武汉中考短文填词之妙语短篇A2 4页

妙语短篇之短文填词A2‎ ‎ 1‎ Mrs. Tan was w______ about her weight.‎ ‎“I’m much too fat,” she told her friend. “I need to l_____ a lot of weight but l don’t know how to do it.” ‎ ‎“Go and see Dr. Wei,” her friend said. “He’ll tell you how to lose weight.” Mrs. Tan v_____ Dr. Wei and told him her problem.‎ ‎“It isn’t d_______ to lose weight ,”he told her. “All you need to do is go on a diet. I’ll give you one.”‎ He began to w_____ on a piece of paper.‎ ‎“Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Also eat a lot of lean(瘦肉) meat and grains.”‎ When he f_____, he handed her the piece of paper.‎ ‎“There you are,” he said. “Eat all those things and you’ll soon lose weight.”‎ A few weeks later, Mrs. Tan’s friend c_____ on her.‎ She was s_____ to see that she was even f_____ than before and that she was eating a huge sandwich with chocolate cake and ice cream.‎ ‎“I t______ you were on a diet.” she said.‎ ‎“Oh, I am,” Mrs. Tan r____. “I’ve already had all the food on my diet today. Now I’m eating my dinner.”‎ ‎2 ‎ Tommy hated school and was always looking for e____ not to go.‎ If he sneezed, he asked his mother to write a note saying he had a c____.‎ If he a headache, he asked his mother to take him to the doctor d____ school hours.‎ He spent more time at home than he d_____ at school.‎ On the days that he did go to school, he looked for excuses to come home e_____.‎ One day he came home from school in the middle of the morning.‎ His father was s______.‎ ‎“You’re home early,” he said. “Is the school c_____ today?”‎ ‎“No, Dad,” Tommy said. “It’s open. I came home early.”‎ ‎“How did you do that?” his father asked him. “What did you say to the teacher?”‎ ‎“I told her that I had a n___ baby brother and that I had to come home and help you.”‎ ‎“But your mother has had t____,” his father said, “a boy and a girl. You’ve got a baby brother and a baby sister.” “Yes, I know, Dad,” Tommy said . “ I’m s___ up my baby sister for next week.” ‎ ‎3‎ Jenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman. before she m____ .many men were in love with her.‎ Many of them wrote to her, telling her how w___ she was ,how much they loved her and wanted to marry her.‎ Jenny kept all these letters. She t___ them up with a red ribbon （丝带）and put them away in an old box. She never looked at them as she was h____ married ,however ,they were a part of her life and she did not want to t____ them away. Jenny had a daughter ,Sue .Sue was six .‎ One day ,Jenny had to leave sue a____ for half an hour.‎ ‎“Now be a good girl,” she said . “Play quietly. If you need anything, go to the lady next door.”‎ When she r___ home ,she asked Sue, “Have you been a good girl?”‎ ‎“Oh ,yes, mommy,” Sue said.‎ ‎“What did you do w____ I was out ?”Jenny asked her.‎ ‎“I played mailman ,”Sue told her.‎ ‎“How could you play mailman, darling?” Jenny asked. “ You didn’t have any l____.”‎ ‎“Oh, yes I did ,mommy,” Sue said. “I found some in an old box upstairs. They were tied up with a red ribbon .I put one in e_____ mailbox in the street. Wasn’t I a good girl?”‎ ‎4 ‎ A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker(修鞋匠), ‎ ‎“I’ d like you to repair these shoes for me ,please,” “C_____ , sir,” the shoemaker said.‎ ‎“When will they be ready?” the man asked .‎ ‎“I’m a bit busy ,but they’ll probably be ready for you on Thursday.” he said .‎ ‎“That’s fine,” the man said, and l____ the shop.‎ The next morning he r_____ a letter, offering him a job in a____ country. Within 24 hours he was on an airplane to his new job. Twenty years p_____ and he returned to his hometown .‎ He remembered his shoes. “They were a good pair of shoes,” he thought. “I w____ if the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I’ll go and see .” He was p_____ to see that the shoemaker was still in the same shop, although he was an old man by now . “Good morning,” he said to him. “Twenty years ago, I b____ in a pair of shoes to be repaired. Do you think you’ve still got them?”‎ ‎“Name ?”the old shoemaker asked.‎ ‎“Smith,” the man said .‎ ‎“I’ll go and see. They may be out back.”‎ The shoemaker went out to the back of his shop and a few minutes later returned , c_____ the pair of shoes.‎ ‎“Here we are,” he said. “One pair of brown shoes to be repaired. I’m a bit busy now but they’ll p_____ be ready on Thursday.”‎ ‎ 5‎ One day Jack’s wife was cleaning out a closet（壁橱）. ‎ ‎“Look at all these umbrellas,” Jack’s wife said to him. “There are eight and they are all b_____”‎ ‎“I’ll take them a__ to the umbrella shop and have them repaired,” Jack said. “They are too good to t_____ away.”‎ Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They’ll be r_____ tomorrow,” the shopkeeper said.‎ That evening Jack went home from the office by bus ,as usual . He sat next to an old woman .she had an umbrella on the floor near her.‎ When the bus r___ his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up.‎ ‎“Hey!” the woman said, “That’s my umbrella.”‎ ‎“I’m so sorry,” Jack said, g__ it to her . “I wasn’t thinking. Please forgive me .”‎ The next day he c___ the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus.‎ As he sat down, a v____ behind him said, “You have certainly had a successful day!”‎ He t___ around and saw the woman whose umbrella he had almost taken the day b____.‎ ‎ 6 ‎ Old peter liked fishing w____ he had any free time he drove into the countryside, found a good place to fish, and s___ a few hours fishing.‎ The problem was that most of the best places to fish were on private land, and peter often had to pull his rod(鱼竿) out of the water q____ and run off with it when the owner of the land came along.‎ One day he was sitting by a river that ran t_____ a rich man’s property(房地产) when he fell a____. He was awakened by a voice s_____, “you’ll never catch anything using that bait.”‎ Peter looked up and saw a man standing behind him.‎ ‎“What do you m____?” Peter said. “There’s nothing wrong with this bait. I always use it. I’ve c____ thirty fish with it today already.”‎ ‎“How very interesting,” the man said. “Do you know who I am ?”‎ peter shook his head. “I’m the owner of this land .”Peter thought very quickly “Do you know who I am?” he asked.‎ The man shook his head. “I’m the b____ liar（撒谎者） in the country,” Peter told him.‎ And with this he p____ his line out of the water and ran off as fast as he could.‎ ‎7‎ Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the m_____.‎ One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were damaged(损坏). Everyone thought that there would soon be a____ earthquake.‎ They were worried that the second earthquake would be w____ than the first.‎ ‎“We must send Johnny to a safe place,” Johnny’s mother said to her h____. “Many of our friends are sending their children to r_____ in other towns.”‎ ‎“We’ll send him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said. “He lives a long way away. Johnny will be s____ with him.”‎ He t_____ Johnny’s uncle Peter and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him.‎ ‎“He’s a good boy,” he said. “He won’t give you any t_____.”‎ ‎“All right,” Johnny’s uncle Peter said, “but I’m not used to children. I live a very q____ and peaceful life.”‎ ‎“You won’t know Johnny’s in the house,” his father told him.‎ So Johnny, who was five, went to live with his uncle.‎ Two days later, his mother and rather r____ a telegram（电报） from peter.‎ It said： “Am returning child. Please send earthquake.”‎ ‎8‎ Arnold Wu was a proud man. “I am sure my family is one of the oldest in the country,” he often told people. “It has a long h_____.”‎ One day he went to see an expert in family history, Mrs. Li.‎ ‎“I want you to find out e_____ about my family,” he said. “Where do we come from? Who was the first Wu? Were there any f____ people in the family? Do I have any rich relatives?”‎ ‎“O.K” Mrs. Li said, “but it will c___ you $2,000.”‎ Arnold‎ thought about this. Two thousand dollars was a lot of money.‎ At last he said, “All right. But for $2,000 I want a c_____ history. I want full details.”‎ The expert agreed. “Come back in three months,” she said.‎ Three months later Arnold visited Mrs. Li a____.‎ ‎“Well,” he said, “have you f____ out everything about my family?”‎ ‎“Yes,” she said. ”It is a very interesting family. H_____ , my price is now $5,000.”‎ ‎“Five thousand dollars!” Arnold s____. “but you told me the cost was only $2,000.”‎ ‎“I know. It was $2,000 to find out about your family,” she said. “it is another $3,000 to keep s_____ what I found out !”‎ ‎ 9‎ Two days a____ Simon’s fifth birthday. He went to school for the first time.‎ His mother bought him new clothes. And a s____ bag to carry his pens and books in.‎ The school was a long way from his home, so Simon’s mother took him to school in the morning, and l____ him at the school gate.‎ ‎“Enjoy yourself, Simon,” she said, “and be good. The teacher will tell me if you’re not.”‎ Then she left him and went back home. At half past three she went back to the school to p___ him up. She waited outside with many other mothers. Soon he came out and ran up to her.‎ ‎“Did you enjoy your first day at school?” she asked him.‎ He s___ his head.‎ ‎“No,” he said, “and I’m n____ going back there again.”‎ His mother was very surprised.‎ ‎“What’s the matter?” she asked him. “Has someone been u___ to you?”‎ ‎“No,” he replied.‎ ‎“Did you m____ me ?”his mother asked him. “Is that why you don’t want to go to school again?”‎ ‎“No,” he replied,‎ ‎“Then tell me the r_____,” his mother said.‎ ‎“All right. I can’t read. I can’t write. I can’t spell. I can’t do math and the teacher won’t let me talk. what’s the point of going to school when I can’t do a____ there?”‎ ‎ 10‎ A man was selling medicines at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.‎ Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd c_____ money and handing out bottles of the cold cure.‎ Then, when he had a big crowd, the man h___ up a very small bottle.‎ ‎“And now ,ladies and gentlemen,” he shouted, “here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age . D___ just one bottle of this and you will live forever.”‎ ‎“And, ladies and gentlemen,” the man c_____, “I’m not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this w____ medicine, I’m going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think, my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever.”‎ Most of the people in the crowd did not b___ this. ‎ One person shouted, “If it make you live forever, why don’t you dink it ?”‎ Then another person cried, “Yes , you look as if you’re at l____ sixty years old.”‎ ‎“Thank you , sir, thank you,” the man replied, “I’m so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.”‎ The crowd laughed at this but there were s___ a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as she p____ by. “Is that true,” he asked, “that he’s three hundred and twenty-nine?”‎ ‎“Don’t ask me,” the assistant said, “I’ve o___ worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”‎ ‎ ‎ ‎11‎ A bank was robbed by an armed (有武器的) robber.‎ He walked into the bank, went up to the bank teller(银行出纳员),p____ a gun at her and said, “Give me all the money or I’ll shoot.”‎ The bank teller was f____ and did as the robber asked.‎ The police later asked the bank teller if she could tell them a_____ about the robber..‎ ‎ “He wore a stocking over his face,” the bank teller said. “I’m afraid I can’t tell you what he looked l___.”‎ A week later, the bank was robbed again.‎ ‎“I’m sure it was the same man,” the bank teller said. “I didn’t see his face, because he had a stocking over it again, but the v___ was the same when he said, ‘Give me all the money or I’ll shoot.’ ”‎ A week later, the bank was robbed for the t___ time.‎ ‎“Was it the same man?” the police asked the bank teller.‎ ‎“Oh, yes, I’m s___ it was,” the bank teller said. “I didn’t see his face because he wore a stocking over it again, but it was the same voice.”‎ ‎“Are you sure you didn’t notice anything e___ about the man?” the police asked. “A little detail. Anything that might help us find him.”‎ The bank teller t___ for a minute, then she said, “There is one thing.”‎ ‎“And what is that?” the police said h_____.‎ ‎“Every time he comes in and robs us,” the teller said, “he’s better dressed than before.”‎ ‎ 12‎ ‎ “You’ll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her h____ .”I’m not feeling well. “‎ ‎“Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear, ”her husband said. “I’ll be p____ to look after our baby.”‎ ‎“Thank you. I’ll have a q____ day and I’ll soon get better,” his wife told him.‎ ‎“Shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.‎ She was very pleased and said , “That will help me very much. I’ll give you a l___ of things to buy.”‎ She wrote out the list and gave it to him.‎ ‎“You can get all these things at the supermarket,” she said.‎ ‎“You can put the baby in the shopping cart, then you won’t have to l____ him outside.”‎ The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart a____ the rows of things to buy and looked for those that were on his list.‎ At first a___ was well, but then the baby began to cry.‎ Then he started to scream.‎ And scream!‎ And SCREAM!‎ ‎“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get e___. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”‎ A woman in the supermarket heard him s____ these things. She walked up to him.‎ ‎“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so p___ with your little George.”‎ ‎“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”‎ ‎ 13‎ Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy（吝啬的） and hated s_____ money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.‎ ‎“Let’s go to the fair, matt,” his wife said. “We haven’t been a_____ for a long time.”‎ Matt t_____ about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I’m not going to spend much money. We’ll look at things, but we won’t buy anything.”‎ They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy, but he would not ‎ l____ her spend any money.‎ Then, in a nearby field,(露天场地)， they saw a small a______.‎ ‎“Fun flights!” the n____ said, “$10 for 10 minutes.”‎ Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn’t want to pay for his wife, as w___.‎ ‎“I’ve only got $10,” he told the pilot, “Can my wife come with me for f____?” the pilot wasn’t selling many tickets, so he said, “I’ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn’t scream or shout, she can have a free flight.”‎ Matt a_____, and got into the small airplane with his wife.‎ The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down.‎ When the plane landed, the pilot said, “O.K. your wife didn’t make a sound. She can have her ride free.”‎ ‎“Thank you,” matt said. “it wasn’t easy for her, you know, e____ when she fell out.”‎ ‎ 14‎ Two unemployed(失业的) men , Len and Ted ,were sitting in a restaurant d______ tea.‎ Outside, on the o_____ side of the road, there was a bank, A security (保安的)guard was standing outside the bank .‎ Len stood up ,” I must go”, he said. “I’ll see you tomorrow”.‎ ‎“O.k.”. Ted said. “I’ll be here”.‎ Len walked out of the restaurant and c_____ the road .Then he walked up to the security guard, said something to him and ran off as fast as he c____.‎ The security guard was very a_____ and he ran after Len shouting at him.‎ ‎“Come back here! How dare you insult(侮辱) me!” he shouted, but Len kept on r_____.‎ The security guard could not catch him and he was soon out of sight.‎ Still angry the security guard h____ back to his position outside the bank.‎ The next day Len came into the restaurant. Ted was already there. He sat next to him and o_____ some tea.‎ Ted said,” Yesterday, I saw you go up to the security guard .say something to him and run off . He was very angry and ran after you”.‎ ‎“That’s right”, Len said .”I called him a fat-faced idiot（白痴）. He was r____ angry”.‎ ‎“ Why did you do that?” Ted asked.‎ ‎“I’m going to rob the bank today”, Len said ,”I wanted to find out how f___ he could run”.‎ ‎ 15‎ Donald was not very good at math.‎ He could not u______ the teacher’s explanations.‎ Even when the teacher explained something a s_____ time, Donald still could not understand it.‎ ‎“Never mind,” Donald told himself. “I’m quite good at other subjects. I’ll cheat in the math exam, then I won’t be in t_____.”‎ ‎“I’ll sit next to the boy who’s best at math,” he thought, “and copy down his answers.”‎ The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brian smith, who always was at the top of the class in math.‎ Donald c_____ copied Brian’s answers in to his own exam paper.‎ At the end of the exam, the teacher c____ the papers and graded them.‎ Then she said, “Well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade, it’s difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.”‎ ‎“Let them s___ it,” one of the other students said.‎ ‎“I’ve thought about that,” the teacher said, “but I’ve decided to give the prize to Brian.”‎ Donald was a____ when he heard this.‎ He stood up and said, “That’s not f___. I got the same grade as Brian.”‎ ‎“That’s true,” the teacher said. “H____, Brian’s answer to question 18 was‘‎ ‎‘I don know.’ Yours was ‘N_____ do I’’‎