廣東中考英語短文填空

1、1A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus a t a bus _1_. They sat next to each other. “Whats that in your bags?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.“Gold, nothing but gold.” Answered the old man. The young man could hardly _2_ his own ears, “So much gold? My God!

2、How I wish to be able to get so much gold.” Then he began to think about _3_to get the gold. The old man looked tired and sleepy. “Are you sleepy, sir?” asked the young man. “Then youd better lie down on the chair and have a good _4_. Dont worry about the bus. Ill _5_ you up in time.”“All right. Its

3、 very _6_ of you, young man.” The old man lay down and soon fell asleep. The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was going to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old mans body. Several times he tried to pull _7_ out, but he couldnt. At last he took off his coat and w

4、ent away _8_ the bag. The young man ran out of the station as _9_ as possible. When he reached a safe place, he stopped and quickly opened the bag. To his _10, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.

5、1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 2One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please _1_me.”There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was _2_ by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped t

6、hem into the _3_. He then took the sign, turned it around, and _4_ some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could _5_ the words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving _6_ to the blind boy. The afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see

7、_7_things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “ Are you the one _8_ changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a _9_ way.” What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day, _10_ I cannot see it.”1. _ 2. _ 3

8、. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 3I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise（烏龜）.At the end I said, “Son, remember. Be slow and steady（鎮(zhèn)定）, and that will _1_ the race. Dont you think theres something to learn _2_ the tortoise?” Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean n

9、ext time _3_ Im entering for the 60-meter race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”I was shocked, “But the tortoise didnt _4_ that the hare would fall asleep!” “He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so _5_ as to race with the hare? He

10、knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than _6_ did.”“He didnt have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily.”Sonny thought a while. “Thats a _7_,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadnt _8_ to fall asleep, the tortoise would

11、 never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but hed _9_ have won the rare. Thats for sure.”I _10_ up. Todays children are not like what we used to be. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 4Last weekend our family went out to have a Christma

12、s dinner in a restaurant. We were the only family _1_ a baby in the restaurant. Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were enjoying our mean. I looked around and _2_ an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes. His hair was unwashed. He was smiling at my Erik. “He might hurt my Erik,” I

13、thought. Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and then at the man. Then we _3_ to leave. The old man sat between the door and us. As I walked closer to the man, I turned my back. _4_, Erik leaned（傾斜） over my arms, reaching with both arms in a babys “pick-me-up” position. _5_ I could stop him, Eri

14、k had go away from my _6_ to the mans. Soon the very old smelly man and my young baby developed a kind of friendship. Erik put his tiny head on the mans shoulder. The man closed _7_ eyes, and I saw tears running down his face. His aged hands held my baby so gently. A moment later, the old man _8_ hi

15、s eyes, passed me my baby and said, “Thank you, Madam. Youve given me the _10_ Christmas gift.” I cried, with my face burning hot. _11_child saw a soul（靈魂）, but a mother saw only a suit of clothes.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 5King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and

16、puzzles to his people. He often asked _1_ which were strange. His people had to use words in a clever way to _2_ these questions. Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of _3_ answer. It was at his moment that

17、 Bribal entered the palace. Bribal _4_ the habit of the king. He understood the situation _5_ once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can _6_ for an answer?” Akbar said, “How many crows are there in the city?”Without even a moments thought, Bribal replied, “ There are fifty thousand five

18、hundred _7_eighty-nine crows, My Lord.”“How can you be so _8_?” asked Akbar. Bribal said, “Make your men _9_, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find fewer crows it means some have gone to visit _10_ relatives somewhere else.”Akbar was pleas

19、ed very much by Bribals wise answer. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 6.This is a true story. One evening a woman was _1_home when she saw a truck close behind her. She drove more quickly to be far away from the truck, _2_when she sped up（加速）, the truck did, too. The _3_ she drove,

20、 the faster the truck drove. The woman felt afraid, _4_ she drove onto a main street, hoping to lose the truck in a traffic. But the truck jumped a red light and went _5_ running after her. Finally the woman drove her car into a service station, and got out of her car, shouting for _6_. The truck dr

21、iver didnt leave, instead _7_ went out of his car. He _8_ the back door, and pulled out a man hidden in the back seat. The woman was running from the wrong person. The woman was safe at last. From _9_ place where the woman stopped her car, the driver _10_ a criminal（罪犯） in the womans car. The driver

22、 drove after her not to harm her but to help her. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 7.Mr. Black lived in a small city and he was over fifty years old. He sometimes made mistakes in his work, and he lost his work, _1_ he had much time every day to do something. Then he often met his

23、old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and _2_ about anything they liked. One day, some _3_men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were cleverer _4_ the young people. Then one of the old _5_ said that young men we

24、re stronger than old men. _6_ of them agreed that this was true, but Mr. Black didnt. He said, “ No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised _7_ what he said. They all asked Mr. Black why he said so. “Well,” said Mr. Black, “near my house there is a big stone. When

25、I was a young man, I used to move _8_, but I couldnt because I was not strong enough. I am _9_ old man now, and when I try to move it, I still couldnt _10_ it. So, I am as strong as when I was young.”1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 8.Dear Editor, Im a middle school student. Im wri

26、ting to tell you _1_about children who are left-behind（留守兒童） in towns around the country. Now, our city is becoming more and more modern. That makes a lot of parents _2_ their home to work on building the cities. But when they work in the _3_, their children are waiting for them at home. One of the

27、most serious problems is the loneliness. These left-behind children are always _4_ and stressed out because they cant enjoy parents love. At the same time, nobody can teach them the differences between right and _5_. So, its easier for these children to _6_ mistakes even break laws. Its very importa

28、nt for us to pay more attention to these children _7_ we want to build a nice society. So how do we _8_ this problem? Most of the left-behind children say _9_ miss their parents a lot, especially during holidays. Maybe the government can set up special group activities and meals for these children d

29、uring holidays. Of course, _10_ best thing for these families is to be together. As the song says, “ If everyone gives their love, the world will be better.” Best wishes to you! Sincerely, Mary9One cold winter night in Shanghai, I was walking home at one in the morning _1_ long tiring work. I was ha

30、ving trouble with my job in the bank. As I walked, I thought about _2_ up living there. City life was too hard for me. As I walked down empty streets, I felt very small and cold. I began running, in order to keep _3_ and to keep away any possible danger. Very few people were still out _4_ a few sad-

31、looking home-less people. Suddenly, I heard a sound. I turned quickly, but I saw _5_. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to _6_ faster. When I reached home, I realized what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the street. I ran back to look for my wallet _7_ I failed. Just a

32、s I wanted to give up, I heard the garbage truck（垃圾車） come to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Chen, is this the thing youre _8_ for?” a small man jumped out of the truck holding up my wallet. It was nearly 3 a.m. b y the time I got into bed. I had my _9_ back. I also had got back som

33、e enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldnt be a bad place as long as were willing to _10_ each other. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 10Once upon a time, a rich man wanted a trip to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to _1

34、_ things with. He decided to take ten servants _2_ him. They would _3_ the things to sell and the food to eat on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to the rich man and asked to _4_ with them. The rich man said to the little boy, “ Well, _5_ may go with us. _6_ you are the smallest,

35、 the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants, you cant carry a heavy load. You must choose _7_ lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread. “You are foolish,” said his master. “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy didnt say

36、 _8_ and lifted the load gladly. On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were very tired _9_ the little servant. Do you know _10_? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6.

37、_ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ 11A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members _1_ at each other angrily. He turned to his students and asked, “ Why do people shout in anger at each other?” His students thought for a while, and one of _2_ said, “Because when we lose

38、 our calm, we shout.”“But, why should you shout when the other person is just beside you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say _3_ a soft manner.” Students gave some other _4_ but none were any good. “When two people are _5_ with each other, their hearts became distant（疏遠(yuǎn)的）,” the wise

39、man explained. “To cover the distance they must shout to be able to _6_ each other. The angrier they are, the _7_ they will have to shout.”“What happens when two people fall in love? They dont shout at each other _8_ talk softly because their hearts are very close.” The wise man said. He looked at h

40、is students and said, “ So when you argue, do not let your _9_ get distant. Stop saying words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come _10_ day when the distance is so great that you will not find the way back.”1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _12Tom brought a box of

41、 biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp _1_ about it. The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Toms biscuits behind a tree. He came up _2_ an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him,

42、“ I know who _3_ away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?” “Well, yes. Are you going to punish _4_, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach _5_ patiently. “ That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for _6_ biscuits.”Tom received another box

43、of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and _7_ them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didnt understand the coachs intention, _8_ he still followed his advice. Half _9_ hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was t

44、rying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment (賠償) for the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important. In some situations, forgiveness (原諒) is better _10_ punishment. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _13

45、Its very common to meet different people in public places. When I was 12 years old, I got a small job in _1_ supermarket. On my first day at work, I didnt come home for _2_. When I came home at night, Mum asked, “How did you manage your lunch, dear?” I answered, “I _3_ some new friends in the superm

46、arket, twin _4_, their mom and dad. They were my customers. They _5_ me for lunch.” Mum was _6_ that I had made new friends but she wanted to know what kinds of people they might be. Several days _7_, I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where I worked and let Mum meet them. Mum was very su

47、rprised to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest. She felt very strange because I didnt tell _8_ about that before. When Mum asked me about this, I said, “I know that, too. But do you know that their mom has to make all clothes _9_ its too difficult to find anything to fit them? T

48、heyre also good _10_. That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch.”When Mum saw the twins, she must have thought how strange they looked. But to me, what I cared about was that they had difficulty-buying clothes and they were good cooks. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9.

49、_ 10. _14“Whoosh!” The ball flew into the net and the game was finally over.This game had gone into overtime (加時(shí)賽)twice.Until the last goal was scored,no one knew which team would win.Dave felt very bad 1. his team had lost.He liked playing soccer,but he liked winning even more.Now the two teams 2.

50、came from different high schools should have a picnic together.Dave didnt want to have lunch with the other team because the other team would probably brag(吹噓)by talking about how they 3. the game. Dave went to the locker room(更衣室)to change his soccer clothes.There the coach talked to the team about what they had done.They also 4.about how they could improve 5. skills.Then everybody walked outside towards the picnic table.