1、.妙語短篇 C1 首字母填詞測試題1.James had a terrible toothache. It kept him awake all night. His cheek wasswollen and it was difficultfor himto eat or drink.Anything very hotor coldmade the toothache w_. If James ate anything sweet the pain was u_.James did not want to take time off from work, so he tried to bea

2、r the pain.He took a pain-killer every hour.However, the tooth h_ so much when he tried to eat his lunch that heknew he had to go to the de dentist.He asked his bossfor time o_. His boss could see that James was ingreat pain, and told him to take the rest of the day off.The dentist agreed to see Jam

3、es immediately.Open your mouth, he said,and let shave a look. James opened his mouth.Which tooth is giving trouble?the dentist asked next.James t_ the tooth with his finger.The dentist x-rayed the tooth, then he put the x-ray a_ a bright light.Oh, yes. He saidIcan see the problem. There is a cavity

4、in the tooth. Im afraid the h_ is too big to fill. I must take the tooth out.That sall rightJames saidJust stop the pain. The dentist gave James an i_ and quickly pulled out the tooth. Hed_ it into the garbage can.Don tthrow it away. James saidLet me have it please. Why do you want your old tooth?th

5、e dentist asked.Im goingto take it home,put it in a bowl of hot honey and watch its_.1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._2.The Gordon family was spending a day on the beach.Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines.Mr.Gordonwas too s_ to rent a chair. Their twelve-yearold

6、 daughter,Sandra was playing at the waterse_.Suddenly a huge wave l_ Sandra up and carried her out to sea.Fortunately,a lifeguardwas on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandraaway.He ran along the beach and d_ into the sea. He swam quickly to wherethe girl, with her h_ only just above the water, was s

7、houting for help.She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her she struggled withhim , as d_ people often do.However, he knew what to do and soon took h_ of her and swam withher back to the beach.By the time he reachedit, Mr. and Mrs. Gordonhad realized what hadhappened. They had run down

8、to the waters edge.Neither of them could swim. They just stood in the s_ water, andworried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time?Fortunately, he had.“That was quick work, young man,”Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife.“Give the lifeguard a dollar.”“A dollar! ”Sandra cried.“D

9、ad, how can you give him a dollar!He savedmy life. I was half dead.”“Quite right, girl, ”Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughtersa_ ofthe value of money.He turned to his wife again and said,”She sright. She was only half dead.Give him fifty c_.1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._3. Kathy was a univ

10、ersity student. Like most students she had very little money, but she wanted to buy a car.“If I can buy one really cheap that w_,”she thought,“Iwill save moneyon bus f_. Then I llhave more to speed on food.”She spent a day l_ at cars in the second-hand car yards. Most of themwere m_ too expensive, b

11、ut at last she found one for $250.The car was r_ and the paint was b_ damaged, but it worked.“Itsgot a good engine, ”the salesman said,“and the gear box is o.k. Forget.everything else. ”Kathy bought the car and drove it out of the car yard. Everything was wrongwith it expect for the engine and gear

12、box, which worked very well.“Aslongas theywork, ” Kathythought,“nothingelsem_. Thesalesman was right. ”Unfortunately,a few days later, while she was driving to her university,apolice car drove up beside her and made her stop. A young policeman got outof his car and walked a_ Kathyscar. He looked at

13、it d_.He made a list of the things wrong with the car. It was a very long list .Then he looked inside the car.“Does your speedometer work?”he asked.Kathy shook her head.“It is againstthe law, miss, ”he said, “not to knowhow fast you aretravelling. ”Kathy smiled at him s_.“Oh, but I do know how fast

14、I am travelling,”she said.“Up to 30 miles anhour, the doors rattle. Between 31 and 50 miles an hour, the whole car rattles.Over 50 miles an hour, I rattle.”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._4. When someone who is in good health dies suddenly, there is usually an.inquest.An inquest is a kind of cou

15、rt of inquiry. The person in charge of an inquest iscalled a coroner. His job is to find out exactly how a person died.If there is nothing suspicious about the death ,he will decide that the persondied from n_ causes or an accident. If however, he is s_ ,he maydecide that the person s death was caus

16、ed by a person or persons unknown.At one inquest.the coroner was trying to find out exactly what had causedthe death of a local businessman, Henry Wang.The man swidow was giving her e_. She was very upset and had tostop from time to time.The coroner did not want to upset her more than necessary, but

17、 he had tofind out the truth. There were questions he had to ask her.“Mrs.Wang, I know this is p_ for you.”he said. “but I want you to thinkvery carefullyand then answer my questions.You and your husbandwerehaving dinner at home. Is that correct?”“Yes. ”“Suddenly he f_ to the floor?”“Yes. ”“You stoo

18、d up and h_ to him? You knelt beside him? He was in greatpain? ”“Yes. ”“Did he say anything? ”.The widow l_ her head.“Please,Mrs. Wang,you must answerthe question.What were his lastw_?”The widow took a deep breath and then spoke.“He said, ”she w_,“Im not surprised you were c_ only 50 cents for that

19、seafood we hadfor dinner. ”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._5. It was a dark and windy night. The wind howled and the rain b_ down. Harry and his wife were in bed. Although Harry slept t_ he storm, hiswife woke up. She lay in bed, u_ to sleep, listening to the noise of thestorm.Suddenly she heard

20、 a different noise. It sounded like someone t_ onthe window.She was very frightened. She woke her husband up.“Harry, ”she whispered, ”there ssomeone outside, Listen.”“Its nothing, ”he said, ”just a b_ of a tree tappingagainstthewindow in the wind. Go back to sleep.”He turned over and went back to sl

21、eep.The tapping continued. It got louder and louder, then the window began torattle.Harry swife woke him up again.“Harry, it isn tj_ the wind. There ssomebody there. I know there is.Get up and look. ”Harry got out of bed and walked across the room to the window. He p_the curtain a little and looked

22、out. He saw a man standing on a l_ outsidethe window.He smiled at the man and then went back to bed.“Well? ”his wife asked, “Was there anyone there? ”“Yes, ”Harry said. “There sa b_ trying to get in .”“Then do something! ”his wife cried. “Phone the police. ”“Not yet, ”Harry said. “Wait until he open

23、s the window. Ive been trying toget it open since we had the house p_ last year.”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._6.Sarah Williams went to a boardingschool .Hereis one of the letters shewrote to her parents from the school.Wentworth Girl sSchoolBeachsideJuly 25thDearest Mom and Dad,Im afraid I ha

24、ve some very bad news for you .I have been very n_ and.the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. Youmust come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the schoolany longer.The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This isagainst

25、the r_, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.As I was smoking, I heard f_ coming towards the room. I did not want ateacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.Unfortunately,the cigarettef_ into the waste-paperbasket,whichc_ fire.There was a curtain near the waste-paperbasket

26、 which caught fire, too.Soon the whole room was b_.The principal phoned the fire department. The school was a long way fromthe town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was inf_. Many of the girls are in the hospital.The principal saysthat the fire was all my f_ and you must

27、 pay ford_. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.Im very sorry about this.Much love.SarahPS.N_ of the above is true, but I have my exams. I just want you toknow how bad things could have been!.1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._7. Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could

28、 not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of b_.“Isuppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.She went to the doctor and told him her problem.“ I m not at all surprised.”“Ithessaido.what your problem is. ”He e_ her and then gave her some advice.“If

29、you don t do what I say, Mrs. Parker, ” he said,“then you will have aheart a_ . It could kill you.”Ellen was very worried as she left the d_.She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy andthat it would take time.The next day she went shopping.The first shopshe went into wa

30、s ab_ shop.“Id like ten pounds ofsteak, please,” she said.“Certainly,madam, ”the butcherreplie d and went into the cold s_room and found a large piece of steak.He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on thes_.“That s just under ten pounds,said”. he“That s big enough,” MrsP

31、arker. said.The butcher worked out the price.“At $4.99 a pound that will be $45.50 please. Shall I cut it up into smallerpieces for you?”“Oh, I don t want to buy the meat, Mrs. parker” said.“ If you don t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily,“ why did you asme to get it for you?”“My doctor t

32、old me that I am o_ and must lose 10 pounds. I wantedto see what 10 pounds of f_ looked like.”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._8. “We should do something nice for the old people of our town,” the teachersaid to her class one day .“ What could we do?”“Can we give them a picnic?”one of the children

33、 asked.“We can send outi_ and bring cakes and sausages and all kinds of good things to eat.”“ That s a very good idea,” the teacher“Wesaid.ll ask all the oldpeople to ap_ by the river.”The children worked hard g_ ready for the picnic. Their parents madecakes and pies or gave money, and the children

34、wrote invitation cards to theold people. Then they took the cards to the old p_ homes.On the morning of the picnic the sky was blue and the sun was s_.The children were all looking f_ to giving the old people a happy day.Then one of the children said.“Oh! We forgot to inviteMrs. Waller. ”They did no

35、t like Mrs. Waller. She looked like a w_.“We must invite her now then,” the teacher said. “She will be h_ andangry if we don t ask her.”She looked around the class and then pointed at one of the boys.“Tom,take an invitation card to her house. A_ for being late. Don t tell her weforgot her.”Tom did n

36、ot want to go to Mrs.Waller shouse, but he was a brave boy, andsaid, “All right, Miss Lee. ”He went to the old woman s house and knocked on the door, Mrs. Walleropened it. She looked very angry.“Well,” she said,“what is it ? What do you want?”Tom gave her the invitation card andsaid, “ I m sorry we

37、did not ask youbefore, but please come to our picnic. It s a beautiful day.”Mrs. Waller knew that the children thought she was a witch. She guessedthat they had forgotten her.“You re too late,” the woman “saidIt.s a beautiful day now, but I ve alreadya_ for rain this afternoon.”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._.6.

38、_ 7._ 8._9._10._9. Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world s greatest wonders “In my opinion,”the first man said,“the E_ pyramids are the worldsgreatest wonder. Althoughthey were builtthousands of years ago,they arestill s_. And remember:the peoplewhobuilt them had onlysi

39、mplet_. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and e_have today. ”“Iagree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,”the second man said,“but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are morewonderfulthan thepyramids.Theyhave takenpeopleto the moonandbroughtthem

40、backs_. Inseconds,theycarryoutmathematicalcalculations in s_ that would take a person a hundred years to do”He t_ to the third manand asked,“What do you think is the greatestwonder in the world? ”The third man thought for a long time, and then he said,“Well, I agree thatthepyramidsarewonderful,andI

41、agreethatcomputersarewonderful,too However,in my opinion,the most wonderfulthing in the world is thist_”And he took a thermos out of his bag and h_ it upThe other two men were very surprised.“A thermos? ”they exclaimed,“Butthat sa simple thing ”.“Oh, no, it s not, ”the third man said.“In the winter

42、you put in a hot drink andit s_ hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. Howdoes the thermos know whether it is winter or summer?”1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._9._10._10. Wally worked in a shop that sold clocks. One day his next door n_, Harry, came into his shop. Harry was very stingy. His s_ ma