初二英语选词填空练习

【tell, hear, listen to , guard, drum, much, fly , army, with, other, way , instruction】

Here are some old ways to sending messages.

An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses coming this way. He ran to 2. ________ his people . He was a 3.

________ . That was one way for Egyptians to send messages.

People in 4.________ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by 5.________ .

Much 6. ________ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7. ________ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. ________ , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird’s leg. It would fly back 9. ________ the soldier’s message.

9These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10.

________?

[happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, think]

A man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his

1 . ________ .

“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. ________ been a good one since I became 3. ________ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even 4.________ from it in my sleep. When I cl ose my 5.________, I’m out there in the football field and 6. ________ after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 7. ________than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”

The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 8. ________ to d o your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9.

________about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”

“ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ I’ll10. ________ the ball !”

[other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble ]

You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert（戈壁）of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1.____find___ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2.___desert_____, but it is not 3. ___enough___ for most plants.

The animals are 4. ___used____ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use

their skins to 5. ____make____ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. ____carrying___ things.

The people of the desert have to keep 7. ___moving____ from place to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. ___another____ place. The desert people are very 9. ___friendly____. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in 10.___touble____ and give them food and water.

七．[how, they ,winter, summer spend, care , dance , take, show , open , only, good]

The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. ________ are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.________ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. ________ kept in the glass boxes.

Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. ________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. ________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9.________ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10.________ to people who look and listen carefully.

八．[wo, sudden , cold, teach, in surprise, French, hot, beard, photo, office, passport, China]

Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1.

________. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2.________ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. ________.

An officer looks at the 4. ________for a moment, and says，"Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5.________, and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 6. ________ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7.________ officer

smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man..."

8.________ it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you

9. ________ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill answers, 10. ________, that he did, the first officer smiles and says:"I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."

九．[as, sleep ,dream, like, again, about, think, must, wake up, quick,

much ,why]

"Dreams (梦) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 .________ time. People have several

2. ________each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are

3. ________ old films. They come to us over and over

4.

________. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas 5. ________ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. ________ about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.

Sometimes we 7. ________ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. ________ from memory (记忆).

Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. ________ we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10.

________ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

初二英语选词填空练习

一【knock down, move out of one's way, in reply, in good condition, date back to, be worth, in existence】

1.All of the old buildings _______are very valuable.

2.The boy _______by a car when he crossed the road carelessly.

3.Please ________when you meet a woman with a baby in her arms.

4.Don't touch the vase. It ______so much.

5.It's impolite to give no answer _______when teachers ask you some questions.

6.Some strong house were still _______after the big earthquake.

7.The old building_______1823.