初三英语上册同步练习：完型填空训练题

(I)

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Alice in my class had a terrible accident. As she was running to the bus in order not to ___1___ it, she slipped on some ice and fell under the rear wheels of the bus. She ___2___ the accident, but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old mind thinking she wouldn’t live ___3___ from then on.

Over the years, I moved and didn’t think much about Alice after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike, causing a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker ___4___. It was a particularly ___5___ day. I burst into tears for no reason and hung up.

A short time later, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair, ___6___ into my son’s room with a box of tissues. After 16 years, I still recognized Alice. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both got ___7___ the shock of that, she began to tell me about her life since we last saw each other. She had married, had children and gotten her degree ___8___ she could smooth the path for those less fortunate than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be ___9___.

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt ___10___. But I also felt the first hope I had felt since ___11___ that my son was hurt. From this person that I thought would have no quality of life, I learned that where there is ___12___, there is hope. My son miraculously recovered and we moved back north, but I owe Alice a debt that I can never repay.

(   )1.  A. catch   B. follow  C. miss    D. break

(   )2.  A. forgot  B. remembered C. died    D. survived

(   )3.  A. healthily  B. happily  C. normally   D. successfully

(   )4.  A. called  B. came   C. helped   D. returned

(   )5.  A. working  B. trying  C. hoping   D. moving

(   )6. A. walked  B. rolled   C. rushed   D. went

(   )7.  A. through  B. around  C. ahead    D. about

(   )8.  A. because  B. until   C so that   D. although

(   )9.  A. love   B. hope   C. smile    D. money

(   )10. A. happy  B. excited  C. small    D. proud

(   )11. A. discovering B. hearing  C. showing   D. learning

(   )12. A. family  B. love   C. friendship   D. life

(II)

I should say I owe my success to my mother.  My belief began when I was just a kid.  I  1   becoming a doctor.

My mother was a servant.  Through her work, she found that  2  people spent a lot more time reading than they  3   watching television.  She told my brother and me to watch only two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week.  In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and  4   written book reports to her.  She would mark them up with check marks and highlights.  Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated.

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for   5  .  I wanted the brightly coloured clothes and I wanted to hang out with the guys.  I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student.  One night my mother came home from  6  her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts.  She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I   7  this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills.  With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.”  I was very  8   with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there was  9  left.

I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy clothes.  I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere.  Success required intellectual preparation.  I went back to my  10  and became an A-student again, and at last I   11   my dream and I became a doctor.

My mother is a woman with   12  formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children.  There is no job more  important than parenting.

(  )1  A.dreamed of  B.depended on   C.gave up     D.thought of

(  )2.A.strict B.easy-going    C.successful D.careful

(  )3.A.cost        B.paid C.took  D.did

(  )4.A.read        B.present C.teach D.explain

(  )5.A.soon        B.far C.long D.often

(  )6.A.working     B.shopping C.making D.getting

(  )7.A.accept      B.win C.spend D.make

(  )8.A.excited     B.pleased C disappointed D.bored

(  )9.A.anything    B.everything C.something D.nothing

(  )10. A.guy        B.mother C.studies D.play

(  )11. A.expected    B.realized C.changed D.tried

(  )12. A.little       B.much C.few D.high