2025年中考英语热考传统文化相关阅读完型短文填空之（4）民间故事传统故事（含答案）

传统文化阅读之四 （民间故事、成语故事）
Passage 51阅读理解
In the Jin Dynasty there were two young men. One of them was Zu Ti and the other was Liu Kun. Both of them were men of ideals and honesty, and were also brave and polite. They not only wrote excellent articles but also were interested in practicing martial arts （武术）to keep fit, in order to ___▲___ .
Both Zu Ti and Liu Kun were chief clerks responsible for document administration in Luoyang. At that time, the Jin Dynasty seemed to rule the Central Plains （中原）, but in fact it was already troubled by internal （国内的） troubles and foreign troubles. Zu Ti and Liu Kun often talked about the country's situation till late into the night, and each time they talked very excitedly.
One night, Liu Kun fell asleep without knowing it, but Zu Ti was too excited to fall asleep. “Cock-a-doodle- doo,” came the crow （啼叫声）of a rooster （公鸡）in the wasteland. Zu Ti jumped up and woke Liu Kun up, “Listen. How inspiring the rooster's crow is. Let’s get up and practice outside.” From then on, they kept practicing sword （剑），playing actively and energetically in the wasteland every day when they heard the first crow in the morning.
Deeply moved by Zu Ti's national spirit, Liu Kun decided to devote himself to his homeland. Once he wrote to his family, "At the time when the country is in danger, I often sleep with my head pillowed （搁于枕上）on a sword waiting for the day to break. I will surely dedicate myself to the service of my country. I often fear that I can't keep with Zu Ti, and, in fact, I am behind him…”
The sentence “I often sleep with my head pillowed on a sword waiting for the day to break.” clearly described Liu Kun's resolution to dedicate himself to the service of the country and to fight the enemy at any time. Later, this saying is used to mean "'maintaining （保持）sharp vigilance （警惕）and being ready to fight at any time".
1 Which of the following can be put into ___▲___ in Paragraph 1
A. do well in writing B. work for the country
C. become good coaches D. give back to their families
2 Zu Ti and Liu Kun didn't go to bed till late into the night because.
A. they practiced martial arts B. they wrote excellent articles
C. they waited for the cock to crow D. they talked about the country's situation
3 What can we mainly learn from the third paragraph
A. The cock woke up Liu Kun and Zu Ti. B. Liu Kun was too excited to fall asleep.
C. Liu Kun and Zu Ti practiced sword actively. D. Zu Ti couldn't fall asleep because of the crow.
4 What do you know about Liu Kun and Zu Ti in Paragraph 4
A. They were brave and polite. B. They often helped each other.
C. They worked hard as officers. D. They deeply loved their country.
Passage 52 阅读理解
Many beautiful legends and tales have left in China about the construction of the Great Wall. Many of them are based on historical records. Among them, the most popular would probably be the one about Meng Jiangnu.
It was said that more than 2,000 years ago when Qin Shi Huang （the first Emperor of Qin） was building the Great Wall, a young man called Fan Xiliang was forced to work on the construction of the Great Wall even on his wedding （婚礼） day. Before Fan Xiliang went away, his bride, a girl named Meng Jiangnu, took her hairpin （发夹）and broke it into two halves and gave her husband one half as a symbol of love. Meng Jiangnu waited fbr her husband at home for five years but did not hear a word from him.
One night, Meng Jiangnu had a bad dream. She dreamed that her husband kept yelling,” Cold, cold!” She recalled that her husband was wearing very thin clothes. Very soon, she made some warm clothes and set off alone to look for Fan Xiliang. After walking all the way on foot, crossing mountains and rivers, Meng Jiangnu finally got to the construction site of the Great Wall where she was told that her husband had died and was buried under the Great Wall. Hearing this sad news of the death of her beloved, she sat down at the foot of the Great Wall and started crying. She cried day and night, and her crying made the wall fall down. She finally saw her husband's bones under the wall. This made Qin Shi Huang very angry, and he ordered Meng Jiangnu to be punished. When he saw the young lady, however, he was immediately attracted by her beauty. He asked her to marry him. Meng Jiangnu had to agree but asked for a big funeral for her dead husband. After the funeral, she and Qin Shi Huang went for a trip on the Bohai Sea. How could she marry the bad man who had killed her husband She could not, so she jumped into the sea unseen by the guards.
1. What happened to Fan Xiliang on his wedding day
A. His wife had a bad dream about him.
B. His wife was punished by Qin Shi Huang.
C. He broke his wife's hairpin into two halves.
D. He had to leave for the construction site of the Great Wall.
2. What did Meng Jiangnu see in her dream
A. Her husband lost his life. B. Her husband felt terribly cold.
C. Her husband worked day and night. D. Her husband was buried under the Great Wall.
3. What does the underlined word “funeral”, in the last paragraph mean
A.会议 B.纪念 C.葬礼 D.庆典
4. What did Meng Jiangnu do in the end
A. She went home sadly. B. She killed Qin Shi Huang.
C. She jumped into the sea. D. She married Qin Shi Huang.
5. Which is the right order of the story
a. Meng Jiangnu jumped into the sea.
b.Meng Jiangnu left home to look for her husband.
c. Meng Jiangnu cried so hard that she made the wall fall.
d.Meng Jiangnu gave her husband one half of hairpin.
e. Qin Shi Huang got surprised at Meni Jiangnu's beauty.
A. dbcea B. deabc C. eadbc D. cedba
Passage 53 任务型阅读
The Butterfly Lovers tells the sad love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in Shangyu, Shaoxing City, there was a girl named Zhu Yingtai, who looked forward to going to school. ___1___ Knowing that he could not get her to drop the thought, he agreed to her request but only if she disguised （假扮）herself as a boy. Finally, Zhu Yingtai got a chance to study in Wansong School in Hangzhou.
On her way to Hangzhou, Zhu Yingtai met Liang Shanbo. ___2___ So they decided to travel together. On the journey, they really connected and had a good time together. Not knowing Zhu Yingtai was actually a girl, Liang Shanbao became sworn （宣过誓的）brothers with Zhu Yingtai.
They spent three years in Wansong School studying. ___3___ Before she left, she implied her love to Liang Shanbo by comparing them to a pair of mandarin ducks （鸳鸯）（a symbol of lovers in Chinese culture）, but Liang Shanbo didn't catch the hint （暗示）.He still didn't know the truth until he paid a visit to her family. Knowing the truth, Liang Shanbo asked her parents to allow him to marry her but he was refused. By then Zhu Yingtai was engaged （订婚）to another man under her parents’ arrangement. ___4___
On Zhu Yingtai's wedding day, when her wedding procession passed by Liang Shanbo's grave, there came a mysterious whirlwind （旋风）preventing the wedding procession going further. Zhu Yingtai went to pay her respects. Thinking of Liang Shanbo, she couldn't control her sadness and begged for the grave to open up so that she could join Liang Shanbo. ___5___ Then out of the grave flew a pair of butterflies that flew away happily together.
根据短文内容，将下面的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文完整、通顺。
A. Her father loved her very much.
B. Liang Shanbo was heartbroken and died of sadness.
C. He happened to go to Wansong School to study as well.
D. Surprisingly the grave opened and without hesitation she jumped into it.
E. Then Zhu Yingtai had to end her study at her father’s request and return home.
Passage 54 完形填空
In ancient times, there lived a group of strong giants deep in the forests in the north and Kua Fu was their leader. At that time, the world was desolate （荒凉的）and uncultured with many ___1___ animals. Kua Fu kept ___2___ the wild snakes he caught on ears for decoration, or held them in hands waving proudly.
In a year when the weather was terribly ___3___, the plants were burned, the rivers were dried and people were suffering from the strong heat of the sun. Kua Fu made a ___4___ to catch the sun and control it to serve for all.
The sun moved quickly in the sky, while Kua Fu chased （追逐）it like ___5___ on the ground. When he shook off the dusts in his shoes, the dusts became a hill; he used three stones to support his pot ___6___ he was cooking, and the stones later became three mountains.
He ___7___ the sun finally after nine days and nights. However, the sun was so hot that he felt thirsty and tired and went to the Yellow River and the Wei River to ___8___. But the water from these two rivers was not enough to satisfy him and he decided to go to the Great Lake to drink its water. However, before he got there he died of ___9___ on the way.
Before his death, Kua Fu threw his walking stick away, and the place where it ___10___ immediately grew many peach forests. The forests grew well all year round, which ___11___ shades （阴凉）and peaches for the passersby and hard-working people.
The story reflects the strong ___12___ of the ancient Chinese people to overcome drought （干旱）.Although Kua Fu lost his life, his ___13___ spirit keeps inspiring the Chinese people. The story of Kua Fu Chasing the Sun was recorded in many ancient ___14___ in China. In some places of our country, there are even mountains named “Kuafu Mountain” so as to ___15___ him.
1. A. lovely B. wild C. small D. friendly
2. A. hanging B. testing C. showing D. taking
3. A. cold B. wet C. warm D. hot
4. A. mistake B. difference C. promise D. deal
5. A. wind B. rain C. snow D. clouds
6. A. because B. although C. unless D. when
7. A. stayed away from B. caught up with C. looked out of D. got back from
8. A. work B. eat C. drink D. rest
9. A. hunger B. thirst C. anger D. worry
10. A. fell off B. grew up C. ran out D. hurried up
11. A. gave B. offered C. bought D. provided
12. A. wish B. life C. test D. plan
13. A. lazy B. strange C. brave D. weak
14. A. magazines B. books C. movies D. videos
15. A. discover B. welcome C. remember D. encourage
Passage55 短文填空
Once, the King of the State of Wu wanted to invade (武装入侵)the State of Chu. The King of Wu warned his ministers, "If anyone dares to stop me ______1_____ invading Chu again, I will put him to death.”
A young man wanted to talk with the king about it but he didn't dare. He carried a slingshot (弹 弓), and for three days walked up and ______2______ in the king's back garden. The water on grass wetted his clothes all through.
One day, the King of Wu called ______3______ (he), “The water has wetted your clothes to such a state. Why should you bear such hardship "
The young man ______4_______ (reply), "There is a cicada (蝉)in a tree in this garden. The cicada is high above, singing _______5_________ (happy) and taking in the water freely, not knowing that a mantis (螳螂)is right behind it.
“The mantis is pressing its body close in a hidden place. It just wants ________6_________ (catch) the cicada, not knowing that a bird is hiding right behind it.
“________7_________bird is stretching out its neck to hit the mantis, not knowing that a man carrying a slingshot is under it.
“These three small _________8__________ (animal) make every effort only to get the benefit before them, but they pay no attention to the _______9 ________(danger) situation behind.”
Having heard the young man's words, the King of Wu suddenly saw the light _______10______said, "What you said is right!
As a result, the King of Wu dropped his plan to invade the State of Chu.
Passage 56 阅读理解
In ancient times, there was an old man named Yu Gong. He was nearly 90 years old. There were two mountains in front of his house. One was the Taihang Mountain, and the other was the Wangwu Mountain.
One day, Yu Gong said to the whole family, “These two mountains block the doorway of our house. It is very inconvenient for us to come and go. Let our whole family try our best to move away these two mountains and carry the stones and earth to the sea. How about it ”
Upon hearing this, all his sons and grandsons said, “You are right. Let’s start tomorrow !”
The following day, Yu Gong led the whole family and started to move the mountains. His neighbor was a woman with a son, only 7 or 8 years old. When her son heard of this, he also came to help happily. They worked nonstop every day, fearing neither heat in summer nor cold in winter, neither wind nor rain.
When an old man named Zhi Sou saw Yu Gong's family moving the mountains, he thought it ridiculous and said to Yu Gong, “You are so old that you can hardly walk. Can you move the mountains
Yu Gong replied, "You are not even as clever as a child. Though I am about to die, I have sons. When my sons die, there are still grandsons. Generation (世代)after generation, my offspring (后代)are endless. But with more and more stones being removed, smaller and smaller will the mountains become. Not a grain of earth or a piece of stone will grow on the mountains. If we work without stop every day, why can't we move away the mountains
Zhi Sou, who thought himself clever, had nothing more to say. Yu Gong led his family to dig the mountains continually from early morning till late night. They finally moved Emperor of Heaven, who sent two celestials to the world to move away these two mountains.
1. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about
A. The persons who moved the mountains. B. The experience that people worked hard.
C. The reason why the mountains had to be moved. D. The mountains that sat in front of Yu Gong’s house.
2. Which paragraph describes the scene of moving the mountains
A. Paragraph 2. B. Paragraph 3. C. Paragraph 4. D. Paragraph 5.
3. What did Yu Gong say in reply to Zhi Sou
① Zhi Sou wasn,t clever.
② What Zhi Sou said was right.
③He would keep moving the mountains.
④ He wondered if he could move the mountains.
A. 1 3 B. 2 4 C. 1 2 D. 3 4
4. What can we learn from the story
A. An old man can also make a difference.
B. Work hard, and we can realize our dreams.
C. Convenient transportation is very important to us.
D. In fact, Yu Gong could not move the two mountains.
Passage 57阅读理解
Journey to the West is one of the most famous Chinese novels, written by Wu Cheng,en, a novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty. The novel is based on the actual journey of Xuanzang to India in the Tang Dynasty in search of sacred texts （经书）.The story itself was already a part of Chinese folk and literary（文学的）tradition in the form of spoken stories, a poetic novel, and a six-part drama when Wu Cheng ,en formed it into his novel.
Composed of 100 chapters, the novel can be divided into three main sections. The first seven chapters deal with ___▲___, becoming the Monkey King and its process of getting magic powers. Five chapters talk about the story of Xuanzang and the beginning of his mission to the Western Paradise. Other chapters of the novel tell about the 81 exciting adventures in which dangerous or unusual things happened. They happened to Xuanzang and his partners, the three animal spirits--the Monkey, the Pigsy, and the Sandy—on their journey to India and the four finally finished their mission.
In those earlier versions of the story, dating as far back as the Southern Song Dynasty, a monkey character was already an important character. It is believed that this character came from Xuanzang’s talks about Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god from the ancient story. Factors of the Monkey legend were already clear in folklore and literature during the Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
1. What do most chapters of the book talk about
A. Xuanzang,s task to the Western Paradise. B. Their dangerous experiences on the journey.
C. The monkey,s process of getting magic powers. D. The relationship among the three animal spirits.
2. Which of the following can be put into ___▲___ in Paragraph 2
A. the leadership of Xuanzang B. the living habit of slow Pigsy
C. the friendship of the fish spirit Sandy D. the birth of a monkey from a stone egg
3. What is the purpose of writing Paragraph 3
A. To tell us how Wu Cheng ,en wrote the story. B. To explain where the monkey came from.
C. To show the important role the monkey played. D. To describe how three animal spirits helped the monk.
4. In which section of a magazine can you read the passage
A. Health and sport. B. Art and literature.
C. Science and technology. D. Population and environment.
Passage 58任务型阅读
In ancient stories, there is a goddess named Nuwa. Nuwa is a kind goddess who has done many good things for humans. For example, she once taught marriage to people, and also made a musical instrument for humans. ___1___
It is said that when humans reproduced, Gong Gong, the God of Water, and Zhu Rong, the god of fire, suddenly fought a war. They fought from the sky to the ground, making trouble everywhere. As a result, Zhu Rong won, but the defeated Gong Gong was angry. ___2___ Buzhou Mountain fell down, the big pillar supporting the heaven and the earth broke, the sky fell halfway, a big hole appeared, the ground also broke, the mountains and forests burned big fires, and floods spewed （涌出）out from under the ground. Dragons and snakes came out to devour the people.
____3____ So she decided to mend the sky and put an end to this disaster. She chose different colored stones, set up a fire to make them into a slurry （泥浆），filled the holes in the sky with this slurry, and then cut off the four legs of a big animal and used them as four pillars to support the sky. Half of the sky is supported. ____4____ And she scared the other dragons. Finally, in order to stop the flood from flowing, Nuwa also collected many reeds （芦苇），burned them to ashes, and put them in the water that spread everywhere.
After Nuwa’s hard work, the sky finally made up, the ground was leveled, the water stopped, the dragons and snakes were gone, and the people were living a happy life again. ____5____ Since then, the sky is tilted （使向……倾斜）to the northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars all naturally return to the west, and because the Earth tilts to the southeast, all rivers meet there.
根据短文内容，将下面的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文完整、通顺。
A. He hit his head against Buzhou Mountain.
B. But this disaster left something different after all.
C. Nuwa felt terribly pained after seeing such an amazing disaster.
D. What moved people most was the story of Nuwa repairing the sky.
E. Nuwa also caught and killed the black dragon that was killing humans.
Passage 59完形填空
This is an interesting story from the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China, when4he Shu and Wu kingdoms joined together to fight against the Wei Kingdom. Zhou Yu, the chief military commander （指挥官）of the Wu Kingdom, ordered Zhuge Liang to ___1___ 100,000 arrows （箭）within 10 days.
“Three days is ___2___," said Zhuge. He also agreed to be punished if he failed to complete the order.
Zhou thought that Zhuge was ___3___ himself. On the one hand, Zhou ordered his troops not to provide Zhuge with materials to make the arrows. On the other hand, he sent Lu Su to see ___4___ Zhuge was dealing with the problem.
In fact, Zhuge realized that this was a plot （阴 谋）.He ___5___ Lu to lend him 20 boats, each lined with scarecrows （稻草人）and guarded by 30 soldiers. He also requested Lu not to tell Zhou ___6___was happening.
When Lu came again to see Zhuge, he did not find___7___ unusual. Nothing happened on the second day either. In the early morning of the third day, Zhuge invited Lu for a boat ___8___. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. The boats sailed toward the camp of Cao Cao.
A thick fog had spread over the surface of the river. People could ___9___ see each other on the river. When Zhuge,s boats got ___10___ to the Cao,s camp, Zhuge ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums to fake （假 装）an attack. Zhuge and Lu simply sat inside one of the ___11___ and drank to enjoy themselves.
As soon as the Cao,s camp heard the ___12___ and drum beating, they mistook it for a surprising attack by the Zhou,s camp.Since they could see nobody on the river, they gathered 3,000 bowmen and ordered them to shoot arrows. The front of the scarecrows was quickly shot ___13___ of arrows.
After a while, Zhuge had his boats turn around to show the other side of the scarecrows. When this side was ___14___ filled with arrows, the day broke. Zhuge ordered his soldiers to return to their base port. The soldiers shouted, “Thank you, Cao, for your arrows.” After they ___15___ their camp, they collected more than 100,000 arrows from the scarecrows.
1. A. produce B. borrow C. sell D. shot
2. A. much B. long C. enough D. late
3. A. enjoying B. teaching C. helping D. troubling
4. A. why B. how C. when D. where
5. A. allowed B. asked C. ordered D. called
6. A. what B. that C. which D. who
7. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
8. A. game B. test C. sport D. ride
9. A. always B. often C. sometimes D. hardly
10. A. close B. blind C. open D. opposed
11. A. camps B. chairs C. boats D. houses
12. A. singing B. cheering C. reading D. shouting
13. A. sure B. full C. short D. proud
14. A. also B. still C. even D. yet
15. A. drove along B. left for C. returned to D. set up
Passage60 短文填空
never paw watch kill but slow meat move for to please it
As the legend goes, in the area of Qian there were no donkeys （驴）.Later, a man transported one by boat from somewhere else, _____1_____ he found it of no use. So he left the donkey at the foot of a mountain and let it do as it pleased.
A tiger in the mountain had _____2_____ seen a donkey before. It thought it was a huge monster（怪兽）and felt scared. So the tiger hid itself in the woods and ______3______ the donkey. After a while, seeing the donkey stand there without movement, the tiger came out of the woods, got close to it ______4______, but couldn't find out yet what monster it was.
One day, while the tiger was watching, the donkey suddenly gave a loud cry, which frightened the tiger so much that it took to _______5________ heels （逃走），for fear that the donkey would eat it. Yet when turning its head, it discovered that the donkey was still at the same place, without _______6_________ at all.
The tiger again slowly approached （靠近）the donkey, gradually got used ______7_______ its cries and felt it wasn't frightful at all. The tiger came much nearer and nearer, and even tried to kick the donkey at times with its ______8_______.
Being very much annoyed, the donkey gave the tiger a good kick. Thus, the tiger felt very ______9_______ and said to itself, “So that’s all the tricks （诡计）it has.”
The tiger gave a big shout, jumped up and put itself strongly upon the donkey, bit （咬）into its throat, ate its ______10______, and went away satisfied.
Passage 51 1-4: BDCD Passage 52: 1-5: DBCCA
Passage 53 1-5: ACEBD Passage 54:1-5: BADCA 6-10: DBCBA 11-15: DACBC
Passage 55: 1. from 2. down 3. him 4. replied 5. happily 6. to catch 7. The
8. animals 9. dangerous 10. and
Passage 56: 1-4: CCAB Passage 57: 1-4: BDCB
Passage 58: 1-5: DACEB Passage 59: 1-5: ACDBB 6-10: ACDDA 11-15: CDBAC