完形填空练习题

David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small __1__ for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he __2__ a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His __3__ moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had __4__ friends here. At first he often played by _5__.His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David __6__ to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they're good friends.One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It'll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?”“__7__. I'm glad to,” the boy said hap pily.David got home and thought of a __8__ he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he _9__ to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't telephone her because he didn't know her __10__. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What's the matter, dear?”“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”“Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were sixteen.”( )1. A. town B. city C. village D. country( )2. A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening( )3. A. home B. shop C. building D. family( )4. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little( )5. A. himself B. him C. his D. he( )6. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes( )7. A. Well B. No C. Sorry D. Certainly( )8. A. book B. dress C. present D. pen( )9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered ( )10. A. home B. number C. place D. address(2)Dear grandma,How is it going? I hope that grandpa is 1 now. I was sorry to hear that he had a 2 last week. I hope you are in good health.Things are fine now. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my 3 card today.I always get 4 when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but 5 I did OK this time. I had a really hard 6 with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't 7 . It's just that I find science really difficult. 8 disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good 9 is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Dad and Mom 10 their love.Love Alan( )1. A. well B. rich C. busy D. kind( )2. A. rest B. dream C. game D. cold( )3. A. report B. ID C. phone D. library( )4. A. excited B. sad C. nervous D. tired( )5. A. carefully B. luckily C. suddenly D. quickly( )6. A. business B. question C. problem D. time( )7. A. important B. true C. boring D. enough( )8. A. Each B. Some C. Another D. Other( )9. A. meaning B. notice C. news D. letter( )10. A. have B. send C. provide D. show(3)My holiday is coming. Yesterday I asked my American friends about the best way to travel within the United States. They said it was best to go by __1____and gave me the __2__.To fly, of course, is the fastest way, but one can’t see anything during a __3__ except the blue sky and white clouds. So it is not very interesting to one who wants to see the __4____ . Besides, airfare is very ___5__ .To travel by train is _6___ , because passengers can walk and buy food and drinks on a train. They can also see cities and the country through the windows. But trains don’t leave or __7_ at a place every day, and don’t go to many cities.To travel by bus, my friends tell me, is easy, cheap and convenient, though not so fast as traveling by plane or so __8__ by train. You can find buses almost in every city, big or small. That makes travel arrangement easy.I take their _9___ . Now I have decided to go to the east coast with an interesting _10___ by bus.( )1. A. bike B. train C. plane D. bus( )2. A. reason B. answer C. suggestion D.key( )3. A. railway B. flight C. course D. road( )4. A. country B. heaven C. mountains D. house( )5. A. cheap B. large C. expensive D. small( )6. A. relaxing B. interested C. dear D. tired( )7. A. wait B. arrive C. pass D. get( )8. A. tiring B. convenient C. comfortable D. slow( )9. A. surprise B. advice C. feeling D. idea( )10. A. dialogue B. movement C. action D. trip(4)Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone 1 their own dreams in their life. The dreams are very important 2 them. The dreams can make them 3 harder.I am studying in a school now. My dream is 4 a teacher in West China. Many Children there want to go to school 5 the y can’t. Their families are very poor and the parents have 6 enough money to send their children to school. But going to school and studying is the only 7 to change their life. Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them. I 8 kind to my students and make friends with them．I will give them love and teach 9 how to be a useful person. I think it is a great 10 in the world.( )1. A. has B. have C. is D. are( )2. A. at B. to C. in D. with( )3. A. to work B. to study C. work D. working( )4. A. be B. to make C. to do D. to be( )5. A. and B. but C. or D. so( )6. A. not B. much C. many D. any( )7. A. way B. greater C. the greater D. the greatest( )8. A. am B. will be C. was D. am going to( )9. A. they B. their C. them D. theirs( )10. A. room B. book C. school D. job(5)Billy is a boy of fifteen.His parents died three years ago.One day when he was walking in the street, he 1 a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr Baker. He gave his 2 to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr Baker made him work for him in his 3 . Billy worked so hard that Mr and Mrs Baker were 4 with him.Mr Baker loved planting 5 . The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the 6 himself and watered them every day. Several days 7 , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, "Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them. ""Don't 8 about them, sir. "answered Billy, "I'll try my best to watch them. "Six days passed and Mr Baker came back. He asked," 9 anyone ever come to steal the trees?""No, sir. "said Billy. "To stop someone from stealing the trees, I 10 them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!"( )1. A. bought B. found C. carried D. wanted( )2. A. wallet B. pity C. thanks D. excuses( )3. A. office B. factory C. town D. home( )4. A. pleased B. angry C. bored D. sad( )5. A. grass B. flowers C. vegetables D. trees( )6. A. garden B. office C. city D. room( )7. A. ago B. later C. before D. after( )8. A. think B. talk C. learn D. worry( )9. A. Did B. Does C. Has D. Will( )10. A. sent B. pulled C. put D. pick(6)Mr Chen is a farmer who 1 in western China with his wife and two sons. One year ago, he discovered that he had cancer. The doctor told him that he needed 2 at once. And he said the operation would 3 thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr Chen and his wife. They had no job and 4 were at school. The situation seemed 5 .Two weeks later, however, Mr Chen got some 6 news. He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in 7 China. They 8 to pay only half the cost or even less. Thanks to the project and the kindness of 9 family and neighbours, he was able to receive an operation just 10 to prevent the illness from getting worse. 11 he has returned to his family.The 12 of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in western China. So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people 13 medical aid. The Chinese government is 14 working together with other countries and international organizations to do this. They hope to develop a new health care model 15 China. As our country develops, wemust remember the responsibilities(责任) of caring for the weakest members.( )1. A. live B. lives C. are living D. lived( )2. A. a treatment B. a rest C. an operation D. training( )3. A. pay B. spend C. have D. cost( )4. A. both their sons B. both their daughtersC. all their sonsD. all their daughters( )5. A. hopeful B. hopeless C. harmful D. harmless( )6. A. sad B. bad C. terrible D. good( )7. A. eastern B. southern C. western D. northern( )8. A. want B. need C. prefer D. like( )9. A. my B. your C. his D. her( )10. A. in time B. on time C. at the same time D. for a long time( )11. A. Already B. Just C. Ever D. Now( )12. A. chance B. advice C. example D. goal( )13. A. receive B. receiving C. received D. receives( )14. A. too B. also C. either D. as well( )15. A. to B. at C. for D. on(7)Each morning, I walked past a security guard(保安).He 1 everyone that walked by him.I 2 how he knew so many people by their first names.The first few times I saw him. I didn’t say hello back to him 3 he greeted me. I was lost in my own world. On Monday he asked, “How was your 4 ?” I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly mother. He told me how 5 he was for my mother’s sickness. As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his 6 . The following day, I asked, “What’s your name?” He answered , “Gary.” I said, “I’m Deborah.” After that, we talked a couple of times a week. We 7 stories about our weekends , our dreams, and our families. Gary got offered a new job and moved 8 . It has been years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday.I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart. When you say9 to a stranger(陌生人) you become a pebble(鹅卵石)thrown into a lake. With each ripple（涟漪）you create, you spread 10 that continues to give.( )1.A. watched B. believed C. thanked D. greeted ( )plained B. admired C. expected D. forgot ( )3.A. when B. until C. before D. and( )4.A. visit B. weekend C. mother D. sickness ( )5.A.afraid B. glad C. sorry D. surprised ( )6.A.age B. job C. name D. family ( )7.A. wrote B. heard C. read D. shared ( )8.A. away B. over C. on D. in( )9.A.yes B. hello C. no D. goodbye ( )10.A.news B. virus C. love D. sadness(8)Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his father 1 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 2 with his father' s idea. "That isn't my job. I have 3 school work to do. " Hearing this, his father said, "I promise to give you the best present if you 4 finish one year's work. " Tom thought for a while and 5 .Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked 6 until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom' s crops grew well. 7 the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father. " Now, tell me 8 you want "The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. "I’ve already got the 9 present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted 10 to know.” His father was quite pleased to hear that.( )1. A. asked B. let C. made D. stopped( )2. A. happy B. unhappy C. excited D. worried( )3. A. much too B. so little C. too much D. a lot( )4. A. shall B. must C. need D. can( )5. A. said B. answered C. agreed D. began( )6. A. hard B. hardly C. slowly D. difficultly( )7. A. At B. On C. In D. By( )8. A. where B. which C. how D. what( )9. A. least B. worst C. best D. fewest( )10. A. mine B. I C. my D. me(9)An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato garden, but it was very1 work.. His only son, who always2 him in the past, was then in prison（监狱）. So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:Dear Son,I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to 3 potatoes in my garden this year. I 4 to miss doing it, because your mother a lways loved planting time. I’ m just getting too old to dig up a garden. If you were here, all my 5 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me 6 you weren’t in prison.Love,Dad Soon the old man 7 a letter: “Dad, don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried（埋藏）the guns（枪）!”At 4 a.m. the next morning, some 8 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns. The old man was 9 and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and 10 him what to do next.His son’s reply was: “Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you from here.”( )1. A. hard B. interesting C. simple D. boring( )2. A. taught B. helped C. changed D. stopped ( )3. A. cook B. dig C. plant D. put( )4. A. hope B. forget C. hate D. decide( )5. A. trouble B. illness C. danger D. fear( )6. A. if B. unless C. because D. when( )7. A. wrote B. received C. sent D. read( )8. A. friends B. neighbours C. policemen D. prisoners ( )9. A. ill B. lucky C. surprised D. sorry( )10. A. told B. called C. invited D. asked(10)It’s said that many years ago clothes were made of animal skins. People started to wear clothes 1 they could keep themselves safe from the sun, wind, rain and cold.Today, we can use 2 materials（材料）to make different kinds of clothes. But clothes do 3 than keep us warm in modern society, and they can also 4 about our culture, our life, our jobs, our hobbies and even our mood（情绪）. 5 , when we see a man in a uniform（制服）, we know his 6 from the uniform. When we see a woman in a kimono（日本和服）, we may think that she is 7 . If a man always wears sportswear, we may think he is 8 and likes doing exercise. If a person 9 wears yellow or red clothes, maybe he or she is lively and easy-going（随和的）. As the saying goes, “You are what you 40 .”( )1. A. as if B. so that C. even if D. although ( )2. A. different B. expensive C. strange D. perfect( )3. A. better B. worse C. farther D. more( )4. A. tell B. ask C. bring D. find( )5. A. What’s more B. For example C. However D. In a word ( )6. A. hobby B. idea C. wish D. job( )7. A. Japanese B. Chinese C. English D. American ( )8. A. nervous B. happy C. silent D. active( )9. A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. always( )10. A. do B. say C. wear D. like。