中考英语短文填空题技巧(5)

gave it back to the man at once. When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his

six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 ________ of them, he said, “You’ve mended

them very well.” In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 ________ man was in the same

seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a 10 ________ day,” he

said.

not speak, call , idea, and, what, garden, hear , quiet , do ,eat , name, say

( 3 ) A farmer saw an old man growing something on the other side of the river. The farmer 1.

________ out to him, “ What are you growing , Grandpa?” The old man 2 . ________ for

a moment, then said, “Swim over 3. ________ I’ll tell you.” The farmer didn’t like

the 4. ________ of swimming across the river. But he wanted to know 5. ________ the old

man was doing. He swam over. The old man said very 6. ________ in his ear, “

I’m planting

peas in my 7. ________ .”

“ You should have shouted. I would have 8. ________ quite clearly on that side.” Said the

was 1._______when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked 2. ____it everywhere and

shouted its name, but she did not find it, 3. ________ she telephone the police and said, “ I have

4. ________ a small black cat. Has 5. ________ found one? ” “ No，madam,

” said the

policeman at the other end, “ But cats are really very 6. ________ animals. They sometimes live

for days in the snow, and when it melts (融化) or somebody finds them, they are quite 7. ________ .”

Mrs Andrews felt 8. ________ when she heard this. “ And ,” she said, “ Our cat is

very 9. ________. She almost talks. ” The policeman was getting tired, “Well then, ” he

said “ Why don’t you put your 10.________ down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.

Here are some old ways to sending messages.

An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses coming this way.

He ran to 2. ________ his people . He was a 3. ________ . That was one way for Egyptians to

send messages.

People in 4.________ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat

his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The

messages went from village to village by 5.________ .

Much 6. ________ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7.

________ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. ________ , he might take a