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语篇填空1-36 人教版初三英语总复习——语篇填空 1 A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I (1)_(have) a very good seat. The play was very (2)_(interest). I did not enjoy it. A young man (3)_a young woman(4)_(sit) behind me. They were talking (5)_(loud). I got very (6)_(anger). I could not hear (7)_ actors. I turned (8)_. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They (9)_ pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can't hear a word!’ I said angrily. ‘It's none of your (10)_(busy), ’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’ 2 Breakfast or lunch? It was Sunday. I never get up early on (1)_(Sunday). I sometimes stay in bed (2)_ lunchtime. Last Sunday I (3)_(get) up very late. I looked out (4)_ the window. It was dark outside. ‘(5)_ a day!’ I thought. ‘It's raining again. ’ Just then, the telephone (6)_(ring). It was my aunt Lucy. ‘I (7)_ just arrived by train, ’ she said. ‘I (8)_(come) to see you. ’ ‘(9)_ I'm still having breakfast, ’ I said. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I'm having breakfast, ’ I (10)_(repeat). ‘Dear me, ’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!’ 3 Please send me a card Postcards always spoil (1)_(I) holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums (2)_ sat in public (3)_(garden). A (4)_(friend) waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me (5)_ book. I read a few lines, but I (6)_ understand a word. Every day I thought (7)_ postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big (8)_(decide). I got up early and (9)_(buy) thirty-seven cards. I spent (10)_ whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card! 4 An exciting trip I (1)_ just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He (2)_(be) there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working (3)_ a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different (4)_(place) in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and (5)_(go) to Alice Springs, a small town in (6)_ centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin From there, he (7)_(fly) to Perth. My brother has (8)_ been abroad before, (9)_ he is finding this trip very (10)_(excite). 5 No wrong numbers Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he (1)_ just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles (2)_ Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get (3)_telephone for his new garage, (4)_ he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon (5)_(carry) the first message from Pinburst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance the (6)_(one) three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott (7)_(send) a great many (8)_(request) for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. (9)_ this way, he has begun (10)_(he) own private ‘telephone’ service. 6 Percy Buttons I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked (1)_ my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar (2)_(stand) on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He (3)_(eat) the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went (4)_. Later a neighbour(5)_(tell) me about him. Everybody (6)_(know) him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls (7)_ every house in the street once a month (8)_ always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. 7 Too late The plane was late and (1)_(detective) were waiting at the airport all morning. They (2)_(expect) a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours (3)_(early), someone had told the police (4)_ thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane (5)_(arrive), some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building (6)_ others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it (7)_ the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two (8)_(other) opened the parcel. (9)_ their surprise, the precious parcel was full (10)_ stones and sand! 8 The best and the worst Joe Sanders has the (1)_ beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody (2)_(enter) for‘The Nicest Garden Competition’each year, (3)_ Joe wins every time. Bill Frith's garden is (4)_(large) than Joe's. Bill works (5)_(hard) than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is (6)_ interesting. He (7)_(make) neat paths and has built a wooden bridge (8)_ a pool. I like gardens too, but I (9)_ like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the (10)_(bad) garden in the town! 9 A cold welcome On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was(1)_ last day of the year and a large crowd of people (2)_ gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty (3)_(minute) time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, (4)_ five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, (5)_ nothing happened. (6)_(sudden) someone shouted, ‘It's two minutes past twelve! The clock (7)_(stop)!* I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused (8)_(welcome) the New Year. (9)_ that moment, everybody (10)_(begin) to laugh and sing. 10 Not for jazz We have an old (1)_(music) instrument. It (2)_(call) a clavichord(古钢琴). It (3)_(make) in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It (4)_(belong) to our family for a long time . The instrument (5)_(buy) by my grandfather many years ago . Recently it was damaged by (6)_ visitor . She tried (7)_(play) jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard (8)_ two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we (9)_ allowed to touch it . It is being repaired by a friend of my (10)_(father). 11 One good turn deserves another I was having dinner at a restaurant (1)_ Tony Steele came in. Tony (2)_(work) in a lawyer's office years ago, (3)_ he is now working at a bank. He gets (4)_good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it(5)_. Tony saw me and came and sat at (6)_ same table. He (7)_ never borrowed money from me. While he (8)_(eat), I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. (9)_ my surprise, he gave me the money (10)_(immediate). ‘I have never borrowed any money from you, ’ Tony said, ‘so now you can pay for my dinner!’ 12 Goodbye and good luck Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, (1)_(sail) from Portsmouth tomorrow. We'll meet him (2)_ the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed (3)_ the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set (5)_ at eight o'clock, (6)_ we'll have plenty of (7)_(time). We'll see his boat and then we'll say goodbye (8)_ him. He will be away for two months. We are very proud (9)_ him. He will take part in an (10)_(importance) race across the Atlantic. 13 The Greenwood Boys The Greenwood Boys are a group of pop 1._(sing). At present, they 2._(visit) all parts of the country. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They 3._(come) by train and most of the young people in the town 4._(meet) them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers' Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying 5._ five days. During this time, they 6._(give) five performances. 7._ usual, the police will have 8._ difficult time. They will be trying9._ keep order. It is always 10._ same on these occasions. 14 Do you speak English? I had an amusing experience last year. After I 1._(leave) a small village in the south of France, I 2._(drive) on to the next town. 3._ the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me 4._ a lift. As soon as he 5._(get) into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied 6._ the same language. Apart from 7._ few words, I 8._ know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man 9._(sudden) said, very slowly, ‘Do you speak English?’As I soon learnt, he 10._(be) English himself! 15 Good news The secretary told me 1._ Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when I 2._(go) into his office. He did not look 3._ from his desk when I entered. After I 4._(sit) down, he 5._(say) that business was very bad. He told me that the firm 6._(can) afford to pay such large 7._(salary). Twenty people 8._ already left. I knew that 9._(I) turn had come. ‘Mr. Harmsworth, ’I said 10._ a weak voice. ‘Don't interrupt, ’he said. Then he smiled and 11._(tell)told me I would receive 12._ extra thousand pounds a year! 16 A polite request If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman 1._ soon find it. You will be very lucky if he 2._(let) you go without a ticket. 3._, this does not always happen. Traffic police 4._(be) sometimes very polite. During 5._ holiday in Sweden, I 6._(find) this note on my car:‘Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a“No Parking”area. You 7._(enjoy) your stay here if you pay attention 8._ our street signs. This note is only a 9._(remind). ’If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail10._ obey it! 17 Always young My aunt Jennifer is 1._ actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. 2._ spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer 3._(have) to take part in a new play soon. This time, she 4._(be) a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress 5._ long black stockings. Last year in 6._(other) play, she 7._(has) to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. 8._anyone ever asks her 9._ old she is, she always answers, ‘Darling, it must be terrible 10._(be) grown up!’ 18 He often does this! After I had had lunch at a village pub, I 1._(look) for my bag. I 2._(leave) it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! 3._ I was looking for it, the landlord came in. ‘4._ you have a good meal?’he asked. ‘Yes, thank you, ’I answered, ‘but I can't pay the bill . I 5._ got my bag. ’ The landlord smiled and immediately 6._(go) out. In a few 7._(minute) he returned with my bag and gave it 8._ to me. ‘I'm very sorry, ’he said. ‘My dog 9._(take) it into the garden. He often 10._(do) this!’ 19 Sold out ‘The play may begin at any moment, ’ I said. ‘It may 1._(begin) already, ’ Susan answered. I hurried 2._ the ticket office. ‘3._ I have two tickets please?’I asked. ‘I'm sorry, we4._sold out, ’ the girl said. ‘What 5._ pity!’Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office. ‘Can I return these two tickets?’ he asked. ‘Certainly, ’ the girl said. I went back to the ticket office 6._ once. ‘ 7._I have those two tickets please?’ I asked. ‘Certainly, ’ the girl said, ‘but they're for next 8._(Wednesday) performance. Do you still want 9._(they)?’ ‘I might as well have them, ’ I said 10._(sad). 20 One man in a boat Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without 1._(catch) anything. But this 2._ not worry me. Some fishermen are3._(luck) . Instead 4._ catching fish, they catch old 5._(boot) and rubbish. I am even 6._(little) lucky. I never catch 7._(something) - not even old boots. After 8._ spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with 9._ empty bag. ‘You must give 10._ fishing!’ my friends say. ‘It's a waste 11._ time. ’ But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in 12._(fish). I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all! 21 Mad or not? Aeroplanes are 1._(slow) driving me mad. I live near an airport and 2._(pass) planes can 3._(hear) night and day. The airport 4._ built years ago, but for some reason it 5._ be used then. Last year, 6._, it came into use. Over a hundred people must 7._(drive) away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people 8._(leave). Sometimes I think this house 9._(knock) down by a passing plane. I 10._(offer) a large sum of money to go away, but I am 11._(determine) to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad12._ they are probably right. 22 A glass envelope My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of 1._(receive) a letter from a girl of 2._(she) own age in Holland. Last year, we 3._(travel) across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it 4._ a bottle. She threw 5._ bottle into the sea. She never thought 6._ it again, but ten 7._(month) later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other 8._(regular) now. However, they 9._ decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little 10._(much), but they will certainly travel faster. 23 A new house I had a letter 1._ my sister yesterday. She 2._(live) in Nigeria. In her letter, she said 3._ she would come to England next year. If she comes, she 4._ get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in5._ country. 6._(work) on it had begun before my sister left. The house7._ completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she 8._ stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there 9._(be) a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange10._ some people. It must be 11._ only modern house in the district. 24 It could be worse I entered the hotel 1._(manager) office and sat down. I2._ just lost £50 and I felt very upset. ‘I 3._(leave) the money in my room, ’ I said, ‘and it's not there now. ’ The manager was sympathetic, 4._ he could do 5._(something). ‘Everyone6._(be) losing money these days, ’ he said. He started to complain 7._ this wicked world but 8._ interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put 9._ envelope on his desk. It contained £50. ‘I found this outside this gentleman's room, ’ she said. ‘Well, ’ I said to the manager, ‘there is still some 10._(honest) in this world!’ 25-I arrived in London _1._ last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way 2._ my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, 3._ very clearly as well. The porter, 4._, could not understand me. I 5._(repeat) my question several times and at last he understood. he answered me, but he spoke _6._ slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke 7._(slow), but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said 8._(anything) and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person 9._(speak) a different language. The English understand each other, but I 10._(do) understand them! Do they speak English? 26-I am an art student 1._ I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend 2._ they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture 3._ ‘about’. Of course, many pictures are not ‘about’ anything. They are just pretty 4._(pattern). We like them in 5._ same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures 6._(well) than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me 7._ my pictures are good or not. She 8._(come) into my room yesterday. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I'm hanging this picture on the wall, ’ I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?’She looked at it 9._(critisize) for a moment. ‘It's all right, ’ she said, ‘but isn't it upside down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It 10._(be)! 27-Late in the afternoon, the boys put 1._ their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this 2._(be) done, they cooked a meal over 3._ open fire. They were all 4._(hunger) and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and 5._(sing) songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt 6._(tire) so they put 7._ the fire and crept 8._ their tent. Their 9._(sleep)_ bags were warm and comfortable, 10._ they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began 11._(shout). The tent was full 12._ water! They all 13._(leap) out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found 14._ a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound 15._ way across the field and then flowed right under their tent! 28-Jasper White is one of those rare people 1._ believes in ancient myths. he has just 2._(buy) a new house in the city, but ever since he 3._(move) in, he has had trouble 4._ cars and their owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked 5._ car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not 6._(be) able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put 7._ 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any 8._(affect). Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest 9._(face) I have ever seen. I asked him 10._ it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes that she 11._ turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them 12._ been turned to stone yet! 29.Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has (1)_(begin) a new service. The ‘taxi’ is a small Swiss aeroplane (2)_(call) a ‘Pilatus Porter’. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most (3)——_(surprise) thing about it, (4)_, is that it can land anywhere: or snow, water, or even on (5)_ ploughed(耕过的) field. Captain Fawcett‘s (6)_(one) passenger was a doctor (7)_ flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett (8)_ flown passengers to many unusual (9)_(place). Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on (10)_(other) occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request (11)_ a businessman. The man wanted (12)_ fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, (13)_ Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too (14)_(danger). 30. The Wayle is a small river (1)_ cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle (2)_ fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, (3)_ I went and sat on the river bank (4)_ usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people (5)_(row) on the river. Suddenly, one of the children (6)_(kick) a ball very hard and it went towards a (7)_(pass) boat. Some people on the bank called out (8)_ the man in the boat, (9)_ he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard (10)_ he nearly (11)_(fall)into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any (12)_ sight: they (13)_ all run away! The man laughed when he realized (14)_ had happened. He called out to the children (15)_ threw the ball back to the bank 31. Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was (1)_(tell) me about his experiences as a young man. (2)_ he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he (3)_(use) to work in a small shop. It was his job (4)_ repair bicycles and (5)_ that time he used to work fourteen hours (6)_day. He saved money for years and in 1958 he (7)_(buy) a small workshop of (8)_(he) own. In his (9)_(twenty) Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. (10)_ a few years the small workshop had become a large factory (11)_ employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled (12)_ he remembered his hard early years and the long road (13)_ success. He was still smiling when the door (14)_(open) and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their (15)_(grandson) bicycle! 32. People are not so honest (1)_ they once were. The temptation(诱惑) to steal is (2)_(great) than ever before-especially in large shops. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman (3)_ always went (4)_ a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual (5)_ the woman came in, So (6)_ was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she (7)_(choose) one of the most expensive (8)_(dress) in the shop and handed it to (9)_ assistant who wrapped it up for her as (10)_(quick) as possible. Then the woman simply took shop assistant was her daughter. The girl ‘gave’ her mother a free dress once a week! 33. Nearly a week (1)_(pass) before the girl was able to explain (2)_ had happened to her. One afternoon she set (3)_ from the coast in a small boat and (4)_ caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock (5)_ the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after (6)_(spend) the whole night in the water. During that time she covered (7)_ distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore (8)_ the light was high up on the cliffs. On (9)_(arrive) at the shore, the girl struggled (10)_ the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found (11)_ in hospital. 34 Quick work Dan Robinson(1)_(be) worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he (2)_(ask) to call at the station. Dan wondered (3)_ he was wanted by the police, (4)_ he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore.At the station, he (5)_ told by a smiling policeman (6)_ his bicycle had been found Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked (7)_ in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Dan was most surprised (8)_ he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle (9)_(find), It (10)_(steal) twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen! 35 Stop thief! Roy Trenton used (1)_(drive) a taxi. A short while ago, (2)_, he became a bus driver and he (3)_ regretted it. He is finding his new work far more (4)_(excite). When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he (5)_(see) two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them (6)_(carry) a bag full of money. Roy acted (7)_(quick) and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright (8)_ he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get (9)_ in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered(破损的) car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The(10)_(thief) car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. 36 Across the Channel Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set 1. from the French coast at five o'clock in themorning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes 2. (set) up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel3. she is sure to 4. (success) Debbie's father will set out with her in 5_ small boat. Mr. Hart 6. (rain) his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her 7. (anxious) as she swims the long distance to England. Debbie intends to take short 8. (rest) every two hours. She will have something 9. (drink) but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbie's mother, who 10. (swim) the Channel herself when she was a girl. 2 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$