初二完型阅读练习一

练习一

一．完形填空

On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very ____1____. The Hardens’ 15-year-old daughter has gone ___2____ six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish you a happy Christmas, ”she said, “I love you.”

Ronals and Edwine Harden were so ______3_____ that they started a special telephone service （服务）called“Alive and Well”. The service helps ______4______ to get in touch with children who have run away from home.

Young people can phone“Alive and Well”and leave a message for their parents. The telephone are answered by answering machines. So ______5_____ can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are _______6_______ eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well”they can telephone their parents and they do not ______7______ about this or giving out their addresses.

The Hardens and their helpers ______8______ the telephone messages and connect（联系）the addresses given. About 30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in _______9_______. For only two pence（便士）they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and ______10______ a parent worry: Is he dead or alive?

1. A. interesting B. important C. difficult D. exciting

2. A. away B. out C. back D. along

3. A. angry B. happy C. sad D. kind

4. A. teachers B. people C. parents D. friends

5. A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. no one

6. A. at B. above C. over D. under

7. A. think B. worry C. talk D. hear

8. A. ask for B. listen to C. look up D. write down

9. A. Pairs B. Tokyo C. London D. New York

10. A. stop B. make C. feel D. leave 二．阅读理解(阅读短文，按要求完成后面的题目)

A

One evening I visited the English corner of our town. It is near our school. There are many trees, flowers and a nice ground there. Every evening, large numbers of people go there to practise their English, but I never went there before.

When I arrived, many people were already(已经) there. I looked around and found that most of them were students. Some of them talked in English in twos and threes. To my surprise, I found three foreigners talking and smiling with some students who listened with great interest. Just then, a tall student came to me and asked, “Shall we

have a talk in English?” My heart b eat very fast at that moment because it was the first time for me to visit the English corner. Anyway, I said “Yes”. Soon we talked freely about our studies, lives, hobbies as well as our problems of learning English. Time went fast, and it was already 11 o'clock before I realized it. I enjoyed myself there and was glad to learn a lot at the English corner. I understood the famous saying “Practice makes perfect.”

1. Why large numbers of people go to the English corner?

A. Because they would like to visit that nice ground there.

B. Because they would like to improve their English.

C. Because they would like to make friends with foreigners.

D. Because they would like to have a talk in Chinese with others.

2. Most of people were _____ in the English corner.

A. workers

B. teachers

C. foreigners

D. school students

3. The writer talked with a student about their _____ in English.

A. homework, lives, hobbies as well as problems of learning maths

B. friends, lives, hobbies as well as problems of learning Chinese

C. teachers, lives, hobbies as well as problems of learning English

D. studies, lives, hobbies as well as problems of learning English

4. What’s the meaning of “Practice makes perfect.”?

A. 实践出真知

B. 身体力行

C. 熟能生巧

D. 完美无缺

5. Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Three foreigners talked with some students.

B. A tall foreigner came to the writer and talked with him in English.

C. The writer went to the English corner for the first time.

D. The writer had a good time in the English corner.

B

A dictionary is very important for the learners of English. A good English learner should know how to use a dictionary.

First find a good dictionary. We usually use two kinds of dictionaries— one is English-Chinese dictionaries, and the other is Chinese-English dictionaries. Since you do not know much English yet, you should choose an English-Chinese dictionary which not only gives you the meaning of the English words in Chinese but also gives you some explanations.

When you see a new word, do not use the dictionary immediately (立刻). Try to guess what it means before you look it up in the dictionary. If you cannot, then look up the word in the dictionary. Words in dictionaries are alphabetically (照字母次序) arranged (排列).

The dictionary usually tells you—(1) the spelling of the word; (2) the pronunciation of the word; (3) the different meanings of the word; (4) the different ways in which the word is used in sentences. All the information is useful.

6. A dictionary is very important for a student to learn _______.