四川省中考英语二轮复习完形填空短文填空

四川2019春中考英语：完形填空+短文填空

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Ⅰ.完形填空

There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn’t have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India 1 . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India, people have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 2 because they can’t grow much 3 the water situation. Then he saw one basket—a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.

So he 4 and asked, “How much per kilo?” The shopkeeper said, “Two rupees （卢比）.” Two rupees in India is 5 ; it’s like dirt（尘土）. So he bought a kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it, his 6 watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became 7 . As he coughed terribly, he 8 up and down, saying, “Ah!”

But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chillies（辣椒）! You can’t eat so many; they’re not good for you! People use them 9 a condiment （作料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them by the handful like that; they’re not 10 !” But the silly master said,“No,

I can’t stop! I paid money for them, 11 now I’ll eat them. They’re my

12 !”

And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We still continue just because we’ve 13 money, time, efforts and love into it, just like the man who ate the chillies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid.

So 14 you lose something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to 15 .

1.A.by air B.on foot C.by taxi D.by car

2.A.delicious B.cheap C.expensive D.fresh

3.A.because of B.with the help of

C.in need of

D.as a result

4.A.got up B.went up

C.turned up

D.looked up

5.A.something B.nothing

C.everything

D.anything

6.A.eyes B.ears C.arms D.hands

7.A.sad B.ugly C.red D.cold

8.A.searched B.climbed C.jogged D.jumped

9.A.as B.for C.to D.with

10.A.medicine B.vegetables

C.fruit

D.food

11.A.instead B.and C.but D.or

12.A.money B.food C.fruit D.drink

13.A.joined B.spent C.paid D.put

14.A.as if B.ever since

C.even if

D.so that

15.A.fight B.fail C.try D.lose

Ⅱ.短文填空

Christmas, which falls on December 25 every year, is the most important festival in the West.

During Christmas, a big fat man 1. a red suit usually takes center stage. His name is Santa Claus.

He 2. （住在） the North Pole and sends presents to children in a magic sled（雪橇） that is pulled by flying reindeer（驯鹿）.

It sounds crazy, but Santa Claus is very popular. Small children around the 3.w even leave food out for Santa and his reindeer on the night before Christmas. When they 4. （醒来） in the morning, some of the food is eaten and there are