初中英语短文填空试题

    Road﹣side business has become a hot topic recently． Premier （总理）Li Keqiang once said that road﹣side business can reflect common people's life lively．

    Last weekend， 5 college students decided to taste the trade pattern and difficulties of life outside school （1）　　 selling vegetables on the side of the road together．

    In the morning，they had to （2）　　 up at 3 o'clock．First，they went to the farm near the city to buy different （3）　　 of vegetables． To reduce （减少） the cost， they learn to bargain （讲价） with the farmers． Then they went back to the city as soon as （4）　　 to take up a street stall（摊位）．At about 6：30 a．m．after putting vegetables in order and nicer ones on top，they began to（5）　　 vegetables．They peddled （吆喝）loudly and actively to attract customers．When the vegetables were not sold out， they gave them （6）　　 to homeless people．Two days （7）　　 ， they earned （挣得） about 300 yuan．

    After this unusual experience，they shared their feelings with each（8）　　．"We were tired，（9）　　 we gained a lot． Compared with hanging out， such social practice makes us learn （10）　　 difficult it is to make money．" said Wang Wen， who came up with this idea．

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）
Once an American was   France. He could speak  French. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt  and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the American opened his mouth,   his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips(嘴唇). In this way, he wanted to say , “Bring me     to eat ”but the waiter brought him lots of things to  first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no  . The American was angry  because he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ready(准备) to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach .And this sign was clear enough for the waiter .In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the  way.

缺词填空 请根据短文内容，填写所缺单词，每空一词。(共10小题；每题1分，共10分)
While Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside(海边).They enjoyed w___the seagulls(海鸥).They learned a l_____about these lovely birds .They will often come _c_____to you when you are eating something . If you threw pieces of bread to them, they at once caught it up.
Seagulls swim very w______,but they don’t often dove for fish .They are good at _f_____with their wings ,when a seagull is in the s____he puts his legs under his body ,Tom often watched them come to the ground . The seagulls beat the air w____their wings and brought down their feet before they touched the ground .Mary liked to s____them gliding (滑翔)over the water as they often do ,without m_____their wings but she said she didn’t like the n_____they make.

I saw an accident this morning when I was standing at the corner of Green Street. A woman with her son was driving a red sports car down Green Street very fast. While she was driving, she was talking on her mobile phone. At the same time, a man was driving a blue truck along Fifth Street very slowly. While he was driving, he was drinking a bottle of cola and eating a sandwich. While the man was driving through the crossing, the woman in the sports car didn’t stop at the traffic lights. As a result, the car hit the truck. Both the woman and the man were very angry. While they were shouting at each other, the police came. Luckily, they were not badly hurt.
根据短文内容填空，每空一词。
I was standing at the corner    I saw an accident this morning. The red sports car which the woman was driving was    than the truck. When the accident  , the woman was using her  and the man was having a bottle of cola and a sandwich. So at the traffic lights the car hit the truck.Though they were not   hurt, both of them were very unhappy.

信息匹配（共1小题）
阅读短文，将下列所给的五个句子还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。
As Cheerful as Cheerful Can Be
Miss Dinsmore lived alone in a little gray house． “It’s a nice little house,” she said． “But I wish it looked more cheerful． Maybe I should paint it bright, pretty color．   ________  ． She saw lots of cheerful colors there, but she didn’t know which color to choose．
Finally she got an idea． “I’ll paint picture after picture of my house with all these colorful colors． Then I’ll choose the one I like best．” Miss Dinsmore bought all the colors home． She painted a pink house．    ________ ． She painted a red one and a yellow one． She painted one with flower boxes under the windows, and she painted．．．
She hung each picture she painted on the wall．   ________  ． She still couldn’t decide which color to choose． One day, a neighbor came by while Miss Dinsmore was painting． Her neighbor liked the pictures of the houses so much that he told the whole town．    ________  ． “What pretty pictures,” everyone said． “And what a nice house you have．”
Now the little house was often full of people looking at the pictures, drinking tea, talking, laughing and having fun． Miss Dinsmore smiled and said, “It’s a nice little house． ________  , too---especially when good friends came to see me． It’s as cheerful as can be．”

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。
David loves sports and he likes b  very much．He is a m   of his school team．He looks s   He often p   basketball with his friends after school．They often talk about basketball and watch basketball m   on TV．Basketball makes them h  ．Playing basketball is f ．Yao Ming i   his favourite basketball player．He plays basketball very w  ．He is David’s h  !

Until recently，Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty，she attends a school in Ilorin，Nigeria，wearing the same pink dress as two（1） 　    　（百）other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.

Ajayi runs her（2） 　    　（自己的）business making and selling bags，but she believes it is（3） 　    　（仍然）necessary for her to learn to read and write.

In class，she answers questions（4） 　    　（积极）.She plays，talks and（5） 　 　（讨论）together with her classmates.

She is good at（6） 　 （烹饪）.Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy

（7） 　 　（她们自己）at school.

Ajayi's（8） 　 　 （女儿）used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose（9）      　 （支持）her efforts.

She plans to continue her（10） 　      　（教育）for four more years，saying it will help her business.

D—David

R—Richard

R：Hi，David.Did you read the article by Mr.Smith？

D：Well，I read some of his articles.What's the topic of the article you mentioned？

R：It's about education.

D：Yes，I did read it.I've learned a lot from the article.

R：So have I.Mr.Smith says the purpose of education is to make all the students ready for the （1）　   　life.

D：I（2）　 　 all students should become engineers，scientists，artists and so on through hard work.

R：I once had the （3）　 　 incorrect idea.Now I know that common workers are also needed by our society.

D：Yes.If no people clean streets and take the rubbish away，terrible diseases（疾病）will soon appear and （4）　 　 easily.

R：It's clear that we can't live without them.So，common workers are very important and they're considered the （5）　 　 part of our society.We can't imagine how awful our world will be if they are all （6）　    　 in our life.

D：Surely，each job has the （7）　    　of its own，no matter what kind of job it is.

R：Mr.Smith also says every job is different in （8）　    　of knowledge and skills.Different people can do different jobs.The society offers different kinds of （9）　   　 chances to different people.

D：That's for sure.People are different in abilities. （10）　    　 jobs they take，their abilities should match them.Then they can work happily and do good to the society.

R：I can't agree with you more.

Li Wen is a 15﹣year﹣old boy． He works hard and（1） 　　（do） well in school， It is hard to believe， that he used to have （2） 　　（difficulty） in school． When he was a little boy， he seldom caused any problems， and his family（3） 　　（spend） a lot of time together．

   （4） 　　，things began to change a few years ago． His parents moved to the city to work，and they could not be at home to look （5） 　　him． So he became less interested in （6） 　　（study） and was absent from classes．Then his parents were so worried（7） 　　they decided to send him to a boarding school． He found life there difficult． One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school． His teacher advised his parents to talk with （8） 　　（they） son in person． This conversation changed his life． He realized that his parents would always love him，and they would be （9） 　　（pride） of everything good that he did． Now he is much （10） 　　（happy） and more outgoing than he used to be．

One evening，an old lady went shopping in the supermarket．She （71） 　 　lots of toys for her grandson，including a knife．When she came back to her car，she found a man with red hair staring the car and （72） 　 　two sitting at the back．She was surprised．She realized that they would drive her car away．Then she took out the toy knife （73） 　 　thinking and pointed at the men in the car．"Get out of the car!"she shouted （74） 　 　．The men in the car got so scared that they ran away quickly．The lady made sure （75） 　 　all the men had gone．Then she took out the key to start the car．To her （76） 　 　，she couldn't．she tried again and again and finally she knew 7﹣﹣﹣it wasn't her car!She looked around and saw her

8car not far away．When she came back to her car，she saw the men 9up to her with a policeman．She thought it was time for her to tell 10and make it clear．After hearing her story，the policeman began to laugh．Her face turned red．

Lonnie Johnson always loved taking things apart（分开）． He（1）　　/'sʌmtaimz/ put them back together． Other times he made new things from different （2）　　（ part）． He learned how to use tools from his dad．

    At 13， Lonnie put an old engine（发动机）on a homemade go﹣cart． He loved driving it around． He dreamed of being（3）　　inventor． By high school， Lonnie built a remote﹣control robot from some waste things． This won him first prize at the Alabama State Science Fair． His friends called （4）　　"The Little Scientist"． In college， Lonnie was an excellent student． After that， he （5）　　（become ）an Air Force officer， rocket scientist and business leader． （6）　　he never stopped inventing． You may have played with his most famous invention﹣﹣﹣the Super Soaker， a kind of water gun． Lonnie got the idea for this（7）　　/tɔi/ while working on another invention． When he tested a homemade part in his bathroom， it shot water（8）　　/ ə' krɔs/ the room．

    Today， Dr． Lonnie Johnson has more than 100（9）　　（use） inventions． However， he still keeps（10）　　（try）new things．

Paper﹣cutting is a famous folk art with a long history in China． It was used during （1）f　　 to decorate gates and windows．After hundreds of years' （2）d　　， it has become a very popular way of decoration．The main cutting tools are （3）s　　﹣ paper and scissors or a knife，but clever and skilled paper﹣cutting artists can make very beautiful artworks．Chinese paper﹣cutting works have these features﹣"Flower in flower，theme in theme．" This means smaller pictures and stories are（4）h　　in the works．You will be amazed by the wonderful designs when you look at their paper﹣cutting works （5）c　　．Through Chinese paper﹣cutting， people express their best wishes．

Dear Mom and Dad，

    I haven't seen you for a long time since I came to China as an exchange student．I（1）　　（real） miss you now． This is the （2）　　 （one） time you haven't been with me on my birthday． Thanks for your birthday gift （3）　　England． I like it very much．

    Because of COVID﹣19（新冠肺炎），I can′t go home， but you don't need to worry about me．I am safe here． Yesterday I（4）　　（have） a birthday party with Lihua's family． Lihua's mom made a big chocolate birthday cake for me， and she made much Chinese food that I loved best．We couldn't go out， （5）　　we enjoyed ourselves at home．

    Lihua and I have been busy with our studies since this Monday． We have been having online（6）　　（class） for several days． Sometimes， when I felt a little upset， Lihua always told some jokes （7）　　（make） me happy or taught me how to make Chinese dishes．

    Now people here are living a （8）　　（peace） life． On one hand， they stay away from others，and on the other hand， they try to help those in trouble， including us foreigners．（9）　　 kind Chinese people are! This is a country full of love．

    Dear Mom and Dad， please take good care of （10）　　．I love you．

Yours，

Peter

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
The New Year
One New-year morning, Edward’s father gave him two dollars. He left the house happily. He wanted to buy some books. On the street, he saw a poor family, the father, mother and three children.      , and they were shivering(颤抖).
“Happy New Year!” Edward said to the man.      . He couldn’t understand English. But he pointed to his mouth. It seemed he was saying, “We have nothing to eat.”
Edward understood.     , and he gave one dollar to the man, and the other to his wife.

Their eyes were full of gratitude(感激)! They said something in their language. It probably meant, “Thanks a lot.”
When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought.
“     ,” said Edward, “I gave my money to some poor people. They seemed to be very hungry. I can buy my books until next New Year.”
“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books.      . I saw you give the money to the poor family. Be ready to help the poor and every year will be a happy New Year to you.”

用所给动词的适当形式完成短文。
Jane Scott is fourteen years old and last year she        (begin) to study in a middle school. She likes       (dance) and singing and spends a lot of time         a    (practise) them. But she hates math and       (not study) hard at it. She thinks it difficult        （learn） math. Once she failed the math exam. And now she decides      （give）it up. Her father was angry with her when he knew about it.