初中英语完形阅读练习

练习一Wings of Angel

I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 1 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much 2 than others.

I hated going to school and I hated looking at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing 4 and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the 3 and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).

My friends found me distant because I didn’t l et others get 5 to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 6 Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would disturb me. That’s when I first heard her voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” you asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No idea.”

“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our 7 started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, she saw my back. She just stared.

My heart 8 . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would look down up me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know why your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be sentenced. I begged in my heart for her to 9 , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered 10 .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”

I was surprised. I looked into her eyes and her 11 touched my heart. Fro m that day on, I started to learn to 12 myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.

1．A．them B．it C．me D．her 2．A．sadder B．shorter C．weaker D．slower 3．A．still B．alone C．straight D．together 4．A．street B．sun C．corner D．mirror 5．A．close B．next C．open D．kind 6．A．after B．before C．since D．until 7．A．connection B．competition C．conversation D．comprehension 8．A．sank B．beat C．broke D．ached 9．A．relax B．leave C．stop D．pause 10．A．shyly B．weakly C．proudly D．firmly 11．A．wisdom B．generosity C．honesty D．kindness 12．A．control B．like C．comfort D．enjoy

At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.

We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.

On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were surprised when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."

The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.

When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.

That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds tog tether, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.

As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"

"A pillow," he replied.

"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.

"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as he handed Eric the pillow.

"Oh . . . that's soft," he said, hugging it tightly.

Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?" We know exactly what he means.

1．The writer’s first volunteer project was .

A．working on a poor trailer B．helping a poor family

C．donating beds and bedding D．dealing with a housing problem 2．On bearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because .

A．the family lived in a trailer B．he expected to get some toys

C．he didn’t know what a bed was D．the boys had no bed to sleep in 3．From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen before.

A．a trailer B．a truck C．a pillow D．a house

4．By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means th at .

A．what they want to get may be unnecessary

B．they should not waste money on small things

C．they should do more volunteer work for the poor

D．what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

练习二

With a determined look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1451 feet tall, the __1__ building in the US.

As he got to the last step, McCarthy __2__ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2109 steps and arrived at the top, where he __3__ the cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that __4__ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy had a strong __5__. He believes having a disability shouldn’t stop anyone __6__ achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school __7__ he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was __8__ by his determination and offered to help train him. They __9__ more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “__10__ seems that he never knows how difficult it is. __11__ I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more

__12__.”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I __13__ the last 10 floors—he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most driven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”McCarthy said he was __14__ of himself and that the Tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll __15__ to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed,” he said.

1. A. largest B. highest C. earliest D. latest

2. A. seldom B. hardly C. always D. almost

3. A. enjoyed B. needed C. made D. kept

4. A. while B. after C. if D. though

5. A. heart B. hope C. body D. love

6. A. by B. for C. in D. from

7. A. as B. since C. until D. before

8. A. pleased B. beaten C. moved D. asked

9. A. used B. spent C. took D. wasted

10. A. Here B. There C. He D. It

11. A. However B. Sometimes C. Again D. Then

12. A. friends B. helpers C. time D. exercise

13. A. tried B. saw C. did D. met

14. A. thinking B. talking C. worried D. proud

15. A. point B. go C. turn D. hurry

With alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills （泄露）on people, nature, and the environment．

Millions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help

dismiss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil．Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea．

Of all of today's environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious．Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material．In the end, it breaks down naturally．There are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short term．

Nature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immediately with as much hi-tech knowledge as possible．In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tones of oil into the ocean．If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened．

Governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage．Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run I

We should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil．Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power （太阳能）, electricity, hydrogen, and so on．Much of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coal．

If the world's millions of cars were 10% more efficient （高效的）—and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient ?we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year．If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too．1．What is the passage mainly talking about?

A．Oil spills pollution．B．What oil pollution is．

C．Oil tanker accidents. D．How to reduce oil pollution.

2．How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?

A．By giving a description．B．By making an argument．

C．By giving an example．D．By drawing a diagram．

3．What does the underlined word "risk" in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Transportation depending more on oil．

B．Poisonous oil breaking down naturally．

C．Millions of tons of oil spilling into the sea．

D．More environmental damage being caused．

4．Which suggestion, is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?

A．We should build safer tankers in the near future．

B．We should develop new technologies to cut oil use．

C．Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlines．

D．Countries should build more oil pipelines under the sea．

练习一

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练习二

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