初中英语记叙文填空题

A kindergarten teacher decided to have her class play a game． The teacher told each student to bring a plastic bag with a few potatoes in it to school． Each student would"name"their potatoes after people they did not like． （1） 　　， the number of potatoes would be（2） 　　depending on how many people each student hated．

The next day， with their potatoes， all the students went to school （3） 　　the game． Some kids had just one or two potatoes， while others had as many as five or six． The teacher then told the children that they would have to carry their potatoes with （4） 　　wherever they went for one week．

Several days （5） 　　．Some of the students started to complain（ 抱怨）， as their potatoes began to rot（腐烂）and（6） 　　bad． The students who carried （7） 　　potatoes began to get unsatisfied with the heavy bags．

One week later， the game （8） 　　．The teacher asked，" How did you（9） 　　carrying around your potatoes for a week？"

The students complained once again． The teacher simply smiled and said， "This is what it's like to carry hatred（仇恨 ）in your heart． You have to carry it with you wherever you go． If you can′t tolerate （容忍） carrying rotten potatoes for one week， how can you imagine having （10） 　　in your heart for a whole lifetime？ Forgive others and move on with your life．"

（1）A．However	B． In a word	C． Therefore	D．After all
（2）A． different	B．similar	C．the same	D．small
（3）A． to watch	B． to join in	C． to win	D．to lose
（4）A． it	B．that	C． them	D．school bags
（5）A． passed by	B．passde on	C． passed	D．walked by
（6）A． taste	B．smell	C． sound	D．feel
（7）A． few	B．some	C． more	D．any
（8）A． continued	B．was done	C． began	D．was over
（9）A． feel like	B． look like	C． enjoy	D．just like
（10）A．love	B． happiness	C． friendship	D． hate

A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers， and they happened to pass a lake． They stopped there to （1） 　　for a while， and the wise man said to one of his followers， "I am very（2） 　　． Could you please get me some water from the lake？"

As the wise man requested， the follower waked to the lake． Some people were（3） 　　their clothes in the water， and right at that moment， several cows were going through the lake． As a （4） 　　， the water became very muddy （泥泞的）． The follower went back and told the wise man that the water was very （5） 　　and not fit to drink．

After they had rested for about half an hour， the wise man again asked the（6） 　　follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink． As requested， the follower went to the lake． This time he found that all the mud had settled （沉淀） to the bottom． The water was very clear and looked fit to drink． So he （7） 　　his water bottle and took it to the wise man．

The wise man took the water bottle and drank before looking up at the follower． "See（8） 　　you did to make the water clean．" he said． "You let it be（9） 　　and the mud settled down on its own， so that you could get some clear drinking water． Your mind can also be like that （10） 　　when it is troubled by something． If you just let it be and give it a little time， it will settle down on its own without you having to put in any effort at all．"

（1）A． stand	B． rest	C． bath	D． swim
（2）A． thirsty	B． tired	C． dirty	D． hungry
（3）A． selling	B． making	C． washing	D． catching
（4）A． rule	B． reason	C． whole	D． result
（5）A． muddy	B． cold	C． clear	D． salty
（6）A． other	B． same	C． second	D． young
（7）A． threw	B． filled	C． got	D． opened
（8）A． when	B． how	C． why	D． what
（9）A． for a while	B． for a rest	C． on the beach	D． at once
（10）A． journey	B． lake	C． follower	D． mud

It was a dark night．There came a crazy（1）　　at the doctor's office door． "Come in!" the doctor was a bit impatient．

    The door opened and in walked a scared little girl who was no more than nine．She had（2）　　on her mind， "Oh doctor， I beg you， please come with me． My father is certainly dying， he is（3）　　he can be．"

    "I don't go to people's houses to serve them，（4）　　your father here．" "But he's too sick， （5）　　you must come or he will die， I'm afraid．" The doctor， touched by her deep strong love， decided he would go．

    She led the doctor to her house where her father lay in bed．Her father was so sick that he couldn't（6）　　his head． But his eyes cried out for help．

    The doctor got his fever（7）　　 and he lived through the night． The doctor said he had to leave but would return again by two o'clock．And later he came back to check，just like he said he would do．

    The father thanked the doctor for all the things he'd done． The doctor told him that he would have died （8）　　it had not been for his little girl．

    "How（9）　　you must be of your wonderful little girl! It was her pleading（恳求）that made me come； she is quite a pearl （珍珠）!

    "Yes， doctor． Though my daughter is very weak， she does all the housework．" The doctor stood quietly for quite a little while． He was（10）　　the whole thing that had happened， and about the beautiful little angel （天使）that had walked across his floor．

（1）A． voice	B． knock	C． sound	D． noise
（2）A． trouble	B． questions	C． ideas	D． information
（3）A． as healthy as	B． as careful as	C． as fast as	D． as sick as
（4）A． take	B． put	C． bring	D． have
（5）A． and	B． as	C． so	D． since
（6）A． lift up	B． look up	C． put on	D． hold on
（7）A． up	B． down	C． out	D． in
（8）A． whether	B． unless	C． although	D． if
（9）A． pride	B． proud	C． nice	D． kind
（10）A． thinking about	B． talking about	C． learning about	D． caring about

An old man was fishing on the bank of a river．A child came to see him fishing．The old man was really good （36）　　 fishing and it didn't take long for him to （37）　　 a full basket of fish．The old man saw that the child was very cute，and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish．But the child （38）　　 her head．The old man was （39）　　 and asked．"Why don't you want the fish？"

The child answered．"I want the fishing rod （杆）in your hands．"

The old man asked．"Why do you want the rod？"

"It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket．But if I have the fishing rod，I can go （40）　　 by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat．"

I think you will （41）　　 say that the child is very smart．Wrong!If she doesn't know （42）　　 to fish，she can not have fish to eat，even though she has the fishing rod．It's （43）　　 to only have a fishing rod．Fishing skills are the （44）　　 important，not the fishing rod．

Too many people think that if they have a"fishing rod"in their life，they will （45）　　 fear the wind and rain．They are just like the child，who thought that if when had a fishing rod，she would have fish to eat．

36．A．in	B．at	C．with	D．for
37．A．catch	B．bring	C．take	D．carry
38．A．nodded	B．shook	C．carried	D．lifted
39．A．excited	B．worried	C．surprised	D．interested
40．A．fish	B．fishes	C．fished	D．fishing
41．A．certainly	B．mainly	C．finally	D．exactly
42．A．what	B．how	C．when	D．where
43．A．homeless	B．harmless	C．careless	D．useless
44．A．more	B．most	C．least	D．less
45．A．not longer	B．not long	C．no longer	D．no long．

（1）　　Liu Xiang，life as a sporting hero has just begun．（2）　　of all，he'll be invited to competitions around the world．He'll be（3）　　to represent China at the Olympic Games．He's a symbol of China's international sporting success．

    Liu Xiang is not an overnight（4）　　．He was born in Shanghai on 13^th July，1983and，he started training when he was very young．In Grade Four，Liu was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper．Then，in 1998，his skill at hurdling was noticed（5）　　his coach Sun Haiping．

    Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme．It was set up in 2001to help young sportsmen and sportswomen．Liu's races were recorded，and his performance was（6）　　with the world's best sports stars．Sun Haiping used the information to change Liu's training programme．In 2002he（7）　　his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland．

    So what's next for Liu Xiang？Has he found out that there's more to life（8）　　training？Will he be encouraged（9）　　more time away from sport？

    No!Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China（10）　　he was trained for gold．

（1）A．In	B．Of	C．For	D．At
（2）A．First	B．Second	C．Third	D．Firstly
（3）A．choose	B．chose	C．chosen	D．choosed
（4）A．success	B．successful	C．succeed	D．successfully
（5）A．by	B．to	C．with	D．in
（6）A．compare	B．compared	C．comparing	D．to compare
（7）A．won	B．win	C．wins	D．winning
（8）A．then	B．them	C．than	D．to
（9）A．spends	B．spend	C．spending	D．to spend
（10）A．because	B．so	C．if	D．and

Mr．Brown was going away for a week．Before he left，he said to Tom，his son，"If anyone asks for me，you can tell him that your father has been（36） 　　．

"OK，Dad"said Tom．But Mr．Brown was afraid Tom couldn't remember this，he（37） 　　these words on a piece of paper and asked Tom to look at it every now and then．

Four（38） 　　passed，but no one come．Tom thougt that piece of paper was no more（没 有）use，so he burnt it that evening．

The next afternoon，someone knocked at the door．Tom opened it．A man asked，"Where is your father？"Tom looked for the piece of paper，but he（39） 　　remembered he had burnt it，so he shouted，"NO more．"

"NO more？1 met him last week．When did it（40） 　　？"The man asked．

"Burnt yesterday evening．"

36．A．out	B．in	C．here	D．there
37．A．write	B．wrote	C．rewrite	D．rewrote
38．A．years	B．months	C．weeks	D．days
39．A．fairly	B．recently	C．suddenly	D．properly
40．A．open	B．pass	C．shout	D．happen．

Cindy and Anna were best friends． Some days they could spend hours happily together without any argument， but other days they just could not （1）　　 on what to do．

    One day they decided to play in the garden near their school． "Come on， let's play chess，"Anna said．

    "I don't want to play chess，"Cindy replied．

    "We always do what you want to do， Cindy． It's my turn to make a（2）　　，" Anna said． She was getting a little unhappy and （3）　　， leaving Cindy alone．

    Cindy was very angry． （4）　　 she got home， she found she still had Anna's notebook in her schoolbag． "Well， I'm not giving it back to her today． I'm too mad at her， " Cindy thought．

    The next day at school， their teacher Mrs． Stone （5）　　 their notebooks． But Anna didn't have hers， and she looked （6）　　． Cindy knew she should tell Mrs． Stone that she had the notebook， but she was （7）　　 mad at Anna．

    When it was time for lunch， Cindy finally told Mrs． Stone the （8）　　． "Thank you for being （9）　　， Cindy． I'm sure Anna will be thankful that you have given me her notebook，" said Mrs． Stone．

    Later， Mrs． Stone asked the two girls together and talked with them． Mrs． Stone helped them（10）　　 that it was a good idea to take turns to decide the activity． They became best friends again．

（1）A． agree	B． live	C． depend	D． try
（2）A． promise	B． project	C． decision	D． dialogue
（3）A． went over	B． went on	C． went by	D． went away
（4）A． Because	B． After	C． Unless	D． If
（5）A． gave away	B． asked for	C． handed in	D． paid for
（6）A． worried	B． normal	C． proud	D． relaxed
（7）A． still	B． never	C． usually	D． almost
（8）A． chance	B． method	C． truth	D． rule
（9）A． patient	B． honest	C． active	D． quiet
（10）A． describe	B． explain	C． guess	D． realize

Nowadays， lots of foreigners are learning Chinese． Like many of them， I

（1）　　 knew two words of Chinese （"Ni Hao" and "Xie Xie"） when I first came to Beijing， China in 2009． As you can guess， my life was（2）　　       for a while after I arrived． Simple tasks like ordering food or taking a taxi were quite stressful．

    I knew I had to learn more Chinese， so I（3）　　       a Chinese class． My teacher   was（4）　　   ， although I didn't learn enough to have a real conversation． Later I   studied on my own as well， but my progress was still slow． And I decided to （5）　　．

    Around this time， I started playing in a band with a Chinese man who became one of my best friends in Beijing． He taught me a lot of（6）　　    about music， such as "melody"． He learned a lot of English from me in return， so it was a good way to（7）　　 language and culture．

I have learned enough Chinese to （8）　　     many problems like booking train tickets． These days， there are more foreigners who are studying Chinese． I can（9）　　why it's an amazing language． Finally， I found that the best way to learn a

（10）　　 is to make friends with native speakers and spend time with them．

（1）A． usually	B． only	C． hardly
（2）A． easy	B． interesting	C． difficult
（3）A． missed	B． attended	C． taught
（4）A． helpful	B． cheerful	C． thankful
（5）A． make up	B． put up	C． give up
（6）A． words	B． names	C． jokes
（7）A． change	B． imagine	C． exchange
（8）A． deal with	B． look for	C． think of
（9）A． hope	B． realize	C． doubt
（10）A． language	B． subject	C． task

John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down． He called out nervously，"Mom， where's Charlie？ "He had just （1）　　 he hadn't seen his new puppy for over an hour．

    John looked around the garden， behind the bushes， and under the picnic table． No dog! His mother heard （2）　　 in his voice as he called her a second time． " Mom， I can't find Charlie!"

    She came outside （3）　　． "Let's look around the garden first． Don't worry． I'm sure he's close by．

    Both son and mother were （4）　　 now， but still no Charlie． Their calls were not completely wasted， though． Joe， the next﹣door neighbor， and his two daughters Tania and Julie， immediately agreed to help them （5）　　 the lost dog．

    But even with five people now searching the town's streets， they had no luck． Charlie was still （6）　　．

    Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie's （7）　　．She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier， she told John， and the cat was found the next day．

    John agreed． When they got home， he made a poster with a photo of Charlie， Then John heard a （8）　　 and opened his bedroom door． It was Charlie． John was greeted with a big wet kiss．Charlie had been （9）　　 in the bedroom this whole time， sleeping． John had never been so （10）　　 in his life!

（1）A．decided	B．forgotten	C．understood	D． realized
（2）A． anger	B．hope	C． fear	D． warning
（3）A． actively	B．quickly	C．carelessly	D． annoyingly
（4）A． shouting	B． talking	C．fighting	D． thinking
（5）A． give up	B． look for	C． run after	D． take care of
（6）A． missing	B． asleep	C． take	D． quiet
（7）A． address	B． character	C． name	D． picture
（8）A． mess	B． noise	C． voice	D．song
（9）A． shut	B． woke	C． tied	D．saved
（10）A． afraid	B． silly	C．happy	D． proud

A wealthy man loved his son very much． As he wanted his son to lead a happy life， he decided to send him to see a wise old man for his advice on happiness．

    When the old man learnt about his（1）　　， he handed the boy an empty bowl and said． "Go to the river miles away and（2）　　    it with water． I will tell you about it（3）　　no water is spilt（洒） when you reach here．" Although the boy was very surprised at this， he had no choice but to（4）　　this task．

The boy（5）　　on foot for the river and some time later came back with a bowl of water． The old man asked him， "Did you notice the beautiful flowers along the road and the birds singing in the trees？" The boy could say nothing about them because he gave his

（6）　　attention to the bowl in his hands．

    The old man smiled and said， "Bring me（7）　　bowl of water， but this time enjoy the flowers and the singing of birds as well．"

    When he returned， the boy was able to（8）　　everything he had seen to the old man． But when he looked down at his bowl， he found（9）　　that most water was gone． He forgot all about his bowl while enjoying the beautiful things along the road．

    "Well， young man，" the old man said． "Enjoy the beauty of the world， but never forget the water in your bowl． This is the（10）　　of happiness．"

（1）A．research	B．promise	C．purpose	D．experience
（2）A．wash	B．fill	C．compare	D．connect
（3）A．if	B．until	C．unless	D．while
（4）A．put out	B．pick out	C．point out	D．carry out
（5）A．set off	B．paid off	C．got off	D．kept off
（6）A．public	B．weak	C．quick	D．full
（7）A．any	B．every	C．another	D．the other
（8）A．change	B．imagine	C．examine	D．describe
（9）A． lazily	B．sadly	C．luckily	D．excitedly
（10）A．result	B．cause	C．secret	D．decision

Before graduating college， Jackie began to look for a job． She aimed at a famous company， but the （1）　　for such jobs was very strong． The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person， but more than twenty people applied for the job． （2）　　， Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview． The interview was very （3）　　． The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes． Then the interviewer said to them， "All of you are very good． Please go home and （4）　　our response．"

    Three days later， Jackie received a message saying she would not be （5）　　the job． She felt deeply disappointed． That evening， however， she received another （6）　　． This time it said that she got the job．

    Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview﹣﹣﹣a

（7）　　to see if she was suitable for the job． All the three people received the（8）　　text， but only Jackie's reply（9）　　 the company．Of the three， one did not reply． The other said "goodbye" and Jackie said "thank you"． This reply showed that Jackie was a/an（10）　　person， so the company offered her the job．

（1）A． exam	B． work	C． competition	D． plan
（2）A． Thankfully	B． Unluckily	C． Hopefully	D． Immediately
（3）A． long	B． strict	C． interesting	D． simple
（4）A． pick up	B． wait for	C． deal with	D． think of
（5）A． offered	B． returned	C． refused	D． shown
（6）A． letter	B． e﹣mail	C． call	D． message
（7）A． guide	B． conversation	C． test	D． lesson
（8）A． same	B． other	C． second	D． whole
（9）A． reached	B． satisfied	C． helped	D． surprised
（10）A． brave	B． clever	C． polite	D． honest

Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China． He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20^th century． In his short life he wrote（1）　　300 songs and an opera．

    Xian was born in Panyu， Guangdong， China in 1905． Because his father died before he was born， Xian moved from place to place with（2）　　mother． He began learning to play（3）　　violin when he was 20 years old． In the beginning， his violin was（4）　　 cheap and badly made that he（5）　　not play it well． His friends laughed at him． Xian did not stop（6）　　and soon showed his talent． In 1934， he was one of the first Chinese students（7）　 studied in a special music school in Paris． Before he（8）　　， Xian became the school's best student（9）　　won several prizes for his talents．

    In 1935， he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army． Later， he came to Yan'an（10）　　music at a college．（11）　　there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time ，Xian still wrote （12）　　of his most important music there， including The Yellow River， his most famous work．

    In May 1940， Xian（13）　to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies． In the Soviet Union， life was very（14）　　． Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness （15）　　October 30， 1945， aged only 40． Xian's music， however， lives on in the people's hearts．

（1）A． near	B． nearly	C． nearby	D． nearer
（2）A． he	B． him	C． his	D． he's
（3）A． a	B． an	C． the	D． this
（4）A． so	B． such	C． very	D． much
（5）A． need	B． may	C． should	D． could
（6）A． practise	B． practising	C． to practise	D． practised
（7）A． what	B． which	C． whom	D． who
（8）A． leave	B． leaves	C． left	D． was leaving
（9）A． and	B． but	C． as	D． or
（10）A． teach	B． taught	C． teaching	D． to teach
（11）A． If	B． Although	C． When	D． Because
（12）A． any	B． little	C． few	D． some
（13）A sent	B． was sent	C． has sent	D． was sending
（14）A hard	B． harder	C． hardest	D． the hardest
（15）A． at	B． in	C． on	D． by

What will happen if a family without the Internet for a month？One American family decides to find out．They have sent invitation to a leading US television station，expecting that it will send a film group to record their day﹣to﹣day life （71）　　technology for a month．

When the film group meet（72）　　Smiths，they find that Mr．Smith，Mrs．Smith and their two sons are so crazy about technology that （73）　　hardly do things together．At mealtimes，no one（74）　　at the dining table for their food．"Everyone just runs into the kitchen，takes their food and then goes back to their screen，"Mrs．Smith explains．"（75）　　we don't make a change，our family will become strangers to each other!"

Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not （76）　　，especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it．They have to make many （77）　　．For example，the two brothers have to go to the school （78）　　to borrow books for their scientific projects，and Mr．and Mrs．Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things （79）　　．As the family have picked up the new lifestyle，they find that they can spend more time taking over meals，playing sports and doing all （80）　　of activities together．

Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge？

Jack's love for birds started when he made his first birdfeeder about six years ago．He filled the feeder with seeds （种子），put it in his backyard and then （46 ）　　started coming．He got really （47）　　in birds as more came．Then be joined a local society．As he realized that more and more birds were dying very（48）　　，he wanted to try his best to help them．

Besides what he has done，he has his own group called Protecting Out Birds．He does （49）　　about birds，run a website to teach people about birds and how to help them，and （50）　　boxes for birds．Not long ago，he found that the bluebirds were nesting（做窝）in the dead trees which were often cut down，（51）　　he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them．Now he wants to use these boxes to（52）　　the dead trees．He hangs these boxes up in trees and takes（53）　　down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them．He also writes articles，hoping that more people will （54）　　protecting natural ecosystems（生态系统）．"Researching birds is （55）　 to protecting birds，"jack says，"In order to protect birds，we have to learn and really know about the birds．"

46．A．bees	B．birds	C．people	D．scientists
47．A．nervous	B．weak	C．bored	D．interested
48．A．peacefully	B．safely	C．quickly	D．sadly
49．A．practice	B．business	C．instruction	D．research
50．A．builds	B．breaks	C．lifts	D．pushes
51．A．so	B．but	C．though	D．because
52．A．take good care of	B．take the place of	C．catch up with	D．come up with
53．A．it	B．this	C．these	D．them
54．A．wait for	B．send for	C．join in	D．hand in
55．A．simple	B．crazy	C．important	D．fresh

More than 700 years ago，Scotland （ 苏格兰 ） was fighting with England．The king of England wanted to（16）　　Scotland．He had a strong army so it was （17）　　for the Scots to fight．They lost many times，King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army．

     One rainy day，King Robert lay in an old house．He thought that he was not good enough to be king．He was so（18）　　that he didn't even see a spider（蜘蛛）near him．He （19）　　when he

saw the spider climbing．It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down．

"How sad"thought King Robert．"The spider is like me．It's not （20）　 enough．"He watched while the spider climbed up again．It fell down a second time．

"Be careful，little spider，or you might die，"he said．"Life is so hard．You'll never get back to your web．"But the spider （21）　　again and again．King Robert watched while it （22）　　climbed back to its web．After an hour，the spider got do the web．

"You are such a great （23）　　，"he said．"If you can keep trying．I can too．I must keep on fighting．I won't let the English win．"His （24）　　grew strong and they （25）　　the English army．Scotland was free．

     Nobody knows if this is a true story．Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying．

16．A．leave	B．control	C．help	D．visit
17．A．interesting	B．difficult	C．important	D．necessary
18．A．surprised	B．bored	C．worried	D．lonely
19．A．looked ahead	B．looked out	C．looked on	D．looked up
20．A．old	B．strong	C．fast	D．free
21．A．tried	B．fell	C．practiced	D．cheered
22．A．finally	B．easily	C．slowly	D．suddenly
23．A．player	B．fighter	C．soldier	D．spider
24．A．army	B．feeling	C．opinions	D．family
25．A．kept	B．raised	C．stopped	D．joined