【2014年江苏省宿迁市中考】完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said, “Father Time asks me to you New Year presents.” She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.
Carl and Philip opened the and found two books with clean pages in them.
Twelve months passed and the came again and said, “I have brought you another two books and will take the first one back to Father Time.”
“May I keep book a little longer?” asked Philip, “I’d like to paint something on the last page.”
“No,” said the Fairy.
“I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time,” said Carl, “I can only open the book once each day see only one page every time, because when the page turns over, it sticks fast.”
The Fairy said, “Well, you can Philip’s book.” Then she lit (点亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the they saw the pages as she turned them.
“Who did this?” they asked in surprise, “Every page was when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and and some pages with ugly, black spots and scratches (划痕) on them!”
The Fairy, smiling at the two little , said, “See, Philip, the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends, or when you try to be kind to others.”
“But what made the ugly, spots and scratches?” asked Philip.
The Fairy said, “That came when you told a lie one day, or when you did not listen to your mum. All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘气的). Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were .”
“Oh, we wish to read the books !”
“They can’t be read once more,” said the Fairy, “See! They are only for this year, and they must now go back into bookcase, but I have brought you each a new one, and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones.”
With these words, the Fairy . The boys were left alone, but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.
And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold, “For the New Year”.
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I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her money had been stolen(偷). She asked if he couldher some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to worry about paying it back. I was. How could my father be so silly? Anyone could see that she was telling a lie(谎言), staying at the station all day longfor money.
"She was lying!" I said. "did you give her the money? "
My father looked at me. He was a bit angry. "And what would you like me to do?" he said.
"Should I tell her that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(骗局 )?" I did nothis meaning at all, and then he told me something that I haveforgotten. "First, she would not do thisshe didn't need the money. Second. I made her day, because now she thinks that she'sthan me. It is more important tothan the money, but I don't mind this."
A week later, we were at the same station, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. "Not this time," my father told her. "In your business. you should learn to recognize(认出) people. Try anotheron me next week."
A.borrow B.keep C.lend D.pay
A.excited B.angry C.sad D.surprised
A.asking B.looking C.waiting D.going
A.Where B.When C.Why D.How
A.find B.know C.hear D.believe
A.never B.sometimes C.always D.usually
A.because B.until C.as D.if
A.smarter B.younger C.taller D.better
A.them B.her C.you D.me
A.coat B.story C.station D.man
Like the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) happens every 4 years. Only players between 14 and 18 years old can take part in it. The people in Singapore h the first Youth Olympic Games last year. On February 11th, 2011,Nanjing, the c
city of Jiangsu Province, got the chance to hold the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and will become the s
Chinese city to welcome the Olympic flame (圣火) after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. The Games will take place in A
, 2014, and go on for 12 days. There will be up to 3,600 players in 26 sports.
The theme (主题) of YOG is ‘Green Youth Olympic Games, Dynamic Youth Olympic Games, and Cultural Youth Olympic Games.’ Green Youth Olympic Games need us to save the environment (环境) so that we can have fresh aand show foreign friends a beautiful city.
People in Nanjing have done a lot for the Youth Games, and we are sthat YOG will become better and better. Workers are very busy. They are b
new roads and new undergrounds for YOG. A new Olympic Village and a Youth Olympic Centre are being built in Jianye District (区), which will be a part of the International Youth Olympic City. Now we are planting more trees to make Nanjing greener and n
.
We are very happy and looking fto YOG. We all hope the Youth Games will be a big success (成功). Let’s try to do s
for 2014 Nanjing YOG!
In China, many parents try to keep their children at home. In Canada, they will sometimes push them out of the house to make them live ______.
If a person over 18 chooses to stay at home, the parents may become . They are afraid that their child is either lazy, or that he will become lazy if he stays at home for too long. So often they will say, “OK, you can stay at home, but you must rent (房租).”
In some homes, the parents may make their children do their own _, cooking, and something like that. This is not because the parents are , it’s because they want to be sure their child is not too lazy.
In China, parents often show their love and care their children by trying to take care of all their problems. They think it is not to let their children walk on the road by themselves because there are so many cars and buses, so they take their children to school in the morning, and them back after school. They only want their children hard. Children try their best to get good in all subjects. Usually parents care about everything of their children. They think by doing so their children will have a better life.
A.away B.alone C.near D.far
A.worried B.angry C.sad D.afraid
A.pay B.cost C.spend D.give
A.playing B.sleeping C.eating D.washing
A.rude B.careless C.unkind D.unhappy
A.at B.to C.for D.of
A.dangerous B.safe C.right D.wrong
A.take B.bring C.make D.carry
A.to study B.to write C.to practise D.to grow
A.lessons B.awards C.classes D.grades
Mr.King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. The manager pays him more.
Mr.Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for work. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money.
He chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial(实验)drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr. King and asked him to help him.
At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman.
However, the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
What made such a good driver make this kind of mistake?
A. Last week, he decided to buy an old one. B. A policeman told him to stop. C. He thinks it's good to walk to work. D. It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. E. Mr. King examined the car at first and then drove it away. |
Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to move. Because other children weren't allowed to come near him, he felt1and blue.
There wasn't much he could do except look out of the window. Time passed, and his feeling of hopelessness just2, until one day he saw something strange in the window. It was a bird eating a sausage sandwich. The bird came in, said "good afternoon" to the boy, turned around, and left.
Of course, the boy was very surprised. He was still trying to3what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey blowing up a balloon. After a while, as more and more crazylooking characters4 outside the window, he laughed happily. 5when seeing a pig playing the guitar or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and singing. The little boy didn't tell anyone about this6 ,who would have believed him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his 7 , and in his body. Before long, his health had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he got to talk to his friends, and told them all the 8things he had seen. While talking, he saw something sticking(伸出)out of his best friend's school bag. The boy asked him what it was, and finally his friend had to 9him what was in the bag.
There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits and disguises(伪装)that his best friend had been using to try to 10 the little boy up!
From that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
A.great B.sad C.nervous D.pleased
A.grew B.changed C.lost D.happened
A.work out B.make up C.point out D.look for
A.filled B.looked C.appeared D.came
A.crying B.thinking C.singing D.laughing
A.though B.because C.so D.but
A.heart B.hands C.health D.head
A.little B.humorous C.strange D.happy
A.provide B.send C.show D.satisfy
A.wake B.cheer C.pick D.raise