处得好). that doesn"t mean that they no longer like 3_________(互相). most of the time they will make up and 4__________(继续)being friends.
sometimes friends move away. then we feel very sad. we 5_______(想念) them very much. but we call them and write to them. it could be that we would even see them again. and we can 6__________(结交新朋友）. it is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
families sometimes name their children after a close friend. 7_________(许多地方)are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. some libraries are named this way. so are some schools. we 8_______（想起）these people when we go to these places.
there"s more good news for people who have friends. they live 9________(长一些)than people who don"t. why? it could be that they are happier. being happy helps you stay well. or it could be just knowing that someone cares. if someone cares about you, you take better care of 10________（你自己）.
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most great inventors often met with much trouble in their work. before they could succeed, they had to overcome 1_________(数以千计的)difficulties which were put in their way. the following is one of such examples.
george stephenson (1781~~1848), a 2__________ (著名的)british inventor made the first train in 1825, using a stream engine. when he was experimenting with the engine 3________ (在火车上), he met with troubles from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. they said that the 4________ (噪音)and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheep, that the engine would burst or that the hot coals from it would set fire to their houses. people believe 5___________ (他们说的话).
george stephenson told the people that the train could go on small rails, could pull carriages 6________ (装满) goods and passengers and that there was no great danger to them. it was a very difficult matter for him to make them believe. 7________ (然而), after some time, he was able to do it, and the first train, that was driven by george stephenson himself proved what he had said. on the train there was a new steam engine. it was invented by him, and was proved a complete 8_______ (成功).
