2016屆中考英語完形填空

some even "pull all-nighters". these are lazy students who have homework due (到期) the next day that they haven't done. in the morning they don't look   3   and you can tell who's been doing it. maybe our lack of sleep is   4   laziness - i think i'm a fairly lazy student - or maybe it's because we have too much to do in american high schools.i   5   go to bed around midnight. if i stayed up past 1:30 am, i wouldn't get any work done. i'd be   6   at my computer. my classes begin at 7:30. i'm   7   awake in my first class. by the second, i'm slightly drowsy. by my third class, i'm sleepy. by midday i'm finally   8   awake. but by 3:00 pm, i'm slowing down again. yet i get more sleep than the acronym's "average student".most american high schools seem to have a similar   9   with sleepy students. high school classes start at 7:30, so students have to wake up one and a half hours before that to get ready and   10   the bus. it's believed that lack of sleep can damage both grades and health. some schools are paying attention. classes in those schools start at 8:30.1. a. even if        b. no matter    c. as if        d. even then2. a. easy       b. interesting  c. hard     d. possible3. a. beautiful      b. healthy  c. young        d. heavy4. a. because        b. thanks to    c. as       d. because of5. a. never      b. usually  c. nearly       d. almost6. a. playing games  b. doing dishes c. doing homework  d. falling asleep7. a. completely b. partly       c. strangely    d. generally8. a. wide       b. widely       c. deep     d. deeply9. a. chance     b. question c. problem  d. sight10. a. master        b. miss     c. grasp        d. catch(9)the room was dark and quiet. only one boy still didn’t go to sleep. he sat on his bed at a far __1__ of the room. slowly and carefully, he punched(扎) small __2__ across a piece of paper with a stylus(鐵筆). every __3__ minutes he stopped and ran his fingers __4__ the raised dots(凸出的點) on __5__ side of the paper. a friend of his came to him __6__ and said, “l(fā)ouis, are you still punching dots? you’d better stop and get some rest. the teacher will be angry if you sleep in class.” the answer __7__ slowly, “ i know, i know. i’ve __8__ finished now. go back to sleep, gauthier.” louis braille, inventor of the braille reading method(方法) for the blind, put his paper and stylus on a shelf behind his bed. he stood up and went to an open window. he could hardly feel the cool april wind __9__ his face. he knew his method would __10__, no matter what others thought. 1. a. side              b. row            c. corner         d. part 2. a. boxes             b. holes          c. bits           d. ends 3. a. many             b. some            c. a few          d. few 4. a. across           b. against         c. on            d. into 5. a. another          b. the other       c. other         d. one 6. a. politely         b. quickly        c. quietly        d. carefully 7. a. came            b. reached          c. went         d. moved 8. a. almost           b. already         c. really         d. hardly 9. a. sweep             b. touch           c. beat          d. brush 10. a. operate          b. win             c. use           d. work