初中英语首字母填空(附答案).doc

初一英语首字母填空

Choosing a good birthday g_______ is sometimes a big problem. Most g_______ like beautiful things, such as flowers, rings or necklaces. Boys may like a car model, a computer g________, or a basketball. If your m_______ is a teacher, maybe she likes books, DVDs of popular movies, or a good p_______ of shoes. And w_______ do fathers like? Maybe they w_______ like cell phones or PDAs. It’s easier to c_______ gifts for b_______ or little children. Food and toys can m_______ them happy .

Key:1.gift;2.girls;3.game;4.mother;5.pair;6.what;7.would;8.choose;9.babies;10.make

Everybody wants to be h_______. You know food is very i_______. There are many h_______ foods. You can have more bananas, apples, oranges, tomatoes and lettuce because fruits and v_______ are good for you. But don’t eat too m_______ chocolate. It’s not good for you. Healthy food can h_______ you grow and make you s_______ and happy. Remember there is a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor a_______.” Sports can a_______ keep you healthy. Get up e_______ and do some sports e_______ day. Don’t be lazy! You will be healthy and happy.

Keys: 1.healthy;2.important;3.healthy;4.vegetables;5.much;
6.help;7.strong;8.away;9.also;10.early;11.every

2.A
F_______: Janet
To: Daniel Message
D_______: 4:00, Aug.16

Honey:
Welcome home. Mom called m_______ and said that Dad fell o______ his bike. I h_______ to go to s_______ him. So could you pick up Sam at s_______? He has a violin lesson at 6:00. Don’t let him p_______ computer games until he finishes his h_______. R_______ a story book with him before his bedtime. I’ll try to get home as e_______ as I can. Thanks.
Janet

Keys:1.From;2.Date;3.me;4.off;5.have;
6.see;7.school;8.play;9.homework;10.read;11.early

Americans usually eat three m_______ a day. Breakfast usually comes b_______ eight o’clock in the morning. They u_______ have eggs, some meat, bread, fruit juice and coffee. Lunch is b_______ twelve and one o’clock. It is like a light meal and working people must take lunch w_______ them or get it n_______ workplace.
Children in school take sandwiches, fruit, and cookies with them or eat in school. S_______, the main meal, is between six and eight in the evening. People cook it c_______. They may have meat or chicken, turkey and duck. They may all have potatoes or rice, vegetables o_______ salad. The drink is coffee, tea or m_______. Then comes the dessert.

Keys:1.meals;2.before;3.usually;4.between;5.with;
6.near;7.supper;8.carefully;9.or;10.milk

Making Choices in the Shopping
We go s_______ almost every day. We have m_______ choices of the places to buy things. Supermarket is the right p_______ for you. There are some good points buying t_______ at the supermarket.
1. You buy things at the supermarket at a l_______ price. You pay much more in the big store to buy the s_______ goods.
2. You decide what to buy all by y_______ at the supermarket. And you don’t have troubles from the shop assistant at the big store.
3. There a_______ more choices of goods to buy at the supermarket. You can buy many things for a week’s use at a t_______: it s_______ us much money and time.
In a word, it is better to buy things at a supermarket.
Keys:1.shopping;2.many;3.place;4.things;5.low;
6.same;7.yourself;8.are;9.time;10.saves

I’m going to s_______ a movie with my f_______ this weekend. We love movies, but we all like d_______ kinds. I like to see thrillers and science fictions, my friend Sam loves action movies and comedies and my b_______ friend, Lee, loves a good romance. Because we like different kinds of movies, it can be d_______ to choose（选择）one to see. So we usually take turns （轮流）to choose the movie. It’s my t_______ to choose this weekend, so we’re going to see Harry Potter Ⅱ, an i_______ movie. It’s number o_______ at the box office, and e_______ is saying what a great movie it is. I can’t wait!

Keys:1.see;2.friends;3.different;4.best;5.difficult;
6.usually;7.turn;8.interesting;9.one;10.everyone

The Skyscrapers(摩天大厦) in New York City
New York is the most exciting c_______ in the United States. It is not o_______ the center of commerce and business for the United States, but also o_______ of the three “world cities”. Together w_______ London and Tokyo, it controls the world’s finance. There are many high-rise business b_______ in this city. People call them skyscrapers. The tallest skyscraper was the World Trade Center. It had 110 floors. S_______, this building was destroyed（被摧毁）by the terrorist attack on Sep. 11, 2001, and yet, the glory and image of it still remain vividly（生动地）in the memory of the world people. The Empire State Building is not as t_______ as the World Trade Center, but it is the tallest building in New York City now. It has 102 f_______. The skyscrapers in New York City are world-famous f_______ their grandeur and their beautiful architecture（建筑）. Every year millions of people come to v_______ them.
Keys:1.city;2.only;3.one;4.with;5.buildings;6.Sadly;7.tall;8.floors;9.for;10.visit

In almost every big university in the USA, football is a favorite s_______. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the b_______, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the o_______ end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it, If they move it to the end of the filed, they receive six points. This is c_______ a touch down.
It is h_______ to move the ball. Eleven men in the team try to s_______ 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.
Each university wants its team to w_______. Thousands of people come to w_______. They all yell for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders come on the field to help the people yell more. They d_______ and jump while they yell.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season be_______ in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play a_______ on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.

Keys:1.sport;2.ball;3.other;3.called;5.hard;5.stop;7.win;8.watch;9.dance;10.begins;11.again

Schools in the U.S.A
Schools in the U.S.A are a little d_______ from schools in China. U_______, there is no school uniform. In many C_______ schools, students have school uniforms. Classes s_______ at 8:30 each morning and the school day ends at 3:30 or 4 o’clock in the U.S.A. And in China, classes usually start at 8:00 in the morning and the school day ends at 5:30 in the a_______. Students have one h_______ for lunch and two 20-minute breaks each day in U.S.A. One break is in the morning, and the other is in the afternoon. In China, students have two hours’ break during lunchtime and ten minutes break for e_______ class period. In U.S.A, students o_______ go to the school cafeteria at lunchtime or at break. They b_______ snacks and drinks there. The most p_______ after-school activities are baseball, football and basketball.

Keys:1.different 2.Usually 3.Chinese 4.start 5.afternoon 6.hour 7.each 8.often 9.buy 10.popular

Buying things online is becoming a v_______ popular way for people to do their shopping. It’s very convenient for them because all they have to do is just turn on their personal c_______ and surf the Internet on it, searching f_______ their favorite goods.
There are m_______ items on the Internet they can choose from, like travel tickets, music CDs, books, household goods, entertainment tickets, toys, etc.
The most common advantages of shopping o_______ are its convenience, l_______ prices, wide choice of products, time to make decisions, and its q_______ delivery.
Many people are worried a_______ sending their credit card details over the Internet while they shop online. However, in f_______, there is very little of card theft from well-known sites on the net. But there is a real danger of buying m_______ than you need, because all you need to do is click a mouse button.

Keys:1.very puter 3.for 4.many 5.online 6.low 7.quick 8.about 9.fact 10.more

You may p_______ your money in a piggy bank in your home to keep safe. Or you may want to put your money in a bank. The bank not only keeps your money safe but it also l_____ it. The bank will give people money for special reasons. This is c_______ a loan(贷款). If a family wishes to b_______ a new car, but they do not have e_______ money, they will ask the bank f_______ a loan. The bank will give the family enough money to buy a car. Later they pay it back to the bank. The bank might a_______ lend money to someone to buy a new house. They may loan money to a company to build a big new ship or even loan money to build a n_______ hospital. So your money might be sent to work all o_______ the world. But it will always be there when you want it b_______.

Keys:1.put 2.lends 3.called 4.buy 5.enough 6.for 7.also 8.new 9.over 10.back

Sally has been q_______ unhappy recently. She didn’t do w_______ on any of her tests at school. In addition, she was late f_______ school three times last week. Her teacher was very a_______ with her. She didn’t feel any better at home. Her mother was angry with her, too. She wanted her to s_______ hard and s_______ more time on her homework, not on computer games. Sally knew her mother was right. She should not spend so much time on the Internet or stay up l_______ playing computer games. She knew she should listen to her mother and be a good student as she was before. But it seemed very hard for Sally to c_______. For example, yesterday before she got home, she told herself she should do her homework first. But after she got home and saw the desktop in her room, she changed her mind and decided to play computer games for thirty minutes. But after many “thirty minutes” passed, she was s_______ on the Internet. She didn’t eat dinner and of course she didn’t do any of her h_______. Her mother got so angry that she shouted at her. Finally, they had a fight.

Keys:1.quite 2.well 3.for 4.angry 5.study 6.spend 7.late 8.change 9.still 10.homework

Many people l_______ Sherlock Holmes, one of the most famous detectives in the world He is especially p_______ with young people. He is s_______ smart that he can solve almost any kind of mystery, even with few clues. However, maybe you will feel shocked to k_______ that he is not a real man. He is only a character in the novels created years ago by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a well-known British w_______. What’s more interesting, many readers at that time sent a l_______ of mail to the house where Holmes l_______. Once, Doyle felt tired of writing detective novels and wanted to end Holmes’s l_______. Many readers got angry and a_______ the writer to make the hero alive again. Conan had n_______ choice but to bring Holmes back from the dead.

Keys:1.like 2.popular 3.so 4.know 5.writer 6.lot 7.live 8.life 9.asked 10.no

In A_______, spring comes with Easter. Easter is a religious h_______. It is celebrated on a Sunday b_______ March 22 and April 25. Many Students a have a week of spring break holidays around Easter.
Hundreds of y_______ ago, the ancient people Saxons celebrated the return of s_______ at Easter time. The dark of winter was gone, and the sunlight of spring came back. The Easter rabbit became a symbol of Easter because o_______ the goddess, Eastre.
Today, people u_______ put colored eggs in little baskets. Children believe the Easter Bunny brings the eggs for them because they believe that the Easter rabbit laid the eggs there. Today Easter candy is made to look like the form of eggs, and little baby chickens and rabbits Eggs are i_______. And it's a symbol of rebirth. With the coming of spring, people hope for a new l_______.

Keys:1.America 2.holiday 3.between 4.always 5.years 6.spring 7.of 8.usually 9.important 10.life

In 16th-century France, people celebrated the New Year on April 1. They had parties and danced until very late at n_______. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory said e_______ must use a new calendar. New Years Day on the n_______ calendar was January 1. Not everyone followed the new calendar, however. Some s_______ celebrated the New Year on April 1. Others played tricks on t_______ and called them “April Fools.”
Today Americans call April 1, April Fool’s Day. They play j_______ on people on April 1. For example, school children might t_______ a classmate that school has been canceled. Or a child might p_______ salt in the sugar bowl at h_______. Whatever the trick, most April Fool jokes are all for fun and not meant to h_______ anyone.

Keys:1.night 2.everyone 3.new 4.still 5.them 6.jokes 7.tell 8.put 9. home 10.hurt

When you m_______ to a new country, you may have culture shock. It's the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a n_______ place. You usually have such feelings after the first few weeks of going to a new place. The way that you lived before is not accepted. Everything is d_______. For example, not speaking the language or not knowing h_______ to use the telephone. Then, how can you deal with culture shock? F_______, get a hobby. Second, be easy on yourself. Third, get in touch with your f_______. Last, find ways to live with the things that are different. E_______ will become OK this way.
Have you ever learned about the “food pyramid”? All the foods we eat are in six groups: 1) grains; 2) fruits 3) vegetables; 4) meat, fish and eggs; 5) dairy(乳) products, like milk and cheese; 6) sweets and greasy foods.
Look at the picture above. It’s called the “food pyramid”. Most of our diet should come from the first two levels. They give us the fiber we need. The third level gives us calcium and protein.
We shouldn’t eat a l_ from the group on the top of the food pyramid. We c_______ it “junk food.” Many desserts and snack foods, like cake and potato chips, belong to it. These foods have lots of sugar, salt or both.
Remember, what we eat is very important, and regular e_______ is also more important to our good health.

Keys:1.move 2.new 3.different 4.how 5.First 6.friends 7.everything 8.lot 9.call 10.exercise

The birthday of the United States is on the Fourth of J_______. It is also c_______ Independence Day. In 1776, leaders in America declared their independence. They were a_______ with England because the King of England wanted them to p_______ high taxes. So the American leaders got together and wrote a Declaration of Independence. In the declaration, the leaders wrote, “All men are created equal.” A_______ this, the United States was born.

Keys:1.July 2.called 3.angry 4.pay 5.Afte