中考英语专题复习——选词填空（真题）

    Nine-year-old Jimmy was given a task in school to write a story on "My family's ancestors(祖先)". The purpose was for the kids to  their family history.

    In search of some  for his task. Jimmy interviewed his grandmother who of course  nothing about the reason why Jimmy asked such questions.

    When she was asked, "Granny, where did I come from?" his grandma was quite. Why didn't he ask his parents? She had to be quite careful when talking  a kid about such a subject. She wanted to buy some time,  she replied," Well, sweetie , the stork(鹳鸟) brought you." She said no, hoping that the subject would be dropped until Jimmy's parents came back.

    "So , where did Mom come from?"

    "The stork brought her also."

    "Well, then where did you come from?"

    " The stork brought too, sweetie"

    "All right, thanks, Granny"

     grandmother did not think anything more about his questions. Three days later, when she was tidying up and  at Jimmy's desk, she read the first sentence of his paper," For three generations(辈)there have been no natural births in our family".

    A man once advertised for a person to work in his office, and nearly fifty people applied for the place. From all the applicants (应聘者) , in a short time, he chose a boy and .

    "I would like to know," said a friend, "how you came to choose that boy, He had not a single recommendation (推荐信) with him."

    "You are mistaken." said the man. "He had ." "He cleaned his shoes before he came in, andafter him, showing that he was tidy and orderly."

    "He gave up his seat at once to an old man, showing that he was."

    "He took off his cap when he came in, and answered my questions politely,."

    "He lifted up the book which I had purposely laid on the floor, and put it on the table, all the others stepped over it, or pushed it aside, showing that he was ."

    " And he waited quietly for his ture,  showing that he had good manners."

    "When I talked with him, I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk."

    "When he, I noticed that his fingernails were clean, instead of being tipped with pen."

    "Don't you call these things letters of recommendation? I do and what I can tell about a boy,for ten minutea,is worth more than all the well-prepared letters he can bring me."

    The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West．

    The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey．In，he sometimes does not even look like a monkey．This ishe can make seventy﹣two changes to his shape and size．That is to say，he can turn  into different animals and objects．But he can hide his tail，he can't become a man．

    Tobad people，the Monkey King uses a magic stick．Sometimes he can make the stick sothat he can keep it in his ear．At other times，he is able to make it big and long．

    Children all over the world love the Monkey King．