短文填空练习
Test 1 Score:________
It was sunny last Sunday. Sam and Dick wanted to go to the park together. It was a little 1 form their house to the park, so they 2 a bus there. When they arrived at the park, it was 10 o’clock. Then they walked to the gate 3 the park, but suddenly, they found a boy 4 on the ground and there was a bike beside him. They stopped and wanted to know what was wrong with the 5 .
“The boy must be hurt,” said Sam. “Let’s help him!” So they called a taxi and sent the boy to the 6 in a hurry.
7 they got to the hospital, the doctor looked over the boy carefully at once. At 8 same time, Dick got the boy’s father’s telephon number and 9 him. About half an hour later, the parents arrived. When they knew that the two boys saved their son, they 10 them and said they were really good boys. 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
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Test 2 Score:________
It was early morning and everyone was on their way to work. It was very 1 on the bus. Some people had seats, but others had to stand. At a bus stop, a woman got on the bus 2 a hurry.
An old man 3 beside the door tried to stand up. “Oh, no, thank you,” the woman said and quickly forced (强迫) 4 old man back to the seat. “Please don’t do that. I can stand.”
“But, Madam, let me…” said the old man, and he tried to 5 up again. “I asked you to keep your seat,” the woman said. She put her right hand 6 the old man’s shoulder (肩膀) and 7 him back down again.
8 the man still wanted to stand up. “Madam, will you please let me…?” “Oh, no,” said the woman, and she forced the man back down 9 . At last the old man shouted 10 , “I want to get off the bus!” 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
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Test 3 Score:________
Alex worked in a city far away from his home. He wanted
to send a letter to his wife, 1 he could neither read nor write. He had to work all day, so he 2 only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last, he found the house of a letter-writer 3 John.
John was already 4 bed when Alex came to his house. “It’s late,” John said. “What do you want?”
“I want you to write a 5 to my wife,” said Alex.
John was not happy. He thought 6 a few seconds. “Does your wife live very 7 from here?” said John.
“What does that matter?” asked Alex.
“Well, my writing is 8 strange that only I can read it. If I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will 9 you a lot of money.”
After he 10 this, Alex left quickly.
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Test 4 Score:________
Mike has been traveling across the country in his car. One evening he was driving around 1 for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He 2 his car. “I want to go to the Sun Hotel,” he said to 3 old man. “Do you know it?”
“Yes,” the old man said. “I’ll 4 the way.”
the old man got into Mike’s car, and they drove off. They 5 for about 12 miles. When they came to a small 6 , the old man said, “Stop here.” Mike stopped and looked at the house.
“But this isn’t a 7 ,” he said to the old man.
“You are 8 ,” the old man got off the car and answered. “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way 9 the Sun Hotel.” The old man points down the road behind him. “Turn around and go back 3 miles. Then you’ll see the hotel 10 the left.”
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Test 5 Score:________
One Saturday, Bob decided 1 take a drive through the countryside. After a few hours, he saw a 2 walking behind a man on the side of the road. As the car came near them, the dog suddenly 3 into the road. Of course, the car hit the poor animal and 4 it.
Bob 5 his car and walked up to the man. “I’m very sorry 6 this happened,” he said. “Is there 7 I can do? Will $10 help?”
“Oh, but…,” said the man. “I should tell you…”
“Stop! You’re right. $10 isn’t 8 ! That dog was your best friend!” Bob reached into his pocket and gave the man $30. Then he said 9 to the man and drove away. When he was gone, the man looked down at the dog and said, “I don’t 10 whose dog that is.”
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Test 6 Score:________
A young woman was waiting at the airport. As she needed to 1 for many hours, she bought a book to pass the time. She 2 bought a packet (包) of cookies. She sat down and started reading the 3 .
Later, a man sat down next 4 her, opened his magazine
and started reading. When the woman took the first cookie, 5 man took one, too. She was really surprised but said nothing. “ 6 is this man eating my cookies?” she thought.
Every time the woman took a cookie, the man took one, too. Then there was 7 one cookie left in the packet. The man picked tha last one up, divided (分开) it in half and gave the woman a half. She felt very 8 .
When the woman got on the airplane, she 9 that there was a packet of cookies in her handbag. 10 was never opened.
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Test 7 Score:________
John is 6 years old. He can read and write very well, 1 he can’t tell time. He doesn’t say “eight o’clock”, “twelve o’clock” or “four o’clock in the afternoon”. He 2 “breakfast time”, “lunch time” or “teatime”.
His aunt thinks she can teach him to read a 3 . “ 4 you count, John?” “Yes. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve…”
“That’s fine. Now, if I put the long hand of the clock on ‘ 5 ’ and the short one on ‘one’—that is one o’clock. 6 I put the short hand on ‘two’,