短文填空练习题
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In the past(过去)there lived a man in a small tow n called Zheng. One day he wan ted to buy himself a new pair of
(1) ___________________________ . He measured (测量)his feet with a ruler first and
(2) _____ dow n his size on a piece of paper. Then he went shoe shopp ing.
When he arrived at the shoe shop, he put his hand into his pocket( 口袋),but he found
(3) _____ paper was not here. So he said to the salesma n, "I left the measureme nt at home and
don' know the size. I ' will go (4) ___________ home to take it. With these words, he ran out
(5) ______ of the shop.
He ran back home, found the paper and the n ran to the shop aga in. (6) ____it took him a
few hours and the shop was closed. He (7) _______ the after noon on the way and did not buy his
shoes at last.
Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself
If your pare nts are a _ 1 ___ about you, you might mistake nly thi nk the argume nt is your
fault (错误).But your parents' arguments are never your fault. If your parents' fighting really t_2 you, you might find i 3 ____ hard to sleep or go to school. If things are going like this,
try talki ng to one o__4__ both of your pare nts about what they are doing. They may n ot eve n r 5__ how bad you feel u
_6_ you tell them how their arguments affect you. If the fighting
goes too far, let some one else know what's going on. Talk ing to other relatives or a teacher about the fight ing can be h_7 ______________________ . Sometimes pare nts who fight can go so far that they hurt each other
or other family members. If this h _ 8 __ , lett ing some one e_9 __
to be helped and protected from s_10_ harmful fighti ng.
(三)
When tee nagers grow older, they try to un dersta nd who they are. Childre n start c 1 their cloth ing styles, hobbies,
in terests and friends whe n they beg in to find out who they are. They think they are no Ion ger childre n.
Tee nagers begi n to un dersta nd the world a 2 them. They no Ion ger just liste n to their parents. They start to
have the desire(欲望)to f 3 answers themselves. And they won ' t obey
the rules set by pare nts or teachers.
Sometimes, they are also confused(困惑的)about t ______ 4 _ They can ' make their own
choices and
d 5 in life like adults, but they are n ot really the childre n who fully depe nd on o 6 .
At this time, teenagers still need help. They need to have a good r 7 with their parents, but not just be told w 8 to do
or not to do. They need encouragement to go for their own dreams. They should be
g_9_ more freedom to deal with something themselves. However, the freedom needs boun daries. They n eed s 10
in their lives that can help them whe n meeti ng difficulties.
(四)
Once there 1. ____（be） two poor woodsme n livi ng in the moun ta in .0 ne day,they happe ned 2.
（discover） two large bags of cotton.They carried it on their back and 3. __ （go） back home. Some one asked (8) ______
Of course, he an swered.
“ Then why don ' t you (9) ____
"I trust相 信)the ruler more (10) the shoes on by yourself ?
_ my feet, ” he said.
(二)
know will allow the family When they 4._ walk ing home, one of the woodsme n saw a large bun die（捆）of cloth.He decided to give up the cotton
and take the cloth instead.The other woodsman said, “ Weve carried the cotton for such a long way.That 'not worth. 'But
he insisted（坚持）on carrying the cloth.After walking for a while,they saw several jars（罐）of gold on the ground.The
woodsman who carried the cloth felt excited, _ （havK）I the gold,I
will be a wealthy man. ” So he gave
up the cloth and carried the gold,while his partner still 6. _______ （not agree） with him.He doubted
whether the gold was real or not.
Suddenly,it began to rain.Unluckily,the woodsman who carried the cotton found that his cotton was filled 7. water.It
had become so heavy that he 8. ______________________________ carry it.He had to give it up
and went back home empty-ha nded with his part ner carry ing gold.
Here 9. ___ some ideas from this story .It tells us that we should 10. ___ （use） our wisdom
carefully to make the right choice.We should lear n to watch a certa in issue from differe nt aspects and avoid being
stubborn（ 固执的）.Sometimes,if we can change our mind,we will get a smoother way to success.Remember that all
roads lead to Rome.
（五）
“ Sorry ” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.
One day while I was 1._ on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly , brushing（轻擦） against my handbag.He
continued his way , but turned 2. _ and said “ sorry ” to me.Even in a rush he did n't 3. — to say “ sorrO neday, after I
bought some banan as, the shopkeeper was pass ing
me the cha nge, but I was n't ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. , Madam."'SchEy
said 4._ bending（弯腰）to pick it up.I was 5. _____ why he said “ sorry to me.Another time , I
stepped on a man's 6._ at the entrance to a cinema.At the same time, we
7. _ said “ sorry ”
Slowly , I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life , the British don't
8. — much about who is wrong.lf some one is in trouble , a “ sorry ” is always 9.Perhaps that is
10. __ I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Brita in.
（六）
Ask people to name a safe place and most wil l say “H 1 . " Buevery year the British
Government ' ssrvey shows that home can be a d 2 place. Last year 7 British citizens died while putting up their
Christmas decorations（装饰）.Over 1,600 needed medical help after f 3 off their chairs. And 70 people had fatal（ 致命的）accidents while lying in bed. It is safe to say that n 4
activity is without dan ger.
Some of these accidents are just the risks of modern living. We prefer to risk having a wash ing mach ine that might
hurt us r 5 tha n be safe spe nding hours clea ning our clothes by h 6 . But most fatal accide nts are not the r 7 of mecha
nical failure. The two most com mon are falling down the stairs and going to s 8 in the bath. This s 9 that we are in a more
dan gerous situati on whe n we feel s 10 .
（七）
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everyth ing and kept no secrets ___________________________ 1__ each other except that the woma n had a box in a drawer
__ 2 __ she had cauti oned her husba nd n ever to ope n or ask her about.
He'd n ever thought about it ever sin ce. One day _ 3 ___ woma n got very sick and the doctor
