中考英语完形填空训练
A
One day a young man went by the 2 . He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 3 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 4 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. 5 are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can te ll you four 6 . First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 7 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. 8 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s 9 .”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s 10 that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody 11 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes, and 12 our hearts, which also made his life 13 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t 14 his wonderful music, but his music has 15 millions of people to face their difficulties bra vely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
( ) 1. A. flowers B. trees C. vegetables D. grass
( ) 2. A. balcony B. kitchen C. garden D. study
( ) 3. A. after B. as C. before D. if
( ) 4. A. blind B. famous C. smart D. friendly
( ) 5. A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which
( ) 6. A. stories B. reasons C. excuses D. conclusions ( ) 7. A. although B. since C. because D. unless
( ) 8. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth
( ) 9. A. me B. you C. my mother D. my son
( ) 10. A. true B. hard C. cool D. fair
( ) 11. A. greets B. doubts C. meets D. knows
( ) 12. A. broke B. hurt C. pleased D. treated
( ) 13. A. emptier B. busier C. luckier D. happier
( ) 14. A. write B. hear C. play D. believe
( ) 15. A. changed B. affected C. discovered D. encouraged
【答案解析】
1. A。由第2空后面的the beautiful flowers可以推出该空应填flowers。
2. C。本文以老人花园里的野花为题材，因此该空应填garden。
3. D。该空表示“如果”，因此应填if。
4. A。由下文You can’t see these flowers.可以推出该空表示“瞎的”，因此应填blind。
5. C。由You can’t see these flowers.可以推出该空表示“为什么”，因此应填Why。
6. B。下文介绍老人每天照料花的原因，因此该空应填reasons。
7. A。该空表示“尽管”，因此应直although引导让步状语从句。
8. C。由上文的First, Second可以推出该空表示‘第三”，因此应填Third。
9. B。由下文Me?可以推出该空应填you。
10. A。由语境逻辑可知，老人不认识年轻人是一个事实，因此该空应填true。
11. D。花是天使是人人都知道的事实，因此该空应填knows。
12. C。老人精心护理花的工作开阔了我们的眼界，愉悦了我们的心。
13. D。老人的工作也使自己的生活更愉快。
14. B。由第13空后面的deaf可以推出该空表示“听”，因此应填hear。
15. D。但是他的音乐已经鼓励了数百万人勇敢地面对困难。
【点评】本文是一篇情感性记叙文，作者借助一个盲人精心护理花朵原因的叙述，揭示出残疾人通过自己的努力既可以让自己享受到工作的乐趣，又可以给周围的人带来快乐。文章第1空的flowers、第4空的blind、第7空的although、第9空的you、第12空的pleased、第13空的happier、第14空的hear、第15空的encouraged均是直接体现主题的答案，可见读懂情感性记叙文，弄清其教育意义对推断文章未知信息很有好处。
B
Agatha Christie would never forget the night when she met a robber (抢劫者) many years ago. That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 3 a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good 4 , lady,” the man said in a low voice. “I don’t think you wish to 5 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them off!”
Agatha suddenly had a 6 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used 7 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 8 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 9 the necklace. It would cost 10 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t 11 much. Please let me wear it.”
“I’m not that 12 . Quick!”
With shaking 13 , Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as 14 as she could to one of her friends. The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 15 six pounds.
( ) 1. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted ( ) 2. A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. wide ( ) 3. A. part B. block C. building D. street ( ) 4. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night ( ) 5. A. die B. escape C. fight D. stay ( ) 6. A. funny B. safe C. brave D. bright
( ) 7. A. other B. others C. the other D. another ( ) 8. A. handed B. threw C. passed D. put ( ) 9. A. own B. keep C. have D. protect ( ) 10. A. cheap B. expensive C. more D. less ( ) 11. A. weigh B. take C. spend D. cost ( ) 12. A. afraid B. angry C. silly D. bad ( ) 13. A. hands B. feet C. head D. body ( ) 14. A. much B. early C. carefully D. fast ( ) 15. A. really B. already C. only D. hardly 【答案解析】
1. D。until two o’clock in the morning暗示该空表示“持续”，因此应填lasted。
2. B。由常识可知，凌晨两点街上行人稀少，店铺也未开门，非常安静，因此该空应填quiet。
3. C。突然从一幢黑房子的后面一个右手拿着一把锋利刀子的高个子男子朝她冲了过去。
4. A。由第1空后面的two o’clock in the morning可以推出该空应填morning。
5. A。由语境逻辑可知，抢劫犯手里拿着一把锋利的刀子是想以被抢者不听话就将其杀死为威胁进行抢劫，因此该空应填die。
6. D。由下文Agatha的机智行为可以推出她想出的是一个聪明的主意，因此该空应填bright。
7. C。此处指两只手中的另一只手，因此该空应填the other。
8. B。quickly与on the ground暗示该空表示“扔”，因此应填threw。
9. B。由第6空后面的tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat可以推出该空表示“保留”，因此应填keep。
10. C。抢劫犯认为Agatha想留下项链说明其值钱更多，因此该空应填more。
11. D。由It与much之间的逻辑关系可以推出该空表示“值”，因此应填cost。
12. C。我可没那么傻。
13. A。Agatha假装用颤抖的双手摘下了项链。
14. D。抢劫犯一离开，她拾起耳环，尽可能快地跑向一个朋友。
15. C。此处强调项链值钱少，因此应填only。
【点评】本文是一篇惊险的记叙文，介绍了一个勇敢聪明的女子智斗抢劫犯的故事，表明面对抢劫犯只要善于用脑是可以减少损失的，第6空的bright、第8空的threw、第13空的hands、第14空的fast、第15空的only充分表明了这一点。文章情节曲折，紧张惊险，第2空的quiet、第5空的die就充分体现了这一点。
C
Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My
brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 1 quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely 2 our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, “No.” Then the man asked if we would like to 3 some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 4 and came into our house. He took out a 5 and ordered me to tie up my brothe r’s hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie 6 easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked 7 of us in the kitchen.
Soon, he went upstairs to 8 money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9 . He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, 10 the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man 11 to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the 12 pay phone to call the police.
( ) 1. A. window B. door C. book D. fridge
( ) 2. A. if B. why C. when D. how
( ) 3. A. lend B. borrow C. sell D. buy
( ) 4. A. politely B. slowly C. hard D. quietly
( ) 5. A. book B. knife C. gift D. pen
( ) 6. A. himself B. myself C. herself D. themselves
( ) 7. A. none B. neither C. both D. all
( ) 8. A. look at B. look after C. look like D. look for
( ) 9. A. feet B. hands C. neck D. legs
( ) 10. A. and B. so C. or D. but
( ) 11. A. wanted B. remembered C. forgot D. tried
( ) 12. A. farthest B. nearest C. largest D. smallest
( ) 13. A. my friends B. the police C. the neighbors D. my parents
( ) 14. A. glad B. angry C. sad D. sorry
( ) 15. A. cleaning B. closing C. locking D. opening
【答案解析】
1. B。由上文the doorbell rang可以推出该空表示“门”，因此应填door。
2. A。该空表示“是否”，因此应填if。
3. D。第2空前面的sell books暗示该空表示“买”，因此应填buy。
4. C。由上文I wanted to close the door与下文came into our house可以推出抢劫犯在使劲推门，因此该空应填hard。
5. B。由下文ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope可以推出抢劫犯取出的是可以威胁别人的东西，因此该空应填knife。
6. A。该空表示“他自己”，因此应填himself。
7. C。该空表示“两者都”，因此应填both。
8. D。由语境逻辑可知，抢劫犯上楼的目的是为了找钱，因此该空应填look for。
9. B。由第5空后面的tie up my br other’s hands with a rope可以推出该空应填hands。
10. D。该空表示转折性逻辑关系，因此应填but。
11. C。由lucky的语境逻辑可以推出该空表示“忘了”，因此应填forgot。
12. B。因为急需将抢劫犯抓住，因此作者应去最近的公用电话亭给警察打电话。
13. B。由上文call the police可以推出该空应填the police。
14. A。看见子女在与抢劫犯斗争的过程中没有受伤父母当然很高兴，因此该空应填glad。
15. D。父母告诉我我应该阻止兄弟给陌生人开门。
【点评】本文是一篇惊险的记叙文，介绍作者兄弟二人在给抢劫犯开门遭绑后机智脱身，并及时报警将抢劫犯擒获的故事。文章情节曲折，气氛紧张，结局美满，有很高的欣赏度。更为重要的是，作者在文章末尾巧妙引出青少年们应该从故事中汲取的教训——不要给陌生人开门。原来这就是作者的写作意图。这种先讲故事后提供教训的记叙文在中考英语完形填空题中时有出现，了解其叙述特点，对于提高解题正确率很有好处。
D
Susan had long blonde hair and big blue eyes. So did most of the other 1 in her school class, which troubled her a lot. “I look like everyone else! I’m not special! I’m boring!” Susan 2 to her mother.
She decided to try to make herself look 3 . She painted big pink spots on her neck and when she didn’t get attention, she stuck a long plastic nose on top of her real nose. Nobody noticed that, 4 . She took ink (墨水) and poured it all over her 5 . She wore clown (小丑) clothes to school and stuck leaves in her ears.
6 no matter what she did, she still didn’t get any
7 and nobody thought she was special.
One morning her 8 went to wake her up and told her to get ready for school. She made Susan 9 the ink out of her hair and clean her neck. “I’m not going to school 10 ! I’m boring!” She buried (埋藏) her head 11 the quilt and cried.
“Susan,” her mother said, “you are different. You are unique (独一无二) and special.
12 in the world looks just like you. Some people have blonde hair like you and some have blue eyes like you, but none of them has your smile or the twinkle in your eyes or your pink face. Nobody laughs like you, either. Now 13 and get ready for school.”
Susan went to school that day and loo ked at all the other kids in her class. “Mom was 14 . Nobody looks just like me.” Susan smiled. “I am special. I am unique and I am not 15 !”
( ) 1. A. children B. boys C. men D. women
( ) 2. A. complained B. listened C. talked D. spoke
( ) 3. A. beautiful B. simple C. different D. happy
( ) 4. A. too B. either C. also D. neither
( ) 5. A. neck B. nose C. eyes D. hair
( ) 6. A. Though B. So C. But D. And
( ) 7. A. attention B. help C. prize D. answer
( ) 8. A. father B. mother C. sister D. brother
( ) 9. A. pull B. wash C. throw D. turn
( ) 10. A. tomorrow B. next week C. next year D. today
( ) 11. A. under B. on C. before D. beside
( ) 12. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Anybody
( ) 13. A. get up B. get off C. put up D. put off
( ) 14. A. wrong B. right C. special D. common
( ) 15. A. moving B. interesting C. tiring D. boring
【答案解析】
1. A。in her school class暗示该空表示“孩子们”，因此应填children。
2. A。上文为苏姗抱怨的内容，因此该空应填complained。
3. C。由上文可知，苏姗不愿与人相同，因此该空应填different。
4. B。该空用于否定句表示“也”，因此应填either。
5. D。由第9空后面的the ink out of her hair可以反推该空应填hair。
6. C。上文强调苏姗为使自己与众不同所做出的努力，下文强调这些努力的糟糕效果，因此该空表示转折性逻辑关系，应填But。
7. A。由上文苏姗为吸引别人注意的种种行为可以推出该空应填attention。
8. B。由第12空前面的her mother可以推出该空应填mother。
9. B。由常识可知，将墨水从头发上弄掉的方法是洗头发，因此该空应填wash。
10. D。该空表示“今天”，因此应填today。
11. A。她把头埋在被子下面哭。
12. C。由unique and special可以推出该空表示“没有人”，因此应填Nobody。
13. A。由第8空后面的wake her up可以推出该空表示“起床”，因此应填get up。
14. B。由Nobody looks just like me.可以反推该空表示“对的”，因此应填right。
15. D。由第2空前面的I’m boring.可以推出该空应填boring。
【点评】本文是一则趣味故事，属趣味性记叙文，描写了一个小女生为追求与众不同的外表而产生的一个个可笑行为。在母亲的开导下小女孩最终意识到了自己的独特之处，因此小女孩的言行并不令人讨厌，而让人感到傻气可爱。然而文章的可贵之处不仅在于给我们提供一个可笑可爱的女孩形象，还在于它给我们提供了一个真理：每个人都有自己的独特之处。文章前面大多数空档的正确信息体现小女孩的傻气可爱，后面几个空档的正确信息体现人人都有自己的独特之处，因此理解趣味故事的主题和其中蕴含的道理非常重要。