初中英语语法填空专练(二)

初中英语语法填空专练(二)

阅读下列短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

A

I loved reading as a child. I grew up in 1. ________ college town and spent my summers in Middlebury, Vermont, where my father taught summer school. That meant I 2. ________ (surround) by libraries and by people who loved to read and discuss literature. During the Vermont summers, one of my favorite places was Middlebury College’s rare books room 3. ________ I read first edition of Louisa May Alcott’s novels.

4. ________ this immersion (专心) in a world of books, my love of reading was credited with the fact

5. ________ my parents only let me watch an hour of TV a day.

I learned to use my mind and imagination to entertain 6. ________. It’s not really surprising that literature became my vocation. When not reading or writing, I enjoyed 7. ________ (watch) films, baking, going to the city to eat Thai and Ethiopian food, walking, and relaxing with my friends.

I read because it brought me 8. ________ (please) and because I never wanted to stop learning. Recently I have been reading a lot of multicultural women’s literature 9. ________ Victorian medical textbooks. I also read poetry, both contemporary and older. One of the 10. ________ (funny) things of my week is reading The New York Times.

B

A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for urgent surgery. He answered the call, 1. ________ (change) his clothes and went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father 2. ________ (pace) in the hall waiting for

the doctor. Once seeing him, the dad said 3. ________ (angry),“Why did you take your time to come? Don’t you have 4. ________ sense of responsibility?”

The doctor smiled and said, “I am sorry. I wasn’t in the hospital and I came with the 5. ________ (f ast) speed after receiving the call ... And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work.”

“Calm down? What 6. ________ your son is in this room right now? Will you calm down?” the father yelled.

The doctor smiled again and went into the room.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happily. “Thank goodness! Your son is saved!” And 7. ________ waiting for the father’s reply, he carried on with his way running. “If you have any questions, ask the nurse!”

Later the nurse told 8. ________ that the doctor, 9. ________ son died yesterday in a car accident, was at the funeral when they called him for the surgery. And now he is running to finish his son’s funeral.

Never judge anyone because you never know how their life is or 10. ________ they’re going through.

C

The house where I lived before was near a railway station. I had become so familiar with the sound and sight that I took little interest 1. ________ them. However, when my father decided to take up 2. ________ new appointment in another town, he intended to travel by train. It was only then 3. ________ I discovered how pleasant a journey by train might be.