完形填空和閱讀理解練習

1、完形填空練習題（A）While Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside, they enjoyed _1_ the seagulls. They_2_ a lot about these lovely birds.They will often come close to you on the beach (海灘) when you are eating anything .If you _3_ a piece of bread to them they soon snatched it up .Seagulls swim well , but

2、they do not often dive for fish . They are also good at flying_4_ their large wings. When a seagull is flying, he puts his legs _5_.Tom often watched them _6_ close to the ground because he liked the way they _7_ the air with their wings and brought down their feet before they _8_ the ground Mary li

3、ked to see them gliding (滑翔) over the _9_ as they often do, without their _10_ moving, but she said she didn't like the noise they make.1. A.watch B. to watch C. watching D.wathed2. A.understood B. learned C. found D.thought3. A.threw B.took C.sent D.pulled4. A. with B. to C. for D. of5. A. unde

4、r B. about C.on D. in6. A. to come B. came C. coming D. comes7. A. help B. beat C. put D. kept8. A. hit B. arrived C. got D. touched9. A.water B. land C. sky D. ground10. A. eyes B. feet C. legs D. Wings（B）Mark was a farmer . He lived in a village far away . One day he became very ill and everyone k

5、new he would _1_ soon . They sent for a doctor . Two days _2_ the doctor came and examined the sick man . _3_ asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine . But there was no pen _4_ paper in the village , because no one could write .The doctor _5_ up a piece of burnt wood fr

6、om the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house . “Get this medicine _6_ him ,” he said , “and hell soon get _7_ .”Marks family and friends did not know _8_ to do . They could not read the strange words . Then a young man _9_ an idea . He took off the door of the house , put

7、it on his carriage and drove to the nearest hospital . He bought _10_ there , and Mark was soon well again .1. A.be sorry B.cry C.die D.live2. A.later B.late C.ago D.before3. A.The sick man B.Mark C.The doctor D.The farmer4. A.and B.or C.then D.also5. A.picked B.held C.made D.looked6. A.to B.with C.

8、at D.for7. A.better B.worst C.bad D.good8. A.where B.what C.when D.which9. A.thought B.hit C.caught D.had10. A.the paper B.the house C.the medicine D.the pen （C）A young man once went to town and bought himself _1_ trousers . When he got home , he went to his room and put them _2_ . He found that the

9、y were about two inches too long . He went into the kitchen , and his mother and two sisters were doing some washing there . He said to them , “The new trousers are too _3_ . They need cutting by two inches . Would one of you mind _4_ this for me ?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them

10、said _5_ .But as soon as his mother had finished washing up , she went to _6_ silently and cut the trousers by two inches . She came back without saying anything to her daughters . After supper , the elder sister _7_ her brothers trousers . She went to his room and cut the trousers by two inches _8_

11、 saying anything to anyone . The younger sister went to the cinema . But when she came back , she also remembered her brothers _9_ . _10_ she went to his room and cut them by two inches , too .1. A.a pair B.a pair of C.pairs of D./2. A.on B.off C.away D.up3. A.expensive B.warm C.long D.dirty4. A.sel

12、ling B.doing C.returning D.washing5. A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything6. A.the kitchen B.her sons room C.her daughters room D.her room7. A.cut B.remembered C.bought D.sold8. A.by B.not C.without D.with9. A.film B.trousers C.room D.sister10. A.But B.Because C.So D.As（D）When you have a pos

13、t office , the postman does not bring letters to you , but you have to go to the _1_ and get your letters and parcels from your box . The box is locked , and you have the key , so the letters are quite _2_ .One day Mr. Brown , the _3_ of a school , wrote to the post office and asked for a post offic

14、e box for his school . He soon got an answer . It _4_ , “We will give you a post box _5_ one month .”Two months later , Mr. Brown wrote to the post office _6_ and said , “Why havent we got a post box yet ?” Five months later , there was still _7_ news . Mr. Brown was _8_ angry that he went to the of

15、fice and asked why .The postman said , “We have written two letters to you and told you to get the _9_ to your post box back , but you didnt _10_ .” “Where are the letters ?” “We sent them to your post box .”1. A.school B.post office C.station D.postman2. A.strong B.good C.fast D.safe3. A.headmaster

16、 B.manger C.postman D.student4. A.told B.spoke C.said D.talked5. A.after B.before C.in D.on6. A.again B.then C.quickly D.happily7. A.much B.no C.good D.bad8. A.so B.very C.not D.at once9. A.answer B.letters C.money D.key10. A.go B.come C.arrive D.pay （E）Mr. and Mrs. Wang are very forgetful . For exa

17、mple , Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning , because he thinks it is _1_ . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family . One summer they planned to _2_ to New York for their holidays . They got to the airport only ten minutes _3_ the plane took off . So time was short

18、 . But _4_ Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling , their daughter , not to forget to _5_ the front door when she went to school . But Lingling then was at school . They couldnt tell her about it by _6_ .So they hurried to the post office . Mrs. Wang wrote a short note to Lingling , and Mr. Wang boug

19、ht a _7_ and an envelope . Soon the note was ready . They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter _8_ , but suddenly Mrs. Wang began to cry . The short note was _9_ in her hand . She had put the plane ticket in the _10_ .1. A.sunny B.cloudy C.Monday D.Sunday2. A.walk B.

20、drive C.fly D.run3. A.before B.often C.when D.because4. A.often B.ever C.always D.suddenly5. A.open B.lock C.close D.push6. A.plane B.train C.telephone D.bus7. A.note B.pen C.stamp D.letter8. A.envelope B.box C./ D.office9. A.still B.already C.always D.not 10. A.plane B.envelope C.hand D.school（F）Ab

21、out 70 million Americans are trying to lose weight . It is almost one out of _1_ three people in the United States . Some people go on diets .This _2_ they eat less of certain foods , especially fats and sugars . Other people exercise with special equipment , take medicine , _3_ even have surgery .

22、Losing weight is hard work , but it can also cost a lot of money . So _4_ do so many people in the United States want to lose weight ?Many people in the United States are anxious for looking _5_ and pleasure . To many people _6_ good means being thin . Other people worry about their _7_ . Many docto

23、rs say being overweight is unhealthy . But are Americans really fat ?Almost 30 million Americans weigh at least 20 percent less than their proper weight . _8_, the United States is the most overweight country in the world . “The stored _9_ of adult Americans weighs 2,300 million pounds ,” said an Am

24、erican scientist . He said burning off that stored energy would produce _10_ power for 900,000 cars to go 12,000 miles . Although losing weight is hard work , most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat .1. A.the B.all C.every D.these2. A.tells B.means C.shows D.asks 3. A.or B.that

25、C.which D.until4. A.what B.how C.when D.why5. A.ready B.worried C.young D.old 6. A.being B.looking C.eating D.acting7. A.friends B.looks C.health D.work8. A.And B.In fact C.At least D.At once9. A.energy B.meat C.fat D.beef10. A.strong B.great C.enough D.much（G）Llewellyn , Prince of North Wales , had

26、 a faithful dog , Gelert , that went with him everywhere and that he was very fond of . But one day the Prince went out _1_ and he told Gelert to stay at home and guard the Princes baby son . Gelert obediently lay down by the cradle of the baby , and Llewellyn went away.When he returned in the eveni

27、ng, Gelert came out joyfully _2_ him , and the Prince was horrifiled to see that the babys cradle was overturned , the bedclothes and floor _3_ with blood and there was blood round Gelerts mouth . The baby was nowhere _4_ . The Prince thought the dog _5_ the child and wild with rage and fear he drew

28、 his sword and thrust it into Gelerts heart .The _6_ cry of the dog _7_ by a childs cry . Llewellyn looked round hastily , and there , under the torn and bloodstained blankets was his baby son , quite safe .And beside it was the baby of a huge wolf that Gelert had killed in _8_his maters son .Llewel

29、lyn was so filled with sorrow that it _9_ he never smiled again .He buried Gelert , and ever since , the place _10_ as Beddgelert , which means “The Grave of Gelert”.1. A.hurn B.to hurnt C.hunting D.to be hunted2. A.meet B.to meet C.meeting D.to have me3. A.had covered B.have covered C.were covered

30、D.have been covered4. A.to see B.to be seen C.to have seen D.to have been seen5. A.kills B.was killing C.has killed D.had killed 6. A.dead B.died C.to die D.dying7. A.follows B.followed C.was following D.was followed8. A.defend B.defends C.defending D.to defend9. A.says B.is saying C.will say D.is s

31、aid10. A.had known B.has been known C.had known D.had been known（H）One afternoon two policemen sat in a car by a straight road in Australia . They were _1_ the traffic and looking for a stolen car . One of the policemen who was driving the car saw a small plane flying _2_ them . He followed it for a

32、 few minutes because it was very _3_ .When the plane flew near to the police car , the driver saw something _4_ from it and land in a _5_ by the road . He got out of the car and walked across the field .He saw a wallet _6_ the ground and _7_ it up .Inside the wallet there was a note which _8_ , “Oil

33、 nearly _9_ . I have to land on the road . Please _10_ the traffic .”1. A.seeing B.stopping C.driving D.watching2. A.above B.after C.on D.by3. A.small B.old C.slow D.fast4. A.drop B.dropping C.to fall D.falling5. A.ground B.field C.car D.traffic6. A.by B.in C.on D.at7. A.put B.looked C.gave D.plcked

34、8. A.wrote B.said C.heard D.saw9. A.filled B.used C.finished D.left10. A.watch B.stop C.open D.start（I）When you have a post office , the postman does not bring letters to you , but you have to go to the _1_ and get your letters and parcels from your box . The box is locked , and you have the key , s

35、o the letters are quite _2_ .One day Mr. Brown , the _3_ of a school , wrote to the post office and asked for a post office box for his school . He soon got an answer . It _4_ , “We will give you a post box _5_ one month .”Two months later , Mr. Brown wrote to the post office _6_ and said , “Why hav

36、ent we got a post box yet ?” Five months later , there was still _7_ news . Mr. Brown was _8_ angry that he went to the office and asked why .The postman said , “We have written two letters to you and told you to get the _9_ to your post box back , but you didnt _10_ .” “Where are the letters ?” “We

37、 sent them to your post box .”1. A.school B.post office C.station D.postman2. A.strong B.good C.fast D.safe3. A.headmaster B.manger C.postman D.student4. A.told B.spoke C.said D.talked5. A.after B.before C.in D.on6. A.again B.then C.quickly D.happily7. A.much B.no C.good D.bad8. A.so B.very C.not D.

38、at once9. A.answer B.letters C.money D.key10. A.go B.come C.arrive D.pay （J）Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was _6_ to work in the zoo. He was very _7_ and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job. The boss told him that their

39、 monkey had just died and it would be two months _8_ they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey's place.As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take this place yourself. You look more like a monkey than I do.” “Do

40、n't expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don't look like a monkey, but we'll _9_ you up.” Martin thought about it for a while. Though he didn't like the idea, he had to make a living after all. So he _10_ the job in the end.The next day Martin started to work. It wasn'

41、;t so _11_. The only thing he didn't like was the tiger in the cage next to him. But, as there were strong bars(鐵欄桿)_12_ them, he soon got used to his neighbor.One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars. Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into th

42、e tiger's cage. That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin's fall woke him up. Martin had to _13_ the bars again quickly to get back into his own cage. He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn't move. He hid his face in his hands so as n

43、ot to see the tiger coming. The next few seconds seemed like hours. Then he _14_ the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don't be _15_, old man, I'm in the same boat as you.” ( )6. A. told B. paid C. wanted D. chosen( )7. A. sad B. worried C. surprised D. glad( )8. A. before B. since C. after D. ag

44、o( )9. A. pick B. dress C. bring D. give( )10. A. took B. gave C. loved D. lost( )11. A. good B. clean C. bad D. nice( )12. A. behind B. among C. before D. between( )13. A. climb B. lift C. move D. jump( )14. A. saw B. heard C. made D. thought( )15. A. angry B. sad C. unhappy D. afraid（K）How do you

45、feel when you have to make a report in front of your classmates? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get 6 shy? Shyness means feeling nervous or 7 when youre round other people. Everyone experiences this shyness 8 they grow up. Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences w

46、hen they are in the center of attention. Its Ok if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet strangers. 9 , everybody gets a little shy sometimes. Its just a case of how much. But many teenagers think that they hate themselves and that they wont fit in the future

47、 at coming point. Stop the negative thoughts about yourself. If shyness doesnt keep you 10 something you want to do, being shy isnt a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are not only cleverer, but also better at working with others, because they think more and talk 11 . Some great people i

48、n history were shy, too. You see, being shy isnt all 12 . But remember not to let good chances 13 just because of it! Your shyness will 14 . When you grow up year after year, youll become brave enough to speak to anyone. But now, you need practice! If you have to sing a song at a party, just do it! Theres nothing to be afraid of! Remember, though youre shy, you do not lack in 15 . Come on, our shy friends.( )6. A. true B. real C. really D. truth( )7. A. comfortable B. frightened C. proud D. surprised( )8. .A. while B. since C. by D. when( )9. A.