初中英语完形

初一下英语期末首字母填空专项练习

DoyouknowSweden（瑞典）？ItI1inthenorthof

Europe.ItisthefourthIargestcountryinEuropewith

ana2of450,000squarekilometersand

thepopulationofabout8.5million.Overonethird

ofthemliveinthethreelargestcities,namely

Stockholm,GoteborgandMaImo.MorethanhaIfofSweden

isc3withtrees.Itisoneofthe

r4countriesintheworld.About100yearsago

Swedenbecameindustrialized（工业化）.Todaylessthan

onethirdofthepeoplearef5.

SwedenisthecountrywherethefamousNobelPrizesare

awarded.ManypeoplewhohavebeentoStockholm,the

c60fSweden,musthavevisitedtheplaceswhere

NobelPrizesareawarded.

ThefirstlanguageofSwedenisSwedish.Englishisthe

firstf7languageinschools.ManymiddIe-schooI

studentscans8twotothreelanguages.Mostof

theSwedishpeople,menandwomen,o9andyoung,

canspeakEnglish.Sothereisnop10tospeakwith

theminEnglish.

IstillremembervisitingMoscow.Itisthecapital

ofRussia,theb1countryintheworId.Iwentthere

w2myparentswhenIwaseightyearsold.Ilived

andstudiedthereforoneyear,Ihadsomehappy

memories.

Oneofthemostinterestingthingsofthatcitywas

thatt3weremanydogs.PerhapsRussians

I4dogsverymuch.Youcanseedogshereandthere.

AlmosteachofthefamiIieshadadog.Imadefriends

withmanyRussianchildrenw5Iwaslivingand

studyingthere.Theywereallverynice.Theyhadfair

hairandfairskin.Iplayedwiththemh6though

IcouIdonlyspeakalittleRussianatfirst.Theywere

f7tome.TheweatherinMoscowwasverycold.It

snowedalmosteveryinwinter.Thegroundwasalways

c8withalotofsnow.Weoftenmade

s9together.

NowIamb10inChina,butImissthemsomuch.

IwiIIneverforgetmyhappymemoriesofthisvisitto

Moscow.

Theseyears,withthedevelopmentofsociety,more

andmoreteenagershavesufferedfromstress.Someof

theprobIemscanmakethemfeeIveryw1andunhappy

allday.Whocanhelpthem?Ateacherfromacollege

triedhisbestt。helpthem.Hethoughtofalotof

w2tohelpthem.OnMondayandThursday,youcan

v3him.Herearesomeideashowtokeeptheyoung

menhealthierineveryway.

F4,itisveryimportanttokeephealthy.Toget

e5sleepeverydayisalsonecessary.Trytohave

ahealthyd6.Secondly,maybeyouarenotthetop

students.Itdoesn'tm7.Themostimportantthing

istoworkhard.Ifyoutryyourbest,yourteachers

andparentswillunderstandyou.Ifyouhavesome

problems,youshouldbea8totalkwithyour

teachersandparents.Theycanhelpyou.Rememberto

s9yourhappinessands10withyourgoodfriends.

Sometimesyoucangooutforawalk.

Inaword,youcantrytomakeyouhappybyyourseIves.I'

msureyoucanbehappyeveryday.

四Thirtyyearsago,IwaIkedintoyourbakeryandasked

forsomeIoaves（条）ofbreadtoseiI.Atthattime,I

was12yearsold.Ayoungladys1methatday.She

gavemefiveloavesandwishedmegoodI2.

Itooktheloavesandwentoutt。sellthem.It

t3meaIIday,butIsoIdthemall.Atthee40f

theday,Ihadsomemoney.Iwastheh5boyinthe

worldasIwalkedhomethatevening.

Thenextday,Iwenttoabicycleshop.Ipaida

deposit（定金）onanewbicycle..AndthenIstartedmy

nextj6asanewspaperdelivery。boy.SoonI

c7paytherestofthemoneyforthebicycleand

thebikewasmine.Iwassoproudofm8!

TodayIstillworkinthedeliverybusiness.Ihavea

lotoftruckstosendgoodsalloverthecountry.Ilive

inabeautifuIhouse,butIdon'trideabieyeIethese

days.Idrivealargenicecar.

Idon'tknowe9thatyoungIadywas.Butb10she

gavemethestart,Ihavebecomeasuccessfulman.I'

dliketoshowmythankstoher.

五Beforewindowswereused,oldh1inEurope（欧

洲）andBritainwereverydark.Theirgreatroomswere

highw20nlyoneholeintheroof（屋顶）toletthe

smokeo3fromcookingfire.Later,peoplebeganto

maketheholesb4tohavemorelightandairin

theirhomes.ThefirstEngIishwindowwasj5a

smaIIopening（口，孑L）inthewall.Itwascutlongto

letinasm6lightaspossible,andnarrowtokeep

outthebadw1.But,morewindthanlightwould

c8inifthewindowwascutlong.Thisiswhyit

wasc9"Thewind'seye”.Andtheword"w10

comesformtwoancient（古代的）wordsfor“wind”

and“eye”.

六

Longago,peopIeusedbeIIsmoret1theydotoday.

ThepostmenusedtoringahandbeIIwhentheydeIivered

letters.FireengineshadbeIIi2_ofsirens（号笛）.

PeopIewhosoldthingscamepasthouses,ringingabell

andshoutingw3wasforsale.EveryviIIagehad

itschurchbelltoletpeopleknowitwast4togo

tochurch.Atnight,thisbeIIwasringingsothat

traveIerswouIdfindtheviIIageinthed5.Inmost

countriesbellswerehungr6thenecksofanimals.

Thebellshelpedownerstofindlostcowsorsheep.

Today,inIndia,animalsstillwearbells.Nowbells

areusedI7andless,Buzzers,sirensandhorns

havet8theirplace.Nowpeopletrytokeepthe

oldbellsinschoolandchurchessot9theywill

notI10theirbeautifulsoundsforever.

i

Lifegetsnoisiereverydayandveryf1peoplecan

befreefromnoiseofsomekindoranother.W2you

liveinthecentreofamoderncityoravillagefar

away---thechancesthatyouwillbedisturbedby

planes,cars,radios,etc,arealmosteverywhere.We

seemtobeusedtonoise,too.Somepeoplefeelquite

IoneIyw3backgroundmusicwhiIetheyareworking.

Testshaves4thattotalsilencecanbevery

frighteningexperiences.H5,somepeopleenjoy

IisteningtopopmusicwhichisveryIoud,andthiscan

doharmtotheirears.Thenoiselevelinsomeplaces

isfara6theusualsafetylevelforheavy

industriaIareas.

Onerecentreportaboutnoisesaidthata7alot

ofpeoplesaythatanynoisedisturbstheirattention,

onlyasuddenc8inthelevelofnoisereally

affectspeople'sattention.Itgoesontosaythata

backgroundnoise,whichdoesn'tchangetoomuch(music,

forexample)mayevenhelppeoplet。payattention.

Peoplearetestingwaystomakelessnoise.Thereare

evenlawsc9noise.Wecan't

r10tothe“goodolddays”ofpeaceandquiet.

Butwecanmakelessnoise---ifweshoutloudlyenough

aboutit

A

Therearet1manyaccidentsincities.Accidents

oftenhappenwhenpeoplec2theroadsorstreets.

Readthepassagec3andIearntobecarefuIlater

on.Becarefulwhenitisr4.Manyaccidents

happenonrainydays.Peopleareinah5because

theydon'twanttogetw6.Theyoftencrossthe

roadsquickly.Oftentheycan'tseec7asthey

holdtheirumbrellasinfrontoft8.Rememberthat

carstakeI9timetostopwhentheroadsarewet.

Whenitisraining,wemustbemoreandmorecarefuI,

notI10carefuI.

九

MostAmericanfamiliesaresmallerthanthefamilies

inotherc〔.ChildrenintheUSwiIII2their

parents'homes.Whentheygrowup,theyusuallylive

f3fromtheirparentsbecausetheywanttof4_

goodjobs.Theyoftenw5totheirparentsor

telephonethem.Andtheyoftengotov6their

parentsonholiday.Parentsusuallylettheirchildren

choosetheiro7jobs.Americansthinkit

I8foryoungpeopletodecideontheirlivesby

themselves.Childrenareaskedtodosomeworkaround

theirhouses.Andinmanyfamilies,Childrenare

p9fordoingsomehouseworksothattheycanIearn

h10tomakemoneyfortheirownuse.

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Someonesays:"Timeismoney,“butIthinktimeis

e1moreimportantthanmoney.Why?Becausewhen

moneyisspent,wecangetitback.However,whentime

isg2,itwillneverr3That'swhywemustn'

twastetime.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthet4

isusuallyIimited（有限的）.Evenasecondisvery

important.Weshouldmakefulluseofourtimet。do

s5useful.Butitisapitythattherearealot

ofpeopIewhodonotknowthei6oftime.Theyspent

theirIimitedtimesmoking,drinkingandp1They

donotknowthatwastingtimemeanswastingpartof

theirownI8Inaword,weshouldsavetime.We

shouldn'tI9today'sworkfortomorrow.Remember

wehaven10timetolose.

"I一

AndywasborninChina15yearsago.In2005,she

m1totheUSAwithherfamily.Asahighschool

student,shehasfoundmanydifferencesb2Chinese

andAmericans：

Aboutmoney

1)Americansliketospendm3thantheyhave,so

manyofthemarealwaysindebt(欠债).ButChinese

usuallyspendlessthantheyhave,somanyOfthem

alwayshavem4leftinthebank.

2)TheAmericankidsthemselvesmaketheirown

money.MostChinesekidsalwaysa5theirparentsfor

money.

3)ManyAmericanparentsthinkthereisn6needto

sendtheirchildrentOanexpensiveuniversity.It'

sdifferentinChina.ManyChineseparentswoulddo

anythingtosendtheirchildrentoexpensive

universitiest7theirfamilyisn'trichenough.

Aboutschool

1)ManyAmericangirIstakepartinsports,dancingand

singinggroupswhilemanyChinesegirlstakepartin

studygroups.

2)ManyAmericanstudentsthinkthatBisgoodwhile

manyChinesestudentsthinkthatBistoob8.

Aboutfriends

MostAmericanparentslettheirsonsordaughtersmake

friendsbyt9.Theyneveraskthemabouttheir

friendswhileChineseparentsusuallyenjoyknowing

moreabouttheirchildren'sfriendsi10many

differentways,andusuallystopthemfromstayingout

toolatewithfriends.

十二

Doyouhavebrightideas?Ideasforinventionsthat

c1theworldor,atleast,makelifeeasierfor

somebody.P2wealIdosometimes,butwedon'toften

maketheideaareaIthing.RecentIy,therewasa

competitioninacountry,whiche3youngpeoplet。

maketheirbrightideascometrue.Therewere

t4groupsinthecontest:GroupAwasforschool

childrenunder16;GroupBwasforthoseo516.And

therewereelevenprize-winnersaltogether.

NeilHunt,oneoftheprize-winners,was

c6"SunshineSuperman“byonenewspaperwriting

abouthisdesign.Whenpeoplestudytheweather,it'

simportanttobeabletorecordthesunshine

accurateIy（准确地，精确地）.Weneedtoknowhowmany

h7ofsunshinewehaveandhowstrongitis.Most

sunshinerecorderso_8recorddirect（直接的）

sunshine.Neil'sismoreaccurateandthisisvery

i9forresearchintowaysofusingsolarpower（太

阳能）.Neilplanst。keepinventing.

Theideasinthecompetitionweresog10thatwe

aresurprisedthattheindustry（工业界）doesn'task

moreschoolchildrenforsuggestions.

十三

Britishteenagerscanleaveschoolatsixteenafter

takingtheirGCSEexams.Theystudyforexamsinasmany

astensubjects,s1theyhavetoworkprettyhard!

Today'steensspendmoretimedoingtheirhomeworkthan

anyteenagersinthepast,s2for2.5-3hours

everyevening.

FreeTime

It'snotalIwork,ofcourse.WhatdoBritishteenagers

dotohavef3?TheylovewatchingTV,goingout,

meetingfriendsinInternetcafCsandlisteningto

music.

Communications

InadditiontotheInternet,teenagersinBritainuse

theircomputerstoplaygamesanddotheirhomework.

Theya4lovetheirmobilephones,andspendhours

texting（发短信）theirfriendsandchatting.Today,

phonesaregettingsmallerandIighterandyoucando

alotmorew5themthanjusttalk.Textmessaging

hasb6thecoolestandmostpopularwayto

communicate.Morethan90%of12-to16-year-oldshave

amobile,andexpertssaythatthisstopst7from

spendingtheirmoneyonsweetsandcigarettes.

Fashion（月艮饰）

Atschool,almostallBritishteenagershaveto

w8aschooluniform.However,intheirfree

t9theycanwearwhatevertheyIike,andwhatthey

likeisdesignernamessuchasNike,DieselandPaul

Smith.Infact,40%ofBritishteenssaythattheythink

itisimportanttohavetheIatestfashion.Lookinggood

doesn'tcomec10,butmanyteenagersthinkitusuaI

oreasytospendmorethan£100ononeitemof

clothing.

十四

Mynine-year-olddaughter,Maria,isinYearFour.

Everyeveningwegetintoh1battles（争执）.Three

afternoonsaweek,shehasa2（net-balI,singing）

afterschoolandbythetimewegethome,homeworkis

the

I3thingshefeelsIikedoing.Theothertwodays,

shegetshomeearlyandweargue（争论）aboutw4she

shoulddoherhomeworkr5afterschool,orifshe

shouldhavesometimetorestandplayf6WhenMaria

atlastsitsdowntodoherhomework,sheseemstowant

metherehelpingallthetime.Idowanttohelpher,

butI'ms7thatsheisgoingtoneedtobeableto

doitonhero8Andinf9,mostofthetime,

IhaveotherthingsIneedtobedoing.Itseemsthat

chiIdrenthesedayshavemuchmorehomeworkthanwedid,

andsomeofitisreaIIybeyond（超越）theira10.As

youcansee,I'mreallyworriedabouthomeworkandI

reallydon?tknowwhatIshoulddo.Anyideas?

十五

Whenyoufinishhighschooloruniversity,islearning

done?Theansweris"no”.Inmanycountries,people

continuelearningalItheirlives.Whyislifelong（终

身的）learningimportant?Howcanithelpyou?Let's

lookatonee10flifelonglearninginJapan.

Yougotoschoolandlearn.Youstudy.Youtaketests

B2learningdoesn'tonlyhappeninschool.

Learningdoesn'ts3whenyougraduatefromhigh

schoolorcollege.Youarelearningallthetime.For

example,learningcanh4whenyougotoamuseum.

Itcan

a5happenwhenyougetajob.Youlearnwhenyou

p6asportorwhenyoutakeatrip.Learningis

I7!Weneverstoplearning.Everydayyoucan

improveyourselfbylearningsomethingn8.

InJapan,lifelonglearningisveryimportant.People

inJapanliketotrynewlearninga9.Music,

calligraphy（书法）andforeignlanguagesaresomeof

theirf10classes.Japanesetakeclassesto

improvetheirskillsandlearnnewthings.

WhenwegraduatefromschooI,wecancontinuetolearn.

Makelifelonglearningbecomeoneofyourgoals!

十六

OnMay23,sixpandasleftanimportantpandabase（基

地）inWolong,southwestChina'sSichuanProvince,

becauseofdamaged（损坏的）sandfoodshortages

aftertheMay12earthquake,alocalofficialsaid.

ThepandasweretbytrucksfromChinaGiant

PandaProtectionandResearch

CtoYa'an,anotherbaselessaffectedbythe

earthquake,saidXiongBeirong,anofficiaIofSichuan

ProvincialForestryBureau（林业局）.

EightotherpandasIfortheChengdu

ResearchBaseonMay18.TheywillbecarriedbyChina

SouthernAirlines（CSA）toBeijing,wheretheywill

sattheBeijingZoo,saidWoIongdirector

ZhangHemin.

LiuShaoyong,aIeaderofCSA,saidthepandaswere

scheduled（预定）toleaveChengduat3p.m.Saturday.

TheywilltravelonaBoeing747—700planewithbamboo

awater.

“Thereisewaternow,bfoodisstill

abigproblem.Thepandasneedbamboosandapples.”

XiongBeirongsaid.

Aftertheearthquake,tonsofbambooshoots,apples,

eggs,milkpowderandmedicineswerebroughttothe

center,butthesuppliescouldonlyIabouta

week,shesaid.

Thereareabout1,590pandasIinthewildin

China,mostIyinSichuanandthenorthwesternprovinces

ofShaanxiandGansu.

十七

Themobilephoneisausefulthing,butmaybeIdon't

knowhtouseit.Sometimesitmakesthings

difficultforme.

OnedayIwantedtoseemyfriendnearby.Icould

aathishouseinfiveminutes,butIlookedat

mymobilephoneandthoughtiwouldbebetterto

ringhimup.Irhimforthefirsttime,butthe

linewasbusy.Fiveminuteslater,therewasananswer,

butitwasthewrongnumber.ThenItriedaand

thistimeIgotananswerfromhim.

Iaskedhimifhewasathomeintheafternoon.Andhe

said—at1Ithoughthesaid-hewouIdbeathome

allafternoon.SoIwenttohishouse,butthenIfound

nin.Icalledhimforthefourthtime.Thistime

IgotsoangrythatIs,“Youarenotathome?

Butyoujusttoldmeoverthetelephonethatyouwould

beathomeallafternoon!”

Herewhisanswer,“No,Isaid:'IwillNOTbe

athomeallafternoon.'"

Iwentbacktomyroom,satdowninfrontofthemobile

phoneandIpokedatit.WhatecouldIdo?Nothing!

十八

Weweresinging,“Happybirthdaytoyou…"Mymother

wassmiIing,surroundedbymyfather,mylittlesister

andme.

Itwastimetosendwishes.Myfathersaid,"You'

vedonemthingsforus.Onthisspecialday,let

medallthehouseworkforyou."Afterkissing

mymother,mysistersaid,“Mum,you'reagmum

inmyeyes."IIatmymother'seyesandsaid,

“Dearmum,Iamalwayswaitingforonedaywhenyou

andDadgetold."Myparentsseemedpuzzled（困惑），

andIexplained,“Whenyou'reold,IwiIItakecare

ofyoujustIikeyoutakecare0fme."Thereweretears

intheireyes…

Yes,wtheygetold,IwiIItakecareofthem.

Thesewordswereinmymindfalongtime,and

atlastIsaidthemtomydearparents.Ifelt

vhappy.

Myparentsarejustcommonpeople,bthey're

great.Likeotherparents,theybringusupwithlove,

andgiveusfoodandc.Theyteachushowtobe

realpeople.Myparentshavedonealotofthingsfor

meandIamverythankfultothem.

However,th