2021年中考英语短文填空与阅读表达专项练习二（外研版）

美文阅读 3 (一) A group of frogs were traveling and two of them 1 (fall) into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw (A)______ deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were going to die. But the two frogs tried 2 (jump) up out of the hole. The other frogs kept 3 (tell) them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and 4 (give) up. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. 5 (one) again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop. He jumped even 6 (hard) and finally made it. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?”The frog explained (B) ______ them that he was deaf. He thought they were 7 (encourage) him all the time. So you can seer that there is power of the language. An encouraging word to someone who is down 8 (lift) them up and help them make it through the day. So 9 (be) careful of what we say because an encouraging word can make a 10 (different) to others. (1) 1-10小题用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 (2) A、B两处填入合适的单词：_____________ (3) 翻译最后一段最后一个句子。“So....others” (4) 总结一下encourage用法并造句。 (二) Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. The king lost one leg and one eye at an early age. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the portraits (肖像) of his ancestors (祖先). He thought about having his own portrait 1 (paint). However, (A) _______ his physical disabilities (残疾), he wasn’t sure how his painting would turn out. So he invited many famous painters from his and 2 (another) kingdoms to the palace. The king then announced that he wanted a beautiful portrait of himself to be placed in the palace. Any painter who could do this should come forward. The painter would 3 (give) lots of money if the painting was good. All of the painters began to think that the king only had one leg and one eye. How could his picture be made 4 (look) beautiful? It was 5 (possible)! So, one by one, they all sta