初中英语短文填空试题

Mark Twain is a great American ________（作家）. His works have widely______ (影响) millions of people all over the world .He was born in 1835 in Florida , a _______(南方的) state of the USA. He grew up in Missouri on the Mississippi River .Before he was 13 , he had fallen into the river for nine times . _______（幸运地）, he was always saved .At the age of 18, he ________(跑)away from home .For a time, he worked as a sailor and a newspaper reporter.
Mark Twain started writing a children’s story ________(叫) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1876.  Its_____(主题) is to do with the freedom of humans. However, he didn’t question the slavery in the book and ________(从不) thought of giving freedom to slaves . This behaviour has been talked about many times _________(被) later reviewers.  Today many people around the world still enjoy ________(看)Mark Twain’s works .They are great treasures of American . “There was nothing before . And there has been nothing as good since,” said a famous man .

November 21 is World Hello Day. At school, we learned that “How do you do?” and “How are you?” are standard ways to say hello when meeting others. But do you know how to reply to them? Nowadays, do native speakers seldom use them today?
As we learned, “How do you do?” is for greeting someone we meet for the f   time. And it can be answered with the same “How do you do?”. “How are you?” is often used to greet someone we k    well. It usually follows with an answer of “I’m good, and you?” or “I’m fine, and you?”.
But English is a casual (随意的) language. The formal “How do you do?” is rarely said by native speakers. It is considered old-fashioned. Yet they greet each other in m   other ways.
You may hear a conversation b    British people: “You all right?” “Yeah, you?” “I’m good. Any plans for the weekend?” or “How’s it going?” “Yea, fine, and you?”. These ways of greeting are p    for young people to say hello to friends.
Americans like saying, “What’s up?” or “What’s good?” to friends. Don’t be confused (混淆的). It doesn’t m    “What’s wrong?”. It is just one way of saying hello. And people usually give answers like “Not much” or “Nothing”. “Hey, man” is also popular. But it is only used among men. What do w     say? You guessed it. They often say “Hey, girl.”
If you meet an Australian, you may h    “G’day, mate”. It means “Good day”. You can reply with the same “G’day”.
However, there is no rule to say hello to each other. If you can’t r  all of the above, just say “How are you?”. This is the most c    and standard way for people of all ages. You can reply with “pretty good”, “same as usual” or “I’m hanging in there.”

A long time ago，there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very b .
One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful v  . He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, "Put her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me w I want to hear her. "
The little bird was so u  about being kept in the cage that she stopped s   one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird f   him. The bird could sing very beautifully, t The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while l   in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn't sing any m . Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well，he c   a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness.

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who painted the best picture of peace. Many artists tried  The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose      them. One picture was a quiet lake. The lake was a perfect mirror(镜子) for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds. All who saw this picture    that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had      , too. But these were rocky. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played  Down the side of the mountains fell a waterfall. This did not look       at all.
But when the king looked      , he saw behind the waterfall a small bush(灌木) in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built      nest(巢). There, sat the mother bird in her nest-in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the     picture. Do you know why?
"    peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no   , trouble, or hard work." explained the king, "Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be peaceful in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

Blame(责备) is one of the biggest problems that we meet in everyday life.                  And when that doesn't happen, we blame other people, places or events that we think are the causes of our unhappiness.
Everything we feel comes from within us.                
If we create unhappiness for ourselves, the world will show us that unhappiness, but if we create joy, peace, and love for ourselves, this is what we will get back.
Can blame solve any problems?                 When people did something hat makes us angry, afraid or hurt, we are doing nothing more than showing them the anger we feel inside.
We have choices about things that make us unhappy. We sometimes prefer to take the easier choices, the ones that keep us in our comfort zone(地带).                 Sometimes we just have to go beyond our comfort zone, which may mean facing something we don't like. Perhaps we feel like a victim(受害者) and don't stand up for ourselves or speak up when we feel that people don't respect us. Maybe we are afraid of a situation, so we run away from it, instead of facing it with inner strength.
Whatever the problem is, we have a choice every day to face it with blame, fear, anger, guilt(内疚), or with love, kindness, peace.                Don't blame. Enjoy your day.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将答题卡相应选项涂黑。

A．Simply, it can't.

B．We create it and we live through it

C．How will you walk into your day?

D．We seem to know that the world is there to make us happy.

E. But how comfortable is it really when we are annoyed by someone else?

Dear Zhang Wei,
In your last letter you complained（抱怨）that your parents were too strict with you. Actually every family has its rules.  does mine .Let me tell you some rules of my family.
First, my parents stop me from w   TV on weekdays. It makes me have more time to do with my study as well as to do some outdoor  (活动).Second, they only allow me to play computer games for two hours at weekends. I agree that playing too many computer games is   to us because we may lose ourselves in it. T  , they ask me to do some housework at home, such as    (使……干净)the floor, washing dishes after meals. In fact I agree that it is good to share housework    our parents and I enjoy doing housework.
I think you could have a d  about your family rules with your parents  and make the family rules together with them. As the saying   :nothing can be accomplished without norms and standards. As a child, we should obey the rules in schools as well as at home. I (相信)that the rules will lead us to have a healthy and meaningful life.
Yours,
Liu Ying

When it comes to the benefit of volunteering， a lot of people think it’s all about the warm feeling after helping someone. _________. As is known， charity (慈善) work needs lots of people to do different kinds of work. It means that there are many surprising benefits for volunteers.
◆Teach you new skills.
From helping making websites to teaching foreigners your native language， or to making plans for charity， volunteering can really be almost anything. It means that when you get involved in charity work， a lot of time you will face challenges. ________.
◆Teach you what truly matters.
It’s a great way to find new perspectives (角度) on life. When you’ve been at it for a while， you just might view yourself in a different way. ________. One of my friends once wanted to be a doctor， but later he found his interest was in teaching.
◆_________.
Maybe it’s not so surprising， but what might surprise you is how true these friends are. Some of my long-term friends are people I’ve met through volunteering. I’m not the kind of guy that makes friends just for connections， but sometimes it’s very convenient to have a wide network .
_________. Not only as a person， but it helps you develop your skill set as well. So if you’ve ever considered volunteering， what are you waiting for?

A．But it’s not the only benefit

B．Help you make new friends

C．You might even take a new road in life

D．In a word， volunteering helps you grow

E. Through the challenges， you learn new skills

Hello! Nice to      (见) you! My       (名字) is Lina  I’m a      （学生）. This is my      （教室）. There       （是）six fans and      （两个）doors. There are 19     （男孩）and 14 girls in my class.  Miss Zhou is my      （老师）. She is a       （好） teacher. Lucy and Betty are my      （朋友）.

A small boy and his father were walking b    to their home. It suddenly began to rain h    .They did not have their umbrellas w   them and there was nowhere to hide from the rain, so they were soon all w   , and the small boy didn’t feel happy. For a long time while they were walking back to their home through the rain, the boy was thinking. Then at l   he turned to his father and said to him,“Why does it rain, Father? It isn’t very nice, is it?” “No, it i   very nice, but it’ s useful, Tom,” answered his father.“It rains to make fruit and vegetables g  for us.” Tom thought about this for a m     ,and then he a    ,“Then, w       does it rain on the road, Father?”

We can often s______ the street names and house numbers in America, Canada, England, but in some other c____ we can't. If you take at_____ to Tokyo, the capital city（首都）) of Japan, you willf_____ there are few street names and house numbers, but people are still very good at g______ directions. Let's look at h_______ this lady gives direction!
"Well, you t______ a walk to Shinjuku Station. Turn right and walk for three blocks. You can see a pay phone. Turn left and p_____ a hotel. Turn left a______ and walk one more block. Right in front of you, there is a small coffee shop. I will m_____ you there."
Wow! That's really wonderful! Can you believe?

Do you know TFBOYS? One of the boys is Wang Junkai .His English is Karry. He is fifteen years old. He is a very        _____(著名的) singer . He has lots of    (迷). He is always  (乐意的) to make friends with them, so everyone loves him. He is very healthy. He gets up   _ (早) and does lots sports every morning. He eats lot of ____(新鲜的)
fruit and vegetables every day. He likes   (放飞) kites, playing the    (钢琴) and doing something    (其他). Now he has a new plan. He___ (希望) he can travel into ______ (太空) one day . I think his dream will come true.

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个填空。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）
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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon       into complaints about stress in work and life. To    his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned       a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain(瓷器), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive and some exquisite(精致的) —telling them to help      to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said, “      you have noticed, all the nice-looking or       cups have been used, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your      and stress.”
“What all of you really       is coffee, not the cups, but you went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing(审视) each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the      . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cups, we       to enjoy the coffee. Savor(品味) the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee instead.”

Nearly a thousand people gather in a park just to laugh every morning in Shenzhen. Why are so many    (陌生人) doing this? They are all    （成员）of the Laughing Club. By doing Laughing Yoga, they become more easy-going and relaxing. Zhang Linxin    （创造）it last year, and he mixed what he learned with Chinese medicine .He found more 30   （方式）of laughing. Now, Zhang Linxin    （率领） more and more office workers to learn Laughing Yoga in Shenzhen. As a    （结果）， they are in excellent    （状况）. They    （期待）to keep healthy.
Do you feel   （糟糕的）? Then stand up and make yourself laugh! Face all problems with a laughing face. It will bring you   （愉悦）.

Mr Smith was a cook. He worked in a restaurant. Once he decided to go to a village _______(spend) his holidays when it was very hot in the town.
One afternoon Mr Smith________(walk) in a forest, and found it was very cool. He went farther and farther. Suddenly he saw a bear coming at him. He tried his best _____( run) away. And soon the bear__________( disappear) but he lost his way. He came out of the forest when the sun ___________(sink). He didn’t know how ________(get) to the village and was  much hungry. Just then he saw an old man_______(work) in the fields.
“Hi! Old man,” shouted Mr Smith. “Where does the road go?”
“I never notice it can move. It__________(be) here for hundreds of years,” answered the old man.
“How far is the village from here?”
“I don’t know,” said the old man. “I haven’t measured(测量)it.”
Mr Smith _________(become)angry. He shouted . “What do you know? You are the most foolish in the world, I think.”
“Maybe I am,” said the old man with a smile on his face, “But I ____ never_____(lose) my way at least.”

Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television, surf ____ Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children ____ (do) for fun long ago?
They read books.
Some of you might ask, "Are books ____  (real) fun?" Believe it or not, books provide many things that television or computers cannot. Since books use only words _____ (tell) a story, they can improve your imagination. You can picture the characters and background in your head and you can also imagine _____ the characters feel.
The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot _____ (find) often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and touching  ____ they can bring tears to your eyes.
Books also help us to think harder and ______ (deep). As we continue to read, we ask questions to ______(our) and try to find answers.
These are some of the ____ (reason) why books are so fun to read.
Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.