2023年中考英语新题型专项训练（四）（含答案）

中考英语新题型专项训练（四）
一、六选四阅读
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填人空白处的最佳选项。
A
There are many deserts (沙漠) on the earth. And the following are some facts you may find interesting.
1. _______________
Deserts can be hot and dry places. Rain may not fall there for months or years. Some deserts are sandy and stony. Deserts can also be very windy places. The wind can change the shape of the deserts. It moves sand around from place to place.
2. _______________
During the daytime, the temperature may reach 40℃ even in the shade. At night, deserts can become very cold. In winter there may even be a frost (霜冻) in the early morning.
Living in the desert.
3._________________ It stores (储藏) food in its hump (驼峰) and can go for days without water. It has large feet which help it not to fall into the soft sand. Its long eyelashes (睫毛) keep out the sand during sandstorms.
An oasis is an area of the desert where water may be found. The water may be in pools or under the ground. People and animals visit an oasis for water and food. Plants grow at an oasis. Some farmers are able to grow crops here.
The Arabian Desert.
The Arabian Desert lies between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. 4. _____________ But oil was discovered under parts of the desert and in the Arabian Gulf. This oil has made some countries in the area very rich. Much of the money has been spent building fine cities with lovely parks and lakes and people live a comfortable life there.
A. What are deserts like B. What are deserts made of C. The camel isn’t the only traffic tool in deserts. D. Temperatures in the desert can be greatly different. E. The camel is sometimes called “the ship of the desert”. F. In some parts of the desert, it is too hot for people to live.
B
The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose name is cacao (可可). For centuries, people worldwide have been enjoying the rich flavour of chocolate, a product made from cacao. 1. _____________ Americans eat an average (平均) of more than five kilograms of chocolate per person every year. The specialty shop shows the culture of chocolate and sells chocolates from different areas of the world.
Historians believe the Mayan people of Central America first learned to farm cacao plants around 2000 years ago. 2. ______________Then they grew them around their homes. They cooked the cacao seeds (种子) and pressed (压) them into soft powder (粉末). They mixed the powder with water to make a delicious chocolate drink. There are often pictures of cacao plants on Maya buildings and art objects. The rulers drank chocolate at important events. And even poorer members of Mayan society could enjoy the drink sometimes.
The Aztecs also valued chocolate in the Aztec culture. But the cacao plant could not grow in the area where they lived. 3._______________ They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay. Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.
The explorer Christopher Columbus brought cacao seeds to Spain after his trip to Central America in 1502.The wealthy people of Spain first enjoyed the chocolate drink. 4. _____________ Nowadays, the English, Dutch and French all plant cacao trees in their own countries.
A. Chocolate is easily influenced by temperature. B. The Mayan took the cacao trees from the rainforests. C. Chocolate is especially popular in the United States. D. Since then, the drink has been popular throughout Europe. E. Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history. F. So they had to exchange goods with other societies for cacao seeds.
二、综合填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
Bai Juyi was born into a family of scholars (学者) in 772 in Xinzheng of Henan Province. He showed great talent at 1.________________ early age Before he could speak, he could recognize (认识) Chinese characters. He began to write 2._______________ (poem) at the age of five. Bynine years old, Bai Juyi was already very good at poetry.
After he grew up, Bai Juyi became an official (官员) of the Tang Dynasty. However, later in 815, people who disliked him spread negative (负面的) stories about him. As a result, Bai Juyi was demoted (降职) to Jiangzhou. Bai Juyi was very sad. One day, while he 3._______________ (walk) by the river, he heard beautiful music being played 4_______________ a young woman. He learned that the woman had had a happy life as a 5. ______________ (sing) and pipa player before she got married. Now she was often alone 6._______________ her husband always went away on business trips. Bai Juyi wrote a very beautiful long poem about the excellent music she played and 7. _____________ (she) life story, The Song of the Pipa Player.
Bai Juyi is considered the 8. ______________ (three) greatest poet in the Tang Dynasty, second only to Li Bai and Du Fu. And he 9. _______________ (respect) as the “King of Poets”. His The Song of Everlasting Regret and The Song of the Pipa Player have 10.______________ (wide) influenced readers for generations. The stories he told in his poems later became the basis for many famous operas and novels.
B
Weifang in Shandong province is known as the birthplace of kites. Kites here 1. _____________ (make) from bamboo. There are traditional Chinese paintings on them. In 2006, Weifang kite-making was included in the national-level intangible cultural heritage list (国家级非物质文化遗产名录).The International Kite Festival has been held in Weifang each year since1984.
Yang Hongwei, 56, was born into a kite-making family in Weifang. She began to learn to make kites from her grandfather 2.______________ the age of 16. After practising the skill for 10 years, she 3. _______________ (start) her own shop in 1992.
“Many places around the world have a tradition of flying kites,” Yang said.“4. _____________ I think the cultural idea behind our kites is special.”
On Yang's kites, people can see not only patterns like 5. ______________ (butterfly) and birds, but also some prints telling Chinese stories. For example, she once made a kite showing a phoenix (凤凰) On each side of 6. _____________ phoenix, there were pictures of 50 famous women from Chinese history. Each woman's picture is a little different from the others. Yang spent lots of time 7. _____________ (read) history books. She also talked about the stories with experts.
In her free time. she also travels to different countries 8._______________ (tell) people stories of Chinese kites and the 9. _______________ (tradition) ways they are made. “It is an important job of 10._______________ (I) to spread our heritage around the world and onto the next generation," she said.
Keys
一、六选四阅读
(A) 1-4 ADEF
(B) 1-4 CBFD
二、综合填空
(A)
1. an 2. poems 3. was walking 4.by 5. singer
6. because/as/since 7. her 8. third 9. is respected 10. widely
(B)
1. are made 2. at 3. started 4. But 5. butterflies
6. the 7. reading 8. to tell 9. traditional 10. mine