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初四英语试题
一、完形填空(共10小题,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
As my father walked into the room, my brother became nervous. He knew that he had done something ____1____. From a distance I could see that he had opened my father’s new book and drawn all over the page with a pen. Now, staring at my father fearfully, he and I both waited for his ____2____.
My father picked up his much-loved book, looked at it ____3____ for quite a while, and then sat down without saying a word. For him, books were knowledge, and yet he loved his children. What he did next was remarkable. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, took the pen from my brother’s hand, and then ____4____ in the book himself, aside the drawings made by John: John’s work, 1959, age 2. You have made the book priceless, I’m very thankful to you for drawing in my book.
The years and the books came and went. Our family ____5____ what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more: success and failure, gain and loss, ____6____ and tears. From time to time we would open the book, look at the drawings, read my father’s words of ____7____, and feel excited.
Now I know that through this simple act my father ____8____ us how every bad event in life can have a positive side and how precious(珍贵的) it is when our lives are touched by the ____9____ of others. But he also taught us about what really ____10____ in life: people, not things; tolerance(宽容), not judgment; love, not anger.
Each time I think about these things, I will smile and whisper, “Thank you, Dad.”
1. A. right B. new C. wrong D. brave
2. A. praise B. opinion C. punishment D. smile
3. A. carelessly B. casually C. quickly D. carefully
4 A. wrote B. looked C. drew D. cut
5. A. took B. stood C. forgot D. experienced
6. A. sadness B. laughter C. pain D. pride
7. A. life B. regret C. love D. happiness
8. A. gave B. taught C. took D. made
9. A. kindness B. power C. joy D. sorrow
10. A. cares B. needs C. hopes D. matters
二、阅读理解(共16小题,满分32分)
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