中考英语完形填空--借书不还的Charlie

　　Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. Its beautiful but its hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but its cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

　　One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didnt take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didnt see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didnt recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, Oh, dear! Its you, Fred!

　　Of course we were __8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasnt big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, __11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?

　　Im sorry I dont lend any books to __12__, said the young man.

　　Are you afraid Ill __13__ them?

　　No, Im not. Im afraid you wont __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!

　　1. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

　　2. A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday

　　3. A. study B. play C. rest D. run

　　4. A. words B. sentences C. problems D. stories

　　5. A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D. classmates

　　6. A. finished B. heard C. saw D. met

　　7. A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled

　　8. A. angry B. happy C. worried D. sad

　　9. A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D. drivers

　　10. A. looked for B. read C. wrote D. looked at

　　11. A. Need B. Must C. May D. Can

　　12. A. other B. the other C. others D. another

　　13. A. lose B. sell C. throw D. know

　　14. A. pay B. return C. use D. look after

　　15. A. made B. picked C. won D. bought

　　名师点评

　　这篇短文主要讲了Charlie家里有许多藏书，却没有一本是自己买的，所以他从不借书给别人，因为他怕别人都和他一样。本题的不少答案只从缺空所在句子的语意和语法是无法确定的，解题是要联系上下文及一般常识进行推理。

　　答案解析

　　1. B。hot应该指的是夏天的天气情况。

　　2. D。大学生暑假回家度假。

　　3. A。学生暑假应该不忘学习。

　　4. C。solve problems意为解决问题。

　　5. D。根据下文可得知。

　　6. A。finish middle school表示中学毕业。

　　7. C。look sb. up and down表示上下打量某人，这时look用作及物动词。

　　8. B。老同学相见自然是高兴。

　　9. B。同学之间谈论的主要对象一般应该是同学和老师。

　　10. A。根据上下文得知我正在寻找一本字典。

　　11. D。这里指征求别人的意见，故用can。

　　12. C。泛指其他人，故用复数。

　　13. A。我以为他怕我把书弄丢，所以不借。

　　14. B。根据下文得知他的书都是借的，所以他不愿借给我，怕我也象他一样借书不还。

　　15. D。这些书都不是买的，而是借的。