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（2022秋·上海浦东新·九年级上海市进才中学北校校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：
The earthquake shook down hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of walls and chimneys in San Francisco. But the fire that followed burned up hundreds of m 1 of dollars’ worth of buildings. Not in history has a modern city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it b 2 memories.
On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five came the earthquake. By Wednesday afternoon, half the heart of the city was gone. I watched the big fires from out on the bay. East, west, north and south, strong winds were b 3 upon the dead city. Day and night the fires continued.
Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Time and time again, successful efforts were made by the firefighters, and every time, the flames would appear once again from the sides or from behind them only to defeat their hard-won v 4 .
Throughout the night, tens of thousands of homeless people made their escape. Toy wagons and go-carts were used as trucks. Union Square was packed with refugees. Government tents had been set up. People were lining up for free meals. Everybody was p 5 . Never in all of San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on this horrible night.
At one o’clock in the morning, I walked down t 6 the heart of the city. A rain of ashes was falling. Not one person was in sight. I stood at the corner of Kearney and Market. The place had been given up. A few blocks away, it was burning on both sides. The street was a wall of flames.
All day Thursday and Thursday night, all day Friday and Friday night, the fires continued to burn. Friday night saw the flames finally put out, though not until after Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill had been d 7 .
All of the neighboring cities and towns have been jammed with those who are now homeless. Refugees are being transported for free by the railroads to any point they wish to go. Over one hundred thousand people have left the city.
＊This article was written by American novelist and journalist Jack London. It has been adapted by editors for younger readers.
【答案】1．(m)illions 2．(b)ut 3．(b)lowing 4．(v)ictory 5．(p)olite/(p)atient/(p)eaceful 6．(t)hrough 7．(d)estroyed
【导语】本文记述了发生在旧金山的一次地震和大火。
1．句意：但是随后的大火烧毁了价值数亿美元的建筑物。hundreds of millions of“数以亿计的”，结合首字母可知空处填millions。故填(m)illions。
2．句意：除了回忆，它什么也没有留下。nothing…but…“除了……什么都没有”。故填(b)ut。
3．句意：东、西、北、南，强风吹拂着这座死亡之城。根据“East, west, north and south, strong winds…”及首字母提示可知，这里指的是“风吹”，且前有be动词，是进行时态。故填(b)lowing。
4．句意：每一次，火焰都会从他们的侧面或背后再次出现，只是为了击败他们来之不易的胜利。结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“胜利”。故填(v)ictory。
5．句意：每个人都很礼貌的/耐心的/平和的。根据后文“Never in all of San Francisco's history were her people so kind as on this horrible night.”在整个旧金山的历史上，她的人民从来没有像在这个可怕的夜晚那样善良。可知这里是对人们此时状态的描写，结合首字母提示可知，polite“有礼貌的”，patient“有耐心的”，peaceful“和平的”都符合语境。故填(p)olite/(p)atient/(p)eaceful。
6．句意：在凌晨一点钟，我沿着路穿过城市的中心。根据首字母提示可知表示“从城市内部穿过”。through“通过、穿过”。故填(t)hrough。
7．句意：周五晚上，大火终于被扑灭，尽管直到俄罗斯山和电报山被摧毁。根据句意及首字母提示可知，这里表示“摧毁了”这两座山。destroy“摧毁”， Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill与谓语动词destroy之间是被动关系，destroy是过去分词是destroyed。故填(d)estroyed。
（2022秋·上海长宁·九年级上海市新泾中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
The night before Christmas, a man punished his five-year-old daughter for using up all of the family’s expensive wrapping paper. Money was tight (紧张的), and he became very a 8 when the child tried to wrap a box to put under the Christmas tree.
However, the next morning, the little girl, who was f 9 with excitement, brought the gift box to her father’s bedroom and said to him, “This is for you, Daddy! Merry Christmas and I love you!”
The father was embarrassed by his e 10 reaction (反应) to the little girl. But when he opened the box, he found it empty and lost his temper again. “Don’t you know, young lady,” he said, “Anytime you want to give someone a p 11 , it is necessary to put something inside the box!”
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Daddy, it’s not empty. Last night, I blew kisses into it u 12 it was all full.”
The father fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his anger.
After that, the father k 13 the little box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the box c 14 , take out a kiss, and remember the love of his beautiful child who had put kisses in it. Then he could get through the darkness in his life.
【答案】8．(a)ngry 9．(f)illed 10．(e)arlier 11．(p)resent 12．(u)ntil 13．(k)ept 14．(c)almly
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述一个小女孩用吻填满礼物盒，用爱感动父亲，让父亲有勇气面对生活的种种黑暗的事。
8．句意：当这个孩子试图包装一个盒子放在圣诞树下的时候，他变得非常生气。根据“Money was tight (紧张的)”和“expensive wrapping paper”可知，包装纸很贵，钱非常紧缺，孩子用了纸让他很生气。根据首字母提示可知，空格处应填angry。故填(a)ngry。
9．句意：然而，第二天早上，这个小女孩兴奋极了，把礼品盒带到她父亲的卧室。be filled with充满，固定搭配，空格处应填filled。故填(f)illed。
10．这位父亲为他早先对小女孩的反应感到尴尬。根据文章第一段和首字母提示可知，父亲之前的行为让他尴尬了，earlier“之前的”，形容词作定语。故填(e)arlier。
11．句意：每当你想送给某人礼物时, 有必要在盒子里放些东西。根据“brought the gift box to her father’s bedroom”和“he found it empty”可知，父亲在提醒小女孩送礼物不能送空盒。结合首字母可知，空格处应该是present；由空格前的“a”可知，present用单数形式。故填(p)resent。
12．句意：昨晚我给它飞吻，直到它都满了。根据语境和“it was all full.”可知，我一直飞吻它，直到它填满了为止。再结合首字母可知，应填until。故填(u)ntil。
13．句意：从那以后，这位父亲把这个小盒子放在床边一辈子。根据语境和“by his bed for all the years of his life.”可知是保存了一生。再结合首字母可知，空格处应填keep；考虑到上下文都是过去时态，此处也应用keep的过去式kept。故填(k)ept。
14．句意：他会平静地打开盒子，拿出一个吻。根据“open the box”可知空格处缺少副词，由语境和首字母推断，calmly“平静地”符合题意。故填(c)almly。
（2022秋·上海徐汇·九年级上海市徐汇中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
Small business big treats
A 12-year-old girl starts her own business selling dog treats(零食).
During the pandemic(疫情), many people spent more time with their pets at home. But a seventh-grader used this time to set up her own business—selling dog treats.
Jasmine Thomas-Gainey, 12 years old, lives in Marin County, US. She f 15 Doggy Dog Treats By Jazzy during the pandemic. Her pet Chihuahua helps test the treats before they get sold.
In an interview with the Marin Independent Journal, Thomas-Gainey said that her dog, Buddy, loves the home-baked treats she makes.” Whenever we bake them, he is standing by the k 16 , and whenever we are packing them up, he is s 17 following us,” she said. “After I figured out the things dogs can eat, I came up with my own dog recipes(食谱),” said Thomas-Gainey. “I have learned more about w 18 dogs can and can’t eat. It was interesting to do the research.”
“I like seeing the r 19 that people leave.” said Thomas-Gainey. “And I also like seeing if they post s 20 on their Instagram of their dogs happy about the treats.”
One of the things Thomas-Gainey enjoys most is having her own business at a young age.
“You can never be too young,” she said. “When you start so young, it opens a lot more possibilities, and there’s more time for you to grow.”
Thomas-Gainey always feels encouraged by her mother, so she is more positive and c 21 now, even in the face of difficulties. She has learned a lot by starting her own business.
【答案】15．(f)ounded 16．(k)itchen 17．(s)traight 18．(w)hat 19．(r)eviews 20．(s)omething 21．(c)onfident
【导语】本文主要介绍一个美国的12岁的小女孩在疫情期间通过卖狗狗零食开展自己的事业。
15．句意：她在疫情期间建立了Jazzy的狗狗零食店。根据“Doggy Dog Treats By Jazzy”可知，是她建立了狗狗零食店。found创建，创办，动词；本句时态为一般过去时，故填found的过去式founded。故填(f)ounded。
16．句意：每当我们烤面包时，它就站在厨房旁边；每当我们打包时，它就直接跟着我们。根据“Whenever we bake them”可知，是在我们烤面包时，故应该在厨房。kitchen厨房，名词。故填(k)itchen。
17．句意：每当我们烤面包时，它就站在厨房旁边；每当我们打包时，它就立刻跟着我们。根据“following us”可知，是立刻跟着我们。straight立刻，马上，副词，此处修饰动词follow。故填(s)traight。
18．句意：我学到了更多关于狗能吃什么和不能吃什么的知识。根据“dogs can and can’t eat”可知，是狗能吃和不能吃什么。what什么，此处引导宾语从句。故填(w)hat。
19．句意：我喜欢看人们留下的评论。根据“that people leave”可知，是人们留下的评论。review评论，名词；此处应用可数名词复数形式，故填(r)eviews。
20．句意：我也喜欢看他们是否会在Instagram上发布狗狗关于零食开心的一些东西。根据“they post…on their Instagram”可知，是发布一些东西。something一些东西，符合不定代词，常用语肯定句中。故填(s)omething。
21．句意：Thomas-Gainey总是觉得被妈妈鼓励，所以她现在更积极和自信，即使面对困难。根据“more positive and…”可知，是更积极和自信。confident自信的，形容词。故填(c)onfident。
（2022秋·上海徐汇·九年级上海市西南位育中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
New York City’s police department (NYPD) has decided to return a robot dog. Though the robot worked well, it upset many people. Some thought it was “creepy (吓人的)”. Others w 22 that it would invade (侵犯) their privacy.
Spot is a dog-shaped robot built by a tech company. The robot has four legs, so even on rough ground it can move e 23 . Instead of a head, the robot has a camera. It also has a microphone and a speaker, and people can control it from a distance.
In December, 2020, the NYPD announced (宣布) that it would begin using a special version of Spot. Their robot was painted blue. It has a special camera to allow it to “see” everything on all sides of it. They called their version “Digidog”.
The robot cost the NYPD about $94,000. That may seem like a lot of money, but it’s cheap for a robot.
When it announced Digidog, the NYPD said, “This dog is going to save lives, protect people, and protect officers, and that’s our g 24 . ”
They soon found out that not everyone was excited about the robot as they were. After the robot was brought to an emergency call in February, a video of it was shared w 25 , and upset a lot of people.
Many people were concerned that the police were using an electronic dog for spying (暗中监视). Others felt like it was wrong for the police to spend money on machines. They should focus on p 26 .
For many people, the concern wasn’t just about this robot dog, but about what future police robots might look like. For example, they feared that the police might use a robot that could control its o 27 movements, or one that carried weapons.
When the dog was used a 28 in late April, 2021, another video was shared on the Internet. Many people were still upset. As a result of the strong public reaction, the NYPD decided to get rid of Digidog, and to return him to the tech company.
【答案】22．(w)orried 23．(e)asily 24．(g)oal 25．(w)idely 26．(p)eople 27．(o)wn 28．(a)gain
【导语】本文讲述了纽约市警察局因为使用机器人狗给人们带来的担忧和恐慌，最终他们决定把机器人狗归还到科技公司。
22．句意： 其他人则担心这会侵犯他们的隐私。根据前文“it upset many people”可知，这里表示其他人“担心”会侵犯他们的隐私，是一般过去时。故填(w)orried。
23．句意：这个机器人有四条腿，所以即使在粗糙的地面上它也能很容易地移动。根据前文“The robot has four legs”可知，它可以非常“轻松地”移动，修饰动词move，用副词形式。故填(e)asily。
24．句意：这只狗将拯救生命，保护人民，保护官员，这是我们的目标。结合首字母及句意可知，拯救生命，保护人民，保护军官是我们买这个机器人狗的“目的”，有空前that’s可知，这里是单数。故填(g)oal。
25．句意：今年2月，这个机器人被带到一个紧急呼叫中心后，它的视频被广泛分享，并让很多人感到不安。根据后文“and upset a lot of people”可知，这个视频被“广泛”分享，用来修饰动词shared，所以是副词。故填(w)idely。
26．句意：他们应该以人为本。这里和前文“on machines”相对应，所以指的是关注“人”。故填(p)eople。
27．句意：例如，他们担心警察可能会使用可以控制自己运动的机器人，或者携带武器的机器人。这里指的是机器人“自己的”运动。故填(o)wn。
28．句意：2021年4月下旬再次使用该狗时，网上又分享了一段视频。根据后文“another video was shared on the Internet”可知，这是在2020年12月之后的“又一次”使用这个机器人。故填(a)gain。
（2022春·上海静安·九年级上海市市西中学校考期中）Orbiting classroom
Do you still remember the lecture from China’s Tiangong space station last year On March 23, astronaut Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping ang Ye Guangfu gave another one! It was livestream（直播）worldwide. What fun experiments did they do this time
Hot “ice”
Last time, the astronauts made a water ball in space. This time, they turned a water ball into an “ice” ball! Well, it’s not a 29 ice. It’s supersaturated sodium acetate solution（过饱和乙酸钠溶液）.
The supersaturated solution is very unstable（不稳定的）. The astronauts dropped a small crystal（晶体）of sodium acetate into the ball-shaped solution. Suddenly, more sodium acetate crystals grew, making a white ball of “ice”. This “ice” is anything but cold, however. The p 30 actually gives off heat.
A bridge of water
How do you build a “bridge” with water It’s h 31 to do it on Earth. But in the space station, with little gravity, it’s quite easy!
In the lecture, Wang Yaping first made two water balls on two plates, then let them touch each other. Next, Wang p 32 the two plates apart, and the water between them didn’t break. It became a “bridge”! This is because the surface tension（表面张力）of water is not disturbed by gravity in space. The surface tension keeps the “skin” of the water strong so that the bridge doesn’t break.
Separate water and oil
If we m 33 oil and water in a bottle on Earth, they will quickly separate because they have different densities（密度）. Gravity brings the water down while the oil stays on top. H 34 , if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, the oil and water will blend together.
How can we separate them, then In the lecture, Ye Guangfu rotated（旋转）the bottle to c 35 centrifugal force（离心力）. With this man-made gravity, the heavier water is pushed to the furthest point, which brings the lightest oil closer to the center.
【答案】29．(a)ctually 30．(p)iece 31．(h)ard 32．(p)ut 33．(m)ix 34．(H)owever 35．(c)reate
【导语】本文主要介绍了三位宇航员在天宫课堂展示的教学内容。
29．句意：其实它不是冰。根据“It’s supersaturated sodium acetate solution”可知，其实它不是冰。根据单词首字母a可知，actually“实际上，事实上”符合题意。故填(a)ctually。
30．句意：这部分实际上会散发热量。根据“making a white ball of ‘ice’.”以及结合单词首字母p可知，此处表示“这块‘冰’”，piece“块，片”符合题意。故填(p)iece。
31．句意：在地球上很难做到。根据“But in the space station, with little gravity, it’s quite easy!”可知，此处表示转折，因此前文指“很难”，hard“困难的”符合题意。故填(h)ard。
32．句意：接着，王把两个盘子分开，它们之间的水没有破裂。根据“Next, Wang p… the two plates apart,”可知，此处表示“把两个盘子分开”，put“放，安置”符合题意。故填(p)ut。
33．句意：如果我们在地球上把油和水混合在一个瓶子里，它们会很快分离，因为它们的密度不同。根据“they will quickly separate”以及结合单词首字母m可知，此处表示“把油和水混合”，mix“混合”符合题意。故填(m)ix。
34．句意：然而，如果你在空间站里这样做，没有重力，油和水会混合在一起。根据“if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, the oil and water will blend together.”可知，此处表示转折。结合单词首字母H可知，however“然而”符合题意。故填(H)owever。
35．句意：在讲座中，叶光富旋转瓶子产生离心力。根据“Ye Guangfu rotated（旋转）the bottle to c… centrifugal force”可知，叶光富通过旋转瓶子是为了产生离心力。create“创造”符合题意。故填(c)reate。
（2022秋·上海宝山·九年级统考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
How dangerous is your journey to school
Perhaps you have to walk across a busy road or ride your bike in traffic. But in general, your journey is probably safe. For some children, it’s very different.
Banpo Elementary School in China is on a mountain. The path to school is very n 36 and dangerous. The children have to walk in a line. When they meet somebody, they have to stand against the mountain while the person passes. For the parents, it is very worrying. L 37 , the head teacher of the school walks with the children every morning.
A group of children in Sumatra, Indonesia, have to cross a wide river every morning on their way to school. The bridge across the river is b 38 , so about 20 children have to walk across a rope (绳子). The rope is ten metres above the water. After that, they have to walk ten kilometres through the jungle (丛林)! And of course, at the end of the school day, they have to do the s 39 journey again on their way home.
Students in Minh Hoa in Vietnam have to cross a river on their way to and from school every day There are no bridges or b 40 , so the children have to swim. They put their books and clothes in large plastic bags so they do not get wet. The bags also help the children to stay safe in the water (the water is 20 metres deep). When they r 41 other side, they take their dry clothes out of the bag and put them on.
Near Bogota, the capital of Colombia, some children have to cross a large valley to get to school. At the bottom of the valley is the Rio Negro, a huge river. There is only one way to cross the valley: on a zip wire (滑索). That’s a metal rope, 800 metres long and 400 metres above the river. The journey is very fast. In fact, it only takes about one minute! Small children can’t travel across the valley a 42 , so their brother or sister puts them in a bag!
【答案】36．(n)arrow 37．(L)uckily 38．(b)roken 39．(s)ame 40．(b)oats 41．(r)each 42．(a)lone
【导语】本文讲述了一些地区孩子上学的路很危险。
36．句意：去学校的路很窄很危险。根据“The path to school is very n...and dangerous.”以及“The children have to walk in a line”可知路很窄，narrow“窄的”，形容词，故填(n)arrow。
37．句意：幸运的是，学校的校长每天早上都和孩子们一起走。根据“the head teacher of the school walks with the children every morning.”可知学校的校长每天早上都和孩子们一起走路，这是幸运的，luckily“幸运地”，副词修饰句子，故填(L)uckily。
38．句意：河上的桥坏了，所以大约20个孩子不得不从一根绳子上走过。根据“so about 20 children have to walk across a rope (绳子). ”以及首字母可知，桥坏了，broken“坏了的”，故填(b)roken。
39．句意：当然，在放学后，他们在回家的路上还要走同样的路。根据“And of course, at the end of the school day, they have to do the s...journey again on their way home.”可知孩子们放学回家后，还要走相同的路，same“相同的”，故填(s)ame。
40．句意：那里没有桥，也没有船，所以孩子们只能游泳。根据“There are no bridges or b...so the children have to swim. ”可知没有桥，也没有船，boat“船”，可数名词， 此处应用复数，故填(b)oats。
41．句意：当他们到达另一边时，他们从袋子里拿出干衣服穿上。根据“When they r...other side”可知是指到达另一边，reach“到达”，句子是一般现在时，主语是复数，动词用原形，故填(r)each。
42．句意：小孩子不能独自穿越山谷，所以他们的哥哥或姐姐把他们放在一个包里。根据“Small children can’t travel across the valley a...so their brother or sister puts them in a bag!”可知小孩子不能独自穿越山谷，alone“独自”，副词修饰动词。故填(a)lone。
（2022春·上海浦东新·九年级上海市进才中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给）
This year some twenty-three teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend USA schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the r 43 America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student e 44 in action. Fred, a boy of nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he expected—much h 45 . Students took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were a 46 no outside activities.
Family life too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family not a certain member of the family. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he m 47 having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you w 48 , but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose the lessons in American schools are too easy by our l 49 ,” he says. “But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better at training for citizens.” There ought to be some middle ground between the two.
【答案】43．(r)eal 44．(e)xchange 45．(h)arder 46．(a)lmost 47．(m)issed 48．(w)alk 49．(l)evel
【导语】本文主要讲述了来自世界各地的一些23岁的青少年会和美国当地的学生交换，彼此去到不同的国家，文章还介绍了几个在异国他乡的学生对新国家的各方面的看法。
43．句意：他们将会加入美国学校，认识美国青少年，形成真实的美国的印象。根据后文的“…gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.”可知，其他学生也会去到其他地方对剩余的世界获得全新的理解，因此其他国家的学生去到美国也会有对真实的美国有印象，结合首字母，real表示“真实的”。故填(r)eal。
44．句意：这是一种双向的学生交换行动。根据后文的“Fred, a boy of nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.”可知，弗莱德去到德国的乔治的家庭，而乔治的儿子迈克会去到弗莱德在美国的家里，因此这是一种学生交换的方式，结合首字母，exchange表示“交换”。故填(e)xchange。
45．句意：学校跟他所期待的完全不同——难太多了。根据后文“Students took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. ”可知，德国的学生上14门课目而不是像在美国的那样是六门，结合首字母，应该用hard表示“困难的”，而句子隐含着现实中的情况和预期的对比，应用比较级，副词much修饰比较级。故填(h)arder。
46．句意：几乎没有户外活动。根据前文“Students took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. ”可知，学生要上14门课程而不像美国的6门，结合首字母，可推知是almost“几乎”，表示要上课几乎没有户外活动。故填(a)lmost。
47．句意：同样的，他想念有一辆车。根据后文的“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. ”可知，弗莱德在美国家里的时候，在车上带上朋友然后出去玩得很开心，结合首字母，应用miss“想念”，表示在德国想念有车的日子，文章时态为一般过去时，应用过去式。故填(m)issed。
48．句意：在德国，你要走路，但你很快学会爱上它。从前文可知，弗莱德想念有车的日子，在美国时候可用跟朋友开车去玩，结合首字母，可推知在德国没有车，需要走路，应用walk。故填(w)alk。
49．句意：我觉得美国学校的课程对我们的水平来说太容易了。由前文可知，美国的学校通常只有6门课，而德国的有14门，因此相对德国的学生来说，美国的课程比他们的水平要简单，结合首字母，用名词level“水平”。故填(l)evel。
（2022秋·上海奉贤·九年级校联考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
The History of the Guinness Book of World Records
Are you interested in world records Do you want to know who the oldest person is in the world Or the largest cake Or the heaviest newspaper Well, if you do, you can find all the a 50 from an amazing book: the Guinness Book of World Records《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》.
The idea for this book started from an argument. Hugh Beaver worked for Guinness (金氏啤酒) Company in Britain. One day he went out for a walk with his friends. When some birds flew across the sky, he said they were the fastest birds in the world. Nobody a 51 with him. He made a bet (打赌) with his friends. The next day, he tried to solve the problem by reading some books in a library. H 52 , he found out that none of the books had the information he needed. He suffered a heavy loss (损失), but came up with a good idea: If his company could publish such a book with all the world records, he was sure that he could make a lot of money.
Everything was hard at the beginning. Beaver had great d 53 in collecting the unusual records. But when the first Guinness Book came out in 1995, it sold like hot cakes. In fact, his book has r 54 one of the best sellers for many years.
Today, the book is published throughout the world. Every year, a new book is published to keep up with the c 55 records. It is one of the most p 56 books in the world. By now almost everyone agrees that reading the book is not only a lot of fun, but also an eye-opener.
【答案】50．(a)nswers 51．(a)greed 52．(H)owever 53．(d)ifficulty 54．(r)emained 55．(c)hanging 56．(p)opular
【导语】本文主要介绍了《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》的历史。
50．句意：好吧，如果这样的话，你可以从一本神奇的书中找到所有的答案：《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》。根据“...Or the largest cake Or the heaviest newspaper ”以及首字母可知在这本书中可以找到上述问题的答案，此处用名词复数answers“答案”。故填(a)nswers。
51．句意：没有人同意他的观点。根据“Nobody...with him. He made a bet (打赌) with his friends”以及首字母可知他的朋友都不同意他的观点，所以他和朋友打了个赌，agree“同意”，句子用一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填(a)greed。
52．句意：然而，他发现没有一本书有他需要的信息。根据“he found out that none of the books had the information”可知此处和前句是转折关系，用however“然而”连接。故填(H)owever。
53．句意：Beaver在收集这些不寻常的记录时遇到了很大的困难。根据“Everything was hard at the beginning”可知刚开始事情很难，他遇到了困难，have difficulty in doing sth.“做某事有困难”。故填(d)ifficulty。
54．句意：事实上，他的书多年来一直是畅销书之一。根据“In fact, his book has...one of the best sellers for many years.”以及首字母可知这本书仍然是畅销书之一，remain“仍然是”，此处用过去分词和助动词has构成现在完成时。故填(r)emained。
55．句意：每年出版一本新书，以跟上不断变化的记录。根据“keep up with the...records”以及首字母可知记录是不断变化的，修饰名词用形容词changing“变化的”。故填(c)hanging。
56．句意：它是世界上最受欢迎的书之一。根据“the book is published throughout the world”以及首字母可知这本书是最受欢迎的书之一，popular“受欢迎的”。故填(p)opular。
（2022春·上海徐汇·九年级上海市徐汇中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
Cell phones have become one of the most useful devices in the past half century. The first cell phone had only one use—calling someone. Today’s smart-phones are really minicomputers that allow users to do many things at once. People can send t 57 and emails, listen to music, take pictures and videos, and find information online.
Cell phones are perfect for learning in school. For example, students can find information on the Internet, s 58 math problems and share notes. They can use calendars and alarms for reminders about homework, projects, and tests. They can even share ideas on social media.
Some schools don’t allow cell phones b 59 they think the phones can distract students from their work. Some teachers worry that students won’t pay attention and will need to be reminded to put down their phones. They also worry that students will spend lunches and recess playing games or using social media. Kids could miss out on quality time spent with friends.
Teachers and parents also worry about students using phones to cheat on tests or bully others. Cheating is unfair and does not help students learn. Bullying h 60 classmates. Studies show that younger students are more likely to be bulled if they have cell phones.
However, researchers have found that most parents and teachers want students to have phones. It is important for parents and children to be able to keep in touch. Teachers like using phones during lessons because students are more interested and pay c 61 attention.
Many teachers feel that the benefits outweigh the problems if students learn to use the cell phones c 62 . Teachers and parents can teach kids to use cell phones in a safe way that helps them learn new things. In class, phones should be s 63 and used only for lessons. Students should also track time spent on their phones and avoid using them too much. Students should be allowed to use cell phones in school. Setting good ground rules can improve learning for everyone.
【答案】57．(t)exts 58．(s)olve 59．(b)ecause 60．(h)urts 61．(c)loser 62．(c)orrectly 63．(s)tored
【导语】本文主要讨论了应不应该让学生在学校使用智能手机的问题。
57．句意：人们可以发送短信和电子邮件，听音乐，拍照和视频，并在网上查找信息。根据“People can send ... and emails”及首字母和常识可知，手机可以发短信，text“短信”，此处应用复数形式，与emails形成并列关系，故填(t)exts。
58．句意：例如，学生可以在互联网上找到信息，解决数学问题和分享笔记。根据“math problems”及首字母可知，应是解决问题，solve“解决”，此处与“find information”是并列关系，所以用动词原形，故填(s)olve。
59．句意：一些学校不允许学生使用手机，因为他们认为手机会分散学生的学习注意力。空后“they think the phones can distract students from their work他们认为手机会分散学生的注意力”是空前“不允许学生使用手机”的原因，所以应用because引导原因状语从句，故填(b)ecause
60．句意：欺凌会伤害同学。根据“Bullying... classmates”及首字母和常识可知，欺凌会使学生收到伤害，hurt“使受伤”，时态是一般现在时，主语是动名词，谓语动词用三单形式，故填(h)urts。
61．句意：老师们喜欢在课堂上使用手机，因为学生们更感兴趣，注意力也更集中。空处应填形容词作定语修饰名词attention。根据“more interested and pay ...attention”及首字母可知，感兴趣的话，注意力也会更集中，pay close attention“集中注意力”，由“more interested”可知，空处应用close的比较级closer，故填(c)loser。
62．句意：许多老师认为，如果学生学会正确使用手机 ，利会大于弊.。根据“the benefits outweigh the problems”及首字母可知，应是说正确使用手机的话，会利大于弊，空处应填副词correctly“正确地”修饰动词use，故填(c)orrectly。
63．句意：在课堂上，手机应该储存起来，只用于功课。根据“phones should be... and used only for lessons”及首字母可知，应是上课时，手机应被存放起来，store“存放”，should be后应跟过去分词构成被动语态，故填(s)tored。
（2022春·上海黄浦·九年级上海外国语大学附属大境初级中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter
As a fossil（化石）scientist, Mary Anning (1700—1847) made great contributions（贡献）to her field in the 19th century. Her name is now widely known in Britain and even Europe. But that was not always the case.
Anning was a talented woman. She was born in a poor family in Lyme Regis, Britain. She did not receive any proper education and had to teach h 64 geology（地质学）and paleontology（古生物学）.
Anning grew up by the sea. At a young age, she showed great interest in studying the fossils along the coastline. Anning worked very hard. She went out in all weathers to search for fossils. At the age of 12, she uncovered a skeleton that looked like a crocodile. Then, after ten years of tireless e 65 , she made an amazing discovery. It was a huge fossil of something that the world had never seen before.
However, many of Anning’s findings d 66 with the widely accepted theories（理论）at that time. So most of the scientists didn’t believe or recognize the value of her findings. What’s more, in that period, people s 67 respected women. Anning’s findings were even published without her name. During her lifetime, the woman was never s 68 considered to be a scientist.
But such troubles didn’t stop Anning from making more discoveries. The woman was still keen on studying v 69 sizes and types of fossils alongside the sea. Some of them were as large as a huge rock while others were smaller than an egg. Until 1829, she carefully uncovered a skeleton of a fossil fish which made her known among first-class scientists. Her discoveries helped to study some extinct（已灭绝的）animals. They formed the basis for Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species（《物种起源》）.
In recent years, more and more people have come to realize the importance of Anning’s work. She is now listed among the top ten British women who have greatly a 70 the history of science. Anning was an ambitious and hard-working woman in history. She deserves to be remembered.
【答案】64．(h)erself 65．(e)xplorations 66．(d)iffered 67．(s)eldom 68．(s)eriously 69．(v)arious 70．(a)ffected
【导语】本文介绍了英国女性科学家化石猎人玛丽·安宁的科学研究经历。
64．句意：她没有接受任何真正的教育，只能自学地质学和古生物学。根据“She did not receive any proper education”可知，她没有接受任何真正的教育，因此她只能自学。teach oneself sth意为“自学某物”，主语为She，首字母为h，因此应填入反身代词herself。故填(h)erself。
65．句意：然后，经过十年的不懈探索，她有了一个惊人的发现。根据上文“She went out in all weathers to search for fossils. At the age of 12, she uncovered a skeleton that looked like a crocodile.”和首字母e可知，“寻找化石”和“发现像鳄鱼的骨架”都是安宁在探索，形容词tireless应是修饰名词exploration“探索”，此处应用其复数形式explorations。故填(e)xplorations。
66．句意：然而，安宁的许多发现与当时被广泛接受的理论不同。根据下一句“So most of the scientists didn’t believe or recognize the value of her findings.”可知，大多数科学家不相信或不认可她的发现的价值，说明她的发现与当时的科学家们的理论不同，根据“from”和首字母d，可知动词短语differ from表示“与……不同”，该句应用一般过去时，动词differ的过去式为differed。故填(d)iffered。
67．句意：而且，在那个时期，人们极少尊重女性。根据下一句“Anning’s findings were even published without her name.”和首字母s，可知她的发现甚至没有被冠上她的名字就被发布，说明此处应用频度副词seldom来表示当时人们对女性的不尊重。故填(s)eldom。
68．句意：在她的一生中，这位女士从未被认真地认为是一位科学家。根据上文“What’s more, in that period, people…respected women. Anning’s findings were even published without her name.”可知，在她所在的时代，女性不被尊重，女性的科学研究不被认可，由此可知，她也从未被认真地认为是一位科学家。结合首字母s，此处应用副词seriously修饰动词considered。故填(s)eriously。
69．句意：这位女士仍然热衷于研究海边各种大小和类型的化石。根据“studying...sizes and types of fossils”及首字母v可知，此处指研究各种大小和类型的化石，应用形容词various“各种各样的”来修饰名词sizes and types of fossils。故填(v)arious。
70．句意：她现在被列为对科学史产生重大影响的十大英国女性之一。根据“have”可知后接动词的过去分词构成现在完成时；根据上文“Her discoveries helped to study some extinct（已灭绝的）animals. They formed the basis for Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species（《物种起源》）.”和首字母a可知，她影响了科学史，此处应填入动词affect“影响”的过去分词affected。故填(a)ffected。
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（2022秋·上海浦东新·九年级上海市进才中学北校校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：
The earthquake shook down hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of walls and chimneys in San Francisco. But the fire that followed burned up hundreds of m 1 of dollars’ worth of buildings. Not in history has a modern city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it b 2 memories.
On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five came the earthquake. By Wednesday afternoon, half the heart of the city was gone. I watched the big fires from out on the bay. East, west, north and south, strong winds were b 3 upon the dead city. Day and night the fires continued.
Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Time and time again, successful efforts were made by the firefighters, and every time, the flames would appear once again from the sides or from behind them only to defeat their hard-won v 4 .
Throughout the night, tens of thousands of homeless people made their escape. Toy wagons and go-carts were used as trucks. Union Square was packed with refugees. Government tents had been set up. People were lining up for free meals. Everybody was p 5 . Never in all of San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on this horrible night.
At one o’clock in the morning, I walked down t 6 the heart of the city. A rain of ashes was falling. Not one person was in sight. I stood at the corner of Kearney and Market. The place had been given up. A few blocks away, it was burning on both sides. The street was a wall of flames.
All day Thursday and Thursday night, all day Friday and Friday night, the fires continued to burn. Friday night saw the flames finally put out, though not until after Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill had been d 7 .
All of the neighboring cities and towns have been jammed with those who are now homeless. Refugees are being transported for free by the railroads to any point they wish to go. Over one hundred thousand people have left the city.
＊This article was written by American novelist and journalist Jack London. It has been adapted by editors for younger readers.
（2022秋·上海长宁·九年级上海市新泾中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
The night before Christmas, a man punished his five-year-old daughter for using up all of the family’s expensive wrapping paper. Money was tight (紧张的), and he became very a 8 when the child tried to wrap a box to put under the Christmas tree.
However, the next morning, the little girl, who was f 9 with excitement, brought the gift box to her father’s bedroom and said to him, “This is for you, Daddy! Merry Christmas and I love you!”
The father was embarrassed by his e 10 reaction (反应) to the little girl. But when he opened the box, he found it empty and lost his temper again. “Don’t you know, young lady,” he said, “Anytime you want to give someone a p 11 , it is necessary to put something inside the box!”
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Daddy, it’s not empty. Last night, I blew kisses into it u 12 it was all full.”
The father fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his anger.
After that, the father k 13 the little box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the box c 14 , take out a kiss, and remember the love of his beautiful child who had put kisses in it. Then he could get through the darkness in his life.
（2022秋·上海徐汇·九年级上海市徐汇中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
Small business big treats
A 12-year-old girl starts her own business selling dog treats(零食).
During the pandemic(疫情), many people spent more time with their pets at home. But a seventh-grader used this time to set up her own business—selling dog treats.
Jasmine Thomas-Gainey, 12 years old, lives in Marin County, US. She f 15 Doggy Dog Treats By Jazzy during the pandemic. Her pet Chihuahua helps test the treats before they get sold.
In an interview with the Marin Independent Journal, Thomas-Gainey said that her dog, Buddy, loves the home-baked treats she makes.” Whenever we bake them, he is standing by the k 16 , and whenever we are packing them up, he is s 17 following us,” she said. “After I figured out the things dogs can eat, I came up with my own dog recipes(食谱),” said Thomas-Gainey. “I have learned more about w 18 dogs can and can’t eat. It was interesting to do the research.”
“I like seeing the r 19 that people leave.” said Thomas-Gainey. “And I also like seeing if they post s 20 on their Instagram of their dogs happy about the treats.”
One of the things Thomas-Gainey enjoys most is having her own business at a young age.
“You can never be too young,” she said. “When you start so young, it opens a lot more possibilities, and there’s more time for you to grow.”
Thomas-Gainey always feels encouraged by her mother, so she is more positive and c 21 now, even in the face of difficulties. She has learned a lot by starting her own business.
（2022秋·上海徐汇·九年级上海市西南位育中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
New York City’s police department (NYPD) has decided to return a robot dog. Though the robot worked well, it upset many people. Some thought it was “creepy (吓人的)”. Others w 22 that it would invade (侵犯) their privacy.
Spot is a dog-shaped robot built by a tech company. The robot has four legs, so even on rough ground it can move e 23 . Instead of a head, the robot has a camera. It also has a microphone and a speaker, and people can control it from a distance.
In December, 2020, the NYPD announced (宣布) that it would begin using a special version of Spot. Their robot was painted blue. It has a special camera to allow it to “see” everything on all sides of it. They called their version “Digidog”.
The robot cost the NYPD about $94,000. That may seem like a lot of money, but it’s cheap for a robot.
When it announced Digidog, the NYPD said, “This dog is going to save lives, protect people, and protect officers, and that’s our g 24 . ”
They soon found out that not everyone was excited about the robot as they were. After the robot was brought to an emergency call in February, a video of it was shared w 25 , and upset a lot of people.
Many people were concerned that the police were using an electronic dog for spying (暗中监视). Others felt like it was wrong for the police to spend money on machines. They should focus on p 26 .
For many people, the concern wasn’t just about this robot dog, but about what future police robots might look like. For example, they feared that the police might use a robot that could control its o 27 movements, or one that carried weapons.
When the dog was used a 28 in late April, 2021, another video was shared on the Internet. Many people were still upset. As a result of the strong public reaction, the NYPD decided to get rid of Digidog, and to return him to the tech company.
（2022春·上海静安·九年级上海市市西中学校考期中）Orbiting classroom
Do you still remember the lecture from China’s Tiangong space station last year On March 23, astronaut Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping ang Ye Guangfu gave another one! It was livestream（直播）worldwide. What fun experiments did they do this time
Hot “ice”
Last time, the astronauts made a water ball in space. This time, they turned a water ball into an “ice” ball! Well, it’s not a 29 ice. It’s supersaturated sodium acetate solution（过饱和乙酸钠溶液）.
The supersaturated solution is very unstable（不稳定的）. The astronauts dropped a small crystal（晶体）of sodium acetate into the ball-shaped solution. Suddenly, more sodium acetate crystals grew, making a white ball of “ice”. This “ice” is anything but cold, however. The p 30 actually gives off heat.
A bridge of water
How do you build a “bridge” with water It’s h 31 to do it on Earth. But in the space station, with little gravity, it’s quite easy!
In the lecture, Wang Yaping first made two water balls on two plates, then let them touch each other. Next, Wang p 32 the two plates apart, and the water between them didn’t break. It became a “bridge”! This is because the surface tension（表面张力）of water is not disturbed by gravity in space. The surface tension keeps the “skin” of the water strong so that the bridge doesn’t break.
Separate water and oil
If we m 33 oil and water in a bottle on Earth, they will quickly separate because they have different densities（密度）. Gravity brings the water down while the oil stays on top. H 34 , if you do this in the space station, with no gravity, the oil and water will blend together.
How can we separate them, then In the lecture, Ye Guangfu rotated（旋转）the bottle to c 35 centrifugal force（离心力）. With this man-made gravity, the heavier water is pushed to the furthest point, which brings the lightest oil closer to the center.
（2022秋·上海宝山·九年级统考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
How dangerous is your journey to school
Perhaps you have to walk across a busy road or ride your bike in traffic. But in general, your journey is probably safe. For some children, it’s very different.
Banpo Elementary School in China is on a mountain. The path to school is very n 36 and dangerous. The children have to walk in a line. When they meet somebody, they have to stand against the mountain while the person passes. For the parents, it is very worrying. L 37 , the head teacher of the school walks with the children every morning.
A group of children in Sumatra, Indonesia, have to cross a wide river every morning on their way to school. The bridge across the river is b 38 , so about 20 children have to walk across a rope (绳子). The rope is ten metres above the water. After that, they have to walk ten kilometres through the jungle (丛林)! And of course, at the end of the school day, they have to do the s 39 journey again on their way home.
Students in Minh Hoa in Vietnam have to cross a river on their way to and from school every day There are no bridges or b 40 , so the children have to swim. They put their books and clothes in large plastic bags so they do not get wet. The bags also help the children to stay safe in the water (the water is 20 metres deep). When they r 41 other side, they take their dry clothes out of the bag and put them on.
Near Bogota, the capital of Colombia, some children have to cross a large valley to get to school. At the bottom of the valley is the Rio Negro, a huge river. There is only one way to cross the valley: on a zip wire (滑索). That’s a metal rope, 800 metres long and 400 metres above the river. The journey is very fast. In fact, it only takes about one minute! Small children can’t travel across the valley a 42 , so their brother or sister puts them in a bag!
（2022春·上海浦东新·九年级上海市进才中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一次，首字母已给）
This year some twenty-three teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend USA schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the r 43 America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student e 44 in action. Fred, a boy of nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he expected—much h 45 . Students took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were a 46 no outside activities.
Family life too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family not a certain member of the family. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he m 47 having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you w 48 , but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose the lessons in American schools are too easy by our l 49 ,” he says. “But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better at training for citizens.” There ought to be some middle ground between the two.
（2022秋·上海奉贤·九年级校联考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
The History of the Guinness Book of World Records
Are you interested in world records Do you want to know who the oldest person is in the world Or the largest cake Or the heaviest newspaper Well, if you do, you can find all the a 50 from an amazing book: the Guinness Book of World Records《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》.
The idea for this book started from an argument. Hugh Beaver worked for Guinness (金氏啤酒) Company in Britain. One day he went out for a walk with his friends. When some birds flew across the sky, he said they were the fastest birds in the world. Nobody a 51 with him. He made a bet (打赌) with his friends. The next day, he tried to solve the problem by reading some books in a library. H 52 , he found out that none of the books had the information he needed. He suffered a heavy loss (损失), but came up with a good idea: If his company could publish such a book with all the world records, he was sure that he could make a lot of money.
Everything was hard at the beginning. Beaver had great d 53 in collecting the unusual records. But when the first Guinness Book came out in 1995, it sold like hot cakes. In fact, his book has r 54 one of the best sellers for many years.
Today, the book is published throughout the world. Every year, a new book is published to keep up with the c 55 records. It is one of the most p 56 books in the world. By now almost everyone agrees that reading the book is not only a lot of fun, but also an eye-opener.
（2022春·上海徐汇·九年级上海市徐汇中学校考期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
Cell phones have become one of the most useful devices in the past half century. The first cell phone had only one use—calling someone. Today’s smart-phones are really minicomputers that allow users to do many things at once. People can send t 57 and emails, listen to music, take pictures and videos, and find information online.
Cell phones are perfect for learning in school. For example, students can find information on the Internet, s 58 math problems and share notes. They can use calendars and alarms for reminders about homework, projects, and tests. They can even share ideas on social media.
Some schools don’t allow cell phones b 59 they think the phones can distract students from their work. Some teachers worry that students won’t pay attention and will need to be reminded to put down their phones. They also worry that students will spend lunches and recess playing games or using social media. Kids could miss out on quality time spent with friends.
Teachers and parents also worry about students using phones to cheat on tests or bully others. Cheating is unfair and does not help students learn. Bullying h 60 classmates. Studies show that younger students are more likely to be bulled if they have cell phones.
However, researchers have found that most parents and teachers want students to have phones. It is important for parents and children to be able to keep in touch. Teachers like using phones during lessons because students are more interested and pay c 61 attention.
Many teachers feel that the benefits outweigh the problems if students learn to use the cell phones c 62 . Teachers and parents can teach kids to use cell phones in a safe way that helps them learn new things. In class, phones should be s 63 and used only for lessons. Students should also track time spent on their phones and avoid using them too much. Students should be allowed to use cell phones in school. Setting good ground rules can improve learning for everyone.
（2022春·上海黄浦·九年级上海外国语大学附属大境初级中学校考期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter
As a fossil（化石）scientist, Mary Anning (1700—1847) made great contributions（贡献）to her field in the 19th century. Her name is now widely known in Britain and even Europe. But that was not always the case.
Anning was a talented woman. She was born in a poor family in Lyme Regis, Britain. She did not receive any proper education and had to teach h 64 geology（地质学）and paleontology（古生物学）.
Anning grew up by the sea. At a young age, she showed great interest in studying the fossils along the coastline. Anning worked very hard. She went out in all weathers to search for fossils. At the age of 12, she uncovered a skeleton that looked like a crocodile. Then, after ten years of tireless e 65 , she made an amazing discovery. It was a huge fossil of something that the world had never seen before.
However, many of Anning’s findings d 66 with the widely accepted theories（理论）at that time. So most of the scientists didn’t believe or recognize the value of her findings. What’s more, in that period, people s 67 respected women. Anning’s findings were even published without her name. During her lifetime, the woman was never s 68 considered to be a scientist.
But such troubles didn’t stop Anning from making more discoveries. The woman was still keen on studying v 69 sizes and types of fossils alongside the sea. Some of them were as large as a huge rock while others were smaller than an egg. Until 1829, she carefully uncovered a skeleton of a fossil fish which made her known among first-class scientists. Her discoveries helped to study some extinct（已灭绝的）animals. They formed the basis for Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species（《物种起源》）.
In recent years, more and more people have come to realize the importance of Anning’s work. She is now listed among the top ten British women who have greatly a 70 the history of science. Anning was an ambitious and hard-working woman in history. She deserves to be remembered.
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