初中英语短文填空试题

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Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the t____ made the garden look wonderful.
No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well with each other. The vegetables h____ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e____ light to survive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b____ it could get to him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w__ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot sun. Soon they both began lo dry up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable f___ when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t____ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin r____ what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow. F____ he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realize that it was better to help each other than to f___.
From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with these around them.

Mary is an American schoolgirl.                                . She doesn’t know Chinese, but she is trying to study and speak it.                        . Sometimes they don’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese well.
It’s Saturday morning. Mary goes out. She is on her way to the park. She is going there to see a flower show（展览）.                                 . She asks a Chinese boy. The boy can’t understand her.                                 . She draws flowers on it, gives the picture to the boy and says something about it. The boy smiles and then shows Mary the way to the park

A. Then she takes out a pen and some paper. B. She is now in Beijing with her parents. C. She speaks Chinese very well. D. She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends. E. But she doesn’t know how to get there.

Camping in your backyard is full of fun. It makes us relaxed. It offers chances to enjoy the night sky and we needn’t be as quiet as usual. It makes us close to the outside world. It also lets us have many friends to stay with us! Follow these instructions and you’ll have a night you’ll never forget!
Put up your tent.
How many family members and friends will join? It decides how many tents you need. Tell your friends to bring their tents if needed. Remember to learn about how to put up a tent on the Internet.
Prepare your bedding.
Put something soft to lie on on the floor. An air mattress (床垫) may work well. Fill the tent with soft toys and blankets. Have sleeping bags and cotton blankets. They are important if it gets too cool in the night.
Prepare a seating area.
A picnic table is the best. Or you can set up a few chairs and a small table to put drinks and food on. You can also lay out (铺开) a blanket in the sun. Be sure the grass isn’t wet!
Make memories.
Plan some activities. You’re camping in the backyard, so it’s time to make memories of being outdoors. Have a camera to take photos of them. Take one large group shot with everyone smiling and laughing. Be sure to make copies for all of you.

Camping in Your Backyard
Full of fun	It makes us relaxed.
It’s possible for us to enjoy the night sky. We needn’t be as ______ as usual.
It makes us close to the ______ world.
We can have many friends to stay with us.
_______ to follow	Put up your tent: the _____ of family members and friends decides how many tents you need.
Prepare your bedding: You need something ______ like an air mattress. _____ the tent with toys and blankets. Sleeping bags and blankets are important on ____ nights.
Prepare a seating area: You need a ____ table or a set of chairs and a small table to put drinks and food on. It’s OK to lay out a blanket on dry _______.
Make memories: Take photos of the ______. Make copies for every one of you.

Korean（韩国的）culture is really exciting right now. (1) ______ Young people are going crazy about Korean TV plays ,Korean pop songs ,taekwondo and the Korean language .
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series（连续剧）Winter Sonata.(2) ______ People ,especially girls ,like the beautiful story and good-looking actors（演员）like Bae Young Jun .
(3) ______ You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox ,S.E.S. and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts( 排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars .Not only that ,some girls in China are having plastic surgery（整容）to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery.(4) ______ .
(5) ______ Find out by yourself when you visit South Korea next time.

Nowadays, we can find advertisements almost e  1  we go. An advertisement uses words and p  2  to attract people to buy goods or s  3 . This kind of advertisements is c  4   commercial(商业) advertisements. Newspapers, magazines, the Internet and t  5  are the most common places to find them.
The other k  6  of advertisements is public service advertisements(PSAs). The aims of PSAs are to teach us and help us lead b  7  lives. You have probably seen or heard some of them, such as “knowledge changes life.” There are also PSAs that e  8   people to support public service projects, such as Project Hope. There are even PSAs to teach us how to live healthy lives. One of these is, “When you smoke cigarettes, you are s  9  killing yourself.” You can often learn a lot by f 10  the advice they give.

“Your beliefs become your thoughts; your thoughts become your words; your words become your actions; your actions become your habits; your habits become your values; your values (价值)become your destiny(命运).”
The above words were said by Mohandas Handhi(默罕默德. 甘地). From these words, we can learn the importance of values.
Since values are so i     in our life, then what values should we learn so as to live a meaningful life?
Love --- By love, it doesn’t necessarily mean romantic love. I   , it could mean kindness. There are many ways for us to s    kindness to others. For example, we can give a hand to people who are in trouble, or we can say some encouraging words to those who are sad.
Responsibility --- Responsibility seems to be a huge word for middle school students.      However, we should learn to take responsibility for our actions. We should not be selfish (自私的) or think just for o    .
Honesty --- “Honesty is the best policy,” but how many of us actually believe that? As we grow up, we find it easier to tell l    . But we should remember that though we may not always be caught, those demons(恶魔) of dishonesty will go with us for the r    of our life.
Courage --- Courage means we should be willing to admit our mistakes and face difficulties and challenges w    fear.
Let’s keep these values in mind and live a meaningful life.

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re n   going to be anything but a failure.”
After five years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice g  . But her mother said to me, “You’ve failed in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my d  !” It was the disappointing thing that could have changed me later. I d  to do something positive about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was w  .
So I tried hard at my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I w   during the day and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to use full time to write. And then I was offered a part-time job as a t   at a high school. I began to feel p  of my self – there was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at a key high school. My w  career took off when I had my own writing style.
Now, I’m rich and f , because I am often on TV and many people know me. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have looked down on me had said, “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

We are proud of Li Na who is a Chinese professional                 player and has won 5 WTA and 19 ITF singles titles. Li won the 2011 French Open singles title, making her the first Asian country representative to win a Grand Slam in singles. With her performance at the 2011 Australian Open, she                the first player from an Asian country to appear in a Grand Slam singles final.
Li Na was born                 February 26, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Her father Li Shengpeng was a             badminton, following her father’s footsteps. Just before she turned eight, Li started to play tennis when she and her parents were convinced (说服)            coach Xia Xiyao of the Wuhan Youth Tennis Club that this would be the right career move for her. Li joined China’s National Tennis Team in 1997 and at the end of 2002, Li              the national tennis team to study part-time at Huazhong University of Science and Technology,              she completed her bachelor’s (本科) degree in journalism in 2009. She returned to the national team in 2004. Jiang Shan married Li and became her personal coach in 2006. Li left the national team in 2008 and organized her own team. This change was               “Fly Alone” by Chinese media. As a result Li had the freedom to pick her own coaching staff and she could keep more of her winnings.
This year, she won the championship in Australia open. How               we were when we heard of the good news! Congratulations to Li Na!

Computers can injure (伤害) you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example, if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly. You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely.
Your eyes
Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should be more than 50 centimeters from the screen. Don’t forget to look away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest.
When you use a computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the light will reflect on (反射) the screen. If the window is in front of you，the sun and the screen will both shine into your eyes.
Your hands and wrists (手腕)
Hand and wrist injuries can happen because the hands and wrists are moved in the same way hundreds of times.
If you use a keyboard for a long time, follow these three rules:
1) Rest your wrists on something.
2) Keep your elbows (肘) as high as the keyboard.
3) Stop sometimes and exercise your hands, wrists and fingers in a different way.
Your back
Some people sit for many hours in front of a computer. If you sit in the wrong way, you can injure your back or your neck. So you shouldn’t bend your back when you sit. The top part of the screen should be in front of your eyes. Your forearms, wrists, hands and the upper part of your legs should all be parallel (平行) to the floor. If you are sitting for a long time, get up every half an hour and exercise your arms, legs and neck.
Enjoy your computer, but use it safely.

Title: How to use a computer safely
Different parts of the body	Causes of the injuries	Some ways of keeping you away from computer injuries
Eyes	◆Too much light can injure your eyes	◆Don’t sit too close to a computer screen. ◆Your eyes should be over from the screen. ◆Remember to  the screen sometimes.
	◆You move them in the same way hundreds of times. ◆You use a keyboard for a long time.	◆Rest your wrists on something. ◆Keep your elbows at the same height as  . ◆Exercise your hands, wrists and fingers in different ways.
Back	◆You sit for many hours before a computer． ◆ You sit in the wrong way.	◆You should keep your back straight when you sit. ◆  every 30 minutes if you are sitting for a long time.

Are you left-handed? If you are, you make up just 10% of the world’s population.  Most people write and play musical instruments with their right hands.
Why are so few people left-handed? A new theory, called “cooperation (合作) vs competition” may have the answer.    When making tools for a right-handed person — like a knife — it was easier if everybody could use the same hand. But some humans wanted to compete instead. So to have an advantage over right-handed people, they would use their left hand to surprise competitors.
German born American scientist Albert Einstein, British physicist Isaac Newton and British biologist Charles Darwin are some famous “lefties”. At least six US presidents were left-handed, including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Harry Truman.
“Lefties” are also often linked with creativity and visual (视觉) skills.
How can this be? Well, the left side of our brain is where we solve problems. The right side of our brain is where we develop creativity. Right-handers tend (倾向) to use the left side more than the right side.
“This is why there are more of them in creative areas, such as music, art and writing,” said Alan Searleman, PhD, from St. Lawrence University, New York.
They tend to have worse memories, often forgetting names and places.

A.reader      B.used to      C.sitting         D.who         E.reporter

A young woman got on a bus,carrying her three-year-old baby.The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make room for the woman and her child.On seeing this,people began to talk.
"You know this conductor        be very rude. Now Suddenly he has changed his bad behavior," said a middle-aged man.
"Yes. He should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right." another lady said, "If a newspaper         is here so that more people could learn from him. "
Just then a gentleman         looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said, "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service should be praised…"
Before he could open his mouth, the three-year old child          on the young woman's lap interrupted. "I know his name. I call him Dad."

Mr Johnson didn’t have an experience of travelling in a plane before and he read a lot a  air accidents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small p  , Mr Johnson was very w     about accepting. Finally, however, his friend promised him that it was very s    , and Mr Johnson boarded the plane.
His friend started the engine and began to taxi(滑行) onto the runway of the airport. Mr Johnson h   the sound of the engine. He was extremely frightened and c   his eyes.
After a minute, he opened t   again, looked out of the w   of the plane, and said to his friend , “ Look at the people down there. They look as small a   ants, don’t they?” “Those are ants,”answered his friend. “We’re s   on the ground.”

Computers can injure(伤害)you. Most other injuries happen suddenly．For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly． You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn some ways of keeping you away from computer injuries．
Your eyes
Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should be more than 50 centimeters from the screen. Don’t forget to look away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest．
When you use a computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the light will reflect on(反射)the screen. If the window is in front of you，the sun and the screen will both shine into your eyes．
Your hands and wrists(手腕)
Hand and wrist injuries can happen because you move the hands and wrists in the same way hundreds of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time, follow these three rules:
Rest your wrists on something.
Keep your elbows(肘)as high as the keyboard.
Stop sometimes and exercise your hands, wrists and fingers in a different way．
Your back
Some people sit for many hours before a computer. If you sit in the wrong way, you can injure your back or your neck. So you should keep your back straight when you sit. The top part of the screen should be in front of your eyes. Your forearms, wrists, hands and the upper part of your legs should all be parallel(平行)to the floor. If you are sitting for a long time, get up every half an hour and exercise your arms, legs and neck．
Enjoy your computer, but use it safely．

Title:  How to use a computer safely
Different   of your body	Causes of the injuries	Some   of keeping you away from computer injuries
Your eyes	Too much light can injure your eyes	Don’t sit too close to a computer screen． Your eyes should be              50 centimeters from the screen．  to look away from the screen sometimes．
Your          and wrists	You   them in the same way hundreds of times. You use a keyboard for a long time.	your wrists on something. Keep your elbows as    as the keyboard． Exercise your hands, wrists and fingers in different ways．
Your back	You sit for many hours      a computer． You sit in the wrong way.	You should keep your back                 when you sit． Get up every half an hour if you are sitting for a long time.

Debbie got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted to go skating in the Green Park w  some of her friends. She was very h   about it.
As soon as she was ready, she got on her bike and l    for the park —---- it was on the other side of the town.
Suddenly, as she was riding fast, she h   the sirens (警笛).The sound of the sirens was gcloser and closer. So Debbie looked behind to see what was h  .
As a result (结果), she f off her bike and lay in the middle of the road. Luckily, Debbie wasn’t hurt, b  a car hit her bike.
After the car stopped, two men got out and started running. Just then a p   car stopped and three policemen got out and started running a  the two men. One of the policemen shouted, “Stop the thieves (贼)!”
At the same time a policeman came to see Debbie. He thanked her because, in a way, she had helped them catch the thieves.