初二下册英语选词填空和阅读训练
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try, have, take up, interview, eat, relax, as, do, useful, look after
1. Ed is a little hungry, but he doesn't feel like _______________ this kind of food.
2. –How was your ________________? --I did very well! I will work there from next Monday.
3. Which hobby do you think _______________ the least space?
4. Li Na, ________________ everybody knows, is one of the best tennis players.
5. Mum wants to know if we ________________ a picnic this Sunday.
6. We should _________________ to do something new or different.
7. I will have an exam tomorrow, so I can't _________________ now.
8. There are many interesting things __________________ in life.
9. I asked my parents to buy me a dog. I would ___________________ it.
10. Which is the _________________ skill to learn in your life?
（二）
history, choose, common, buy, make, enjoy, way, another, while, serve American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools.
Summer in America is a time 1___________ the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let's
take a look at some of the popular drinks. Lemonade is 2___________ of all American summer drinks. It 3_____________ by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice. Ice tea is 4___________ popular summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually
5____________ in a tall glass of ice. Many Americans 6____________ to add sugar to sweeten
the drink. This drink is often drunk in the afternoon 7_____________ relaxing in the shade. Ice tea
is now also sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America. The Slurpee, a famous American
drink in recent years, is a great 8_____________to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice. They can 9____________ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with young Americans. Milkshakes have a long
10____________ in America . It is made of a mix of ice cream , milk and flavoring.
（三）
as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why
Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream, some scientists say. Dreams
take up about one quarter of our 1.___________ time. People have several2. ____________each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are 3. ____________
old films. They come to us over and over 4. ____________. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people
get new ideas 5. ____________ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. ___________
about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we 7.
____________ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. ____________ from memory . Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. ____________ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we
dream. That is 10. __________ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
（四）
Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history
professor(教授) failed him in his exams, and Jack would have to leave the university. However,
his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge(强烈要求) him to let Jack go on his studies the following year.
“He's a good boy,”said his father, “and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a l”really wel it lot next year and pass the exam at the end of
“No, no, that's quite impossible.”Said the professor at once, “Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn't know!”
“Please, sir, give him another chance.”Said Jack's father. “You see, I'm afraid we don't take
any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill.”
( ) 1. Jack would have to leave the university because _________.
A. he didn't like history
B. he didn't pass the exam
C. he was a good boy
D. he didn't know Napoleon was ill
( ) 2. Jack's father wanted the professor _______________.
A. to tell him a story
B. to give Jack a lesson
C. to let Jack pass his exams that time
D. to let Jack leave the university
( ) 3. In “at the end of it”the word “it”means _______.
A. Jack's exams
B. the university
C. Jack's first year
D. Jack's second year ( ) 4. “Impossible”means ________________.
A. possible
B. not possible
C. untrue
D. not true
( ) 5. Jack didn't know when Napoleon had died because________.
A. he didn't do well in his history
B. he didn't take any newspaper
C. he didn't know Napoleon
D. he didn't know Napoleon left the university （五）
Now machines are widely used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary for us? Because they can help us to do things better and faster.
A washing machine helps us to wash clothes fast. A printing machine helps us to print a lot of books, newspapers, magazines and many other things fast. Bikes, cars, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than on foot.
The computer is a wonderful machine. It was invented not long ago. It not only stores information but also stores numbers millions of times as fast as a scientist does.
Let's study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country. ( ) 1. Machines can help us to do things better and faster, so they_____.
A. are difficult to make
B. are expensive
C. are important but not necessary
D. are very helpful
( ) 2. We have to travel on foot without_____.A. bikes B. machines C. planes D. trains ( ) 3. Computers can store information and numbers_________ a scientist does.
A. a little faster than
B. as fast as
C. much faster than
D. much more slowly than
( ) 4.If we want to build China into a modern country. We must__________.
A. study hard
B. try to use all kinds of machines
C. invent many machines
D. all above
( ) 5. A printing machine can help us___________.
A. print a lot of books
B. read more books
C. invent many machines
D. wash clothes fast （六）
Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always
busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and
did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination. Mrs. Turner
was very happy and told the farmers about it.
Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she
told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in
the bus began to listen to her.
“Which university will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.
“In the most famous university in our country!”Mrs. Turner said happily.
“The most famous university?”“Oxford University .”
ooked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”Most of the passengers l
A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“He's my son.”
“Who's Fred Smith?”study in the university, too?”“Does he “No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”D. England )l. The story happened in ________. A. America B. France C. Germany (
)2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.
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B. they have a big farm
A. their son did well in his lessons
D. their son studied at a middle school C. they have a good harvest
)3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know __________________.
(
B. her son was handsome
A. her son finished middle school
D. her son was very friendly to others C. her son was going to study in a university
)4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _______________.
(
B. all the people could hear her
A. her friend could hear her
D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her C. she hoped to make all the people happy
)5. Which of the following is true? __________.
(
A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words
B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university
) (炫耀C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too
（七）Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said,
“Let's do something to pass the time.”“What do you want to do?”the businessman asked. .”The farmer said. “We can ask each other riddles“OK. Let's make the rules first,”the businessman said, “If you don't know the answer to a
riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $100.”“That's not fair. You are a
businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I
do. I am just a farmer.”the farmer said. “That's true.”The businessman said, “What do you want us to do?”to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don't know the answer, “If you don't know the answer I'll pay you $50.”The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, “OK. That's fair. Who will go first?”en it walks, but only two “I will,”the farmer said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs wh begs when it flies?”
The businessman thought for a long time and said, “Mm, that's a good one. I'm afraid I don't
know the answer. ”He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer.”
gave him $50. “I don't know.”the farmer said, and
)1. The story happened_______________.
(
D. between two passengers C. before a long plane journey A. on a farm B. in a shop
) 2. What does the word “riddle”means in this story?(
B. Something to help to make rules. A. Something to win money.
D. A kind of game in doing business. C. A difficult question to find the answer to.
) 3. Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?
(
B. He thought he knew more than the farmer. A. He made much more money than the farmer.
D. He was better at playing riddle games. C. He was interested in making riddles.
) 4. The farmer ______________.
(
A. didn't enjoy himself on his long journey
B. didn't want to pay even one dollar
C. spend all his money on the plane ticket
D. won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game
( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The two men made rules for their riddle.
B. The farmer was more clever than the businessman.
C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for money.
D. The businessman knew the answer to this riddle.
（八）
I'm taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children
are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is
even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he'd like to stay at home and take
care of the house.
We're going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in
Europe, we're going to some countries for sightseeing. We'll go to places either by train or by bus.
We're going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we'll have a very interesting trip.
We'll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first
we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to
take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
( ) 1. How many people of the family will go to have a trip?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
( ) 2. My father will not go on the trip because ____.
A . he doesn't like travels B. staying at home is more interesting
C. he is too old to travel
D. nobody wants to take him along
( ) 3. We're coming back home by_____. A. sea B. air C. bus D. train ( ) 4. In Europe we will ______________.
A. go sight-seeing at the seaside
B. to go to different countries by ship
C. buy a lot of presents
D. go from place to place by train or by bus
( ) 5. My brother and my children would like to ______________.
A. do some shopping in Europe
B. study the Italian language in Italy
C. enjoy a trip by ship
D. learn French in France
（九）
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for
a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
( ) 1. Bill Gates grew up in _______________.
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. America
D. Germany
( ) 2. What subjects did Bill like best at school?
A. Science and math
B. Languages and art
C. Math and languages
D. Music and P.E ( ) 3. Bill's company worked hard at _______________. A. making large machines
B. playing computer games
C. mending old machines
D. developing software
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