I 初中专题练习——短文填空英语 1. 第一遍通读全文，对文章有一个整体认识，了解故事的时间、地点、人物等之间的关系，为下一步填空打下坚实的基础，切忌看一空填一空。 2. 第二遍逐句阅读并填空，根据句子的语法以及上下文的整体逻辑关系用恰当的词填入空白，特别是有时根据意思可能有多种用法时，应填入恰当的单词并符合英美人的习惯表达，不要受汉语的影响。例如：
“我看一看你的信”，关于“看”的就有六个，这就需要进行筛选，只能用read ，不能用watch, see, look, have a look at, look at 等。
3. 第三遍复查答案。将填空的短文再完整地阅读一次，以检查全文是否通顺，所填答案是否最为合理
（一）
难度：★★★☆☆ Have you ever tried shopping online? What about talking with strangers through the Internet? Of (1________, yes.(2________ the development of society, the Internet is playing a more and more important part in our daily life; more and more people, especially teenagers show great (3________ in the Internet.If we teenagers are crazy about (4________ games or chatting online, it will definitely have (5________ influence on our study and health. Things is getting even (6________； it may make us get tired of everything (7________ surfing the net.We should (8________ more time reading good books, novels or news reports on the Internet.In (9________ word, the Internet makes our life convenient and colorful,
(10________ we should still learn the way to make full use of it properly. 答案：1．course 2.With 3.interest 4.playing 5.bad
6．worse 7.except 8.spend 9.a 10.but
（二
难度：★★★☆☆ True friends are hard to find.Often you thought you could believe in someone, but later he or she may let you (1________. A true friend is sometimes a person who will always be there for you.Through good times or (2________ times, they will stand by your side.They will not (3________ you alone when things get difficult.They will accept you (4________ trying to change you.A friend will bring new and exciting things into your life and make it richer.
True friends will keep your worst secrets as you will keep theirs.They will
(5________ honest and you can always believe in them.If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don't have to worry about what you may say.We can enjoy this freedom only with (6________.Friendship is a two?way street.To find a true friend and keep the friendship between you, you must do the
II (7________ thing as well.Be there for your friends when (8________ are in need and share the good times with them.Offer them the same things they give to
you.Friendship will break quickly if only one person is giving and putting effort into it.
You will find that there is nothing more valuable (有价值的 than having
(9________ true friend by your side to share life with, just (10________ someone says, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized (珍惜than true friendship”.
答案：1．down 2.bad 3.make/let 4.without 5.be
6．friends 7.same 8.they 9.a 10.as
(三
难度：★★★☆☆ When you're busy or stressed, don't forget your hobbies, such as listening to (1________, reading and playing ball games.If eating makes you (2________ better, you can go to your favorite restaurant to (3________ a delicious meal.
Parents may not think that it is (4________ to watch TV.(5________， if you are worried (6________ your English and don't know how to improve (7________, why not watch some English TV programs If you're feeling bad about your weight and don't know (8________ to do, why not go walking or jogging?
Finally, trying to keep your worries to y ourselves can make them worse.I like to share my problems with my friends.They always give me useful (9________.If you don't know who to talk to, you can always write (10________ me.You're never alone. 答案：1．music 2.feel/be 3.eat/have/enjoy https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html,eful/helpful 5．However
6.about
7.it
8.what 9．advice/suggestions 10.to
(四
难度：★★★☆☆ Every day when Kathy came home from school, her cat Mimi would run to greet her.Then Kathy would pick up Mimi and gave her (1_ _______ hug (拥抱.One day, Kathy came home (2________ her cat wasn't there.Her mom told her that Mimi had died.Kathy felt so sad. Most of people all over the world have (3________. Maybe you have a pet, and maybe some of your friends do, too.A pet can be a special friend, and you might think of him or her
(4________ a member of the family.A pet can (5________ with you or just be with you when you don't feel like talking.You are (6________ when a pet dies.You may not feel anything at all.That's OK.Or you may feel like crying and that's OK, too.
Kathy decided to talk with (7________ parents about how she was feeling.She wanted to
(8________ about some things she didn't understand, like where Mimi went
(9________ death.Kathy's parents answered her questions in the best way the y
could.They told her
(10________ was OK to be sad when animals died and it was not silly at all.They told her to keep a new animal when she wanted to.
III 答案：1.a 2.but 3.pets 4.as 5.play 6.sad 7.her 8．ask 9.after 10.it
（五）
难度：★★★☆☆
If you think of after?school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong!
After?school activities help us grow up in many (1________.Above all, they offer us chances to practice (2________ we learn in class.(3________ various activities, we can also learn more about today's society (社会 and a lot of new things that we can't learn from our books.What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need (4________ for our studies now and for our work and life in the future.
We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to (5________
ourselves.After?school activities just make it possible (6________ us to breathe
(7________ air and remove tiredness.Then, we can pay (8________ to our studies and achieve good results. Some after?school activities will make us useful (9________ helpful to others.Some can keep us strong and healthy, some may even change our life.So, all the students, get out and take
(10________ active part in various after?school activities! 答案：1．ways 2.what 3.Through 4.both 5.relax
6．for 7.fresh 8.attention 9.and 10.an
(六
难度：★★★☆☆ Our cities are crowded.Now cities are (1________ of
cars.Something will have to be done to change (2________.What will the cars of tomorrow be (3________？
Little cars may some day (4________ the place of today's big cars.If everyone drives little cars in the future there will be less (5________ in the air.We can breathe clean and fresh air.There will also be more space (6________ parking cars in cities, and (7________ streets will be less crowded.The space for a usual car (8________ we use today is enough for three little cars. The little cars will cost much less to own and be safer to (9________.What is (10________, these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per hour. 答案：1．full 2.it 3.like 4.take 5.pollution
6.for 7．the 8.that/which 9.drive 10.more
(七
难度：★★★☆☆
How much do you know about American schools? They are quite different from
(1________ in China.In America, (2________ the beginning of the term, students must (3________ their courses and teachers first.While in China, students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers.
Selecting is very important for your grades in America.So at (4________ first term, don't select
IV too many courses, (5________ you'll feel very nervous and it may influence your study.Then you have to (6________ for help from teaching plans.There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks.At the same (7________, you must choose the teachers.Different teacher s have (8________ teaching methods.If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give (9________
choosing him.(10________ this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades. 答案：1．those 2.at 3.select/choose 4.the 5.or
6．ask 7.time 8.different 9.up 10.Because
（八）
难度：★★★☆☆ TV is one of the most important things of the day.Many people like to (1________ https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html, brings (2________ outside world closer to people's homes.Some people say the world is smaller (3________ before because of TV. What's going on in (4________ countries? How do people live in places far away? Is
(5________ a good sports game somewhere? What's living in the deepest part of the sea? If you want to answer these and other kinds of (6________, just turn (7________ the TV.You can see a lot and learn a lot.Of course, people can also learn if they read or
(8________ to the radio.But with TV they can learn better and more easily.Why? Because people can listen and watch (9________ the same time.
TV helps to open our https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html, also helps (10________ to open our https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html, often gives us new ideas.We learn newer and better ways of doing something on TV.
答案：1．watch 2.the 3.than 4.other 5.there
6．questions 7.on 8.listen 9.at https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html,
(九难度：★★★☆☆ Baby animals have lots of stories.These baby animals
(1________ up in different ways. Some animals are born helpless but (2________ mothers protect them.(3________ newborn kangaroo stays in its mother's pouch.She closes her eyes (4________ at least five months.A newborn monkey is (5________ weak to walk.He is carried (6________ his mother. Other baby animals walk soon after they're born.They learn to run with their mother
(7________ danger is near.
Some baby animals are born in a (8________ that is safe, while other baby animals may be born in (9________ places.Baby wolves are born in large holes.A baby elephant is born on open, grassy land.
Animals that (10________ their mothers' milk are called mammals (哺乳动物.They are interesting to study.
答案：
1．grow 2.their 3.A 4.for 5.too 6.by 7．when 8.place 9.dangerous 10.drink
V （十）
难度：★★★☆☆
Mr.Ellis is very old.He has seen many changes in his hometown. He knows that things are (1________ now.But he never forgets (2________ old days.He likes to talk about (3________.He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins (知更
鸟.“When I was a boy, these houses were not here.There were wide fields and tall trees.Every spring robins would come.Thousands of them would fly up to the north
(4________ the south.They (5________ the winter in the south.Some would build their nests (巢 (6________ the trees near our houses.(7________ people started to cut down trees, and they
(8________ more houses.The robins stopped coming.They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no (9________.” “Now (10________ are too many houses and too many roads.There are no places for the robins.They don't come any more.” 答案：1．different 2.the 3.them 4.from 5.spent
6．in 7.Then 8.built 9.trees 10.there
（十一）难度：★★★☆☆ Last Sunday my father and I went fishing.We got up very (1________ that day.When we
(2________ home, the moon could still be seen in the sky.The morning air was cool and I felt wind (3________ my face.This made us very comfortable.We laughed and talked all the way while we were riding our (4________.By about six we were already sitting (5________ the river.Fishing is not (6________.If you want to be successful, you must be very careful.That day we had another good catch.We caught a lot of fish and enjoyed (7________ very much.It was late when we (8________ home.We felt a little tired (9 ________ happy.Fishing is
(10________ very good sport.I like it very much. 答案：1．early 2.left 3.on
4.bike(s
5.by
6.easy 7．ourselves 8.got/arrived/reached 9.but 10.a
（十二）难度：★★★☆☆ Hi, everyone, I've been in Xuzhou for over a week now.I'm having a (1________
time.(2________ the first five days I visited some tourist attractions—...
Lake, ...Hill, ... Han Tomb (汉墓, etc.Most (3________ were crowded with tourists, so yesterday I went shopping and (4________ some souvenirs.Today I went to (5________ interesting art gallery.I got lost on my way back to the hotel, but it didn't matter—I found a really good market (6________ lots of small shops.I ate in the hotel the first night, but usually I went out and had dinner in a restaurant (7________ the food was fantastic.I've (8________ a lot of money, but it's certainly
worth it.I like people in Xuzhou.(9________ are such nice people! I've taken many (10________ so you'll be able to see for yourself when I come back home next Wednesday.See you then! 答案：1．good/great 2.During 3.places 4.bought 5.an 6．with 7.because 8.spent 9.They 10．photos/pictures (十三难度：★★★☆☆ Believe it
or not: the more TV you watch, the less happiness you get.This is the result of
(1________ new study.It shows that unhappy people watch more TV than (2________ people. Well, you may say that you enjoy (3________ TV.In fact, TV gives you
(4________ for a short time, but unhappiness for a long time. Why? It is because, if you watch TV, you cannot take (5________ in many other good activities.And sometimes, (6________ you are unhappy, you usually prefer being a couch potato (整天坐在沙发上看电视的人, right? Watching TV is relaxing (7________ you. Then if you want to be happy, what should you do? You can (8________ newspapers, visit (9________ friends, go to parties...but don't watch television all the time.Now turn (10________ the TV, and take a walk outside.It's the first step to being happy! 答案：1．a 2.happy 3.watching 4.happiness 5.part 6．if 7.to/for 8.read 9.your 10.off （十四）难度：★★★☆☆ Most of us have probably heard of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and many other famous Disney characters.Perhaps we have even seen (1________ in movies.But have you ever been to Disneyland? In fact, (2________ are now several different Disneyland amusement parks (3________ the world. Disneyland is (4________ amusement park, but we can (5________ call it a theme park.It has all the normal attractions that you can find at an amusement park, but it also has a theme.The theme, of course, is Disney movies and Disney characters.For (6________, you can find a roller coaster in (7________ amusement parks, but in Disneyland, the theme of the roller coaster is Disney characters.This (8________ that you can find Disney characters all over the roller coaster.You can also watch Disney movies, (9________ in Disney restaurants,
(10________ buy Disney gifts.And you can see Disney characters walking around Disneyland all the time! 答案：1．them 2.there 3.around/in 4.an 5.also 6．example
7.most 8.means 9.eat 10.and VI
（十五）难度：★★★☆☆ I'm John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital.During the first two years of high school, I found biology very (1________.My report cards always said things like “must study hard” or “John shouldn't choose science classes”.(2________ was really terrible for someone who had always dreamed
(3________ becoming a doctor.I lost confidence, so I left high school at sixteen and
(4________ working at a supermarket. One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein.According to the documentary, Einstein had done really badly (5________ school.I began to think that Einstein could succeed, then I may (6________ a chance, too.I didn't want to leave my job, (7________ I decided to go to night school to finish high school.Two years (8________, I went to (9________ medical university. I've often thought I should contact the reporter of the Einstein's (10________ and thank him.As for the biology teacher, I might contact her, too, one day—but not to thank her! 答案：1．difficult 2.It 3.of 4.started/began 5.at 6．have 7.so https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html,ter 9.a 10.documentary (十六难度：★★★★☆ She is Li Hui, a middle school student in An h u i, one of the
“stay?at?home children” in her town.Li Hui is 12 years old and lives (1________ her sister.Her parents left home to (2________ money in big cities when she was only four.Li Hui has to take (3________ of her younger sister.They have to stay at home alone
(4________ they have to go to school in the town. “I used to feel (5________ without my parents at home，” she said, “but now I know (6________ they do so.They have to go away to make money for us so that we can live (7________ better life.” Every day, Li Hui gets up at 6：30 a.m.and cooks (8________.Then the two girls go to school.They have supper at 6：00 p .m.Then Li Hui does housework and (9________ her sister with her homework.She usually goes to bed at 9：30 p.m. Though busy, Li Hui is still the best student in her class.She said, “My life is OK.But I still hope my parents will come back and live with (10________.” 答案：1．with 2.make/earn 3.care 4.because 5．sad/sorry 6.why 7.a 8.breakfast 9．helps https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html, (十七难度：★★★★☆ VII
Born in the city, I regard the country life as something far away.I'm used to
(1________ in the city, even the noises and pollution.I have (2________ been to the country.Nature is a strange word to me.This summer I had (3________ opportunity to go with my parents on a visit to the countryside. (4________ the first time in my life I have the experience with the country life.This is a small village far from cities.The
(5________ here is simple.It is different from the city life.There are few cars or other
traffic on the way.The air is (6________.The people are friendly.They are not as busy as people in big cities.Everywhere you can find them bathing (7________ the sun.They
(8________ clean water.They enjoy the quiet life very much.What's more, here you can (9________ the sound of nature.You can see the children playing with water in the river and the dogs running after the people.All these make a wonderful picture of countryside.(10________ I love the country life! 答案：1．everything 2.never 3.an
4.For
5.life 6．fresh/clean 7.in 8.drink 9.hear 10.How (十八难度：★★★★☆ School education is very important and useful.The students both learn know? ledge and get
(1________ education.Yet, no one can learn everything from (2________.The scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didn't learn everything from school.They learned a lot of knowledge (3________ school or in practice by themselves.A teacher, even he knows a lot, can't (4________ his students everything. The teacher's (5________ is to show his students how to learn, how to read and how to think.A good teacher
(6________ rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods of
study.Through these methods the students are (7________ to learn and get a lot of things by themselves. Usually (8________ is very easy for the students to remember some knowledge, (9________ it is very difficult to use it for problems.If a teacher really shows the students the ability of how to (10________ knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself (or herself.The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study. 答案：1．an 2.school 3.outside 4.teach 5.job 6．with 7.able 8.it 9.but https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html,e (十九难度：★★★★☆ China has the largest number of smokers in the world.Each year, about one million Chinese die (1________ smoking? related illnesses.Official statistics (统计 in 2012 showed that China (2________ 300 million smokers, with another 540 million people forced to breathe in. China began taking part in (3________ World Health Organization Framework Convention on VIII
Tobacco Control (《世界烟草控制框架公约》 in https://www.doczj.com/doc/ec10245206.html,ernments at different levels have paid more (4________ to tobacco control in the last few years.Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou have tobacco control rules.Half of China's public health
institutions have been non? smoking spaces (5________ 2011.Smoking in some indoor public spaces and special (6________ work spaces has not been allowed since January, 2012. Selling tobacco to (7________ younger than 18 is not allowed.The seller should ask the buyer to (8________ his or her ID card if he can not see (9________ old the buyer is. For others and for yourself, please give (10________ smoking. 答案：1．of 2.had 3.the 4.attention 5.since 6．outdoor 7.anyone 8.show 9.how 10.up (二十难度：★★★★☆ Tuesday, 4th May I've just met my all? time hero—Wong....I've seen him many times (1________ television, but it was fantastic to meet him in person because (2________ is my favorite sport.I'd love to be a professional cyclist (自行车手 one day. I arrived at ...? La Hotel on Sunday to meet my family for lunch, when I found out that Wong ...was giving a talk there.I decided to (3________ to the talk instead.Wong talked about winning the gold medal at (4________ 2006 Asian Games.He said he felt very
(5________ of himself and his teammates.He explained how he and his team prepared themselves for races. After the talk, I went up to him and introduced (6________.I asked him for some (7________ to improve my riding skills.I was a bit nervous (8________ I couldn't express myself very well.Wong said that we needed to believe in ourselves and should never give (9________. It (10________ a fantastic experience and I really enjoyed talking to my hero! 答案：1．on 2.cycling 3.listen 4.the 5.proud 6.myself 7．advice/suggestions 8.so 9.up 10.was IX