初三英语完形填空专练
A
Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own ____1___. Many students work after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a licence. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Amercians seem ot love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities.
1. A. cars B. computers C. bikes D. houses
2. A. borrow B. buy C.lend D. sell
3. A.old B. tall C. strong D. young
4. A. language B. listening C. driving D. body
5. A. address B. book C. driving D. body
6. A. sick B. healthy C. pleased D. angry
7. A. his B. her C. your D. their
8. A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay
9. A. no B. one C. some D. several
10. A. other B. another C. others D. else
B
I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one ___1___ was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a ____2____ result in an exam. I was sad and had lsot my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be ___3___.
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking ____4__ a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票)!
“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, _____5____ of us in the class held up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but ___6__nothing suddenly, he threw the note onto the floow! Then he asked the same __7___ a third time.
I didn’t ___8___ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, __9___ I put my hand up again. After a while, he __10__ the note and started to laugh. “you have all just told me how to become successful,” ___11___ said to us with the note in his hand.
“The note is worth twenty yuan. It is ___12____ worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter ___13____ happens to you, you still have your worth.”
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I __14___ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t ____15___ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in
myself, I will be successful!
1. A. classroom B. subject C. class D. school
2. A.same B. good C. lucky D. bad
3. A. comfortable B. successful C. famous d. rich
4. A. like B. for C. about D. by
5. A. both B. neither C. all D. none
6. A. said B. bought C. saw D. wanted
7. A. student B. teacher C. question D. way
8. A. remember B. understand C. notice D. find
9. A. so B. though C. if D. or
10. A. took out B. threw away C. picked up D. put down
11. A. you B. he C. she D. they
12. A. never B. sometimes C. hardly D. always
13. A. when B. who C. what D. how
14. A. realized B. forgot C. dreamed D. decided
15. A. know B. mean C. think D. complain
C
I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag. I coughed uneasily. Finally ____1___ that I was there, Rocky turned s\toward me with a sad smile.
“I’m ___2__ tomorrow.” He said.
“I know.” My ___3___ was almost a whisper(低声). I was ____4___ at myself for being so weak, but I wasn’t about to cry.
“My ___5___ is early, so there is still ___6____ time to come to the airport,” he said. Seeing the ____7___ look on my face, he quickly added, “I promise I won’t leave without saying goodbye.”
I tried to say ____8___, but didn’t. it’s always ____9___ to keep quiet if you’re about to cry. “You promised you wuldn’t cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to ____10____.
I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. ___11____ I thought he was always right behind me, holding the seat to keep me from ___12___. I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life. He told me that one day he would have to let go.
His coughing stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say ___13___ to the person who taught me everything?
The next morning I ____14____, looked at my alarm clock, and realized he had left ____15____ ago. We never even said goodbye.
Goodbye,Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart.
1. A. forgetting B. realizing C. watching D. learning
2. A. arriving B. living C. coming D. leaving
3. A. voice B. sound C. noise D. word
4. A. glad B. moved C. angry D. pleased
5. A. ship B. flight C. train D. bus
6. A. enough B. little C. no D. busy
7. A. surprised B. excited C. sad D. happy
8. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
9. A. stranger B. better C. worse D. easier
10. A. tears B. smiles C. words D. sadness
11. A. At last B. From now on C. At first D. So far
12. A. riding B. running C. walking D. falling
13. A. goodbye B. hello C. yes D. sorry
14. A. gave up B. stood up C. looked up D. woke up
15. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks
D.
Jane was a few minutes late. Smith had ___1___the office when she got there. His secretary(秘书)told her he would be back in a few minutes. She had to sit down and ____2__ outside the office.
“I’ll ____3___ get this job.” She told herself. For a moment she ___4___ to run out of the building. Just then, Smith came through the door and hurried into his ___5____.
A few seconds later his secretary took Jane in and told Smith her ___6___. Jane said ____7__ to him for being late. Smith did not seem to _____8____. They then had a short talk and got down to business. He ____9___ out her application(申请) letter for the job and ___10___ it.
“You’ve never worked in radio or television before, have you?” he said. Jane answered that she was ____11___ she hadn’t. Now she was even more sure that she would not ___12___ the job. ___13____ Smith asked her a few questions.
To her surprise he seemed ___14__- with her. She was even more ___15___ when he asked her if she could start soon. It seemed that she had got the job after all.
1. A. returned B. left C. closed D. reached
2. A. work B. talk C. wait D. sleep
3. A. certainly B. again C. almost D. never
4. A. wanted B. tried C. had D. began
5. A. car B. building C. office D. home
6. A. age B. name C. family D. address
7. A. hello B. please C. sorry D. OK
8. A. mind B. understand C. start D. excuse
9. A. filled B. kept C. broke D. took
10. A. studied B. turned C. wrote D. posted
11. A. sure B. afraid C. happy D. clear
12. A. lose B. change C. get D. finish
13. A. First B. So C. Then D. Hardly
14. A. angry B. pleased C. careful D. interested
15. A. sorry B.terrible C. surprised D. tired
E
Sato Miyoko is a Japanese schoolgirl. She didn’t have a camera. ____1___ she lives out in the country, there is no place ___2___ a very good camera. She decided to buy a digital camera online __3__ it could be sent to her.
She had searched the Internet for two hours ___4__ she found an ad for the Sony digital camera. She liked the ____5____. After she had found more information, she asked her father if she ___6___ buy it. Mr. Sato looked at the ad. Then he found ads for other cameras____7___. After he had checked out all the information about different kinds of cameras, he believed his daughter had ___8___ a good decision. This camera seemed to offer the most at the ____9____ price. He helped her order the camera online.
Miyoko clicked ___10____ the screen, and a form appeared for her to fill in her personal information. Her dad helped her ____11____ the form and typed in his credit card number. Miyoko filled in their ______12____, address and e-mail address. Then a screen came up that read, “Congratulations! You have _____13____ bought a Sony camera.” A week later Miyoko received the camera she had ____14____.
Miyoko came to Beijing with her friends last month. She enjoyed her visit to Beijing so much that she ____15____ with the new camera. They will help her remember this special trip forever.
1. A. For B. As C. Because of Dl. As if
2. A. buy B. find C. to buy D. to find
3. A. so B. that C. so that D. while
4. A. when B. then C. while D. after
5. A. ad B. picture C. information D. size and shape
6. A. will B. can C. must D. could
7. A. as well B. by the way C. in the end D. at last
8. A. got B. made C. found D. did
9. A. good B. better C. best D. most
10. A. in B. on C. with D. at
11. A. fill in B. fill C. write D. copy
12. A. telephone B. names C. ages D. telephone number
13. A. never B. successful C. success D. already
14. A. seen B. made C. ordered D. bought
15. A. has a good time B. had a good time C. takes a lot of photos D. took a lot of photos
F
one hot night last July when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I ___1___ everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would make him go to sleep. Guessing that I had a long _____2____ ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was the best way to kill off the ____3____ until early morning. To my ____4___, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby ____5___ right now and his little eyes were fixed brightly on the screen. Not to waste a chance for ____6____, I then walked out of the room quietly,____7___ him to watch Mickey Mouse.
My wife and I heard ___8___ of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I ___9___ him still watching TV himself.
I found something for us to think over in my baby’s behavior(行为). My wife and I had given him some books to examine, ___10__ he took no notice of them. When we ___11___ to him, he did not feel ____12____. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and scold(责备)those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the ____13___, however, I have reached a conclusion(结论), “let them watch it! If television is much more ___14___ to children than books, ____15____ should we fight it? Let them watch all they want!”
1. A. took B. made C. tried D. learned
2. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
3. A. hours B. films C. days D. books
4. A. joy B. happiness C. surprise D. anger
5. A. sat B. slept C. stayed D. quieted
6. A. work B. study C. sleep D. play
7. A. asking B. leaving C. letting D. allowing
8. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
9. A. heard B. found C. felt D. watched
10. A. when B. since C. but D. and
11. A. read B. listened C. talked D. wrote
12. A. difficult B. comfortable C. shy D. wonderful
13. A. students B. baby C. readings D. TV
14. A. attractive B. strange C. boring D. surprising
15. A. what B. how C. when D. why
G
Our dog Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! Many of them were to bears, lambs and ducks. We never could ___1___ the owners.
One day Dad was ___2____ the paper, “Listen to this, everybody,” he said.
“To the person who took a Teddy bear from a child’s wagon(手推车)—please bring back the toy bear. Our two-year-old son is very ___3____.”
“Zip has been ___4___ again,” said Anita.
“Yes,” said Dad. “Well, the paper gives the ____5___. This time I can take back Zip_____6____.”
“Do you think it ___7___ to do that?” Mom asked. “If you tell about Zip, who will believe you?”
“I will ___8___ until dark. Then I’ll just put the Teddy bear at the front door and walk away. __9___ will see me.”
Dad’s idea ___10____ worked. He put Teddy at the gate. He turned to walk away and knocked into a chair!
Dad started to ___11____. But he didn’t get very far. The gate lights came on. A man threw open the door. “____12___ is going on here?” he called out.
Dad didn’t even try to ____13____. He just wanted to get away. Then the man saw ___14____.
He shouted after dad. “How _____15_____ can you get!” he said, “Taking toys from babies!”
1. A. pay B. agree C. find D. choose
2. A. buying B. reading C. writing D. sending
3. A. sad B. surprised C. happy D. afraid
4. A. busy B. lazy C. sorry D. worried
5. A. picture B. story C. address D. time
6. A. food B. name C. idea D. present
7. A. wrong B. clever C. dangerous D. free
8. A. speak B. wait C. watch D. think
9. A. Someone B. Everyone C. No one D. Anyone
10. A. never B. always C. already D. almost
11. A. speak B. drive C. run D. cry
12. A. What B. Who C. How D. Which
13. A. help B. answer C. listen D. knock
14. A.the bear B. Zip C. nothing D. the baby
15. A. angry B. kind C. bad D. sorry
H
The bell rang loudly. Everybody packed their schoolbags ang got ready to go home. When the ___1____ dismissed the children, ____2___ lined up in two rows and walked orderly to the school gate.
Usually David’s ___3___ would fetch him home from school but today she was not there. David waited for 15 minutes _____4___ he walked home.
When he reached home, he knocked on the ___5____ as he did not bring his keys. Surprisingly, no on answered the door. David ___6___- his mother was in the toilet so he waited patiently for his mother. After a few minutes there was ____7___ no response(回答). Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to ___8___ the keys, he heard the ___9__ voice of his neighbour, John.
David told him that no one was at home and John’s mother suggested that David ____10___ in their house till his mother came back. David and John played __11____till evening when David’s mother came back.
David ____12____ John and his family before he went back into his house. David’s mother ___13____ David that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. ___14___ this experience, David learnt an important ___15___, “Neighbours are people who help each other.”
1. A. teacher B. nurse C. worker D. farmer
2. A. he B. they C. she D. we
3. A. father B. neighbour C. mother D. doctor
4. A. before B. after C. when D. while
5. A. window B. floor C.wall D. door
6. A. hoped B. thought C. said D. preferred
7. A. almost B. already C. still D. always
8. A. get B. make C. find D. buy
9. A. friendly B. angry C. lazy D. unhappy
10. A. sit B. stay C. come D. drop
11. A. carefully B. quickly C. easily D. happily
12. A. called B. loved C. thanked D. visited
13. A. told B. answered C. asked D. kissed
14. A. From B. About C. To D. Of
15. A. word B. lesson C. sentence D. saying
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