初一英语 完形填空7

一． 完形填空: 共10题，10分

09：

America is a very large country, but travelling there ___1___ really very quick and easy. You need only several days to go through it. If you want to see as much of the country as you can, you’d better travel by bus. There is fast 2 service (服务) between cities, for example, the Greyhound Bus Service. All of its buses have two storeys (层). The top of the bus is often made of glass. In the summer time, there is an air-conditioner (空调), but the sunshine will get in 3 the glass and you may feel too 4 . It doesn’t 5 work well because the sunshine on the top storey is too 6 . The seats are very nice. Over each seat there is a reading light. On the long-distance (长途) buses there is a washroom. On a long-distance journey you can stop to have meals at the roadside 7 . People spend three and a half 8 to go through America by bus with short for meals. Many people like to 9 a bus around the country. 10 you want to visit America, please try a bus.

( )1. A. am B. is C. are D. be

( )2. A. train B. ship C. plane D. bus

( )3. A. of B. through C. for D. between

( )4. A. hot B. cool C. cold D. comfortable

( )5. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. ever

( )6. A. short B. long C. strong D. weak

( )7. A. hotels B. villages C. shops D. restaurants

( )8. A. hours B. days C. weeks D. months

( )9. A. ride B. wait C. take D. drive

( )10. A. If B. Before C. After D. Until

07：

In the days when an ice cream was much cheaper, a 10-year-old boy 1 into a hotel coffee shop and 2 at a table. A waitress (女服务员) put a glass of water in front of him.

“How much is the bigger ice cream?”

“Fifty cents (美分),” answered the waitress.

The little boy took his 3 out of his pocket (口袋) and counted the coins (硬币) in it. “How much is the smaller one?” he asked.

Some people were now 4 a table and the waitress became a little 5 .

“Thirty-five cents,” she said loudly.

The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll 6 the smaller one,” he said. The waitress 7 the smaller ice cream, put it on the table and 8 . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the bill (买单) and left. When the waitress came back, she began cleaning the 9 and was struck (打动) by what she 10 . There, on the table, were fifteen cents – her tip (小费).

( )1. A. knocked B. went C. looked D. put

( )2. A. sat B. stood C. ate D. drank

( )3. A. book B. pen C. foot D. hand

( )4. A. waiting for at

B. running for C. pointing at D. looking

( )5. A. successful uncomfortable

B. friendly C. unhappy D.

( )6. A. make B. have C. drink D. cook

( )7. A. brought B. took C. bought D. made

( )8. A. played with him B. waited for him C. went out away

D. walked

( )9. A. bowl B. table C. room D. floor

( )10. A. had B. gave C. saw D. heard

08：

Living in the Outback(内陆地)

Sara Logan is thirteen years old, and she comes from the Australian Outback. She lives on a farm with her parents, her seven and ten-year-old brothers Martin and Ben, and 50,000 sheep (绵羊).

The Logan’s farm is in the “Outback”. A lot of Australia is “Outback” – it’s very hot and dry, and not many people live there. Sometimes Sara and her family don’t see any other 1 for weeks. So how do Sara and her brothers go to school? Well, they don’t go to school – their school comes to 2 , by radio (无线电通讯) and the Internet. They sit at home and 3 to their teachers and classmates on the radio. Their classmates live on other farms and their 4 work at the “School of the Air”, in a place called Alice Springs. When the pupils (小学生) have to do homework, they 5 it to their teachers by the Internet. When Sara isn’t studying, she likes to ride her horse and help the farm workers with the sheep. It’s 6 work for a young girl, but she enjoys it. Sometimes she plays tennis with her brothers, and when it’s very hot, she likes to go 7 in the river on the farm.

The “School of the Air” is only for 8 students. So next year, when Sara is 9 , she has to go to a school in Alice Springs. She is going to live at the school and visit her family during the vacations (假期). “I’m going to miss parents and my horse,” she says, “but I still want to go. I want to study with other children for a 10 .” She is looking forward to her new life.

( )1. A. classmates ( )2. A. them ( )3. A. come ( )4. A. brothers ( )5. A. bring ( )6. A. easy ( )7. A. swimming ( )8. A. better ( )9. A. thirteen ( )10. A. day B. sheep B. her B. listen B. teachers B. give B. hard B. fishing B. younger B. ten B. change C. people C. him C. talk C. parents C. draw C. boring C. running C. stronger C. fourteen C. start D. workers

D. it

D. learn

D. students

D. send

D. interesting

D. shopping

D. older

D. seven

D. lesson