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初四英语试题
一、完形填空(共10小题, 满分10分)
One day, I took my kids to the local playground. The minute we got there, my daughter ran to the swing (秋千) and asked for a push. When I was helping my daughter, I ____1____another girl trying to make her own swing go high by herself. Her old grandmother smiled at me, ____2____on the chair nearby. Maybe she was too old and tired to play together with her granddaughter.
I gave my daughter a big push and then walked towards the little girl. I asked gently ____3____I could do for her. She smiled and said quietly but happily, with her big shining eyes, "Could you please give me a push, too?" For the next two hours, I kept pushing the swings and playing with my two little children and the little girl. When we got home, I was very tired. But my heart was flying much ____4____ than the swings.
One day, two years later, after a long day's work, I was a bit tired. But I needed to ____5____kids before going home. While I was waiting outside the school gate beside my car, a little girl came over and smiled sweetly at me. She gave me a big hug ____6____she got on her school bus. As I watched her running away, I didn't feel ____7____ anymore.
In life, the love we give to ____8____ will find its way back to us. It may travel from heart to ____9____or it may blossom(开花)in the heart which it was planted in. The love we share, the kindness we give, and the happiness we create will always come back to us_____10_____a big surprise.
1. A. admired B. noticed C. heard D. caught
2. A. lying B. lied C. was lying D. to lie
3. A. who B. what C. how D. why
4. A. earlier B. deeper C. better D. higher
5. A. look up B. put up C. pick up D. take up
6. A. before B. until C. unless D. after
7. A. warm B. sad C. hard﹣working D. tired
8. A. another B. the others C. others D. other
9. A. head B. heart C. arm D. foot
10. A. to B. of C. with D. for
二、阅读理解(共16小题, 满分32分)
阅读短文A、B,并做每篇后面的题目, 从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
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