2025年贵州中考英语短文填空 (历年省州考真题、模拟题)（含答案）
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2025年贵州中考英语短文填空(历年省州考真题、模拟题)
Passage1
阅读下面短文，在各题空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
One morning, a man with a carpenter’s (木匠) toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said,“I just have 1.________ job for you. Look at that farm across the creek(河沟)．My younger brother 2.________ (live) there. It was he who dug the creek last week to spite(刁难)me. So I want you to build me a fence, in order not to see3.________ (he) place any more.” The carpenter 4. ________ (smile） and said,“I see. I’ll try to do it to satisfy you.”
At sunset 5.________ the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The 6. _______(farmer) eyes opened wide! To his 7. ________ (surprised), there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge across 8. ________ one side of the river to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother 9. ________(come) to him. The brothers met in the middle of the bridge, taking each other’s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder. “No, wait! Stay a few 10. ________ (day). I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother. “I’d love to,” the carpenter said, “but I have so many more bridges to build.”
passage2.
Reid tried to draw a sports car like Peter’s. But no pictures looked good. He threw 1.________ (they) away.
“Is there a secret of being a good artist ” he asked his teacher Mrs. Lee 2.________ help.“Yes, of course.” said Mrs. Lee. “Do a drawing every day. Give it to me when you finish it. Hand in one picture to me each day for four 3.________ (week). Then I’ll tell you the secret.” Reid did as the teacher told him.
“Is it OK to do more than one picture a day ” he asked. “Draw as 4.________ (many) as you’d like,” said Mrs. Lee.
5.________ (final), four weeks passed. “It’s time for the secret,” Mrs. Lee said, “But first I want you to do one more drawing.” Reid did. He showed it to Mrs. Lee 6.________ he finished. Mrs. Lee smiled and 7.________ (show) him the drawing he did the first day. Reid looked at the two pictures. What a difference!
“The secret 8.________ (be) practice! You drew every day, and look how much better your pictures got. If your work improved a lot in four weeks, just think 9._______ will happen in three months or a year.”
“Would you hold on to these for another four weeks I want to keep 10.________ (learn) the secret.”said Reid.
passage 3.
When Charley got up one morning, he looked out of the window and saw the ground 1. _______ (deep) covered with snow. On the side of the house nearest the kitchen, the snow was deeper than Charley’s head.
Charley’s father told him they needed a path(小路) through the snow. “I would make one 2. _______ I had time,” said his father, “but I have to go to work. Could you make 3. _______ path, Charley ”
“How could I do that ” asked Charley in surprise. “The snow is 4. _______ (high) than my head!”
“Little by little,” said Charley’s father.
So Charley got the snow shovel( 铲 ) and 5. _______ (start) working. He shoveled and shoveled as hard 6. _______ he could, but it was very slow work. “I don’t think I can do it, mother,” he said, “There 7. _______ (be) too much snow!”
“Little by little, Charley,” said 8. _______ (he) mother, “The snow fell in tiny flakes( 薄片 ), but see what a great pile( 堆 ) it has made.”
“Yes, I see, mother. If I throw it away little by little, I can do it.” Charley went on 9. _______ (work)
as hard as he could. When his father came home in the evening, he was very happy to see a nice and clear path. The next day he gave Charley a nice card. Written on the card were the 10. _______ (word) “Little by little.”
passage 4
Tom came to the front of a palace. He looked through its golden gate, hoping to take a look at a real prince. There were some guards 1 _______ (stand) at both sides of the gate. Tom, dressed 2. _______(bad), was moving nervously past them when he suddenly caught sight of a well-dressed boy who was 3. _______ (follow) by several servants. He was no doubt the prince!
Tom was excited. He wanted to get close to the prince and have a good look 4. _______ him. However, a guard saw him and stopped him rudely(粗鲁地).
The young prince, whose name was Edward, was 5. _______ (anger) with the guard for his rudeness. He asked the guard to open the gate and took Tom to his room in the palace.
The two boys became good 6. _______ (friend). They even exchanged their clothes after Tom told Edward that he had 7. _______ (dream) about dressing like a prince. As they stood side by side in front of a great mirror, they were surprised to find that they looked almost like twins!
The two boys were in each other’s clothes 8. _______ Edward suddenly noticed a bruise( 瘀伤 ) on Tom’s hand. He soon realized that it was caused by the guard who had stopped Tom rudely. In 9._______ moment, the young prince ran out of the room. He decided to punish the guard.
However, the guard didn’t realize that the prince was in Tom’s old worn clothes. He hit Edward heavily on the ear and threw 10. _______ (he) out of the palace.
passage5
Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. When Sean was only a 5-year-old boy, his father’s friend Paul once drove him home in his police car. Sean was 1. _______ (interest) in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul.
However, his English teacher thought that he had a true gift for2._______ (write). Sean followed his 3. _______ (teacher) advice and finally he became a reporter for a newspaper. During the years, he changed several jobs 4. _______ nothing made him really happy. Actually, he had never really 5. _______ (give) up his dream. His wife could not stand this and left him when Sean was 39 years old.Sean was 6. _______ (force) to move back where his dad lived sadly.
When his father encouraged him to search 7. _______ a new job the chance came. One of his friends told that Phoenix was in great need of police officers. Sean decided to achieve 8. _______ (he) dream this time. He began training hard at once. 9. _______ (final) he passed the test, and on Nov. 16, 2015, Sean became a policeman.
The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job “It 10. ______ (take) me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they realize their life’s dream ” Sean says, “I did it.”
passage6.
Most children like spending their free time in watching cartoons. Hello Kitty will appear in a cartoon movie in 2019. The white Japanese 1. ________(live) cat with a red bowknot(蝴蝶结) and six whiskers (胡须) will star in the film. And a giant Hello Kitty statue (雕像) welcomes visitors at the gate.
Hello Kitty 2.________(create) in 1975 by the Sanrio lifestyle company. She was born in the suburb( 郊外 ) of London on the 3.________(one) day of November, 1975 and her full name is Kitty White. She is smart 4. ________kind-hearted. She likes school, and her favorite 5.________(class) are English, music and art. And the cat also loves 6.________(collect) lovely things.
Hello Kitty has become a part 7.________ Japanese popular culture. She has been 8.________(wide) received over the decades ( 数 十 年 ) around the world. You can find Hello Kitty 9.________(produce), images, videos, events and news. Would you believe that in Taiwan, there is a Hello Kitty Hospital Each bed is designed carefully with Hello Kitty. Imagine having doctors and nurses in Hello Kitty dress! Much 10.________(cute) than those in formal suits, right
passage7.
I’m Tony. I live in a beautiful neighborhood in New York. There 1.________ (be) a pool in the center of the neighborhood. I like to go swimming there in summer. It’s cool in the water. 2. ________(cross) from the pool, there is a supermarket. My parents often go 3.________(shop) there.
There is a park near our neighborhood. There are many 4.________(flower) and trees in it. It is very beautiful. It is my favorite place and I like to go there. Every morning, my brother and I get up early, and we 5.________(usual) do exercise in the park.
6.________weekends, my brother and I often spend time on the beach. We can enjoy the clean air and warm sunshine with 7.________(we) friends! We often go there on foot 8.________ it is only five minutes’ walk from our neighborhood.
I’m happy 9.________(live) in our neighborhood. It’s the10.________(good) place in my mind and I love it very much.
passage8.
The most interesting museum I’ve ever been to is the American Computer Museum. They have information about different computers and who 1.________ (invent) them. The old computerswere much bigger. It’s unbelievable that technology has progressed in such a rapid way! I’ve also learned that there was 2.________ special computer. It could play chess even 3.________ (well) than humans. I wonder how much more computers will be able to do 4.________ the future.
I’ve 5.________ (recent) been to a very unusual museum in India, the International Museum of Toilets. I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw so many different kinds of 6.________ (toilet) there. The museum teaches people about the history and development of toilets. It also 7.________ (encourage) government and social groups to think about ways to improve toilets in the future.
Last year I went to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’s a relaxing and peaceful place near a lake. The tea art performances show 8.________ to make a perfect cup of tea with beautiful tea sets. Watching the tea preparation is just as enjoyable as drinking the tea 9.________ (it). I’ve finally realized why my grandpa loves drinking tea and 10.________ (collect) tea sets.
passage9
How much do you know about artificial intelligence (AI) Scientists have been studying AI 1 many years. Using AI, robots and computers are able to think for themselves and do things like ordering products, 2 (make) movie or music recommendations (推荐), or even driving cars without the help of humans.
On the one hand, this is positive. For example, 3 self-driving car can often be safer than a human. One advantage 4 (be) that self-driving cars aren’t distracted (分心) as humans sometimes are when driving. Smartphones and speakers have also made life much 5 (easy). Now, we can order products or ask for help 6 (direct) just by speaking into smartphones or speakers.
On the other hand, there are 7 (risk). Are we ready for robots that can think by themselves One disadvantage is that they might do things that we don’t want them 8 (do). For example, they might be listening to 9 watching us without us knowing about it. They may be tracking our activities online, for example, which is another disadvantage. We may lose 10 (we) privacy (隐私).
Technology is here to stay, and we just need to be aware of how we use it.
passage10.
As the saying goes, “Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.” Centuries ago, some outstanding people already travelled around China and they got a lot 1 exploration (探险).
Xu Xiake, a geographer and writer in Ming Dynasty, spent more than thirty years 2 (travel) around China about four hundred years ago. With his mother’s 3 (encourage), Xu Xiake started his travel. He had many difficulties on the road, 4 he never gave up. Xu Xiake travelled and learned all his life, and his travel diaries covered as much as his knowledge. 5 (he) 600,000-word travel notes finally came out in 1776. China Tourism Day is set on May 19th, 6 date when he started to write The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake in 1613.
Marco Polo, a businessman born in 1254 in Italy, is 7 (know) as a travel king in the West. In 1271, Marco Polo set foot on the road to China. Along the way, he 8 (meet) bad weather, and a shortage of food and water. He reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia and people there welcomed him 9 (warm). Marco Polo’s difficult but exciting journey helped to create one of the world’s first 10 (good) sellers The Travels of Marco Polo. Western readers fell in love with Polo’s wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
passage11
Usually schools and teachers set standards for students. But a school in Wuhan had a new try recently.
This year, the rules of Class 12, Senior 1 in Wuhan No. 6 High School have been made by the students 1 (they).
During the 2 (one) day of this school year, the teacher allowed his students to make their own rules. Each student 3 (ask) to make some rules. Then the 4 (rule) were discussed by the whole class. The rule-making activity lasted about a month. 5 (final), the class had 30 rules.
Most rules are about the way students should behave. And there are also some for teachers. “No lessons should overrun” is one example. Students will be punished for 6 (break) the rules. For example, 7 a student is late for class above a certain number of times, he or she will lose the chance to be 8 honor student. If a student is caught to use a cell phone during a class, the phone will be kept by the teacher until 9 (graduate).
Students say the rules work well in the classroom. “We’re the people 10 made the rules, so we have to follow them,” said a student.
passage12
A festival is a celebration. Festivals are popular around the world 1 many reasons. They are fun and can be a good chance for families and friends to spend time together. The Lantern Festival is just like any of them.
The Lantern Festival (also known as Yuanxiao Festival) started about 2000 years ago in China. The festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the Chinese New Year. As 2 result, the exact date of the festival is different every year.
Many stories are told about how this festival began. Here is one of 3 (they). In ancient China, there lived a palace maid (女仆) named Yuanxiao. The king kept her 4 (work) day and night and didn’t allow her to go back home so she missed her family very much. Yuanxiao had a friend called Dongfang Shuo, an officer 5 was trusted by the king. Yuanxiao asked Shuo for help because she thought he was the only one who could help her. Shuo really wanted to help Yuanxiao and came up with a clever idea. He told the king that the God of Fire was angry with the country and decided 6 (punish) the people on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar year. Hearing this, the king was 7 (worry) and he had difficulty eating and sleeping. And then, Yuanxiao told the king that because the god liked to watch fire shows and hear the loud sounds, they would please him by setting off firecrackers and hanging red lanterns. The king had no other 8 (choose), and he agreed. When the day came, Yuanxiao 9 (lead) all the people to set off firecrackers and the lanterns shone brightly like big fires. She also helped make delicious dumplings for the god to eat.
10 (luck), the plan worked in the end and the king announced that Yuanxiao could go home and see her family and friends. Since then, the Lantern Festival has become a time for families and friends to get together.
passage13
Do you like traveling Now, a new way of traveling called “Military-style travel” (特种兵旅游) has become one of the 1 (popular) ways among Chinese college students. They spend little money traveling to many places during the weekend, seldom taking 2 break or sleeping.
To save money, they usually take a normal-speed train 3 ___ a Friday night. After arriving at their dream city on Saturday morning, they visit as many 4 (place) as they can. Sometimes, they 5 (possible) choose to sleep at a 24-hour restaurant for a few hours. Then the next day, they repeat the same busy schedule (日程安排) before 6 (return) to their university in time for classes on Monday morning.
Videos of them taking such trips have been shared on social media platforms (平台). With many people online praising them for 7 (they) energy and high ability to carry out their plans. 8 , others question whether such a busy schedule is healthy.
Hu Die, a student at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, is one of such travelers. She 9 (put) together a recent 10-day holiday and traveled to six cities. “We do not think we are doing something ‘crazy’ or ‘ unbelievable’. We are young and energetic enough 10 (experience) such a travel schedule,” she said. “Besides, when you travel with your friends, you are happy, and you do not feel tired.”
passage14
In the year of 1247, Italian explorers Marco and Niccolo Polo set out on 1 24-year journey. During the journey, they traveled the famous Silk Road from Italy, through terrible deserts and very high 2 (mountain) to the eastern China. They traveled over 4,000 miles in all. Marco and Niccolo were among the very 3 (one) Europeans to explore the empire of China. In China, Marco Polo even worked 4 the ruler Kublai Khan. Polo described his experiences and findings in China by 5 (write) a book. Polo described materials and inventions never seen before in Europe 6 (careful). Paper money, a printing press, gunpowder and coal were among the products he wrote about. He also talked about the vast wealth of Kublai Khan, as well as the geography of northern and 7 (south) China. European rulers 8 (be) very interested in the products Polo described. However, trading for them along the Silk Road was 9 (danger), expensive and impractical. European rulers began to wonder 10 there was a sea route to the East to get the products they wanted at a reasonable price.
passage15
Martin developed a deep interest in Chinese culture as a child. He enjoyed practicing tai chi with his mother. He also showed 1 interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). After graduating
2 high school, he entered a college in Victoria. One of his teachers was from Hunan.
“He taught 3 (we) many interesting things about Hunan, like the great doctor Zhang Zhongjing. He also told me that 4 I wanted to understand Chinese medicine better, I must go to China,” said Martin. So he came to Hunan.
Martin 5 (start) to study at the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha in 2007. Zhong Huan, a professor at the university, said that he 6 (real) liked the Canadian student. “He speaks up in class and often expresses 7 (create) ideas,” Zhong said, adding that Martin always asked plenty of questions.
After spending more than fifteen 8 (year) in Changsha, Martin speaks good Chinese. He has a deep understanding of TCM, which he calls a treasure of Chinese civilization (文明). Martin also
9 (like) to practice kung fu and tai chi.
Martin often talks about TCM with his friends. He said that if he decides to return to Canada, he plans
10 (open) a clinic (诊所) to spread the knowledge of TCM and Chinese culture. He also hopes to
introduce kung fu and tai chi to more people to help them build their bodies.
passage16
Xie Yanting was born into a family without much wealth. One day when he was 11 months old, he fell
1 (serious) ill. And immediately he 2 (send) to hospital. After the doctors examined him carefully, they said he had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）. This almost 3 (drive) his family mad.
As Xie grew, he couldn’t go to school 4 normal children, so his parents taught 5 (he). In 2011, he took the college entrance examination. But he could answer only the multiple-choice 6 (question). He scored 262 points out of a possible 280. However, the score wasn’t high enough for him 7 (enter) a university.
Then his mother went to Lanzhou University and asked 8 her son could study there as an auditor（旁听生）. In the end, his mother and the university reached 9 agreement. Now he is studying to get his PHD．（博士学位）.
In the interview, Xie said that he had learned many ways to solve problems and a lot about life over the past nine years, and that was much 10 (important) than a degree.
passage 17
La’eeb is the official mascot（吉祥物）of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. La’eeb is an Arabic word, which 1 （mean）super-skilled player. With thick eyebrows（眉毛）and big eyes, La’eeb is in the shape of the 2 （tradition）headdress worn by Arab men. He encourages everyone to believe in 3 （them）as “Now is All”.
According to FIFA, La’eeb comes from the “mascots universe” and lives in a 4 （wonder）world with the other World Cup mascots. He is full of energy and is ready 5 （bring）the joy of football to everyone! Fans everywhere love this fun and playful character. La’eeb plays 6 important role as we attract fans, young and old, in Qatar’s FIFA World Cup experience.
At Qatar 2022, La’eeb was everywhere welcoming the world, inspiring（激励）7 （fan）and cheering the action. He loves supporting everyone 8 works hard and aims to achieve their dreams!
The Qatar 2022 took place from November 21 to December 18 last year. 9 the first time, it was hosted in winter because of Qatar’s high temperatures during the summer. More importantly, it is the 10 （one）World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world.
passage18
Rodin says, “Beauty is everywhere. For our eyes, it is not the lack of beauty, but the lack of discovery.” Beauty is one of the 1 (great) things in the world. People all love beautiful things like the flowers in spring, the 2 (leaf) in autumn and all other things that have interested them.
But people have different senses of beauty. A cleaner may think the clean street is the most beautiful. 3 inventor may think the latest invention is the most beautiful. A traveler may think some clean water to save his thirsty throat and wash his tired feet is the most beautiful. If you are not them, it may be hard4 (understand) why. So beautiful things mean what people expect most.
People 5 (most) think it’s not easy to get the beautiful things they expect. In fact, it’s not so difficult to find beautiful things. They are everywhere around us in our life. The people who are good at 6 (find) beauty are those who love life. 7 they love life, they think everything is good enough. They always try to find beauty instead 8 ugliness. They watch everything with their hearts so that they often find special beauty. And they also make others see the beauty of the world.
We can’t tell people to change 9 (they) senses of beauty, but we can share our senses of beauty. Then we can make more such beauty together. Therefore, our world 10 (be) more beautiful and peaceful in the future, for nobody will destroy beauty if we can feel it.
passage19
Why is setting goals important Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you 1 (make) your life happen.
2 (success) people in life imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like 3 (have) a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can 4 (find) on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goals or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, 5 she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be
6 (win) in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there 7 making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident.
Goals aren’t difficult to set—and they aren't difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life. Research 8 (tell) us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, they are much 9 (hard) to forget. Also when you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make 10 (you) continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.
passage20
Gu Ailing is a freeskier（自由式滑雪运动员）with an American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019, she 1 （become）a Chinese citizen and chose to compete for China.
Gu Ailing started to learn skiing 2 2006. At that time, she was only three. At the age of nine, she was able to ski 3 （good）and started to win gold medals in some important competitions. At the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, she won two gold medals for China and she feels 4 （luck）to stand on such a stage and have the opportunity to encourage girls and teenagers to join in skiing. Now she is still trying her best 5 （improve）herself so that she can win more gold medals for China.
Gu Ailing works 6 （hard）at school than most people. She often discussed 7 （question）with her classmates. She was a grade-A student and good at her schoolwork. 8 Gu Ailing was American, she spent her summer vacation in Beijing every year when she was young. She often played with Chinese children and she has 9 good relationship with them. In her free time, Gu Ailing has many hobbies, such as 10 （run）, riding horses and playing football.
passage21
Beijing Olympic Games gives the world so many surprises, we show our new image 1 the world. Many Chinese 2 （hero）fought for the right to hold the Olympic Games, finally we made it. Now we are also 3 （success）in winning the right to hold the Winter Olympic Games. Our insistence helps 4 （we）to make so many miracles（奇迹）.
Beijing 5 （become）the only city to hold the summer and winter Olympic Games so far, we are so proud of it. But the road to achieve this wonder is such difficult. Early in 6 1990s, we started to compete for the vote, 7 the world did not know our country, the judgers believed that our country was far away from the qualification（资格 ）. So we 8 （refuse）again and again. Thanks to the insistent effort, we won the vote and fulfilled this dream. Two days ago, we won another vote for 9 （hold）the Winter Olympic Games. Two times to win the rights is such inspiring news, we are creating miracles all the time.
Insistent effort will bring good 10 （lucky）, I believe that we can create more miracles
Passage22
Gezai Opera(歌仔戏) started in Tai- wan, China. It 1_______(become) popular in the south of Fujian later. Watching Gezai Opera is wonderful. When performers tell a story, 2_______(music) play different kinds of music at the same time. Performers use different things to help tell the story. 3______ example, colored flags can show different feelings. Costumes(服装) also help tell the story. From the costumes, the audience(观众) knows if a character is a man 4______ a woman and many other things.
The costumes are 5_________(importance) and so are the characters' movements. Each character has a way of standing and moving. The characters' movements tell the story just as much as 6_______(they) voices. In Gezai Opera, there is an important character 7________(call) the Wu Sheng. He does a lot of different kinds of movements, like jumping and kicking.
In Gezai Opera, performers sing more 8______ they speak. Singing is most important to a performer. The way performers sing Gezai Opera 9_______(be) special. It takes many years for a performer to sing well.
When 10_______(sing), costumes, movements and other things come together, and they make a great show. The audience might enjoy and remember it for years after watching it.
Passage23
My parents gave me the name, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior, but my sister gave me another one. She could not say“brother”1______(clear), but only“Buzzer". Later that got shortened to “Buzz”, 2______ everyone called me that name.
What I always wanted to do was fly. So, after 3______(finish) my study at college, I joined the US Air Force(空军). I learned to fly planes, fast and high in the sky.
I loved going as fast 4_______ a person could go, and I was able to fly planes that flew faster than 5______ speed of sound.
But there 6______(be) men flying faster than that-astronauts. The astronauts seemed like supermen to me. When my college friend Ed White 7_______(tell) me his plan to apply for(申请) a space program, I knew that the astronauts were pilots just like Ed and 8_______(I).
I went back to college and studied about space. But the first time I applied for a space program, I wasn't 9________ (success). I kept trying. I applied later again, and I got in. Then I became an astronaut.
I still remember my first trip to space. It took us less than two hours10______(go) all the way around the world.It was so cool!
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I'm going to tell you about my sister Mary. She 1______(study) medicine at college. She's a doctor now and she operates(动手术) on people with heart problems. It's an important job but very 2______(tire). Some of the operations she does last for hours. It's necessary 3________(be) able to stand up and concentrate (集中精神) for all that time. She works 4_______(real) long hours, and she also often has to get up in the middle of the night if a patient of 5________(her) has got worse or something.
She works in one of the best 6______(hospital) in our city, and she also has a private clinic(私人诊所). I'm not sure how much money she makes, 7________ I think it must be a lot of money.
She loves her job though it is hard work. At 8_______ same time, she is always trying to improve herself. She spends years 9________(read) articles and keeping up to date. She does some teaching at a college too. The only problem would be that she doesn't have enough time 10________her son. He's seven years old and she has very little free time for him.
Passage25
When the new school year started, every student in Yichang, Hubei, got a special book about environmental protection. This is part of the city government's actions 1_________(protect) the environment. The government hopes that young people can care more about 2_______ environment of their hometown.
Environmental protection in Yichang is very necessary because there are lots of 3________(factory) in the city. And Yichang is 4_________(importance) for the protection of waterways in Yangtze River. So last year, the city government 5________(make) a three-year plan to make the environment better. However, many people didn't see the importance of environmental protection. So the city government decided to start by 6_______(educate) the young students.
All the examples in the book come from Yichang. The students know 7______(they) well. “If the book was about the8 __________(pollute) in other countries like Japan or America, the students would not have much feeling about it,” says Wang Hongjun 9_______ works for the government.
“We influence students through their education at school, 10______ we hope they will also influence their parents and many other people,” says Wang.
Passage26
I'm in a spaceship with three other astronauts. We've been flying for a week. We have so much to do every day. We sleep in shifts (轮班), 1________ one of us has to be awake all the time. We are very 2______ (tire) from all the work.
On the 3_______(eight) day, we reach the Peace Space Station. Now there will be more people to help us. I believe we will be on a great team. When we are moving into the space station, I feel 4________(comfort). There is so much more space. We will have real beds to sleep in. We will have better food.
The six astronauts on the space station give us 5_______warm welcome. They say, “We have been waiting 6_______ you.” We are happy 7_______(see) them, too.
The first night on the space station starts fine. We have a good dinner. Then we are going to sleep. But one of the astronauts 8_______(say), “We need to give you a job. Each person has to take turns to stay awake. Here is the schedule(日程安排).” I see I'm the first person on the schedule. I will have to stay awake tonight! I have been awake and working for twenty 9________(hour).
I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I'm here. It is hard work. It's even 10_______(hard) than I expected.
Passage27
Max was sad. He came home from school excitedly to eat his dad's famous chocolate oatmeal cookies(巧克力燕麦曲奇饼干). However, the oven stopped 1_____(work)! His dad gave a cookbook to him and told him 2______(look) and see if there was anything they could make without using the oven. Guess what Max 3_______(find) such a recipe(食谱) at last.
After reading 4______ recipe together, Max and his dad decided 5______(try) it. Max took out a pot. Max's dad got out the necessary ingredients, a big spoon,cups, tea-spoons and some wax paper.
Max put half a cup of milk, a quarter of cup of butter, some chocolate, 6______ two cups of sugar in the pot. Max's dad kept stirring the mix on the stove(炉具) for about five 7______ (minute). Then Max's dad took the pot off the stove and added one teaspoon of vanilla and two cups of oatmeal. Max stirred. Then he put spoonfuls of the mix onto the wax paper. Max and his dad could not wait to try these 8________(interest) cookies!
9________(final), they were ready. Max and his dad each tried their new cookies. Delicious! Max was even kind 10______ happy that the oven was broken!
Passage28
I'm Anna, a college student. I think I'm quite good 1_____ cooking. Most people seem to enjoy eating 2______ I cook for them.
I first started trying to cook when I left home and went to college. I didn't have much money and it was much 3_______(cheap) to cook my own food than to eat in the canteen(餐厅). Also, it was healthier 4_______(eat) the things I cooked. One cool thing at college is that I had a small kitchen. I've bought some machines for cooking. And I'll add a blender soon.
I learnt by 5_______(my) really. I used the Internet to look for the recipes(食谱) I was 6_______(interest) in. I also asked my parents sometimes. However, when I first started cooking, most of my food 7_______(be) terrible. But I learnt quite fast. Now, I always invite my friends to my room 8_______ cook for them to celebrate every festival together.
Except at the very 9_______(begin), I think I've found it quite easy, 10______(main) because I enjoy cooking and I enjoy eating. But it's not something that everyone can learn to do. I think some people are just not patient to learn to cook well.
Passage29
Once there were six blind men. They often heard 1______ elephants, but never knew what they looked like. One morning, when they knew that a man was riding an elephant down the road, they asked the man 2______(stop) so that they could “see” it. They thought that by 3__________(touch) it they could learn what kind of animal it was.
The first man put his both 4_______(hand) on the elephant's body. “It is like a wall,” he said. The second man only touched the elephant's ivory. "It is not like 5________ wall at all," he said. “It is more like a spear (矛).”
The third man touched the elephant's long nose 6__________(careful). "You are not right," he said. “This elephant is like a snake.”
The fourth man touched one of the elephant's legs. “Oh, 7_________ blind you are!” he said. “It is round and tall like a tree.”
The fifth man 8_______(be) very tall and touched the elephant's ear. “This animal is like a big fan,” he said.
The 9________(six) man touched the elephant's tail. He said, “The elephant is like a rope.”
They all 10________(disagree)with each other. The elephant moved on and the six blind men still talked about it.
Passage30
Last Saturday was my birthday. My mother let me have a slumber party(睡衣聚会) to celebrate. I was so 1____________ (excite) and I invited all my best friends. It was great that they were all available.
We 2_______(have) a fantastic time that day. First, we played card 3_________(game). Then we watched a film on TV. My mother made popcorn and we ate it when the film was playing. After the film, we went to my room 4_________ we listened to music and danced a lot. We were having such fun when my brother came in. He told us 5_______(turn) down the music because he was studying for an 6__________(importance) exam.
A little later, we were putting on make up for fun when my mother walked in. She said we had to go to bed. We put on our pajamas(睡衣裤) but we couldn't sleep. We got up again. We jumped around on 7______ bed. Then we started a pillow(枕头) fight. It was the 8_______(much) exciting part of the night.
9__________(final), we were very tired. We all fell asleep, some on the bed,and some in the sleeping bags. It was four o'clock in the morning. 10______ great fun! I loved my slumber party!
Passage31
A kid walked into a candy store with his mom.
“There are so many candies. What should I choose Mom, can you give me some advice ” 1. _______(ask) the boy.
“Choose your favorite,” his mom said. “These are my favorites. No, wait. I like those better,” the boy said to 2________(him).
He walked along the aisles(过道), 3_________(pick) up bags and putting them back. He just couldn't decide 4______ to buy.
“Come on, son! We have to go. We'll be late 5_______ the meeting with your teacher,” his mom said.
The boy ran around 6______ store. All of the candies looked so good and he couldn't make a decision.
At last, his mom got angry. She grabbed(抓住) her son by the hand and they left quickly. The young boy was 7______(real) upset. He wanted all candies, 8______ ended up with nothing because he couldn't choose just one.
We're all that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a lot of 9__________(choose) available to us, but if we don't make a decision, we will get nothing at last. Sometimes we worry about 10_______(make) the wrong decision. However, it is worse that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
Passage32
Dear David,
How is everythinggoing We are facing 1 long summer vacation. I’m writing to tell you about our2 (discuss) In our class for the coming vacation.
All the students have their own plans about how 3___ (spend) a meaningful summer vacation . Half of the students plan to travel at home and abroad. They want to relax4 (complete) and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Thirty percent of the students plan to read more books. They believe that5 (read) can increase knowledge. It can also make people much6 (smart) and more independent, and develop more interests. 20% of them plan to take up some social practice activities. They want to get self-improvement and make new friends to have a7 (color)life.
I’m going to take part8 social practice activities,too. I want to learn something new and get good experiencee from these activities.9 the junior high school life will end soon, it will stay In our hearts forever. Best10 (wish) to you!
Yours
LiHua
Passage 33
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going 1_______ (good). The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman. Her husband asked da Vinci 2 (paint) a portrait (肖像) of her.
After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King to visit France 3 he took the painting with him. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million 4 (visit) a year.
The painting measures (测量为) only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted 5 oil on wood. In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a worker at the Louvre, stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under 6 (he) coat. Two years later, police officers found 7 painting when he tried to sell it.
In 1962, the Mona Lisa was 8 (take) to Washington and New York for artwork shows. For the journey, the museum 9 (want) to insure (给……投保) the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars, making it the most 10 (value) painting ever! Today, the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.
Passage34
Each year, billions of pounds of garbage end up in the oceans. Sometimes people throw away water1 (bottle) or other plastic. They do not recycle their garbage. People may not know that wind２ rain can move garbage from land to sea. Plastic takes a very long time to break down. It can remain in the oceans３ hundreds of years. Plastic pieces are very 4__ _ (danger) to sea animals.
One group, Washed Ashore, came up with a new idea _５__ _ (tell) people about the problems in the oceans. First, they take the garbage from ６ beach. Then, they clean and sort it. ７ (final), they work with the plastic pieces to make huge works of art. The artwork is mostly of sea creatures (生物).
Washed Ashore has _８ __ _ (create) more than seventy of these works of art. Some of ９__ _ (they) are now traveling in a show all over the world. Each piece shows the effects of trash.
In one show, people learn how plastic fools fish and other sea animals. They think the plastic １０ (be) food, eat it, and get very sick or even die.
This would not happen if people used less plastic and did not litter. The plastic would not end up in the ocean.
Passage35
The Miao people believe that birds are important for harvests (丰收). They have respected birds since ancient times. That’s 1 people see beautiful birdcages (鸟笼) hanging in front of many houses in the Miao villages.
Kala village in Guizhou province is famous for 2 (it) cage-weaving craft (编笼工艺), which dates back over 400 years. In 2009, it was listed as a provincial intangible 3 (culture) heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Guizhou.
Wang Qiu is 4 inheritor (传承人) of the Kala birdcage-making craft. She has learned and developed the craft for 18 years since he 5 (marry) her husband in Kala village in 2005. Her teacher is Wang Yuhe, a provincial inheritor of the skill, and also her husband’s father. “The Kala birdcage is known as its strength,” explained Wang. “Each cage is 6 (careful) made from the strong moso bamboo (楠竹) and the flexible (柔韧的) water bamboo, providing hardness and resilience (韧性). Together, they give birth to a strong cage.”
As a member of a younger generation, Wang wanted 7 (try) something new. She designs and makes everyday products, 8 bookshelves to earrings in the shape of Kala birdcages.
To show Kala birdcages to more people, Wang has been sharing videos of her 9 (skill) on social media. “I hope that my videos can attract more people to learn about the amazing Kala cage-weaving skill. In this way, people 10 (know) more about the Miao people and their great culture,” Wang told Teens.
Passage36
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the 5th day of the 1._________(five) month of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese2.__________( festival), with the other two the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year. Now all Chinese students have a day off on that day. It has 3.______ (be) celebrated, in all kinds of ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the west, it is well 4. ___(know) as the Dragon Boat Festival.
The festival is in memory of Qu Yuan. He was an honest minister 5._______ was always worried about people in his country. However, the emperor and the government didn't believe his words. At last, he jumped into Miluo River and killed 6._________(him). People didn't let fish eat him so they 7._______(throw) some food into the river to get the fish away. The Dragon Boat Festival formed.
The festival is famous 8._______its dragon-boat race, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. The traditional food is 9._________(name) rice dumplings. They are usually made of glutinous(糯米) rice, meat and so on. Nowadays, you can eat 10.________(difference) kinds of rice dumplings. They are very delicious. To celebrate it, people always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon-boat race on that day.
Passage 37
When you wear clothes1.___________ (make) of cotton, do you know where the cotton comes from Countries like India are believed to have grown cotton for the first time, 2.________ China is the world’s largest cotton producer now.
China 3.___________(produce) about 22% of the world’s cotton, of which 87.3%comes from Xinjiang according to the latest data(数据). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(新疆维吾尔自治区) in the northwest of China is home to the nation’s largest cotton-producing area.
The planting of cotton in Xinjiang dates back to the late Western Han Dynasty. According to 4.____________(history) records, cotton was introduced from West Asia to Xinjiang. It soon spread across Xinjiang because of the area’s full sunlight 5.__________ plenty of water, which the plant needs.
Xinjiang is famous 6._________ its long staple cotton(长绒棉). In the past, people 7_________(main) picked the cotton by hand, but now machines have gradually taken its place. It prevents the cotton from 8___________(be) polluted and improves its quality.
After bags of cotton are packed and transported to many 9____________(factory), they become clothes, shoes, dolls, toys and many other things. So we 10__________ call the cotton—“white gold”.
Passage 38
When a film or a TV show is finished shooting, we call it "sha qing(杀青)" in Chinese. But do you know where this term 1._________(come) from
The term "sha qing" was 2._________(one) used during the Pre-Qin Period(先秦时代). At that time, people did not invent paper. They mainly used bamboo slips(竹简) and 3._________(knife) to write. But there was one problem with bamboo — 4._________(it) skin was too smooth to write on. Then some people found a solution. They dried the green bamboo slips over fire. It not only made them 5._________(easy) to write on, but also protected them from insects. The drying process was called "sha qing".
Later during the Qin Dynasty, writing brushes 6.___________(invent). People started to write on the smooth skin 7.__________ the bamboo for the first time. When they were sure to write their articles, they would peel off the green skin and write on the white part of the bamboo. This process was also called "sha qing". After this process was completed, the writing could not be changed. 8._________(gradual), people used "sha qing" to mean that books or articles were sure to come out.
Nowadays, we no longer use bamboo to write articles. Instead, we write on paper or type on computers. As 9.________result, the meaning of "sha qing" has changed. These days "sha qing" is used 10._________a movie shooting is finished. With the coming of the digital age, the film-makers nw use digital cameras to produce movies.
答案:
Passage1.
1.a 2.lives 3.his 4.smiled 5.when 6.farmer’s 7.surprise 8.from
9.coming 10.days
1. a — “a job” 表示“一份工作”，固定搭配。
2. lives — 主语是第三人称单数 “My younger brother”，且为一般现在时，动词用第三人称单数形式。
3. his — 指代 “his younger brother’s place”，用形容词性物主代词。
4. smiled — 上下文为过去时，动词需用过去式。
5. when — “当……的时候”，引导时间状语从句。
6. farmer’s — 表示“农夫的眼睛”，用名词所有格。
7. surprise — “to one’s surprise” 是固定搭配。
8. from — “from...to...” 表示“从……到……”。
9. coming — “see sb. doing” 表示“看见某人正在做某事”。
10. days — “a few” 后接可数名词复数。
Passage 2
1.them 2.for 3.weeks 4.many 5.Finally 6.when / after 7.showed 8.is
9.what 10.learning
Passage 3.
1.deeply 2.if 3.a 4.higher 5.started 6.as 7.is 8.his
9.working 10.words
Passage 4.
1.standing 2.badly 3.followed 4.at 5.angry 6.friends 7.dreamed / dreamt
8.when 9.a 10.him
Passage 5
1.interested 2.writing 3.teacher's 4.but 5.given 6.forced 7.for
8.his 9.Finally 10.took
Passage 6
1.living 2.was created 3.first 4.and 5.classes 6.collecting 7.of
8.widely 9.products 10.cuter
Passage 7
1.is 2.Across 3.shopping 4.flowers 5.usually 6.On 7.our
8.becausee 9.to live 10.best
Passage 8
1.invented 2.a 3.better 4.in 5.recently 6.toilets 7.encourages
8.how 9.itself 10.collecting
Passage 9
1．for 2．making 3．a 4．is 5．easier 6．directly 7．risks 8．to do 9．and/or 10．our
Passage 10
1． from 2．travelling/traveling 3．encouragement 4．but 5．His 6．the
7．known 8．met 9．warmly 10．best
Passage 11.
1． themselves 2．first 3．was asked 4．rules 5．Finally 6．breaking 7．if
8．an 9．graduation 10．who/that
Passage 12.
1． for 2．a 3．them 4．working 5．that/who 6．to punish 7．worried
8．choice 9．led 10．Luckily
Passage 13.
1． most popular 2．a 3．on 4．places 5．possibly 6．returning 7．their
8．However 9．put 10．to experience
Passage 14.
1． a 2．mountains 3．first 4．for 5．writing 6．carefully 7．southern
8．were 9．dangerous 10．if
Passage 15
1． an 2．from 3．us 4．if 5．started 6．really 7．creative 8．years
9．likes 10．to open
Passage 16.
1．seriously 2．was sent 3．drove 4．like 5．him 6．questions 7．to enter 8．if/whether 9．an 10．more important
Passage 17
1． means 2．traditional 3．themselves 4．wonderful 5．to bring 6．an
7．fans 8．who/that 9．For 10．first
Passage 18
1．greatest 2．leaves 3．An 4．to understand 5．mostly 6．finding 7．Because 8．of 9．their 10．will be
Passage 19
1． to make 2．Successful 3．having 4．be found 5．but 6．Winners 7．by
8．tells 9．harder 10．yourself
Passage 20
1． became 2．in 3．well 4．lucky 5．to improve 6．harder 7．questions
8．Though/Although 9．a 10．running
Passage 21
1． to 2．heroes 3．successful 4．us 5．has become 6．the 7．but
8．were refused 9．holding 10．luck
Passage 22
1. became 2. musicians 3. for 4. or 5 important
6. their 7. called 8. than 9. is 10. singing
Passage 23
1. clearly 2. and 3. finishing 4. as 5. the
6. were 7. told 8. me 9. successful 10. to go
Passage 24
1. studied 2. tiring 3. to be 4. really 5. hers
6. hospitals 7. but 8. the 9. reading 10. for
Passage 25
1. to protect 2. the 3. factories 4. important 5. made
6. educating 7. them 8. pollution 9. who 10. and
Passage 26
1. and 2. tired 3. eighth 4. comfortable 5. a
6. for 7. to see 8. says 9. hours 10. harder
Passage 27
1. working 2. to look 3. found 4. the 5. to try
6. and 7. minutes 8. interesting 9. Finally 10. of
Passage 28
1. at 2. what 3. cheaper 4. to eat 5. myself
6. interested 7. was 8. and 9. beginning 10. mainly
Passage 29
1. of 2. to stop 3. touching 4. hands 5. a
6. carefully 7. how 8. was 9. sixth 10. disagreed
Passage 30
1. excited 2. had 3. games 4. and 5. to turn
6. important 7. the 8. most 9. Finally 10. What
Passage 31
1. asked 2. himself 3. picking 4. what 5. for
6. the 7. really 8. but 9. choices 10. making
Passage 32
1. a 2.discussion 3.to spend 4.completely 5.reading 6.smarter
7.colorful 8.in 9.Although 10. wishes
Passage 33
1.well 2. to paint 3. and 4. visitors 5. with 6. his 7. the 8. taken
9. wanted 10. valuable
Passage 34
1. bottles 2.and 3.for 4.dangerous 5.to tell 6.the 7.Finally
8. created 9.them 10. is
Passage 35
1.why 2.its 3.cultural 4.an 5.married 6.carefully 7.to try
8.from 9.skills 10.will know
Passage 36
1.fifth 2.festivals 3.been 4.known 5.who 6.himself 7.threw
8.for 9.named 10.different
Passage 37
.1.made 2. but 3. produces 4. historical 5. and 6. for
7. mainly 8. being 9. factories 10. can / may
Passage 38
1.comes
2.first
3.knives
4.its
5.easier
6.were invented
7.of
8.Gradually
9.a
10.when
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Passage1
阅读下面短文，在各题空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
One morning, a man with a carpenter’s (木匠) toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said,“I just have 1.________ job for you. Look at that farm across the creek(河沟)．My younger brother 2.________ (live) there. It was he who dug the creek last week to spite(刁难)me. So I want you to build me a fence, in order not to see3.________ (he) place any more.” The carpenter 4. ________ (smile） and said,“I see. I’ll try to do it to satisfy you.”
At sunset 5.________ the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The 6. _______(farmer) eyes opened wide! To his 7. ________ (surprised), there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge across 8. ________ one side of the river to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother 9. ________(come) to him. The brothers met in the middle of the bridge, taking each other’s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder. “No, wait! Stay a few 10. ________ (day). I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother. “I’d love to,” the carpenter said, “but I have so many more bridges to build.”
passage2.
Reid tried to draw a sports car like Peter’s. But no pictures looked good. He threw 1.________ (they) away.
“Is there a secret of being a good artist ” he asked his teacher Mrs. Lee 2.________ help.“Yes, of course.” said Mrs. Lee. “Do a drawing every day. Give it to me when you finish it. Hand in one picture to me each day for four 3.________ (week). Then I’ll tell you the secret.” Reid did as the teacher told him.
“Is it OK to do more than one picture a day ” he asked. “Draw as 4.________ (many) as you’d like,” said Mrs. Lee.
5.________ (final), four weeks passed. “It’s time for the secret,” Mrs. Lee said, “But first I want you to do one more drawing.” Reid did. He showed it to Mrs. Lee 6.________ he finished. Mrs. Lee smiled and 7.________ (show) him the drawing he did the first day. Reid looked at the two pictures. What a difference!
“The secret 8.________ (be) practice! You drew every day, and look how much better your pictures got. If your work improved a lot in four weeks, just think 9._______ will happen in three months or a year.”
“Would you hold on to these for another four weeks I want to keep 10.________ (learn) the secret.”said Reid.
passage 3.
When Charley got up one morning, he looked out of the window and saw the ground 1. _______ (deep) covered with snow. On the side of the house nearest the kitchen, the snow was deeper than Charley’s head.
Charley’s father told him they needed a path(小路) through the snow. “I would make one 2. _______ I had time,” said his father, “but I have to go to work. Could you make 3. _______ path, Charley ”
“How could I do that ” asked Charley in surprise. “The snow is 4. _______ (high) than my head!”
“Little by little,” said Charley’s father.
So Charley got the snow shovel( 铲 ) and 5. _______ (start) working. He shoveled and shoveled as hard 6. _______ he could, but it was very slow work. “I don’t think I can do it, mother,” he said, “There 7. _______ (be) too much snow!”
“Little by little, Charley,” said 8. _______ (he) mother, “The snow fell in tiny flakes( 薄片 ), but see what a great pile( 堆 ) it has made.”
“Yes, I see, mother. If I throw it away little by little, I can do it.” Charley went on 9. _______ (work)
as hard as he could. When his father came home in the evening, he was very happy to see a nice and clear path. The next day he gave Charley a nice card. Written on the card were the 10. _______ (word) “Little by little.”
passage 4
Tom came to the front of a palace. He looked through its golden gate, hoping to take a look at a real prince. There were some guards 1 _______ (stand) at both sides of the gate. Tom, dressed 2. _______(bad), was moving nervously past them when he suddenly caught sight of a well-dressed boy who was 3. _______ (follow) by several servants. He was no doubt the prince!
Tom was excited. He wanted to get close to the prince and have a good look 4. _______ him. However, a guard saw him and stopped him rudely(粗鲁地).
The young prince, whose name was Edward, was 5. _______ (anger) with the guard for his rudeness. He asked the guard to open the gate and took Tom to his room in the palace.
The two boys became good 6. _______ (friend). They even exchanged their clothes after Tom told Edward that he had 7. _______ (dream) about dressing like a prince. As they stood side by side in front of a great mirror, they were surprised to find that they looked almost like twins!
The two boys were in each other’s clothes 8. _______ Edward suddenly noticed a bruise( 瘀伤 ) on Tom’s hand. He soon realized that it was caused by the guard who had stopped Tom rudely. In 9._______ moment, the young prince ran out of the room. He decided to punish the guard.
However, the guard didn’t realize that the prince was in Tom’s old worn clothes. He hit Edward heavily on the ear and threw 10. _______ (he) out of the palace.
passage5
Sean was now nearly 40, alone and poor. He dreamed of being a police officer for a long time and never made it. When Sean was only a 5-year-old boy, his father’s friend Paul once drove him home in his police car. Sean was 1. _______ (interest) in the car, the lights and the uniform. He decided to be a hero like Paul.
However, his English teacher thought that he had a true gift for2._______ (write). Sean followed his 3. _______ (teacher) advice and finally he became a reporter for a newspaper. During the years, he changed several jobs 4. _______ nothing made him really happy. Actually, he had never really 5. _______ (give) up his dream. His wife could not stand this and left him when Sean was 39 years old.Sean was 6. _______ (force) to move back where his dad lived sadly.
When his father encouraged him to search 7. _______ a new job the chance came. One of his friends told that Phoenix was in great need of police officers. Sean decided to achieve 8. _______ (he) dream this time. He began training hard at once. 9. _______ (final) he passed the test, and on Nov. 16, 2015, Sean became a policeman.
The following year, Sean got a prize because of his excellent job “It 10. ______ (take) me 35 years. But a promise is a promise. How many people can say they realize their life’s dream ” Sean says, “I did it.”
passage6.
Most children like spending their free time in watching cartoons. Hello Kitty will appear in a cartoon movie in 2019. The white Japanese 1. ________(live) cat with a red bowknot(蝴蝶结) and six whiskers (胡须) will star in the film. And a giant Hello Kitty statue (雕像) welcomes visitors at the gate.
Hello Kitty 2.________(create) in 1975 by the Sanrio lifestyle company. She was born in the suburb( 郊外 ) of London on the 3.________(one) day of November, 1975 and her full name is Kitty White. She is smart 4. ________kind-hearted. She likes school, and her favorite 5.________(class) are English, music and art. And the cat also loves 6.________(collect) lovely things.
Hello Kitty has become a part 7.________ Japanese popular culture. She has been 8.________(wide) received over the decades ( 数 十 年 ) around the world. You can find Hello Kitty 9.________(produce), images, videos, events and news. Would you believe that in Taiwan, there is a Hello Kitty Hospital Each bed is designed carefully with Hello Kitty. Imagine having doctors and nurses in Hello Kitty dress! Much 10.________(cute) than those in formal suits, right
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I’m Tony. I live in a beautiful neighborhood in New York. There 1.________ (be) a pool in the center of the neighborhood. I like to go swimming there in summer. It’s cool in the water. 2. ________(cross) from the pool, there is a supermarket. My parents often go 3.________(shop) there.
There is a park near our neighborhood. There are many 4.________(flower) and trees in it. It is very beautiful. It is my favorite place and I like to go there. Every morning, my brother and I get up early, and we 5.________(usual) do exercise in the park.
6.________weekends, my brother and I often spend time on the beach. We can enjoy the clean air and warm sunshine with 7.________(we) friends! We often go there on foot 8.________ it is only five minutes’ walk from our neighborhood.
I’m happy 9.________(live) in our neighborhood. It’s the10.________(good) place in my mind and I love it very much.
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The most interesting museum I’ve ever been to is the American Computer Museum. They have information about different computers and who 1.________ (invent) them. The old computerswere much bigger. It’s unbelievable that technology has progressed in such a rapid way! I’ve also learned that there was 2.________ special computer. It could play chess even 3.________ (well) than humans. I wonder how much more computers will be able to do 4.________ the future.
I’ve 5.________ (recent) been to a very unusual museum in India, the International Museum of Toilets. I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw so many different kinds of 6.________ (toilet) there. The museum teaches people about the history and development of toilets. It also 7.________ (encourage) government and social groups to think about ways to improve toilets in the future.
Last year I went to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’s a relaxing and peaceful place near a lake. The tea art performances show 8.________ to make a perfect cup of tea with beautiful tea sets. Watching the tea preparation is just as enjoyable as drinking the tea 9.________ (it). I’ve finally realized why my grandpa loves drinking tea and 10.________ (collect) tea sets.
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How much do you know about artificial intelligence (AI) Scientists have been studying AI 1 many years. Using AI, robots and computers are able to think for themselves and do things like ordering products, 2 (make) movie or music recommendations (推荐), or even driving cars without the help of humans.
On the one hand, this is positive. For example, 3 self-driving car can often be safer than a human. One advantage 4 (be) that self-driving cars aren’t distracted (分心) as humans sometimes are when driving. Smartphones and speakers have also made life much 5 (easy). Now, we can order products or ask for help 6 (direct) just by speaking into smartphones or speakers.
On the other hand, there are 7 (risk). Are we ready for robots that can think by themselves One disadvantage is that they might do things that we don’t want them 8 (do). For example, they might be listening to 9 watching us without us knowing about it. They may be tracking our activities online, for example, which is another disadvantage. We may lose 10 (we) privacy (隐私).
Technology is here to stay, and we just need to be aware of how we use it.
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As the saying goes, “Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.” Centuries ago, some outstanding people already travelled around China and they got a lot 1 exploration (探险).
Xu Xiake, a geographer and writer in Ming Dynasty, spent more than thirty years 2 (travel) around China about four hundred years ago. With his mother’s 3 (encourage), Xu Xiake started his travel. He had many difficulties on the road, 4 he never gave up. Xu Xiake travelled and learned all his life, and his travel diaries covered as much as his knowledge. 5 (he) 600,000-word travel notes finally came out in 1776. China Tourism Day is set on May 19th, 6 date when he started to write The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake in 1613.
Marco Polo, a businessman born in 1254 in Italy, is 7 (know) as a travel king in the West. In 1271, Marco Polo set foot on the road to China. Along the way, he 8 (meet) bad weather, and a shortage of food and water. He reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia and people there welcomed him 9 (warm). Marco Polo’s difficult but exciting journey helped to create one of the world’s first 10 (good) sellers The Travels of Marco Polo. Western readers fell in love with Polo’s wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
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Usually schools and teachers set standards for students. But a school in Wuhan had a new try recently.
This year, the rules of Class 12, Senior 1 in Wuhan No. 6 High School have been made by the students 1 (they).
During the 2 (one) day of this school year, the teacher allowed his students to make their own rules. Each student 3 (ask) to make some rules. Then the 4 (rule) were discussed by the whole class. The rule-making activity lasted about a month. 5 (final), the class had 30 rules.
Most rules are about the way students should behave. And there are also some for teachers. “No lessons should overrun” is one example. Students will be punished for 6 (break) the rules. For example, 7 a student is late for class above a certain number of times, he or she will lose the chance to be 8 honor student. If a student is caught to use a cell phone during a class, the phone will be kept by the teacher until 9 (graduate).
Students say the rules work well in the classroom. “We’re the people 10 made the rules, so we have to follow them,” said a student.
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A festival is a celebration. Festivals are popular around the world 1 many reasons. They are fun and can be a good chance for families and friends to spend time together. The Lantern Festival is just like any of them.
The Lantern Festival (also known as Yuanxiao Festival) started about 2000 years ago in China. The festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the Chinese New Year. As 2 result, the exact date of the festival is different every year.
Many stories are told about how this festival began. Here is one of 3 (they). In ancient China, there lived a palace maid (女仆) named Yuanxiao. The king kept her 4 (work) day and night and didn’t allow her to go back home so she missed her family very much. Yuanxiao had a friend called Dongfang Shuo, an officer 5 was trusted by the king. Yuanxiao asked Shuo for help because she thought he was the only one who could help her. Shuo really wanted to help Yuanxiao and came up with a clever idea. He told the king that the God of Fire was angry with the country and decided 6 (punish) the people on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar year. Hearing this, the king was 7 (worry) and he had difficulty eating and sleeping. And then, Yuanxiao told the king that because the god liked to watch fire shows and hear the loud sounds, they would please him by setting off firecrackers and hanging red lanterns. The king had no other 8 (choose), and he agreed. When the day came, Yuanxiao 9 (lead) all the people to set off firecrackers and the lanterns shone brightly like big fires. She also helped make delicious dumplings for the god to eat.
10 (luck), the plan worked in the end and the king announced that Yuanxiao could go home and see her family and friends. Since then, the Lantern Festival has become a time for families and friends to get together.
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Do you like traveling Now, a new way of traveling called “Military-style travel” (特种兵旅游) has become one of the 1 (popular) ways among Chinese college students. They spend little money traveling to many places during the weekend, seldom taking 2 break or sleeping.
To save money, they usually take a normal-speed train 3 ___ a Friday night. After arriving at their dream city on Saturday morning, they visit as many 4 (place) as they can. Sometimes, they 5 (possible) choose to sleep at a 24-hour restaurant for a few hours. Then the next day, they repeat the same busy schedule (日程安排) before 6 (return) to their university in time for classes on Monday morning.
Videos of them taking such trips have been shared on social media platforms (平台). With many people online praising them for 7 (they) energy and high ability to carry out their plans. 8 , others question whether such a busy schedule is healthy.
Hu Die, a student at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, is one of such travelers. She 9 (put) together a recent 10-day holiday and traveled to six cities. “We do not think we are doing something ‘crazy’ or ‘ unbelievable’. We are young and energetic enough 10 (experience) such a travel schedule,” she said. “Besides, when you travel with your friends, you are happy, and you do not feel tired.”
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In the year of 1247, Italian explorers Marco and Niccolo Polo set out on 1 24-year journey. During the journey, they traveled the famous Silk Road from Italy, through terrible deserts and very high 2 (mountain) to the eastern China. They traveled over 4,000 miles in all. Marco and Niccolo were among the very 3 (one) Europeans to explore the empire of China. In China, Marco Polo even worked 4 the ruler Kublai Khan. Polo described his experiences and findings in China by 5 (write) a book. Polo described materials and inventions never seen before in Europe 6 (careful). Paper money, a printing press, gunpowder and coal were among the products he wrote about. He also talked about the vast wealth of Kublai Khan, as well as the geography of northern and 7 (south) China. European rulers 8 (be) very interested in the products Polo described. However, trading for them along the Silk Road was 9 (danger), expensive and impractical. European rulers began to wonder 10 there was a sea route to the East to get the products they wanted at a reasonable price.
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Martin developed a deep interest in Chinese culture as a child. He enjoyed practicing tai chi with his mother. He also showed 1 interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). After graduating
2 high school, he entered a college in Victoria. One of his teachers was from Hunan.
“He taught 3 (we) many interesting things about Hunan, like the great doctor Zhang Zhongjing. He also told me that 4 I wanted to understand Chinese medicine better, I must go to China,” said Martin. So he came to Hunan.
Martin 5 (start) to study at the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha in 2007. Zhong Huan, a professor at the university, said that he 6 (real) liked the Canadian student. “He speaks up in class and often expresses 7 (create) ideas,” Zhong said, adding that Martin always asked plenty of questions.
After spending more than fifteen 8 (year) in Changsha, Martin speaks good Chinese. He has a deep understanding of TCM, which he calls a treasure of Chinese civilization (文明). Martin also
9 (like) to practice kung fu and tai chi.
Martin often talks about TCM with his friends. He said that if he decides to return to Canada, he plans
10 (open) a clinic (诊所) to spread the knowledge of TCM and Chinese culture. He also hopes to
introduce kung fu and tai chi to more people to help them build their bodies.
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Xie Yanting was born into a family without much wealth. One day when he was 11 months old, he fell
1 (serious) ill. And immediately he 2 (send) to hospital. After the doctors examined him carefully, they said he had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）. This almost 3 (drive) his family mad.
As Xie grew, he couldn’t go to school 4 normal children, so his parents taught 5 (he). In 2011, he took the college entrance examination. But he could answer only the multiple-choice 6 (question). He scored 262 points out of a possible 280. However, the score wasn’t high enough for him 7 (enter) a university.
Then his mother went to Lanzhou University and asked 8 her son could study there as an auditor（旁听生）. In the end, his mother and the university reached 9 agreement. Now he is studying to get his PHD．（博士学位）.
In the interview, Xie said that he had learned many ways to solve problems and a lot about life over the past nine years, and that was much 10 (important) than a degree.
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La’eeb is the official mascot（吉祥物）of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. La’eeb is an Arabic word, which 1 （mean）super-skilled player. With thick eyebrows（眉毛）and big eyes, La’eeb is in the shape of the 2 （tradition）headdress worn by Arab men. He encourages everyone to believe in 3 （them）as “Now is All”.
According to FIFA, La’eeb comes from the “mascots universe” and lives in a 4 （wonder）world with the other World Cup mascots. He is full of energy and is ready 5 （bring）the joy of football to everyone! Fans everywhere love this fun and playful character. La’eeb plays 6 important role as we attract fans, young and old, in Qatar’s FIFA World Cup experience.
At Qatar 2022, La’eeb was everywhere welcoming the world, inspiring（激励）7 （fan）and cheering the action. He loves supporting everyone 8 works hard and aims to achieve their dreams!
The Qatar 2022 took place from November 21 to December 18 last year. 9 the first time, it was hosted in winter because of Qatar’s high temperatures during the summer. More importantly, it is the 10 （one）World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world.
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Rodin says, “Beauty is everywhere. For our eyes, it is not the lack of beauty, but the lack of discovery.” Beauty is one of the 1 (great) things in the world. People all love beautiful things like the flowers in spring, the 2 (leaf) in autumn and all other things that have interested them.
But people have different senses of beauty. A cleaner may think the clean street is the most beautiful. 3 inventor may think the latest invention is the most beautiful. A traveler may think some clean water to save his thirsty throat and wash his tired feet is the most beautiful. If you are not them, it may be hard4 (understand) why. So beautiful things mean what people expect most.
People 5 (most) think it’s not easy to get the beautiful things they expect. In fact, it’s not so difficult to find beautiful things. They are everywhere around us in our life. The people who are good at 6 (find) beauty are those who love life. 7 they love life, they think everything is good enough. They always try to find beauty instead 8 ugliness. They watch everything with their hearts so that they often find special beauty. And they also make others see the beauty of the world.
We can’t tell people to change 9 (they) senses of beauty, but we can share our senses of beauty. Then we can make more such beauty together. Therefore, our world 10 (be) more beautiful and peaceful in the future, for nobody will destroy beauty if we can feel it.
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Why is setting goals important Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you 1 (make) your life happen.
2 (success) people in life imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like 3 (have) a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can 4 (find) on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goals or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, 5 she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be
6 (win) in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there 7 making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident.
Goals aren’t difficult to set—and they aren't difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life. Research 8 (tell) us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be reviewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, they are much 9 (hard) to forget. Also when you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make 10 (you) continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.
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Gu Ailing is a freeskier（自由式滑雪运动员）with an American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019, she 1 （become）a Chinese citizen and chose to compete for China.
Gu Ailing started to learn skiing 2 2006. At that time, she was only three. At the age of nine, she was able to ski 3 （good）and started to win gold medals in some important competitions. At the Beijing Olympic Winter Games, she won two gold medals for China and she feels 4 （luck）to stand on such a stage and have the opportunity to encourage girls and teenagers to join in skiing. Now she is still trying her best 5 （improve）herself so that she can win more gold medals for China.
Gu Ailing works 6 （hard）at school than most people. She often discussed 7 （question）with her classmates. She was a grade-A student and good at her schoolwork. 8 Gu Ailing was American, she spent her summer vacation in Beijing every year when she was young. She often played with Chinese children and she has 9 good relationship with them. In her free time, Gu Ailing has many hobbies, such as 10 （run）, riding horses and playing football.
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Beijing Olympic Games gives the world so many surprises, we show our new image 1 the world. Many Chinese 2 （hero）fought for the right to hold the Olympic Games, finally we made it. Now we are also 3 （success）in winning the right to hold the Winter Olympic Games. Our insistence helps 4 （we）to make so many miracles（奇迹）.
Beijing 5 （become）the only city to hold the summer and winter Olympic Games so far, we are so proud of it. But the road to achieve this wonder is such difficult. Early in 6 1990s, we started to compete for the vote, 7 the world did not know our country, the judgers believed that our country was far away from the qualification（资格 ）. So we 8 （refuse）again and again. Thanks to the insistent effort, we won the vote and fulfilled this dream. Two days ago, we won another vote for 9 （hold）the Winter Olympic Games. Two times to win the rights is such inspiring news, we are creating miracles all the time.
Insistent effort will bring good 10 （lucky）, I believe that we can create more miracles
Passage22
Gezai Opera(歌仔戏) started in Tai- wan, China. It 1_______(become) popular in the south of Fujian later. Watching Gezai Opera is wonderful. When performers tell a story, 2_______(music) play different kinds of music at the same time. Performers use different things to help tell the story. 3______ example, colored flags can show different feelings. Costumes(服装) also help tell the story. From the costumes, the audience(观众) knows if a character is a man 4______ a woman and many other things.
The costumes are 5_________(importance) and so are the characters' movements. Each character has a way of standing and moving. The characters' movements tell the story just as much as 6_______(they) voices. In Gezai Opera, there is an important character 7________(call) the Wu Sheng. He does a lot of different kinds of movements, like jumping and kicking.
In Gezai Opera, performers sing more 8______ they speak. Singing is most important to a performer. The way performers sing Gezai Opera 9_______(be) special. It takes many years for a performer to sing well.
When 10_______(sing), costumes, movements and other things come together, and they make a great show. The audience might enjoy and remember it for years after watching it.
Passage23
My parents gave me the name, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Junior, but my sister gave me another one. She could not say“brother”1______(clear), but only“Buzzer". Later that got shortened to “Buzz”, 2______ everyone called me that name.
What I always wanted to do was fly. So, after 3______(finish) my study at college, I joined the US Air Force(空军). I learned to fly planes, fast and high in the sky.
I loved going as fast 4_______ a person could go, and I was able to fly planes that flew faster than 5______ speed of sound.
But there 6______(be) men flying faster than that-astronauts. The astronauts seemed like supermen to me. When my college friend Ed White 7_______(tell) me his plan to apply for(申请) a space program, I knew that the astronauts were pilots just like Ed and 8_______(I).
I went back to college and studied about space. But the first time I applied for a space program, I wasn't 9________ (success). I kept trying. I applied later again, and I got in. Then I became an astronaut.
I still remember my first trip to space. It took us less than two hours10______(go) all the way around the world.It was so cool!
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I'm going to tell you about my sister Mary. She 1______(study) medicine at college. She's a doctor now and she operates(动手术) on people with heart problems. It's an important job but very 2______(tire). Some of the operations she does last for hours. It's necessary 3________(be) able to stand up and concentrate (集中精神) for all that time. She works 4_______(real) long hours, and she also often has to get up in the middle of the night if a patient of 5________(her) has got worse or something.
She works in one of the best 6______(hospital) in our city, and she also has a private clinic(私人诊所). I'm not sure how much money she makes, 7________ I think it must be a lot of money.
She loves her job though it is hard work. At 8_______ same time, she is always trying to improve herself. She spends years 9________(read) articles and keeping up to date. She does some teaching at a college too. The only problem would be that she doesn't have enough time 10________her son. He's seven years old and she has very little free time for him.
Passage25
When the new school year started, every student in Yichang, Hubei, got a special book about environmental protection. This is part of the city government's actions 1_________(protect) the environment. The government hopes that young people can care more about 2_______ environment of their hometown.
Environmental protection in Yichang is very necessary because there are lots of 3________(factory) in the city. And Yichang is 4_________(importance) for the protection of waterways in Yangtze River. So last year, the city government 5________(make) a three-year plan to make the environment better. However, many people didn't see the importance of environmental protection. So the city government decided to start by 6_______(educate) the young students.
All the examples in the book come from Yichang. The students know 7______(they) well. “If the book was about the8 __________(pollute) in other countries like Japan or America, the students would not have much feeling about it,” says Wang Hongjun 9_______ works for the government.
“We influence students through their education at school, 10______ we hope they will also influence their parents and many other people,” says Wang.
Passage26
I'm in a spaceship with three other astronauts. We've been flying for a week. We have so much to do every day. We sleep in shifts (轮班), 1________ one of us has to be awake all the time. We are very 2______ (tire) from all the work.
On the 3_______(eight) day, we reach the Peace Space Station. Now there will be more people to help us. I believe we will be on a great team. When we are moving into the space station, I feel 4________(comfort). There is so much more space. We will have real beds to sleep in. We will have better food.
The six astronauts on the space station give us 5_______warm welcome. They say, “We have been waiting 6_______ you.” We are happy 7_______(see) them, too.
The first night on the space station starts fine. We have a good dinner. Then we are going to sleep. But one of the astronauts 8_______(say), “We need to give you a job. Each person has to take turns to stay awake. Here is the schedule(日程安排).” I see I'm the first person on the schedule. I will have to stay awake tonight! I have been awake and working for twenty 9________(hour).
I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I'm here. It is hard work. It's even 10_______(hard) than I expected.
Passage27
Max was sad. He came home from school excitedly to eat his dad's famous chocolate oatmeal cookies(巧克力燕麦曲奇饼干). However, the oven stopped 1_____(work)! His dad gave a cookbook to him and told him 2______(look) and see if there was anything they could make without using the oven. Guess what Max 3_______(find) such a recipe(食谱) at last.
After reading 4______ recipe together, Max and his dad decided 5______(try) it. Max took out a pot. Max's dad got out the necessary ingredients, a big spoon,cups, tea-spoons and some wax paper.
Max put half a cup of milk, a quarter of cup of butter, some chocolate, 6______ two cups of sugar in the pot. Max's dad kept stirring the mix on the stove(炉具) for about five 7______ (minute). Then Max's dad took the pot off the stove and added one teaspoon of vanilla and two cups of oatmeal. Max stirred. Then he put spoonfuls of the mix onto the wax paper. Max and his dad could not wait to try these 8________(interest) cookies!
9________(final), they were ready. Max and his dad each tried their new cookies. Delicious! Max was even kind 10______ happy that the oven was broken!
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I'm Anna, a college student. I think I'm quite good 1_____ cooking. Most people seem to enjoy eating 2______ I cook for them.
I first started trying to cook when I left home and went to college. I didn't have much money and it was much 3_______(cheap) to cook my own food than to eat in the canteen(餐厅). Also, it was healthier 4_______(eat) the things I cooked. One cool thing at college is that I had a small kitchen. I've bought some machines for cooking. And I'll add a blender soon.
I learnt by 5_______(my) really. I used the Internet to look for the recipes(食谱) I was 6_______(interest) in. I also asked my parents sometimes. However, when I first started cooking, most of my food 7_______(be) terrible. But I learnt quite fast. Now, I always invite my friends to my room 8_______ cook for them to celebrate every festival together.
Except at the very 9_______(begin), I think I've found it quite easy, 10______(main) because I enjoy cooking and I enjoy eating. But it's not something that everyone can learn to do. I think some people are just not patient to learn to cook well.
Passage29
Once there were six blind men. They often heard 1______ elephants, but never knew what they looked like. One morning, when they knew that a man was riding an elephant down the road, they asked the man 2______(stop) so that they could “see” it. They thought that by 3__________(touch) it they could learn what kind of animal it was.
The first man put his both 4_______(hand) on the elephant's body. “It is like a wall,” he said. The second man only touched the elephant's ivory. "It is not like 5________ wall at all," he said. “It is more like a spear (矛).”
The third man touched the elephant's long nose 6__________(careful). "You are not right," he said. “This elephant is like a snake.”
The fourth man touched one of the elephant's legs. “Oh, 7_________ blind you are!” he said. “It is round and tall like a tree.”
The fifth man 8_______(be) very tall and touched the elephant's ear. “This animal is like a big fan,” he said.
The 9________(six) man touched the elephant's tail. He said, “The elephant is like a rope.”
They all 10________(disagree)with each other. The elephant moved on and the six blind men still talked about it.
Passage30
Last Saturday was my birthday. My mother let me have a slumber party(睡衣聚会) to celebrate. I was so 1____________ (excite) and I invited all my best friends. It was great that they were all available.
We 2_______(have) a fantastic time that day. First, we played card 3_________(game). Then we watched a film on TV. My mother made popcorn and we ate it when the film was playing. After the film, we went to my room 4_________ we listened to music and danced a lot. We were having such fun when my brother came in. He told us 5_______(turn) down the music because he was studying for an 6__________(importance) exam.
A little later, we were putting on make up for fun when my mother walked in. She said we had to go to bed. We put on our pajamas(睡衣裤) but we couldn't sleep. We got up again. We jumped around on 7______ bed. Then we started a pillow(枕头) fight. It was the 8_______(much) exciting part of the night.
9__________(final), we were very tired. We all fell asleep, some on the bed,and some in the sleeping bags. It was four o'clock in the morning. 10______ great fun! I loved my slumber party!
Passage31
A kid walked into a candy store with his mom.
“There are so many candies. What should I choose Mom, can you give me some advice ” 1. _______(ask) the boy.
“Choose your favorite,” his mom said. “These are my favorites. No, wait. I like those better,” the boy said to 2________(him).
He walked along the aisles(过道), 3_________(pick) up bags and putting them back. He just couldn't decide 4______ to buy.
“Come on, son! We have to go. We'll be late 5_______ the meeting with your teacher,” his mom said.
The boy ran around 6______ store. All of the candies looked so good and he couldn't make a decision.
At last, his mom got angry. She grabbed(抓住) her son by the hand and they left quickly. The young boy was 7______(real) upset. He wanted all candies, 8______ ended up with nothing because he couldn't choose just one.
We're all that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a lot of 9__________(choose) available to us, but if we don't make a decision, we will get nothing at last. Sometimes we worry about 10_______(make) the wrong decision. However, it is worse that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
Passage32
Dear David,
How is everythinggoing We are facing 1 long summer vacation. I’m writing to tell you about our2 (discuss) In our class for the coming vacation.
All the students have their own plans about how 3___ (spend) a meaningful summer vacation . Half of the students plan to travel at home and abroad. They want to relax4 (complete) and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Thirty percent of the students plan to read more books. They believe that5 (read) can increase knowledge. It can also make people much6 (smart) and more independent, and develop more interests. 20% of them plan to take up some social practice activities. They want to get self-improvement and make new friends to have a7 (color)life.
I’m going to take part8 social practice activities,too. I want to learn something new and get good experiencee from these activities.9 the junior high school life will end soon, it will stay In our hearts forever. Best10 (wish) to you!
Yours
LiHua
Passage 33
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings of all time, in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but it was not going 1_______ (good). The woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa is said to be Madonna Lisa del Giocondo. She was the wife of an Italian businessman. Her husband asked da Vinci 2 (paint) a portrait (肖像) of her.
After da Vinci finished the painting in 1506, he was invited by the French King to visit France 3 he took the painting with him. Today the Mona Lisa is kept in the Louvre, an art museum in Paris, and it is seen by about six million 4 (visit) a year.
The painting measures (测量为) only 77 centimeters by 53 centimeters and is painted 5 oil on wood. In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia, a worker at the Louvre, stole the painting. He took it out of the museum by hiding it under 6 (he) coat. Two years later, police officers found 7 painting when he tried to sell it.
In 1962, the Mona Lisa was 8 (take) to Washington and New York for artwork shows. For the journey, the museum 9 (want) to insure (给……投保) the painting. The insurance company set the value of it at 100 million dollars, making it the most 10 (value) painting ever! Today, the value of the painting would be over 700 million dollars.
Passage34
Each year, billions of pounds of garbage end up in the oceans. Sometimes people throw away water1 (bottle) or other plastic. They do not recycle their garbage. People may not know that wind２ rain can move garbage from land to sea. Plastic takes a very long time to break down. It can remain in the oceans３ hundreds of years. Plastic pieces are very 4__ _ (danger) to sea animals.
One group, Washed Ashore, came up with a new idea _５__ _ (tell) people about the problems in the oceans. First, they take the garbage from ６ beach. Then, they clean and sort it. ７ (final), they work with the plastic pieces to make huge works of art. The artwork is mostly of sea creatures (生物).
Washed Ashore has _８ __ _ (create) more than seventy of these works of art. Some of ９__ _ (they) are now traveling in a show all over the world. Each piece shows the effects of trash.
In one show, people learn how plastic fools fish and other sea animals. They think the plastic １０ (be) food, eat it, and get very sick or even die.
This would not happen if people used less plastic and did not litter. The plastic would not end up in the ocean.
Passage35
The Miao people believe that birds are important for harvests (丰收). They have respected birds since ancient times. That’s 1 people see beautiful birdcages (鸟笼) hanging in front of many houses in the Miao villages.
Kala village in Guizhou province is famous for 2 (it) cage-weaving craft (编笼工艺), which dates back over 400 years. In 2009, it was listed as a provincial intangible 3 (culture) heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Guizhou.
Wang Qiu is 4 inheritor (传承人) of the Kala birdcage-making craft. She has learned and developed the craft for 18 years since he 5 (marry) her husband in Kala village in 2005. Her teacher is Wang Yuhe, a provincial inheritor of the skill, and also her husband’s father. “The Kala birdcage is known as its strength,” explained Wang. “Each cage is 6 (careful) made from the strong moso bamboo (楠竹) and the flexible (柔韧的) water bamboo, providing hardness and resilience (韧性). Together, they give birth to a strong cage.”
As a member of a younger generation, Wang wanted 7 (try) something new. She designs and makes everyday products, 8 bookshelves to earrings in the shape of Kala birdcages.
To show Kala birdcages to more people, Wang has been sharing videos of her 9 (skill) on social media. “I hope that my videos can attract more people to learn about the amazing Kala cage-weaving skill. In this way, people 10 (know) more about the Miao people and their great culture,” Wang told Teens.
Passage36
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the 5th day of the 1._________(five) month of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese2.__________( festival), with the other two the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year. Now all Chinese students have a day off on that day. It has 3.______ (be) celebrated, in all kinds of ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the west, it is well 4. ___(know) as the Dragon Boat Festival.
The festival is in memory of Qu Yuan. He was an honest minister 5._______ was always worried about people in his country. However, the emperor and the government didn't believe his words. At last, he jumped into Miluo River and killed 6._________(him). People didn't let fish eat him so they 7._______(throw) some food into the river to get the fish away. The Dragon Boat Festival formed.
The festival is famous 8._______its dragon-boat race, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. The traditional food is 9._________(name) rice dumplings. They are usually made of glutinous(糯米) rice, meat and so on. Nowadays, you can eat 10.________(difference) kinds of rice dumplings. They are very delicious. To celebrate it, people always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon-boat race on that day.
Passage 37
When you wear clothes1.___________ (make) of cotton, do you know where the cotton comes from Countries like India are believed to have grown cotton for the first time, 2.________ China is the world’s largest cotton producer now.
China 3.___________(produce) about 22% of the world’s cotton, of which 87.3%comes from Xinjiang according to the latest data(数据). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(新疆维吾尔自治区) in the northwest of China is home to the nation’s largest cotton-producing area.
The planting of cotton in Xinjiang dates back to the late Western Han Dynasty. According to 4.____________(history) records, cotton was introduced from West Asia to Xinjiang. It soon spread across Xinjiang because of the area’s full sunlight 5.__________ plenty of water, which the plant needs.
Xinjiang is famous 6._________ its long staple cotton(长绒棉). In the past, people 7_________(main) picked the cotton by hand, but now machines have gradually taken its place. It prevents the cotton from 8___________(be) polluted and improves its quality.
After bags of cotton are packed and transported to many 9____________(factory), they become clothes, shoes, dolls, toys and many other things. So we 10__________ call the cotton—“white gold”.
Passage 38
When a film or a TV show is finished shooting, we call it "sha qing(杀青)" in Chinese. But do you know where this term 1._________(come) from
The term "sha qing" was 2._________(one) used during the Pre-Qin Period(先秦时代). At that time, people did not invent paper. They mainly used bamboo slips(竹简) and 3._________(knife) to write. But there was one problem with bamboo — 4._________(it) skin was too smooth to write on. Then some people found a solution. They dried the green bamboo slips over fire. It not only made them 5._________(easy) to write on, but also protected them from insects. The drying process was called "sha qing".
Later during the Qin Dynasty, writing brushes 6.___________(invent). People started to write on the smooth skin 7.__________ the bamboo for the first time. When they were sure to write their articles, they would peel off the green skin and write on the white part of the bamboo. This process was also called "sha qing". After this process was completed, the writing could not be changed. 8._________(gradual), people used "sha qing" to mean that books or articles were sure to come out.
Nowadays, we no longer use bamboo to write articles. Instead, we write on paper or type on computers. As 9.________result, the meaning of "sha qing" has changed. These days "sha qing" is used 10._________a movie shooting is finished. With the coming of the digital age, the film-makers nw use digital cameras to produce movies.
答案:
Passage1.
1.a 2.lives 3.his 4.smiled 5.when 6.farmer’s 7.surprise 8.from
9.coming 10.days
1. a — “a job” 表示“一份工作”，固定搭配。
2. lives — 主语是第三人称单数 “My younger brother”，且为一般现在时，动词用第三人称单数形式。
3. his — 指代 “his younger brother’s place”，用形容词性物主代词。
4. smiled — 上下文为过去时，动词需用过去式。
5. when — “当……的时候”，引导时间状语从句。
6. farmer’s — 表示“农夫的眼睛”，用名词所有格。
7. surprise — “to one’s surprise” 是固定搭配。
8. from — “from...to...” 表示“从……到……”。
9. coming — “see sb. doing” 表示“看见某人正在做某事”。
10. days — “a few” 后接可数名词复数。
Passage 2
1.them 2.for 3.weeks 4.many 5.Finally 6.when / after 7.showed 8.is
9.what 10.learning
Passage 3.
1.deeply 2.if 3.a 4.higher 5.started 6.as 7.is 8.his
9.working 10.words
Passage 4.
1.standing 2.badly 3.followed 4.at 5.angry 6.friends 7.dreamed / dreamt
8.when 9.a 10.him
Passage 5
1.interested 2.writing 3.teacher's 4.but 5.given 6.forced 7.for
8.his 9.Finally 10.took
Passage 6
1.living 2.was created 3.first 4.and 5.classes 6.collecting 7.of
8.widely 9.products 10.cuter
Passage 7
1.is 2.Across 3.shopping 4.flowers 5.usually 6.On 7.our
8.becausee 9.to live 10.best
Passage 8
1.invented 2.a 3.better 4.in 5.recently 6.toilets 7.encourages
8.how 9.itself 10.collecting
Passage 9
1．for 2．making 3．a 4．is 5．easier 6．directly 7．risks 8．to do 9．and/or 10．our
Passage 10
1． from 2．travelling/traveling 3．encouragement 4．but 5．His 6．the
7．known 8．met 9．warmly 10．best
Passage 11.
1． themselves 2．first 3．was asked 4．rules 5．Finally 6．breaking 7．if
8．an 9．graduation 10．who/that
Passage 12.
1． for 2．a 3．them 4．working 5．that/who 6．to punish 7．worried
8．choice 9．led 10．Luckily
Passage 13.
1． most popular 2．a 3．on 4．places 5．possibly 6．returning 7．their
8．However 9．put 10．to experience
Passage 14.
1． a 2．mountains 3．first 4．for 5．writing 6．carefully 7．southern
8．were 9．dangerous 10．if
Passage 15
1． an 2．from 3．us 4．if 5．started 6．really 7．creative 8．years
9．likes 10．to open
Passage 16.
1．seriously 2．was sent 3．drove 4．like 5．him 6．questions 7．to enter 8．if/whether 9．an 10．more important
Passage 17
1． means 2．traditional 3．themselves 4．wonderful 5．to bring 6．an
7．fans 8．who/that 9．For 10．first
Passage 18
1．greatest 2．leaves 3．An 4．to understand 5．mostly 6．finding 7．Because 8．of 9．their 10．will be
Passage 19
1． to make 2．Successful 3．having 4．be found 5．but 6．Winners 7．by
8．tells 9．harder 10．yourself
Passage 20
1． became 2．in 3．well 4．lucky 5．to improve 6．harder 7．questions
8．Though/Although 9．a 10．running
Passage 21
1． to 2．heroes 3．successful 4．us 5．has become 6．the 7．but
8．were refused 9．holding 10．luck
Passage 22
1. became 2. musicians 3. for 4. or 5 important
6. their 7. called 8. than 9. is 10. singing
Passage 23
1. clearly 2. and 3. finishing 4. as 5. the
6. were 7. told 8. me 9. successful 10. to go
Passage 24
1. studied 2. tiring 3. to be 4. really 5. hers
6. hospitals 7. but 8. the 9. reading 10. for
Passage 25
1. to protect 2. the 3. factories 4. important 5. made
6. educating 7. them 8. pollution 9. who 10. and
Passage 26
1. and 2. tired 3. eighth 4. comfortable 5. a
6. for 7. to see 8. says 9. hours 10. harder
Passage 27
1. working 2. to look 3. found 4. the 5. to try
6. and 7. minutes 8. interesting 9. Finally 10. of
Passage 28
1. at 2. what 3. cheaper 4. to eat 5. myself
6. interested 7. was 8. and 9. beginning 10. mainly
Passage 29
1. of 2. to stop 3. touching 4. hands 5. a
6. carefully 7. how 8. was 9. sixth 10. disagreed
Passage 30
1. excited 2. had 3. games 4. and 5. to turn
6. important 7. the 8. most 9. Finally 10. What
Passage 31
1. asked 2. himself 3. picking 4. what 5. for
6. the 7. really 8. but 9. choices 10. making
Passage 32
1. a 2.discussion 3.to spend 4.completely 5.reading 6.smarter
7.colorful 8.in 9.Although 10. wishes
Passage 33
1.well 2. to paint 3. and 4. visitors 5. with 6. his 7. the 8. taken
9. wanted 10. valuable
Passage 34
1. bottles 2.and 3.for 4.dangerous 5.to tell 6.the 7.Finally
8. created 9.them 10. is
Passage 35
1.why 2.its 3.cultural 4.an 5.married 6.carefully 7.to try
8.from 9.skills 10.will know
Passage 36
1.fifth 2.festivals 3.been 4.known 5.who 6.himself 7.threw
8.for 9.named 10.different
Passage 37
.1.made 2. but 3. produces 4. historical 5. and 6. for
7. mainly 8. being 9. factories 10. can / may
Passage 38
1.comes
2.first
3.knives
4.its
5.easier
6.were invented
7.of
8.Gradually
9.a
10.when
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