阅读大赛：八年级英语阅读短文完形填空各十篇(附带答案)
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初二英语上学期阅读大赛（在指定时间内完成，篇目不限）
阅读理解（
20
分，每小题
2
分）：
A
、
B
篇要求阅读短文选择正确答案
(A)
Bruno was a boy of
eight. His father worked in a cinema and his
mother worked in a shop.
He lived not
far from his school. He always walked there and
walked home. On his way to school,
he
had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it
rained. One day, when he got home, his
clothes
were
all
wet.
His
mother
became
angry(
生气的
)and
said,
“Don’t
play
in
the
water
on
your way home from
school!”
On the
next day Bruno came home with wet and
dirty(
脏的
)clothes. His mother
became
even angrier. “I’ll tell your
father if you come back wet again,” said his
mother. “He’ll
punish(
惩
罚
)You,
you know.”
The third day
the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You’re a good boy today”, his mother
said happily. “You didn’t play in the
water.”
“No,” the boy said
unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the
water when I got there
this afternoon.
There wasn’t any
room(
空地方
)for me at
all!”
（
）
went to school
every day.
A. by bike
B. by bus
C. by car
D. on
foot
（
）
playground was between(
在
……
之间
)
。
A. two
classrooms
B.
the cinema and shop
C. Bruno’s house
and school
D. the shop and Bruno’s
school
（
）
3.
The little boy liked to play on the playground
.
A. when it snowed
B.
when there was some water there
C.
when
the
children
played
football
there
D.
when
his
father
was
busy
with
his
work
（
）
was afraid of
the most.
A. his father
B.
his mother
C
. his teacher
D. the older
boys
（
）
5. That
afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because
.
A. nobody made
room
（地方）
for him in the water
B. there was no water on the playground
C. he took off his clothes before he
played there
D. he played in the water
carefully
（
B
）
Kong Rong was a famous writer during
the Han
Dynasty
（
汉朝）
. He
was considerate when he was
only four.
Kong
had
five
elder
brothers
and
a
young
brother.
One
day,
their
father
bought
lots
of
pears.
Some of the pears
were big and looked good. Some were small and
didn’t look so good. The boys
were happy and began to
choose
（选择）
some.
Kong chose the smallest one. Kong’s father found
this strange and asked, “Why not choose
a bigger one, my son” Kong answered, “ I am
younger.
My elder brothers are older
and eat more.
They should take the
bigger ones.”
“ But you have
a young brother. He should take the smallest one!”
“ He is younger
and needs more
nutrition
（营养）
. He should get
a bigger one, too.”
Kong’s
father
was
very
happy
that
Kong
could
be
so
considerate.
He
didn’
t
think
of
what
he
himself wanted. He
thought of what others wanted first.
6.
How many kids are there in Kong Rong’s
family
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
7. What does “
considerate” mean
A. Always
thinking of other people want.
B. Only thinking of what
oneself wants.
C. Always doing bad
things.
D. Never doing
wrong things
8. Kong Rong chose the
smallest pear because_______.
A. he
couldn’t eat a big one.
B. He liked
small ones.
C. He wanted his
brothers to eat the big ones.
D. He
wanted to make others happy.
9. What
was Kong Rong during Han Dynasty
A. A
writer
B. A painter
C. A poet
D. A leader
10. Which of the following is true
according to the story
A. Kong Rong
lived in the Tang Dynasty.
B. Kong Rong
was the youngest boy in his family.
C.
Kong Rong’s mother died when he was
four.
D. Kon rong’s father
felt very happy about his considerate
son.
（
C
）
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
11. Mary is going to the cinema at
seven on ________________.
A. Monday
evening
C.
Friday evening
B. Wednesday
evening
D. Sunday evening
B. see
some friends
D.
have an art class
B. have a
basketball party
D. watch a
basketball match
D.
9:00 .
Mike’s
plan for next week
Study
group meeting 3:00 .
Basketball match
4:30 .
Art class 7:30-8:30 .
student center 2:00-4:00 .
Shopping 10:00 .
Basketball team party 8:00 .
Mary’s plan for next week
Go to the cinema with Alice 7:00 .
See a doctor 11:00 .
Study
for an exam ---evening
Concert 8:30 .
Uncle
Smith
in
the
restaurant ---afternoon
Art class 7:00-8:00 .
Supper
with Ann
7:30 .
Wednesday
Go to see some
friends 2:00 .
volunteer
(
志
愿
者
)
work
at
Help
12. On Wednesday afternoon Mike is
going to ___________
A. enjoy the
concert
C.
see a doctor
A.
have supper with Ann
C. study for an
exam
A. 7:30 .
13.
Mary is going to ______________ on
Wednesday evening.
1
4.
Mike’s basketball team party starts at
__________on Sunday
B.
8:00 .
C.
8:30 .
1
5. From Mike’s
and Mary’s plans we know t
hat they both
like ________.
A. shopping
B.
concerts
C.
art
D. music
（
D
）
Almost everyone likes to eat apples.
Apples trees grow in nearly every part of the
United
States
produces (
出产
) more apples
than any other country except(
除
< br>……
外
) France. The states
of Washington and New York grow the
most apples.
Apples are red, yellow or
green. They are very popular in the United States.
Many people like
to carry apples to
work or to school to eat with their lunches. Most
American people are often
too busy or
too tired to cook dinner, so they often have their
dinners very simply(
简单地
).
Apple
juice is also a popular drink and
apple pie is the favorite dessert for many
Americans.
The state of Washington is
proud
（骄傲）
of its
apples. The trees there produce about five
billion apples every
year
—
nearly one apple for
every man, woman and child in the whole world.
16. Almost everyone likes
to eat _______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A. The United States
B.
Canada
C. China
D. France
17. ____________
produces the most apples in the world.
18. Many Americans like to eat apples
during lunch because they__________ at noon.
A. eat nothing but apples
B.
feel it better to eat apples
C. always
eat simple food
A. 100,000
D. can get apples easily
1
9. “
The trees
there produce about five billion apples every year
.” One billion is________ .
B. 1,000,000
C. 10,000,000
D. 1,000,000,000
20. The state of washington
is proud of its apples because they
think_____________.
A. everyone in the
world can share(
分享
) their
happiness
B. they can produce as many
apples as people all over the world
C.
their apples are better than any of the other
fruits
D. their apple trees are the
best in the world
（
E
）
TV PROGRAMMES
Channel 1
18:00 Around China
18:30
programme
19:00 News
19:30 Weather report
19:40
Around the world
20:10 TV play :
Sisters
21:00 English for today
21:15 Popular music
22:55
Talk show
Children’s
Channel
2
17:45 computers today
18:10 Foreign arts
19:30
English classroom
19:00 Animal world
19:25 China’99
20:20 Sports
21:00 TV play:
Guo Lanying
21:45 English news
22:05 On TV next week
21. If
you want to watch a football game, the best
programme for you would be _________.
A. TV play
B. Sports
C. Around the world
D. Talk show
22.
The programme of ________ will let you know much
about western countries.
A. Sisters
B. Around China
C. Around the world
D. On TV next week
you want to know something about
tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme
for you is ________.
A. Around Chin
B. Animal world
C. TV play
D.
Foreign arts
24. English classroom is a
programme that________.
A. lets you
know something about classroom
B. tells you something about students
C. lets you know something about school
life
D. teaches you English
25. The programme at the end of Channel
2 means ________ on TV next week.
A.
news
B. programmes
C. people
D. places
（
F
）
American
people
like
to
say
“Thank
you”
when
ot
hers
help
them
or
say
something
kind
to
them. People of many countries do so,
too. It is a very good habit.
You
should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the
salt on the table, when someone
walking
ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when
someone says you have done your work
well, or you have bought a nice thing,
or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is
used not only
between friends, but also
between parents and children, brothers and
sisters.
“Excuse me” is another short
sentence they use.
When you hear
someone say so behind you,
you know
that somebody wants to walk past you without
touching you. It’s not polite to break
others when they are talking. If you
want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me”
first, and then
begin talking. You
should also do so when you begin to cough or make
any noise before others.
Let’s learn to
say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.
2
6. You should say “Thank
you” when ______________.
A.
you say something kind to others
B. you help others
C.
someone helps you
D. you need
others to help you
the
passage we know “Thank you” is
_________.
A. widely used in
the world
B.
used more often than “Excuse me”
C. used only by American
D. used only
between friends
should say
“Excuse me” if you want to __________.
A. cough
B. make some noise
C. go first
D.
all of the above
you are
going to ask someone to tell you the way, you
should say “_________”
A.
Thank you
B. That’s very kind of
you
C. Excuse me
D. I’m sorry
passage mainly tells us the way
_________.
A. to be happy
B.
to be polite
C. to help
others D. to learn from Americans
(G)
There was a pilot and three people in a
small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong
with the plane when it was flying in
the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane.
The pilot told
the
people
there
were
only
three
parachutes(
降落伞
).
They
all
became
worried
and
started
to
make
excuses.
“I must go and mend the
machine.” said the pilot, taking one of the
parachutes. There was
nothing he could
do so he just jumped out.
The
ne
xt person said, “I must have a
parachute. I am a very clever person, and I have
to take
part in an important sports
game. I know I am going to win the game because I
am going to be the
cleverest person
there.” He picked up a pack and jumped
out.
Two
men
were
left(
留了下来
), an
old businessman
and
a
young mountain
climber.
By
this
time the plane was going down fast. The
businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re
still
young. You take the last
parachute.” the young mountain climber smiled,
“Don’t worry, “he said,
“we can both
jump to safety because there are still two
parachutes. Just now the clever person
jumped out with my
backpack.”
the
people became worried because________.
A. they couldn’t find the
parachutes
B. they were
afraid the plane would be broken and knew there
were not enough parachutes
for each
person.
C. There was too much smoke and
they couldn’t jump out from the plane.
D. They saw the pilot jump out first
clever man jumped out
with________.
A. one parachute
B. nothing
C.
the clim
ber’s pack
D.
two parachutes
the people
thought of themselves except(
除了
< br>……
以外
)_________.
A. the pilot
B. the clever man
this story, we know________ would die.
A. the clever man
C. the pilot
a
kind hearted man.
A. The pilot
B. The mountain climber
D. a young mountain climber
(H)
As teenagers, you have
many dreams. These dreams can be very big, like
winning the Nobel
Prize, or they can be
small. You may just want to become one of the ten
best students in your
class.
Once(
一旦
) you find
a dream, what do you do with it Do you ever try to
make your dream real
“Follow Your
Heart” by Australian writer Andrew Mathews tells
us that making our dreams
real is
life’s biggest challenge.
You
may think you’re not very good at some school
subjects, or that it is impossible for you to
become a writer. These kinds of
thoughts(
想法
) stop you from
getting your dream, the book says.
B. the businessman
D. a
young mountain climber
C. the doctor
D. the businessman
C. The businessman
In fact, everyone can make his dream
come true. The first thing you must do is to
remember
what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep
telling yourself what you want. Do this step by
step(
一步一
步地
) and
your dream will come true faster because a big
dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You
must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road
to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes
from
yourself.
You
need
to
decide
what
is
the
most
important.
Studying
instead
of
watching
TV
will
bring you better exam
results, while saving five yuan instead of buying
an ice cream means you
can buy a new
book. As you get closer to your dream, it may
change a little. This is good as you
have the chance to learn more
skills(
技能
) and find new
interests.
36.
“Follow Your
Heart” is __________.
A. The
first thing you must do to make your dream real
B. The most important dream to have for
teenagers
C. The name of a famous
Australian writer
D. The name of a book
by Andrew Matthews
you want
to make your dream real ,you should __________.
A. remember what your dream is first
B. keep telling yourself
what you want
C. never be afraid of the
big difficulties
D. try to start with
all the things above
the
text, we know the word “challenge”
means__________.
A.
变化
B.
挑战
C.
决定
D.
态度
should NOT you do to make your dream
come true
A. Always remember what your
dream is.
B. Do what you should do step
by step.
C. Watch TV to get better exam
results.
D. Read more books, learn more
skills and find new interests.
is the best title of the text
A. Keep your dream in your mind.
B. How to find
your real dream.
D. Teenagers have many
dreams.
(I)
All around the
world, people drink tea. But tea doesn’t mean the
same thing to everyone. In
different
countries people have different ideas about
drinking tea.
C. Make your dream real.
People in China like to drink tea with
nothing in it, and they often have it with their
friends or
by themselves. They have two
kinds of tea---green tea and black tea. They may
drink tea at any
time
of
the
day
anywhere.
But
they
don’t
often
drink
tea
just
before
they
go
to
bed,
for
tea
makes
them awake.
In England, people like to drink tea
with milk and sugar in it, and they often have it
in the
afternoon with their friends.
In
Japan,
people
also
like
drinking
tea
very
much.
It
is
very
popular
there.
They
drink
tea
every day. They have it
in a way different from that in China. Some young
Japanese girls are good
at making tea.
They can do it beautifully.
In the USA,
people drink tea at breakfast or after meals. They
usually use tea bags to make
their tea.
Making tea with tea bags is faster and easier than
making it with tea leaves in teapots.
41. People
like to drink tea with milk
and sugar in it.
A. in England
B.
in China
C. in the USA
D. in Japan
42
. Why don’t people often
drink tea before they go to bed in China Because
.
A. they are full
B. they may not sleep well
C. there is nothing in the
tea D. there is some milk and sugar in it.
43. In which country do people usually
make tea bags
.
A. In China.
B. In England.
C. In Japan.
D. In the USA.
44. Chinese people like to
drink
.
A. tea without
anything in it
B. tea with milk and sugar
C. tea with tea bags in it
D. tea with green and black
leaves
45
. What does
“black tea” mean in Chinese
It means
.
A.
浓茶
B.
黑茶
C.
红茶
D.
绿茶
（
J
）
Every year there is the Spring Festival
in China. Usually it is in January or February.
It’s the
most important festival in
China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare
things. They buy
beef,
pork,
chicken,
fruit
and
many
other
things.
And
they
often
make
a
special
kind
of
food
called “dumplings”. It
means “come together” in Chinese. On the day
befo
re the festival, parents
buy
new
clothes
for
their
children
and
children
also
buy
presents
for
their
parents.
On
the
festival eve, all the
family members come back to their home. This is a
happy moment. They sing,
dance and play
cards. When they enjoy the meal, they give each
other the best wishes for the
coming
year. They all have a good time.
46. Which is
the most important festival in China
.
A.
Mid-autumn Festival
B. Spring Festival
C. Children’s Day
D.
May Day
47. The Chinese usually
have their Spring Festival in
.
A. January or February
B. February or
March
C.
September or October
D. December or January
48
.
What’s the special kind of food for the Spring
Festival in China
.
A. Pork
B. Fish
C. Dumplings
D.
Noodles
49
. The food
“dumplings” mean “
”.
A. be
delicious
B. be hungry
C. come together D. come
back
50. When they are having dinner on the
festival eve, the Chinese
A. sing, dance and play
cards
B. buy each other presents
C. never drinks
D. give each
other the best wishes