2018年最新中考英语完形填空专项练习(含答案)
完形填空
（一）
A giant panda ran away from the zoo in London. He walked and walked and became 1 . He walked into a restaurant, where he found a2at an empty table. The waiter took the panda's order.
After he 3 his dinner, the panda stood up, calmly pulled out a gun which he had hidden, and fired into the air.4he turned around and walked toward the door.
Naturally, the waiter was horrified(恐惧的), but he tried hard to pull himself together and stopped him for a(n)5.
The panda said to him, "What do I look like to 6 ?"
The waiter answered, "Well, a giant panda, of course,"
"That's right,"said the panda. "Look it up." and he walked out.
The waiter called the7. When they arrived the waiter told them the whole story.
8 the panda's words "looking it up". So the police officer 9 a young man out to get an encyclopedia(百科全书).
The young man returned with the encyclopedia. The officer 10 "panda" and there was the answer," Giant panda, lives in china, eats shoots (竹笋) and leaves."
1. A. tired B. angry C. crazy D. hungry
2. A. seat B. note C. waiterD. newspaper
3. A. orderedB. finished C. served D. cooked
4. A. SoB. Once C. Then D. Also
5. A. talkB. excuse C. question D. explanation
6. A. us B. him C. you D. them
7. A. bosses B. police C. neighborsD. customers
8. A. about B. like C. without D. including
9. A. sentB. took C. drove D. invited
10. A. turned to B. asked for C. looked up D. called on
（二）
A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place.
It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, “Y ou’re going to die. Why are you still so 1?”
“Because I will achieve my dream,” said the little f lower.
“2 is your dream?”
“To produce sweet fruit.”
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a 3 in the heart.
The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck find the way back h ome. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face.
“I’m happy because I can help 4,” said the lame duck.
So the bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart.
The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway, 5 it kept climbing again and fell off agai n. Even so, the spider didn’t 6. The little bird asked the spider in surprise, “you 7 again and again, why don’t you have pain but happiness on your face?”
“As long as I keep making my 8, I’ m able to climb up it. 9this, I’m so happy,” said the spider.
The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith(信念) in the heart.
So the little bird 10 looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.
1. A. rich B. shy C. happy D. sad
2. A. What B. How C. When D. Where
3. A. story B. hope C. rule D. change
4. A. both B. none C. other D. others
5. A. and B. so C. but D. if
6. A. take up B. give up C. stay up D. set up
7. A. won B. cost C. failed D. succeeded
8. A. efforts B. mistake C. trouble D. choices
9. A. Instead of B. Because of C. As for D. Across from
10. A. also B. at least C. still D. no longer
（三）
A man got a new car and he was very proud of it. One day, when he came back home, he saw his three-year-old son happily hitting the new car with a toy 1 . He broke off the paint on the car. The man was so 2 that he ran to his son, took away his hammer(锤子) from him, and us ed the hammer to hit the boy’s3 as hard as he could for punishment. The poor boy cried 4 but his father didn’t care at all.
When the father calmed down, he took his son to the 5 as soon as he could Although the doctor tried to save the broken bones, he had to 6 the fingers from both of the boy’s hands in the end.
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cheer v.欢呼 chest n.胸腔，胸膛，箱子 claim v. 认领 close adj.亲密的 comfortable a.舒适的，安慰的command vt.命令，指挥，控制common a.普通的，共同的community n.社区 compare vt.比较，对照 complain v.抱怨，投诉complaint n.抱怨，控告 complete v. 完成adj.完整的connect vt.连接，联系 continue vt.继续 control vt.控制，克制n.控制counter n.柜台，计数器countless a.无数的 courage n.勇气，胆量 course n. 课程 crash vi.碰撞，坠落n.碰撞creature n.生物，创造物 crossing n. 十字路口 cube-shaped adj. 立方体形状的culture n. 文化 第三组 dairy n.牛奶场，乳制品dangerous a.危险的 dare vt.aux.v.敢，竟敢 deaf a.聋的 degree n.程度，度，学位 diet n.饮食，食物 direction n.方向，指导 directly ad.直接地，立即disappoint v.使……失望disastrous a.灾难性的，悲惨的discover vt.发现，暴露，显示discuss vt.讨论 disorder n.混乱，骚乱 distance n.距离，远处 distract v. 分散注意力documentary a.有文件的；有证件的double a.两倍的，双的
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