初三英语完形填空与阅读理解训练17

初三英语完形填空与阅读理解训练17
完形填空（2008厦门质检）
I have thought of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one 41 was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a 42 result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be 43 .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking like a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note!
“Who wants this?” he asked. 44 of us in the class put up our hands.
He smiled. Then he 45 the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. He smiled again but said 46 . Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same question a second time.
I didn‟t understand what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I wanted the note, 47 I put my hand up again. After a while, he 48 the note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful.”
“The note is w orth(价值) 20 yuan. It is 49 worth 20 yuan, even though I threw it on the floor. You are like the note. Whatever happens to you, you still have your worth.
Suddenly I 50 I was worth a lot. I may have done poorly in an exam, but it doesn‟t mean I can‟t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful.
41. A. school B. class C. exam
42. A. good B. lucky C. bad
43. A. careful B. colorful C. successful
44. A. All B. Many C. Few
45. A. put on B. put up C. put away
46. A. something B. everything C. nothing
47. A. so B. since C. but
48. A. cleaned up B. gave up C. picked up
49. A. hardly B. always C. never
50. A. realized B. dreamed C. forgot
阅读理解
A（2008厦门质检）
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying, “You don‟t say! You don‟t say!” I was puzzled, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don‟t say!”
I couldn‟t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”
The foreigner said, “I don‟t say that. Why do you think so?”
“Didn‟t you say …you don‟t say!‟?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “‟You don‟t say!‟ means
…Really?‟ Perhaps you know little about English idioms.”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
51. The writer began to talk about the Great Wall because ______.
A. the Englishman told him to do so
B. he tried to find a new and right topic
C. he couldn‟t talk about his study any more
52. When the writer asked, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”, the Englishman felt ______.
A. angry
B. interested
C. surprised
53. Here “You don‟t say!” means ______.
A. “Stop talking!”
B. “really?”
C. “Look out.”
54. The story may happen in ______.
A. China
B. England
C. Australia
55. This is a story about ______.
A. nice trips
B. good manners
C. English idioms
B（2009厦门质检）
Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes．
The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either．The ones who look up every new word do not read fast．Therefore they do not have time to read much．Those who use small two--language dictionaries have the worst problems．Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as a translation of English．But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English．The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100，000 words but do not use them too often．When they are reading，these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context．Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand．They use dictionaries more for writing．If they are not sure how to spell a word，or divide it into syllables，they always use a dictionary．Also，if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form or a verb might have an unusual past form，they check these in a dictionary．
61．The writer seems to think that __________
A．if you choose a good dictionary, you‟ll succeed in learning English
B．it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly
C．using dictionaries very often can‟t help to i mprove writing
62．According to the passage，successful students use dictionaries more for _________．A．writing B．reading C．speaking
63．This article mainly tells us __________．
A．what the weakness of small two—language dictionaries are
B．what dictionaries students should choose and how to use them
C．why students should use large college edition dictionaries
64．When a successful student meets a new word during reading，he _________ at once．
A．1ooks it up in the dictionary
B．guesses its meaning from the context
C．gives up reading the book
65．Successful students always use dictionary when they __________．A．for get the spelling of a word
B．don‟t know the meaning of a word
C．want to check a usual plural form of a noun。