初中英语短文填空试题

One day people heard a shout for help. They h       to the river, and saw a man in the water. A young fisherman jumped i    the river and s     to that man. Soon he pulled the man to the bank and carried him out of the water. All the people nearby praised the
b     and kind man.
Now people found the man out of the water was the r      man in the town, he went over to the young fisherman and said, “Young man, you saved me, d      you? Thank you very much. I’d like to
p       you for your kindness.”
He took out five cents and wanted to give it to the young man. Everybody was angry w  the rich man. Just then, an old man said to the young fisherman, “T     the five cents, young man. The rich gentleman’s life is w      just that much.

A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night， he went out for a walk alone. It was late.     . Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch.  because he wanted to get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman shook his  fist(拳头) in the Italian’s face and pointed at the watch.      . In the end he gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel， the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed(抢劫) the Italian.     .

A．The Italian was afraid

B．It was the Italian’s watch

C．He decided to follow him

D．The Frenchman got excited

E. The street was dark and quiet

词汇应用(每小题1分，共12分)
阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可以加助动词。
I have lived in Beijing all my life. I will tell you about my life today and in the past. My family lived in a tiny house in the past. There _____(be) no electric lights, only candles. My father was a postman, and he often _______(work) twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She ______(not go ) out to work. There were five _____ (child) in my family and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat_____(one) or twice a year. I _______ (not send) to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl.
Today, life______(change). Families have got ________(small) than they were in the past. Most people only have one child! The role of women has changed too. My daughter is
Really _____ (luck) .She has a good education, and she goes to work even after getting _______(marry). I’m happy to see she’s busy _______(work) every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come_______(see) me often.

综合填空（共10空，计10分）
阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，必要时进行词形变化。
A car stopped outside the Cherry Hotel and a young man got out. Mrs. Smith said to the young man. “What can I do for you, sir?”
“Excuse me,” the young man said, “I am l ____ for my uncle. Mr. White. He has been away from home s____ two days ago. I think he is staying here.” “Yes, he is. ” Mrs. Smith said, “But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday. ”
“Oh, dear, ” said the young man, looking sad, “I went to his house, but I was t____ by his children that he was going to stay here until the end of the week.”
“Yes, ” said Mrs. Smith. “He wanted to stay here the whole week, but yesterday someone called him saying that one of his friends w____ ill. So he caught the train back to London to see the friend a ____ once.”
“He should let mek____. ” the young man said. “I wrote him a l____, saying that I was coming. Well, he isn’t here. I won’t wait any longer.”
The young man thanked Mrs. Smith and went out. Mrs. Smith watched h____ leave. When his car couldn’t be seen, she called out, “You can come out now. Mr. White. He’s gone.”
Mr. White came out of the bedroom.
“Many thanks, Mrs. Smith. ” he said laughing. “You did very w____ . The young man is my nephew (侄子). When he n____ money, he will look for me everywhere. Next time he won’t tell me by writing me a letter. ”

CCTV New Year’s Gala (春晚) is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television. The program begins at 8:00 PM and    until about 1:00 AM on the first day of the New Year.
The program has received extremely   audiences (观众) , which have grown greatly the years. As the Chinese New Year’s Eve is a time when the   members get together, the Gala adds a pleasant mood to the house   people sit in front of their TV set laughing, discussing and enjoying the      . It has become a   in China to watch the New Year’s Gala. Around 1:00 in the early morning, the program   with the song Can’t Forget Tonight.
To bring audiences even to  the yearly show, the Gala organizers have tried many ways to make the program more attractive. It is   that there will be no advertisements this year so that audiences can be satisfied with a natural and smooth Gala.[来源om]

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。
What are most 14-year-old boys doing？ Going to school， playing sports  with friends and doing their homework. But life is much more c___________for the young for the TFBOYS singers.
TFBOYS is a singers’ group started in 2013. Its full n_________ is The Fighting Boys. The group i___________three members， Wang Junkai， Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi. The group leader—Wang Junkai， is 15 years old， the other two boys are b_______14 years old. When most boys of their ages are s__________ their whole day in the classroom， the three young singers present themselves to thousands of people. They have made three albums and w__________ two singing awards. Now the three boys are among the most popular teenage stars in the country.
Many people are interested in TFBOYS. After all， its members ares_________ junior high school students. They study at school with their classmatesd_________ the weekdays. On weekends and holidays they have singing class， dancing class and other t__________. In fans’ eyes， the group has a healthy and friendly image. Most of their fans are alsot__________. “We are of similar age，” one of them says. “They feel like friends to us and we love their songs!”

首字母填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, c     __ up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the h        smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job? One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it s       starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the w       . But dear friend, why don’t you sit down and listen to the sound that the n         offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will g        better and better and farmers will have a good harvest. Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are a       of it and give up hopes. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish w     we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the m        of success.”
Attitude(态度）decides e        . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

动词应用。阅读短文，用所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时添加助动词或情态动词。（每小题1分，共10分）
Lion lived in a forest alone. He always dreamed that other animals would respect (尊重) him by    (follow) him and bowing before him.
One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped (绊倒) over Lion’s paws. Lion (wake) up by him, feeling angry. “How dare you  (run) over my paws!” he shouted. Mouse (catch) by him. And Lion continued shouting, “On the second thought, I’m hungry now, and you’ll make a delicious meal.”
Mouse cried out, “King Lion, do you think I should   (pardon)? If you let me live, your kindness will always (remember). And some day, I might be able to help you.”
“How could such a powerless little mouse ever help me?” That thought made Lion (laugh) so much that he decided to let Mouse go.
A week later, Lion was walking through the jungle when he stepped onto a hunter’s net. The net scooped (勾) him up.
Lion’s frightened shouts (hear) by Mouse. He ran to help. Mouse quickly chewed (咬) through the ropes  (make) a hole in the net. Soon, Lion was free. Lion looked down at the little mouse. “Thank you for saving my life,” said Lion. “I was mistaken. I used to   (think) you powerless. But you’ve proved yourself a great friend!”

They eat wild animals，plants，berries，nuts，and insects.They hunt with bows and arrows.There are lots of dangerous snakes and spiders.It's one of southern Africa's

（1）　 　 （hot） places，and there is often no water.Then they have to get water from plant（2）　　they are ill，there are no hospitals.The people have to get medicine from plants too.

They are the San，（3）　 　last people living in the Kalahari.The San people have another name-"bush people".（4）　   　（they） lifestyle is very simple，but they know more about animals and plants than most people do.The San people live in small groups of 25﹣ 50.They live in huts-little "houses".These houses（5） 　   　（make）of wood and grass.There are no schools for the children.Children learn from the older people in the group.There are lots of things they have to learn so that they can live（6）　   　 a dangerous place like the Kalahari.In the evenings，the group of people often sit around a fire and tell stories.

The Kalahari is a big area of bushland in the southern Africa.It（7）   　 （have）two parts.There is less rain in the southern part than in the northern part，（8）　 　 the south is drier.There are fewer plants and animals there，and it's more difficult for people

（9）　 　 （live）.But when it rains at the end of the summer，the land becomes greener and more beautiful.For a few weeks，there are（10）　     　（million）of little flowers and even butterflies!

选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项的编号字母依次填入题号后横线上。
Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive(有吸引力的). We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he is special.             We believe that we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare(比较) us to others. By doing this, they try to ask us to do better.               We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by doing better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望的).          A lot of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible(不可能的) for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people.             These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough.             Anyway, it’s up to us to remind(提醒) them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

A. There will always be someone there who is better than we are at something. B. They mean well, but the message(信息) we often get is that we are not good enough. C. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. D. However, many of us grow up believing that we are not special at all. E. They don’t care if we have enough time to relax ourselves. F. But very often we don’t realize(意识到) that we already have inside us the very things that we want.

 

During the unusual winter holiday in 2020，we stayed at home for two （1）　 （month）because of COVID﹣19.But my father，a member of the Communist Party of China，didn't stay （2）      us at home for too long.

    When my dad heard about some （3）　     （use）work，he became a volunteer in a rural area to help check people's information and spread knowledge about COVID﹣19.As the situation became much （4）　    　 （bad），24﹣hour traffic checkpoints were set up on the main roads to the village.There was only （5）    　 simple tent，a few chairs and two heaters for volunteers （6）　    　 （spend）the night.The winter night was very cold and the volunteers could hardly sleep.But my father （7）　   　（final）chose to stay because he wanted to guard the gate for other people.

Dad （8）　   　（join）the Party a few years ago.At first，I didn't know much about it.After the pandemic，I learned that the Party members are people （9）　 　 will step forward when China is in trouble.When I grow up，I want to become one of

（10）　 　 （they）.Even if I am not a Party member，I will make contributions to our society，making it a much better place.

综合填空。根据读音、首字母、汉语提示填空（每空限用一词）
It was a beautiful day and the children played in the park. Maria flew her kite while Michael played on his skateboard. “look! I am going to try something new,” he said. Michael did a difficult jump. Then the skateboard went up and Michael fell down with a cry. The other children ran to him and asked, “Are you all right? Are you hurt? ”
“Oh, my leg! I feel terrible!” Michael cried.
“I think you  _________[ʃʊd] see a doctor,” said Kangkang, “I’ll  c________ a taxi.” Jane and Maria looked after poor Michael. “My leg really hurts,” he said.
_________(不久) the taxi came and took Michael and his friends to the hospital. The doctor told them, “The X-rays show that it’s not serious. You can take him home. Michael, you need to rest at home  f_______ a week. Here are some pills. Take two pills each time, three  times a day.”
The children  ________(离开) the hospital. Kangkang helped Michael to walk. They were glad that the accident wasn’t serious and Michael felt much better.

综合填空
阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. We have been in Australia for a few days. I kept a d_____ every day when we were there. Now let me tell you some details about the travel according to the diaries.
On the first day, we visited the Sydney Opera House which is like a s     boat with water on three sides. Then we had lunch in an Australian family. After lunch, we lay in the sun on the beach. The sunshine was very bright. There were some boys playing cricket and rugby with their friends or r    . Some people were doing water sports, such as swimming, s____ and so on.
The next day, we went to a small town. After a short drive, we found ourselves in the middle of white s      . Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep. To my surprise, the sheep farmer wear a special hat to keep flies a___. There are also special animals in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas.
The third day we went to another place of interest, Ayers Rock in c___ Australia. It has a h____ of 348 metres. It was a m__ place because it changed its colour at different time of a day.
The most interesting thing is that we went to camel riding. My camel kept lying down so I was left far b      others.
We are looking forward to going there again.

短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Dear friends,
Do you know you are lucky when you are sitting in the bright c _____ and having your classes or e______ your nice food at home? Do you know many children in the western places of China are not so lucky as y___ ? L  of children don’t have enough food to eat, and they can’t go to school and they h ___ to work.
They n   our help. So we’d like to collect sationeries（文具） and clothes for them. You can donate（捐赠）your old pens, rubbers, rulers, pencil-boxes or old clothes. And you can a        donate some money. We will send them to the children in western areas. We h___ to raise more than 10,000 yuan, then we can help 50 students to go b    to school. If you would like to donate things, please c   us on 83301666.
Thank you.

Skateboarding is a very popular game all over the world. Young people like it. You can often see people skateboard quickly in many places such as squares, parks and roads.
Why do young people like skateboarding so much? First, it is very cool. You jump on the skateboard. You feel the wind around your ears. You skateboard very fast with lots of different postures (姿势). And you enjoy the freedom (自由) of sports. Second, skateboarding isn’t a dear game. You only need to buy a skateboard and it doesn’t cost you much money. Third, it is easy to learn. If you are brave enough, you can learn it in one week. Also, skateboarding helps build up your body. It can make your legs and arms strong.
Get a special skateboard and wear cool clothes. Quite cool, isn’t it?
任务型阅读：根据短文内容，填写下列表格，每格只填一词。

Skateboarding is a very      game all over the world. You can do it in many      such as squares, parks and roads.
Why do young people like skateboarding?	First, it is very     .
Second, it is a cheap game. You        need a skateboard.
Third, it is easy to learn. You can learn it in     days if you are brave enough.
Fourth, skateboarding helps to        up your body.