初中英语短文填空试题

There was once a wise old woman who lived in the hills．All the children nearby always went to

ask her all kinds of questions．Even the most difficult questions，the old woman was （56）　　

to answer them．It was easy for her（57）　　（answer）the children's all strange questions．

There was a naughty （淘气） little boy among the children．One day he caught a tiny （58）　　and held it in his cupped hands．Then he gathered his friends around．He said，"Let's trick the old woman．I（59）　　 （ask） her what I'm holding in my hands．Of course，she'll answer that I have a bird．Then I will ask her if the bird is living or （60）　　．If she says the bird is dead，I'll open my hands and let the bird fly away．If she says the bird is alive，I'll quickly crush it and show her the dead bird．Either way，she'll be （61）　　"

All the children enjoyed （62）　　（have） such a good idea．Up the hill they went to the old woman's hut（小屋）．"Granny，you are （63）　　clever that we all believe you，now we have a question for you，

they said with a smile．"What's in my hands？"asked the little boy．"Well，it must be a bird，"

（64）　　 （reply）the old woman．"But is it living or dead？"The old woman thought for a moment

and then answered，"it is as you will，my child．

All the children looked at each other in surprise．But the old woman smiled and added，"I （65）　　（tell） you the right answer already．"Then the old woman disappeared in the hills．

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What do you do at weekends? Some people like to stay at home and have a r     .O      people think going out for a walk is good for t       health. My friend Jack w        very hard from Monday to Friday. At weekends he a      does the same things. On Saturdays he washes his car and on Sundays he takes his family to a village (村庄) f       from his house. His uncle and aunt live there, so Jack goes to see them every week. They have a big farm and o       one worker to help them. So they are usually very busy. Jack often asks his family to help them. The c      give the animals food. Jack and his wife work in the fields(田). A     a long day of work, they are very t        and hungry. So Jack’s uncle gives them a nice meal. After that about five, they drive home.

My favourite clothing is an old biker jacket． It （1）　　 （make） of thick black leather and it has a red lining． It belonged to my mother when she was young， so it's very old now!

    Why do I love my jacket？ Because it （2）　　 （be） once my mother's and because it is very practical． I （3）　　 （not need） to iron it and I never need to get it cleaned． It （4）　　 （keep） me warm and dry， so I wear it all the time， except in summer． Also， leather jackets never go out of fashion and you can wear them with jeans， skirts and dresses．

    The other day， I was in a cafe and I left the jacket on the back of my chair． I （5）___　 （realize） it when I was on the bus and I thought I'd lost it forever． At that moment a young guy jumped onto the bus and he （6）　　 （hold） my jacket in his hand! He had run after me down the road with it． We started chatting and I made a new friend． Now I think of it as my lucky jacket．

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In  the 1930s, Dan West was farming in Spain. It was wartime , and people were starving（挨饿）. Ani________   hit him as he handed out cups of milk to children. “These children don’t need a cup . They need a cow.”This was the b  _______    of Heifer International.
Heifer International gives different k_______    of gifts. Its gifts might say “quack”or “moo”.Dan West asked friends in the United States to give gifts of heifers (小母牛),or young cows . S_______    then , Heifer International has given animals to four million families. It gives people the chance to f _______   themselves.
Heifer International wants the people they help to help others. For one project, the group s _______    chickens to some children in Asia .The children yearned for（向往）the day when they could help others. Nine-year-old Julie knew she had to look after her chickens w _______    so they would produce new eggs and healthy chicks . She t _______   good care of them , and they gave birth to strong , healthy chicks .Julie then passed on the gift of chicks to other families.
Because of Heifer International, children can s _______     their days in a schoolhouse instead of working in the fields. They can use the money they earn from their animals to pay for school . Heifer International has made a huge d _______  to people’s lives for many years. People should be grateful to a kind-hearted farmer named Dan West.

School was over．Usually David's mother would take him home from school but today she was not here．David decided to go home alone（61）　　foot，and it took him about half （62）　　 hour．

When he got home，he couldn't get in （63）　　he did not bring his keys．He knocked on the door，but no one answered．David thought his mother （64）　　（be） in the toilet，so he waited patiently for her．After a few （65）　　（minute），David knocked again，but still no one answered．"What is happening？Is there anything wrong with my mother？"he thought to （66）　　（he） and got worried．Just at that moment，he heard the（67）　　（friend） voice of his neighbor，John．David told him that no one was home，and John asked him （68）　　（stay） in his house．Two hours later，when David's mother got back，he（69）　　（play） games with John．（70）　　happy he was to see his mother!

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Mr. Thompson is a world-class photographer.He started to take photos of animals three months ago and quickly ______ in love with it. He invented many interesting and useful ways to take great photos of different animals. He works _______ and the popularity(名气) of his photos has risen worldwide.
The other day, he went to take photos in a forest. Before he went into the forest, he covered______ with many leaves from a nearby tree. _____ this way, he could pretend to be a tree himself. Then he walked quietly deep into the forest.
Luckily, Mr. Thompson soon noticed a mother deer and her child. They were eating and playing with ______ other.
“Great!” Mr. Thompson thought. “I can take some great photos today.” He moved towards the deer, trying to be as close as_______. Then he took out his camera and began ______ photos.
Later he heard some noise on his back. But he remained there and didn’t move at all______ he was afraid that he would be discovered.
In fact ,the noise_______ made by the father deer. He regarded Mr. Thompson as a tree by _______ and was eating the leaves on him.

A． made a famous speech     B． fair       C． refused       D．in peace         E．agreed      F．stop riding

In December of 1955，a lady called Rosa Parks（1）　C　to give her seat to a white man．This made the bus driver angry and he called the police．The police took Rosa away．Martin Luther King，Jr．said this was wrong and told people they should stop it．He spoke to lots of people and told them what was happening．He said the law should be（2）　B　and they should be able to do the same things as white people．He called for the African﹣Americans to（3）　F　on the bus．His idea worked．The bus companies（公司） lost money．In December 1956，the Supreme Court （最高法院）made the city change the rules．

    Martin Luther King，Jr．traveled across America to meet lots of important people and told them about the problems．In 1963 he led a big group of African﹣Americans in Washington．He（4）　A　there．He said he had a dream that black and white people would live together（5）　D　．He was a really important person in history because he changed African﹣Americans' lives a lot．American people and people around the world remember him for what he has done．

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

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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.”