中考阅读训练(六选四+语法填空)

中考阅读训练（六选四+语法填空）
I.阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（（其中有两项为多余选项）。

It was a quiet village, in which there was a camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course, it was a good place for training the new soldiers(士兵). But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he seldom let them leave the camp.
Once Mr White was ill in bed. He couldn't work and a young officer, Mr Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. 1. _____ And he let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening to the young men. 2. _____ At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. They found the officer was angry.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. 3. _____ I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier's turn. He said, "I'm sorry sir. I got on a bus on time, but …"
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I'll punish you at once!"
"No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right. 4. _____"
A. He was very strict, too.
B. He knew the young men well.
C. I decided to drive the bus back.
D. But the dead horses were in the way.
E. He started the car quickly and set off.
F. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here.
Ⅱ.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A magician(魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience(观众) was 1. _________ (difference) every week, 2. _______ magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: A parrot saw the shows each week and began 3. _________ (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, "Look! it's not the same hat." "Look! he 4. _________(put) the flowers under the table."
The magician was angry but he couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot. The magician thought, "When will the parrot leave the ship? If it keeps staying here, it 5. _________(bring) me more trouble."
One day, the ship had 6. _________ accident and sank(沉). The magician found 7. _________(he) on a piece of wood in the sea 8. _________ the parrot. They stared(盯
着) at each other, but did not say a word. This went on for some 9. _________(day). After a week, the parrot said, "OK, I give up. Where's the ship?" The magician couldn't help laughing. Luckily, they 10. _________(save) by the fishermen finally.。