中考英语短文填空Passage 1I had a part-time job as a w________ in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had ___________(确保)they got their food quickly b_______ I always respect the elderly. ___________ _(一…就)I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me_______ long lecture about how sensitive(敏感)Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem _________(cause) by cultural differences, so they la ughed and were ___________(不再)angry.In my village in China, people ____________(对…感到自豪) being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people _______ reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.________, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by ____________（做运动）or jogging, and women put on makeup, _______(h ope)to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry be cause this caused them _______(feel)they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they did n’t want to hear.After that, I c_______the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings t_________words.Passage 2Jean is a bright young woman who ___________(来自于) a rich and famous family. She goes to______good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can h_________find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.So Jean s_________a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), ________(talk)to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she_________________（保持联系）quite often.Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full _____stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) i__________in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk __________(happy) on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. ____________(当然), they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time ___________(流逝), they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.________ Jean’s father told her that he was going _______________(出差) to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their f________ rock singer. But when she knocked _____David’s door in San Francisco, she ________(find) that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!Passage 3One Sunday afternoon, Mr. White d________ his new car to his friend’s house happily. He wanted to _________(接)his friend at five and then went to see ______ new movie together. Mr. White got there at ____________(差20分8点). It was a l_______ earlier. He stopped his car and waited inside.Suddenly he heard a terrible sound. He__________(从…出来) his car to see what happened. There was a dent(凹痕) in one of the d_______ of his car. He looked around and saw a little boy ________( stand) there ______ a few stones in his hands. He caugh t the boy and asked, “Why did you throw the stone at my new car?” The boy cried and said, “There’s nobody e______ here. I just want you to notice me. My grandpa ___________(摔倒), but I’ m too young _____ help him.” Hearing these words, Mr. White was _______(move) and followed the boy quickly. _______________(在他的帮助下), the old man was safe. The boy thanked him very much.Mr. White looked at his watch, it was already twenty past five. He remembered his friend and hurried back. ______it was too late. His friend was very angry. Mr. White said nothing but only one word “S orry.”Passage 4Do you know Sweden(瑞典)？It __________(位于) the north of Europe．It is _____fourth largest country in Europe with an area of 450, 000 square k__________ and the population of about 8.5 million. Over __________(三人之二) of them live in the three largest cities, namely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More than half of Sweden _______________(被…所覆盖)trees. It is one of the ________(rich)countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized(工业化). Today___________(少于)30% of the people are farmers.Sweden is the country where the famous Nobel Prizes are awarded(授予). Many people who _____________(去过)Stockholm(斯德哥尔摩), the c__________ of Sweden, must have visited the places _______Nobel Prizes are awarded.The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f__________ language in schools. Many middle-school students can study two _____ three languages. Most of the Swedish people，men and women, old and y_______, can speak English. So there is no problem to speak with them ______English．Passage 5I still remember _________(visit) Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the ________(big)country in the world. I went there with my parents ______I was eight years old. I lived and studied there _____________(一年), I had some happy m_________.One of _____ most interesting things of that city was that there were many dogs. Perhaps Russians l_______ dogs very much. You can see dogs ____________(到处). Almost each of the families had a dog. I _______________(交朋友)many Russian children when I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them happily though I could only speak a little Russian at first. They______________(对…友好) me. The w________ in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost every in winter. The ground looked white,________ ( cover) with a lot of snow. We often__________(堆雪人)together.Now I am back in China, but I m_______ them so much. I will never forget my happy times of this visit ______Moscow.Passage 6The mobile phone is_____useful thing, but maybe I don't know _____________(怎样使用)it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.One day I wanted_______( see) my friend nearby. I could arrive at his house in five minutes , but I looked at my mobile phone and ________(think) it would be better _____________(给他打电话), so I rang him __________________ (第一次), but the line was b______. Five minutes ______, there was an answer, but it was the w______ number. Then I tried again and this time I got an answer ______ him.I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said… ,_____________(最后)I thought he said… he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n ________ in. I called him once again This time I got so angry _______I shouted, "You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!"Here was his answer, "No, I said: 'I will NOT be at home all afternoon.'"I went back to my room, sat down________________(在…前面)the mobile phone and looked at it. What e_______ could I do? Nothing!Passage 7We were s______the song, “Happy birthday to you…” My mother was smilin g, surrounded by my father, my little sister and me._____was time to send wishes. My father said, “You’ve done m ost things for us.On this special day, let me do all the housework for you.” After________(kiss) my mother, my sister said, “Mum, you’re a great mum in my eyes.” I l ooked at my mother’s eyes and said, “Dear mum, I am always ____________(等待)one day when you and Dad get old.” My parents looked puzzled (困惑), and I explained, “When you’re old, I will _____________(照顾) you just as you do to me.” Th ere were t______in their eyes…Yes, when they get old, I _________(give) love to them. These words were in my mind _____ a long time, and at last I said them to my dear parents. I felt very happy.My parents are just common people,_______they’re great. Like other parents, they ______us_____（抚养）with love, and give us food and c________. They teach us how to be real people. My parents have done a lot of things for me and I am very thankful to them._________, they will not always ____________(能够)care for me. ___________(有一天), they will be old people. They may not attend (照顾) t_________. But that doesn’t matter. I, their child, will take charge(负责).Passage 8Tom was a poor boy．He _______________(谋生)by cleaning leather(皮革) shoes for others in the street．Tom was also a c_________boy．One day，a rich man ________(name)Miser appeared in front of Tom．He watched his shoes_______ looked very dirty for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．Tom said，“Let me brush your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．Mr．Miser ______________(摇头) and walked away．Tom _______it ______ (仔细考虑)for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like________( clean) your shoes for nothing．”This timeMr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．When ______ rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he wouldn’t clean______for him u ________ he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very a__________. He refused to pay anything and went away．But ______________(使他奇怪的是), the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even _________(dirty)．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were_______________(嘲笑)him．Finally the rich man a_________and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．。