发布时间 : 星期一 文章浙江省2019届中考英语总复习语法填空试题(打包16套)(新版)外研版更新完毕开始阅读
Then he sat there, waiting until the water was clean. He collected some in a bowl and took it back.
“Oh, you are back at last. I 9. (wait) for you for almost half an hour,” Father said. After drinking the water, he looked up at his son and said, “Now, think about 10. made the water clean. You let it be and the water became clean on its own. It is also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed(打扰), just let it be, and it will calm down on its own.”
The son thought for a while and said, “Thank you, Father. I will remember this forever.”
We can make best decisions when we stay calm.
B [2018·重庆B改编]
We all know that a good night's rest helps us stay healthy. After we sleep for 7 or 8 hours in bed and wake up next morning, our mind is better 11. (prepare) to memorize and learn something.
But what about 12. (get) a rest during the middle of the day? Scientists say, “Short periods of sleep, napping(小睡), may help learning and memory. Napping can help your children learn 13. (well). It can also help the old people remember longer.”
Take China 14. an example. Chinese people are used to napping after lunch.
Recently researchers made a survey among nearly 3,000 Chinese people over 65 years old. The researchers asked them 15. they napped and for how long. They found that about 60 percent of 16. (they) took a nap and they napped for 60 to 90 minutes. The research shows that napping for about an hour is the best. However, these are the 17. (find) for those over the age of 65.Doctors say that napping for about an hour may be too long for young and healthy people. And they believe that half an hour is enough 18. (stop) young and healthy people from feeling tired. 19. doing so, it will help them stay awake. Doctors also say,“If you have trouble falling 20. (sleep) at night, take a daytime nap for less than 45 minutes and don't nap after 3 p.m. in the afternoon.”
参考答案
A 1.were travelling 2.to rest 3.from 4.washing
5.As 6.be drunk 7.but 8.even 9.have waited 10.what B 11.prepared 12.getting 13.better 14.as
17
15.if/whether 16.them 17.findings 18.to stop 19.By 20.asleep
语法填空(十三) 英语的前生后世+手势的文化
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
A [2018·武威改编]
English
World Language
Once people dreamed of a language that everybody in the world could understand. Now, for the 1. (one) time in human history, perhaps there is one— English. It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250—300 million people speak it 2. a second language. Some say that half the world will be speaking it in the year 2050. Difficult to Master?
English is not the 3. (easy)language to learn—most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a large vocabulary—at least 200,000 words are in common use.
User-friendly
But some things make it easy. For example, nouns don't have gender(性别) and the usages of verbs are 4. (simple) than other languages. There is only one form to speak to someone 5. (direct)—“you”. Adjectives don't agree 6. nouns, and many nouns are often also verbs. English Is Everywhere
Some other languages may have more 7. (speak), like Chinese. But English 8. (use) in many different areas. It is the language of transport: most airline pilots and air-traffic controllers use it. At sea English is the international language of 9. (communicate). The Future of English
What is the future of English as a global language? 10. another language replace it?
Many think not—it has been already too popular.
B
Different gestures(手势) mean different things in different countries. Sometimes a gesture that is polite in one country is not polite in another and should not 11. (use). Different meanings of gestures can also cause problems in 12. (understand) what another person is trying to say.
A gesture that many people do not understand is the 13. that uses the thumb. Most 14. (western) will sometimes show that they like something by
18
holding out a closed hand with the thumb lifting in the air. This is called to give someone or something “the thumbs up”. Often, only one thumb is used, 15. it should be “the thumb up”.
The usual explanation(解释) for the 16. (original) of this gesture is not really correct. It says that in ancient Roman times, when people were pleased 17. the way a gladiator(角斗士) had fought, they showed their thumbs up. When they were not pleased, they gave their thumbs 18. . When a gladiator was given the thumbs up, the emperor allowed him 19. (live). When a gladiator was given the thumbs down, the emperor ordered him to be killed.
The 20. (true)is, however, it was translated into a wrong meaning by mistake. If people wanted to save the gladiator, they put out their hands and hid their thumbs in their hands. If they wanted the gladiator to die, they pointed their thumbs straight at him.
参考答案
A 1.first 2.as 3.easiest 4.simpler 5.directly 6.with
7.speakers 8.is used 9.communication 10.Will
B 11.be used 12.understanding 13.one 14.westerners 15.so 16.origin 17.with
18.down 19.to live 20.truth
语法填空(十四) 美国的流行音乐文化+中国的剪纸艺术
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
A
The students in America like pop music very much. You can often see that students carry small 1. (radio) with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music 2. (loud) while they drive in the street.
Adult drivers listen to music by the car radio when they drive to work. They 3. listen to the news about the weather, sports, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes 4. (be) about music.
Pop music singers make much money. They make a CD or a tape 5. radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer 6. (hear)all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. 7. the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Soon the singer will become a 8. (nation) star.
19
There are some other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk(民间) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. 9. is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys(牛仔) who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, the music about country life or the love between a country boy and his girl is called 10. (west) or country music.
B
As traditional Chinese art, paper cutting has a long history. The first and earliest paper cutting 11. (find) in China 1,500 years ago. But this traditional art is at risk of disappearing now. 12. (lucky), Voyo Woo, a Chinese immigrant(移民) in America, is trying to bring this art back to life. One Saturday in 2014, Ms Woo 13. (hold) a paper cutting show at a shopping centre near Washington D.C. She got much fun and peace by doing it. She hoped more people would enjoy it.
Ms Woo began to study the art of paper cutting 14. a 14-year-old girl in her home town in China. She said all the students at school had to learn paper cutting. But she had a deep love for it. So her teacher spent more time 15. (teach) her after class. Later, she won the second prize in a national painting and art competition. Ms Woo went to America after she finished college in 2008.Soon after 16. , she took part in an activity to promote(宣传) Chinese paper cutting. And then she was invited 17. (show) the art in many important activities. “It is important to promote this art to Americans or anyone 18. is interested in it. Maybe it will make this art more popular,” Ms Woo said.
From the art of paper cutting, people can know about the values and history of Chinese culture and the stories of 19. (people) life. Ms Woo uses the art as a tool to show Chinese culture to people who know little about it. Chinese art is not only for Chinese, but 20. for people all over the world.
参考答案
A 1.radios 2.loudly 3.also 4.are 5.which/that 6.is heard 7.Wherever 8.national 9.Another 10.western B 11.was found 12.Luckily 13.held 14.as 15.teaching
16.that 17.to show 18.who 19.people's 20.also
20