01 2000年Do you know the word brunch In the west, many people like to have brunch --- late breakfast or early lun ch. People (81) u __________________ have brunch betwee n 10 . and 2 .on Sun day because they (82)p ________ to get up late after a (83) w __________ hardwork or want to enjoy brunch with their pare nts, childre n, or frie nds. That is a relaxing( 放松)and interesting way of eating for most (84)f __________________________ .Today, brunch has become most (85) p _________ in big hotels ( 旅馆).0 ne can either ask for or (86)c ___________ it himself. To make it look like (87)b _______________ breakfast and lunch, people choose to have (88)l _________ of dishes( 菜).You can often see the (89)f _________ food on the table: meat, eggs, fruit, (90)v ________________ , orange juice, tea and bac on.02 2001 年Here's a story about Mi ng's life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wider _______ (59)in China. His homeis a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds thatmove up and dow n. For about six years he has not once bee n on I ______ (60), but heis never Ionely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could swim before he could walk. When he wan ts to play with his f ______________ (61), he just swims across to their boats orasks them to v _______ (62)him.Min g's father is a fish man but he n ever u ___________ (63)a li ne or a n et(网). Great black birds called cormora nts do the fish ing for him. Rin gs( 圈)have bee n put around the birds' n ________ (64) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taughtto b _______ (65) the fish to people. And the n people reward ( 奖励)them with a finebig fish as soon as their work is f _______ (66). Mi ng loves watch ing the cormora nts,but better still he likes going s _______ (67) with his mother. The shops, of course,are boats very like his o _______ (68).03 2002年Do you have a pet Are you i (101) in tak ing care of ani mals Girls and boys wholike animals maywant to study to be animal doctors. They're often c (102) "vets". Many of them work in ani mal h (103). Others may work on farms or at a z(104). Somestudy animal diseases(疾病)and try to find w (105) to keep the animals from gett ing i ___ 06). They do studies in m (107) for animals. Vets liste n to an _____ animals 'h (108). They check (检查)its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. They o (109 ) on animals when they need to. They maygive the animals shots(注射)and tell the pets' o (110) what food is best.04 2003年British Milkma n Steve Leech saved some shops and 公寓)with milk and won aflats( National Bravery Award ( 国家勇敢奖).Leech, 35 years old, said that whe n he was sending out milk as u ________ (82) alongPine Street, he s _________ (83) heard a loud, stra nge sound behi nd him and the n hesaw smoke coming out of a shop in Corn wall, souther n Eng land. “ That must be a fire,I t _________ (84), ” Leech said. “Then I quickly d ____________ (85) to do something.So I p _________ (86) the door in and the n I s _________ (87) for the people in side.Then I started pouring milk e ______________ (88). ” He used 320 pints of milk to stop thefire. When firefighters r _________ (89) the shop, the fire was un der con trol ( 得到控制).Leech helped save the l ________ (90) of eight people in the flats above the shops.“ It was hard work o _______ (91) all those bottles. But it was eve n harder tryi ngto tell my boss where all the milk had gone, ” Leech said jokingly.05 2004年Jim Burden was back at the office after a two-week holiday abroad. "Did you have a nice holiday" asked his friend, Dick. "A nice holiday I makea big m _______________ (76) this time. I should have stayed home. " said Jim."What h _________ (77)the n" asked Dick."Well, it was one of the w _________ (78) holidays I ever had. The h _________ (79)I stayed at was a busy road, and could hardly sleep for the n ________________ (80). The food they gave us made us ill and the d _________ (81) were expe nsive.The places we visited were f _________ (82) of tourists, and we were l ________ (83)in the sun shi ne for quite a few hours. But tell me, how did thi ngs go with you" "Maybe I was l (84) tha n you. I had no trouble at all." was the an swer. "Ihad b _________ (85)to do so I stayed at home."06 2005年Can a boy have a MAMA and not a MOTHER Tex Clark did. He did n't have a r (76)home. His father and mother were dead. He had to work from an early a (77). Then one day a circus (马戏团)found him and let him j (78) it. He was luckier than manychildren without p (79). The only place for him to sleep was an elephant's pen (棚).There Tex found the elephant named Mama. Mama seemed f (80) to him and looked after him.Tex had to work hard. At ni ght he was always very t _____ (81 ) . He would returnto the pen. And Mamavould cover him with hay (干草)and touch his face with her trunk(象鼻).Tex felt better. Mama c (82) !Tex left the circus after a while. He was asked to work at a zoo in Kan sas City. He was very good with a (83). And very soon he became the t (84) man. Tex made the zoo one of the best in the coun try.The children of Kansas City liked the zoo. And they liked the man who brought them such a nice place to e (85) themselves.07 2006年Catherine and Martin met in England before they cameto Australia. At that time, Martin was a minister( 牧师)in a church, and it was three v (1)away from Catherine ' s.On eeve ning, they happe ned to have dinner t_ (2) in a restaura nt. They e _(3) their talk and laughed a lot. The young man soon won Catherine ' s h_ (4),so she asked him whether he would marry her in church. The minister was very surprised and said that her q _______________ (5) camequite unexpected. Catherine realized that he hadnot understood her c_ ___ (6). So she laughed and said, “What I m_ (7) is, whenI get married in church, will you be the minister who marries meand my husband” They both laughed, and they had a nice eve ning.However, their talk that evening put an idea into Martin ' s head. He realized thathe hada (8) falle n in love with Catheri ne and he wan ted to marry her. So a few dayslater, he visited her and asked her to marry him. Catherine felt proud and pleased, and a (9) it. Soon after they were married, they m ______________________________________ (10) to Australia.08 2007年Jerry and Carla were asked to choose a pers on for class preside nt. As they looked through the list of k (81) in the room, they stopped at Tina's name. Tina had lots of ideas, and she n ever said unkind things about other people.“ I really like Tina, and most of the classmates will accept her, I i _____ (82), ”said Carla, “but she l ooks t (83)! She puts on too much makeup ( 化妆品),and she wears strange and u ____________(84) clothes. Sometimes she wears things that don'teven f _______ (85) her. ”“ Do you think we could get her to use l (86) makeup and never wear decent ( 讲究的)clot hes” Carla asked.“Wecouldn't. It would makeus and her not feel c (87)." replied Jerry. "She goes around with high school girls, and she must know by now how she looks. My mother says it is wrong for eighth graders to look like those m (88) sta ________________________ rs! ”“Yes, ” Carla a ____ (89), “and what will the teachers think if we s (90)Tin a”09 2008年"What are you busy with yourself, Mom"the girl of six years old asked her mother. "Mak ing dinner for the n eighbor aun t.""Why""Because the other day the aunt l (81) her dear daughter in the earthquakeand is so sad now. We must take g ______ (82) care of her these days.""Why n (83) our care""Because from then on the aunt can't do what she liked to along with her daughter. Making dinner and doing housework are also becoming so d (84). I don't know what to do. My dear, can you come up with an i (85) to make the aunt feel better"All of a sudde n, the girl went to the n eighbor's house and k _____ (86) at thedoor."Wha can I do for you ” asked the neighbor."I h ______ (87) my mother say you're very sad without your daughter …"The girl han ded the ban d-aid( 创可贴)tightly h __________ (88) in her hand to the n eighbor.Tears ran down from the neighbor's eyes. She took the girl in her a ______ (89)and said, "Thank you. Your band-aid will h ______ (90)."10 2009年Last spring I was walking in a park. In front of methere was a mumand her 3-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding a string( 线), which had a balloon at the othere_______ (81) .All of a sudden, a I _________ (82) wind took the balloon from the little girl. I thoughtshe would cry.But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon rise to the s __________________ (83) ,she cheerfully shouted out, “Wow”!That little girl t ________ (84) me something. Later that day, I received a phonecall from my friend, he told me an unexpected problem. I felt like r _________ (85)with “Ohno, what should we do ” But remembering that little girl, I found m _________________ (86) saying: “Wow, that is interesting! How can I help you ”Onething is for sure-life is always going to makeus f ____________ (87) unexpected problems. However, howto deal with them is our choice. Wecan choose to be annoyed or i ______________ (88) .No matter what the sit uation is, a “Wow”! will always b _____ (89) “Oh, no. ”So the next time you meet one of life's unexpected g ____________ (90) ,remember that littlegirl and make it a “Wow !” experience. The “Wow”! always works.11 2010年One day Harvey 's wife was cleaning out acupboard.“Look at all these umbrellas, ” Harvey 's wife said to him. “There are eight andthey are all b ________ (76). ”“I'll take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired, ” Harvey said. “They are too good to t ______________ (77) away. ”Harvey took the eight umbrellas to the shop and l ________ (78) them there. Theshopkeeper said, “They'll be r ___________ (79) tomorrow. ”That evening Harvey went homefrom the office by bus as he u ______________ (80)did. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor between the s _______ (81).When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That umbrella b _______________________________ (82) to me. ”“I'm so sorry. ” Harvey said, giving it to her. “Please excuse me for taking your umbrel la by m ________ (83). ”The next day he collected the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus.As he sat down, a v ________ (84) behind said, “You have certainly had a s ________________ (85) day!” He turned around and saw the womanwhose umbrella he had almost taken the day before.2011年元月调考Les Brown, a famous speaker, tells the story of one of his friends, a salesman. His friend was in t (76) with moneybecause sales dropped by 60%. Les asked him,"How many phone c ___________ (77)are you making a day" His friend answered,"Twe nty-five."Les kept s ________ (78) for a while. And the n he gave him his a __________ (79)."Double them," he said. "Make fifty. Or seve nty-five. Or one h _______ (80)."The salesman answered, "Aw, man. That's too much. I'd rather w _____________ (81)and see." "Too much!" r _______ (82) Les. "You tell me you are running out of money and the nyou say it's too much. You know, one way for you to get back is to p ___________ (83)first, the n your sales will in crease. How can you say any thi ng is too much whe n you l (84) everyth ing"Today, much people say they have t _______ (85) , but in fact they have n't touchedthe surface of their pote ntial( 潜力).Then, why not make a promise to achieve yourpers onal best12 2011年四月Whe n Mr. Smith got home from work, his flat would be clea n and look as good as n ew.A d (76) dinner would be ready for him on the table. After dinner, the robot would wash the dishes, while Mr. Smith r _______________________ (77) himself, watchi ng his favoriteTV programs. Mr. Smith was very p _ (78) with his robot.A few weeks later, however, things started to go w _ (79) . The robot caught a virus( 病毒)and c (80) a lot of problems. It no Ion ger knew whe n it should cook breakfast, and sometimes it woke Mr. Smith up at four o' clock in the morning. Sometimes, Mr. Smith would find his breakfast in the washing m _____________________________________________ (81) and his clean shirtsin the dustbin. While Mr. Smith was at work, the robot would move around the house and k (82) th ings over. Whe n Mr. Smith got home, he would find his flat ina mess: food wason the bed, books were in the rice cooker, mirrors wereb (83) , and coins were spread all over the floor. Mr. Smith w (84) what he should do with the robot.In the end, Mr. Smith decided to r (85) the robot to the robot shop. The robot was just too much trouble.13 2011年五月供题Pearl Carson was shake n awake at 3:30 am by a forceful pull. King, the family dog,was trying to pull her out of bed. Then she s _______________ (76) smoke and heard the soundof fire from her parents ' room. Pearl ' s screams (尖叫)awaked her mother, Fern, and father Howard, who had r ______________ (77) bee n in a hospital for lung disease. Help ingHoward to a first-floor window, Fern told him to climb out and then ran to her daughter.Still in side, King a _________ (78) at Pearl ' s win dow, making scream ing sound. Whe n running toward Pearl ' s bedroom, Fern realized her husband hadn' t yet e _______________ (79). She madeher way b ________ (80) through the smole and flames, f ____________ (81) King ' s sound to where Howard lay still on the floor. Fern helped him get outside. King cameout only after the other two were s _________ (82).As day dawned, the Carsons saw that King ' s paws were badly burned, and his entire body wasburned too. His cha in collar ( 项圈)had gotte n so h _________ (83) that itbur ned his throat, maki ng it impossible for him to bark ( 吠)n _________ (84). Only after the seven-year-old dog refused food did they find pieces of wood in his mouthand realized that King, who slept outside, had bitten through a wood door tow _________ (85) his family.15. 2011 武汉中考六、阅读理解填词(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。
