【四川省成都市2015年中考英语试题】完形填空。通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从 A、B、C 三个选 项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分；
计 20 分）
All around the world, everyone has to eat. But people in different areas eat different things. Sometimes, people use the same ingredients cook them differently.
What people eat has something to do with where they live. People look
at the local to decide what to grow in the fields. For example, the weather near the North Pole(北极) means that
plants can grow there. Therefore, the local people, the Inuit, live only by fishing and animals.
In Northern China, corn and wheat(小麦) grow well in the dry weather.
So the local people make steamed bread(馒头) and noodles from
or wheat. However, it is different in the . There, lots of rain and land near the lakes and rivers mean that people can grow and eat rice.
The land and weather in Central America is for growing cocoa trees. Chocolate is made from the seeds(种子) in the fruit of these
trees. Almost every home in Central America has its own wa y of chocolate. Chocolate has become a that people cannot live without.
A．and B．but C．or
A．weather B．animals C．plants
A．warm B．hot C．cold
A．few B． a few C．quit e a few
A．training B．feeding C．catching
A．rice B． chocolate C．corn
A．north B．south C．northwest
A．good B．bad C．difficult
A．picking B．planting C．making
A．drink B． food C．tree
Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for laughing? I'm not asking if you experience lots of good times . Of course, we should laugh the happy times. But do you also laugh during the difficult times?
Erma Bombeck is famous her funny books. But she wrote about a more serious subject-cancer (癌症) in children. The book is titled, I WANT TO GROW , I WANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, for example, that cancer survivors (幸存者) know how to smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy (化疗).
She tells about the experience ofJessica. Jessica's leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to wear a prosthesis (假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard her foot. The ball flew off in one direction (方向) her man-made leg flew another way. Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily.
As the saying goes, "There's a time and a time to laugh." Do you find time to laugh?
Survivors know how to laugh If you can laugh even when you're in trouble, you will make it. Remember, laugh and the whole world laugh with you. Cry and you cry alone!A. when B. during C. while
A. with B. as C. for
A. it B. one C. ones
A.HAIR B. NAILS C.GRASS
A. have B. having C. had
A. 15 years old B. 15-years-old C.15-year-old
A. in B. with C. under
A. while B. when C. whether
A. crying B. to cry C. cried
A. many B. plenty of C. a lot
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or a concert. It shows you may feel uncomfortable when you are called in by your leader to why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that. If you “face the music”, you are sure to be less unhappy than that.
Every one of us has to “face the music” at some time or another, especially as . We can all remember father’s words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a(an) thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every , we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will whether we will face the music or not. If we don’t get good , that means parents’ cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
A．manage B．attend C．miss D．forget
A．discover B．believe C．explain D．encourage
A．friends B．teachers C．leaders D．children
A．angry B．magical C．exciting D．honest
A．terrible B．important C．interesting D．careful
A．season B．term C．year D．month
A．follow B．change C．decide D．realize
A．chances B．marks C．tools D．choices
A．known B．strange C．safe D．harmful
A．discusses B．covers C．develops D．means
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my car stopped. It was out of gas(汽油) on a road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone who could sell some gas. I walked almost a mile before I finally found a near the road.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair . She said, “I’ve waited for you here for a long time. Come in. is ready.”
“But I only came for some gas.” I answered.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You like tea.” said she.
I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, but she didn’t to listen to me. She just kept calling me Alfred. She was very strangely. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house quickly.
Luckily, there was another house down the road and I was able to the gas. When I told the man about my , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives alone in that big house. She’s , but she wouldn’t hurt anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The man left home and never came back because of the war.”
A．walked B．rode C．hurried D．drove
A．busy B．quiet C．modern D．noisy
A．hotel B．restaurant C．house D．market
A．answered B．returned C．noticed D．served
A．Gas B．Tea C．Juice D．Coffee
A．promise B．remember C．learn D．seem
A．shouting B．crying C．acting D．jumping
A．touch B．buy C．borrow D．sell
A．experience B．advice C．result D．plan
A．famous B．strange C．wonderful D．friendly
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a cup of coffee. _____I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed _____. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls(灵魂) because their souls belonged to the _____.
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____in front of it . “I’m Steve ,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I _____ talk with you. I’m busy.” he said. He was chatting online and at the same time, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ____.
_____ didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried again to speak to that computer geek（电脑迷）, ____not a word came out of _____ mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was unhappy. I put my hand in front of the monitor , and he started to shout, “Leave me alone!”I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me . I ____and nobody showed any interest .
_____, I realized that people they were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the computer, _____ Steve. I wouldn’t want to ____ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines _____ people. I was worried and sank（沉浸）_____ my thoughts. I didn’t even notice that the coffee was bad , just as Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While
A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．pleased
A．home B．world C．Net D．Café
A．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning
A．can’t B．mustn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t
A．surprised B．happy C．moved D．worried
A．What B．Why C．How D．Who
A．but B．so C．if D．or
A．my B．her C．their D．his
A．went out B．shook my shoulder C．nodded my head D．raised my head
A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all D．Above all
A．especially B．usually C．really D．nicely
A．tell B．plan C．imagine(想像) D．design
A．other than B．instead of C．except for D．as well as
A．on B．between C．for D．in
完形填空
（2014河北）
Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?
One day，two____ ____were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears．They thought the woman looked very________．They went up to her and said，“Are you going to the town?If you are，we will help carry your basket．”
“Thank you，”________the woman．“you are very kind．You see I’m weak and ill．”Then she told them that she was now going to the market to____ ____the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden．
“We are all going to the_______，”said the boys．“Let us have the basket．”And they took hold of it，one each side．They walked______with the heavy basket，but happily．
The other day，I saw a little girl stop and_______a piece of orange peel（皮），which she threw into the dustbin（垃圾桶）．“I wish_______would throw that on the sidewalk．”said she．“Someone may step on it and fall．”
Perhaps some may say that these are not_______things．That is right．But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart．We must not wait for the______to do great things．We must begin with little things of love．
A．boys B．girls C．men D．women
A．bored B．tired C．pleased D．surprised
A．asked B．told C．replied D．spoke
A．bring B．buy C．take D．sell
A．town B．market C．garden D．school
A．weakly B．quickly C．slowly D．quietly
A．take out B．cut off C．put down D．pick up
A．nobody B．everybody C．somebody D．anybody
A．little B．good C．great D．bad
A．pay B．time C．advice D．love