2021—2022年度下学期期中检测题 初三英语试题 一、完形填空 Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They ___1___ friendship to last forever. ___2___, even the best friendship can end. As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ___3___ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally ___4___. Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.” Peter explained, “We ___5___ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was over.” Sometimes friendships ___6___ suddenly from a disagreement or moving to another place. Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ___7___ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.” Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always ___8___ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep ___9___ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him ___10___ I went home.” Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, “Generally it’s ___11___ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely ___12___ lost.” No matter why, when, or how friendship ends, there is always ___13___ pain of loss. When nothing can be ___14___ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on ___15___ new friendships. May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness! 1. A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer 2. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So 3. A. interest B. experience C. change D. suggestion 4. A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves 5. A. finished B. practised C. continued D. started 6. A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break i