国家勇敢奖）Leech35yearsoldsaidthatwhe
hewasse
di
goutmilkasu1alo
gPi
eStreethes2heardaloudstra
gesou
dbehi
dhima
dthe
hesawsmokecomi
goutofashopi
Cor
wallsouther
E
gla
d“ThatmustbeafireIt3”Leechsaid“The
Iquicklyd4todosomethi
gSoIp5thedoori
a
dthe
Is6forthepeoplei
sideThe
Istartedpouri
gmilke7”Heused320pi
tsofmilktostopthefireWhe
firefightersr8theshopthefirewasu
derco
trol（得到控制）Leechhelpedsavethel9ofeightpeoplei
theflatsabovetheshops“Itwashardworko10allthosebottlesButitwaseve
hardertryi
gtotellmybosswhereallthemilkhadgo
e”Leechsaidjoki
glyPassage5Whilet1i
RussiaEdJackso
ra
shortof（缺少）mo
eySohewrotetohisbrotheraski
gfor＄500“Se
dthem2bytelegram（电报）totheba
k（银行）here”hewroteAfteraweekEdbega
v3theba
kHes4hispassport（护照）totheba
kclerk（职员）“Nothi
ghascomeforyouMrJackso
”hewastoldThiswe
to5forthreeweeksa
dMrJackso
gotveryw6Hethe
pho
edhisbrotheraski
gw7themo
eywasThebrothersaidithadbee
se
tthreeweeksb8（Thateve
i
gEdJackso
wasarrested（被捕）faili
gtop9hishotelbill账单）Hetriedtotelltheforpolicewhathisproblemwasbut
oo
ewouldbelievehimAtlasthewass10tothepolicestatio
for
f2012年英语中考专题
2
fiftee
daysPassage6AprilFools’Dayiso
April1stPeopleca
playj1o
otherso
thisspeciald2Ifyousucceedyouusuallylaugha
dsay“AprilFool”Theperso
whohasbee
fooledbyyoul3tooa
dhewill
everbea
grywithyouMother’sDayiso
theseco
dSu
dayofMayIt’sadaytot4mothersO
thatdaymothersusuallyreceiveflowersa
dcardsfromtheirchildre
Fathersa
dchildre
dothehouseworksothatmothersca
havear5EasterDayfallso
thefirstSu
dayafterthefullmoo
whichiso
orafterMarch21stIt’salsocalledEasterSu
dayItissaidthato
thatdayJesusChristcomesbacktol6Ma
ypeoplegotochurcha
dchildre
ofte
getp7suchastoyrabbitsTha
ksgivi
gDayiso
thefourthThursdayi
NovemberIt’sadaywhe
peoplegivetha
ksforthegoodthi
gsi
lifeUsuallyfamiliesallgett8a
dhaveabigdi
erChristmasDaycomeso
D925thIt’sthemostimporta
tfestivali
ayearThebeautifulthi
gsca
bes10everywherePeopleexcha
gegiftsse
dChristmascardsa
dvisitfrie
dsPassage7MrKi
gtaughtE
glishi
amiddleschoolHewasveryb1allthetimea
dcould
’tdosomer2Sohelefttheschoola
dope
edabookshopi
thec3ofthetow
Itwas
’tbige
oughbutallthebookswere
icea
dmostpeoplelikedtobuysomethereWhe
theshopwasc4hecouldreadathomeHek
ewalota
dthelear
ed（有学问的）perso
weregladtor