初二英语上学期练习完型阅读.doc

AThe United States covers a large part of the North 1continent (洲), when this land first became a nation. After 2its 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 4new stars on the flag. 5a 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.7were the first people of the land and great number of people came from England. It is 8that reason that the language of the U.S. is English and 9its culture and customs (文化习惯) are more 10those of England than any other country in the world. ( )1、AAmericaBAmericasCAmericanDAmericans ( )2、AwinBwonCwinningDhave won ( )3、Agrew Bgrows CgrowingDhave grown ( )4、AareBwere Chave been Dhad been ( )5、AInBFrom CForDThrough ( )6、AanotherBmany Cother Dmore ( )7、AIndia BIndian CIndiasDIndians ( )8、AonBforCbecauseDbecause of ( )9、AthatBwhyCmany Dall ( )10、AasBlikeCsame Das ifBMany of you are studying English and you may be 1why it is so difficult to learn. Its actually not too difficult to learn 2you know some 3about the 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 4French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words 5Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese 6can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words 7 other languages is 8of the key reasons 9some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到) 10they are learning English.( )1、AknowingBwondering ClearningDhearing ( )2、AbutBandCifDunless ( )3、Anews Bfacts Ctruth Dinformations ( )4、Asuch asBthe same asCso as Dfor example ( )5、AinBoffCofDfrom ( )6、Awords BcultureClanguage Dletters ( )7、AforBtoCfrom Dout ( )8、AthatBsomething ConeDthis ( )9、AwhyBofCwhat Dfor ( )10、AwhenBbeforeCafterDwhileCMiss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She 1chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the 2. Sometimes the new classes 3rapidly, but sometimes they were very 4, and then Miss Richards had to 5things many times.One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several 6when Miss Richards suddenly asked, What is water? Who knows? 7up?There was silence (沉默) for a few seconds, and miss Richards felt saddened (难过), but then one boy 8his hand.Yes, Dick? said Miss Richards encouragingly (鼓励地). He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was 9that he could answer.Water is a liquid which has no 10until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black, the boy replied with great confidence (信心).( )1、AteachesBteaching Ctaught Dteach ( )2、Aschooling Bschool Cschools Dhome ( )3、AlearnedBlearning Chad been learned Dwere learned ( )4、Aslow Bbeing slow Cslowly Dslowest ( )5、ArepeatedBrepeating Cdo Drepeat ( )6、Ayears Bminutes CweeksDseconds ( )7、APutBHands CGet DLook ( )8、Alows Bride Craised Dput ( )9、AsadBglad Cangry Dhungry ( )10、AcolourBcolourful Ccolourless Dwith colourDMr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. He wanted 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. 2his free hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 3 meet with parents, check students homework and 4many other things. So Mr. Wang works hard 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 5of all.In his fifth class today, Mr. Wang taught a poem. He wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it. As soon as he finished 6the poem, the students began to ask questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked his students to talk about the poem. 7one wanted to stop when the bell rang. 8home, Mr. Wang thought about the fifth class. He was happy about what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 9the 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、AwasBbeing Cto be Dbe ( )2、AInBAtCToDOn ( )3、Ahas to BhasCable toDwill ( )4、Atake care forBcare ofCtake care ofDbe careful of ( )5、Abetter Bgood CwellDbest ( )6、AreadingBto readCreadDdoing ( )7、ANotBNoCHave noDAny ( )8、ABy the way BTo his wayCOn his wayDIn the way ( )9、Aliked Basked ChadDwanted ( )10、AlearningBto learnClearn Dleant EJohn 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 them 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 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、AworkedBstudiedCdiedDplayed( )2、AatBwithCabout Dfor( )3、Alarger BbiggerCnicer Dsmaller( )4、AsecondBthird Cfirst Dnew( )5、Ato carryBbring Cto takeDcarry( )6、Apicked it upBpicks it up Cpicks up itDpicked up it( )7、Aa lookBa drinkCa walkDa rest( )8、Aa few BfewClittle Da little( )9、Agreat Bfool（傻瓜） Cclever Dbright( )10、AWhereBWhy CHowDWhen FMr. 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 while 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 offer（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 CorDand( )2、Ago ready for Blooked for Ctook Dasked for( )3、Aan answer Bhis friend Cthe position Dthe head( )4、Athe pay Bthe address Cthe workDa 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 CcarefullyDquickly( )10、Aworried Blucky CsadDsurprisedA.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 his 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 pictures. 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 his 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. 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 farmer 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 BWe 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 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 let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.After a time my wife said, “Theres a long line of cars behind. Why dont they overtake（超车）?”Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”I didnt quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “Youve been very kind. I live just down the road.”He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “Its a bookshelf youve got there! We thought it waser, something else.”My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, its a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.( )1、From the story we know that .Athe writer was poor and didnt buy the bookshelf for his wifeBthe writers wife didnt like the bookshelf at allCthe writer was always glad to buy something for his wifeDthe writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife( )2、What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?AHe could drive slowly and it was safe. B.Other drivers would let him go first.CHis wife could use a new bookshelf. D.He could save a lot of money and time.( )3、Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?A. Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.B. Because they didnt think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.C. Because they thought somebody in the writers family had died and he needed help.DBecause they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.( )4、Why did the writers wife begin to laugh?ABecause now she knew what mistake the police had made.B. Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.CBecause the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.DBecause the police had helped them a lot.( )5、When did the officers begin to realize（意识到）they had made a mistake?ABefore they arrived at the church.BBefore they overtook（overtake的过去式）the writers car.C. After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.DAfter the writers family left the church.C Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in Britain have only got one person in them. Some of these are old people but some are people of twenty or thirty who choose to live alone 35%of homes have two people in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people in them, and the other homes have five or more.The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents homes, and they often go to different cities. Sometimes they visit their parents two or three times a year. ( )1. How many homes in Britain have 3 people living in them?A. 8% of homes. B.15% of homes. C.17% of homes. D.35% of homes.( )2. At what age do children in Britain usually leave their parents homes?A. About 18 or 19. B. About r 21. C. About 25 or 26. D. About 30 or 31.( )3. What does the passage mainly talk about?A Young people in Britain. B Old people in Britain.C Families in Britain. 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