初中英语短文填空试题

Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things．I teach my daughters to d（76）　　a habit of helping others．

We live in a rural（乡村） area．Most of what we see is beautiful nature．One of the exceptions （例外） to the beauty is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows．And there are no necessary public s（77）　　．Such as rubbish collection．

A helping behavior（行为） that I often p（78）　　with my daughters is picking up rubbish in our neighborhood．My daughters often have a m（79）　　to see who can collect the most rubbish．They will often say to me in an excited voice，"There's some rubbish，﹣Daddy，stop the car!"Without t（80）　　more，we will often get out of the our car and pick it up．Though it may seem s（81）　　，we do it．In fact，we enjoy it．We pick it up rubbish in parks，on sidewalks，almost a（82）　　．

One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road．I stopped．He r（83）　　his head and said to me with a smile，"I saw you doing this with your family．It's a good idea to protect our natural world．"

There are many other ways to p（84）　　kindness for others．You may share a dinner with a beggar（乞丐），visit lonely old people in the nursing home，or help the blind cross the street．You can think of something that can be finished e（85）　　but helpful．It is fun，self﹣satisfying，and what's more，it can set a good example．Helping others is helping yourself．

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Hi Tony,
Thanks for telling me about your family. Let me tell you a       my family. You know I have a brother and he is 13 y     old.He likes hiking and climbing (攀登) mountains (山).My brother is very tall and he can climb f   a long time.
My father works hard. He is a doctor. He likes watching TV and r     books. He w     glasses.
My mother a       works hard. She is a teacher. She t    young children English. She d      like cooking. She likes shopping and s    she shops with her friends at weekends .
We have a car. We visit the museums or go on p    once a month. How happy we are!
Yours,
Millie

Dear Auntie Em，

Great news! Mrs Mumford just told me I had been chosen as one of the school （61）　　 （student） to visit the University of Cape Town in South Africa this summer! She said the program （62）　　 （design） for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture．（63）　　 a good chance!

The only problem is：mom and dad （64）　　 （simple） won't let me go．They said it was dangerous for me，a girl，（65）　　 （travel） alone．But my guess is that they think it too expensive．I kept telling （66）　　（they） I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before．They needn't worry about me（67）　　 this trip would be almost the same as that one．（68）　　．They just won't listen!

Will you help，Auntie Em？It will be （69）　　 very important experience to my personal growth．

Love，（and love you even （70）　　 （much） if you manage to make mom & dad agree with me．）

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How do you "laugh" when chatting with friends on the Internet？ Is it "haha" or "hehe"？ In Thailand， they use "555" （1）　　their laughter． What other different ways do people use around the world？

    It has been quite a long time since people （2）　　to use online expressions． Some common expressions of laughter include LOL， meaning laugh put out， and ROFL， rolling on the floor laughing． You can see the influence of these expressions everywhere． LOL （3）　　in Oxford English Dictionary in 2011．

    But how do other languages express meaning online symbols？ Most languages follow the rule that they have similar sounds． Sometimes， numbers or letters in one language （4）　　very different in another． "555" sounds like a person （5）　　in Chinese， but like laughter in Thai． This is because the number 5 is pronounced "ha" in Thai． "Jaja" is the Spanish way of writing "haha"． In Spanish， "j" is pronounced like the English "h"． Isn't it funny to find these interesting ways to "laugh" ？

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你好！我是彼得（Peter），11岁。我有两个新同学。他们是尼克(Nick)和玛丽(Mary)。尼克12岁， 又大又强壮。玛丽也12岁，又高又漂亮。他们是我的好朋友。他们既聪明又善良。我喜欢他们。
Hello! I am Peter. I am eleven years old. I _____  ___  _____ classmates. They are Nick and Mary. Nick is twelve years old. He is ______ and _____. Mary is twelve too. She is _____ and pretty. They are my good _____. They are ___ and ______. I like ______.

Do you know how rice first came to China？ There is an old Chinese story

（1）　　 is about little girl who went out to fish． There was famine（饥荒）and everybody was very （2）　　 /'hʌŋgrɪ/．

    The little girl felt her net growing heavy and was very happy． However， it was the King of Frogs（青蛙）that she（3）　　 /kɔ： t/．The frog told her to hold out her fishing net to the sun's rays and he would sing（4）　　 magic song．The little girl followed his instructions．She was（5）　　（great）surprised to see the rays of sunshine falling through the net． And they were changed （6）　　 golden grains（谷粒）of rice． The first rice was thought to arrive in this way．

    We do not know whether this story is true， but it tells （7）　　（we）that rice has the same value as gold to the Chinese． Rice （8）　　（be）always the main food for the Chinese．For centuries， much land has been devoted（奉献）to rice﹣planting and many Chinese people are （9）　　（farmer）， who work very hard for each grain．

    It's important to （10）　　 /seɪv/ food and say no to waste． After all， waste not， want not．

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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If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities can help us grow up in many w      . They o       us chances(机会) to practise what we learn in class. Through activities, we can also learn more about today's society(社会)and a lot of n      things that we can't learn from our books. What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f         .
We are b    with our study in school. Many students like to stay in the classroom to do homework i  of going out to relax(放松).  I hope they can have l__ _ homework
and have more time to do after-school activities. Some will make us strong and h     .Some may even change our life. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe(呼吸) f       air. Then, we can pay more attention to(注意) our studies and study better. So, all the students, get out and take an active  part in after-school
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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．

Mary is a book lover．She could read by （61）　　 （her） at the age of four．Last year，she decided to try out for a volunteer after﹣school reading program．She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read．"The kids are （62）　　 （sit） in the library，but you can see in their （63）　　 （eye） that they're going on a （64）　　 （differently） journey with each new book．Volunteering here is a dream come true for me．I can do what I love to do （65）　　 help others at the same time．"