初中三年级上学期英语期末配题：专项2.完形填空

2012-2013第一学期期末完形填空配题

（一）

My life as a roofing（屋顶）salesman began almost sixty years ago. I happened to meet Johnny Brown, the manager of a small company. He told me he needed a young man like myself.

“The war is over, and everyone 1 a new roof,” Johnny said. “But if you just go out and ask people if they want a new roof, they will just say no. 2 you have to make up a story they’re willing to listen to.”

“What’s the story?” I asked.

“The story is that you are working for the RZ Advertising Company. You are 3 a home in the neighborhood to put on a new roof. If the family allows you to put this new roof 4 , your company will photograph it, advertise it, and bring around people to look at it. For the inconvenience（不便）that was 5 to the family the company will make a plan to have the roof put on at a very low price.”

“Which,” I said 6 , “is probably the same price that any roof would cost.”

“You’ve 7 it.” Johnny said. “Now I don’t want you to think we’re doing anything dishonest. The people do get a good roof, and besides, they have something to tell the neighbors. It makes them feel 8 on thei r street.”

“What am I supposed to do?”

“You give your 9 to the wife and the husband. If they are both interested, you tell them your 10 will come by and talk to them, and you set up a meeting. Then I go in to 11 . If they buy a roof, you get 10% on the sale.”

The next afternoon I was out ringing doorbells in Los Angeles. It took a week before I made a sale, but the pay was $30. And when Johnny paid me, I was so 12 that I decided I might make the roofing business my life work.

（）1. A. makes B. needs C. protect s D. refuses

（）2. A. But B. If C. So D. Because

（）3. A. giving up B. worrying about C. talking about D. looking for

（）4. A. on B. out C. away D. off

（）5. A. caused B. failed C. proved D. allowed

（）6. A. politely B. brightly C. kindly D. carelessly

（）7. A. afforded B. expected C. got D. offered

（）8. A. terrible B. boring C. strange D. special

（）9. A. hope B. story C. money D. house

（）10. A. manager B. photographer C. neighbor D. parents

（）11. A. pay B. decide C. sell D. borrow

（）12. A. nervous B. lazy C. famous D. excited

（二）

My father couldn’t read or write. He started school in the first grade, where the punishment for a wrong answer was ten ruler beats on a hand. For some reason, right shapes and letters just did not fall into his six-year-old mind. His father took him out of 1 after several months.

Y ears later, his wife, with her fourth-grade 2 , would try to teach him to read. And later I would hold his big hand and help him to copy the letters of his name. He accepted unwillingly, but soon grew 3 and would say that he had had enough. One night, when he thought no one saw, he 4 with my second grade reader and worked on the words until they became too difficult. He pressed his head into the 5 and cried. After that, nothing could bring him to sit with pen and paper.

From the farm to road building and later to factory work, his hands served him well. His energetic interest and ability brought 6 to become a line boss.

After Mother died years later, he insisted on staying in the small house 7 the garden and a few farm animals close by . His health began to fail, and he was in and out of the hospital.

My last memory of Dad was watching him walk across the hillside with my two children. Three weeks 8 my family flew back to our own home, Dad was dead because of a heart attack.

I returned for the funeral. Doctor Green told me Dad had been given a bottle of pills. Y et it had not been found on Dad’s person. Doctor Green felt that a pill might have kept him 9

long enough to call for help.

In Dad’s garden I stopped to pass my fingers in the earth where he had reached the end of his life. My hand came to rest on a half-buried stone. I lifted it and noticed 10 it the hit, yet unbroken bottle that had been beaten into the soft earth.

When I saw the bottle, the scene of Dad 11 to remove the cap and in desperation(绝望) breaking it with the stone flashed before my eyes. With great sorrow and deep pain I knew why those big hands had lost in their fight with 12 . For there, printed on the cap, were the words:“Child-proof cap—Push down and twist to unlock.”

( ) 1. A. school B. class C. farm D. home

( ) 2. A. knowledge B. memory C. experience D. education

( ) 3. A. bored B. nervous C. worried D. angry

( ) 4. A. ran away B. stole away C. moved away D. walked away ( ) 5. A. pages B. books C. copies D. papers

( ) 6. A. a success B. a decision C. an opinion D. an offer

( ) 7. A. by B. behind C. at D. with

( ) 8. A. when B. after C. until D. before

( ) 9. A. alive B. awake C. asleep D. active

( ) 10. A. behind B. below C. under D. beside

( ) 11. A. expecting B. wanting C. trying D. deciding

( ) 12. A. the bottle B. the cap C. death D. illness

（三）

“Do you like my dress?” she asked a passing stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes.

“I think it’s very pretty, but why are you 1 ?”

With a quiver (颤抖) in her voice, the little girl answered. “After Mommy made me the 2 , she had to go to the heaven (天堂).”

Finally the woman realized what the child meant. She gently 3 the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.

Then suddenly the little girl stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and 4 to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.

5 the child stopped singing , she explained to the lady: “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and

6 would make me stop.”

“See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are 7 !”

As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve (袖子). “Madam, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you 8 .”

“Of course”, she answered.

Pointing to a 9 on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have her kisses for everything that made me cry.”

Then the lady 10 that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who kn ew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the 11 she had for her beautiful little girl and put it into this dress that her child now so 12 wore.

She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped… in her mother’s love.

( ) 1. A. smiling B. crying C. asking D. talking

( ) 2. A. coat B. skirt C. dress D. sweater ( ) 3 A. held B. took C. got D. put

( ) 4. A. promised B. decided C. prepared D. began

( ) 5. A. Before B. Since C. Although D. After

( ) 6. A. she B. he C. it D. you

( ) 7. A. wet B. dry C. bright D. big

( ) 8. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing ( ) 9. A. flower B. hole C. spot D. sign

( ) 10. A. realized B. knew C. thought D. noticed

( ) 11. A. joy B. hope C. time D. love

( ) 12. A. proudly B. quickly C. luckily D. sadly

The story happened long time ago. Deep in the mountains, near a village, lived an old man who could carve (雕刻) the most 1 elephants out of stones. People from all over the world came to that village to buy the old man’s elephants. Museums put his works on 2 for everyone to see.

One winter a young sculptor came to see the old man. “Please,” he said, “Could you show me how to carve elephants?”

“My boy,” said the old man, “I can’t show you how to carve elephants. I can only show you how to carve stones.”

For many 3 , he worked hard. Finally, one evening, as bright autumn leaves danced in the wind, the old man said, “Y ou’ve 4 well, my boy. Y ou can cut and carve and polish (抛光) as well as I do. There is no more for me to teach you.”

“ 5 there is more for me to learn,”said the young man, who still could not carve elephants. “Let me 6 you for one more season.”

The young man looked and looked, but all he saw were blocks of stones. “Where are the elephants?” he asked. “Can’t you see them?” asked the old man. “They are in the stones. Y ou see, I do not carve elephants. I only carve stones.”

“What do you mean?” asked the young man. “I mean that I 7 the elephants in the stone. When I can see them well, I carve 8 the stone to set the elephants free. Then everyone can see them. Can’t you see anything in those three blocks of stones?”

The young man looked and looked again. “No,” he said at last, “I see 9 in those three. But I see something in that large one you set by the door.”

“Are you sure?”asked the old man, 10 his head sadly, “There is no elephant in that block of stone.”

The young man 11 , “I do not see an elephant,” he said. “In that block of stone I see a tiger.” And picking up his 12 , the young sculptor went to work to set the tiger free.

( ) 1. A. interesting B. unusual C. ordinary D. beautiful

( ) 2. A. show B. board C. business D. sale

( ) 3. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days

( ) 4 A. carved B. made C. learned D. cut

( ) 5. A. Because B. But C. So D. However

( ) 6. A. teach B. watch C. help D. copy

( ) 7. A. want B. find out C. look for D. search

( ) 8. A. away B. in C. on D. down

( ) 9. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

( )10. A. touching B. turning C. raising D. shaking

( ) 11. A. realized B. wondered C. smiled D. cried

( ) 12. A. bags B. tools C. stones D. clothes

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 1 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

So the boy 2 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 3 .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole 4 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 5 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 6 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.

The boy acted with 7 but he didn’t understand why it cou ld be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into 8 wings. It helps the butterfly be 9 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.

Sometimes struggles are what we need 10 our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be __11__ we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even represents growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 12 or problems. So, next time you are served with a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

( ) 1. A. hole B. path C. door D. window ( ) 2. A. decided B. asked C. showed D. ordered ( ) 3. A. afraid B. interested C. surprised D. thankful ( ) 4. A. slimmer B. bigger C. shorter D. smaller

( ) 5. A. touched B. sounded C. looked D. smelt

( ) 6. A. wings B. feet C. eyes D. head

( ) 7. A. success B. excitement C. kindness D. sadness ( ) 8. A. it B. its C. his D. her

( ) 9. A. ready B. quiet C. glad D. used

( ) 10. A. for B. at C. with D. in

( ) 11. A. helpful B. weak C. strong D. creative ( ) 12. A. happiness B. difficulties C. pleasure D. hope