初三英语选句子补全短文.doc

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一
My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He's had it for years. As he is very careful with it, so it still looks as good as new. 1 He shook his head. "Then how did you get it?" I asked. "Well," he answered, "there' s a strange true story about the umbrella. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat or umbrella. 2 And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer. As I was on my way to a party, I was afraid to get wet. So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. 3 What was worse, there even wasn't a person around, and still it rained and rained. At last a young man came to the place where I was standing. 4 As I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next corner with him, where I could get a taxi, I stepped out of the dark doorway where I had been standing. 5 As I suddenly appeared before him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella. He ran away and disappeared into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the owner, so I've kept it ever since."

A. Gradually, it grew quite dark.
B. He held a large umbrella over his head.
C. I asked him where he was going with that umbrella.
D. No buses ran through the street and there were no taxis.
E. I asked my uncle if he bought it or some one sent him as a gift.
二
Gloria is a famous hostess of a TV station. When she was 15, she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked if she’d like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes.
Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union（学生会）, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service. 1
One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer. The woman seemed anxious. Gloria showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, 2
Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand. His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.
3 After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free.
Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” 4 At Smith’s bookstore, Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store. 5 The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programs, helping them understand the world better.
A． Gloria persuaded (说明) her boss to agree to let her do the story.
B． What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!
C． and Gloria has always remembered the pride (自豪) she felt in having helped her customer. (顾客).
D． Today it’s the same.
E． But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.

三
I was born in New York, but I grew up in San Francisco. 1 If I was asked now where I want to live forever, I would say London. But I will always be American.
San Francisco, like London, has many parks. 2 I didn’t go to school. I only had three hours of formal education when I was five. I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day. I said I didn’t enjoy it and hadn’t learned anything. 3 , so I never went back.
My mother then taught me and my two sisters in the way of an English lady who had good education. We learned languages and reading more than sciences and math. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers. They asked us to take lessons every day. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park. While we were walking, my mother taught me to read music. 4 and I remember now how I’d like to have it. I couldn’t say my “r” when I was small. My mother said if I could say an “r” well, I would have the toy train. I practiced and practiced. Then one morning I woke everybody up with my “r” s. I got the toy train and 5 --- but I work hard for them.
A．My parents thought that school was unsuitable(不适合的) for me
B．Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children.
C．One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop.
D．I began to live in London 25 years ago.
E．I usually get the things I want in life.
四
1 There are lending libraries where people, old and young, can borrow books if they are members. The largest library in Singapore is the National Library at Stamford Road. 2 Most of them are English books although there are also some Chinese and Malay books for Chinese and Malay readers.
3 To be a member you have to pay a certain fee After you have paid the fee, you are given a card and you can use this card to borrow books for three weeks at a time.
Students do not need to pay membership fee. 4 For those who live far away there are extension libraries at Toa Payoh, Queenstown and other places which also have books for readers to borrow.
Reading is a good habit. 5 .
A． More than thousands of books can be found.
B． You can borrow books from the library if you are a member.
C． All they need is a letter from their school principals and they can become members of the library.
D． Not all people can afford to buy expensive books.
E． It can increase our knowledge and improve our language.
五
Are you the only child in the family? 1 Parents are the closed people to you in the world. 2 They feel they’re not as close to their parents as before. They even don’t think their parents are fair(公平的) to them.
3 Some say their parents don’t allow them to play computer games when other classmates are playing that. Other say when they’re making phones to friends, their parents like ask if they are speaking to a boy or a girl. 4 Some students even decide to leave home because they’re afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong, especially when they do badly in exams. Then they think running away is the best choice. 5
Problems are parts of life. Here are some suggestions for you to solve your problems.
1).Find a good chance to talk with your parents. Don’t be afraid to tell them your feeling.
2).Get help from others like good friends or teachers.
3).Keep a diary to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.
4).Show your parents you’re growing up, Then they’ll feel you’re no longer a small child.
If you follow the advice, you’ll have a happy life and never think of running away.
A. Some students complain that their parents often say a lot to them, but never listen to them.
B. But a lot of middle school students have a problem.
C. These make them very unhappy.
D. But they don’t know running away may bring them more problems.
E. If so, you are the most important in your family.
六
There are two days we shouldn't worry about in our life. One is yesterday, 1 . Yesterday is gone forever. 2 . So it is useless to worry about it.
We cannot control tomorrow. 3 , maybe something good or bad. No matter tomorrow is sunny or cloudy, the sun will rise as usual.
So we have only one day left. What is it? 4 . Today is the most important for everyone. It is the only day for us to fight for ourselves. We can control it. We can choose what to do and what not to do. We can choose how to do it. Treasure Today, 5 .
A. We cannot change what you said or what you did yesterday
B. We don't know what will happen next day
C. Yes, it is Today
D. because it is our wealth in our hand
E. and the other one is tomorrow
七
Basketball is a young game. In the year of 1891, 1 . The weather was bad. They couldn’t play outside. So they were unhappy. Sometimes they even got into fights.
Finally, 2
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. 3 . It was played between two teams. In order to make a score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall.
At first, 4 . As he couldn’t find boxes of the right size, 5 . That is how the game got its name basketball. The history of this game is over 100 years.
A. a famous college was having some trouble with its boy students
B. It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball
C. Dr. Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box.
D. He had to use fruit basket instead.
E. Some teachers asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play in doors.
八
Mrs. Daives was a teacher in India. One summer she got a job as a teacher in an international school. 1 After she discussed with her husband, they decided to move to Landon. 2 He didn’t want to leave his friends. He said that he would rather live with his classmate, Mike. His parents thought that he would change his mind later. Soon it was August. Mr. and Mrs. Daives were busy packing. 3
When the day came for them to leave India, Mr. and Mrs. Daives found their son lost. They were anxious and they called Mike, but he didn’t know where Matt was, either. 4 He walked past a park. He remembered that he and his father often played tennis in the park. He walked past a supermarket. It reminded him of shopping with his mother. He realized that those things would be meaningless(毫无意义的)without his family. 5 He told them he was looking forward to living in London with them and making new friends there.
A. Matt quickly ran home to say sorry to his parents.
B. But the school was in London.
C. In fact, at that time Matt was walking alone on the street.
D. However, Matt refused to go with his parents.
E. The boy felt surprised and upset.
九
In almost every big university in the USA, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. 1 They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. 2 This is called a touch-down.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men in the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
3 Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell(为…加油)for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders(拉拉队员) come on the field to help the people yell more. 4
Every team plays ten or eleven games each season which begins in September and ends in November. 5 The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
A. If they move it to the other end of the field, they will receive six points.
B. They dance and jump while they yell.
C. Each university wants its team to win.
D. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends.
E. They try to take it to the other end of the field.
十
This morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of a ship. Tom left home very early, against the wishes of his father, to see the ships at the port. It was a good thing that he did, 1 and the small fire grew dangerously big very soon.
Tom stood near the ship and shouted at the top of his voice. 2
The ship was one of the six big ships in port at the time and they were all carrying oil（石油）and paper.
The fire burned hundreds of boxes of paper, 3 The end of the ship was black with smoke, but thanks to Tom, 4 　
5 because his father was pleased rather than angry with him.

A. because there was nobody else around
B. so it spread very quickly
C. He woke up the port （港口）workers living nearby.
D. the fire didn’t reach the oil
E. Tom was also lucky
Keys：
一.EADBC 二.ECABD 三.DBACE 四.DABCE 五.EBACD
六. EABCD 七.AEBCD 八.BEDCA 九.EACBD 十.ACBDE
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