PAGE-9-2016年英语中考专题练习----短文首字母填空（请选择使用）Passage1Here’sastoryaboutMing’slifeonthewaters.Minghaslivedallhislifeonawider1inchina.Hishomeisalargehouse-boatwitharoof,oneofhundredsthatmoveupanddown.Inaboutsixyearshehasnotoncebeenonl2butheisneverlonely.Heisastrongswimmer.Infact,hecouldswimbeforehecouldwalk.Whenhewantstoplaywithhisf3hejustswimsacrosstotheirboatsorasksthemtov4him.Ming’sfatherisafisherman,butheneveru5alineoranet（网）.Greatblackbirdscalledcormorantsdothefishingforhim.Rings（圈）havebeenputaroundthebirds’n6sothattheycannoteatthefishtheycatch.Theyhavebeent7tobringthefishtopeople.Andthenpeoplereward（奖励）themwithafinebigfishassoonastheirworkisf8Mingloveswatchingthecormorants,butbetterstillhelikesgoings9withhismother.Theshops,ofcourse,areboatsverylikehiso10.Passage2Cananimalsbemadetoworkforpeople?Somescientiststhinkthatonedayanimalsmaybetrained（训练）todoanumberofsimplejobsi1ofpeople.Theysaythatatacircus（杂技场）,forexample,wemayseeelephants,monkeys,dogsandotheranimalsdoingq2skillful（熟练的）things.Perhapsyouhaveseenthemonthetelevisionorinafilm.Ifyouwatchclosely,youmayfindthatthetrainer（驯兽员）alwaysg3theanimalsomesugaro4apieceoffruitasareward（报酬）.Thescientistssaythatmanyd5animalsmaybetrainedtodoalotofsimplethingsiftheyknowtheywillgetarewardf6doingthat.Ofcourse,asweknow,dogscanbetrainedtolookafterahouse,andsoldiersinbotholdandmodernt7haveu8geesetogivewarning（警报）bym9alotofnoisewhenanenemycomesnear.Andalsoitmaybepossibletotrainanimalstoworkinfamiliesorf10.Passage3Inrecentyears,playingkite-boardseemstobecomemoreandmorepopularinAlaskainAmerica.Itisanewandoldgame.Thegamehasw1theinterestofmanyyoungpeople.Thegameisinterestingbutalittled2Oneneedstoplayitveryc3Akite-boardisinfactaskateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）byafewbigflyingkites.Theoldgamewasp4bysomeyoungpeopleinHollandandSpainase5asthelastcentury.Sincetheboardwashardtocontrol（控制）,f6peopledared（敢）toplayit.Withthedevelopmentofthedesign（设计）ofkiteandskateboard,manypeoplecanl7howtoplayit.Akiteboardmaygoasf8asabout50kilometresanhour.Ifyou