初二英语上学期练习完型阅读.docx

1、初二英语上学期练习完型阅读A The United States covers a large part of the North 1 continent (洲), when this land first became a nation. After 2 its freedom (自由) from England, it has 13 states. Each of the states had a star on the American flag (旗子). As the nation 3 , new states were formed and there 4 new stars on

2、 the flag. 5 a long time, there were forty-eight states. In 1959 two 6 stars were added (加) to the flag, standing for (代表) the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. 7 were the first people of the land and great number of people came from England. It is 8 that reason that the language of the U.S. is Engli

3、sh and 9 its culture and customs (文化习惯) are more 10 those of England than any other country in the world. ( )1、AAmerica BAmericas CAmerican DAmericans ( )2、Awin Bwon Cwinning Dhave won ( )3、Agrew Bgrows Cgrowing Dhave grown ( )4、Aare Bwere Chave been Dhad been ( )5、AIn BFrom CFor DThrough ( )6、Aanot

4、her Bmany Cother Dmore ( )7、AIndia BIndian CIndias DIndians ( )8、Aon Bfor Cbecause Dbecause of ( )9、Athat Bwhy Cmany Dall ( )10、Aas Blike Csame Das ifB Many of you are studying English and you may be 1 why it is so difficult to learn. Its actually not too difficult to learn 2 you know some 3 about t

5、he language and culture that it reflects (反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages 4 French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words 5 Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some

6、Chinese and Japanese 6 can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words 7 other languages is 8 of the key reasons 9 some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到) 10 they are learning English.( )1、Aknowing Bwondering Clearning Dhearing ( )2、Abut Band Cif Dunless ( )3、Anews Bfacts C

7、truth Dinformations ( )4、Asuch as Bthe same as Cso as Dfor example ( )5、Ain Boff Cof Dfrom ( )6、Awords Bculture Clanguage Dletters ( )7、Afor Bto Cfrom Dout ( )8、Athat Bsomething Cone Dthis ( )9、Awhy Bof Cwhat Dfor ( )10、Awhen Bbefore Cafter DwhileC Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys an

8、d girls. She 1 chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the 2 . Sometimes the new classes 3 rapidly, but sometimes they were very 4 , and then Miss Richards had to 5 things many times. One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several 6 when Miss Richards sudde

9、nly asked, What is water? Who knows? 7 up? There was silence (沉默) for a few seconds, and miss Richards felt saddened (难过), but then one boy 8 his hand. Yes, Dick? said Miss Richards encouragingly (鼓励地). He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was 9 that he could answer. Water i

10、s a liquid which has no 10 until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black, the boy replied with great confidence (信心).( )1、Ateaches Bteaching Ctaught Dteach ( )2、Aschooling Bschool Cschools Dhome ( )3、Alearned Blearning Chad been learned Dwere learned ( )4、Aslow Bbeing slow Cslowly Dslow

11、est ( )5、Arepeated Brepeating Cdo Drepeat ( )6、Ayears Bminutes Cweeks Dseconds ( )7、APut BHands CGet DLook ( )8、Alows Bride Craised Dput ( )9、Asad Bglad Cangry Dhungry ( )10、Acolour Bcolourful Ccolourless Dwith colourD Mr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. He want

12、ed 1 a teacher even when he was a young boy. There are six classes in a school day at Mr. Wangs middle school. Mr. Wang teachers five of these six classes. 2 his free hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 3 meet with parents, check students homework and 4 many other things. So Mr. Wang works h

13、ard from the moment he gets to school early in the morning until he leaves for home late in the afternoon, and his free hour is not free at all. In his English lesson, Mr. Wang sometimes teaches poems (诗). He likes poems very much, and he likes Li Bais poems 5 of all. In his fifth class today, Mr. W

14、ang taught a poem. He wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it. As soon as he finished 6 the poem, the students began to ask questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked his students to talk about the poem. 7 one wanted to stop when the bell rang. 8 home, Mr. Wang thought about the fi

15、fth class. He was happy about what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 9 the poem. When they started to talk, they forgot about the time. He did not have to make them 10 . He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.( )1、Awas Bbeing Cto be Dbe ( )2、AIn BAt CTo

16、DOn ( )3、Ahas to Bhas Cable to Dwill ( )4、Atake care for Bcare of Ctake care of Dbe careful of ( )5、Abetter Bgood Cwell Dbest ( )6、Areading Bto read Cread Ddoing ( )7、ANot BNo CHave no DAny ( )8、ABy the way BTo his way COn his way DIn the way ( )9、Aliked Basked Chad Dwanted ( )10、Alearning Bto learn

17、 Clearn Dleant E John lived with his mother in a very big house, and when she 1 , the house became too big 2 him, so he bought a 3 one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his 4 house, and when the man came to take his things to the new house, John thought, “Im not going to let th

18、em 5 my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it.” So he 6 and began to carry it down the road in his arms. It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have 7 . Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and

19、looked at John for 8 seconds. Then he said to John, “Youre a 9 , arent you? 10 dont you buy a watch like everyone else?”( )1、Aworked Bstudied Cdied Dplayed( )2、Aat Bwith Cabout Dfor( )3、Alarger Bbigger Cnicer Dsmaller( )4、Asecond Bthird Cfirst Dnew( )5、Ato carry Bbring Cto take Dcarry( )6、Apicked it

20、 up Bpicks it up Cpicks up it Dpicked up it( )7、Aa look Ba drink Ca walk Da rest( )8、Aa few Bfew Clittle Da little( )9、Agreat Bfool（傻瓜） Cclever Dbright( )10、AWhere BWhy CHow DWhen F Mr. Green heard that a certain government department（政府部门）wanted a clerk（职员）, 1 he wrote and 2 the position（职位）. But w

21、hile he was waiting for 3 , a friend of his introduced（介绍）him to the head of the department. And the head at once gave him 4 . Several months 5 , 6 Mr. Green was working in the department, he got a letter from his old address. This letter said:“Dear Sir, We are 7 to have to tell you that we cannot o

22、ffer（提供）you the work in this department because we do not think that you would 8 do the job successfully（成功地）. Yours Faithfully,” Mr. Green laughed, but when he looked at the letter more 9 he was 10 to see that he signed（签名）it himself!( )1、Abut Bso Cor Dand( )2、Ago ready for Blooked for Ctook Dasked

23、 for( )3、Aan answer Bhis friend Cthe position Dthe head( )4、Athe pay Bthe address Cthe work Da letter( )5、Alater Bago Cbefore Dsince( )6、Aso Bthen Cwhile Dafter( )7、Ahappy Bsorry Csure Dpleased( )8、Ahave to Blove to Cbe glad to Dbe able to( )9、Aquietly Bpolitely Ccarefully Dquickly( )10、Aworried Blu

24、cky Csad DsurprisedA.An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes(颜料和画笔)and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed. At the end of h

25、is holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said,” No, I dont want money. But give me one of your pictures. Whats money? In a week it will all be finished ,but your picture will still be here.” The artists was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictu

26、res. The farmer smiled and answered ,”Its not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, Ill show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”( )1.The artist went to the countryside to _.A. visit his old friend B. spend hi

27、s holiday C. visit the farmer D. Thank the farmer( )2. Every day ,the artist _.A. went out to help the farmer to do some farming B.went out to visit his friendsC. painted pictures D. enjoyed the beautiful scenery( )3. The artist wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer _.A. wanted much more money B.

28、 wanted nothingC. didnt want any money at all D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money( )4. The artist thought the farmer wanted a picture of his because _.A. the farmer was an artist too B.the farmer liked his pictures very muchC. the farmer wanted to give it to his son as a present D. the fa

29、rmer was rich( )5. After hearing the farmers words ,perhaps the artist would be _.A. very worried B. very happy C. very thankful D. very disappointed B We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and

30、 there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “Well carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. Ive always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too. As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to le