初中英语记叙文试题

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Do you know One Belt，One Road？We also call it the Modern Silk Road．And Zhang Qian was an early traveler of the Ancient Silk Road．He was probably the first（1） 　　to bring back good information about the central Asian lands to China．

In 138BC，Han Wudi sent Zhang Qian to the Yue﹣chi people to ask for their（2） 　　against the Xiongnu who often infringed（侵犯）them．（3） 　　，on the way to the Western Regions，he was caught by the Xiongnu people．Zhang had to stay with them（4） 　　about 10years before he got away．When Zhang finally（5） 　　the Yue﹣chi in the North India，he was（6） 　　to find that they didn't want to fight against the Xiongnu people．

On（7） 　　return journey，Zhang Qian and his men were（8） 　　again．It was not until 125BC that they returned to China．（9） 　　Zhang didn't finish his job，he learned a lot about the places，people，customs and cultures of the 36kingdoms（王国）in the Western Regions．

Later Han Wudi sent Zhang to the West again．Zhang's journey to the West helped（10） 　　international trade，especially in silk，between China and the West．That's the Ancient Silk Road．

1．A．men	B．man's	C．man	D．men's
2．A．question	B．help	C．knowledge	D．answer
3．A．Happily	B．Excitedly	C．Luckily	D．Unfortunately
4．A．for	B．since	C．at	D．in
5．A．arrived	B．reached	C．got	D．liked
6．A．comfortable	B．disappointed	C．excited	D．enjoyable
7．A．him	B．he	C．his	D．himself
8．A．caught	B．made	C．served	D．heard
9．A．But	B．As	C．Because	D．Although
10．A．use	B．get	C．develop	D．see．

A British boy named Seb Clover has a fantastic and exciting hobby﹣sailing．He sailed his 9.8﹣metre﹣long boat 5000km （41） 　　．Tenerife to Antigua．Fifteen﹣year﹣old Seb has become one of （42） 　　，people to sail alone across the Atlantic Ocean so far．Seb said，"Sometimes I was afraid．

But I still enjoyed every moment．The （43） 　　，thing was seeing fish and other sea animals swimming close to the boat，and the worst part of the journey was when I ran out of chocolate．"

   Seb （44） 　　boats since he was very young and （45） 　　to get ready for this journey when he was only twelve．Seb said，"I enjoyed sailing alone，but I'm looking （46） 　　to going back to school now．"Seb （47） 　　twice a day for a year by his coach and a half year to prepare for the sailing．He also held fundraisers（募捐会），not only （48） 　　the cost of sailing，but also to （49） 　　money for an organization which helps （50） 　　persons．Sed said，"Any teenager can do this and all they have to do is to have a try．"

41．A．from	B．across	C．through	D．on
42．A．young	B．the youngest	C．the younger	D．younger
43．A．worse	B．worst	C．better	D．best
44．A．sails	B．sailed	C．has sailed	D．sailing
45．A．has started	B．started	C．will start	D．starts
46．A．forward	B．for	C．after	D．up
47．A．has trained	B．will be trained	C．trained	D．was trained
48．A．wait for	B．pay for	C．to pay for	D．to wait for
49．A．research	B．raise	C．rise	D．receive
50．A．carelessly	B．carefully	C．homelessness	D．homeless．

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．

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Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman's living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，"There's only one thing you mustn't do．Don't open the box．"After saying this，he（41） 　　the living room．

The woman said to her husband，"There（42） 　　something expensive in the box．Let's（43） 　　it，shall we？"Her husband said no to her．

The woman didn't give up her（44） 　　．One day，she decided to find out what was（45） 　　it．Her husband didn't stop her．She opened the box and looked（46） 　　．She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it，（47） 　　she failed．

That evening the businessman came home and found the box was（48） 　　．He was very angry and asked the woman and her（49） 　　to leave his home at once．

"But there was（50） 　　in the box．"the woman said．"We haven't taken anything at all．"The businessman shouted at them，"The box is not important．I cannot believe in you．That's important!"

41．A．entered	B．left	C．found	D．arrived
42．A．must be	B．has	C．lived	D．have
43．A．buy	B．close	C．clean	D．open
44．A．home	B．idea	C．boss	D．children
45．A．near	B．under	C．in	D．on
46．A．beside	B．outside	C．up	D．inside
47．A．so	B．and	C．but	D．or
48．A．lost	B．open	C．empty	D．closed
49．A．husband	B．son	C．daughter	D．businessman
50．A．nothing	B．something	C．anything	D．everything．

（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．

Last night I had a very strange dream． I dreamt I （1） 　　an alien（外星人） in my school! I asked him where he was from（2） 　　why he was here． He told me that he was from Mars and won a competition to（3） 　　the earth． I asked him （4） 　　old he was and he told me he was 500 years old． Then I asked him how long he was going to stay on the（5） 　　and when he was going back（6） 　　Mars． He said that the earth was to（7） 　　that he didn't want to leave． He also invited （8） 　　to visit Mars one day． （9） 　　I heard my mum calling me， "Wake up， Peter． Time for （10） 　　 !" What a strange dream!

（1）A．met	B．became	C．left
（2）A．but	B．or	C． and
（3）A．lose	B．visit	C．open
（4）A． How	B．when	C．what
（5）A．sun	B．earth	C．moon
（6）A． to	B．at	C．off
（7）A．ugly	B．old	C． beautiful
（8）A． him	B．me	C．her
（9）A． Suddenly	B．Usually	C．Really
（10）A． Business	B．rest	C．school

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

The first astronauts

    Since the earliest times， people have looked up at the stars， the moon and the planets． Today people use modern machines   （1）　　   at the sky． This is very different from the situation   （2）　　 years ago when people could only use their eyes． Perhaps they dreamed of （3）　　 the universe．

When did humans first go into space？ The story began not so very long ago，

（4）　　 the first astronauts were not people﹣they were animals．

    Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as （5）　　   as possible for humans． So they decided to experiment with animals and test （6）　 in spaceflights． Insects， mice， frogs， dogs and monkeys were some of the animals （7）　　 first went into space． Many of them   （8）　　 ， but they helped to make space travel safer for humans． For their great service， we （9）　　 forget these animals．

    Albert Ⅱ was the first monkey to go into space in 1949．Sadly he died （10）　　   his spaceship landed back on Earth．

    （11）　　 the result was different for Ham the Monkey． His story ended happily when he return to earth （12）　C　 very good health．

Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question：could（13）　　   animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth？ The answer came when Ham （14）　　   into space in 1961． Yes， he did everything well and lived for （15）　　 16 years．

（1）A． look	B． to look	C．looking	D． looked
（2）A． thousand	B． thousands	C． thousand of	D． thousands of
（3）A． explore	B． to explore	C．explored	D． exploring
（4）A．as	B． or	C． but	D． so
（5）A． safe	B． safer	C． safest	D． the safest
（6）A． they	B．them	C． their	D． theirs
（7）A． whom	B． what	C． that	D． whose
（8）A． die	B． died	C．have died	D． will die
（9）A． shouldn't	B． may not	C．don't have to	D． needn't
（10）A．if	B．because	C． after	D． since
（11）A． Luck	B． Lucky	C． Luckier	D． Luckily
（12）A． at	B． on	C． in	D．for
（13）A． a	B． an	C． the	D．/
（14）A． send	B． sent	C． is sent	D． was sent
（15）A． another	B．other	C． others	D． the others

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？