初中英语选词填空

arm   wait    see   when    spend    she    have    grow    without   put

Only mother’s love is true love. She gives her child everything all her life.   you are still a baby, your mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her    . When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night and forgets about    . When you are         up day by day, she feels very happy. When you are old enough to go to school, she still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you       on more clothes. She always stands in the wind   for you  back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school       eating any food, she always feels worried about you at home. She usually cares about your study and      much money on your school things. When you do well at school, the brightest smile will be    on her face.
Mother is always ready to give everything she     to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the world!

possible     twenty     cheap      bad     play

Oh, this dress is too expensive. Can it be a little            ?
Maria invited some of her friends to celebrate her             birthday.
Bill practices             football after school every day.
Helen fell off her bike and her leg was             hurt.
It’s             for a boy to lift such a big table.

Firstly, it is important to report new events. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give   about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print totally different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and     . People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad’ news. For example, newspapers    tell stories about planes landing safely,     , they tell stories about plane crashes. In addition, many people are interested in news in foreign countries while others prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is       to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories    by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life    the 18^th century. Many countries have     different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

four      bright     watch       luck      gift

My brother enjoys _______________ TV a lot.
In summer, the sun usually shines ___________.
Children can get ___________money during the Spring Festival.
My uncle lives on the ______________ floor.
Mike gets a lot of ____________ on his birthday.

A Student Budget(预算)
College is an exciting time to learn and to make friends that will last a lifetime.  Many students do not like to worry about money, and they would rather not think about it. But, it doesn’t matter whether a student’s parents pay for everything, or whether the students works part-time to help pay for his or her education. All students can get into money t____ if they’re not careful.
The cost of a college education can be quite expensive. In English-speaking countries, the a___ cost per student per year is well over US$10,000. Students must also pay for books, paper, pens, and etc. T_ can cost $500 to $1,000 per year. Students who live in university housing pay thousand more per year for room and board. Add money for clothes, travel, and other personal expenses, and the cost of one year at a university can be $20, 000 to $30,000 or more.
Students need to spend their money c___. At most universities, advisors can give students advice on how to budget their money. They s___ this: at the start of a school term, write down your income; for example, money you will get from your family or a part-time job. Then, list all of your expenses. Put your expenses into two groups: those that change (food, phone, books, travel), and those that will stay the s__86__ (tuition, room and board). Add together all of your expenses. Are they more than your income? Do you have enough money, or do you need more?
Learning not to spend more money than you have is not always easy. But for many, it is e than borrowing money from family or friends.

Moblogging is done just for fun too. On some posted moblogs you can find photos of friends making funny faces, photos from people    and photos of new babies. Other fun moblogs might be spotting famous people, pictures of food in restaurants, or new clothes.
However, moblogs can be dangerous, too. Not long ago in Korea, a woman’s dog made a mess on the train, but she      to clean it up, became angry, and left. Her picture was taken and posted on the Internet,   the story of what she did. People all around the country were angry with her. Imagine how she felt!
Moblogging can be wonderful, but it is really impolite to post another person’s picture on the Internet without asking for permission. One idea from Japan may help: people can no longer  take pictures with their cell phones, Japanese cell phones “click” like a real camera when you take a picture.

A.refused  B. travelling   C. quietly  D. instead of   E. together with

Moblog is a combination of two words. The first word is mobile, which      a mobile camera phone. The second word is blog, a website for posting words and pictures. Typically, mobloggers are people who take photos or videos with their phones and post them on the Internet. Moblogging has caused a lot of excitement. It has also caused a lot of .
With a picture phone or a moblog, anyone can be a reporter. Moblogging first got the world’s   during a terrorist attack on four London buses. People were posting photos on the Internet many minutes before real reporters could get there. Similarly, information about car accidents has been  right away.

A. care    B. chat   C. broadcast   D. means   E. attention

I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. I had to go back to find it, so I told my sister to wait right   .
A man heard it and stopped me just       I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your sister here to find the shoe? What would you do if she is not here when you return?” I didn’t know how to answer that question. He , “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your sister.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
During my whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel sorry that I can’t find them and say ‘thank you’. I do not even remember what their faces   , but they taught me a lesson --- people are more important than things.

A. crying     B. laughing   C. shoes    D. all the time    E. asleep

When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger sister. At that time, my little sister was about four years old and she missed mum    .
One day, after I had given her dinner, she started      for mum. She was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed her up, put on her    , carried her on my back and walked out. Soon she fell      .
About half an hour later, I found that she had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took her off my back and put her down.

international school;  good treatment;   achievements;   discussion;   population;    pollution

They were proud of their children’s ______________.
The ___________ was terrible because the shoe factory used to dump its waste into the river.
Would you like to study in that ____________ ?
We had a long ______________ about the question.
They went to a big hospital for  ___________.

be        sell       know       remember       live

The world paused (暂停) __________ a cultural giant on April 17 after Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at the age of 87.Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia but _________ in Mexico for more than 30 years. He _________ one of the 20th century’s most famous writers.He is best _________ for his 1967 novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (《百年孤独》). It’s about a family over several generations. The story is about the development of Colombia since the 19th century. The novel _________ about 50 million copies already.

activities       nervous       recently      when       called

My school went on a camp in the north of the city _________. We did simple things like
cooking food in the bush and sleeping in tents. But they’re the exciting __________ that I enjoyed most.
One of the activities was _________ Flying Fox. _________ you are taking part in the activity, you are attached to a wire that stretches from the top of a cliff to the ground. Then you jump off the cliff. There are very strong ropes and clips so you are very safe.
Before I went on the Flying Fox, I was a bit _________. My classmates kept on encouraging me. So I closed my eyes and jumped. I felt my whole body was flying! It was so exciting!

you    buy    twenty-one     high     please

Can you tell me the ____________ of the mountain?
Children, did you enjoy ____________ during the vacation?
Travelling by sea is a ____________ experience for most people.
He often ____________ gifts for his parents on their birthdays.
They live on the ____________ floor and they take a lift up and down every day.

at the same time,  the same size as,  looking forward to,  tried their best,  Look out

_______________! The tiger is walking towards you.
They ____________________ to make the old people happy.
I am ______________________ seeing this film with you.
How can you listen to music and do your homework _____________________?
Sandy’s dress is ___________________ mine.