2020年广东省中考英语复习专项训练-短文填空（12篇含答案)

一
One of the world's most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of ___1____ most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the ___2___, Qomolangma rises the highest and it is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so it is very _____3_____ to climb. _____4_____ is very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
The first Chinese team _____5_____ the top in 1960, while the _____6_____ woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
___7___ do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is that people _____8_____ to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit(精神)of these climbers shows us that we should never give _____9_____ trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can be stronger ___10___ the forces of nature in some situation.

二
Grace runs and picks up rubbish along the way. What she does is called “plogging”, ____1___ activity combining (结合) collecting rubbish with running. Last summer, she first learned the idea of “plogging” on the Internet and _____2_____ to plog.
Grace runs four or five _____3_____ a week and takes a daily walk with her two dogs. She often wears her gloves and takes several bags __4___ her when she goes out. Sometimes she spends half an hour ___5___ rubbish. She says she has wasted the last few years of her running life. Now she feels ____6____ to do plogging than just running by the river.
“__7__ just takes a moment to stop and pick something up off the ground, no matter what rubbish it is. __8___, it makes a big difference to my community. Now my husband also ___9___ me,” Grace says ___10___. “It doesn't matter how much rubbish I pick up. It's a good way to protect our planet.”

三
The topic of this programme is Environmental Protection, we human beings have _____1_____ a lot of things at the cost of the environment to develop economy quickly in the past few years. I do think it is time for us to understand the importance of ____2____ the environment and do something about it. And today I would like to introduce some simple but ____3____ ways that we can follow easily in our daily life.
Firstly, turn _____4_____ lights if it is unnecessary. Then, go out in environment-friendly ways such as by bus, by subway or by bike. We can even walk to work when possible, which is really helpful for _____5_____ of our budget(预算)and health. _____6_____, try best to use things like books, paper, magazines and so on. And _____7_____ we go shopping, we can also take cloth bags instead of plastic ones. Of course the public should raise environmental awareness (意识) and realize it is everyone's ____8____ to protect the environment. Last but not least, the government should _____9_____ laws to guide people's behaviors.
If every one of us can make ____10____ contribution to the environment, the world will be a better place to live in.

四
I have a photo album (相册). It's a _____1_____ from my classmate—David.
I got to know David on the first day of middle school. We both liked playing basketball and collecting stamps, ___2___ we always had a lot of things to talk about. Once I traveled ___3___ him to his hometown in the countryside. He showed
me around and I saw many interesting things. We had a ____4____ time. It is really nice to have such ____5____ good classmate.
However, last summer, David went to ____6____ city because of his father's job. Before leaving, he gave ___7___ a photo album. “It has the memorable(值得纪念的)events we have experienced together. I have also ____8____ some notes under each of these photos,” he said. I was ___9____ moved.
I always look at the album when I think ____10____ David. I really miss him.

五
Beijing Opera is our national opera. It came into being after 1790 and has a history of over 200 years. ____1____ music and singing came from Xipi and erhuang in Anhui and Hubei.
There are four main roles in Beijing Opera：Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous _____2_____，beautiful facial paintings，wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are _____3_____ history books，but most are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually _____4_____ agree with each other. Because of that, they _____5_____ angry，unhappy，sad and lonely. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find _____6_____ way to make peace with each other. _____7_____ is usually happy in the end.
Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese ___8____. In China, it used to be popular with old people while young people didn't like it very much. However，more young people are becoming ____9____ in it nowadays. And more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera's special singing，acting and facial paintings. It's getting more and more popular ____10____ many people from other countries get to know more about China because of it. As a Chinese, I am proud of it.

六
Many people love Chinese silk. It has bright colors and it _____1_____ soft and comfortable, so it is wonderful to be made into silk clothing. Silk clothing has beautiful patterns. Among them, the most popular patterns are flowers and birds. _____2_____, silk plays an important part in Chinese culture.
The history of silk in China began more than 5,000 years ago. Silk was valuable in ancient China. Wearing silk was a _____3_____ of being rich. At first, only members of the king's family could wear silk.
Silk was also _____4_____ among foreign people. They loved silk and would like to pay a lot of money for it. The Chinese kings used to keep how to make silk a secret. Anyone _____5_____ told the secret or took silkworms (茧) out of China would be killed. So the secret of silk making was _____6_____ unknown until 200 B.C. Then, some other countries began to know how to make silk.
There were no cars or planes 2,000 years ago. People bought or sold all kinds of goods along _____7_____ road between China and Europe. People called it the Silk Road ___8___ most of the goods going on the road were made of silk. The road was 8,000 km long ___9___ mountains and deserts. It was really a long way to go and it was not easy.
The Silk Road is very important to both China and the rest of the world, not only in the past but also in the present. It once played the role as the land bridge between the East and the West. Today, China and five _10_ central Asian countries are working together. They want their Silk Road treasures to be on the World Cultural Heritage List(文化遗产名录).

七
Have you ever heard of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB)? _____1_____ Oct. 23, President Xi Jinping announced the opening of it. It is in Zhuhai, _____2_____ Province. As the world's longest sea-based project, the 55-kilometer bridge is the result of five ___3____ of research and another nine years of building. It has been named as _____4_____ of the “seven wonders of the modern world” by The Guardian (《卫报》).
The project is _____5_____ up of a 22.9-kilometer-long main bridge, a 6.7-kilometer-long tunnel and an artificial (人造的) island off the bridge. Meanwhile, ___6___ Y-shaped bridge could reduce travel time. From Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao only spends about 45 minutes, instead of four _____7_____.
The ____8____ will not only be a transport link. It will also be a social, economic, cultural, and tourism connection among the _____9_____ areas of Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong.
It will bring people in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong within a “one-hour living circle”. There will be more visitors to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the _____10_____.

八
It's not often sunny in Paris, but people still love to walk along the banks of the Seine. They love the view of the city's old buildings, especially Notre Dame Cathedral. It ___1____ built between 1163 and 1250. In 1831, French writer Hugo _____2_____ a novel named The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The great building plays a big part _____3_____ the novel. The cathedral is home to many great works of art and is one of the world's most famous buildings. About 13 million _____4_____ visit it every year.
Unfortunately, France had great sadness on April 15. A fire broke out in Notre Dame. _____5_____ fire destroyed the spire (塔尖) of the 850-year-old cathedral, and two-thirds of the roof. People got ____6____ around the giant church, singing hymns (圣歌) and praying for the hundreds of firefighters. The firefighters _____7_____ fought the flames were brave. It was sad to watch the fire burned so long __8__ it's a symbol of French culture, architecture and history.
Luckily, its world-famous glass rose windows survived in the fire. The glass rose ____9____ are wonderful and beautiful. French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild the historic building. “Notre Dame is our history, it's our literature, it's _____10_____ imagery,” he said in a public speech following the fire.

九
Science discovered humans' different emotional states. Sadness, stress and anger are just ___1___ of them, and they are the most difficult to control. But actor Chen Kun says we can beat back these bad feelings ___2___ walking. He started the Power to Go charitable program in 2011. And now, Power to Go encourages people to go out and _____3_____ in nature, to improve their health and spirits.
For several days each year, ____4____ group of people from different countries hike together. ____5____ the 2018 trip to Yunnan for example, the trip had the motto “Each moment is the best of yourself.” People tried to avoid unnecessary talking and walked _____6_____ silence. They thought we need to be more honest, and more courageous. We need to _____7_____ our own pace in life, not to follow the others'. And we need to work _____8_____ to practice more and speak less, so that we won't regret what we are doing.
These words show the power of ___9___ for common people. They discovered the benefits of walking alone outside to clear ___10___ mind. Chen Kun hoped to pass on his experience to others. “ Everyone's life is random. The only thing you can do is calmly face it, optimistically give thanks, and keep going.” Chen said in a public speech.

十
Nowadays, lots of foreigners are learning Chinese. Like many of them, I _____1_____ knew two words of Chinese (“Ni Hao” and “Xie Xie”) when I first came to Beijing, China in 2009. As you can guess, my life was _____2_____ for a while after I arrived. Simple tasks like ordering food or taking a taxi were quite stressful.
I knew I had to learn more Chinese, so I attended a ____3___ class. My teacher was helpful, ____4____ I didn't learn enough to have a real conversation. Later I studied on my own as well, but my progress was still slow. And I decided to ____5____ up.
Around this time, I started playing in a band with a Chinese man who became one of my best friends in Beijing. He taught me a lot of ____6____ about music, such as “melody”. He ____7____ a lot of English from me in return, so it was a good way to exchange language and culture.
I have learned enough Chinese to deal _____8_____ many problems like booking train tickets. These days, there are more foreigners who are studying Chinese. I can realize why it's an amazing _____9_____. Finally, I found that the best way to learn a language is to _____10_____ friends with native speakers and spend time with them.

十一
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore(探索) new things of life，college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this process and found something _____1_____ has changed my experience at college for the better：I discovered ASL—American Sign Language(美式手语).
I never thought that I would like to ____2____ any sign language before. My whole family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The spoken languages were enough in all my communication. I never know that I would discover my love for ASL.
The story began during my first week ___3___ college. I watched carefully as the ASL Club performed their translation of a song. Both the hand movements ____4____ the idea of communicating without speaking attracted me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ____5____. This newness just made me want more.
After that, feeling the need to explore further, I ___6___ to attend one of ASL Club's meetings. I only learned how to express the alphabet that day. ____7_____ my progress was slow, I wasn't disappointed about it. I then tried my ___8___ to take part in those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I decided to be a ____9____ of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't allowed. I soon realized that the silence was not uncomfortable. _____10_____, if there had been any talking, it would have caused us to learn less. Now, I like the silence and the new way of communication it opens.

十二
Everyone knows it is hard to master a second language. How about _____1_____ it to debate(辩论)? When we were studying a chapter on DNA, Mr. Kwak, the science teacher, told us to _____2_____ for a debate. I was a little anxious. We found that our opponent(对手) group was made up __3__ native English-speaking students, while there was only one American boy in our group. Our topic was “Should college accept students based on their DNA traits(特征)？” We opposed this thought.
I took a deep breath and took the role of Q & A. When I went back to the dorm, I asked for _____4_____ from an experienced debater. He taught me _____5_____ to express ideas, search for information and list the points.
A week _____6_____, I stood on the stage with a well-thought plan in my mind. Then I noticed that the hope of our group, the American boy, was _____7_____ that day. His position of first speaker was empty. I had to take his position and rearrange(重新安排) my materials and data. Before the debate, I kept asking _____8_____ what if I can't understand what they are saying, and what if they include some idioms that I don't know. I was scared, but I tried to calm down. I fluently expressed our _____9_____ and asked questions. When our opponents had their opening speech, I wrote down some points to retort(反驳) them. Although Mr. Kwak didn't tell me who won, I believe I've already learned a lot. Never _____10_____ confidence and you will win.

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八
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十
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