[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：1-Wednesday 生活故事 269詞

1-Wednesday 生活故事 269詞

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It was three o'clock．A man was walking down a high street in the north of England．He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase．His name was Terry and he had lived away from home for twenty years．In fact he was in prison．

Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had changed．The park where he used to play was now a car park．The house where he was born had disappeared and in its place，ironically，was a bank．Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friends after school，but it had become a fast restaurant．He entered，sat down，and asked for a cup of coffee．Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he had seen．

While paying for the coffee he found an old ticket in his wallet．It was for a pair of shoes he had taken to be repaired the day before bank robbery 20 years ago．The shoe repairer was an old man then，so Terry was sure that he must be dead．But when he turned the corner of the street，he couldn't believe his eyes．The shop was still there！And it was the same shoe repairer！He looked about a hundred years old．Terry was so happy！Terry told him that he had lived in Australia during the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England．The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop．After ten minutes he came back．

“Were they dark brown，Italian shoes，Size 42？”he asked slowly．

“Yes！”said Terry，excitedly．

“I haven't repaired them.”the shoe repairer said slowly．“You can take them tomorrow afternoon.”

生詞

high street　n． （常作為路名的一部分，尤指市鎮(zhèn)商業(yè)區(qū)的）大街：Kensington High Street肯辛登大街

depressed　adj． 沮喪的，抑郁的：The news made me very depressed．這消息使我很沮喪。

ironically　adv． 譏諷地；具有諷刺意味地：Ironically，the intelligence chief was the last person to hear the news．具有諷刺意味的是，情報局長是最后一個聽到這一消息的人。

1．How long had Terry been away from home？

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2．Where was Terry before he went back home？

A prison in ______________________．

3．Why was Terry sent to prison？

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4．Why was Terry feeling very unhappy when he returned to his hometown？

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5．For what purpose did the shoe repairer disappear into the back of the shop？

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參考譯文

下午三點，一個男人走在英國北部的一條大街上。他穿著黑色外套，拿著行李箱。他叫特里，離開家鄉(xiāng)已經(jīng)20年了。實際上，這段時間他一直待在監(jiān)獄里。

特里感到十分沮喪，因為家鄉(xiāng)的一切都變了。他過去經(jīng)常玩耍的公園現(xiàn)在成了停車場。他出生的房子已經(jīng)消失，具有諷刺意味的是，在房子原來的位置上有了一家銀行。特里想去一家老式小飯館喝杯咖啡，過去他和朋友放學后常去那里，但現(xiàn)在它變成了一家快餐店。他進去坐下，要了一杯咖啡。當他想起所看到的一切時，他更難過了。

付賬時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)錢包里有一張舊存根。20年前發(fā)生銀行搶劫案的前一天，他把那雙鞋送去修理。當時那位修鞋匠已經(jīng)很老了，所以特里敢肯定他去世了。但當他轉過街角時，他幾乎無法相信自己的眼睛。那家店還在！還是那位修鞋匠！他看上去大約有100歲了。特里很高興！特里告訴他，20年來他一直生活在澳大利亞，在離開英國前，他忘了取那雙鞋。鞋匠進了商店的里屋，十分鐘后，他回來了。

“是雙棕黑色、42碼的意大利皮鞋嗎？”他慢條斯理地問。

“是的！”特里興奮地說。

“我還沒修，”修鞋匠慢吞吞地說，“明天下午你可以來拿。”

參考答案

Wednesday 1．Twenty years.　2．Australia．　3．Because he robbed a bank．4．Because everything in his hometown had changed．5．To look for the pair of shoes.