中考英语十二选十经典题

用所给词的适当形式填空

一

It was a few days before Christmas, so when the office __________ at half past five, most of the young men and women ____________ and had a party. They ate an d drank, danced and __________ songs, and __________ wanted to go home. But Joe had a wife at home, and lived quite a long way _________ the city. Every few min utes he look at his ___________, and at last, when it was very late, he began to leav e.

“Joe!” shouted his friends, “Are you ___________? Why don’t you stay and ____ ______the party?”

“I am not leaving,” said Joe, “I am only going down to the station to miss the l ast __________back home. I will be back here ___________ a few minutes.”

Bob was a gardener and he had no ___________ for a few months. One day he went out __________ for a job. While he _____________ in the street, he saw a po ster（海报）at the gate of a big restaurant. It said that the restaurant needed to hir e(雇用) a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob was so _________ that he went straight to _________ it . There Bob was told to go __________ home and ___ _______ his old work clothes with him. And Bob did so.

The boss looked at his work clothes carefully and then decided to let Bob _____ _____ the job. Bob asked the boss why his work clothes were so ___________. The b oss answered with a ____________, “Oh, your work clothes are all with pa tches(补丁) on the knees. I have hired two men recently. They had work clothes with patches o n the buttocks(臀部). They were too lazy.”

Long long ago, there was an old merchant(商人). He had t hree sons. “To which one shall I __________ my fortune(财产)?” he thought. “It must be to the _________ son.”

He called his three sons to him. “Here is __________ money,” he said, “Each of you take one coin to __________ something that will fill this room. Who can do thi s? He’ll _________my fortune.”

That evening, the oldest son bought straw(稻草) with his coin. But the straw onl y covered a ________ of the room.

The second son bought sand with his coin. But the sand covered half of the roo m.

The youngest son b rought home a candle. His brothers asked him, “What will y ou do?”

“Watch,” said the third son. He lit (点燃) the candle, and at once the room was filled, from wall to wall, from ceiling(天花板) to __________, with light.

When the old merchant saw ________they b rought back, he said, “My _________ son is indeed the cleverest of all !”

And that old merchant, gave his fortune to his youngest son, for his candle fill t he whole room with_________.

ng, and quickly _________ her hands and face. She got to school early. She ________ _ hard in class all day. She __________ basketball after school, and then walked ho me.

Wei Hua’s pen was _________, so she needed a new one. On her way home, she bought a new pen at a __________. When she reached home, she had a short _____ ____. After that she ________ her parents. She cooked supper and cleaned the house.

She watched TV for an hour after supper. Then she started her homework. She finished it at half past nine. She went to _________ before a quarter to ten. She was very _________ yesterday.

When the American were getting ready ________ their first men to the moon, an old French was__________ them on TV in a restaurant. There was an Englishman in the restaurant too, and he said to the French man, “The ____________ are very clever , aren’t they? They are going to send men to the moon. It’s very long way __ _______ the earth.”

“Oh, that’s nothing,” the Frenchman answered __________. “The Frenchmen are going to send some men to the sun in a few ___________ time. That’s much ______ ____ away than the moon, you kno w.”

The Englishman was very __________ when he heard this. “Oh, yes, it is.” He said. “But the sun is _________ hot for people to go to.”

The Frenchman laughed and answered, “Well, the Frenchmen aren’t foolish, you know. We won’t go to the sun ______ the day, of course. We’ll go there at night.”

B: I ___________ to the cinema. Why?

A: You _________ at home when I called you.

B: What did you want me to do?

A: What was the ____________ yesterday?

B: It was November 22nd, Friday.

A: It was my _________ birthday. Some of my good friends came to have a _______ ___. We made dumplings, __________ vegetables, fish, chicken and some meat. _____ ____ supper, we sang, danced. We enjoyed __________.

B: I’m sorry. You told me about it two days ________. Your birthday is two days __ ______ than mine.

A: It doesn’t matter. I must come to your birthday.

七

There’s one language used in every country. People, young and old, short and tall, thin and fat, use it very _________. It is everybody’s ________ language. It is very easy ____________. It is sign(手势) language. When you wave your hand in the street, you are _________ “Hello” to your friend. When you put up your hand in class, yo u’re ___________ the teacher that you know the _________ to the questions. When a _________ wants to stop cars or buses, he raises his hand. He is using sign languag e. Sign language is more ___________ in quiet places. For example, when you are _ _______ with your friends, you can have a talk under water by __________ sign lang uage.

Mr Browser went ____________ with his friends one afternoon. They had all put on their swimming trunks(游泳裤) except(除了) him because he __________ there would be some __________for the swimmers to change clothes near the beach(海滩). Howeve r, when they got there, he ___________ nowhere to change clothes. So Mr Browser h ad to go to a car and changed his clothes in it. But as Mr Browser was __________ __ his swimming trunks, an old woman came near and __________ by the car. Mr B rowser had to be quiet. Then he opened the door of the car and shouted __________ _ to the woman. “Do you always _________ people changing their clothes?” The wo man __________ this and said, “Do you always change y our clothes in other _______ ____ cars?”

American people like to say “Thank you” whenever others __________ them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do _____ _____, too. It is a very good habit(习惯).

You should say “thank you” when someone __________ you the salt o n the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door ________ for you, when someone says you have _________ your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is _ ________ not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. “Excuse me” is _________ shor t sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you _______ touching you.

It’s not polite to ________ others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. Y ou should also do so when you want to cough or make any ________ nois e before others.

Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

Once Einstein(爱因斯坦) was waiting for a friend on a bridge. Whil e waiting, he became ___________ in thought (陷入沉思). It began _______ __. The rain kept on for some time. When Einstein _________ out a piece of paper ________ his pocket __________ something down, the paper wa s __________ and then he knew that it was raining. His clothes _________ wet from the rain. But after he _________ the paper into his pocket, he a gain forgot he was standing ________ the rain.

Many scientists are careless about how they live. That is because the y are too ________ in their studies.

A barber( 理发师) was working when a tall man came in with a boy of about ten after him. The barber was _________ to give him a shave(刮脸) and the child a haircut(理发)

After the man had his shave, he told the barber that he would _____ ___ to go down the street _______ a drink while the barber _________ th e boy’s hair. The man also promised the boy that he would be back ____ _____.

It took the barber long to give the boy a haircut. Another half an ho ur _________ and the boy was still kept waiting. In the end the barber as ked the boy _________ his father was away so long.

The small boy told the barber that the man was not his father at all. He said he ____________him in the street and was asked _________ he w ould like to have a haircut. He ____________ and followed the man here f or a haircut.

an important Chinese officer came to visit them. It got later and later, a nd he _______ didn’t go, so the hostess( 女主人) invited him to have dinn er with them. But she had very little _________ in the house, so she ____ ____went to the kitchen and spoke to her Chinese cook. He said, “I t is all right. You will have a very good dinner.”

_________ they all sat down to eat, the lady was very __________ becau se there was ________very good food on the table.

After the dinner, the hostess ran to the ________ and said to the coo k, “How do you made ______ a good meal in half an hour?”

“I didn’t make it, madam,” he said, “I ________ one of the servants( 仆人) to the Chinese officer’s house, and he ________ back the Chinese of ficer’s dinner.”

Bob was tired of waiting for his sister’s plane to _________. The plan e should have come at half _______ three P.M. and now, seven _________l ater, Bob was _________ waiting. There had been ________times for him t o hear the explanation(解释) why the plane was late from the loudspeaker. _________ the first time, Bob had ________ to eat. The second time he _________ to walk in the airport( 飞机场) from one end to ________. By t he third time he was tired and hungry. “How ________ will this go on?”Bob said to himself.

Before windows were used , old ________ in Europe(欧洲) and Britain were very dark. There great rooms were high _________ only one hole o n the roof (房顶) to let the smoke __________from cooking fire. Later, pe ople began to make the holes _________ to have more light and air in the ir homes.

The first English window was _________ a small opening in the wall. It was cut long to let in as _______ light as possible, and narrow( 狭窄) t o keep out the bad _________. But more wind than light would _________ i n if the window was cut long. This is why it was _________ “The wind’s eye”. And the word “___________” comes from two ancient(古代的) wor ds for “wind” and “eye”.

_______ of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they can’t see or ________ very well.

Children are often killed because they are not _________. They forget to look and listen before they ___________ the road.

A car or a bus can’t stop if it is going very fast, it will travel many metres _________it stops. Some people don’t always understand this. They think a car can stop _________ a few metres. It is difficult to _________ how fast a car moving. The only way to cross the roads _________ is to l ook ________ways, right and left. Then if the roads are ________, you can cross them.

tudents often study very ________ for long hours. This is a ______ habit (习惯), but it is not a better way to study. A good student ________ have

enough sleep, enough food, enough rest. Every day you ________ to take a walk or _________ basketball or table tennis or sing songs. When you _________ to your studies, you will find yourself ________than before and you’ll learn more.

Perhaps we can ________ that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine. We _________that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果) of you r study come _______ but surely. Learn every day and effects will come j ust like Chinese medicine.

完形填空专练

一

Food is important .Everyone needs to 1 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 2 . We begin to get knowledge even when we are young. Small children are 3 in everything around them. They learn 4 while they are watching and l istening. When they are getting older they begin to 5 story books, science books…，anything they like. When they find something new, they have to ask questions and 6 to find out the answers.

What is the best 7 to get knowledge? If we learn 8 ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are 9 getting answers from others and d on’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand 10 .

( )1.A sleep B read C drink D eat

( )2.A sport B exercise C knowledge D meat

( )3. A interested B interesting C weak D good

( )4. A everybody B something C nothing D anything

( )5. A lend B write C learn D read

( )6. A try B have C think D wait

( )7. A place B school C way D road

( )8. A on B with C to D by

( )9. seldom(几乎不) B always C certainly D sometimes

( )10. A harder B much C well D better

二

When Jane was a little girl, she liked keeping pets. She had many books ab out animals and there were many pictures and stamps on the walls of her bedr oom. She often said that she would work in a 1 when she grow up . Most of Jane’s pets were quite small –parrots, cats ,dogs, and so on. But o ne day she met something quite 2 .

That afternoon, Jane’s mother was surprised to see a big animal with long h air in the kitchen. He 3 a T—shirt and was sitting on a chair, trying to p

ut on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the tabl e, were a basket of fruits and a glass of water. ―Jane, where are you ?‖ the mother shouts. Then suddenly she remembered that a few days before a young gorilla(大猩猩) called Gor and had run away from the zoo.

―I found him in the city square,‖ Jane said. ―He seemed so lonely. I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me 4 .‖

―Well, you know you 5 keep him,‖ her mother said. ―You must send h im back to the zoo. You’d better phone the police.‖

Soon a 6 came and also a truck from the zoo. 7 was angry with J ane when she told her story. The policeman knew Jane loved animals. And th e zookeeper said, ―Thank you for your kindness. I can see Gor likes you, 8

we need him back.‖ Jane agreed. She hug ged Gor and said that she would go and see him 9 .

These days Jane has stopped collecting 10 , but you can still find her wit h her friend Gor at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays!

( )1. A hospital B school C zoo D factory

( )2. A small B long C short D big

( )3. A wore B made C sold D lent

( )4. A to scholl B home C to the zoo D to the shop

( )5.A can’t B can C must D have to

( )6.A teacher B postman Cpoliceman D friend

( )7. A Everybody B The zookeeper C Jane’s mother D Nobody

( )8. A and B but C so D because

( )9.A every day B after school C in the afternoon D at weekends

( )10 A clothes B glasses C animals D fruits

三

After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to 1 a week before . She liked the city and went traveling there for 2 first ti me. Now she was walking along a quite street when she saw a man working in a garden. She 3 to watch him carefully. The old man worked 4 an d she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.

―I have a garden ,too,‖ the woman said to herself. ―I 5 such a gardener. Why won’t I bring one to America?‖

So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he 6 to go to America with her.

―I ’ll pay for your fare(费用)，too,‖ said the woman. ― You’ll be able to g et 7 soon in my country, I think.‖

―Thanks a lot,‖ said the old man, ―but it’s 8 that I have another position (职位). I can’t abdicate(放弃) for it. I’ll have to work for you 9 they don’t elect(选举) me next time.‖

―Oh?‖ the woman said in surprise. ―10 are you , then?‖

―The President of France.‖

( )1. A Toronto B Paris C Moscow D Sydney

( )2. A a B an C the D/

( )3. A ends B hurried C stopped D went on

( )4. A slowly B sadly C badly D hard

( )5.A need B hope C hate D wish

( )6.A disliked B frightened C believed D agreed

( )7. A lonely B happy C rich D poor

( )8.A glad B unluchy C necessary D grateful(感激的)

( )9. A until B unless C because D if

( )10. A Who B How C What D Whose

四

A seeing-eye dog is a dog which helps 1 people walk along the streets and do many other things. We call these dogs ―seeing-eye‖ dogs 2 the d ogs are the ―eyes‖ of the blind man and they help him to ―see‖. These dogs generally(通常)go to special schools for several years to learn 3 blind peo ple.

One day a seeing-eye dog and a blind man were 4 a bus. The bus was full of people and there were no 5 . One man, however, soon got up and left his seat. The dog took the blind man to 6 , but there was little space. The dog began to push the people on each side 7 his nose. He pushed and pushed 8 the people moved down and finally there was enough space for 9 man. The blind man then sat down and the dog got up on the sea t 10 the blind man.

( )1. A ill B old C young D blind

( )2. A if B because C when D so

( )3. A to teach B to visit C to help DS to see

( )4.A up B down C on D off

( )5.A chairs B seats C the driver D place

( )6.A the chair B the seat C the driver D the people

( )7. A by B in C with D through

( )8. A until B after C not until D before

( )9. A a B an C the D the blind

( )10. A at the foot of B an the side of C in front of D on the foot

五

The game of football began in England in the middle of the nineteenth cent ury. But the Chinese played a game 1 football over 2000years ago. In the beginning, it was very 2 and dangerous. There were not a fixed(固定的) number of 3 and there was always a lot of fighting. In 1863 the Football Association(协会)was founded(建立) to bring 4 to the game. Since then, millions have played football, making it the world’s most 5 sport. It’s th e strongest in Europe and 6 , but it is popular in Africa 7 and now i s played also by women; women’s football is one of the fastest 8 sports i n the world. The World Cup is the most important 9 in international footb all. The competition is held every four years at 10 countries around the wor ld. The first competition was held in 1930 and the winter was Uruguay(乌拉圭)。

( )1. A.like Bfor C with D as

( )2. A easy B rough(粗鲁的) C nervous D terrible

( )3. A players B strikers(打击者) C balls D goals

( )4. A fields B scores C fans D rules

( )5.A ordinary B amazing C popular D public

( )6.A England B GermanyC South America D Africa

( )7. A at last B as well C once more D ever since

( )8. A relaxing Bmoving C running Dgrowing

( )9. A cup B chance C prize D club

( )10. A different B important C large D several

六

One day a young man had to stop his car soon after he started for Londo n because he heard a strange noise from the back of his car. He 1 and ex amined the wheels carefully, but as he found 2 wrong, he went on. The noise began at once and now it was even louder. He turned his head and saw something that looked like a big, dark cloud following his car. When he 3 at a village, he was told that a queen bee(蜂王) must be somewhere 4 his car as there were thousands of bees around.

To get away from the bees, the man drove away 5 and after some tim e arrived in London. He 6 his car outside a house and went in to have a drink. 7 a door keeper hurried in to tell him that his car was covered with bees the poor young man 8 telephone the policeman and told him what h ad happened.The policeman sent him a bee-keeper soon found the passenger, a

queen bee, near the wheels, He was very 9 to the young man for his pre sent. He took the bees 10 in a box, the young man drove away happily. ( )1.A stopped B started C got out D looked at

( )2. A nothing B something C anything D everything

( )3. A reached B stopped C started D went on

( )4. A under B above C in D behind

( )5. A widely B safely C suddenly D quickly

( )6. A drove B left C found D took

( )7. A Then B So C When D Now

( )8. A would B could C had to D might

( )9. A useful B helpful C careful D thankful

( )10. A back B home C here D around

七

Hank lived in a small town, but then he got a 1 in a big city and mo ved there with his wife and his two 2 .

3 the first Saturday in their new home, Hank took his

4 car out of the garage and

5 when a neighbour came

6 . When he saw Hank’s ne w car, the neighbour stopped and looked at it for a minute. Then Hank

7 and saw him.

The neighbour said, ― That’s a nice car. Is it 8 ?‖

―Sometimes,‖ Hank said.

The neighbour was surprised. ―Sometimes?‖ he said, ―What do you mean?‖―Well,‖ answered Hank slowly, ―When there’s a party in the 9 it belon gs(属于) to my wife and daughter, Jane. When there’s a football game somew here, it belo ngs to my son. When it needs washing and gas, it’s 10 . ( )1. A work B job C house D family

( )2. A sons B daughters C family D children

( )3. A On B In C since D Whe n

( )4. A red new B new red C old red D red old

( )5. A is washing B was washing C washed B has washed

( )6. A to B on C up D back

( )7. A returned B smiled C came D turned

( )8. A theirs B ours C mine D yours

( )9. A home B house C town D room

( )10.A my B me C. I D mine