中考英語完形填空：圓珠筆是怎么來的

Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time 1 did not like their students to 2 with pen. Perhaps it was because pens can leak(漏) and it is 3 to spill(溢出) the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

Ladislao Biro 4 for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day 5 his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected 6 of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to 7 his pen and it did not write 8 on the thin paper. He and his brother George 9 some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not 10 a little ball at the end?

Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, like the 11 .It was the 12 of the Second World War. The Air Force 13 a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in 14 . Martin and Miles made and 15 many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air Force.

1. A. factories B. schools C. shops D. restaurants

2. A. play B. write C. come D. meet

3. A. easy B. hard C. free D. popular

4. A. left B. waited C. looked D. worked

5. A. on B. near C. at D. in

6. A. mistake B. books C. pages D. diaries

7. A. mend B. fill C. brush D. change

8. A. well B. down C. out D. up

9. A. kept B. finished C. began D. studied

10.A. find B. wear C . grow D. use

11.A. matter B. result C. meaning D. idea

12.A. day B. time C. break D. year

13.A. bought B. took C. needed D. preferred

14.A. planes B. ships C. trains D. buses

15.A. sold B. lent C. moved D. passed

名師點評

這是一篇關(guān)于圓珠筆怎樣發(fā)明使用的文章。由于鋼筆易漏水給工作帶來了許多不方便，通讀此文，你就會明白圓珠筆在什么情況下發(fā)明推廣使用。結(jié)合圓珠筆使用的方便和有關(guān)歷史知識，能順利完成短文。

答案簡析在下一頁：

1. B。從上下文判斷應(yīng)選B。

2. B。用筆寫可用“write with pens”來表達。

3. A。鋼筆里的墨水容易從筆管溢出來，所以選A。

4. D。指他在為一家報社工作。

5. C。at one’s desk意思是“坐在桌前”。

6. C。批改文稿可用correct pages來表達。

7. B。往筆里裝墨水可用fill the pen with ink。這里省略了with ink.。

8. A。用副詞well修飾動詞write。

9. C。由于他發(fā)現(xiàn)用鋼筆寫有麻煩，所以他和朋友開始做實驗，想更好的方法。

10 .D。Why not 動詞原形。

11. D。他們喜歡他的設(shè)想。

12. B。the time of 表示“……的時候”。

13. C。指當時空軍正需要這樣的筆。

14. A。句意理解和實際判斷想結(jié)合。 #p#分頁標題#e#

15. A。他們生產(chǎn)并銷售圓珠筆供空軍使用，故選sold。

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