2011年杭州市中考英语真题及答案
IV．完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time 26 did not like their students to 27 with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak （漏） and it is 28 to spill （溢出） the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.
Ladislao Biro 29 for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day 30 his desk. Day in and day out， he corrected 31 of thin， cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to 32 his pen and it did not write 33 on the thin paper. He and his brother George 34 some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak， with ink that did not spill. Why not 35 a little ball at the end？
Two Englishmen， Henry Martin and Frederick Miles， liked the 36 。 It was the 37 of the Second World War. The Air Force （空军） 38 a non-leak， non-spill pen for the men to write with in 39 。 Martin and Miles made and 40 many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air Force.
26. A. factories B. schools C. chops D. restaurants
27. A. play B. write C. come D. meet
28. A. easy B. hard C. free D. popular
29. A. left B. waited C. looked D. worked
30. A. on B. near C. at D. in
31. A. mistakes B. books C. pages D. diaries
32. A. mend B. fill C. brush D. change
33. A. well B. down C. out D. up
34. A. kept B. finished C. began D. studied
35. A. find B. wear C. grow D. use
36. A. matter B. result C. meaning D. idea
37. A. day B. time C. break D. year
38. A. bought B. took C. needed D. preferred
39. A. planes B. ships C. trains D. buses
40. A. sold B. lent C. moved D. passed