初中英语完形填空练习每日一篇附详解

Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系）red color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in want time to pass quickly.

( ) 1. A. sadness B. anger C. administration ( ) 2. A. roads B. ways ( ) 3. A. land B. leaves ( ) 4. A. lively B. dark ( ) 5. A. moonlight B. light ( ) 6. A. summer B. spring ( ) 7. A. speak B. say ( ) 8. A. green B. yellow ( ) 9. A. calm B. sleepy ( ) 10. A. the other B. another ( ) 11. A. black B. green ( ) 12. A. go round B. go by ( ) 13. A. one B. way ( ) 14. A. factory B. classroom ( ) 15. A. Different B. Cool

D. smile D. places D. mountains D. frightening D. stars D. winter D. tell D. gray D. helpful D. others D. yellow D. go along D. matter D. hospital D. All

C. danger C. grass C. noisy C. sunlight C. autumn

C. talk about C. white C. active

C. other one C. golden C. go off C. fact

C. restaurant C. Warm

Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work .

Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident . Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon .The young man __4__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk .And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart . Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __10__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, ―I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!‖ ( ) 1. A. no

B. some B. clever

C. much C. careful

D. enough D. hard

( ) 2. A. lazy

( ) 3. A. did well in ( ) 4. A. was angry ( ) 5. A. a little ( ) 6. A. rest

B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for

D. said ―No.‖ D. a lot D. work D. not to D. to teach D. ate D. writing

B. thought hard C. agreed B. a few B. sleep B. would

C. many

C. hospital C. to

( ) 7. A. should

( ) 8. A. to remember ( ) 9. A. slept ( ) 10. A. reading

B. to forget B. went out B. seeing

C. to catch C. cooked

C. cooking

Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 __ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals. One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society.

( ) 1. A. quite

B. so C. such D. another D. got on well with D. Much D. from D. science D. has finished D. experience D. provide D. outside D. be able to best

( ) 2. A. come up with B. agreed with ( ) 3. A. Most ( ) 4. A. to

B. The most B. around

C. been fed up with C. More

C. between C. temperature

( ) 5. A. education ( ) 6. A. finished ( ) 7. A. develop ( ) 8. A. improve ( ) 9. A. between

( ) 10. A. can good

B. weather B. don’t finish B. developed B. graduate B. among

C. will not finish C. developing C. hear C. inside

B. may better C. be able to better

Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about

wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou（北美驯鹿）? Do they kill people?

They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.

People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4_.

Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.

Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__ food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice,happy

family—wolf family! Farley did not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.

Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__ them and not to kill them.

( ) 1. A. seen

B. told C. heard D. found D. a lonely village D. tired

D. every afternoon D. thirsty D. pick D. played with D. plane D. not clear D. understand

( ) 2. A. a small town ( ) 3. A. afraid

B. a big city B. happy

C. a far place C. angry

( ) 4. A. at times ( ) 5. A. bad ( ) 6. A. cook

B. all the time B. good B. make

C. once a week C. hungry C. get

( ) 7. A. shouted at ( ) 8. A. food

B. looked into B. clothes

C. laughed at C. gun

( ) 9. A. not good

( ) 10. A. grow

B. not true B. have

C. not easy C. teach

Many people think that Americanstheir cars almost more than anything else. Whenfor a car from theirtime during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning toand getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

Some people almostgo to a doctor when they are ill. But they willto a garage as soon as they think there is a. On Saturdays or Sundays some people may ( ) 1. A. prefer ( ) 2. A. little ( ) 3. A. new ( ) 4. A, friends ( ) 5. A. free ( ) 6. A. make ( ) 7. A. always ( ) 8. A. take

B. love B. big B. own

C. drive C. old

D. play D. young

C. expensive D. cheap

D. brothers D. good D. drive D. usually D. lift

B. teachers C. parents B. busy B. mend B. never B. carry

C. study C. wash C. often C. pull

( ) 9. A. question B. wrong

( ) 10. A. cost

B. get

C. mistake D. problem C. spend

D. use

Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.

Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

( ) 1. A. took ( ) 2. A. artists ( ) 3. A. to

B. made B. doctors B. of

C. painted D. invented D. people D. from D. people D. build D. was no longer D. very D. when D. you D. surprising

C. painters C. for

( ) 4. A. the scientists B. the artists ( ) 5. A. draw

B. paint

C. the world C. work C. wasn’t C. even

( ) 6. A. was just ( ) 7. A. less ( ) 8. A. before ( ) 9. A. him

B. wasn’t just B. no

B. after B. us

C. because C. them C. smiling

( ) 10. A. interesting

B. crying

Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, ―When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.‖

At last one of them said, ―What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.‖ __3__ man answered, ―That is none of your business.‖ The first man said. ―You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.‖ He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. ―You __9__ so well in this little thing,‖ he said, ― __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.‖

( ) 1. A. finished ( ) 2. A. ever

B. did B. never

C. began C. easily C. One C. nothing

D. had D. no D. A second D. everything D. threw away D. work D. clean D. Since D. are doing D. that

( ) 3. A. The other ( ) 4. A. anything ( ) 5. A. picked up ( ) 6. A. water ( ) 7. A. full ( ) 8. A. While

B. Another B. something B. put away B. basket B. empty

C. took away C. well C. filled C. Before C. do

B. As soon as B. will do B. why

( ) 9. A. have done

( ) 10. A. what

C. when

Food is very important. Everyone needs to __1__ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is __2__. We begin to get knowledge even __3__ we are very young. Small children are __4__ in everything around them. They learn __5__ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to __6__ story books, science books…, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __7__ to find out answers. What is the best __8__ to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get __9__ knowledge. If we are __10__ getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.

( ) 1. A. sleep ( ) 2. A. sport ( ) 3. A. until

B. read C. drink D. eat D. meat D. so D. better D. anything D. write D. wait D. road D. the most D. something

B. exercise B. when

C. knowledge C. after C. weak C. nothing C. learn C. refuse C. way C. many C. usually

( ) 4. A. interested ( ) 5. A. everything ( ) 6. A. lend ( ) 7. A. try

B. interesting B. something B. read B. have B. school B. few B. always

( ) 8. A. place ( ) 9. A. little

( ) 10. A. often

Someone says, ―Time is money.‖ But I think time is important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is . That’swe mustn’t waste time.

It goes without saying that theWe should make full use of our time to do

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking andmeans wasting part of their own

In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’ttoday’s work for tomorrow.Remember we have no time to.

( ) 1. A. much ( ) 2. A. cost ( ) 3. A. return ( ) 4. A. what ( ) 5. A. money ( ) 6. A. nothing ( ) 7. A. reading ( ) 8. A. time ( ) 9. A. stop

( ) 10. A. lose

B. less B. bought B. carry B. that B. time

C. much less C. gone C. take

D. even more D. finished D. bring D. why D. food D. everything D. working D. life D. give D. take

C. because C. day

B. something B. writing B. food B. leave B. save

C. anything C. playing C. money C. let

C. spend

Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.

__3__, while he __4__ in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.

The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals, he ran out and shouted, ―What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?‖

―You keep out this!‖ Nasreddin shouted back, ―This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!‖

( ) 1. A. so many vegetables

C. as many as vegetables

B. many vegetables D. as many vegetables as C. had eaten

D. has eaten

( ) 2. A. was eating ( ) 3. A. Next day

B. ate

B. Next morning D. The next morning C. was walking

C. Last morning

( ) 4. A. walks ( ) 5. A. ruined ( ) 6. A. so

B. waked D. walking D. had ruin D. or D. near by D. what D. on D. because

B. had eaten C. ate B. and B. nearby B. which B. to

C. but C. near C. why C. with C. why

( ) 7. A. beside ( ) 8. A. that ( ) 9. A. for

( ) 10.A. reason

B. when

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the __1__ and they are much __2__.

Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he __3__ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruit and flowers are so __4__ and beautiful that they sold much more __5__ in the market than those of other villagers.

How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so __6__ that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio.

He __7__ the music all day.

That is quite true. Tom __8__ things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything __9__. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love __10__ as much as people.

( ) 1. A. week ( ) 2. A. better ( ) 3. A. buys ( ) 4. A. dear ( ) 5. A. politely ( ) 6. A. angry

B. month B. worse B. sells B. bad B. quickly B. busy

C. season C. less

D. year D. later D. lends D. small D. carefully D. lazy D. speaks D. makes D. plays D. music

C. borrows C. big C. slowly C. tired

( ) 7. A. listens to B. hears ( ) 8. A. fills ( ) 9. A. does

( ) 10.A. work

B. plants B. moves B. rain

C. watches C. throws C. grows C. stories

For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __1__ countries, people can turn on their __2__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __3__ things.

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __4__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10

million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __5__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.

In Germany, __6__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __7__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __8__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __9__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __10__ like this new way of buying things. They call __11__ ―junk on the air.‖ Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __12__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __13__.

The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __14__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __15__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.

( ) 1. A. European B. Asian C. American D. African ( ) 2. A. lights

B. switches

C. radios

D. TVs D. many other D. It is like D. spend D. by D. turn on D. officials D. buying things D. won’t D. telephone D. to buy D. by this way D. larger than D. the buyers

( ) 3. A. some else ( ) 4. A. Such as ( ) 5. A. takes ( ) 6. A. to

B. another many C. the other B. For example B. cost B. until B. leave B. women

C. For teleshopping C. spends C. unless C. open

( ) 7. A. begin ( ) 8. A. people ( ) 9. A. to go out ( ) 10. A. still

C. businessmen C. to buy things C. even C. radio C. for sale

B. going out B. don’t B. TV

( ) 11. A. teleshopping ( ) 12. A. appearing ( ) 13. A. in the shop

B. coming out B. on TV

C. they bought

( ) 14. A. the same with B. different from C. as big as ( ) 15. A. the number

B. the quality C. the places

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, ―Well, I shall have the last piece.‖ And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, ―There’s something __12__ with that woman!‖ Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

( ) 1. A. stole ( ) 2. A. went ( ) 3. A. sit ( ) 4. A. pushed ( ) 5. A. jumping ( ) 6. A. He ( ) 7. A. cut ( ) 8. A. coffee ( ) 9. A. carelessness ( ) 10. A. first ( ) 11. A. stood ( ) 12. A. strange ( ) 13. A. and ( ) 14. A. spelt

( ) 15. A. finish

B. bought B. sat B. seat B. took B. playing B. It B. washed B. trouble B. anger B. second B. took B. wrong B. but B. corrected B. leave C. sold C. seated C. lie C. put C. sitting C. Who C. covered C. chocolate C. surprise C. very C. cried C. OK C. so C. made C. jump D. wrote

D. looked D. laugh D. pulled D. sleeping D. What D. colored D. matter D. happiness D. last D. looked D. funny D. while D. found D. shop

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.

Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.

The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.

When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about .

Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.

When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

( ) 1. A. afraid ( ) 2. A. joke ( ) 3. A. talk ( ) 4. A. passed ( ) 5. A. made ( ) 6. A. weak ( ) 7. A. show ( ) 8. A. farm ( ) 9. A. wrote ( ) 10. A. family ( ) 11. A. meeting ( ) 12. A. people ( ) 13. A interesting ( ) 14. A. England

( ) 15. A. think

B. worried B. fun B. teach B. arrived B. played B. pleased B. visit B. city B. called B. school B. school B. cities B. true B. Germany B. see

C. sure C. turn C. show C. lasted C. helped C. busy C. meet C. family C. moved C. teacher C. summer C. languages C. long C. farm C. remember D. happy D. game D. travel D. changed D. did D. lonely D. send D. school D. returned D. farm D. talk D. places D. same D. home D. read

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story __1__ their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a __2__ children’s book. Either the author has aimed (定目标) too __3__, so that children can’t follow what is in his ( or more often, her ) story, __4__ the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books are __5__ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy（令人满意的） the __6__ who hears the story and the adult（成年人） who __7__ it. Unfortunately（不幸的是）, there are in fact few books like this, __8__ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not __9__ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as __10__ of children’s literature（文学） were in fact written for __11__ ―Alice in Wonderland‖ is perhaps the most obvious（明显）of this.

Children, left for themselves, often __12__ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a __13__ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative (并非想象的 ) way, or have a look at the most children’s comics（连环图书）, full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop __14__ to brainwash（洗脑）children into accepting（接受）our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so __15__ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协）over the bedtime story.

( ) 1. A. to ( ) 2. A. short ( ) 3. A. easy ( ) 4. A. and ( ) 5. A. both ( ) 6. A. child ( ) 7. A. hears ( ) 8. A. but ( ) 9. A. hard ( ) 10.A. articles ( ) 11. A. grown-ups ( ) 12. A. are ( ) 13. A. school ( ) 14. A. going

( ) 15. A. same

B. in B. long B. short B. but B. neither B. father B. buys B. however B. easy B. work B. girls B. show B. home B. liking B. friendly C. with C. bad C. high C. or C. either C. mother C. understands C. so C. enough C. arts C. boys C. find C. office C. trying C. different

D. around D. good D. difficult D. so D. very D. teacher D. reads D. because D. fast D. works D. children D. add D. library D. preferring D. common

Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She __1__ him very much and as he was not a __2 __ child, she was always __3__ that he might be ill, __4__ she used to take him to see the best __5__ in the town four times a year to be looked __6__.

During one of these __7__, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, ―Have you had any __8__ with your nose or ears recently?‖ Mick __9__ for a second and then answered, ―Yes, I __10__.‖

Mrs. Ball was very __11__. ―But I’m sure you have __12__ told me that, Mick!‖ She said worriedly. ―Oh, really?‖ Said the doctor __13__. ―And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy?‖ ―Well,‖ answered Mick, ―I always have trouble with them when I’m __14__ my sweater off, because the __15__ is very tight.‖

( ) 1. A. loved ( ) 2. A. rich ( ) 3. A. afraid ( ) 4. A. which ( ) 5. A. player ( ) 6. A. round ( ) 7. A. talks ( ) 8. A. answer ( ) 9. A. waited ( ) 10. A. did

B. hated B. clever

C. missed C. strong C. glad C. but C. doctor C. for C. visits C. word C. stood C. have C. pleased C. never C. happily

D. cared D. happy D. sure D. so D. lawyer D. after D. stays D. trouble D. looked D. do D. surprised D. always D. carefully D. putting D. ear

B. surprised B. for B. teacher B. over B. years B. thing B. thought B. will

( ) 11. A. excited ( ) 12. A. already ( ) 13. A. angrily ( ) 14. A. turning

( ) 15. A. collar

B. interested B. just

B. seriously B. taking B. nose

C. keeping C. mouth