初二下册英语选词填空和阅读训练2. –How was your ________________? --I did very well! I will work there from next Monday.3. Which hobby do you think _______________ the least space?4. Li Na, ________________ everybody knows, is one of the best tennis players.5. Mum wants to know if we ________________ a picnic this Sunday.6. We should _________________ to do something new or different.7. I will have an exam tomorrow, so I can’t _________________ now.8. There are many interesting things __________________ in life.9. I asked my parents to buy me a dog. I would ___________________ it.10. Which is the _________________ skill to learn in your life?pools. Summer in America is a time 1___________ the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let’s take a look at some of the popular drinks. Lemonade is 2___________ of all American summer drinks. It 3_____________ by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice. Ice tea is 4___________ popular summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually 5____________ in a tall glass of ice. Many Americans 6____________ to add sugar to sweeten the drink. This drink is often drunk in the afternoon 7_____________ relaxing in the shade. Ice tea is now also sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America. The Slurpee, a famous American drink in recent years, is a great 8_____________to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice. They can 9____________ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with young Americans. Milkshakes have a long 10____________ in America . It is made of a mix of ice cream , milk and flavoring."Dreams 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 several2. ____________each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. 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 . 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.（四）Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor(教授) failed him in his exams, and Jack would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge(强烈要求) him to let Jack go on his studies the following year.“He’s a good boy,”said his father, “and if you let him pass this time, I’m sure he’ll improve a lot next year and pass the exam at the end of it really well”“No, no, that’s quite impossible.” Said the professor at once, “Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn’t know!”“Please, sir, give him another chance.”Said Jack’s father. “You see, I’m afraid we don’t take any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill.”( ) 1. Jack would have to leave the university because _________.A. he didn’t like historyB. he didn’t pass the examC. he was a good boyD. he didn’t know Napoleon was ill( ) 2. Jack’s father wanted the professor _______________.A. to tell him a storyB. to give Jack a lessonC. to let Jack pass his exams that timeD. to let Jack leave the university ( ) 3. In “at the end of it” the word “it” means _______.A. Jack’s examsB. the universityC. Jack’s first yearD. Jack’s secondyear( ) 4. “Impossible” means ________________.A. possibleB. not possibleC. untrueD. not true( ) 5. Jack didn’t know when Napoleon had died because________.A. he didn’t do well in his historyB. he didn’t take any newspaperC. he didn’t know NapoleonD. he didn’t know Napoleon left the university（五）Now machines are widely used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary for us? Because they can help us to do things better and faster.A washing machine helps us to wash clothes fast. A printing machine helps usto print a lot of books, newspapers, magazines and many other things fast. Bikes, cars, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than on foot.The computer is a wonderful machine. It was invented not long ago. It not only stores information but also stores numbers millions of times as fast as a scientist does.Let’s study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country.( ) 1. Machines can help us to do things better and faster, so they_____.A. are difficult to makeB. are expensiveC. are important but not necessaryD. are very helpful( ) 2. We have to travel on foot without_____.A. bikes B. machines C. planes D. trains( ) 3. Computers can store information and numbers_________ a scientist does.A. a little faster thanB. as fast asC. much faster thanD. much more slowly than( ) 4.If we want to build China into a modern country. We must__________.A. study hardB. try to use all kinds of machinesC. invent many machinesD. all above( ) 5. A printing machine can help us___________.A. print a lot of booksB. read more booksC. invent many machinesD. wash clothes fast（六）Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a b ig farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination. Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.“Which university will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.“The most famous university?”“Oxford University .”Most of the passengers looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”“Who's Fred Smith?”“He's my son.”“Does he study in the university, too?”“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”( )l. The story happened in ________. A. America B. France C. Germany D. England( )2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.A. their son did well in his lessonsB. they have a big farmC. they have a good harvestD. their son studied at a middle school( )3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know __________________.A. her son finished middle schoolB. her son was handsomeC. her son was going to study in a universityD. her son was very friendly to others( )4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that _______________.A. her friend could hear herB. all the people could hear herC. she hoped to make all the people happyD. she hoped they would say congratulations to her( )5. Which of the following is true? __________.A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's wordsB. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous universityC. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too（七）Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.”“What do you want to do?” the businessman asked.“We can ask each other riddles.” The farmer said.“OK. Let’s make the rules first,” the businessman said, “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $100.”“That’s not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.” the farmer said.“That’s true.” The businessman said, “What do you want us to do?”“If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $50.”The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, “OK. That’s fair. Who will go first?”“I will,”the farmer said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two begs when it flies?”The businessman thought for a long time and said, “Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer. ” He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer.”“I don’t know.” the farmer said, and gave him $50.( )1. The story happened_______________.A. on a farmB. in a shopC. before a long plane journeyD. between two passengers( ) 2. What does the word “riddle” means in this story?A. Something to win money.B. Something to help to make rules.C. A difficult question to find the answer to.D. A kind of game in doing business.( ) 3. Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?A. He made much more money than the farmer.B. He thought he knew more than the farmer.C. He was interested in making riddles.D. He was better at playing riddle games.( ) 4. The farmer ______________.A. didn’t enjoy himself on his long journeyB. didn’t want to pay even one dollarC. spend all his money on the plane ticketD. won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The two men made rules for their riddle.B. The farmer was more clever than the businessman.C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for money.D. The businessman knew the answer to this riddle.（八）I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.We’re going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing. We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.( ) 1. How many people of the family will go to have a trip?A. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. Six( ) 2. My father will not go on the trip because ____.A . he doesn’t like travels B. staying at home is more interestingC. he is too old to travelD. nobody wants to take him along ( ) 3. We’re coming back home by_____. A. sea B. air C. bus D. train ( ) 4. In Europe we will ______________.A. go sight-seeing at the seasideB. to go to different countries by shipC. buy a lot of presentsD. go from place to place by train or by bus( ) 5. My brother and my children would like to ______________.A. do some shopping in EuropeB. study the Italian language in ItalyC. enjoy a trip by shipD. learn French in France（九）Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.( ) 1. Bill Gates grew up in _______________.A. CanadaB. AustraliaC. AmericaD. Germany( ) 2. What subjects did Bill like best at school?A. Science and mathB. Languages and artC. Math and languagesD. Music andP.E( ) 3. Bill’s company worked hard at _______________. A. making large machinesB. playing computer gamesC. mending old machinesD. developing software（十）（十一）（十二）（十三）（十四）（十五）。