中考英语专项复习完型阅读及填词含答案-1

Jack worked in an office in a big city and often went to a small but comfortable restaurant to have his lunch. One Monday, when he went to the table at which he usually _______, he saw that there was a new _______ in the restaurant. She was very young and looked rather hot and _______. Jack sat down, and when the waitress came to him, he _______ some vegetable soup. The new waitress wrote this down in a little notebook and went to _______ it in the kitchen.

There were a lot of people in the restaurant, and the new girl was very _________, but at last she came to Jack with a plate on a large dish. She ______ the plate down in front of him, and he saw that it was not the _______ soup which he had asked for, but some fish and potatoes.

The waitress was getting ready to _______ again, but Jack stopped her, “Miss,”he said, “I did not order fish and potatoes, I ordered vegetable soup.”

“Oh,” she answered, “I thought that you asked for fish.”

“No,” said Jack, “Look at the notebook which you wrote my order in and you will see that I ordered vegetable soup.”

The new waitress looked _______ in her little notebook, and at last she found Jack‟s order. “…Table No 24‟, she read out, “One vegetable soup. Yes, I am sorry, I got ________. I shall change it.”

She put the notebook down on Jack‟s table, took out her pencil, _______ the words “vegetable soup”and wrote “fish and potatoes”

_______. Then she closed the notebook and quickly walked away to take some orders from other tables, ______ Jack sat with his mouth open too _______ to say another word.

1. A stood B. sat C. ate D. came

2. A. friend B. boss C. waitress D. keeper

3. A. worried B. happy C. relaxed D. excited

4. A. sent for B. asked for C. looked for D. head for

5. A. buy B. take C. bring D. order

6. A. busy B. free C. quiet D. careful

7. A. push B. pull C. jump D. put

8. A. meat B. vegetable C. fish D. egg

9. A. turned away B. turned back C. turned off D. turned up

10. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere

11. A. tired B. nervous C. confused D. frightened

12. A. found out B. went out C. broke out D. crossed out

13. A. however B. instead C. too D. only

14. A. while B. as C. when D. since

15. A. interested B. pleased C. surprised D. frustrated

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.

“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I‟m not at all surprised.” he said. “It‟s obvious what your problem is. “He examined her and then gave her some advice. “If you don‟t do what I say. Mrs Parker,”he said, “then you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctors. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and that it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher‟s shop. “I‟d like ten pounds of steak, please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,”the butcher replied and went into the cold storage room and found a large piece steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale. “That‟s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That‟s big enough.” Mrs Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price. “At $4.99 a pound that will be $45.50, please. Shall I cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don‟t want to buy the meat,” Mrs Parker said. “If you don‟t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight and must lose 10 pounds. I