2018年广东中考英语短文填空.doc

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A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus a t a bus __1_. They sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bags?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold, nothing but gold.” Answered the old man.
The young man could hardly __2_ his own ears, “So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold.” Then he began to think about __3_to get the gold.
The old man looked tired and sleepy. “Are you sleepy, sir?” asked the young man. “Then you’d better lie down on the chair and have a good __4_. Don’t worry about the bus. I’ll __5_ you up in time.”
“All right. It’s very __6_ of you, young man.” The old man lay down and soon fell asleep. The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was going to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull __7_ out, but he couldn’t. At last he took off his coat and went away __8_ the bag. The young man ran out of the station as __9_ as possible. When he reached a safe place, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.
To his __10, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.
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One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please __1__me.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was __2__ by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the __3__. He then took the sign, turned it around, and _4___ some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could __5__ the words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving __6__ to the blind boy. The afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see __7__things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “ Are you the one __8__ changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a __9__ way.” What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day, __10__ I cannot see it.”
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I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise（乌龟）.At the end I said, “Son, remember. Be slow and steady（镇定）, and that will __1__ the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn __2__ the tortoise?” Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time _3___ I’m entering for the 60-meter race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t __4__ that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so __5__ as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than _6___ did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a __7__,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t __8__ to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d __9__ have won the rare. That’s for sure.”
I _10___ up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be.
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Last weekend our family went out to have a Christmas dinner in a restaurant. We were the only family _1___ a baby in the restaurant. Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were enjoying our mean. I looked around and __2__ an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes. His hair was unwashed. He was smiling at my Erik.
“He might hurt my Erik,” I thought. Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and then at the man. Then we __3__ to leave. The old man sat between the door and us.
As I walked closer to the man, I turned my back. __4__, Erik leaned（倾斜） over my arms, reaching with both arms in a baby’s “pick-me-up” position. __5__ I could stop him, Erik had go away from my __6__ to the man’s. Soon the very old smelly man and my young baby developed a kind of friendship.
Erik put his tiny head on the man’s shoulder. The man closed _7___ eyes, and I saw tears running down his face. His aged hands held my baby so gently. A moment later, the old man __8__ his eyes, passed me my baby and said, “Thank you, Madam. You’ve given me the __10__ Christmas gift.”
I cried, with my face burning hot. _11___child saw a soul（灵魂）, but a mother saw only a suit of clothes.
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King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked __1__ which were strange. His people had to use words in a clever way to __2__ these questions.
Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of __3__ answer. It was at his moment that Bribal entered the palace. Bribal __4__ the habit of the king. He understood the situation __5__ once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can __6__ for an answer?”
Akbar said, “How many crows are there in the city?”
Without even a moment’s thought, Bribal replied, “ There are fifty thousand five hundred __7__eighty-nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so __8__?” asked Akbar.
Bribal said, “Make your men __9__, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find fewer crows it means some have gone to visit __10__ relatives somewhere else.”
Akbar was pleased very much by Bribal’s wise answer.
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This is a true story. One evening a woman was _1___home when she saw a truck close behind her. She drove more quickly to be far away from the truck, __2__when she sped up（加速）, the truck did, too. The __3__ she drove, the faster the truck drove. The woman felt afraid, _4___ she drove onto a main street, hoping to lose the truck in a traffic. But the truck jumped a red light and went __5__ running after her.
Finally the woman drove her car into a service station, and got out of her car, shouting for __6__. The truck driver didn’t leave, instead __7__ went out of his car. He __8__ the back door, and pulled out a man hidden in the back seat. The woman was running from the wrong person. The woman was safe at last.
From __9__ place where the woman stopped her car, the driver __10__ a criminal（罪犯） in the woman’s car. The driver drove after her not to harm her but to help her.
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Mr. Black lived in a small city and he was over fifty years old. He sometimes made mistakes in his work, and he lost his work, __1__ he had much time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They had drinks there and __2__ about anything they liked.
One day, some __3__men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that the old people were cleverer __4__ the young people. Then one of the old _5___ said that young men were stronger than old men. __6__ of them agreed that this was true, but Mr. Black didn’t. He said, “ No. I am as strong now as when I was a young man.” His friends were surprised __7__ what he said. They all asked Mr. Black why he said so.
“Well,” said Mr. Black, “near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, I used to move __8__, but I couldn’t because I was not strong enough. I am __9__ old man now, and when I try to move it, I still couldn’t __10__ it. So, I am as strong as when I was young.”
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Dear Editor,
I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you __1__about children who are left-behind（留守儿童） in towns around the country. Now, our city is becoming more and more modern. That makes a lot of parents __2__ their home to work on building the cities. But when they work in the __3__, their children are waiting for them at home. One of the most serious problems is the loneliness. These left-behind children are always __4__ and stressed out because they can’t enjoy parents’ love. At the same time, nobody can teach them the differences between right and __5__. So, it’s easier for these children to __6__ mistakes even break laws. It’s very important for us to pay more attention to these children __7__ we want to build a nice society.
So how do we __8__ this problem? Most of the left-behind children say __9__ miss their parents a lot, especially during holidays. Maybe the government can set up special group activities and meals for these children during holidays. Of course, _10___ best thing for these families is to be together. As the song says, “ If everyone gives their love, the world will be better.”
Best wishes to you!
Sincerely,
Mary
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One cold winter night in Shanghai, I was walking home at one in the morning __1__ long tiring work. I was having trouble with my job in the bank. As I walked, I thought about __2__ up living there. City life was too hard for me.
As I walked down empty streets, I felt very small and cold. I began running, in order to keep __3__ and to keep away any possible danger. Very few people were still out __4__ a few sad-looking home-less people.
Suddenly, I heard a sound. I turned quickly, but I saw __5__. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to __6__ faster. When I reached home, I realized what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the street.
I ran back to look for my wallet __7__ I failed. Just as I wanted to give up, I heard the garbage truck（垃圾车） come to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Chen, is this the thing you’re __8__ for?” a small man jumped out of the truck holding up my wallet.
It was nearly 3 a.m. b y the time I got into bed. I had my _9___ back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as were willing to __10__ each other.
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Once upon a time, a rich man wanted a trip to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to __1__ things with. He decided to take ten servants __2__ him. They would __3__ the things to sell and the food to eat on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to the rich man and asked to __4__ with them.
The rich man said to the little boy, “ Well, __5__ may go with us. __6__ you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants, you can’t carry a heavy load. You must choose __7__ lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread.
“You are foolish,” said his master. “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy didn’t say __8__ and lifted the load gladly.
On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were very tired __9__ the little servant. Do you know __10__? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.
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A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members __1__ at each other angrily. He turned to his students and asked, “ Why do people shout in anger at each other?”
His students thought for a while, and one of __2__ said, “Because when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just beside you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say __3__ a soft manner.” Students gave some other __4__ but none were any good.
“When two people are __5__ with each other, their hearts became distant（疏远的）,” the wise man explained. “To cover the distance they must shout to be able to __6__ each other. The angrier they are, the __7__ they will have to shout.”
“What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other __8__ talk softly because their hearts are very close.” The wise man said. He looked at his students and said, “ So when you argue, do not let your __9__ get distant. Stop saying words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come __10__ day when the distance is so great that you will not find the way back.”
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Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp __1__ about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. He came up __2__ an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “ I know who __3__ away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…. Are you going to punish __4__, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach __5__ patiently. “ That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for _6___ biscuits.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and __7__ them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention, __8__ he still followed his advice.
Half __9__ hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment (赔偿) for the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important.
In some situations, forgiveness (原谅) is better _10___ punishment.
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It’s very common to meet different people in public places.
When I was 12 years old, I got a small job in __1__ supermarket. On my first day at work, I didn’t come home for __2__. When I came home at night, Mum asked, “How did you manage your lunch, dear?” I answered, “I __3__ some new friends in the supermarket, twin __4__, their mom and dad. They were my customers. They __5__ me for lunch.” Mum was __6__ that I had made new friends but she wanted to know what kinds of people they might be.
Several days __7__, I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where I worked and let Mum meet them. Mum was very surprised to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest. She felt very strange because I didn’t tell __8__ about that before. W