初中英语短文填空试题

短文填空
Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to d     with housework. Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.
Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went away on business(出差), so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy b      her parents were not in. She could do e      she liked. But at dinner time, she felt h     . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to h    .  Later she found some food in the fridge, but she didn’t know h     to cook. At that moment, she missed her p      very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and b       some bread to eat.
Many teenagers are the s   as Joy. So I think they should l      some basic(基本的) life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves properly. They shouldn’t depend on(依靠) their parents too much.

Speaker 1：I went straight into work after leaving school at the age of eighteen．I got a job in a big business．But I think it was a mistake as there weren't any chances for me．I think graduates（毕业生） （51）　　 （usual） get more interesting jobs，so I decided to go to university to have a better future．Studying for a degree was one of the best              （52）　　 （experience） of my life．I loved my subject，and now I'm looking for a new job﹣better paid and more interesting than my last one．

Speaker 2：I （53）　　 （leave） school at sixteen and started working in a market．Now I've just opened my first shop．Some of my friends （54）　　 went on to university can't find work．They had （55）　　 good time at college for a few years，but I really don't know    （56）　　 they still stayed in college．

Working for（57）　　 （you） is the best education．

Speaker 3：I got quite a shock when I got my first job after graduation from university．My boss had been in the same class （58）　　 me at school! She went straight into work at eighteen and now she's making more money than me! Actually，she （59）　　 （want） to go to university now．And I think that's probably a much（60）　　 （good） way to do it．I think you'll get more from university if you spend some time working first．

短文填空（根据所给的首字母提示，把单词补充完整，每空1分，共10分）
On August 6, Ning Zetao w      the men’s 100m freestyle(自由泳) final at the world championships in Kazan, Russia. In 47.84 seconds, he b      the first Asian gold medalist(金牌得主) in an event that used to be a competition between Western swimmers.
Ning c     from Zhengzhou, Henan province and graduated f     “The PE college of Zhengzhou University”. Because he has long fought against a stomach problem, he learns to swim to i     his health. He was also born with a bone (骨头) condition in his right knee. Every time he practiced s      , he suffered a lot of pain(疼). However, nothing can shim from practicing hard. As a member of the navy(海军)， he is self-disciplined(自律的). He swims 15,000 m     every day in his Shanghai training center. When he trained in Australia earlier this year, he g      up at 4 o’clock every day for swimming.
Now Ning has the world admiring him. It is not just f   his title or six-pack abs (六块腹肌), but also for his fighting spirit . He is the pride of all Chinese people.

You have（1）　　（probable） never heard of Amy Hayes， （2）　　she is a most unusual woman． She never throws away things we（3）　　（need） any more． She has always thought about how these things（4）　　 （put） to good use． She thinks that nothing is a waste． The windows and doors of her house come from old buildings around her town（5）　______were pulled down． The top of（6）　　is an old boat（7）　　（turn） upside down． And the gate is made（8）　　rocks and old glass bottles． Amy isn't the only one who is good at（9）　　（recycle）． Jessica Wong uses old clothes to make bags． She（10）_____（do） this for a few years． Her bags are cute and useful．

根据首字母完成短文。（每空一词，每空1分，计10分）
Look! They are my f_____ toys---- a panda and a monkey. The panda has big e__ and a small nose on its face, and it has two black ears o____ its head. It has a r_____ white body. It never feels sad and always l_____ happy. The monkey has a big m___. It has big f____ too. Its arms are long but its legs are s____. It c_____ jump or run, so it never feels t___. I like them very much.

When a wolf was walking near a village，he met a dog．It （1） 　　to be a vey bony（瘦骨嶙峋的）dog． The wolf had not been hungrier than usual． So he began to move（2） 　　towards the dog， while the dog backed away．

"Let me remind you， " said the dog． "it will be an unhappy thing for you to eat me now． Look at （3） 　　ribs（肋骨）． I am nothing but skin and bone． But let me tell you something in private． （4） 　　a few days my master will give a wedding feast （宴会） for his only daughter． You can guess how fine and fat I will be on the leftovers（残羹剩饭） from the table． Then it will be the best time for you （5） 　　me．"

The wolf couldn't help thinking how nice it would be to cat a fine and fat dog instead of the bony one， So he went away．

Some days later，the wolf came back for the promised feast． He found the dog in his （6） 　　yard， and asked him to come out and was ready to eat him．

"Sir， "said the dog． "I shall be glad to have you cat me． I will be out as （7） 　　as the porter（看门的人） opens the door．"

（8） 　　the "porter"was a huge dog to be very unkind towards wolves， which the wolf knew by a （9） 　　experience． He learnt an important lesson﹣（10） 　　what you can get when you can get it． So he decided not to wait and ran away as fast as possible．

David Smith is a student， and one of his（1）　　（hobby） is writing．During the summer of 2010，he （2）　　（spend） four weeks at a summer camp． As well as the usual activities，there was a writing（3）　　（class）．"The teacher was a writer，and she asked us to（4）　　（talk） about our lives and tell interesting stories． Then she encouraged（5）　　（we） to write about our experiences at the camp．"

    Back at school， David wrote a story about（6）　　（冠词） life of a sixteen﹣year﹣old boy，and（7）　　（successful） it came out as a book in 2012． Many young people love his book，and（8）　　（介词） a result． David has become a popular young writer．

    Writing has brought David pleasure and success．（9）　　（连词） it is not his only hobby．He is also interested in many other things．"I like（10）　　（play） volleyball too，"says David．

Until recently，Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty，she attends a school in Ilorin，Nigeria，wearing the same pink dress as two（1） 　    　（百）other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.

Ajayi runs her（2） 　    　（自己的）business making and selling bags，but she believes it is（3） 　    　（仍然）necessary for her to learn to read and write.

In class，she answers questions（4） 　    　（积极）.She plays，talks and（5） 　 　（讨论）together with her classmates.

She is good at（6） 　 （烹饪）.Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy

（7） 　 　（她们自己）at school.

Ajayi's（8） 　 　 （女儿）used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose（9）      　 （支持）her efforts.

She plans to continue her（10） 　      　（教育）for four more years，saying it will help her business.

D—David

R—Richard

R：Hi，David.Did you read the article by Mr.Smith？

D：Well，I read some of his articles.What's the topic of the article you mentioned？

R：It's about education.

D：Yes，I did read it.I've learned a lot from the article.

R：So have I.Mr.Smith says the purpose of education is to make all the students ready for the （1）　   　life.

D：I（2）　 　 all students should become engineers，scientists，artists and so on through hard work.

R：I once had the （3）　 　 incorrect idea.Now I know that common workers are also needed by our society.

D：Yes.If no people clean streets and take the rubbish away，terrible diseases（疾病）will soon appear and （4）　 　 easily.

R：It's clear that we can't live without them.So，common workers are very important and they're considered the （5）　 　 part of our society.We can't imagine how awful our world will be if they are all （6）　    　 in our life.

D：Surely，each job has the （7）　    　of its own，no matter what kind of job it is.

R：Mr.Smith also says every job is different in （8）　    　of knowledge and skills.Different people can do different jobs.The society offers different kinds of （9）　   　 chances to different people.

D：That's for sure.People are different in abilities. （10）　    　 jobs they take，their abilities should match them.Then they can work happily and do good to the society.

R：I can't agree with you more.

Li Wen is a 15﹣year﹣old boy． He works hard and（1） 　　（do） well in school， It is hard to believe， that he used to have （2） 　　（difficulty） in school． When he was a little boy， he seldom caused any problems， and his family（3） 　　（spend） a lot of time together．

   （4） 　　，things began to change a few years ago． His parents moved to the city to work，and they could not be at home to look （5） 　　him． So he became less interested in （6） 　　（study） and was absent from classes．Then his parents were so worried（7） 　　they decided to send him to a boarding school． He found life there difficult． One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school． His teacher advised his parents to talk with （8） 　　（they） son in person． This conversation changed his life． He realized that his parents would always love him，and they would be （9） 　　（pride） of everything good that he did． Now he is much （10） 　　（happy） and more outgoing than he used to be．

One evening，an old lady went shopping in the supermarket．She （71） 　 　lots of toys for her grandson，including a knife．When she came back to her car，she found a man with red hair staring the car and （72） 　 　two sitting at the back．She was surprised．She realized that they would drive her car away．Then she took out the toy knife （73） 　 　thinking and pointed at the men in the car．"Get out of the car!"she shouted （74） 　 　．The men in the car got so scared that they ran away quickly．The lady made sure （75） 　 　all the men had gone．Then she took out the key to start the car．To her （76） 　 　，she couldn't．she tried again and again and finally she knew 7﹣﹣﹣it wasn't her car!She looked around and saw her

8car not far away．When she came back to her car，she saw the men 9up to her with a policeman．She thought it was time for her to tell 10and make it clear．After hearing her story，the policeman began to laugh．Her face turned red．

Lonnie Johnson always loved taking things apart（分开）． He（1）　　/'sʌmtaimz/ put them back together． Other times he made new things from different （2）　　（ part）． He learned how to use tools from his dad．

    At 13， Lonnie put an old engine（发动机）on a homemade go﹣cart． He loved driving it around． He dreamed of being（3）　　inventor． By high school， Lonnie built a remote﹣control robot from some waste things． This won him first prize at the Alabama State Science Fair． His friends called （4）　　"The Little Scientist"． In college， Lonnie was an excellent student． After that， he （5）　　（become ）an Air Force officer， rocket scientist and business leader． （6）　　he never stopped inventing． You may have played with his most famous invention﹣﹣﹣the Super Soaker， a kind of water gun． Lonnie got the idea for this（7）　　/tɔi/ while working on another invention． When he tested a homemade part in his bathroom， it shot water（8）　　/ ə' krɔs/ the room．

    Today， Dr． Lonnie Johnson has more than 100（9）　　（use） inventions． However， he still keeps（10）　　（try）new things．

Paper﹣cutting is a famous folk art with a long history in China． It was used during （1）f　　 to decorate gates and windows．After hundreds of years' （2）d　　， it has become a very popular way of decoration．The main cutting tools are （3）s　　﹣ paper and scissors or a knife，but clever and skilled paper﹣cutting artists can make very beautiful artworks．Chinese paper﹣cutting works have these features﹣"Flower in flower，theme in theme．" This means smaller pictures and stories are（4）h　　in the works．You will be amazed by the wonderful designs when you look at their paper﹣cutting works （5）c　　．Through Chinese paper﹣cutting， people express their best wishes．

Dear Mom and Dad，

    I haven't seen you for a long time since I came to China as an exchange student．I（1）　　（real） miss you now． This is the （2）　　 （one） time you haven't been with me on my birthday． Thanks for your birthday gift （3）　　England． I like it very much．

    Because of COVID﹣19（新冠肺炎），I can′t go home， but you don't need to worry about me．I am safe here． Yesterday I（4）　　（have） a birthday party with Lihua's family． Lihua's mom made a big chocolate birthday cake for me， and she made much Chinese food that I loved best．We couldn't go out， （5）　　we enjoyed ourselves at home．

    Lihua and I have been busy with our studies since this Monday． We have been having online（6）　　（class） for several days． Sometimes， when I felt a little upset， Lihua always told some jokes （7）　　（make） me happy or taught me how to make Chinese dishes．

    Now people here are living a （8）　　（peace） life． On one hand， they stay away from others，and on the other hand， they try to help those in trouble， including us foreigners．（9）　　 kind Chinese people are! This is a country full of love．

    Dear Mom and Dad， please take good care of （10）　　．I love you．

Yours，

Peter

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
The New Year
One New-year morning, Edward’s father gave him two dollars. He left the house happily. He wanted to buy some books. On the street, he saw a poor family, the father, mother and three children.      , and they were shivering(颤抖).
“Happy New Year!” Edward said to the man.      . He couldn’t understand English. But he pointed to his mouth. It seemed he was saying, “We have nothing to eat.”
Edward understood.     , and he gave one dollar to the man, and the other to his wife.

Their eyes were full of gratitude(感激)! They said something in their language. It probably meant, “Thanks a lot.”
When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought.
“     ,” said Edward, “I gave my money to some poor people. They seemed to be very hungry. I can buy my books until next New Year.”
“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books.      . I saw you give the money to the poor family. Be ready to help the poor and every year will be a happy New Year to you.”