初中英语完型填空

From the balcony (露台) of my grandma’s tenth-floor apartment, I search the sky, hoping to see stars.

“Stars are afraid of city lights, but a little song is __(1)__ good for something,” Grandma puts her arms around me and sings softly in her low and beautiful ___(2)___.

But stars are still hiding.

So I rest ___(3)___ deeper into her arms, hoping for a few more minutes of her warmth as much as I hope to see at least one star.

“Tomorrow won’t come if you don’t dream tonight, Sally!” She kisses my hair and points me to ____(4)____.

The next day, I wake up and take the lift ___(5)___ Grandma as usual.

On the fourth floor, the lift stops suddenly and it goes dark. I feel my ___(6)__ beating in my ears. Grandma rings the bell and is told that the power (电) is off along the whole street.

Grandma holds my hands, and we sing together in the dark lift.

Before long, Mr. Smith comes and helps us get out safely. Grandma takes my hand, and we walk ___(7)___ the stairs to the first floor. Grandma nods in the direction of my school.

“Am I still going?”

“School has power, dear Sally.” She takes my hand again! And I am not ___(8)__ for school.

The power is still off when I come home that afternoon.

After dinner and homework, we come to the balcony and watch day turn to evening. Lights come on several streets away, but it’s ___(9)___ here.

“Stars might not be so afraid tonight,” I say.

“Star light, star bright…” I start to ___(10)___, and Grandma joins in.

One, two, three… Thousands of stars light the sky bright!

(1).

A．

hardly

B．

always

C．

already

D．

never

(2).

A．

mind

B．

hand

C．

noise

D．

voice

(3).

A．

myself

B．

herself

C．

itself

D．

himself

(4).

A．

bed

B．

chair

C．

desk

D．

wall

(5).

A．

for

B．

of

C．

with

D．

in

(6).

A．

head

B．

heart

C．

feet

D．

legs

(7).

A．

off

B．

over

C．

up

D．

down

(8).

A．

good

B．

late

C．

bad

D．

famous

(9).

A．

bright

B．

blue

C．

dark

D．

white

(10).

A．

sing

B．

draw

C．

sleep

D．

swim

It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ___(1)___ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ___(2)___ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ___(3)___ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).

A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ___(4)___ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ___（5）__, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.

“It’s the soda you ordered,” __（6）__ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup.”

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the __（7）__ in the display case, and said, “That one, please,” which seemed to __（8）__ better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so __（9）__ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ___（10）__ speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole __(11)___, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel __(12)__ about your English—you’ll get better at it __(13)___ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I __(14)___ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ___(15)___ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

(1).

A．

imagined

B．

wondered

C．

described

D．

remembered

(2).

A．

just

B．

even

C．

never

D．

also

(3).

A．

wish

B．

suggestion

C．

dream

D．

order

(4).

A．

Above

B．

Inside

C．

Under

D．

Near

(5).

A．

moved

B．

bored

C．

surprised

D．

tired

(6).

A．

he

B．

you

C．

she

D．

I

(7).

A．

salads

B．

cakes

C．

drinks

D．

strawberries

(8).

A．

work

B．

spread

C．

develop

D．

read

(9).

A．

special

B．

popular

C．

important

D．

easy

(10).

A．

slowly

B．

carefully

C．

actually

D．

honestly

(11).

A．

discussion

B．

process

C．

performance

D．

argument

(12).

A．

crazy

B．

hopeful

C．

bad

D．

excited

(13).

A．

although

B．

if

C．

because

D．

since

(14).

A．

ended up

B．

cheered up

C．

showed up

D．

came up

(15).

A．

refusing

B．

planning

C．

regretting

D．

fighting

When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. She was weak after a long ___(1)__ and had to go to the hospital very often. She had __（2）__ walking, playing with other children, and going to school.

Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida and hoped Gina could ___（3）___ with dolphins(海豚). When Gina knew it, she was __（4）__ because she didn’t know whether it was easy to be around dolphins.

When we got to Florida, we couldn’t wait to __（5）__ the place. Kids who had ___（6）___ needs like Gina could come and spend time with dolphins. I thought it was going to be a vacation, ___（7）__ it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.

However, the trip was amazing. Gina ___（8）__ and clapped (鼓掌) when she saw the dolphins. One of the dolphins squeaked (尖叫) happily to __（9）__ her. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she ___（10）___ did at home. Mum and Dad were proud of Gina. I was, too.

(1).

A．

health

B．

illness

C．

peace

D．

letter

(2).

A．

trouble

B．

success

C．

trust

D．

tradition

(3).

A．

draw

B．

cook

C．

swim

D．

skate

(4).

A．

polite

B．

sleepy

C．

worried

D．

honest

(5).

A．

help

B．

clean

C．

invent

D．

visit

(6).

A．

boring

B．

special

C．

harmful

D．

careless

(7).

A．

but

B．

because

C．

so

D．

and

(8).

A．

locked

B．

laughed

C．

escaped

D．

apologised

(9).

A．

hurt

B．

punish

C．

forget

D．

welcome

(10).

A．

hardly

B．

loudly

C．

usually

D．

immediately

Albert was mad about computer games. When people encouraged him to return to ___(1)___ life, he would say, “This is my doorway to the world.”

In one of his favorite games, he would ___(2)___ as many turtles as he could. ___(3)___ else could collect more than he did. But Albert still wanted more. One day, when he got home from school, he found two real turtles in his bedroom.

Albert’s parents decided to make them his __(4)__. Albert had to learn all he could to look after the turtles. He also ___(5)___ to trick them into leaving his room, but it never worked. Gradually, he got used to living with the turtles, and __(6)__ began to enjoy it. And other people loved hearing Albert’s stories and his growing knowledge about __(7)___.

One day, the turtles disappeared. His parents ___(8)___ that he would return to his games, but that didn’t happen. __(9)__, he went to buy some pets and looked after them in his spare time.

Now whenever people ask him about it, he points at his __(10)__ and says, “They are my doorway to the world. There’s a lot more to them than you’d realize.”

(1).

A．

normal

B．

hard

C．

similar

(2).

A．

hide

B．

draw

C．

collect

(3).

A．

No one

B．

Anyone

C．

Someone

(4).

A．

invention

B．

job

C．

secret

(5).

A．

refused

B．

remembered

C．

tried

(6).

A．

once

B．

still

C．

even

(7).

A．

computers

B．

nature

C．

bedrooms

(8).

A．

worried

B．

hoped

C．

ordered

(9).

A．

Anyway

B．

Instead

C．

Besides

(10).

A．

games

B．

pets

C．

rooms

Sir Isaac Newton was a scientist who discovered the law of gravity（重力）. People have learned that Isaac Newton once ___(1)___ when he was thinking under an apple tree. __(2)__ he was woken up by an apple falling on his head. He jumped up, shouting, “Gravity made the apple fall!”

Did the apple really fall on him? No one __(3)__ for sure. The story of the apple may have some __(4)__, but people who knew him have written that it never happened. Newton had actually been studying gravity and thinking about how apples fell down from a tree and not __(5)___ for many years.

(1). A. fell overB. fell asleepC. fell ill

(2). A. SuddenlyB. SlowlyC. Usually

(3). A. promisesB. forgetsC. knows

(4). A. truthB. purposeC. requirement

(5). A. insideB. offC. up

Games and sports teach people a lot of useful skills, as well as helping them to __(1)__ fit and healthy.

Lots of people love team sports. They enjoy being a member of a team so they have the chance to __(2)__ the matches and events. They also enjoy sharing the __(3)__, or failure, with others. While playing, people have to __(4)__ each other, otherwise they can never win. At the same time, it is important to respect rules, because no game will work __(5)__ everyone plays according to them. Team games also teach you that __(6)__ is not the end of the world. You will always have another opportunity and you will be more successful against your competitors next time.

__(7)__, there are many people who just don’t like team sports. They have to find other __(8)__ to exercise. Perhaps they had a bad __(9)__ with a kind of sport when they were younger. Maybe they feel embarrassed because they think they’re not very ___(10)___ at a sport. They worry about disappointing the rest of the team if they ___(11)___ badly. Team sports are ___(12)__ about competitions, and for some people, this is too ___(13)___. So individual（个人的）activities are more suitable for them. ___(14)___, during the COVID-19, many people exercise in their houses by following work-out videos posted online. Hundreds of free workouts are produced online every day, so you can have your own personal ___(15)___ without leaving your own house.

Whether team sports or individual activities, always lead positive lives!

(1).

A．

keep

B．

continue

C．

grow

D．

bring

(2).

A．

look up

B．

wait for

C．

send for

D．

take part in

(3).

A．

score

B．

success

C．

effort

D．

result

(4).

A．

become

B．

support

C．

save

D．

find

(5).

A．

unless

B．

when

C．

if

D．

though

(6).

A．

winning

B．

playing

C．

challenging

D．

losing

(7).

A．

However

B．

Therefore

C．

Suddenly

D．

Lastly

(8).

A．

places

B．

time

C．

ways

D．

space

(9).

A．

interest

B．

information

C．

direction

D．

experience

(10).

A．

excited

B．

strict

C．

good

D．

poor

(11).

A．

order

B．

perform

C．

watch

D．

teach

(12).

A．

seldom

B．

usually

C．

gradually

D．

completely

(13).

A．

dangerous

B．

crazy

C．

stressful

D．

careful

(14).

A．

At last

B．

In all

C．

For example

D．

Of course

(15).

A．

computer

B．

office

C．

taste

D．

trainer

Have you ever heard of Jiang Mengnan? She is ___(1)__ unusual girl. She received the award (奖) of the Person Touching China for 2021___(2)__ March 3rd. In 2018, she was accepted by Tsinghua University as a PhD (博士) student. It was a long journey for her to become a student of the famous university because most of her life was in a __(3)__ world. Her story has moved thousands of people.

Jiang was born in 1992. Her parents named her Mengnan which means “dream and south”. Her parents wished that their ___(4)__ would enjoy a life of peace. However, when she was six months old, her peaceful and beautiful life __(5)__. She lost her hearing because of taking the wrong medicine. As she ___(6)___, she began to learn lip-reading (唇读). She overcame lots of difficulties and practiced more than 1,000 times to learn to pronounce each word correctly.

Through her hard work, she ___(7)___ Jilin University with a high score of 615 marks in 2011. Jiang decided to study life science because she hoped she could spend all her life on people’s __(8)__. During her college days, she was a __(9)__ to help the disabled children in her hometown.

“For people ___(10)___ are deaf like me, I want to tell them that we can do as much as the normal people, and maybe we can even do better!”

(1).

A．

a

B．

an

C．

the

D．

/

(2).

A．

in

B．

at

C．

on

D．

from

(3).

A．

silent

B．

strange

C．

colorful

D．

noisy

(4).

A．

sister

B．

brother

C．

son

D．

daughter

(5).

A．

changes

B．

changed

C．

is changing

D．

has changed

(6).

A．

showed up

B．

ended up

C．

grew up

D．

woke up

(7).

A．

left

B．

entered

C．

visited

D．

introduced

(8).

A．

exercise

B．

work

C．

study

D．

health

(9).

A．

doctor

B．

manager

C．

volunteer

D．

master

(10).

A．

who

B．

which

C．

what

D．

whom

阅读下面的短文，从所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出最佳选项。

The 75-year-old Joe lived very happily in a village and had a big warm family. His children ___(1)___ and moved to different cities. Now he has four grandchildren, and they usually visit him during their holidays.

During one ___(2)___ , Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning the house and cooking their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized his watch was ___(3)___ . The watch was from his ___(4)___ and he treasured it very much, so he was very upset. He looked for it but could not find it ___(5)___ .

When his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch which was given by their grandma.

One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw it the ___(6)___ time?

“I guess when I was cleaning the ___(7)___ !” he replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they couldn't find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort their grandpa.

One grandson went back to the garden to look again. He was there for about 15 minutes and rushed back with a（an）___(8)___ look on his face.

Then everyone was very surprised to see the watch in his hand. They asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: “I sat there without making a noise. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

Joe hugged and ___(9)___ the little boy.

This is the power of ___(10)___ . If we stay calm（冷静）, we are more about to find the ways of solving problems.

(1).

A．

gave up

B．

looked up

C．

grew up

D．

got up

(2).

A．

summer

B．

vacation

C．

winter

D．

weekday

(3).

A．

dirty

B．

broken

C．

wet

D．

missing

(4).

A．

wife

B．

children

C．

granddaughter

D．

grandson

(5).

A．

somewhere

B．

anywhere

C．

here

D．

there

(6).

A．

last

B．

next

C．

second

D．

first

(7).

A．

kitchen

B．

bedroom

C．

yard

D．

garden

(8).

A．

tired

B．

surprised

C．

excited

D．

bored

(9).

A．

warned

B．

thanked

C．

punished

D．

kicked

(10).

A．

silence

B．

courage

C．

discovery

D．

doubt

After the winter vacation, I had to move to a new city with my parents. On the first day to my new school, it was cold and ____(1)____. I was walking alone slowly ____(2)____ worrying about something in my new school. It was early and there weren’t many people on the road. ___(3)____ a girl who was riding a bike in the snow fell down. She was ___(4)____ hard to stand up but fell again. ___(5)____ thinking, I went over to help her quickly. She said “thank you” with a ___(6)____ and then rode away. Her smile warmed me a lot.

After I got to school, the teacher led me to the classroom and ___(7)____ me to the class. Then he asked me to ___(8)____ down beside a girl. I felt so ___(9)____ that I didn’t dare to look at her. Soon the first class, English, started. Their textbooks were___(10)____from those in my old school. As I was ___(11)____ what to do, an English book appeared in front of me. “Let’s ___(12)____ it.” The girl beside me said, “Hi, I’m Carrie,” I looked up. To ___(13)___ surprise, it was the girl I helped this morning. From ___(14)____ on, we became good friends.

From that I learned: to help ____(15)____ is actually to help ourselves!

(1).

A．

cloudy

B．

snowy

C．

foggy

D．

rainy

(2).

A．

so

B．

because

C．

but

D．

and

(3).

A．

Firstly

B．

Finally

C．

Suddenly

D．

Luckily

(4).

A．

trying

B．

starting

C．

getting

D．

walking

(5).

A．

Without

B．

With

C．

For

D．

About

(6).

A．

joke

B．

smile

C．

laugh

D．

cry

(7).

A．

introduced

B．

carried

C．

showed

D．

sent

(8).

A．

fall

B．

lie

C．

sit

D．

turn

(9).

A．

sad

B．

happy

C．

nervous

D．

excited

(10).

A．

easy

B．

difficult

C．

same

D．

different

(11).

A．

doing

B．

writing

C．

wondering

D．

dreaming

(12).

A．

share

B．

sing

C．

dance

D．

play

(13).

A．

her

B．

my

C．

his

D．

its

(14).

A．

today

B．

later

C．

now

D．

then

(15).

A．

any other

B．

another

C．

the other

D．

others

Sit With Us

You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ___(1)___ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s ___(2)___ of solving the problem was to create an app. She knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ___(3)___ a new table at lunch every day. If she sat ___(4)___, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was __(5)__, she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app to help students like ___(6)___ find people to have lunch with.

The app — called Sit With Us — is ___(7)__. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and __(8)___ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ___(9)___. This allows students to make ___(10)___ online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason why it works so _ (11)__: it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.

Natalie is __(12)__ to see that people are replying to her app actively — especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She __(13)__ appeared in many news stories.

Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her ___(14)__, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ___(15)___ to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing — like having a friend to enjoy lunch with — can make all the difference.

(1).

A．

so

B．

or

C．

for

D．

but

(2).

A．

habit

B．

course

C．

method

D．

question

(3).

A．

search for

B．

fix up

C．

give out

D．

get away from

(4).

A．

on time

B．

in a hurry

C．

by herself

D．

in public

(5).

A．

called

B．

refused

C．

discussed

D．

believed

(6).

A．

us

B．

it

C．

her

D．

them

(7).

A．

cheap

B．

simple

C．

private

D．

noisy

(8).

A．

miss

B．

make

C．

send

D．

accept

(9).

A．

stop

B．

study

C．

meet

D．

exercise

(10).

A．

plans

B．

trouble

C．

reports

D．

dinner

(11).

A．

late

B．

well

C．

hard

D．

loudly

(12).

A．

upset

B．

sorry

C．

happy

D．

angry

(13).

A．

also

B．

just

C．

still

D．

seldom

(14).

A．

book

B．

talk

C．

school

D．

picture

(15).

A．

big

B．

new

C．

similar

D．

enjoyable

I went to Beijing to study Chinese last year. I was ___(1)___ about all the chances to better my language skills, walk on the Great Wall, and most of all, eat real Chinese food! I ___(2)___ remember my first jianbing, jiaozi and Peking duck. Each of them was amazing in its own way.

I knew that real Chinese food would be different from the Chinese food I had eaten in the USA. I couldn’t wait to try all the ___(3)___ dishes that came up in my research about Chinese food. One of my favorites turned out to be hotpot（火锅）.

My first-ever hotpot experience in Old Beijing was ___(4)___. As a first-timer, I was moved by the waiters’___(5)___ and their warmth of welcome. They tried their best to introduce all of the oils and spices（调味香料）to me.

Looking around, I found that everyone had their own favorite sauce combinations（酱料组合）, ingredients and styles（食材和风格）. Some would carefully ____(6)___ their ingredients into the hotpot one after another. Others would impatiently put whole plates into the bubbling（冒泡的）oil. You can learn a lot from the ____(7)____ people eat hotpot.

When I went back to the USA, I ___(8)____ to prepare a hotpot meal for my family. It allowed me to not only share the culture that I had learned about, but also offer others a chance to ____(9)___ China like I had. It’s amazing that ___(10)___ could bring so much to life!

(1).

A．

sorry

B．

excited

C．

tired

(2).

A．

still

B．

never

C．

hardly

(3).

A．

heart-breaking

B．

mouth-watering

C．

time-saving

(4).

A．

unforgettable

B．

unpleasant

C．

unlucky

(5).

A．

coldness

B．

laziness

C．

friendliness

(6).

A．

play

B．

put

C．

wash

(7).

A．

way

B．

tool

C．

price

(8).

A．

hated

B．

refused

C．

decided

(9).

A．

help

B．

build

C．

experience

(10).

A．

jiaozi

B．

hotpot

C．

Peking duck

Ever since “Mother Nature” gave me life, I expected to grow tall and big.

As a young ___(1)___, I was well protected in the forest. I used to ___(2)___ a good time with my friends under the blue sky and ___(3)___ the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim often said, “All I ask for is to be ___(4)___ the whole day.”

More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day, our ___(5）___ birthday, people came, moved us from the __（6）_ and put us on their trucks. “I don’t want to go!” Tim cried.

After a long journey, we arrived in a completely different place with ___（7）___ green. Here we were planted in a line. ___（8）___ the wind blew strongly, I could not even open my eyes to see Tim __（9）___ beside me. So we needed enough __（10）__ to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.

As time went by, we finally ___（11)___ much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back!

This was no longer a no-man’s-land, and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his ___(12)___, “Thank you. We can enjoy clear days ___(13)___ worrying about sand storms.” A young girl jumping up and down came over and ___(14)___ me. “Thank you,” she said, “It’s you that have turned the desert into a green land!”

Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling ___(15)__. The sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky.

(1).

A．

tree

B．

fish

C．

girl

D．

boy

(2).

A．

choose

B．

forget

C．

have

D．

miss

(3).

A．

in

B．

along

C．

under

D．

on

(4).

A．

smart

B．

happy

C．

busy

D．

thin

(5).

A．

first

B．

second

C．

third

D．

fourth

(6).

A．

beach

B．

lake

C．

house

D．

earth

(7).

A．

all

B．

nothing

C．

anything

D．

everything

(8).

A．

Though

B．

Unless

C．

Because

D．

Until

(9）.

A．

clearly

B．

greatly

C．

kindly

D．

widely

（10）.

A．

desert

B．

wind

C．

sand

D．

water

（11）.

A．

became

B．

smelt

C．

sounded

D．

remained

（12）.

A．

radio

B．

keyboard

C．

backpack

D．

camera

（13）.

A．

from

B．

about

C．

without

D．

of

（14）.

A．

asked

B．

hugged

C．

invited

D．

kicked

（15）.

A．

tired

B．

bored

C．

proud

D．

surprised

Bella arrived home late from school that day. When she walked past her mother’s room she found her mum was ___(1)___ in bed, and seemed to be very weak.

Bella entered her room and heard the cries from her little sister. She knew her dad was expect her to ___(2)___ her sister. And she also had to prepare meals for the whole family ___(3)___ her mum did before. Bella thought it was not ___(4)___ because she also had schoolwork to do, just like everyone else in her class. Why did she have to be the grown-up?

When she got out of the room, she saw her ___(5)__ sitting at the kitchen table, lonely and tired. Suddenly, something happened inside Bella. She ___(6)___ that her father, as well as a husband, must be really ___(7)___.

Then she heard a deep voice from her father, “Make the ___(8)__, will you, Bella?”

She was going to find a(n) ___(9)___ to meet her friends, but she stopped and said to herself, “It is a ___(10)__ time for everyone in our family. I guess making meals is just what I can do to help. “Then she ___(11)__ went into the kitchen and began peeling (削) potatoes.

“OK, Daddy.” said Bella. “Everything will be all right and we can ___(12)___.” At the moment, she saw a smile on her father’s face. She felt ___(13)___— grown-up, somehow. It was really good to ___(14)___ a smile to her father’s face, even for only a moment.

“Daddy, whatever happens, we will be OK. Right?”

“Yes, we will. If we ___(15) __ each other, we’ll always be all right.”

They both smiled at each other over the table.

(1).

A．

still

B．

only

C．

even

D．

almost

(2).

A．

look for

B．

look after

C．

look over

D．

look through

(3).

A．

as

B．

until

C．

since

D．

unless

(4).

A．

clear

B．

ready

C．

fair

D．

true

(5).

A．

brother

B．

sister

C．

mum

D．

dad

(6).

A．

explained

B．

expected

C．

realized

D．

promised

(7).

A．

moved

B．

worried

C．

pleased

D．

surprised

(8).

A．

bed

B．

table

C．

dinner

D．

present

(9).

A．

excuse

B．

suggestion

C．

example

D．

question

(10).

A．

full

B．

hard

C．

good

D．

right

(11).

A．

simply

B．

bravely

C．

quietly

D．

suddenly

(12).

A．

decide

B．

manage

C．

forget

D．

understand

(13).

A．

terrible

B．

wrong

C．

lucky

D．

different

(14).

A．

bring

B．

keep

C．

turn

D．

hold

(15).

A．

refuse

B．

control

C．

support

D．

introduce

The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river. Thornton was in the boat, while Hans and Pete had to move along the river bank, holding the boat with a rope. Buck, the dog, followed them, keeping a(n) ___(1)___ eye on Thornton.

They came to a more ___(2)____ part of the river, and the boat started to go too quickly. Hans pulled on the rope to stop it, but pulled it too hard. The boat ____(3)___, and Thornton was thrown into the water.

Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he ___(4)___ Thornton. Then Buck returned, with Thornton holding his tail. Buck swam towards the river bank. But they moved ___(5)___. Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough, so he let go of Buck, held on to a rock in the middle of the water, and ___(6)__, “Go, Buck, go!”

Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank, and Pete and Hans pulled him out.

It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in that ___(7)___ water, and his friends knew they had only a few minutes to save him. They ___(8)___ their rope round Buck, who at once jumped into the river and tried to swim to Thornton. The first time, the water took him ___(9)___ the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back. The second time, he swam higher up the river. ___(10)___, the water brought him down to Thornton. Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could. Man and dog disappeared under the water, ___(11)___ rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck on top, sometimes Thornton. When Hans and Pete finally pulled them out, both seemed more dead than alive. But after a while their eyes opened and ___(12)___ returned. They all smiled.

(1).

A．

worried

B．

satisfied

C．

surprised

D．

excited

(2).

A．

important

B．

famous

C．

dangerous

D．

interesting

(3).

A．

turned up

B．

turned over

C．

turned down

D．

turned off

(4).

A．

lost

B．

saw

C．

saved

D．

reached

(5).

A．

carelessly

B．

slowly

C．

wisely

D．

simply

(6).

A．

shouted

B．

complained

C．

replied

D．

joked

(7).

A．

secret

B．

clear

C．

dirty

D．

wild

(8).

A．

tied

B．

limited

C．

relaxed

D．

mixed

(9).

A．

under

B．

past

C．

inside

D．

through

(10).

A．

Otherwise

B．

Moreover

C．

However

D．

Instead

(11).

A．

lifting

B．

controlling

C．

hitting

D．

breaking

(12).

A．

fear

B．

love

C．

trust

D．

life

Almost every Saturday morning, Molly pulls a table into her front yard. On the table she lays out some ___(1)____ in season, such as carrots and tomatoes. They are all from her garden and free for her neighbors to ___(2)____. “It’s just lovely, like you walk by and get a beautiful gift around the corner,” said a neighbor.

Molly started doing this in the summer of 2020. Earlier that year, a fire broke out in her house. Molly’s ___(3)____ had a hard time. “People in the community came to ___(4)____. They brought us food and often called to make sure we were doing fine. I was deeply ___（5）____,” Molly said.

Then the pandemic(疫情) came. Molly and her family had much time to ___（6）____ in their garden. They decided to ___（7）____ what they grew in their garden.

No one knew about it at first. But __（8）__, people got into the habit of coming around. They would stop by and leave with some vegetables. Molly’s yard became a __（9）__ place.

One thing Molly has learned from this experience is that people have to work together when days are ___（10）__. She is glad that love has spread in this community.

（1）.

A．

fruits

B．

flowers

C．

leaves

D．

vegetables

（2）.

A．

look at

B．

take away

C．

give up

D．

throw away

（3）.

A．

family

B．

class

C．

office

D．

team

（4）.

A．

cry

B．

see

C．

help

D．

rest

（5）.

A．

moved

B．

interested

C．

tired

D．

bored

（6）.

A．

play

B．

work

C．

sleep

D．

dance

（7）.

A．

eat

B．

sell

C．

share

D．

cook

（8）.

A．

sadly

B．

slowly

C．

badly

D．

carefully

（9）.

A．

clean

B．

small

C．

terrible

D．

popular

（10）.

A．

difficult

B．

sunny

C．

short

D．

cool