2024年牛津译林版中考英语热点时文语法填空专项练习（五）（含答案）

中考热点时文语法填空专项练习（五）
第一篇：
AI机器人真的能完成所有的家务活吗？
Are you troubled by housework, such as cleaning tables or tidying your room A new robot is here to help! Recently, the robot Mobile Aloha made by scientists at Stanford University in the US became popular online.
In the videos posted, we can see the robot 1.__________(prepare) dishes on its own, from cutting vegetables to 2.____________(break) eggs. It’s also good at watering plants, petting cats, cleaning the floor and washing clothes. It even knows to shake the pillow after putting it into a pillowcase (枕套) .
Sounds good Well, another video posted by researchers may make some people feel 3_________ ( disappoint). Mobile Aloha isn’t good at doing housework on 3__________(it) own.
Instead, it learns from human actions before doing each kind of housework. When the situation changes, it can’t 4___________(work )well without a human “teaching” it. So it may break 5____________(dish), bump into things and even burn a pot.
The robot can 6____________(success) move chairs 80 percent of the time, said the team after they 7___________(do) more research on it. For cooking dishes, it’s only 40 percent. In short, it’s far from perfect.
In fact, AI robots do well 8__________ at tasks such as math and playing chess, but they face challenges 9.__________ it comes to simpler actions like cleaning. And it’s __________same for Mobile Aloha. For example, if its body doesn’t move correctly even just with a small deviation (偏差), its arm may move too far to pick up a glass.
“Robots are not ready to take over the world,” the team posted.
【答案】1.preparing 2.breaking 3.disappointed 4.work 5.dishes 6.successfully 7.did 8.in 9.when 10.the
第二篇：
中国传统节日——惊蛰：百虫苏醒之时。
The traditional Chinese calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Jingzhe (惊蛰), or Awakening of Insects, falls on March 5 and 1. __________ (end) on March 20 this year.
During the solar term, the weather will get warmer and there will be more rainfall. 2.___________(It) name refers to the awakening of animals sleeping in winter by spring thunder and everything beginning to come back to life. In ancient times, people 3. ___________(believe) that the sound of thunder awakened insects, which was common during this time. Modern 4.___________(science) studies have shown that insects wake up because 5.__________the warm weather and moist soil (潮湿的土壤).
Jingzhe is 6._________important time for farmers. Old Chinese sayings such as “once Jingzhe comes, spring plowing (春耕) never rests” show the 7___________ (important) of this solar term to farmers. During this time, most parts of China experience fast-rising temperatures, with more sunshine. Thus the best conditions for farming activities 8.__________ (provide) by these .
It is popular for people 9._____________(eat)pears around this time in China. According to ideas of traditional Chinese medicine, the sweet and juicy pear is good for the lungs as the air becomes dry. This is very good for 10.____________(people) health when people experience parched (干裂的) mouths and dry tongues due to the changing weather.
【答案】1. ends 2. Its 3. believed 4. Scientific 5. of 6. an 7. importance 8.are provided 9.to eat 10. people’s
第三篇：
“新质生产力”成为两会热门话题
Beijing is holding its big event. The two sessions (两会) are here once again.
The two sessions are the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC, 全国人民代表大会) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会). Many big 1___________(decide) about our country, like making and changing laws, 2_________ (discuss) and decided during the two sessions.
One hot topic at this year’s meetings is “new productive forces” (新质生产力). It means using modern and better ways 3___________( help )the country grow. This includes using new technology and ideas. For example, Harbin’s success in 4____________(attract) tourists to 5 ____________(it) ice festival shows how it’s using new ways to grow and become more 6____________( environmental) friendly.
The term was very popular at the provincial-level (省级的) two sessions and many deputies and members looked at it 7___________different ways. For example, in Tianjin and Chongqing, they 8___________(talk) about how to make these forces 9_______________ (happen) faster. Huang Yongping, 10._____________ professor and NPC deputy in Shanghai, said that making “new productive forces” should use new technology in many ways.
【答案】1.decisions 2.are discussed 3.to help 4.attracting 5.its 6.environmentally 7.in 8.talked 9.happen, 10. a
第四篇：
诗歌欣赏：王昌龄《塞下曲》
Song of the Frontier (II)
(Wang Changling)
We water horses and cross autumn streams,
Like a sword on water blows the wind cold.
On sandy plain the sun sheds parting beams,
In the gloom looms the city wall of old.
By the Great Wall we fought wars in the land;
Our warriors’ fighting spirit was at its height.
History is buried in the yellow sand;
Among the weeds are scattered the bones white.
(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)
Wang Changling was a well-known poet from the Tang Dynasty in ancient China, which was a time when art and literature flourished. He 1.___________(live) from 698 to 756 AD and wrote many poems about the2. _______(life) of soldiers and the struggles of war.
In his poem “Song of the Frontier (II),” Wang Changling talks about soldiers during autumn, when they water their horses and feel the cold wind. The wind 3.__________(describe) as sharp as a knife, which shows how hard the conditions are for the soldiers. He also talks about the fading sun and the old city walls, which creates a kind of sad and fading atmosphere.
The poem reflects on past battles and the bravery of the soldiers 4.__________were once full of fighting spirit. But now, all that’s left is the dust of history and the bones of the fallen soldiers scattered among the weeds. The whiteness of the bones shows that they have been there 5.__________ a long time, forgotten by history.
He uses imagery, which means he creates pictures in 6_____________(we) minds with his words. He shows us the cold wind, the old walls, and the bones in the sand. All of this helps us feel the sad mood of the poem.
The poem’s main idea is about 7____________( remember) the past. Wang Changling seems to be sad that the soldiers who were once full of 8___________(energetic) and fought hard are now forgotten, their bones lying with the land. He wants us 9___________(remember) these soldiers and think about how 10___________ (brave) they fought. It’s a way of showing respect for them and thinking about history.
【答案】1.lived 2.lives 3.is described 4.who/that 5.for 6.our 7.remembering 8.energy 9.to remember 10.bravely
第五篇：
中华文化—甲骨文里的灿烂文明
How do we know about things that happened thousands of years ago, when there were no videos or photos One answer is written records. The earliest written records of Chinese civilization (文明) are known 1._________ oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文).
More than 3,000 years ago, people in the Shang Dynasty (16th – 11th century BC) 2.__________(like) to ask fortune tellers (占卜师) about the future. For example, what will the weather be like next week Where should I go to make money Will my wife give birth to a boy or a girl From work to love, people asked questions about many topics. The fortune teller would write the question on 3.___________oracle bone, heat it up, and then read the cracks (裂纹) in it 4.__________ (find )an answer.
Tens of thousands of oracle bones have been found so far. They can tell us a great deal about how people lived during the Shang Dynasty. “They help us understand the origins of Chinese philosophy (哲学) and thought, and figure out 5.__________ our culture comes from,” Song Zhenhao, a leading oracle bone expert.
In addition to telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also key to 6._________(understand) the growth and 7____________(develop) of the written form of the Chinese language. Many of the characters we use today are similar to those that 8.__________(use)3,000 years ago. “The oracle bone inscriptions, as the earliest-known mature (成熟的) form of Chinese characters, represent the beauty and uniqueness of a language 9.________ has been passed down consistently (持续地),” said Chen Nan, a professor at Tsinghua University.
In 2017, UNESCO added oracle bone inscriptions to its Memory of the World Register (“世界记忆”名录). They are indeed a 10.___________(value) memory of ancient China.
【答案】1.as 2.liked 3.an 4.to find 5.where 6.understanding 7.development 8. were used 9.that 10.valuable