初中英语短文填空试题

Some people say life is like crossing a river; some say it is like climbing a mountain.
I think our life is much like climbing a mountain. _____ To reach our goals, we work hard to make progress day after day. Here we have a choice. We can complain about how unfair it is to climb a new mountain every year. _____
Sometimes, we fall over. ___ We can stop and complain about what progress we have lost. Or, we can stand on our feet and begin climbing that mountain again.
If we reach the goal for this year, we start from zero to reach the goal for next year. ____ Instead, we should look ahead.
Many people will waste time worrying, "Can I reach my final goal?" or is it worth doing? ___ The question is, "Can I take the next step in the right direction?"
Take one step at a time, and pay attention to tomorrow’s step today.

A. We shouldn’t spend the rest of our lives looking at where we used to be. B. Here we also have a choice. C. Each year we have a new mountain to climb. D. Or, we can just make ourselves busy. E. That is not the question.

 

A: Hi, Jane. Nice to see you again. I heard that you went to the U.S.A. during the vacation.
B: Yes, I went there to attend a summer     in English.
A: Wow. You were lucky. Can you tell me something about your course?
B: Sure.
A: How   did you stay there?
B: About 40 days. I went there on July 15th and   on August 25th.
A: Where did you live?
B: In Mr. Smith’s house. And     with an American family, I could speak English with them daily.
A: How nice! And how about the course?
B: The course was also very good. You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom. And you are welcome to   your ideas with others. I really like it.
A: How interesting! Maybe my own teacher Miss Wang is    to try that.   tell her about it.

A: Hello, Peter. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
B:   I have tried my best. But I find it’s really
difficult for me. I’ve decided to drop it.
A:   
B: I don’t really want to, but I don’t know what to do, Ann.
A:  
B: She is very busy. She has a lot of work to do.
A: Don’t worry. I have a good idea. You are good at math, and I do well in Chinese and Science.   
B: Great!  
A: I go to the art club and do volunteer work on the
weekends, but I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons.
B: I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons, either.  
A: OK!
B:
A: I hope so. Maybe you’ll find it easy and interesting, too.   
B: You can come to my home at two o’clock.

An old man had a monkey. The old man liked the monkey a lot b_____the monkey was very clever. When the birds came to the garden, he drove them away. He also h_____ the old man in many other ways.
One h_____ afternoon in the summer, the old man was sleeping in his chair in the garden. A fly（苍蝇） came and sat on the t_____ of the old man’s nose. The monkey drove it away. Soon the fly came b____ again and sat on the old man’s nose again. Again the monkey drove it away. Again and again, the monkey became very a_____. He jumped up, ran to pick a big stone. When the fly was on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hit it hard w______ that stone. The fly died, and blood（血）came out of the old man’s nose. The old man’s nose was broken. Well, many people, even our friends, sometimes do things just l______ the monkey. They do things too q___ but they don’t think more before they do. They want to do s______ good but they sometimes bring us troubles.

Have you ever seen paintings on feathers (羽毛)? A man in Australia has painted hundreds
of  pieces of feather art. Lan Davie lives in a farmhouse in Australia. He collects swan (天鹅) feathers  from a lake. Then, he cleans these feathers and paints on them. It is   ( real) hard to paint on feathers. Each painting takes about one week to finish. He sometimes puts  (fifth)  feathers together to draw a larger picture.
About ten years ago, Mr. Davie went on an   (importance) holiday in New Zealand. He
watched how local people painted on feathers. When he  (come) back to Australia, he started to create    ( he) own feather art. Mr. Davie has become a famous  (paint). Some of his works are sold for thousands of pounds.

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG青奥会) takes place(发生) every foury  . Only players between ages 14 and 18 years old can take p   in it. Nanjing, the c    city of Jiangsu Province will host(主办) the 2014 YOG and it will become the s  Chinese city to welcome the Olympic flame(焰火) after Beijing. The Games will take place in August, 2014, and last（持续）12 days.
Green Youth Olympic Games calls on us to p     the environment(环境). Then we can have fresh a     and show visitors beautiful scenery(风景).
The government(政府) did a lot for the Youth Games, and we are s   that YOG will do something good to Nanjing. Workers are busy building n   roads and new underground lines for the Youth Games.
People in Nanjing are happy and e   about the big event(事件).They are p   trees to make Nanjing greener and more beautiful.

Lily is a rich(有钱的) and kind girl. She has many new friends in the new school. Some little rich girls are not very nice children. They think they are important because they have money and expensive things. But Lily is different. Lily likes books and telling stories.
Lily was very good at telling stories. She was a clever child, and the other girls love to listen to her.
“How can you tell good stories? ”asks Meihua.
“I have all these pictures in my head ,”says Lily. “so I can tell good stories.”
Meihua is not clever. She can’t remember her school lessons. And her teachers are angry with her. Lily often helps Meihua with her lessons. Now Meihua are good at her lessons.
Lily is a kind, rich and ____girl.
Lily often _____Meihua with her school lessons.
Some little rich girls are not very nice children . But Lily is different _____them
Lily is good at her school lessons and ______stories.
Meihua’s teachers are often ____with her because she can’t remember her lessons.

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Now Project Hope（希望工程）has reached every comer of China. It not only finances（资助）many     pupils to go back to, school and finish their study, but aslo sets up as many primary schools of Hope as possible.
An old Chinese saying goes, "It takes ten years to grow trees, but a     to rear（培养）people." From that, we can see        important education is. Unluckily, in some places, children have     desks nor chairs, so they have to take benches to school. Having no  classrooms, they take lessons   blackboards and chalk in houses.
Now more and more people take part in the Project Hope to  help for those children in great need. Up till now, a donation about 1.84 billion RMB has been   .
There are several   in which you can help those pupils. First, 400 RMB can help a pupil through primary school. Second, your donation of books is also   . Third, it takes 200,000 RMB to build a new school of Hope, and 100,000 RMB to repair a shabby（破旧的）school.

Do you know there is an earthquake every thirty seconds in the world? But don’t worry because most of them are so small that they cannot be felt. Only a few hurt people. Many earthquakes happen in China ,too. Are you ready for the next earthquake? We have some advice for you on how to keep safe in an earthquake. When the earthquake happens, protect yourself first. The life is the most important because where there is a life, there is hope. Don’t go back to get your money or other things.
If you are at home, hide under a desk. Stay away from windows because anything may fall on you.
If you are outdoors, try to move away from buildings and streetlights. They may fall on you. If you are in a shop and far from the door, don’t run outside. Everyone will run outside so that people may hurt each other. Hide under a desk. Don’t get into a lift during an earthquake.
If you are in a moving car, drive to the side of the road, stop as quickly as possible, and stay in the car. Do not try to drive across bridges. It’s dangerous.
When an earthquake has ended, be careful because aftershocks(余震) may still happen. They are just as dangerous as the earthquakes , so stay under the desk until you think it is really safe for getting out.
Make sure you wear shoes after an earthquake. There may be broken glass on the ground.
Remember, these tips are very important. We should always hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

How to           yourself in an earthquake If you are at home            in a shop         far from the door, you had better hide under a desk. Don’t get into a lift          the earthquake is happening. If you are outdoors, try to move away from buildings and streetlights       they may fall on you. If you are in a moving car, drive to the side of the road and stop as quickly as you           _____    _. You can’t           the bridge during an earthquake either. When an earthquake has ended, you     __ need to be careful    aftershocks. After an earthquake, you have to wear shoes so that the broken glass won’t    your feet.

At some time in your life，you might have a roommate．It is a good idea to share a flat，e________ for students or people who have just finished school，because flats are usually expensive．And m    is not the only reason for having a roommate. S     a flat can be fun．
But living with a roommate can also be a terrible e_______．Some experts(专家)did a study of college students who shared a room．They found that students who had p       with their roommates were not happy at school and were more likely to get sick than other students．So，how can you l    with a roommate and enjoy it? Here is some advice:
I_______you decide to share a room with someone you don’t know，talk to each other．It’s important to be honest about your habits and things you hate．
When you move in with a roommate，make rules．Decide how you will share h   ，such as cleaning，washing and cooking meals．
Don’t get a_______ at small things that your roommate does．Try to forget the unhappy things b    you and your roommate．No one — including you — is perfect．

CCTV New Year’s Gala (春晚) is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television. The program begins at 8:00 PM and    until about 1:00 AM on the first day of the New Year.
The program has received extremely   audiences (观众) , which have grown greatly the years. As the Chinese New Year’s Eve is a time when the   members get together, the Gala adds a pleasant mood to the house   people sit in front of their TV set laughing, discussing and enjoying the      . It has become a   in China to watch the New Year’s Gala. Around 1:00 in the early morning, the program   with the song Can’t Forget Tonight.
To bring audiences even to  the yearly show, the Gala organizers have tried many ways to make the program more attractive. It is   that there will be no advertisements this year so that audiences can be satisfied with a natural and smooth Gala.[来源om]

A：My father has bought some young trees.
B：Certainly! But why are you going to plant trees?
A：Why?
B：Oh, yes. I remember.
A：We must plant trees and flowers to make our world more beautiful.
B：  Where shall we meet?
A：At my home. You can help me take the trees.
B：All right. When shall we come?
A：At seven o’clock.
B：OK,

Life doesn't always give us the joys we want. We don't always g_____ our hopes and dreams, and we don't always get our own way. But don't g____up hope, because you can make a d____, one situation and one person at a time. Look for the beauty a___ you, in nature, in others, in yourself, and b__ in the love of friends, family, and humankind. You can find love in a s__ or a helping hand, in a thoughtful gesture or a kind word. It is all around, if you just look for it. Give love, for in giving it you will f______the power in life along with the joy, happiness, patience, and understanding. Believe in the goodness of o___ and remember that anger and depression can be countered by love and hope. Even when you feel as though there isn't a lot you can do to change unhappiness or p_____, you can always do a little and a little at a time eventually(最终可能) makes a b____ difference.

What does Britain make you think of? Its royal (王室) family or fish and chips? In fact, Britain is f　　　　　 for forming queues as well. From the supermarket to the underground, queues are everywhere.
I used to think people s　　　　　queue in China. But I was wrong. You can also see queues everywhere. It is a part of d　　　　　life. People queue most of the time. They queue to buy tickets in the cinema or when waiting at a restaurant. Most Chinese are u　　　　　 to waiting in a queue.
But sometimes you’ll find y　　　　　in the middle of a rush, for example, getting onto the underground. Even away from the busy underground platform (站台), queues are different. One day I remembered standing in line at the supermarket. I left a small s　　　　　 in front of me. Within seconds, a girl walked by and took her place in front of me.
I was a b　　　　　surprised at first, and then a bit angry. And later I smiled. I found these e　　　　　 were very interesting. These small differences help me learn about a new c　　　　　. Sometimes Chinese are less polite because they are less p　　　　　. And there are usually more people in cities. And of course, queue jumpers are always unpopular.

短文填空（共7小题，计7分）
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
Now more than 20 schools in the northwest of China __________ (use) E-textbooks. Some teachers say that they make learning easier and __________ (teach) more convenient.
Jing Xuan is excited about lessons like Chinese, English and math. She__________ (enjoy) the pictures and animations(动画）in the E-textbooks. The children here __________ (study) with E-textbooks since last September
With the help of the E-textbooks, some good ideas __________ (share) at times. Some parents encourage their children __________ (try) the E-textbooks to make learning easier. But others worry about their children’s health.
“You can’t imagine how the growing popularity of E-textbooks is changing the way the students learn! More and more students  __________ (learn) with E-textbooks in the future. However, there’s still a long way to go.” said the headmaster.