英语完形填空专练

1 When I was three years old just before my sister was born my mom asked me what we should name the new baby I said Let s call 26 Gravy 肉汁 You know we pour gravy over meat and it tastes good My parents found my 27 interesting but named the new baby Caroline instead Having a sister 28 my life When my sister and I played together we 29 got into fights and got angry with each other if we did 30 wrong It sometimes drove our parents crazy 31 at the same time we learned to share our things and to forgive 原谅 each other when we got 32 In North America there are many kinds of families but 33 families have a boy and a girl Of course some have three or more In China most children 34 have brothers or sisters and they have to learn those things in other ways which is more 35 When I 36 away to university my sister 37 me she wished I still lived at 38 She wasn t used to getting all the attention from my parents But Chinese children get all the attention for all their life Some middle school 39 in China wish they had a brother or sister If you are one of them I 40 a good idea for you Treat your friends and classmates as your brothers and sisters 26 A her B him C me D them 27 A news B ideaC lesson D story 28 A began B saw C changed D enjoyed 29 A never B again C seldom D often 30 A something B everythingC anything D nothing 31 A But B So C Or D Through 32 A angry B excited C hungry D worried 33 A few B several C all D most 34 A shouldn t B don tC needn t D wouldn t 35 A beautiful B difficult C careful D friendly 36 A took B put C movedD came 37 A asked B answeredC told D warned 38 A home B workC schoolD family 39 A students B teachersC workersD lovers 40 A giveB have fC learn D make 2 At six o clock Andy s favourite programme Travel with us was on TV Andy wanted to get home in 36 for that But then just as he was leaving his office a little 37 a man rang up and kept speaking for the next fifteen minutes I can 38 get home in time if I hurry Andy told himself as he 39 out of the office As he drove off in his car he 40 that there was little petrol 汽油 left I ll have to stop at Fenton s Andy thought He 41 Fenton s because one should get petrol by oneself at this station You do all the work yourself but you pay 42 for the petrol he used to complain At Fenton s the pump 油泵 was not working well and it 43 ages to get petrol So when Andy got home it was already two minutes past six Just then the phone rang Shall I answer it Andy thought He tried to watch the programme and forget the phone But it 44 ringing and finally he picked it up Mr Andy Barton a 45 said Fenton s Petrol Station here Fenton s Andy said Why I was at your place only a few minutes ago getting some petrol Did I 46 something behind or what No you didn t Mr Barton But could you 50 round now and pay for your petrol And please hurry We close at half past six 36 A minuteB timeC spaceD place 37 A fasterB soonerC earlierD later 38 A justB almostC hardlyD still 39 A steppedB walkedC cameD rushed 40 A wonderedB noticedC thoughtD felt 41 A hatedB likedC passedD chose 42 A littleB the sameC a lotD a little 43 A costB spentC tookD paid 44 A keptB stoppedC startedD tried 45 A womanB manC childD voice 46 A loseB leaveC forgetD fall 47 A troubleB worryC excuseD chance 48 A especiallyB certainlyC carefullyD luckily 49 A mistakeB jokeC problemD question 50 A lookB comeC showD move 3 My son Joey was born with club feet The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk but would never run very well The first three years of his life was 31 in hospital By the time he was eight you wouldn t know he has a problem when you saw him 32 Children in our neighborhood always ran around 33 their play and Joey would jump and ran and play 34 We never told him that he probably wouldn t be 35 to run like the other children So he didn t know In 36 grade he decided to join the school running team Every day he trained He ran more than any of the others 37 only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the 38 We didn t tell him he probably would never make the team so he didn t know He ran four to five mile every day even when he had a fever I was 39 so I went to 40 him after school I found him running 41 I asked him how he felt Okay he said He has two more miles to go Yet he looked straight ahead and kept 42 Two weeks later the names of the team 43 were caked Joey was number six on the list Joey had 44 the team He was in seventh grade the other six team members were all eighth graders We never told him he couldn t do it so he didn t know He just 45 it 31 A spentB takenC costD paid 32 A talkB sitC studyD walk 33 A afterB beforeC duringD till 34 A eitherB tooC thoughD yet 35 A ableB sorryC gladD afraid 36 A sixthB seventhC eighthD ninth 37 A soB ifC thenD because 38 A neighborhoodB familyC schoolD grade 39 A excitedB tiredC pleasedD worried 40 A think aboutB hear fromC agree withD look for 41 A aloneB awayC almostD already 42 A ridingB walkingC playingD running 43 A jumpersB runnersC doctorsD teachers 44 A gotB keptC madeD found 45 A didB hadC leftD took 4 Everyone needs friends But do you know 46 to find real friendship 友谊 and keep it An American writer 47 Sally tells young students some good ways to find 48 Sally says finding friendship is just like 49 a tree You plant the seed 种子 and 50 it to make it grow She says you should first choose someone 51 can be a good friend It doesn t matter whether he has money or good looks A good friend should be kind and 52 If you have a bad day a good friend should 53 your complaints 抱怨 and do his 54 to help you If you want to make a friend you should make each other 55 But things cannot always be happy 56 the best friends may have quarrels What should you do when you 57 with your friend You may try to have an honest talk with him when there is no one around If he 58 want to talk you can write a letter to tell him how you are feeling Sally also tells us some small but important things 59 example celebrating your friend s success Remember that friendship is the 60 important thing in your life Life is great if you have friends 46 A how B what C when D which 47 A call B calls C name D named 48 A girls B teachers C friends D classmates 49 A watering B planting C cutting D decorating 50 A take off B take away C take care D take care of 51 A what B which C whose D who 52 A beautiful B helpful C thankful D wonderful 53 A look at B look C listen to D listen 54 A good B well C better D best 55 A happy B happily C unhappy D unhappily 56 A Even B Though C If D Ever 57 A talk B talks C quarrel D quarrels 58 A doesn t B don t C didn t D isn t 59 A to B for C in D at 60 A too B much C more D most 5 Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born So 41 he asked God they tellme you are sending me to 42 but being SO small and helpless 43 am I going to live there 44 the many angels 天使 I chose one for you She will be waiting for you and willtake care of you God replied But here in Heaven 天堂 I do 45 else but sing and smile That S enough for me to be happy God said Your angel will sing and smile for you every day And you will feel your angel S love and be 46 The child said And how am I going tO be able to understand when people talk to me 47 I don t know the language that men speak God told the child Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear and with 48 atience 耐心 and care your angel will teach you 51 The child said I ve 50 that on the earth there are bad men who wil protect me God said Your angel will protect you 51 it means risking her hfe 冒生命危险 But l will always be sad because l will not see you any more Your angel will always talk to you about 52 and in fact 1 will always be next tO you At the moment there was much peace 静寂 in Heaven but voices from the earth couldalready be heard and the child in a hurry asked Oh God if I am about to 53 now please tell me my angel S 54 It is not hard to remember God repfied 55 You will call your angel Mommy 41 A every day B any day C one day D sollle day 42 A the earth B the moon C the country D the sea 43 A where B how C why D when 44 A Between B For C Among D With 45 A nothing B everything C anything D something 46 A 10nely B happy C excited D surprised 47 A though B whether C after D if 48 A no B 1ittle C much D some 49 A where to go B how to speak c what to say D which to choose 50 A heard B remembered C forgotten D said 51 A when B as soon as C since D even if 52 A me B you C US D her 53 A die B work C study D 1eave 54 A address B name C number D job 55 A angrily B sadly C softly D shyly 6 We sometimes call the lion the king of the jungle 丛林 because it is stronger and more dangerous than other animals It can 41 faster than many animals and it can hunt 捕猎 the best It is the highest animal in the 42 food chain 食物链 In the sea the shark is one of the animals at the 43 of the food chain It can swim faster than 44 other sea animals and it can use its big teeth to eat them What is at the top of the world s food chain 45 are We are not the biggest or fastest but we are the 46 We could not run faster than cheetahs 猎豹 so we 47 cars and now we can move the fastest We could not 48 better than lions so we invented guns 枪 Now we can hunt the best People s inventions are clever but they can be 49 too For example people invented 50 and now they make the air and rivers dirty This can make 51 changes Dirty rivers kill fish 52 bears cannot eat the fish and the bears die If we kill one part of the food chain 53 also die Remember that we are a part of the food chain 54 we are in danger too If we protect animals we are protecting 55 We should and we could do something for the world 41 A walk B run C swim D jump 42 A land B sea C mountainD desert 43 A front B end C top D beginning 44 A some B any C more D most 45 A PeopleB Lions C SharksD Cheetahs 46 A strongest B cleverest C most specialD most important 47 A used B had C made D invented 48 A fight B escape C killD catch 49 A dangerous B interesting C usefulD helpful 50 A hotels B schools C factoriesD hospitals 51 A great B terrible C wonderful D complete 52 A If B When C Then D While 53 A one partB another part C other parts D the other parts 54 A and B but C orD so 55 A oneselves B yourselves C themselves D ourselves 7 Life is not easy so I d like to say When anything happens believe in yourself When I was a young boy I was 46 shy to talk to anyone My classmates often 47 me I was sad but could do nothing Later 48 happened and it changed my life It was an English speech contest My mother asked me to 49 it What a terrible idea It meant I had to speak 50 all the teachers and students of my school Come on boy Believe in yourself You are sure to 51 Then mother and I talked about many different topics At last I 52 the topic Believe in yourself I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 53 With my mother s great love I did 54 in the contest I could hardly believe my 55 when the news came that I had won the first place I heard the cheers 赞美 56 the teachers and students Those classmates 57 once looked down on 瞧不起 me now all said Congratulations 58 me My mother hugged me and cried excitedly 59 then everything has changed for me When I do anything I try to tell 60 to be sure and I will find myself This is true not only for a person but also for a country 46 A too B so C quite D very 47 A made faces at B looked after C caught up with D laughed at 48 A nothing B something C everything D anything 49 A take part in B join C get D make 50 A with B to C among D before 51 A lose B win C pass D beat 52 A brought B reached C thought D chose 53 A words B times C topics D sentences 54 A well B good C bad D interested 55 A result B speech C eyes D ears 56 A from B of C for D to 57 A when B what C which D who 58 A to B at C with D on 59 A Except B Since C Before D From 60 A someone B me C everyone D myself 8 Music and Behavior Where did you go yesterday Did you hear 41 at any of those places Today most stores and restaurants play music You might 42 hear music in an office or on a farm Scientists believe that music changes the 43 people behave 举止 According to some scientists the sound of western classical 古典的 music makes people 44 richer When a restaurant plays classical music people spend 45 money on food and drinks When the restaurant plays 46 music people spend less money With 47 music people spend even less Scientists also 48 that loud fast music makes people eat faster In fact people 49 their food faster when the music gets faster Some restaurants play fast music during their 50 hours This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly Restaurants 51 make spend even less Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better They say 52 music helps students to be more active It is true that people learn better when they are 53 And listening to music can help you relax The 54 time you hear music somewhere be 55 It might change the way you do things 41 A musicB storiesC songsD sound 42 A alreadyB evenC hardlyD never 43 A wayB timeC ideaD place 44 A becomeB getC feelD look 45 A muchB moreC littleD less 46 A popB modernC lightD country 47 A noB muchC anyD some 48 A thinkB hopeC realizeD believe 49 A cookB orderC eatD make 50 A freeB busyC happyD sad 51 A canB shouldC can tD needn t 52 A howB whyC whatD that 53 A excitedB interestedC confidentD relaxed 54 A firstB secondC nextD last 55 A quietB quickC happyD careful 9 What s the matter mum As soon as I enter the door I find that my mother is 36 It s unusual she usually 37 the door and welcomes me with a smile She s dying mum says sadly I 38 what she says The tulip 郁金香 mother s 39 is dying A month ago we moved 40 our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip Mum liked it very much 41 she was free she would sit 42 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 43 inviting smell She treated it like a baby and looked after it 44 She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 45 to give the tulip enough sunshine The first thing she did when she 46 every morning was 47 the tulip Mum also fertilized 施肥 it many times She hoped that with great care the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 48 But the tulip was dying 49 too much sunshine water and fertilizer It s true that mother loved the tulip But this kind of love 50 be harmful Love can sometimes kill what you love 36 A happyB unhappyC pleasedD pleasure 37 A cosesB opensC keepsD takes 38 A knowB love C thinkD find 39 A favouriteB hate C unlikeD like 40 A intoB around C acrossD with 41 A ThoughB Because C AfterD Whereever 42 A atB in C onD under 43 A butB and C forD or 44 A happilyB brightlyC carefullyD usually 45 A otherB placeC two placesD another 46 A got upB made the bedC played pianoD washed her face 47 A to takeB to cutC to waterD to pull 48 A dryB strongC wetD old 49 A becauseB forC sinceD because of 50 A mustB shouldC canD need 10 When you were young who rode you around on the back of his bike Who played foot ball and flew kites with you in the park Who heled you 16 your first difficult maths problem Who taught you the difference between 17 Your ded Now it is your turn to do something for him This Sunday June 18 is 18 Day So why not do something 19 to thank your dad The idea of Father s Day came from a n 20 lady called Sonora Smart Dodd in 1909 She wanted a special day to honour 纪念 her father He raised 抚养 six children by himself 21 his wife died during the birth of their 22 child Dodd thought there needed to be a day to honour great and loving dads Her father was born 23 so she chose to hold the first Father s Day celebration on his birthday in 1910 In 1924 US president Calvin Coolidge 24 the idea of a national Father s Day Finally in 1966 the third Sunday in June was nade Father s Day There are many ways 25 your love and thanks Send 26 a greeting card Usually fathers prefer cards that are not too emotional 易动感情 的 So perhaps choose one that will make his 27 A small present such as a photo of your family 28 make him feel like a king Send him 29 the red rose is the offical Father s Day flower If he has a 30 cover his desktop with words like I love you Dad 16 A withB toC forD by 17 A old and youngB big and smallC right and wrong D long and short 18 Mother sB Father sC Children sD Wornen s 19 A easyB specialC strangeD hard 20 A BritishB JapaneseC ChineseD American 21 A whenB untilC afterD before 22 A thiedB fourthC fifthD sixth 23 A likedB on May 19C on June 19D in July 24 likedB dislikedC neededD wanted 25 A to takeB to bringC to showD to say 26 herB youC meD him 26 A herB youC meD him 27 A cryB jurnpC shoutD laugh 28 A shouldB canC mustD need 29 A flowersB booksC mustD shoes 30 A watchB computerC carD bike 11 I ll never forget one summer day in 1975 On that day my 36 suddenly died because of an unexplained illness at the age of 36 Later that afternoon a police officer 37 to my house to ask for my father s permission 允许 for the hospital to 38 Mother s valve 心脏瓣膜 I was greatly surprised I ran into the house in tears At 14 I just couldn t understand why people would take apart 分解 a person I 39 40 my father told him Yes How can you let them do that to her I 41 him Linda he said 42 putting his arms around me the greatest present you can give is a part of 43 Your mother and I decided long ago that if we can make a person s life 44 after we die our death will have meaning The lesson my father taught me that day became one of the most 45 in my life Years passed I married and had a family 46 my own In 1996 my father became seriously ill With a smile he told me that when he died he wanted to donate 捐赠 47 was in good condition 状况 especially his eyes My father died and we donated 48 as he had wanted Three days later my daughter said Mum I m so 49 of what you did for Grandpa At that moment I realized that my father gave 50 his eyes What he left behind sparkled 闪烁 in my daughter s eyes pride 36 A father B mother C grandma D grandpa 37 A shouted B sent C came D reached