初三英语·（11）AHave you ever heard of International Friendship Day? It’s a good chance to let your friends know how much they are needed and __21 . International Friendship Day falls on the first Sunday in August every year. It first started in America in 1935. Now it is _ 22__ in a large number of countries.On International Friendship Day, people spend time with their _23__ and express love for them. On this day, many friends __24__ each other well with the exchange of presents and cards. Now International Friendship Day is also being __25__ online.( ) 21. A. visit B. met C. told D. loved( ) 22.A. popular B. successful C. interesting D. difficult ( ) 23.A.classmates B. friends C. children D. parents( ) 24.A. help B. wish C. speak D. deal( ) 25.A. talked B. invented C. celebrated D. discoveredHave you ever heard of a girl of 15, who set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the girl. She started the business two years ago. She has already 1 several successful computer games. They are so 2 that over half a million games are sold every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is 3 at school.She gets up early in the morning, and then talks with her family about the 4 over breakfast. Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a 5 ,for she is not old enough.She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her to feel 6 . She usually gets "A" grades in all her 7 . So the other students often ask her for 8 .She finished her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and 9 working on her computer writing games until 2 a.m. She does not usually need so much 10 as other children.( )1. A. worked B. played C. written D. bought( )2. A. afraid B. popular C. expensive D. surprised( )3. A. still B. hardly C. often D. sometimes( )4. A. lessons B. friends C. exams D. business( )5. A. doctor B. teacher C. driver D. visitor( )6. A. interested B.interesting C. uninterested D. uninteresting( )7. A. subjects B. family C. friends D. home( )8. A. money B. help C. grades D. results( )9. A. goes on B. finds out C. stops D. hurries( )10. A. food B. sleep C. fruit D. pleasureMy Life，as it really is，is always filled with sadness and little joy．However，no matter what happens，I can always face it __21__．In July，last year，I couldn’t believe the __22__that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown．Then I __23___ to my home and told my parents．But my father didn’t seem as ___24__as I was．He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put herhead down and couldn’t help crying．What I saw didn’t make me surprised．I knew very well what my family was _25_．My mum had been in bed for two years because of her disease. I knew my family lived a _26_ life and couldn’t afford my tuition fee(学费)．I felt so upset at that moment but I could say _27_ to my parents．I decided to help my father with his work to support my family instead of _28_ my schooling．To my surprise，things completely ___29___ just three days before the beginning of the new term．___30___ head teacher who had taught me three years came to my family with some money，which had been ___31__ by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.”At the same time，my father also earned some extra money _32_ he could afford part of my tuition fee．I knew I was such a lucky dog and ___33___to study harder in return．With tears in my eyes，I stepped into the key high school that I had dreamed of．I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties，I always ___34 _my teacher and schoolmates，and I can ___35__ get enough courage(勇气)to go on．Because I have a college dream and must work hard for it no matter how hard life is．Just as a philosopher’s saying goes，“When one door shuts，another opens in life．’’( )21．A．differently B．bravely C．carefully D. difficultly ( )22．A．idea B．story C．news D. suggestions ( )23．A．rushed B．jumped C．flew D. swam( )24．A．nervous B．excited C．interested D. sad( )25．A．about B．1ike C．against D. happen( )26．A．strange B．happy C．hard D. comfortable ( )27．A．nothing B．something C．anything D. words( )28．A．stopping B．continuing C. enjoying D. finishing ( )29．A．appeared B．happened C．changed D. returned ( )30．A．His B．Their C．My D. Ours( )31．A．raised B. spent C．planned D. come( )32．A．what if B．even though C．so that D. because( )33．A．pretended B．decided C. predicted D. seemed( )34．A．dream of B．think of C．hear of D. hear from ( )35．A．never B．sometimes C．always D. hardlyDear Editor,I’m confused these days. We are taught at home and at school that violence ( 暴力) is bad. For example, last week, my friend and I were playing at the beach. We found a really beautiful shell. My friend picked it up, but I saw it first and I said it was mine. He said , no, it was his. I really wanted the shell, and I even thought about hitting him. That’s how angry I was.Now should that be right? No! I shouldn’t use violence. I should talk with my friend instead and solve that. My parents and teachers often tell me that using violence is the least civilized(文明) way to solve problems.So, if adults have a disagreement and if they use violence toward each other in order to win, is it all right? No!Now I’m confused. When two countries disagree, they often use violence. They fight a war. Using violence is not okay at home, at school or in your country but okay between two countries,why?A war is extreme violence. So not only soldiers but citizens (市民) including small children and babies have been killed and injured because of wars.Adults say they are fighting wars in order to solve problems and make peace. But can you really “ make peace” by using violence and killing so many people?I don’t think that bombs and missiles (炸弹和导弹) can reach people’s hearts and change them. Bombs and missiles can’t create love and caring and that’s what we need in the world. Why can’t they use their wisdom ( 智慧) and talk it over?YoursJoshua46. What happened to Joshua and his friend at the beach last week?A. They had a fight.B. Joshua hit his friend.C. They had a class about violence.D. They found a beautiful shell.47. How should we solve problems according to this letter? We should ___________.A. argue about the problem.B. study at schoolC. use our wisdom and talk them overD. use violence48. Which opinion is mentioned in the letter?A. Violence can solve the problemsB. We should fight wars.C. A war is extreme violence.D. Bom bs and missiles can reach people’s hearts49. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. We need to use violence to solve problems.B. What we need is bombs and missiles.C. We need bombs and missiles to create love and caring.D. What we need in the world is love and caring.50. What’s the letter about? It’s about_______.A. Joshua’s thoughts about warsB. Joshua’s storyC. hate and loveD. argumentsToday’s Women.Or they say: “Behind every successful man, there is a woman.”Now some women still like making their husbands and sons successful. But some women want more for themselves. They want good jobs. When they work, they want more pay. They want to be as successful as men.Today the best jobs are still given to men. Even when women do the same work, they are often paid less than men. Some women want these things changed. They want to stand beside the men, with the same chances for success.Now many American women are earning money outside their homes. More than half of the women at the age of eighteen to sixty-five have got jobs. In general, working women have had more education than those who stay at home.Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and most of them often spend their holidays away from home. They like traveling by air. Women’s work has made several changes in women’s lives-and in men’s lives, too.But things are quite different from those in the Middle East countries.In the Middle East countries, women have to stay at home. Their duty is to look after their families and do all the housework. They can’t find work outside. When they go out in public, they covertheir faces with something and walk behind their husbands.For the past few years the women’s life has been changing in those countries. Many women want to play an active role in the society. Though working gives them fewer chances of getting married, many men still want to marry them in the old ways.( ) 51.More and more women want to get jobs because _____.they don’t want to stand beside their husbands in the street.they think they are more important than men.they think they are as important as men. D. Housework troubles them too much.( ) 52.Sometimes women are still badly paid ____.A. because women want more money.B. because of the old ways of thinking.C. because women can’t do as well as men do.D. but we don’t know why.( ) 53. If women have got higher education______.A. they can get better jobs easily.B. they don’t have to do any housework.C. they can travel by plane.D. they can be paid better than men.( )54. Working gives women ______.the chances to receive more education than men.chances to play an important role in the society.more pay than men. D. fewer chances of doing the housework.( )55. From this passage we know _____.women have the same rights as men today.women don’t want to work outside their homes.more and more women want to play an active role in their countries.in the Middle East countries all the women stay at home.阅读填空：A businessman had been working too hard. He found that he could not sleep at night, but kept falling asleep during the day. He became so worried that he went to see his doctor.“Can you help me, doctor?”he asked. “I used to sleep so well, but recently I haven’t had more than two hours’sleep a night.”The doctor examined him carefully, gave him some sleeping medicine, and told him to work less hard. The doctor said he was sure that the man was not seriously ill, and that he would be better. But things got worse instead of better. He slept even less than before at night, and fell asleep in his office. He went to see the doctor more often, and it took the doctor a long time to find out the reason: the businessman’s servant(仆人) gave him the sleeping medicine in the morning, and the one to keep him awake at night!根据上面的内容补全所缺失信息：A businessman suffered from(遭受…) sleeplessness, and this 66________ him very much. He went to see the doctor. He told the doctor that he had less than 67_________ sleep at night. The doctor gave him some 68______ medicine and said it would help him get better soon. But things got worse, he almost stayed 69______ all night. At last the doctor found out that the businessman had taken the 70_____ medicine.。