初中英语阅读填空

阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Journey to the West is ___（1）___ traditional Chinese book. The monkey king or Sun Wukong is one of the main characters in the book. The monkey king, who is loved by ___（2）___ (China) children, is not just a normal monkey. He can make 72 changes to ___（3）___ (he) shape and size, turning himself into different ___（4）___ (animal) and objects. The monkey king uses a magic stick to fight bad people ___（5）___ (brave). Sometimes, he can make the stick ___（6）___ small that he can keep it in his ear. And as soon as the TV programme ___（7）___ (come) out more than 30 years ago, children became interested ___（8）___ reading this story.

The monkey king is ___（9）___ (smart) than others. He keeps fighting ____（10）____ (help) the weak and never gives up.

阅读下面一篇短文，根据其内容填空。

Wind power is a very clean source of energy. This is how wind power works. Wind makes windmills spin(旋转). When the windmills spin, they make electricity. Then we can use the electricity.

A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that’s not true. For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water. We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make electricity.

Wind power is a very popular source of energy. Most people think that we should use it more and more. First of all, it’s clean. Wind mills don’t pollute the environment at all. Second, we can use wind power forever. After all, we will always have wind. Also, wind power is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.

A lot of people don’t understand wind power very well. They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real. For example, some people say that windmills are dangerous for birds. That used to be true, but it isn’t true anymore. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, and they aren’t dangerous for birds.

However, there are real problems with windmills. One problem is that many people think windmills are very ugly. This is a problem for some people because windmills are often in very pretty areas. Also, wind doesn’t blow all the time, so we can’t use wind power all the time. Finally, windmills are noisy.

Wind power is becoming more and more common. Right now, more than 80 countries use wind power. About 2.5 percent of the world’s power comes from the wind. For some countries, that number is a lot higher. Wind power gives Denmark more than 25 percent of its electricity.

（1）Wind power can be turned into __________ when windmills spin.

（2）People have used wind to __________ and move water for a long time.

（3）New windmills don’t __________ because they spin at a slow speed.

（4）One of the real problems with windmills is that they __________.

（5）This passage mainly introduces a kind of clean, __________ energy to us.

Reading Expression

In China, more and more people have realized the seriousness of climate（气候） change. Many young people have been living a low-carbon（低碳） life.

Zheng Xiyu is one of them. She has been trying to reduce her carbon footprint. Every morning, she takes a bus to her office and it takes her about 40 minutes. But Zheng has been thinking of changing this. She wants to try a different means（方式） of transport—cycling. Riding a bicycle to work, the lady says, takes about the same amount of time as taking a bus. “However, it’s better for the environment and my health.” she says.

Professor Li Lin has also been leading a low-carbon lifestyle. Her office uses energy-saving lights. These lights go off themselves when they are not needed. This has saved a large amount of electricity. Another way to save energy is to double-print the paper. Professor Li says small actions like these are important for protecting the environment. “Let’s say you have saved one ton of paper. That’s about two and a half tons of CO2.” Professor Li says.

Lin Hui always chooses products with a longer life when he shops. He says this helps to reduce waste. Two years ago, Lin and his friends set up an environment website, where he wanted to give some advice on saving energy and protecting the environment.

It’s easy to change to a low-carbon lifestyle. Everybody can do this and make a difference.

Use words with proper meanings and grammatical rules to fill in the blanks.

(Only one word for one blank.)

（1）In China, more and more people have realized climate ________ is becoming ________ .

（2）Zheng Xiyu prefers ________ to taking a bus to ________ her carbon footprint.

（3）Professor Li Lin says doing ________ things is ________ for protecting the environment.

（4）Lin and his friends set up an environment website ________ ________ some advice on saving energy and protecting the environment.

（5）It is not ________ for everyone to change to a low-carbon ________ if he or she takes action.

Fill in each blank with a proper form of the word given or a proper word.

Zhang Guimei, ____（1）____ is the headmaster of Huaping High School for Girls, has been given the title（称号） “Role Model of the Times” for ____（2）____ (help) girls from poor families.

She moved to Lijiang to teach in the middle school in Huaping county ____（3）____ the age of 17. Once, she got badly ill but had no money. The local people raised money ____（4）____ helped her. “From then on, I told myself that I must do something for those people who helped me.” Zhang said.

She was sad when she saw her ____（5）____ (student) couldn’t afford to go to school. ____（6）____ (slow), a dream appeared in her heart. In 2008, she managed ____（7）____ (found) the Huaping High School. This is ____（8）____ free school for girls from poor families. When people asked why she worked so hard, she just said, “I hope these girls can live a ____（9）____ (happy) life than me.”

With her great efforts, she _____（10）_____ (send) more than 1, 800 students to universities so far.

根据下面短文内容，用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。

Beep! Beep! Beep! The barcode（条形码）technology makes it faster and easier to buy things in stores. You have probably seen the black-and-white barcode on ___（1）___ (product) packaging（外包装）. In 2022, the great invention is 51 years old.

In 1971, an IBM engineer named George Laurer ___（2）___ (come) up with a code（代码）that could be printed on food packages. Then, a complete code system（系统）, the barcode was formed later. The system was used by many ___（3）___ (company) from 1973. Before this, shopkeepers had to ___（4）___ (record) prices by hand which took much time and energy.

Actually, a barcode is ___（5）___ (real) a simple idea: show each product’s information in different numbers（just like the ID card number）, then ___（6）___ (include) these numbers into a code and print it for computers to read. Today, barcodes are scanned（扫描）over six billion times every day and used by two ___（7）___ (million) companies.

What information does a barcode carry? Where the product comes from, ___（8）___ (it) price, production date…It can also help stores always ___（9）___ (know) about their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it will be recorded so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes _____（10）_____ (leave) on the shelf. In the 1980s, libraries started to use barcodes to follow their books in this way.

阅读你们班同学的项目化学习（Project-based learning）汇报展示文稿，完成所给信息记录表。每空不得超过三个词。

Tony: Hello, everyone. I am Tony, the group leader. These are my group members, Betty, Daming and Lingling. As we know, Jinhua is a beautiful city with a long history. But you may not know the two longest corridor bridges(廊桥) in China are here. They are Xijin Bridge and Shuxi Bridge. So we chose these two bridges as our project target(项目任务). Here is our presentation.

Betty: I’ll introduce the process. First we made a plan about the time we would need and how to do the project. It took us three weekends to do online searching, visit the bridges, interview the local people and make the leaflet.

Daming: After collecting all the information and doing the necessary study, we have made them into a leaflet as our product. Let’s take a look.

The two bridges are made of wood. They are called “sister bridges” because they look really similar. Xijin Bridge, the longest bridge, is in Yongkang and the second longest is in Wuyi called Shuxi Bridge.

Lingling: What we’d like to share with you most is our gains and feelings. We are all amazed by the wisdom(智慧) of the ancient bridge builders and feel so proud of our hometown.

Tony: Now, what do you think of our project? Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Thank you.

Project-based Learning Record
Member	Tony, Betty, Daming and Lingling
Target	____（1）____ in Jinhua—Xijin Bridge and Shuxi Bridge
Process	three weekends for online searching, visiting, interviewing and ____（2）____the leaflet
____（3）____	Form: a leaflet
	Details(细节): *made of wood *called “____（4）____ bridges” *two longest corridor bridges in China
Gains & feelings	*amazed by the wisdom of the ancient bridge builders *____（5）____ the hometown
Comments & suggestions	From teachers: From students:

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Some people say it is not easy for a middle-aged person to learn a foreign language. But is it ___（1）___（real）true?

Several years ago, I worked for ___（2）___ English newspaper which was doing such a research. They asked me to learn a new language for one month. Then I had to go to the country and do some “tests” ___（3）___（see）if I could “survive（挺过来）” in different situations.

I chose Spanish（西班牙语）and did a one-month course at a language school and ___（4）___（find）that some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. ___（5）___ example, hola isn’t very different from “hello”. Of course, there are other things which are more difficult. In Spanish you have to change the verbs（动词）for each person. But my ___（6）___（big）problem of all was the pronunciation. I found ___（7）___ was very difficult to pronounce some letters in Spanish, especially r and j. So I had to download ___（8）___（sentence）onto my phone and I listened and practised them again and again.

A month later I went to Spain. A Spanish teacher ___（9）___（call）Paula came and began the test. “Will I survive?” I wasn’t sure enough but _____（10）_____ I wished I would!

根据短文内容，完成表格，每空不超过三个词。

We sometimes say the lion is “the king of the jungle” because it is stronger and more dangerous than the other animals. Most other animals in the jungle run more slowly than the lion, so it can hunt better. The lion is the top animal in the land food chain.

In the sea, the shark is at the top of the food chain. Most other sea animals swim much more slowly than it. It can also use its big teeth to catch other sea animals and eat them.

What is at the top of the world's food chain? Humans are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the cleverest! We could not catch up with most animals, so we invented cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than a lion, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best.

People’s inventions help a lot, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, many years ago in Inner Mongolia, people used guns to kill a lot of wild wolves.

The wild wolves usually eat wild rabbits. But in recent years, the number of wild rabbits is becoming bigger and bigger because the number of wild wolves is getting smaller and smaller.

The wild rabbits competed for the grass with the sheep and cows. Much of the grassland became desert because the rabbits destroyed (毁坏) it seriously.

Remember that we are a part of the food chain, we are in danger, too! If we protect animals, we are protecting ourselves. Luckily, people have paid much attention to such problems. We will do more things to keep the balance of ecosystem in the future.

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阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空1个单词。

Gala Village lies in Tibet. It is famous for its beautiful peach blossoms(桃花) in spring. A large number ____（1）____ (介词) tourists all over the country go there during March and April. They enjoy ____（2）____ (冠词) beautiful blossoms and the good environment. And the village serves the tourists well and tries to make ____（3）____ (they) feel at home.

The village is much ____（4）____ (good) than before. In the past, its people cared little about the environment. They made a living by ____（5）____ (cut) down trees. In 2011, the village decided to develop tourism. Some villagers (村民) were ___（6）___ (pick) out to provide tourist services. Those villagers went to receive training at two ____（7）____ (school) before they started working. Over the last ten years, as tourists get better travel experiences in Gala Village, its people have made more money ____（8）____ (连词) lived a better life.

Now, the villagers plant about 13. 3 hectares (公顷) of trees every ____（9）____ (year). They are doing all they can to make their hometown greener. They ____（10）____ (strong) agree that they should protect the environment while developing tourism.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在下面的表格中填入与文章意思最符合的单词，每空填一词。

What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden?

According to the Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary is the world’s most popular dictionary and the best-selling book.

In 1950 Chinese language experts, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit (编辑) the Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. People’s Daily reported that some hand scripts (稿件) were checked again and again like compositions. After three years, with the hard work of all, the first Xinhua Dictionary finally appeared. Today, 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold around the world. However, revisions (修订) to the dictionary go on to be made. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times.

In order to keep up with the times, some popular and widely used Internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the expressions “晒工资 (show off salary)” and “晒照片 (show off pictures)” were included. All these efforts have made the “National Dictionary” of China.

The Xinhua Dictionary is so popular that it has become a useful tool not only for Chinese people but also for foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.

The Xinhua Dictionary — the ____（1）____ Book in the World
Its history	It was started to edit in 1950. The first copy ____（2）____ out in 1953. It has been sold ____（3）____ the world today.
Its revisions	It has been revised 11 times so far. Some new words are ____（4）____ to keep up with the times.
Its ____（5）____	It’s a useful tool both for Chinese and foreigners.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。

China is a large country. It has special cultures with a very long history.

Chinese food plays ____（1）____ important role for Chinese families. Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods ____（2）____ (be) rice. Tea is a favorite drink.

Chinese calendar is different from the one in ____（3）____ (west) countries. New Year’s Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. And it also has some special ____（4）____ (tradition) cultures. For example, sweeping the floor ____（5）____ New year’s Day sweeps away all the old year’s bad ____（6）____ (lucky).

The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is ____（7）____ (name) after an animal. For example, the year that begins in 2022 is the year of the tiger.

Chinese is a little difficult language. Chinese writing ____（8）____ (develop) for over 4,000 years. It has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also a ____（9）____ (mean). Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak some other ____（10）____ (form) of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects (方言).

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3词）。

When you are watching TV, you will notice that many famous stars make the ads on TV. Many people believe them because they are famous. ____（1）____, have you ever thought whether the ads are real or not?

In the past few years, lots of stars ____（2）____（be）on TV as spokesmen（代言人）of some products. People spent much money on these products, but ____（3）____（final）, many of them were not like what the stars said. Many people aren’t ____（4）____（satisfy）with the famous actors for making the ads after accidents.

What are the public’s ____（5）____（idea）about the famous people making ads on TV? Do you agree that the famous people should take responsibility if the products have ____（6）____（some）problem? A research shows that about 36% think it the ____（7）____（star）fault（过错）, but they all think stars should give out the money they got from the ads to the charity（慈善机构）. More than 34% think stars must take responsibility, or they will ____（8）____（punish）.

So we should be more ____（9）____（care）when buying things advertised（做广告）by stars. We must find what these things are really like instead ____（10）____ listening to what the stars say. Think it over before we make a decision.

请将下面电子邮件的节选内容补充完整，每空不超过两个单词。

From: Jimmy To: Tom	From: Tom To: Jimmy
Hi, Tom! Do you still remember our conversation about going to the cinema? Well, the ____（1）____Spider Man be shown next week. ____（2）____ going to see it together? I’ve heard it’s very good.	That sounds great! When would you like to go? I’m busy this week, ____（3）____ I will be free next Monday. I can ____（4）____ the tickets online. They’re ____（5）____, and we can save some money.

根据所给对话，填写适当的内容，使其完整、正确，每空词数不限。

Mr. Wu: Hello, this is Jilin Care Volunteer (志愿者) Center. Can I help you?

Li Hua: ____（1）____. This is a student from No.1 Middle School. I want to be a volunteer at your center.

Mr. Wu: Welcome! ____（2）____?

Li Hua: My name is Li Hua.

Mr. Wu: What can you help with?

Li Hua: Well, maybe I can help to ____（3）____ the city parks. I like working outside.

Mr. Wu: OK. But we need to interview you first.

Li Hua: When is the interview?

Mr. Wu: On July 10th. If it’s OK, you can come to the center.

Li Hua: ____（4）____?

Mr. Wu: It’s in Hongxing Business Building.

Li Hua: OK. I’ve got it, Thanks.

Mr. Wu: ____（5）____.

请认真阅读下面短文，填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A hurricane(飓风) is a huge storm that forms over warm ocean water. Hurricanes have winds that move in ___（1）___ circle. Hurricane winds are very ___（2）___ (power), and can move at speeds from $120$km/h to over $300$ km/h.

The centre of hurricane winds is called the eye. Winds in the eye ___（3）___ (be) not very strong. Around the eye is an area called the eye wall. The wall is where winds are the ___（4）___ (strong) and rain is the heaviest.

Strong winds and heavy rain can do a lot of damage(破坏) when a hurricane moves over land.

Hurricane winds can be strong enough to break ___（5）___ (window) into pieces. The winds can even knock over tall trees, which might fall on buildings or cars. Strong winds can pick up objects and send ___（6）___ (they) into the air, causing damage.

Heavy rain from a hurricane can cause floods in areas that are not close ___（7）___ a coast. The floodwater can be very deep. It sometimes ___（8）___ (reach) almost up to the top of houses. Water goes into the houses ___（9）___ (quick) and does a lot of damage. Wooden structures(结构) might not be safe after a flood.

___（10）___ there is no way to prevent a hurricane, you can get prepared for it.