2023年广东中考英语复习 短文填空专项训练 (二)（共10篇）（含答案）

2023年广东中考英语短文填空专项训练（二）
短文填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分）
第(一)篇
Ten-year-old Orion Jean has always known that kindness is important. He often practiced it by volunteering with his family. However, after 11. part in the National Kindness Speech Contest, he became more active in it. Now he works to spread kindness everywhere through projects which help others. He calls his action the Race to Kindness.
After a teacher told 12. about the contest, time remained not too much. Orion had only 24 hours to write, memorize and record his speech. In it, he 13. about the importance of kindness. “Kindness is like spreading hugs around the world to those 14. need it. ” Orion said. He encourages listeners to join him in “the race of kindness” 15. doing small, kind acts for others. Orion’s speech 16. the contest. He used his $500 prize to collect 619 toys for a local children’s hospital. After that, Orion wanted to make an even bigger influence. In charity, he packed meal boxes for people in 17. including a kind message for each receiver.
Orion says, “18. someone is treated kindly, it will make their day brighter and encourage that person to be kind to somebody 19. . And then it just grows larger and larger , and makes the world a better place. I am 20. of what I do. ”
第(二)篇
The Monkey King, Ne Zha, Snow Child, the Gourd Brothers, and many other cartoon characters from people’s childhoods all jump into our eyes in a video for the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are famous cartoon characters created 11. the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1957.
In the video, the Monkey King plays speed skating 12. asks his friends to practice winter games on the ice. Snow Child is skiing; the Gourd Brothers have organized a hockey team; and Ne Zha and Ao Bing are skating in a pair. Each character has 13. matched with a Winter Olympic sport event.
A main character, the Monkey King, comes from Journey to the West. He has excited the children of China for many years. After 1979, a TV program called Monkey 14. out in England. Western children gradually became 15. in reading this story. Nearly every young child likes the clever Monkey King 16. he keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up. The Monkey King is famous for his 17. to make 72 changes, which was used by China Winter Sport to post on Weibo. It said, "We once grew out three heads and six arms to try to achieve our dreams. We once 18. 72 changes to face the reality. However, 19. is always a kind of innocence(纯真) within our hearts. "
After watching this short video, many people said, "I feel so touched! It brings 20. back to my childhood. The Chinese cartoon is the best!"
第(三)篇
Two years ago, I failed in the college entrance exam. It was a heavy shock to my family and me. They always wanted me to go to a great 11.__________ in the south of the country. I was eighteen and my family was poor. They thought that my life could be 12.__________ by going to a good college. I was under stress and worried. I stayed at home and didn’t want to see anyone.
One night, I 13.__________ that I went to college and was taking 14.__________ interesting lesson. All the students were laughing happily. I woke up suddenly and found myself on the bed in my own room. I realized that I couldn’t let myself 15.__________. I decided to take the next year’s college entrance exam. It was a difficult year. I studied day and night to get 16.__________ for the exam. When the exam came, I found that I wasn’t as nervous as before.
Now I am studying in a good university. I try to pay for the education by doing part-time 17.__________. I believe I can 18.__________ a better life in the future. Please remember: the best time of your life may still be ahead of you, but it won’t just magically show up. 19.__________ you have to create it with efforts. It’s in your power to create the brightest future 20.__________ you want for your life. If you work hard today, you will thank yourself one day.
第(四)篇
Dogs can understand some simple words and distinguish (分辨) the footsteps of the family members, when you give them orders or call their names, they will run to meet them from far after hearing them. A dog can also know its owner by smell. That's certainly no problem. But does my goldfish know who I am
I think this is a great question. I do 11.__________ my days studying how fish go about their lives. First of all, fish are much smarter than people think. People often talk of goldfish having three-second memories, but in fact they can learn all kinds of things, and remember them 12.__________ quite a long time.
This shouldn't surprise us too much. Just like other animals, they can find enough to eat. and 13.__________ when it is sale to be out in the open. Being able to learn and remember things helps 14.__________ do this.
Many kinds of fish can tell one from another, according to their group, their relatives,15.__________even their own eggs(卵). But fish live in 16.__________ very different world from us, For many kinds of fish, although seeing is important, other senses, such as smell and touch, are even 17.__________ important.
So, does your fish know who you are I believe your fish will 18.__________ know when it is feeding time, My own fish become very 19.__________ when my hand appears near their tank, even before I drop the food in. I'm not sure that your fish will be able to remember what your face 20.__________ like, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it could remember you in other ways, perhaps by the sound of your footsteps as you walk towards the tank(鱼缸).
第(五)篇
Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk music with my Chinese friends. A piece of music 11.__________ Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring) deeply moved me. It was one of 12.__________ most touching pieces of music I’ve ever heard. It sounded so sad 13.__________ I almost cried along with it when I listened. Later I got to know the music was written 14.__________ a folk musician Abing. Today it has become one of China’s national treasures.
However, the road to his success was not 15.__________. His mother died when he was young. His father taught him to play many musical instruments. By the age of seventeen, he was known for his talent in music. Unluckily, his father died. What was 16.__________, he developed a serious illness and became blind. He had no 17.__________ but to perform on the streets to make money. His excellent skills made him popular during his lifetime. He played and wrote many pieces of music.
18.__________ we listen to his music, we can feel the beauty and sadness in it. 19.__________ makes us think about the wounds and pain we have experienced. For this reason, many people praise him 20.__________ a musician who has greatly influenced erhu music. So it’s really a pity that not many pieces of his music were recorded.　
第(六)篇
After the opening(放开) of COVID-19，recently in China, more and more people restarted going out for traveling. Traveling is 21. __________ exciting and pleasing activity. Do you want to travel If you do, you’d better pay attention to these thing.
Choose the place you like to go. Before going on a trip, you need to decide where to go. You won’t have fun 22.__________ you go to a place where you don’t like to go. This is very important if you take a trip.
Learn about the customs of the local people. During the traveling, sometimes you need to communicate with the local people. If you learn about their customs before you go there, you will get on well with them 23. __________.
Choose the right time to go. Wherever you go, 24.__________ is necessary for you to learn about the weather. When the weather is too hot 25. __________ too cold, you’d better not 26.__________ there. And you should know if it is often rainy, cloudy or sunny.
Pay attention to 27.___________ and safety. During the traveling in other countries, you can enjoy 28. __________ diets. You should pay attention to the sanitation (卫生). Keeping healthy 29.__________ very important. Don’t go to some places alone. This is also important.
Traveling is very exciting. Prepare 30.__________ it carefully and fully before setting out, and you will get the pleasure of traveling.
第(七)篇
In 1988, Wang Chengbang retired（退休） from the army. Instead of enjoying a relaxing life, he volunteered to save the soil from desertification（沙漠化） 11. planting trees in Korla, Xinjiang.
It is not an easy job. The high temperature in Korla makes it 12. for anyone to work day after day in the sunshine. Besides, water is a big problem. In fact, Wang Chengbang’s work in the first few years failed as very few trees survived（存活）.
But no matter how hard, Wang Chengbang would not 13. up. "After trying many different ways, I have learned 14. to grow young trees in a better way," said Wang Chengbang. He also 15. out new ways to save water. With his hard work, more and more trees have survived. So far, more than 1. 5 million trees have been planted by 16. . Those green trees prevent desertification, make the air cleaner and 17. people from the hot sun. Now, Korla is a model city in environmental protection.
Wang Chengbang is also successful in fighting cancer（癌症）. In 2021, he had cancer and was told that he had only six months to live. 18. , he continued taking care of his trees rather than lying in bed. "Working is the best 19. . Planting trees helps to fight cancer," he often jokes.
Now 20. he is at the age of 85, Wang Chengbang is still working.
第(八)篇
Will Johnson has worked his way up the list of most popular stars in his country. In fact, it is not surprising that Will is so successful if we know about his early life. Some valuable lessons he 11. as a child have strongly influenced him 12. his later life. One of them was from his father who was strict with him and his brother．
Once, Will and his brother Harry was given a job to 13. a brick（砖）wall in the yard. The wall was fifty feet wide and around sixteen feet high. The boys had to mix concrete（水泥）and place only one brick at a time. They didn't know 14. their father gave them such a huge job. 15. , with the attitude（态度）of "one brick more", both Will and Harry rebuilt the wall in 16. long period of six months. Each time they were about to give up, their father 17. them up patiently. Both brothers were so sad about the job at 18. , but after completing the task, they felt a sense of pride, and so did their father.
Even today when Will thinks that he won't be able to do something, he will look back to this experience and keep telling 19. , "one brick at a time"．Of course, we should do things step by step, which makes what we do is the most reliable.And the 20. in face of life, there is no shortcut(捷径) in every step of life. You need to run towards success step by step!
第(九)篇
As a common physiological(生理上的) need, sleep can make the normal growth and development of the body, ensure energy for the body, recover physical strength, and also allow the brain to get full rest. No one can live without sleep. Experts believe that sleep is 11.__________food and water. Good health needs good sleep. Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than 6 hours and a half at night are more often ill than people 12.__________ sleep for eight hours.
How 13.__________hours do you sleep every night Most students have less than eight hours of sleep every night. Some teachers complain that a few students feel sleepy or even fall asleep in class. Of course, these students 14.__________ concentrate (集中注意力） on their study.
Why are so many students short (缺少）of sleep Recently, a reporter did a survey in No.21 Middle School. The result shows that there are two main 15.__________ about this problem. One is that students have too much homework at night. Some students have to 16.__________ up late to finish their homework till 11:00 p.m. The 17.__________ reason is about the use of Internet. Some students are crazy about playing games on the phones.
Many parents worry about this problem. The Ministry of Education （教育部）has paid more attention 18.__________ this problem and required that students in primary schools should sleep at least 10 hours 19.__________ day, and 9 hours for junior high and 8 hours for senior high. Schools are expected to give less homework to students 20.__________ that they can have more time to sleep.
第(十)篇
Have you seen two robots argue with each other In a library in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, such 11.__________ interesting scene took place.
The two robots are named Tutu and Erbao. When a reader scanned the QR code (二维码) on Tutu 12.__________ accident, Erbao got angry, beginning to argue with Tutu. This amused (使发笑) the reader 13.__________ posted a video of the argument on December 30, 2022. Soon, the video 14.__________ popular online.
In the video, Erbao later said, "Tutu, let's stop fighting, OK " But Tutu seemed to be 15.__________. "Your mood (情绪) is unstable. Please pay attention to emotion management!" she said.
"16.__________ looks like how you argue with your girlfriend, ha ha," one Internet user posted. "It's terrible to hear people arguing, but I didn't expect I'd love to listen to robots arguing," 17.__________ user wrote.
The online video was 18.__________ spread on Sina Weibo (新浪微博), with 500,000 opinions by Saturday. This way, Tutu and Erbao started to be Internet stars. When they 19.__________ interviewed on January 1, 2023, the two seemed to have already forgiven (原谅) each other.
According to Zhong Xiaotong, a worker from the library, the two robots are set to help guide readers in the library. But they can also sing and dance to have 20.__________ with readers. They can learn and act when they communicate with readers.
【参考答案】
第（一）篇
11.taking　
12.him　
13.wrote　
14.who　
15.by　
16.won　
17.need　
18.If　
19.else　
20.proud
第（二）篇
11.by
12.and
13.been
14.came
15.interested
16.because
17.ability
18.made
19.there
20.me
第（三）篇
11.college/ university
12.changed
13.dreamed
14.an
15.down
16.ready
17.jobs
18.live
19.So
20.that/which
第（四）篇
11. spend
12. for
13. know
14. them
15. and
16. a
17.more
18. surely
19. excited
20. looks
第（五）篇
11.named/called
12.the
13.that
14.by
15.easy
16.worse
17.choice
18.when
19.It
20.as
第（六）篇
21.an
22.if
23.easily
24.it
25.or
26.go
27.health
28.different
29.is
30.for
第（七）篇
11.by
12.hard/difficult
13.give
14.how
15.worked/found
16.him
17.protect
18.However
19.medicine
20.although/though
第（八）篇
11.learned/learnt
12.in
13.build
14.why
15.However
16.a
17.cheered
18.first
19.himself
20.same
第（九）篇
11.like
12.who
13.many
14.can’t
15.reasons
16.stay
17.other
18.to
19.a
20.so
第（十）篇
11.an
12.by
13.who
14.became
15.unhappy
16.It
17.another
18.widely
19.were
20.fun