1、中考英语短文填词练习1There was once a man from the city who was visiting a small farm, and during the v_1_ he saw a farmer feeding pigs in a strange w_2_. The farmer lifted a pig up tp a nearby apple tree, and the pig ate the apple off the tree directly. When the pig f_3_ the apples from one tree, the farmer
2、would m_4_ the pig to another apple tree until the pig was f_5_. Then he started again with another pig. The city man w_6_ this activity for some time in great s_7_. Finally he could not help saying to the farmer, “This is the slowest way tp feed pigs! You waste a lot of time. You can s_8_ the apple
3、s off the trees and let the pigs eat them from the g_9_. Then time can be saved!” The farmer l_10_ puzzled(困惑) and replied, “Whats time to a pig?”2Do you want to the college? People are very p_1_ to be college students. China has a lot of new college students every year. When they g_2_, they do diff
4、erent j_3_. Many college graduates like to work in big c_4_ and towns, because they can get a high salary there. Few graduates want to work in v_5_, because the work conditions(形势) there are often poor and they get a l_6_ salary.But it is not e_7_ for every college graduate to find a good job in cit
5、ies. So China will send about 20,000 college graduates to work in villages this year. At the s_8_ time, the villages develop(发展) w_9_ the help of graduates.The graduates will work as teachers, doctors, farmers and so on.23,520 college graduates went to work in villages last year.China also encourage
6、s graduates to work in western places.China is f_10_ a big problem with 34.5 million people looking for jobs between 2006 and 2010. About 1.24 million Chinese college graduates would not get jobs at once when they graduate this year.3For 13-year-old Luo Xing, the most difficult thing in life is gett
7、ing up at 5:00 am every school day.“I dont want to get up so early,” the Junior 1 middle school student in Shanghai said, “I want more s_1_”But, like it or not, Luo has breakfast at 6:15 am, l_2_ home at 6:30 am and, after a 30-minute bus ride, he a_3_ at school at 7 am. Like most of his 40 classmat
8、es, Luo arrives at school a full hour before lessons s_4_ at 8 am. A study of 2,500 schoolchildren in six cities, i_5_ Beijing and Shanghai, showed that about 66% of primary school students and 77% of middle school students were s_6_ of sleep. Some parents also say, In China, young mothers and fathe
9、rs have little time to play with their children. Parents are b_7_ with their work and kids are busy with their study. That is not good for kids is growth. Kids need more time to have f_8_ with their parents, not just to study. To solve this problem, some cities cut their school hours to give childre
10、n more time to play. Some middle school students now go to school 30 minutes l_9_ than they did before. “The best way for children to learn is t_10_ play. When pupils get more playtime, they can be relaxed and learn how to get along with other people,” said a school head. 4Last week the manager of a
11、 jewelry shop received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter l_1_ on his desk till tea-time. He opened it and 10 pounds d_2_ onto his desk. With the money was a letter which s_3_: Dear sir,Im Peter, In 1935 I got engaged. But u_4_ I lost my job. Though I got a job again six months later, I
12、was very s_5_ of money. I came to your shop to buy a ring. The sales assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was a_6_ for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didnt know the s_7_ of my girlfriends finger. So I left the shop without paying f
13、or the ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been h_8_ in my heart all these years. At that time the ring cost 2 pounds, so I think that is 10 pounds at todays p_9_ and Im sending 10 pounds.“Well, well,” the manager said to himself, “Life is always full
14、 of s_10_!” 5Bard came from a small village. His parents are poor farmers and he was in school for only two years. Later on their farm was flooded and all the crops were w_1_ away. They got into trouble. He had to work in the field in the daytime and taught himself English and math in the evening. W
15、hen he was sixteen, he left his poor family and came to a city. Mr Robert, head of a factory, was f_2_ to him because he found the young man was clever and able. At first the foreman(工头) tried to bully(欺负)him. But after several years, he b_3_ an except. He was paid much, but he m_4_ a plan to learn
16、to manage the factory. At last his plan came t_5_ and he has his own factories. But he still lived a simple life t_6_ he was one of the richest men in the city.One day his daughter asked him to buy a diamond necklace for her as a birthday p_7_. The girl often went to parties and had a lot of friends
17、. So he found it was hard to r_8_ and had to agree. He went in the jewelers(珠宝店) in old clothes. He found there was a nice diamond one in beautiful counter in the center of the shop.“How much does it cost, madam?” Brad asked the girl by the table. The girl had a look at him. She didnt say a_9_ becau
18、se she didnt think the poor old man could buy such an e_10_ thing. It made him angry. He broke the glass with his stick and then called out, ”Call your manager here and Ill ask him its price.” 6Fire fighting is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save peoples l_1_. It is important
19、 to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone e_2_ in the family.From the lower floors of buildings, e_3_ through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window with the l_4_ chance of serious injury. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An av
20、erage(普通的) person, hanging by the fingertips(指尖) will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about the h_5_ of an average man. Of course, it is s_6_ to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building. Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door
21、c_7_ before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. K_8_ your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air. On the s_9_ or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can d_10_ to the ground more safely. 7
22、In January 1998 twp pigs escaped from west of London. The pigs were going to be k_1_ for meat. For almost a week, they h_2_ in the forests around the town of Malmesbury. When the local p_3_ began to look for the pigs, newspaper reporters from all over the country j_4_ them. Soon people everywhere we
23、re reading about the adventures(历险记) of Butch and Sundance with great i_5_. The owner of the pigs said that if they were found, he would sell them to anyone who would give them a h_6_. A number of newspapers tried to buy the pigs, and finally The daily Mail p_7_ a lot of money for them.One rainy n_8
24、_, six days after the escape, a reporter from The Daily Mail and some people from the town found Butch in the forests. They caught her and put her in a c_9_. The next day, Sundance was caught, too.The pigs were s_10_ to a zoo. They were no longer free, but they were alive ! 8 One Saturday afternoon,
25、 Mrs Blacks decided to visited her friend Mrs Green. Mrs Green lived in a nice house with a large garden far from the city center. Mrs Black t_1_ her dog with her. While the women were having coffee outside the house, the dog was r_2_ around in the garden. The two friends were very unpleasantly. Sur
26、prised when the dog appeared after some time with a d_3_ birf in its mouth. Mrs Green began to feel worried b_4_ she knew that her neighbor kept birds in a cage in his garden. As the dog and the bird were b_5_ covered with earth and dirt, the women took the bird into the bathroom and carefully c_6_
27、it. When it got dark, they went q_7_ through the tree into the neighbors garden and put the dead bird into the cage.The next afternoon, Mrs Greens neighbor, the one with the bird, found her in the garden and called her over. She walked towards the neighbor and she f_8_ very afraid because she knew t
28、hat she did something wrong. “You know what?”her neighbor said. “Yesterday morning I found o_9_ of my birds dead in the cage. So I put it on the ground in the garden, and this morning,” he started to whisper, “its b_10_ to the cage! Im going to take it to a right pet cemetery().” 9 What are you goin
29、g to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the f_1_ passage. Escaping a fire is a s_2_ matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and s_3_ them to everyone in the family, such
30、 as stairways and fire escapes, but not l_4_. From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is p_5_, learn the best way of l_6_ by windows with the least chance of serious injury. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the f
31、inger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the h_7_ of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a b_8_ building. Windows are also useful when you are w_9_ for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into th
32、e room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room. On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more s_10_. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might
33、end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall. 10A small man with a fat stomach got on the train at the last station before the frontier(边境).He c_1_ a paper bag. And four feet of ducks could be seen under the cover. The man found an empty seat, put the bag in the m_2_ of the floor, t
34、ook out a newspaper and began to read.Then a policeman came in. Of course he saw the bag with the ducks legs at once and said, “Whose is that bag?” Nobody answered. The policeman r_3_ the question, and said, “ I shall have to take it a_4_ from the owner. Food mustnt be t_5_ out of the country.”“Well
35、, then,” said the small man with a fat stomach. “Hurry up and take it. We want to go home.” The policeman took the bag and went on to the next carriage(车厢).At the next station, when they were safely across the frontier, the small man got up, smiled at the o_6_ passengers and said, “ I hope that they
36、ll e_7_ the ducks feet. The rest（其余的）of the bag had nothing but rubbish in it.” Then he opened his coat and pointed to a_8_ bag he was carrying under it. It was t_9_ tightly(紧紧地)over the stomach, which was not really fat. “I have the rest of the two ducks here,” he said. With these words, he got off
37、 the train.But while he was h_10_ walking to the exit with the bag in his hand, a policeman came up to him, saying, “ Hey, man ! Foreign food mustnt be brought in.” 11Do you like to eat fruit? How much fruit do you eat every day? Fruit is good for our h_ .Some days ago, more than 220,000students fro
38、m 350 primary schools of Hong Kong e_ fruit at schools on a Tuesday-to support Fruit Day. Only around half of the 9,000 primary school students from 44 schools ate fruit twice or more e_ day, a student in Hong Kong said. Many k_ dont eat fruit every day. As we know ,fruit and vegetables could keep m
39、any diseases a_ from us, such as heart disease. If you eat enough fruit and v_, you will not get cancer. There are a lot of Vitamin C in fruit and vegetables. It can help your bones become s_. So children a_ 6 to 12 should eat one to two kinds of fruits a day to keep their health at its best. Dr P.
40、Y. Lam, said at the Fruit Day party, “Schools and parents should help kids have the good habit of eating fruit .Every family can make a plan of healthy meals.” The schools have also promised to hold morn than 270 activities to e_ students to take morn fruit. 12 Western country music is very old. It
41、came from the United States, Canada, Ireland , and Great Britain. It is a mixture of music f_ all of these places. In the west of America, cowboys had to take c_ of the cattle(cows). They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran a_. A cowboys life was
42、 lonely and d_. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to make them q_. Of course, The cowboys also sang music when they t_ to town to relax and have a good time. In the south America, many people cane from Ire
43、land, Scotland, and England. Other people came from France ,Canada. They e_ their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on h_ like Thanksgiving and Christmas , they usually sang and played country music. Western country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemi
44、es, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like western country music b_ everyone knows something about these ideas. 13 When I opened the first “Body Shop” in 1976,what I wanted to do was to m_ enough money to feed my children. Today “Body Shop” is a great company growing fast all around
45、 the world. In the years since we began, I have l_ a lot. Much of what I have learned will be found in this book, because I believe that we, as a company, have something worth saying about how to r_ a successful business without g_ up what you really believe in. Its not an o_ business book. It is no
46、t just about my life, e_. The message is that to succeed in business you have to be different. Business can be fun, a business can be run with love and it can do well. In business, as in life, I n_ to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of my family and to feel e_ by something unusual. I have always wanted the people who work for “Body Shop”to f_ the same way. Now this book sends these ideas out into the world, makes them public. Id like to think there are no limits to our “family”, no limits to what can be done. I fi
