初中英语完型填空

One day, two friends were walking through the desert.__36__ the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend hit __37__ one in the face.
The one who was hit was hurt,__38__ he didn’t say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand,“Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on __39__ until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger, but the friend __40__ him.
When he felt all right, he wrote on __41__.“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who had hit and saved his best friend asked him,“After I __42__ you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.__43__”
The other friend replied,“When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness(宽恕) can blow __44__ away. Bt when someone does something __45__ for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away.”

A．After B．During C．For D．Before

A．some B．each C．another D．the other

A．and B．so C．but D．or

A．walking B．jumping C．singing D．running

A．hurt B．left C．hit D．saved

A．the desert B．a stone C．a tree D．the sand

A．killed B．helped C．hurt D．quarreled with

A．When B．What C．How D．Why

A．it B．these C．them D．this

A．interesting B．good C．dangerous D．harmful

One day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) to eat in America for the first time. He sat down at an empty table and waited for   43   to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria   44  .
“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and   45   what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in the US,” the old man later told a friend. “ 46   is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want   47   you are willing(自愿的) to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to   48   it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”   
49  , life everywhere is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. Success lies in your own   50  .

A．his friend B．his wife C．a stranger D．someone

A．worked B．painted C．repaired D．planned

A．send out B．give out C．pick out D．look out

A．School B．Life C．Office D．Company

A．if B．because C．though D．until

A．carry B．lend C．move D．bring

A．In peace B．In the end C．In fact D．In a hurry

A．work B．hands C．opinion D．books

July 4 is the birthday of the United States of America. Since 1776, people have   36   the Independence Day holiday every year.
What do people   37 on Independence Day? Many colorful and interesting things. They have fireworks shows in the evenings and sing songs. Some families organize picnics with barbecues (烧烤). Kids can   38  much delicious food like hotdogs.
And these parties are a good time to dress up. Some kids make July 4 hats   39   the stars and stripes(星条) of the country’s flag on them. And Independence Day is in summer. Many kids use stars and stripes fans to keep themselves   40  .
It’s a great day, but no one forgets that it’s   41  too. US people are proud of their   42  and proud of what the founders did for it. On Independence Day everyone gets the chance to show it.
A. spent       B. celebrated        C. decorated
A. do           B. make               C. give
A. smell       B. sell               C. eat
A. for         B. with               C. at
A. hot         B. warm               C. cool
A. funny       B. serious               C. boring
A. country     B. school                 C. home

Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But  31 you use the phone, you can’t see the person you are talking with. That  32  change in the future.
Now some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or a vision phone(视频电话). Two people  33  are talking can see each other with it.
Picture phones can be useful when you have  34  to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a   35  and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to   36  the book over your picture phone. Also you may be able to do shopping through your picture phone. If you see something   37  the newspaper that you want to buy, you can 38  the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re   29  in over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never even leave your room.
The picture phone is really a   40  phone. More and more people will use it.
A. if                         B. when                C. before  
A. can’t                      B. must                 C. may 
A. whom                     B. who                  C. which  
A. something                  B. nothing               C. everything
A. shop                      B. school                C. library 
A. read                       B. see                   C. watch  
A. in                         B. about                 C. on  
A. visit                       B. go                    C. call
A. interested                   B. bored                 C. interesting 
A. useless                      B. helpless               C. helpful

Everyone has his dream. ＿21＿do I .In ten years, I think I will be a reporter. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I want to Shanghai and ＿22＿in love with it last year. I think it’s a really beautiful city. ＿23＿ a reporter, I think I’ll meet lots of interesting ＿24＿.I think I’ll live in  25  apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living   26 . I will have pets. I can’t have   27  pets now because my mother hates them and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot. I’ll probably go skating and swimming   28 . During the week, I’ll look smart, and probably will   29  a suit. On weekends, I’ll dress more casually. That’s my dream. I’ll work   30  to make it come true.
A. Neither                   B. So                 C. Nor  
A. were                     B. fell                 C. fall 
A. As                      B. For                 C. Like  
A. men                      B. women              C. people 
A. an                        B. a                   C. the 
A. alone                      B. together             C. lonely 
A. some                      B. no                  C. any  
A. all day                     B. every day            C. everyday
A. dress                      B. wear               C. put on 
A. hardly                     B. freely             C. hard 

Food is very important. Everyone needs to 46 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is   47  . We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are     48   in everything around them. They learn 49 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older. they begin to 50 storybooks, science books, or anything they like.
When they find something new, they have to ask questions and 51 to find out the answers. What’s the best    52   to get knowledge? If we learn 53 ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are     54   getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand    55     .
A. sleep   B. drink    C. cat
A. sport B. knowledge C. meat
A. interested B. interesting   C. good
A. something B. nothing   C. anything
A. write      B. learn       C. read
A. try    B. think   C. wait
A. place   B. way   C. road
A. with B. to   C. by
A. seldom B. always   C. sometimes
A. much   B. well C. better

An old man has a cat. The cat now is very old. She can’t run quickly, and she can’t bite 41    .One day the old cat saw a mouse, she jumped and   42 it. But she couldn’t bite it. So the mouse got out of her    43   and ran away. The old man got very    44  and beat the cat. The cat said to him. “Don’t beat your servant. Don’t be unkind to the 45  When they are young, they can do good work.”
A. too        B. also        C. either
A. catch      B. caught      C. catches
A. mouth      B. eyes       C. hands
A. sad         B. satisfied    C. angry
A. young      B. old         C. sick

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he  31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32   the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took  33    farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34   that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35  I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36  , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We 37   what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38   , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39   . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40   what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

A．gave B．fed C．threw D．sold

A．weigh B．watch C．cut D．use

A．/ B．a C．an D．the

A．rich B．poor C．honest D．quiet

A．and B．so C．but D．or

A．I B．my C．me D．mine

A．get back B．look back D．turn back

A．answer B．question C．help D．idea

A．difference B．habit C．mistake D．difficulty

A．Study B．mean C．imagine D．know

More and more people are becoming interested in the internet. They have formed a bad habit. In fact,the bad habit has become a (31)    —Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD网络综合症）.Staying (32）  for more than six hours a day (33)   working or studying, and feeling very upset from not being able to get online, are the two major symptoms (症状)of IAD
Internet addiction(上瘾) is（34）    in China now. A recent research （35） that 42% Of Chinese young people get quite interested in the web, while only 18% of Americans feel in the same (36)  .
What causes IAD? Some people believe that It's the lack(缺乏) of family care. Most children in China are the (37) ones in their families. They are only told to (38) hard, but few really care about their personal interest .So some children would like to keep (39)  away from the real world
How can people stay away from IAD? Don t get online any more, go back to the real world and if it doesn't work, go to see the (40)___,
A. disease B.task C. rule
A .home B.online C. in school
A. because of B. Out of  C. instead of
A. changing B. increasing C .becoming less
A. shows B. notices C knows
A. road  B. way C. country
A. best B .worst C. only
A. study B. play C. think
A. themselves B.their parents C. their teachers
A. friend B. teacher C.doctor

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb   31   highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.   32   mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   33   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not  34   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   35  was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out   36   Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   37    him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  38    as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz   39   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   40   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   41   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was   42   and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more   43   than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally   44  reached the top. Later, the villagers   45   knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.

A．the B．a C．an D．/

A．Rudi B．The Rudi’s C．Rudis’ D．Rudi’s

A．climbing B．climb C．to climb D．climbed

A．try out B．give up C．go over D．work out

A．what B．which C．whom D．who

A．which B．what C．that D．where

A．after B．behind C．before D．over

A．but B．so D．for

A．walked B．rested C．stayed D．watched

A．first B．second C．third D．last

A．take B．beat C．push D．help

A．helpful B．helping C．helps D．helpless

A．popular B．successful C．important D．interesting

A．he B．they C．them D．him

A．both B．none C．either D．all

How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”

A．normally B．casually C．differently D．actually

A．for B．since C．before D．after

A．empty B．crowded C．busy D．awful

A．sister’s B．brother’s C．mom’s D．dad’s

A．will B．won’t C．should D．shouldn’t

A．invited B．allowed C．taught D．urged

A．fewer B．few C．more D．many

A．begins B．stops C．continues D．refuses

A．so B．or C．and D．but

A．anything B．nothing C．everybody D．somebody

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew,especially on my parents and friedns.One day my mother was   46   and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said,“Tony fell from the open window!”She was very   47   and ran out of the kitchen.Then I said,“Don’t worry,I’m just   48  .”And my mother shouted at me,“If you do it   49  ,I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my   50  in the sea.I wanted to play a joke on them.In the beginning,I went swimming   51  ,and I called out,“Help!”All my friends came to help me,only to   52   that I was joking.But the next time I wasn’t joking.I was so   53   that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my frineds for help,but this time nobody came to help me.
  54  ,They found I was telling the truth.They came and saved my life.They took me to the hospital.This is the best   55  in my life.From then on,I haven’t joked on anyone.

A．writing B．sleeping C．cooking D．running

A．angry B．worried C．sorry D．excited

A．smiling B．saying C．playing D．joking

A．now B．then C．again D．once

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

A．fast B．slowly C．well D．alone

A．find B．understand C．say D．think

A．careful B．careless C．fast D．slow

A．In the end B．At first C．Since then D．At that time

A．time B．sport C．lesson D．day

Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realisticgoal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   45  .”

A．speech B．paper C．notice D．diary

A．paint B．win C．own D．sell

A．just B．almost C．ever D．even

A．heart B．life C．advice D．trust

A．to B．with C．from D．for

A．word B．letter C．note D．post

A．How B．Why C．When D．Where

A．unusual B．unforgettable C．unimportant D．unrealistic

A．money B．time C．space D．effort

A．wonder B．way C．problem D．matter

A．Though B．since C．Until D．If

A．himself B．him C．it D．itself

A．change B．gift C．message D．decision

A．long B．thick C．same D．correct

A．grade B．dream C．duty D．secret

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31  in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it’s interesting to hear that and that’s  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35  : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37   it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39  a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know _40_ it ended.

A．cities B．countries C．towns D．villages

A．reading B．writing C．acting D．playing

A．what B．how C．when D．why

A．the next B．next C．next to D．next time

A．too B．as well C．as well as D．also

A．book B．story C．play D．film

A．hated B．enjoyed C．wanted D．shamed

A．as B．while C．until D．since

A．drawing B．singing C．writing D．making

A．what B．how C．who D．which

  Everyone can feel stressed out because of too many things happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have __36__ opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard.
You are not a children any more, but you are not __37__, even though you have to deal with some grow-up problems and made decisions by __38__. Families can be one of the biggest causes（原因）of stress, such as problems of arguing with __39__ or brothers or sisters. Teenagers also have lots of stress from __40__, either from their teachers or from their classmates. Some teenagers also feel __41__ about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some can’t __42__ to go to university. It is hard for some teenagers to get a job after they graduate. There are so many young people finishing school __43__ not enough jobs for them. Though there is a lot of stress, you can find many ways to __44__ it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound __45__, but it is helpful.
A. more                        B. fewer                   C. many
A. a baby                      B. a teenager               C. an adult
A. yourself                   B. himself                    C. myself
A. teachers                   B. parents                    C. classmates
A. family                      B. society                   C. school
A. relaxed                     B. stressed                   C. excited
A. afford                      B. offer                      C. refuse
A. and                        B. but                      C. or
A. agree with                  B. talk with                  C. deal with
A. simple                      B. difficult                   C. good