中考专题复习--- 短文填空（一）
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It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so ____1___ that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the ___2___ of the road.
People were trying to find __3____ way on foot but were losing their way in the fog. Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons. He had to get there but no one could ___4____ him. He tried to walk there but found he was quite lost. Suddenly, he knocked ___5___ a stranger.
The stranger asked ___6_____ he could help him. Mr. Smith said he wanted to get to the Houses of Parliament. The stranger ___7____ Mr. Smith he would take Mr. Smith there. Mr. Smith thanked him and they started to walk there ____8___. The fog was getting thicker every minute but the stranger had no difficulty in finding ___9___ way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square and at last after about half an hour’s ___10____ they arrived at the Houses of Parliament.
Mr. Smith couldn’t understand how the stranger found his way. “It is wonderful,” he said, “How do you find the way in this fog?” “It is no trouble at all to me,” said the stranger, “I am blind.”
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who owned a big company. Several years later, his health became ___11___ than before, so the man wondered which of his sons was ____12___ right person to take his place. He gave each of his sons a box. He told ____13___ to put the most valuable part of the company in the boxes in five days.
The day came. The first son ____14____ his box with the ledgers 账本 of the company. The second son put a lot of money in it. ___15_____ he believed money allowed the company to
work well. And it made it possible for them to offer their ____16____ higher pay. Then the man said unhappily, “Oh.” Then he asked his youngest son, “Let me see your box.” But the box is ___17____! “Didn’t you find anything valuable in our company?” the father asked angrily. But the youngest son couldn’t ___18___ the most valuable things in a box, for the most valuable things are the loyalty忠诚 of their workers, the trust of their customers, and the love from his parents.
The man was ___19___ moved by his youngest son. In life, nothing can be compared ___20____ love from our parents and people around us.
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One day, my grandpa went fishing and let me come with him. He handed me the rod鱼竿 , held my arms and _____21___ me how to throw my line into the water. The sun was very warm. We sat and talked.
“I remember when I could sit here and watch the fish ____22___ in the water,” he said. “Sometimes, they’d jump out and land beside ___23____. I didn’t even need a fishing rod then.” “We have to be patient,” he continued. “The fish may come ____24___ they may not. It doesn’t matter. We’re warmer ___25___ the sunshine than them in the water. It’s beautiful day. If it rained, we couldn’t be here. We’re ____26___ to have the warmth of the sun.”
I watched our bobbers 浮子. No fish pulled them under the water that day. It didn’t matter. I was with grandpa. I felt I had grown up. Just being with him ___27___ special.
In the short time we were together, he taught me many ____28___ ---- how to fish, the value of humor, the value of a good friend, respect my elders and ___29_____ importance of working hard and loving harder.
He was well-liked. He had worked ___30_____ all his life for what little he had, but he could still find time to laugh. I want to be like him when I grow up.
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I found it hard to communicate with my mother. Relations ____41___ us became difficult. One day, I ran away from home and stayed away for many hours. When I ___42___ back home at night, I saw all the pain, anger and disappointment on my mother’s ___43_____. We agreed to have breakfast together the next morning.
We decided to go to ___44____ restaurant. On our way to the restaurant I noticed my mother had two notebooks. I asked her what they were for. She explained to me that sometimes it was _____45_____ to write down our feelings rather than talk about them. We would write down our feelings in the form of a letter. It could be as long or short as we wanted.
Our first topic was “Why I’m so angry?” I wrote a half page, and my mom filled up nearly three pages. I noticed tears run down her face as she ___46____. I never realized anyone could hide so much anger. ___47____ we finished writing, we exchanged our notebooks. As soon as I started reading my mother’s words, I began to cry and so did she. When we finished ____48_____, we discussed our feelings. Our talk helped me realize so many things I had never thought of before, not only about my mother but ____49____ about other people.
We know that no matter how ___50____feel about each other, our notebooks are the safe places to express our feelings. We have come to an agreement that at the end of each letter we write, “I love you.”
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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated恼怒的, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much do ____51____ make an hour?” “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.” “Oh,” the little boy replied, ____52___ his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10?”
The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is you can borrow some money to buy ____53___ silly toy or some other useless things, then you go back to your __54_____ and go to bed. I don’t know why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.” The little boy quietly ___55____ to his room and shut the door. After an hour or so, the man had calmed ___56____, and started to think, “Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.” The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. Then he ___57____ his son $10. The little boy sat straight up, smiling. He slowly counted his money before __58_____ at his father.
“Now I have enough ____59____ to buy an hour of your time. Please come home _____60___ tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
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After Eduardo and Ramon hugged Grandma, they quickly ran to find Grandpa.
____61___ usual, Grandpa was in the middle of one his projects. After giving Grandpa ___62____ big hug, Eduardo asked, “What are you building, Grandpa?” Grandpa ___63_____, “something you are sure to like!”
The boy watched Grandpa working and felt _________ in it. Then Ramon said, “Grandpa, please tell us what you are making.”
“OK. I am building a birdhouse,” Grandpa finally said, “Not just any birdhouse. I am building a birdhouse for martins燕子. I believe it will be ___65____ than any one that you have seen.”
“What is a martin?” Ramon wondered.
“Martins are very amazing ____66____. They find a home and make a nest. As long as their family’s home is still there, ____67____ will remain year after year. The same family will stay there as long as new babies are born.”
Ramon shouted with excitement. “Grandpa, we are martins.” Grandpa stopped his work and nodded his _____68___ in agreement.
Hearing that, Eduardo said, “What! We aren’t birds. We can’t even fly.”
Grandpa and Ramon smiled at each other. Grandpa softly held Eduardo in his arms. “We are like the martins because you and your brother ____69___ to see your grandma and me every year. You and Ramon are like the baby birds that have kept the nest busy and useful ____70____you were born.” Hearing this, Eduardo smiled, too.
中考专题复习--- 短文填空（一）
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