初二英语每天一练29

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Mr Read works in a big shop. He’s very _1_ and always gets to the office on time. The _2_ is satisfied with(对---满意) him and pays him more. One afternoon he was very tired, as soon as he had _3_, he put his watch on the table and went to bed. Little Mabel, one of his daughters, came in and _4_ something there. She dropped the watch to the floor. She picked it up and _5_ quickly. The next morning he got up on time. After breakfast he had a look at his watch and began to _6 newspapers. When he got to his office, it was half past eight. He was _7_ for the first time! At that moment he found something was wrong with his watch. He had to ask someone to _8_ it.

The next morning Mr Read was going to take a train for London. But he _9_ it because his watch was slow again. He was very strange and said, “It was all right yesterday but why is it _10_ now?”

“I found it was dirty last night,” said little Mabel. “I had to wash it for you!”

( )1.A.helpful B.careful C.friendly D.polite ( )2.A.conductor B.bookseller

C.shopkeeper

D.headmaster

( )3.A.meal B.breakfast C.lunch D.supper ( )4.A.looked forB.looked up C.went on D.got on ( )5.A.ran B.jumped ughed D.left ( )6.A.read B.see C.watch D.look ( )7.A.busy B.free te D.early ( )8.A.choose B.mend C.sell D.throw ( )9.A.missed B.caught C.lost D.lifted ( )10.A.terrible B.short C.right D.wrong 答案 : 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. A

7. C 8. B 9. A 10. D

One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich m an didn’t want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“Sir, I had a brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.” The businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“Sir, why do you cry?”The businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“Oh, I’m crying because you were not killed together with your brother. I) 根据短文内容判断正（Ｔ）误（Ｆ）（５分）

( )76.The rich man didn’t tell the truth.

( )77.Though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn’t have told the lie.

( )78.The rich man had a brother who was burned.

( )79.The businessman believed the rich man’s story at first.

( )80.The businessman’s answer showed that he was very happy.

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Peter, the postman, sang happily as he walked towards Mrs White’s _1_. His work for the day _2_. His bag, usually quite heavy when he started out, was empty now _3_ the letter that he had to send to Mrs White. She lived quite a few blocks(街区) away, so when Peter had to send a letter to her, he always went to her house after he finished most of his day’s work. Peter didn’t _4_ this because Mrs White always asked him _5_ and gave him a cup of c offee. When Peter _6_ Mrs White’s house, he was surprised _7_ her working in the yard. She usually _8_ afternoon there when the weather was _9_. Peter went around to the back of the house, thinking that she must be in the kitchen. But the door was locked, Peter thought this was very strange because he knew Mrs White _10_ left the house. Later he found she was ill in bed and sent her to the hospital.

( )1.A.family B.home C.house D.town ( )2.A.was almost finishing B.was almost finished C.was almost finish D.was almost being finished ( )3.A.besides B.except C.beside D.except that ( )4.A.care B.mind C.realize D.look after ( )5.A.in B.with C.of D.for

( )6.A.reached to B.got C.arrived D.got to ( )7.A.not to find B.to find out

C.to not finding

D.not to finding

( )8.A.had B.past C.spent D.took ( )9.A.good B.windy C.cloudy D.bad ( )10.A.sometimes B.seldom C.often D.always 答案 : 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D

7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B