初中英语完形填空专练

初中英语完形填空专练 （1） Erik was a 14-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn’t think so. They told him, “ When you begin to think about 1 others, you’ll be a young man.” One morning, Erik’s parents gave him __2__ money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The man looked very sick. Erik __3__ up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn’t had __4__ for his breakfast. Erik took the man to the nearest restaurant. But the old man ordered only a glass of water for himself. Erik felt __5__ for him, so he asked the waiter to __6__ the man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so __7__ that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the man told Erik that he would never forget his kindness. Erik was very __8__ when he heard the old man say, “ You are a very good young man.” __9__ their surprise, the food was a present because __10__ day was the birthday of the boss. ( )1. A. help B. helping C. to help D. helped ( )2. A. a few B. few C. some D. many ( )3. A. went B. stood C. stayed D. sat ( )4. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing ( )5. A. glad B. sorry C. ashamed D. terrible ( )6. A. take B. bring C. taking D. bringing ( )7. A. full B. sad C. hungry D. worried ( )8. A. sorry B. pleased C. disappointed D. surprised ( )9. A. For B. To C. At D. On ( )10. A. that B. this C. those D. these ( BCABB BCBBA ) （2） Every country has a lot of interesting and funny stories about some festivals. Here is a funny story happening in England. “ The headmaster wants you in his office,” a friend says to the __1__ boy. Then the boy gets to __2__ about it and suddenly everyone around him shouts, “ April Fool!” and laugh merrily for it is April 1, also called April Fools’ Day. In England and in some other countries, it is common to play tricks __3__ people that way. Children are permitted（允许） to play __4__ jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at night. Usually they try to trick other children into doing __5__ things. Not only children like such jokes, __6__ also grower-ups enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and the radio __7__ try to fool the public with a clever April Fool’s story. Some time ago, for example, a very serious BBC TV programmer did a ten-minute report about spaghetti（细条实心面） trees in Italy. The reporter said that the trees weren’t producing as __8__ spaghetti as they normally did. He said the price of spaghetti would __9__. A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually __10__ the story. Some housewives hurried to buy the food that was going to become in short supply（供应短缺）. ( )1. A. clever B. poor C. good D. excited ( )2. A. consider B. fear C. worry D. frighten ( )3. A. on B. for C. with D. to ( )4. A. harmful B. harmless C. wonderful D. interesting ( )5. A. foolish B. good C. clever D. different ( )6. A. and B. but C. however D. whatever ( )7. A. in time B. all the time C. at times D. for a time ( )8. A. many B. much C. less D. more ( )9. A. go out B. go up C. come down D. come up ( )10. A. realized B. accepted C. believed D. understood ( BCABA BCBBC ) （3） “ Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to think __1__ not only what they had done, but also what our teacher might have found out. “ Who did this?” she asked again. She never became angry, but she was this time. She held up __2__ broken glass and asked, “ Who broke the window?” “ Oh, oh …” I thought. I was the one __3__ broke the window. I did not do it on purpose（故意地）. It was caused by a __4__ throw of a baseball. Why did it have to be me? If I admitted（承认） it, I would __5__ in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t want to raise my hand, __6__ something much stronger than me pulled it up. “ I did it.” Then I was silent. __7__ was hard enough to say what I had. My teacher went to the bookshelf and took down a book. She then began walking to my desk. I feared she was going to punish me. “ I know how you like birds,” she said __8__ she stood looking down at my face. “ Here is a book about birds. It is yours now. you will not be punished. But remember, it’s only __9__ your truthfulness.” I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t punished and I was getting a book! The __10__ one that I had been saving up all my money to buy. ( )1. A. back B. of C. up D. about ( )2. A. many B. a C. a piece of D. a piece ( )3. A. which B. what C. how D. who ( )4. A. good B. bad C. wonderful D. soft ( )5. A. have B. be C. get D. got ( )6. A. but B. and C. so D. which ( )7. A. That B. I C. It D. She ( )8. A. when B. after C. as D. before ( )9. A. about B. of C. with D. for ( )10. A. very B. only C. such D. first ( DCDBB ACCDA ) （4） Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we __1__. Some help us to do a job more __2__. Others fill a need or solve a problem. In 1858 H. L. Lipman had such an __3__. He took out a pencil, a piece of paper, __4__ an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he need to __5__ a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to __6__ the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one __7__!” he said. Then Lipman had his simple idea. He __8__ a groove（凹槽）in one end of the pencil. He glued（粘牢）the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that other people might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his __9__. Soon pencils with erasers were __10__. His design earned him 100,000 dollars. ( )1. A. study B. live C. sleep D. walk ( )2. A. easily B. correctly C. carefully D. normally ( )3. A. article B. aim C. idea D. action ( )4. A. so B. and C. but D. as ( )5. A. spell B. read C. write D. change ( )6. A. look B. see C. watch D. find ( )7. A. place B. desk C. book D. hand ( )8. A. market B. prepared C. cut D. invented ( )9. A. books B. pencil C. design D. eraser ( )10. A. wonderful B. expensive C. colorful D. common ( BACBD DACCD ) （5） Dear Dad, I’m writing to you because it’s difficult to talk about it. I can’t stop thinking about my uncle and how he __1__. In fact, I seriously want to ask you __2__ smoking. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I __3__ out some disturbing（使人不安的）things. You always know that __4__ is bad for your breathing and can cause cancer. I’ve learnt that it causes many other illnesses __5__. Did you know that over 10,000 people die from smoking every year in Britain? It’s __6__ cause of death in the world. I don’t want you to be one of those people. When Mum asks you to smoke __7__, you think she is annoyed. Well, it’s true that she doesn’t like the smell of smoke in the house and on our clothes. It is not very pleasant. __8__, when you smoke, it’s also bad for me and Mum. In __9__ words, when we breath in your smoke, it’s like we’re smoking __10__. As a result, we can also get diseases. Doctors are finding that more and more non-smokers are falling ill __11__ the effects of other people’s smoking. I know that it’s very difficult to stop smoking but you mustn’t __12__ to it. Please see the doctor and ask for help. We will do anything we can __13__ you. You must try to save your own life. You are important __14__ us and we don’t want to lose you. Who else can I ask to help me with my math homework or __15__ my bike? Please don’t smoke. Your loving daughter Kate ( )1. A. dies B. death C. died D. dying ( )2. A. to stop B. stop C. stopped D. stopping ( )3. A. find B. founded C. found D. have found ( )4. A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D. smokes ( )5. A. too B. also C. either D. as well ( )6. A. the two big B. second biggest C. the second biggest D. the second big ( )7. A. outside B. inside C. out of D. into ( )8. A. However B. Wherever C. Whenever D. Whoever ( )9. A. the other B. other C. others D. another ( )10. A. myself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves ( )11. A. because B. because of C. as D. since ( )12. A. give up B. give away C. give in D. give out ( )13. A. helped B. help C. helping D. to help ( )14. A. for B. to C. with D. at ( )15. A. fixed B. fixes C. fix D. fixing ( CADBD CAABD BCDBC )