2018年山东省中考英语真题（选词填空）

    One day, a student asked his teacher, "what is greed?" The teacher didn't answer his question , but asked the student to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the biggest chocolate bar（条、块） he could find．But there was a : as he passed through the factory, he could not turn back.

    The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked, he saw a large chocolate bar. He liked it, but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going. He kept walking and saw  chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But , he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he neared the end of the factory, he saw fewer chocolate bars, and  of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started to regret his decision to keep going. Finally, he . He went back to his teacher empty-handed and explained what had happened.

    The teacher told him, "You liked the chocolate bar, but you kept looking for a bigger one. And later, you realized that you had given up the best chocolate bar because you thought you could do better. That is called greed."

    Most people would stay away from bees while meeting them. However, if your goal(目标) is to grow a beautiful and productive(丰收的) garden, you will want to bring on bees.

    How to attract(吸引) bees?

    Plant! Plant! Plant! Plant not only vegetables but also colorful flowers. Bees are attracted by colors and purple, yellow, white and blue are favorites. If possible, you should be to plant different flowers for bees to choose from. Be sure to plant some flowers in areas. Bees like warm and bright places than cool and dark ones.

    Another part of learning to attract bees is to always leave a place for wild grass or flowers near your garden. This is where bees can live comfortably and . You can also design a bee house the bees to live. To do this, you can use several of bamboo tied together. Place the house close to the ground bees prefer living close to the ground. Preparing such a place can make sure that they will enjoy and want to leave.

Be sure to leave water around for them to drink. Once the bees are there and active, you will have a fruitful garden.

    Once upon a time, a father and his son were walking from one town to another, While they , they happened to pass by a river. They were tired and stopped there . Then the father asked his son to get him some water from the river.

    Then the son walked to the riverside and he some women washing clothes there. Right at that moment, a bullock cart(牛车) started crossing the river. As a result, the water became very dirty. “I mustn't take the dirty water to my father,” he thought. So he came back and said. “Look, Father. A bullock cart the river now, so the water is dirty and it can't be drunk.” Father said nothing.

    After a while, the son to get some water again by his father. The water was still dirty, but he didn't go back. He thought, “My father is so thirsty. I back clean water this time, even though it will take me a long time.” Then he sat there, waiting until the water was clean. He collected some in a bowl and took it back.

    “Oh, you are back at last, I for you for almost half an hour.” Father said. After the water, he looked up at his son and said, “Now, about what made the water clean. You let it be and the water became clean on its own. It is also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed(打扰), just let it be, and it will calm down on its own.”

    The son thought for a while and said, “Thank you, Father. I this forever.”

    We can make best decisions when we stay calm.

Hi Jake,

    How's it going? Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while, but couldn't use my computer for a few days. You'll never guess what happened to me!

    A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga. Yoga is a combination of physical and breathing exercises. It's supposed to be good for relaxation and . I've been feeling a bit stressed about my school work recently and I thought yoga might help.

    My dad couldn't give me a lift to the first lesson, so I decided to . The lesson was great and I felt really relaxed afterwards. On the way home, though, it started raining and I got very wet! The next day, I woke up with a bad cold. I couldn't stop .

    I couldn't go to school I also had a high temperature. We were having a math test that day so it was great that I could stay at home. I didn't really , though. I felt awful and stayed in bed. Mum brought me cups of hot tea for my sore throat(and you know how much I hate tea! ). She went to the chemist's and got me some vitamin pills. I have to keep taking these for a while I can get stronger.

    That afternoon Robbie came to visit me. He said he'd got something to and pretended it was the math test that I'd missed "Mr Bank says you can do it at home instead,” he said, but I knew he was joking. I didn't think it was very , but he did!

    The next day, I was still a bit pale and didn't have much energy, but I was feeling better. The day after that, I was able to go back to school.

    Can you believe my luck? I went to the yoga class to feel and instead I caught a cold!

    Anyway, I hope you're OK. Write and let me know what you've been up to!

    Bye for now!

Kate