2018中考英语完形填空练习题：借书不还的Charlie

　　Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s 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 didn’t 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 didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s 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 wasn’t 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?”

　　“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.

　　“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”

　　“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __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。
 

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