2016屆中考英語完形填空

pdas are small and convenient. a few years ago, they were (6)_______. now, they are cheap. many people use them at (7)_______ and at school. people can carry pdas in their shirt (8)_______. but, it’s important to be careful. these little machines are (9)_______ to lose. people put so (10)_______ important information into their pdas. it’s really terrible to lose them. (9)every, use, when, mouth, life, ago, find, fun, because, oneif we knew when an earthquake was about to happen, then we could save many (1)_______. in fact, scientists do try to predict(預測) (2)_______ earthquake will happen. they know that earthquakes are regular(有規律的). a size 8 earthquake, for example, happens (3)_______ 8-10 years. (4)_______ of this, if they know when the last earthquake was in an area(地區), it is easy to work out when the next one will be. if the last one was seven years (5)_______, one might happen soon! in the past, people had (6)_______ ways of predicting earthquakes. many people (7)_______ to think dogs acted strangely when one was coming. in 132 ad(公元), zhang heng of the eastern han dynasty(東漢) made the (8)______ machine to predict earthquake. it was made of a ball and eight bronze(銅) frogs. when there was an earthquake, the ball would fall into one of the frogs’ (9)_______! today, it is still very hard to know exactly when an earthquake will hit. but we do know where they will happen, as earthquakes are only (10)_______ along fault lines. (10) as way pay much cost have who decide kid probable america seems like a very rich country too much of the world.  in some (1)______ this is true. however, the (2)______ of living in america is very high. even someone (3)______ is very careful with their money will (4)______ end up spending at least $1500 a month just to (5)______ their bills and eat. when you consider the fact that americans (6)______ to save money to buy a house, a car, and pay for their (7)______ college education, you realize that it costs (8)______ to live in america. americans still see their country (9)_______ a land of opportunity, and many believe that if they work hard and make the right (10)______, they can end up rich. (11)

ski one tall find danger off climb use tie why extreme(極限的) sports are very new in america. they usually come from people trying the craziest things. bungee jumping(蹦極跳) is a good example. someone (1)_______ a bungee cord(繩索) to himself one day and jumped (2)_______ a very tall bridge. bungee cords stretch a lot, so the person lived, but he took a big risk(冒險) to (3)_______ out if his idea would work. another extreme sport is snowboarding. a (4)_______ decided to stand sideways on one piece of wood to get down the mountain instead of (5)_______ two skis. people like these (6)_______ sports because they are exciting. they often do them for “the rush” they get. the (7)_______ extreme sport might have been mountaineering, or mountain climbing. sir edmund hillary, the first man to (8)_______ mount everest, gave another reason for doing something so dangerous. when asked (9)_______ he climbed the world’s (10)_______ mountain, he replied, “because it was there.”