初中英语讲义

A+ CLOZEAThe story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago, I got to know a __1__ lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone. __2__ I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she __3__ me to have lunch.We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street. __4__ the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered to __5__ the lunch, I was afraid I would hurt her.There were many people in the __6__ and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to __7__ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to __8__ the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers __9__ were working there were all volunteers.I __10__ remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. __11__ we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work. The weather was __12__ and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright as well.I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do __13__ for out friends and neighbors. The world will be __14__ if everybody would like to share happiness with others. It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone’s heart.1.A.rich B.poor C.strange D.crazy2.A.When B.After C.Until D.Unless3.A.will invite B.was inviting C.is inviting D.to invite4.A.By B.In C.On D.Out of5.A.pay for B.ask for C.look for D.care for6.A.park B.restaurant C.hotel D.bar7.A.sit B.rest C.stay D.work8.A.buy B.cook C.enjoy D.drink9.A.her B.him C.me D.you10.A.who B.whom C.which D.whose11.A.never B.still C.hardly D.already12.A.So B.But C.Though D.Because13.A.hotter B.cold C.cool D.warm14.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything15.A.colder B.nicer C.harder D.worseBTwin sisters from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province got the same scores on last year’s National College Entrance Examination.People started to __1__ if the girls could read one another’s minds. The twin sisters, Zhang Jiahuan and Zhang Jiale, __2__ the college entrance exams at the beginning of June, 2009. When they received the results, they were __3__ because they both scored 644 points.A reporter asked __4__ anything like this had ever happened before. “We __5__ expected it,”the girls said. “This is the only case”.The reporter became __6__ more curious when he found the two said the __7__ sentences at the same time.To find out if the twins really have telepathy(心灵感应), the reporter did __8__ on them. When asked questions about their lives, the sisters always __9__ in one voice, which made the reporter __10__ that telepathy did exist between the sisters.However, Xu Yi, a doctor from Zhejiang No.1 Hospital didn’t believe __11__. He said it was not __12__ for twins to get the same or similar scores on tests __13__ identical twins(同卵双胞胎) are born with the same genes, which __14__ their personality, intelligence and ways of thinking.Xu __15__ that the twins also have the same family and education background; therefore, they would find the same ways to solve problems in the exams.1.A.wonder B.know C.see D.get2.A.made B.took C.did D.joined3.A.shocked B.careful C.sad D.hurried4.A.since B.and C.but D.if5.A.ever B.always C.never D.often6.A.quite B.very C.too D.even7.A.same B.different C.whole D.several8.A.a report B.a mark C.an experiment D.a work9.A.asked B.thought C.answered D.sounded10.A.thank B.believe C.care D.respect11.A.that B.them C.which D.he12.A.unusual mon C.glad eful13.A.until B.because C.so D.but14.A.include B.share C.decide D.act15.A.added B.heard C.spoke D.operatedC“Never give up!” It is my law of my life. It has brought me __1__. I learned the law from my father’s __2__ story.My father was __3__ in a poor village in North China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then __4__ in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework __5__ midnight. Life was hard, because they had no __6__!At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where __7__ people can become rich.“__8__ don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to __9__ money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke __10__ English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, __11__ dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was __12__ for the first few years. I worked from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t __13__ the schooling.”My father __14__ working hard, and reached his goal.“Alan,” he often says to me.“If you want something, you have to work for it and never giveup. Things do not come __15__ in life.” That is what I learned from my father.1.A.disaster B.loss C.success D.pity2.A.life B.fashion C.danger D.history3.A.famous B.lucky C.rich D.born4.A.taught B.worked C.studied D.slept5.A.until B.towards C.for D.during6.A.experience B.energy C.time D.money7.A.kind B.poor C.strong zy8.A.What B.How C.Why D.When9.A.discover B.make C.collect D.spend10.A.little B.good C.much D.excellent11.A.giving B.running C.washing D.receivingfortable B.cheerful C.nice D.hard13.A.borrow B.need C.afford D.pay14.A.kept B.finished C.minded D.stopped15.A.really B.easily C.quietly D.slowlyDI got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her __1__ had been stolen. She asked if he could __2__ her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to __3__ paying it back. I was shocked. How could my father be so __4__? It was clear that she was telling a lie, staying at the station all day long __5__ money.“She was lying!” I shouted.“__6__ did you give her anything?”My father looked at me. He was a bit __7__. “And what would you like me to do?” he said.“Should I tell __8__ that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam?” I did not understand him at all, and then he told me something that I have __9__ forgotten. “First,she would not do this __10__ she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is __11__ than me. It is more important to her than the money, but I do not __12__ this.”A week later, we were at the same __13__, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. “Not this time,” my father told her.“In your busines s, you __14__ learn to recognize people. Try another story __15__ me next week.”1.A.money B.bicycle C.phone D.child2.A.borrow B.keep C.lend D.pay3.A.give up B.worry about C.hurry up D.turn off4.A.clever B.friendly C.strict D.silly5.A.asking for B.dealing with C.fighting for D.picking out6.A.What B.When C.Why D.How7.A.angry B.happy C.sad D.shy8.A.them B.her C.you D.me9.A.seldom B.often C.never ually10.A.unless B.until C.while D.if11.A.smarter B.younger C.taller D.better12.A.close B.mind C.enter D.hear13.A.stop B.hospital C.station D.school14.A.should B.can C.may D.would15.A.of B.in C.on D.atEDo you know who invented tea? In fact, tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong __1__ tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and remained there for __2__. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a __3__ smell. Later he decided __4__ the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. And __5__, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.China is the home of tea, __6__ has more than 4,000 years’ history. People throughout China drink tea daily. __7__ the three major drinks -- tea, coffee and coco, tea is drunk by __8__ people in the world. Tea from China, along __9__ silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export __10__.Tea leaves __11__ mainly in the area of south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild __12__ and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all __13__ kinds of tea.Over the past centuries, Chinese people __14__ their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is __15__ a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances,songs,poems and novels.1.A.invented B.found out C.discovered D.tried out2.A.sometimes B.some time C.some times D.some days3.A.pleasant B.pleased C.bad D.terrible4.A.not to taste B.to taste C.tasting D.taste5.A.by the way B.on the way C.on its way D.in this way6.A.who B.which C.where D.when7.A.In B.For C.Of D.By8.A.the number of B.a number of C.a large number of D.the largest number of9.A.between B.with C.except D.besides10.A.at that time B.from now on C.since then D.since now11.A.produce B.are produced C.make D.are made12.A.climate B.weather C.condition D.environment13.A.interesting B.important C.famous D.normal14. A.had developed B.have developed C.developed D.are developing15.A.too B.as well C.either D.also。