初中英语专题复习资料(九)短文填空

专题复习资料（九）

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A

Thirty years ago, I walked into a bakery and asked for some loaves(条)of bread to sell. At that time, I was 12 years old. A young lady ____1_____ me that day. She gave me five loaves and wished me good ____2____.

I took the loaves and went out to sell them. It ____3____ me all day, but I sold them all. At the ___4______ of the day, I had some money.I thought I was the ___5_____ boy in the world as I walked home that evening.

The next day, I went to a bike shop. I paid a deposit(定金)on a new bike. And then I started my next journey(行程)____6_____ a newspaper delivery(投递)boy. Soon I ___7____ pay the rest of the money for the bike and the bike was mine. I was so proud of ______8___! Today I still work in the delivery business. I have a lot of trucks to send goods alll over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I don‟t ride a bike these days . I drive a large nice car. I don‟t know ___9_______ that young lady was. But ___10______ she gave me the start, I have become a successful man. I‟d like to show my thanks to her.

B

Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries. Recent research made among 428 middle school students in Chongqing, 1 __ half of them would like to study abroad(在国外）.

“Chinese children want to go abroad to get 2 knowledge,less academiccompetition(学业竞争) or even family honor(荣耀),” said Chen yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in the US 3 16 years. “But life in foreign countries can ___4 hard for young people.”

We have to 5 the different culture and language problems,” said Hong Guang, a Chinede student in London.

However, these are not always the most 6 things to overcome(克服). To most children, controlling(控制)themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge. Some of his friends 7 their whole year‟s money in the first two 8 of the new term. “Studying abroad at a young 9 can help students learn foreign 10 quickly and open up their minds, but students and parents should know about the challenges,” Chen said.

C

A group of people got together to visit their university teacher. The teacher was happy to 1 them. They talked happily. He asked them 2 they were going on.Then his students started to complain ( 抱怨 )about the stress in work and life.

The teacher just 3 and smiled. Then he went to kitchen to get some cups — some

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plastic, some glass,some looked beautiful and expensive but some didn't look very nice. The teacher offered his students the 4 to get drinks for themselves.

When all the students had a cup in 5 with water, the teacher said, “If you noticed, only nice-looking ,expensive cups were picked up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. In 6 , you only want the best for look. That is the source(根源)of 7 stress. What all of you wanted was water, not the cup, but you unconsciously(无意地)went 8 the better cups.” Just like in life , if life is water, then the jobs, money and position(地位) are cups. They are 9 tools(工具）to get water .No matter what kind of cups we get, the water itself doesn‟t change. If we only care about the cups , we won‟t have time to enjoy the 10 in it.

D

There is a girl who couldn't see anything since she was born. So she never knows what green is at all. She 1 to ask for help. There are many disabled (残疾) people __2 the world. They can't feel the same as those in good health. We must try our best to give them help.

So, I decide to help her, but I don't know how to do it at first. Several days later, I have got an 3 . I'll take her to a village in spring. On the early morning, the air is very fresh and cool. I'm going to ____4 her to touch(触摸）leaves and grass in the wood, and then tell her that they are green, because they are ___5 of life. Let her listen to the song of ___6 , and tell her birds are green, because they get along well with each other. Let her join children's games, and tell her children are ___7 green, because they are lively and lovely. I'm sure that ____8 must have some special feeling. I will let her touch and ____9 everything in the woods by herself. This is my way. I would rather let her experience the nature by herself than ___10 what green is by word of mouth.

E 08徐州

The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know 1 to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.

One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could_2 at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought_3 would be better to ring him up. I _4 him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried _5 and this time I got an answer from him.

I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at _6 I thought he said--he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found _7_in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I _8 , \"You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!\"

Here _9 _his answer, \"No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.'\" I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What _10_

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could I do? Nothing!

F

改编自08汕头澄海

It was Sunday. The weather was very fine. The students of Class One went out for a _1 .They went by 2 with fruits, vegetables, meat , cookers and some other things.

At about half past ten, they 3 at the foot of a hill. There was a big _4 and many green trees there. Birds were singing and the air was very fresh. The students were busy _5 ready for the picnic. Some of them were getting 6 from the lake, some were washing vegetables and fruits, and others were 7_ a big piece of cloth on the grass. At about twelve o‟clock the lunch was ready.

After lunch, they had a 8_ time singing, dancing, drinking and talking. At three o‟clock, they began to climb the hill. The hill was quite 9 , but they all tried to climb to the 10 _ of it. On the top of the hill, they felt very excited and all cheered.

G

改编自08山东东营：

A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he found an old lady _1 him. “Pardon me,” she said. “I‟m sorry if my looking straight at you has made you 2 not comfortable. It's just that you look just 3 my son, who died a few months 4 .”

“I‟m very sorry,” replied the young man. “Is there 5 that I can do for you?”

“Yes,” she said, “as I‟m leaving, would you 6 „Goodbye, Mother!‟? It would make me feel much 7 .”

“ 8 ” answered the young man.

As the old woman was leaving, he called out, “Goodbye, Mother!” Then as he stepped up to pay for his things, he saw that his 9 was $ 127.00. “How can that be?” he asked. “I only bought a few things!”

The girl at the check-out replied, “Your mother says you'll 10 for her.”

H

改编自08山东济南完形填空

Your junior high school years are coming to an end．After the big exam，most of you will go to 1 in a senior high school． 2 are you expecting（期待）from senior high? Let‟s 3 what plans some students have for the future．

1．Zhou Jie，15，from Shanghai，“I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year，students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2．I hope there‟ll be time to enjoy 4 ，especially tennis．The Tennis Masters（大师）Cup will be 5 in Shanghai．I‟m going to volunteer to help

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out and I‟m sure I‟ll really enjoy it．”

2．Jin Li，16，from Harbin，“I really enjoy science．I‟m interested in 6 model planes，although I‟m not good at 7 ．I‟ll learn more science in senior high school．Anyway．sometime in the future I‟m going to build a super model plane!”

3．Wang Ya，15，from Xiamen，“I hope I can be 8 in senior high school．I‟m only 155 cm．I want to be 162 cm． But most of the girls in my family don‟t grow any taller than 160 cm．I hope I‟m 9 ．”

4．Li Fan，15，from Puyang，“I hope I can make more friends．In senior high school．I‟ll meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things 10 them．”

I

改编自《21世纪报》09初二版

In China, people usually have their names with Chinese characters(汉字). However, there‟s a man 1 Zhao C in Yingtan, Jiangxi Province. Should he have 2 an unusual name? Different people have different 3 .Some think it‟s creative(创新的),maybe foreigners will like him because of the 4 in his name. And also he may 5 famous and 6 many friends. Others don‟t 7 with it . They think the name 8 strange. We can‟t decide whether Zhao C is a Chinese person or a 9 . Just imagine! What would the world be 10 if our friends all had names like Zhao C, Liu D, or Xu X? Keys：

A: 1. saw 2. luck 3. took 4. end 5. happiest 6. as 7. could 8. myself 9. who 10. because B: 1. nearly \\about 2.more 3. for 4. be 5.face 6. difficult 7. spend 8. months 9. age 10. language C: 1. meet\\see 2. how 3.listened 4.cups 5.hands 6. fact 7.your 8.to 9.just\\only 10.water D: 1. wants 2.in 3.idea 4. take / get 5. full 6. birds 7. also 8. she 9. smell 10. describe\ell E: 1.how 2.arrive 3.it 4.rang 5.again 6.least 7.nobody 8.shouted 9.was 10.else F: 1.picnic 2.bus 3.arrived 4.lake 5.getting 6.water 7.putting 8.good/great 9.high 10.top G:1.following 2.feel 3.like 4.ago 5.anything 6.say 7.better 8.Sure/Certainly 9.bill 10.pay H:1.study 2.What 3.hear/see 4.sports 5.held 6.making 7.it 8.taller 9.different 10.from I:1.named/called 2.such 3.ideas 4.letter 5.become 6.make 7.agree 8.sounds 9.foreigner 10.like

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