福建省漳州市2015届高三5月高考适应性考试
英语短文填词
短文填词(一)
Americans spend their free time in various ways. America is a country of sports --- of hunting, (1)_________(钓鱼) and swimming, and of team sports like baseball and football. Millions of Americans watch their (2) f sports on television. They also like to make their own films or recordings, (3) _______ camping, visit museums, attend lectures, and join in hundreds of (4) o________ activities. The people also enjoy building things for their homes, sewing their own clothes, even making their own photographs. They do these things for fun as well as for (5) _____ (经济).
The country is at the same time a “self-improvement” country, (6) t as much as Americans enjoy their free time. More than 25 million adults continue their education, (7)
c by going to school in the evening, during their own free time, (8) ______ their own expense. Added to the time (9) ________ on personal activities, Americans also devote a great amount of their time to the varied needs of their communities. Many hospitals, schools, (10) _________(图书馆), parks, community centers, and organizations that assist the poor depend on the many hours citizens devote to these activities, often without any pay.
短文填词(二)
Alfred Nobel, a famous Swedish chemist and engineer, became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining, construction, and warfare as the inventor of explosives. On April 12, 1888, Alfred’s brother Ludwin (1) _________ of heart attack. A major French newspaper mistook his brother (2) ________ him and carried an article (3) a the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.” the article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people (4)_________(快) than ever before, passed away yesterday.” Nobel was very (5) u to find our not that he had died, but that, when his time was up, he would be thought of only as (6) ________ who profited from death and destruction.
To make sure that he was remembered with love and good (7) __________(声誉), Nobel arranged in his will to give the largest part of his money to set up the Nobel prizes, which would be (8) a to those who make great contributions to the careers of peace, (9) __________ (文学), and the sciences. So generally, Nobel had to die before he realized (10)________ his life was really about.
福建省漳州市2015届高三5月高考适应性考试
英语短文填词参考
(一)
1. fishing 2. favourite 3. go 4. other 5. economy 6. though 7. chiefly 8. at 9. spent 10. libraries
(二)
1. died 2. for 3. announcing 4. faster 5. upset 6. one
7. reputation 8. awarded 9. literature 10. what
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