初中英语词语运用与语法试题

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f    houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was highe    to escape it. Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a    house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand why she did so. She already had so manyc    to support, her family wasn’t so rich.
“Well,” Elizabeth e   to her friends, “at the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just l    me now.”
After a moment of silence, she continued, “The day b   Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back w    a little girl who had no parents. ‘Here’s our p   , ’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she g    up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”

March 5^th is “Lei Feng Day”. It started fifty years ago. Now half a c    has passed. Is the spirit of Lei Feng outdated(过时的)?
Some people have shown us that it’s not. But people have a  changed the ways to help others.
Zhao Juan has been a volunteer for 15 years. She still remembers her e     at a nursing home several years ago. An old man held her hand and said: “You don’t need to do anything for us. Seeing young people here is all we need.”
Those words made Zhao Juan think: in what w     can we help people better? “Every person does something to give out positive energy(正能量). And before we give a helping hand, we should find out what they r     want,” Zhao Juan said to the Qilu Evening News.
As well as Zhao Juan, other people have shown their understanding of the spirit of Lei Feng.
This past January, a story called “noodle fever” shocked Zhengzhou, Henan. One kind man, Li Gang, 42, said in his story that he had a s     illness and needed a lot of money for an operation. H    ,what he asked for wasn’t charity, but for more people to come to eat noodles at his restaurant.
Li Gang’s story spread q    . Soon his restaurant was filled with customers every day and he was a     to have his operation on Feb. 2^nd this year.I     this way, people could help Li Gang without hurting his dignity(自尊).

It seems that everywhere around the world, people are spending more time at work       less time with their families and friends. People are      than ever before!
In the past in many countries , the father worked and the mother stayed home ,took       of the children ,and did the food shopping, cooking and cleaning.  At present , in most of the families , parents need work on weekdays, so they  have to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning in their free time. Parents don’t have as much time with their    , however, they often had time in the past. There are also many single-parent（单亲的）families .In these families ,the single parents has to do everything.
These days ,many children come home        school to an empty apartment or house .A lot of children spend many hours      day in front of the television .Even the families are together, it is common for families members to do things by themselves. For example, they     programs on separate TVs in different rooms, they use the Internet, they       friends on the telephone, and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn’t it strange? Thanks to technology（科技）, people are able to communicate so      with people far away, but sometimes they don’t communicate with people their own homes.

about,  interesting,  tired,  talk,  shop,  difficult, but,  weekend,  study,  she,  easily,  sing

Last night, I met my friends Victor and Annie. We talked about their last weekend. For victor, the _________ wasn’t bad. On Saturday, he__________ English. On Sunday, he watched a(n) ________ talk show. “It was great!” he said. ________ Annie’s wasn’t very good. She was really _________ because she had a busy weekend. She went  _________ on Saturday morning and read a book_________ music on Saturday afternoon. She visited  ________ grandmother on Saturday evening. On Sunday, she _________ a new song for the school music festival. It was a little________, so she asked her mother to help her.

It’s __________(possible) to finish the job in such a short time. We need two more days.
Now people hope to eat healthily and begin to care about the _________(safe) of food.
They are looking forward to _________(win) the first prize in the coming competition.
Which do you think is _________ (interesting), going on a picnic of going fishing?
Follow that _________(doctor) advice and you will get better soon.
It’s reported that some wild animals __________(face) the danger of dying out now.
I can’t understand your suggestion. Would you mind explaining it __________(clear)?

Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do. The reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we will be. But forget it now. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking, Although I’m a shy man, I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:
Keep your speech simple. Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your speech will not be paid attention to. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.
Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. A strong close is usually very important and critical(关键的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.
Keep your speech not long. The standard (标准的) length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反应)，the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech will fail.
Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.

Title: How to make a      speech
Technique	Reasons	Requirements
Keep it simple	You should think about your idea well enough	one or two of your main ideas well.
If you have a      idea of what you want to say, your audience will have, too.
Organize it well.	You should get your speech well	Know very well about the  ,main points and ending of the speech
If you don’t, the     will be confused.
Keep it	Your speech should be short enough to attract your audience’s attention and     .	Make your speech as short as   .
If you don’t, the audience will feel     .

I didn’t think I had a passion(激情). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show.
It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
On that day I went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, s  on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫褴褛). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I had seen many like him b  .
But in some ways he was d   . This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing h    to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵)thing he had.
“ Mum, why does that man have A、radio even thought he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought it,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He w  it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need happiness, too.”
That man must c    enough music to buy a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the k   to life.
Without it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.

Stress is a state of being upset that happens when we are under pressure.We students have all experienced stress over problems with our everyday l  .We may go to school or come back with worries.Some worry about  r    of tests or exams，difficulty wish their students，or too much homework. O    feel bad about being overweight or lack（缺少）of free time.
Since stress can make us sick，we have to learn how to d     with it. When you are stressed，don’t forget your hobbies. If you are fond of m   ，just turn on the radio or CD player. Generally，p     think that TV may interfere（干扰）with their children’s studies. However，if you worry about your English and don’t k    what to do，you can get help from English TV programs. It is also helpful to s    your worries with your friends. They will surely give you some a    and help you out of trouble.
So，if we treat stress properly，we can r    ourselves and keep away from its bad effects.

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填入一个恰当的词，使短文内容完整、通顺。每空一词，含缩略词。
Everyone wants to be happy. But life isn’t like our imagination. In fact, everyone   _    sometimes. How do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or    , you can take these three steps to deal with them:
1. Try to find out what you’re worried about.
Sometimes, you will know what you’re worried about. Other times, you might not. Try to find it out first; if you     , you can ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better.
There is always something you can do to help you feel    worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it will not solve your     .
If your worry is a fight you had with a       , you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say       to him or her, etc. Once (一旦) you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help.
When you’re worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask      parents, friends or teachers for help.

Your brain (大脑) is faster than a supercomputer.
Your cat is in the k____73____. She’s going to step onto a hot oven. You have a very short time to act. When your brain r____74_____ the message coming from your eyes, it quickly calculates when, where and at what speed you will need to stop her. Then it orders your body to move.
Neurons (神经系统) send messages to your brain at more than 150 miles an hour.
A bee lands on your f_____75____. The neurons in your skin send this message to your brain at a speed of more than 150 miles an hour. Your brain then passes the message to your foot to shake the bee off q____76____.
When you learn, you change the structure of your brain.
Riding a bike seems i_____77_____ at first. But soon you learn it. How? As you practice, your brain sends “bike riding” messages along certain pathways (路径) of neurons over and over, forming new connections (关联). In fact, the structure of your brain changes every time you learn. It changes too whenever you have a new t_____78____.
Exercise helps make you s______79____.
It is well known that exercises like r_____80____ or playing basketball are great for your body. Scientists have recently learned that a short time after you’ve exercised, your body produces something that makes your brain more w____81____ to learn. So if you have trouble s_____82____ a math problem, go out and do exercise, then try the problem again. You might d_____83____ that you’re able to solve it.

Many people in the USA love sports. Some people like playing sports and some people like w_____sports.
At school, students play many different sports. Such as football ,basketball and volleyball. In summer, students go s_____and play basketball.
Mike e_____playing volleyball but he doesn’t like swimming. Andy and Simon love playing football but t___don’t like swimming. They are members of the school Football C_____
Millie and Sandy like playing table tennis. They are good p____and win(赢得）many table tennis m______,but they don’t like volleyball. Millie’s b____friend ,Lily ,is a good badminton player. She thinks badminton is an easy g__. She w_____to teach her friends to play badminton in her free time.

首字母填空5分
Mr zhang had a big garden. There was a vegetable field and a big tree in it. B   the vegetables and the tree made the garden look beautiful. Mr Zhang watered his vegetables every day.
Mr zhang didn’t know that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t get on well with (相处融洽)each other. The vegetables h   the tree. They thought that the tree did not leave them e   light. And the tree didn’t like the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank all the water b    it could get to him.
Then one day the vegetables got angry and they drank up all the w   in the ground. The tree had no water and dried up.(干涸). The tree fought back. He didn’t give the vegetables shade(树荫) any m    . Soon, they both began to dry up.
When Mr zhang saw his vegetables growing worse and worse, he t   his vegetables would die(死). So he stopped watering his vegetables. When Mr zhang did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t  they were. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables realized(意识到) it was better to help each other than to f   .
From then on, they worked together. They grew better and better. Mr Zhang was h   to see that. He started to water the vegetables again. And his garden was as beautiful as before.

用所给词的适当形式填空（5分，每空0.5分）
What would people like________ ( eat ) on their birthday? The answer would be different in different __________ ( country) . In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles_________( be) the person’s age. The birthday person must_______( make ) a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she ________ ( blow ) out all the candles in one go, the wish____________ ( come ) true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is___________ ( luck). In China, it is getting popular__________ ( have ) cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long__________( noodle) for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places,___ _______ ( China) people also eat eggs on their birthday.

根据所给的首字母填写单词
American schools b      in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms（学期）in a school y      : the first term is from September to J        , and the second is f       February to June. M       American children go to public schools(公立学校).High school students take only four or five s        at a term. They u        go to the classes every day, and they have an assignment(任务) for every class. After class they have m         activities. A       high school, many students go to c      .

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
How to Be Popular
Most people would like to be popular with others,          not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to       (popular)? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We should always make          that we stay in good shape and dress well. When we are healthy and well-groomed, we will not only look better but also feel        (good). In addition, we should smile and appear friendly. After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance.       we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.
Another important step is developing more consideration(考虑) for others. We should always place         (other) interests before our own. It's also important to be good      (listen). In this way people will feel comfortable enough to confide in us. However, no matter        we do, we must not gossip. Above all, we must remember to be        （we）, not dishonest(不诚实). Only by being sincere and respectful（尊重人的） can we earn their respect. If we can do all of the above, I am sure popularity will be       (achieve).