中考英语阅读测试(一)

Once Einstein gave¹ a lecture² in many places in America． His driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was³ sure be could⁵ give it himself⁶． So Einstein agreed⁷ that the driver gave the lecture him．

As⁴ nobody⁸ knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening． At first he was a bit⁹ afraid, but Einstein's smile made¹⁰ him feel better． He gave a good lecture and the people were quite pleased¹¹．

Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word． When they got¹² to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question．

The driver said¹³ that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it．

根据短文内容填空，每空限填一词。

Einstein gave the (1) ______ lecture again and again． His driver (2) ______ to his lecture so many times (3) ______ he wanted to give it (4) ______． When Einstein knew it, he let the driver (5) ______ the lecture for him that night． The driver gave a (6) ______ lecture and the great scientist¹⁴ was quite pleased．

When they were (7) ______ the lecture room, a man asked the driver a question． To show (8) ______ easy the question was, the driver asked Einstein who followed him (9) ______ to answer it (10) ______ of him．

KEY:

1．same     2．listened     3．that     4．himself              5．give

6．good     7．leaving      8．how      9．quietly(behind)      10．instead