初中英语人生感悟类阅读试题

Everyone wants to be successful. But failure is a common(普通的) thing for us to meet with.
         , sometimes we fail the exams, sometimes in the sports meet, others           but we fail. So     everybody meets with the failure in his life.
However, different people have different       to deal with the failure. Some people lose hope when they fail. They seem to think that it is the        of the world. Others, on the other hand, don’t take failure      . They seem to think that failure is the first step(步骤) to success. They will keep up and try their best      the final success.
Now let’s imagine (猜想) the ends of the two ways. If we are afraid of the failure and always feel
     , and don’t try our best to change ourselves, we may meet with more and more failures. But as long as we are hopeful and brave to face them, and never give up, we will          successful and our dreams will come true some day.
So, please remember: Life doesn’t give us the pleasure we want. But if we never give up and
       do little by little, it will make a big difference.

A．At first B．All the time C．For example D．Of course

A．lose hope B．win C．get D．accept

A．almost B．never C．always D．still

A．activities B．answers C．ideas D．ways

A．area B．end C．start D．shock

A．seriously B．serious C．angry D．angrily

A．getting B．gets C．to get D．get

A．careful B．happy C．angry D．upset

A．become B．turn C．get D．grow

A．often B．always C．never D．Seldom

About a week ago, when I was playing basketball at our city park, I noticed a small group of boys picking on(作弄) a smaller boy. They were calling his names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked something in his face. When I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stepped    them and the smaller boy, and asked them politely what this boy had done . One of the boys replied, “He’s weird.” Then I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird, and the     was “No.” So, I asked another boy what the word “weird”    , and he said, “Different.” That was my cue(暗示). I told them that everyone was      , and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them. They all stood     for a moment, and then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him. He even   him to play with them.
I thanked the boy for being so brave. As I looked around, I realized that there were many other people at the park         no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt happy that the boy was    to stand up against his friends to help someone in need, but I felt sad that    else had even taken a second look.
I hope that I’ve helped them realize that they could make a    with a little effort and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.

A．against B．between C．beside D．with

A．guess B．sign C．problem D．answer

A．read B．spelled C．meant D．wrote

A．different B．free C．important D．strong

A．angrily B．silently C．carefully D．happily

A．refused B．taught C．invited D．hoped

A．or B．so C．and D．but

A．too strong B．so strong C．strong enough D．enough strong

A．someone B．anyone C．nobody D．everyone

A．difference B．practice C．mistake D．a face

Mr. Garza and his fifth-grade students were exploring the importance of color in nature and in other places. “The color red can give you      ,” Mr. Garza explained. “Blue can be soothing(抚慰的).” He asked the students to     how the grey color of the classroom walls made them feel. They said they always felt that the color was boring and dull.
“Could we paint the classroom a different color?” one of the students asked. The other students nodded eagerly in agreement. Mr. Garza replied that they would have to ask the headmaster for permission. He assigned the students the task of meeting with the headmaster, in order that they could persuade(说服) him to     them to repaint the classroom.
The students were excited when the headmaster agreed. They discussed     colors for the classroom walls and finally decided on a soft yellow. The parents’ club donated the paint, rollers, brushes, and other equipment.
Painting day was on Saturday. The students, along with several parents, gathered together. First, they removed      from the classroom walls. Next, they moved all the furniture to the middle of the room. Then Mr. Garza explained how to deal with the painting. He told them to be careful and not to spill or waste the paint.
After the work was done, the students    their job. The new color brightened the classroom. The headmaster brought members of the school board to see the classroom. Before long, every classroom in the school had a fresh coat of paint.

A．experience B．energy C．memory D．effect

A．decide B．discover C．describe D．develop

A．allow B．ask C．afford D．agree

A．basic B．various C．simple D．similar

A．any thing B．something C．nothing D．everything

A．were busy with B．were pleased with C．were familiar to D．were responsible for

    Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They    each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning    night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.
One late autumn evening, after their work in the     was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will    take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found   __ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,  __ I still have the same number of bags in my barn.  __ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the     number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he __  again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another   coming down the road. He was carrying something on his     , too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was    _you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is   than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly_  that they had been taking rice to each other. They   what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

A．disliked B．hated C．loved D．enjoyed

A．until B．at C．through D．with

A．shops B．fields C．hospitals D．factories

A．never B．sometimes C．usually D．ever

A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something

A．so B．and C．but D．or

A．How B．What C．Why D．Where

A．small B．different C．big D．same

A．planned B．failed C．hoped D．tried

A．brother B．person C．sister D．wife

A．back B．shoulder C．head D．hand

A．proud of B．polite to C．angry with D．worried about

A．smaller B．richer C．larger D．happier

A．remember B．know C．believe D．hope

A．laughed about B．dreamed about C．pointed at D．shouted at

It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know           future really is? I have to say that future is time. That is to say we must save every      now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know      important time is and use it well.
There is an old English saying, “Gain time, gain life.”Then what’s time? Time is        that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it          by. Time is          with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time passes too. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even       than money, because when money      , we can earn it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is       .
We should always remember: Future is now. For us students, we should      our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best       of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never       what can be done today till tomorrow.
As we all know, “Time and tide wait for         man.” If you waste today, you will feel      tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be      . Remember :“No pains, no gains.”Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.

A．how B．when C．what D．which

A．coin B．minute C．clock D．dream

A．what B．what a C．how D．how a

A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything

A．passes B．passed C．to pass D．passing

A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．always

A．valuable B．much valuable C．more valuable D．very valuable

A．will spend B．has spent C．will be spent D．is spent

A．homeless B．priceless C．hopeless D．endless

A．try B．make C．find D．improve

A．use B．useful C．used D．useless

A．take off B．get off C．put off D．show off

A．no B．little C．each D．every

A．surprised B．pleased C．happy D．sorry

A．stronger B．brighter C．farther D．bigger

It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said         , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at            an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a           husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always            of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from         .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to         at our party. I’ll never forget what she
taught            .
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow          because we stop playing. Here are the          of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you               your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big              between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to          , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did,            rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week               graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly

A．so B．this C．such D．that

A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short

A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed

A．another B．the other C．the others D．others

A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss

A．us B．her C．him D．them

A．young B．old C．tall D．thin

A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys

A．week B．month C．year D．day

A．lose B．have C．keep D．like

A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem

A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy

A．because B．so C．though D．but

A．in B．after C．during D．before

Jennifer was sitting on the bench. ‘It’s getting _         ,’ she thought. ‘I should go home.’ She wanted to know her parents’ reactions (反应) when she___      home after the three days she was missing. It was really dark when she finally got to home’s front door. It was different _    usual.      _looked after the outside garden for _    days. It was so strange because her father usually worked hard to keep everything___ and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on. She walked into the _    . First, she went into the kitchen__    she saw a note written by her father. He said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am looking for her out.’ Ellen was her mother, but ___    is she? She went to her parents’ room. She saw her there. Her___ was lying on the bed and was sleeping. Her face looked so tired as if she wasn’t asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up. However, she looked too tired, _   Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.
When Jennifer _       , something was different: She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t _    the old clothes she ran away in. She was on her own bed. It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she _ __ a voice, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you __     us all very, very afraid.

A．early B．late C．warm D．angry

A．got B．get C．gets D．will get

A．to B．from C．with D．as

A．Everybody B．Somebody C．Anybody D．Nobody

A．many B．lots of C．a few D．much

A．clean B．dirty C．quiet D．busy

A．school B．room C．house D．library

A．if B．or C．what D．and

A．when B．who C．where D．what

A．mother B．father C．friend D．sister

A．and B．so C．but D．though

A．got up B．woke up C．put up D．cleaned up

A．putting on B．dressing C．wearing D．taking

A．heard B．listened C．sounded D．listened to

A．had B．told C．made D．gave

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my ____. At first, my parents said“no”to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this, ____ it didn’t work.
As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become ____. To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!
One evening, I was doing some ____ on my computer while Mike was listening to music. ____, I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I ____. He was using my computer to play games. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program ____ saving it－all I had done had disappeared! I ____ him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.
Then I did my homework ____. At 10:00 p.m., I finished it. When I was going to turn off the ____, I saw the photo of my ____ that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how ____ he was when my mom beat him. I really felt ____. I went to see what he was doing. I found he was ____ in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said,“I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”
I was so moved and said,“From now on, my room is not only mine. It is ____!”That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

A．clothes B．food C．room D．toys

A．because B．but C．or D．so

A．dirty B．empty C．quiet D．tidy

A．business B．homework C．reading D．shopping

A．Later B．Instead C．However D．Sometimes

A．danced B．fell C．returned D．slept

A．after B．by C．for D．without

A．agreed with B．heard from C．looked after D．shouted at

A．as well B．for ever C．in the end D．once again

A．computer B．fan C．radio D．TV

A．brother B．cousin C．father D．grandfather

A．clever B．happy C．sad D．silly

A．bored B．excited C．proud D．sorry

A．jumping B．sleeping C．sitting D．singing

A．his B．hers C．ours D．theirs

Now computers are very           among young people. Last week, we asked thirty young people      fourteen and eighteen. We asked how much      they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we     most interested in       they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with     user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers       . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理)      . Only two of them said computers      their lessons, and eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers in their computers or used      to write diaries. Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases (数据库). None of them used computers for any      use.
The       show that computer use is quite high among young people of 14-18 years old. They also show quite clearly that computers       by most young people as little more than game machines.         , though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become      in everyday life.

A．common B．cheap C．easy D．difficult

A．among B．between C．from D．about

A．hours B．money C．time D．/

A．is B．was C．are D．were

A．what B．why C．how D．whether

A．high B．higher C．highest D．the highest

A．to read B．reading C．to play games D．playing games

A．at times B．as usual C．in the end D．all the time

A．found out B．worked at C．helped with D．looked over

A．theirs B．them C．its D．it

A．another B．other C．the other D．others

A．ways B．questions C．reports D．results

A．are seen B．have seen C．will be seen D．see

A．More or less B．From now on C．By the way D．It seems to us that

A．wonderful B．popular C．useful D．Expensive

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was    , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of    . He stood right before me with his head down and said    , "Look what I found!" In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and    . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
    , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his      and said in surprise, "It smells sweet and it's beautiful, too. That's     I picked it. Here, it's for you." The flower before me was dead. But I knew must      it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, "This is just what I    ." Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not     ---he was blind.
Tears came down my face as I     him for picking the best one. "You're welcome." he smiled, and then ran off to       . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain .
Through the eyes of a blind child,        I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been      . I decided to see the beauty in life, and       every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

A．hopeless B．colorful C．simple D．wonderful

A．mind B．trouble C．breath D．work

A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly

A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

A．So B．Or C．However D．And

A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck

A．how B．when C．where D．why

A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break

A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have

A．cry B．speak C．smile D．see

A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated

A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play

A．at most B．at times C．at first D．at last

A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf

A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget

My mother says she probably wouldn’t love butterflies（蝴蝶）today if it weren’t for Mr. Patti.
When my mother Ada was a kid, she loved playing baseball and she wanted to       for the New York Yankees. Then her brother Howie pointed out that there weren’t any women playing major league baseball（棒球联赛）. Ada realized he was right. That made her so angry that she started throwing baseballs into the air and hitting them as         as she could.
One day Ada hit a ball through Mr. Patti’s window. She was about to run away when a bright yellow butterfly flew through the hole in the window. A blue butterfly         . Then a lot of colourful butterflies flew out like a rainbow（彩虹）. Ada       to open her arms and catch the butterflies.
It was too bad she didn’t       she heard Mr. Patti shouting, “Hey! You there!” Ada almost jumped 12 feet. When she landed, Mr. Patti handed her a net and a box. He pointed to the butterflies. “One hundred butterflies. We need to get them all back. Go!”
Running with the net, Ada began to catch some of the butterflies. By the end of the day, her
    was filled with butterflies ― including the bright yellow butterfly. There were still 13 butterflies missing. Mr. Patti showed Ada pictures         had taken of the missing butterflies. The photographs were so beautiful that she could hardly catch her breath.
“      do you get them to stay still（静止的，不动的）?” Ada asked.
“I’ll show you,” Mr. Patti replied.
And he did. He taught my mother everything he knew about photographing butterflies. That’s her          now. It is good because there still aren’t any women playing in the major leagues.
“I’ll never forget that day,” my mother says. “Breaking that window changed my         .” Then she goes into her workroom, which is filled with swirling butterflies.

A．cheer B．play C．work D．act

A．carefully B．high C．hard D．proudly

A．appeared B．joined C．followed D．reached

A．offered B．wanted C．agreed D．refused

A．so B．because C．after D．though

A．net B．box C．room D．yard

A．she B．they C．I D．he

A．How B．When C．Why D．Where

A．job B．hobby C．pleasure D．way

A．project B．purpose C．life D．Plan

“Never give up!” It is my law of life. It has brought me       . I learned the law from my father’s           story.
My father was          in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then          in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework           midnight. Life was hard, because they had no         !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where          people can become rich.
“         don’t I go to America?”he thought to himself, full of hope.
So my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to         money in America,”he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke          English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,       dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was          for the first few years. I worked from 10 am to 11 pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t         the schooling.”
My father       working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,”he often says to me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come          in life.”That is what I learned from my father.

A．disaster B．loss C．success D．pity

A．life B．fashion C．danger D．history

A．famous B．lucky C．rich D．born

A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept

A．until B．towards C．for D．during

A．experience B．energy C．time D．money

A．kind B．poor C．strong D．lazy

A．What B．How C．Why D．When

A．discover B．make C．collect D．spend

A．little B．good C．much D．excellent

A．giving B．running C．washing D．receiving

A．comfortable B．cheerful C．nice D．hard

A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay

A．kept B．finished C．minded D．stopped

A．really B．easily C．quietly D．slowly

As we know, everyone has problems. And       we don’t deal with our problems, we can easily become unhappy. So how do we deal with our problems? Here are some ways.
By learning to forget
Most of us have probably been         with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps they said something you didn't like, or you felt unfair. Sometimes, people can stay angry for years about a small problem. Time goes by, and good friendships may        .
Perhaps we have seen young children playing together. Sometimes they have disagreements, and decide          to each other. However, this usually does not.             for long. This is an important.          for us: we can solve a problem        learning to forget.
By regarding problems as challenges
Many students often complain about        . They might feel they have       work to do sometimes, or think the school rules are too       We must learn how to change these "problems" into "challenges". Education is an important part of our development.       young adults, it is our duty to try our best to deal with each challenge in our education        the help of our teachers.
By thinking of something worse
By comparing.          to other people, you will find your problems are not so terrible. Think about Stephen Hawking, for example, a very clever scientist,      regards his many physical problems as unimportant. He can't walk       even speak, but he has become very famous and successful. Don’t worry about problems. Let's face the challenges instead.

A．unless B．when C．if D．while

A．pleased B．interested C．relaxed D．angry

A．be founded B．lost C．be lost D．find

A．don’t talk B．to talk C．not to talk D．to not talk

A．happen B．last C．finish D．stop

A．book B．lesson C．subject D．magazine

A．as B．in C．by D．for

A．teachers B．friends C．classmates D．parents

A．lots of B．much too C．many too D．too many

A．relaxing B．strict C．boring D．interesting

A．As B．Like C．For D．So

A．to B．under C．with D．for

A．your B．ourselves C．yourself D．us

A．what B．who C．which D．whose

A．and B．but C．while D．or

At our school ,we sometimes have a special day to help others. Last year we went to an old people’s       and sang songs and performed a play for       . The old people were very         .We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should       primary schools and help       young students. I want to be a teacher     I’m older, so it would be a great experience for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to       for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week.
A.home               B. bank                    C. shop
A.her                  B. them                    C. him
A.great               B. happy                   C. smart
A.buy                 B. have                    C. visit
A.tell                B. ask                         C .teach
A.how               B. when                     C. where
A.write            B. wait                       C. look

My life, as it really is, is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always face it        .
In July, last year, I couldn't believe the news that I was       to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn't seem as          as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn't help _       .
What I saw didn't make me surprised. I knew very well _     my family was like. My mum had been in bed for two years because of her disease. I knew my family lived a hard life and couldn't afford my tuition fee(学费). I felt so upset at that moment but I could say          to my parents.
I decide to help my father with his work to support my family instead of        my schooling.
To my surprise, things completely changed just three days before the beginning of the new term. My head teacher who had taught me three years came to my family with some money, which had been raised(筹集) by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have     .”
At the same time, my father also earned some extra money, he tried his best to afford part of my tuition fee.
I knew I was such a lucky dog and decided to study harder in return. With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school         I had dreamed of.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always think of my teacher and schoolmates, and I can always get enough courage to go on. Because I have a college dream and must work hard for it no matter how hard life is. Just as a saying goes, “When one door shuts,       opens in life.”

A．differently B．bravely C．carefully D．angrily

A．ordered B．invited C．allowed D．persuaded

A．nervous B．excited C．interested D．outgoing

A．smiling B．shouting C．crying D．singing

A．what B．how C．where D．who

A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

A．to go on B．continuing C．enjoying D．starting

A．money B．a dream C．time D．a chance

A．that B．who C．whom D．when

A．it B．another C．other D．the other