初中英语短文填空试题

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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.

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One day in winter, the cold north wind was blowing hard. Then the sun began to shinef      the clouds. The north wind said to the sun, “I am very strong. I am stronger than you. I am the strongest in thew    .” The sun said, “No, no. You are not so strong as I.” “Well, I’lls     you how strong I am,” said the north wind. Just then a traveler came along. He had a thick cloak on. “I can make that m     take off his cloak,” said the north wind. And he blew and blew. But the traveler held his cloak closely about him. Then the sun said, “Now I’ll try.” The sun began to shine upon him. It became warmer and warmer. The traveler said, “How warm it is!” and took off his cloak. “Now yous      I am stronger than you, Mr. North Wind,” said the sun. (改编于《初中英语读本》七年级上册)

Two simple words "thank you" have made a big difference to thousands of fireman in New York City．

Savannah is 　　 girl form Texas．"I was trying to think 　　 I could help them out，"she says．After hearing about sacrifices（牺牲） made by fireman，she 　　（move） by the risks they face，　　 Savannah made 200 thank﹣you cards for them．"I want to show how much I care about them．"

"I told the fireman thank you，"Savannah recalls．"They're always there to help you．"

Savannah decided 　　（keep） making cards．For the next seven months，she woke up early to paint and color and cut．In that time，she 　　（send） 1,600cards with bite﹣sized candy while meeting her 　　（hero）．Soon，fire station started thanking her．

Once too shy to give a speech at school，　　 is now easy for Savannah to speak regularly to fireman and school students．She is quite different 　　 what she used to be．

"She's saying how 　　（thank） she is for them!" Savannah's mom，Debbie，says，"Savannah sees that stepping put and doing something can really make a difference．"

Malala Yousafzai，19，is a Pakistani youth activist．She is the （1）　　（young） person in the world ever to be named United Nations（U．N．） Messenger（信使） of Peace．The United Nations is （2）　　international organization，which is meant to encourage （3）　　（country） to work together on different opinions without the use of war．Yousafzai has （4）　　（glad） accepted the role of working for girls' education．Usually，a messenger （5）　　（stay） in the position（职位） for three years．"If （6）　　want to see your future bright，you have to start working now and not wait （7）　　 anyone else，"she said at the acceptance meeting in New York．In 2012，Yousafzai was nearly killed by the Taliban because she worked hard （8）　　（get） the same education for young girls in Pakistan．But later her condition improved．（9）　　a brave girl! Since then Yousafzai （10）　　（become） a symbol for peace and girls' right to receive an education．

or， about， me， hear from， win， interesting， usually， be， create， reason

Dear Sally，

    Thanks for your letter． It was great to （1）　　you． You asked me to tell you （2）　　my favorite day of the week． Well， it's definitely Friday．

    One （3）　 I like Fridays is because I have my favorite subjects at school： PE and chemistry．Chemistry's great because we do experiments in the science lab and our teacher，Mr．King，is so funny．In PE we （4）　　play basketball， which is my favorite sport． I'm good at it because I'm quite tall．Our team always （5）　　．

    We also have French on Fridays， which is actually my least favorite subject，but after that we have ICT which is much （6）　　．At the moment I'm （7）　　 a webpage for our basketball team．After school I hang out with my friends， then in the evening I play football at the sports center． On Friday nights we sometimes go to someone's for a party（8）　　 to watch a film． We can relax a bit on Friday evenings because there （9）　　 no school on Saturday．

    Tell （10）　　 about your favorite day in your next letter． Write soon．

Love

Danny

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Long long ago there was a lovely field garden and there was a very thick tree in it. Both the vegetables and the tree _______(make) the garden beautiful. The garden’s owner was very proud of this. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow(树荫), “You_______ always _______(stand) there. We can’t see the sun.”The tree thought, “I help you stop from the sun, but you____(drink) too much water in return. If I don’t give you my shadow, you _______(dry) up!”
One day, the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree answered back by ____(refuse) to give the vegetables shadow from the hot sun, so they both began to dry up. Before long, the vegetables were really thin and the tree’s branches were drying up. “You _____already _______(drink) too much water.” The farmer got angry with the vegetables and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables really learned what thirst was. There seemed ________(be) no way to work out the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small tomato, understood what ________(happen), and decided to deal with it. With the little water and under the hot sunshine, the little tomato did all he _______(do) to grow, grow …..
He managed to grow so big that the farmer_______(shock) and started watering the field again. Then the vegetables and the tree realized that it was better to help each other than to fight. So they decided to work together and help each other instead of fighting, using both the shadow and the water in the best combination to grow good vegetables. Seeing how well they were doing, the farmer now gave the best of care to his vegetable field, watering it better than any other field.

Rose's bedroom was upstairs．（61）　　big tree grew outside her window． One day， Rose saw a bird making a little house in the tree． The bird carried bits of small plants into the house（62）　　 placed some grass in it in order to make it soft． Soon the little house（63）　　（build）． "It looks like a little brown cup sitting in the tree．" Rose thought．

The bird laid three small eggs and day after day she sat on her eggs to keep them warm． One day， a strange sound came（64）　　the little house． Three baby birds were inside．（65）　　lovely they were! Rose was very happy（66）　　（see） them． The new birds were very hungry and very noisy! The mother and father birds fed them every day． The（67）　　（baby） grew bigger and bigger． They moved around the house more． Soon they were moving their wings（68）　　（quick）． They were getting ready to fly．

（69）　　she found the little house was empty and the birds were gone， Rose sat by the window feeling sad． She told her brother with tears that she（70）　　（not） want them to go． Her brothers smiled and told her that birds couldn't stay in the tree all the time， because they had to fly away to do bird things．

Long long ago，there was a small village in the Middle East．In the village there was （61）　　 old man called Sthira．He lived by himself．His only son had gone far away to study．Sthira's friends （62）　　（wonder）whether his son would return，（63）　　 Sthira always said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"

One day the old man's son returned and the villages were very happy for Sthira．He thaked the villages and said （64）　　 （polite），"Whatever happens，happens for good．"However，later，Sthira's son broke his （65）　　．Once again the villages came to visit him and once again the old man thanked （66）　　 （they） and said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"Some of the villages were surprised （67）　　（hear） this．Why？What was good？His son's leg got badly hurt!

After a few days，the army came to the village and forced all the young men to （68）　　 the army．When they found his son had a （69）　　 （break） leg，they left him behind．Once again，all the villagers came to congratulate him on his （70）　　 luck，like always，the old man was still thankful to them and said，"Whatever happens，happens for good．"

A young couple decided to go c（1）　　 in the mountains to celebrate their first year of marriage（结婚）． They took with them the t（2）　　they would need ﹣ warm clothes， food and a tent．

    They went up to the mountains and f（3）　　a fine place to set up their tent． Then they decided to go for a hike（徒步旅行）to see more of the mountains．

    A（4）　　 a long hike， they went back to their camp， built a fire and cooked d（5）　　． Finally， it was time to go to sleep．

    Sometime in the middle of the n（6）　　， the wife woke up her husband and said："Look up at the sky． What do you see？ "

    Her husband answered，"I see m（7）　　 of stars in the sky． "

    His wife said："That's right． W（8）　　does that mean to you？ "

    The husband said："Well， if there are so many stars out there ， that means there might a（9）　　 be a planet just like ours． And if that's true， then there could be life on one of those planets． That's kind of e（10）　　!"

    His wife said："You are wrong． It means that someone has stolen our tent! "

It was a very special day because Dylan Terry came to the West End Children's Home! Dylan Terry is my favorite （66）　　 （sing）．I like him because he sings （67）　__　 （wonderful），he's cute and he helps the kids a lot．

We （68）　　 （stand） near the door，waiting for him．Everyone was very excited．Finally，he arrived （69）　　 shook hands with us．He was so nice!He sang several songs for us．Some of us even started dancing （70）　　 he was singing．We were having a great time!

（71）　　 our surprise，Dylan joined us for lunch．He brought us （72）　　 big cake．Everyone ate some and （73）　　 was delicious．While we were eating，Dylan told us many interesting

（74）　　 （story） about himself．I never thought I could talk to my favorite pop star．It was just like a dream．I （75）　　 （remember） this unforgettable experience forever．

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Have you ever been cycling（骑自行车运动）？This spring my elder brother and I        （66）　　（spend） a long weekend cycling in the countryside．We rode（67）　　（slow） along because we hadn't come to break any speed records，or to do sports．We just wanted （68）　　（get） some fresh air and a break from schoolwork．We really had a great time（69）　　（ride） along country roads．And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy：every few （70）　　（kilometer） there was a village where we could find everything we needed．

All the local people were really friendly．However，（71）　　the second day，something noise，but I didn't mind at all．At midnight we were woken by the noise in the hotel．We were tired（72）　　we set off the next morning，but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out．

What we enjoyed（73）　　（our） most about cycling is﹣it's simple and fun．I think nothing is（74）　　（good） than cycling if you're looking for a break that is active and cheap．Why not have a try？

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Iris Marie Experience

Dear Marie，     I've been in Beijing for a month.I stay in a modern hotel（1）　　 lies in the center of the city.I have visited many wonderful places，for example，（2）　　 Great Wall of China.I have also met a lot of very friendly people here.Now I'm trying to learn Chinese from them and I am quite interested（3）　　 it.Chinese food is really delicious and hot pot is my favorite.In China，it is interesting（4）　　 see people eating with chopsticks.I'm practicing using them and I am getting more（5）　　 more skillful now.I want to come back again next year.I hope you can come with me.                                                                                                                                                               Iris

Before paper was invented，people wrote or drew on materials such as bamboo，

（1）　　/sɪlk/，animal hide，and wooden blocks．Writing materials were （2）　　（real）expensive and few people learned to read．Therefore，few people wrote．This all changed，thanks （3）　　 a man named Cai Lun．

   Paper had already existed（存在）in China，but the process for （4）　　（produce）it was difficult and the paper was of low quality．Cai Lun began experimenting（试验）with many different materials and different （5）　　（method）to turn those materials into paper．In the year 105，he made it from tree bark，bamboo，cloth rags，and fishing nets．His paper was （6）　　（strong）and cheaper than any paper that had been made before．

With Cai Lun's papermaking method，Chinese culture （7）　　/gru：/ more rapidly over the next several centuries．That's because ideas were much easier to share （8）　　 more people learned to read．The use of paper spread abroad，helping （9）　　/'ʌðə/ cultures record and spread their ideas．Today，Cai Lun is considered a national hero in China．But

（10）　　 whole world should remember the clever Chinese papermaker forever．

If you've ever stayed up late and then gotten up early the next day， you know what it's like not to get enough sleep． It's very uncomfortable feeling． In fact， for many years scientists （1）　　（believe） that sleep is like food ﹣ if we don't get enough of it， we might get sick or even die． But now they （2）　　 （start）to wonder just how much sleep we need．

    Researchers at Imperial College London did a study on fruit flies（果蝇）． They found that flies that slept for very short periods of time ﹣ about72 minutes a day ﹣still（3）　　 （live） about as long as flies that slept for normal amounts of time． One of the female slept for just 4 minutes each day on average． This has led the researchers to wonder if sleep is less necessary than we previously thought．

    Humans are very different from fruit flies． Sleep（4）　　（help） repair tissue （组织） when our bodies perform a lot of maintenance （维护）． Sleeping allows our bodies（5）　　 （get） well again from the stress we experience each day．

    But can we really die from not seeping？ No humans have died so far from （6）　　（stay） awake for too long． The current（现在的）world record for sleeplessness （7）　　 （hold） by Randy Gardner from the US， who stayed awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964．

    Scientist have not yet found any animals that don't sleep at all． Even animals that only seep for short periods are not completely sleepless．

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．