初二下册英语选词填空和阅读训练

初二下册英语选词填空和阅读训练

（一）

1. Ed is a little hungry, but he doesn' feel like ________________________ this kind of food.

2. -How was your ________________ ? --I did very well! I will work there from next

Mon day.

3. Which hobby do you think ______________ the least space?

4. Li Na, _______________ everybody kno ws, is one of the best tennis players.

5. Mum wants to know if we ______________ a picnic this Sun day.

6. We should ________________ to do somethi ng new or differe nt.

7.1 will have an exam tomorrow, so I can ' __________________ now.

8. There are many in terest ing things _________________ i n life.

9. I asked my pare nts to buy me a dog. I would _________________ i t.

10. Which is the ________________ skill to learn in your life?

American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools. Summer in America is a time 1 __________ the outdoors, no matter how hot it

might be. Let ' take a look at some of the popular drin ks. Lem on ade is 2 ____________________ of all America n summer drin ks. It 3 ___________ by mixi ng lem on juice, water and

sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice. Ice tea is 4 __________ p opular

summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually 5 ___________ in a tall g lass of ice.

Many America ns 6 ___________ to add sugar to sweete n the drink. This drink is ofte n drunk in the after noon 7 ___________ relaxi ng in the shade. Ice tea is now also

sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America. TheSlurpee, a famous American drink in rece nt years, is a great 8 ____________ t ocool off in the summer heat. It

is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice.

They can 9 ___________ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with

young America ns. Milkshakes have a long 10 __________ i n America . It is made of

a mix of ice cream , milk and flavori ng.

as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick, much ,why "Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1. _____________________ time. People have

several2. ____________ each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in

color. Some dreams are 3. ____________ o ld films. They come to us over and over 4.

___________ . That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas 5. _____________________________ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. ________________ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over in to dreams. Sometimes we 7. __________________ with a good feeli ng from a dream. But ofte n we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear

（消失）8. __________ from memory . Too much dreaming can be harmful （有害的）. The 9. ____________ we sleep, the Ion ger we dream. The mi nd is hard at work whe n

we dream. That is 10. __________ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

Jack had gone to the uni versity to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history

professor( 教授)failed him in his exams, and Jack would have to

leave the uni versity. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge( 强烈要求 )him to let Jack go on his studies the following year.

He's a good boy, ” said his father, and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a

lot next year and pass the exam at the end of

it really well ” No, no, that ' quite impossible . ” Said the professor at once.

Do you know,

last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn 'tknow! ” Please, sir, give him ano ther cha nee. "Said Jack ' father. You see, I 'm afraid we don 'take

any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill. ”

(五)

Now machines are widely used all over the and n ecessary for us? Because they can help us to do things better and faster. A washing machine helps us to wash clothes fast. A printing machine helps us to print a lot of books, n ewspapers, magaz ines and many other things fast. Bikes, cars, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than on foot.

The computer is a won derful mach in e. It was inven ted not long ago. It not only

stores information but also stores numbers millions of times as fast as a scientist does.

Let ' study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern coun try.

()1. Mach ines can help us to do things better and faster, so they _____ .

A. are difficult to make

B. are expe nsive

C. are importa nt but not n ecessary

D. are very helpful

()2. We have to travel on foot without ______ .A. bikes B. mach ines C. pla nes

D. trai ns

()3. Computers can store in formatio n and numbers _________ a scie ntist does.

A. a little faster tha n

B. as fast as

C. much faster tha n

D. much more slowly tha n

()4.If we want to build China into a moder n coun try. We must __________ .

A. study hard

B. try to use all kinds of mach ines

C. invent many mach ines

D. all above

()5. A prin ti ng mach ine can help us __________ .

A. print a lot of books

B. read more books

C. invent many mach ines

D. wash clothes fast

)1. Jack would have to leave the uni versity because

A. he did n 'like history

B. he did n

C. he was a good boy

D. he did n )2. Jack ' father wan ted the professor _________

A. to tell him a story C. )3. In A. 'pass the exam 'tk now Napole on was

ill )4. to let Jack pass at the end of it Jack ' exams B. year

Impossible B. to give Jack a less on his exams that "the word the university time it ” C. D. to let Jack leave the university means . Jack ' first year D. Jack ' second A.

possible )5.

Jack did n

A. he didn C.

uni versity means

________________ . B. not possible C. un true D. not true 'tk now whe n Napole on had died because 'tdo well in his history B. he did n he didn ' know Napoleon

'take any n ewspaper D. he didn ' know Napoleon left the world. Why are machines so important

Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small tow n. They have a b ig farm and they

are always busy work ing on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his less on s. It made them happy.

Last month Peter fini shed middle school and passed the entrance exam in ati on Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.

Yesterday morni ng the woma n went to the tow n to buy someth ing for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus bega n to liste n to her.

Which university will your son study in? ” a woman next to her asked.

In the most famous university in our country! ” Mrs. Turner said happily.

The most famous uni versity? ”Oxford Uni versity . ”

Most of the passe ngers looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her,

Con gratulati ons! ”

A woma n said, I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith. ”

Who's Fred Smith? ”He's my son. ”

Does he study in the uni versity, too? ”

No, "said the woman. He is one of the professors. ”

()l. The story happe ned in ________ . A. America B. France C. Germa ny D.

En gla nd

()2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because _________ .

A. their son did well in his less ons

B. they have a big farm

C. they have a good harvest

D. their son studied at a middle

school

()3. Mrs. Turner wan ted every one to know __________________ .

A. her son fini shed middle school

B. her son was han dsome

C. her son was going to study in a uni versity

D. her son was very frien dly to others

()4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _________________ .

A. her friend could hear her

B. all the people could hear her

C. she hoped to make all the people happy

D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her

()5. Which of the followi ng is true? ___________ .

A. The woma n was n't in terested in Mrs. Turn er's words

B. Mrs. Turner knew no thi ng about the famous uni versity

C. The woma n wan ted to stop Mrs. Turner from show ing off ( 炫耀)

D. The woma n next to Mrs. Turner wan ted to show off her son, too

(七)

Two men were sitt ing together in a pla ne. They were on a long journ ey. One of the men was a bus in essma n. The other was a farmer. They sat without talk ing for a while, then the farmer said,

Let ' do something to pass the time. ”

What do you want to do? ” the bus in essma n asked.

We can ask each other riddles. ” The farmer said.

OK. Let ' make the rules first, ” the bus in essma n said, If you don 'tk now the

an swer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don 'tk now the an swer, I 'pay you

$100. ”

“That 's not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer. ”the farmer said.

“That 's true. ”The businessman said, “What do you want us to do? ”

“If you don 't know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don 't know the answer, I 'll pay you $50. ”The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said,“OK. That 's fair. Who will go first? ”

“I will, ”the farmer said. “Here is myriddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two begs when it flies? ”

The businessman thought for a long time and said, “Mm, that 's a good one. I 'm afraid I don 't know the answer. ”He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer. ”

“Idon 't know. ”the farmer said, and gave him $50.

( )1. The story happened ______________ .

A. on a farm

B. in a shop

C. before a long plane journey

D. between two passengers

( ) 2. What does the word “riddle ”means in this story?

A. Something to win money.

B. Something to help to make rules.

C. A difficult question to find the answer to.

D. A kind of game in doing business.

( ) 3. Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?

A. He made much more money than the farmer.

B. He thought he knew more than the farmer.

C. He was interested in making riddles.

D. He was better at playing riddle games.

( ) 4. The farmer ______________ .

A. didn 't enjoy himself on his long journey

B. didn 't want to pay even one dollar

C. spend all his money on the plane ticket

D. won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game ( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The two men made rules for their riddle.

B. The farmer was more clever than the businessman.

C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for money.

D. The businessman knew the answer to this riddle.

(八)

I 'm taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he 'd like to stay at home and take care of the house.

We're going by train to NewYork, and then take a ship to Europe . Whenwe arrive in Europe, we're going to some countries for sightseeing. We'll go to places either by train or by bus. We 're going to fly home.

It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we 'll have a very interesting trip. We 'llgo to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how

we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

( ) 1. How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six ( ) 2. My father will

not go on the trip because __________________ .

A . he doesn 't like travels

B. staying at home is more interesting

C. he is too old to travel

D. nobody wants to take him along

( ) 3. We 're coming back homeby ________ . A. sea B. air C. bus D. ( ) 4. In Europe we will _____________ . A. go sight-seeing at the seaside B. to go to different countries C. buy a lot of

presents D. go from place to place by train or by

bus

( ) 5. My brother and my children would like to ______________.

A. do some shopping in Europe

B. study the Italian language

C. enjoy a trip by

ship D. learn French in France (九)

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very

clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third school year, he left

Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every homesoon. So they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

( ) 1. Bill Gates grew up in ______________ .

A. Canada

B. Australia

C. America

D. Germany

( ) 2. What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A. Science and math

B. Languages and art

C. Math and languages

D. Music and P.E

( ) 3. Bill 's company worked hard at ______________ . A. making large machines

B. playing computer games

C. mending old machines

D. developing software

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十五） train

by ship in Italy