2021年中考英语短文填空与阅读表达专项练习六（外研版）

美文阅读 11 （一） Sir Edmund Hillary is famous for being the first person 1 ( climb) Mt. Everest（珠穆朗玛峰). What many people do not know is that Sir Hillary did not make it to the top of Everest the first time he 2 (try). The first attempt was a complete 3 (fail). His c1imbing party met one problem after (A) _______ and more than half his climbing party died. Nonetheless (尽管如此）, the 4 （Britain) government decided to honor him with some type of award (奖励）. When he entered the hall 5 ( receive) his award, Sir Hillary saw that a large picture of Everest had been set up. During the standing ovation (鼓掌) that he was receiving, he walked over to the picture, 6 (shake) his fist at it and said, “You 7 (win), this time. But you are as 8 (big) as you are ever going to get. And I'm still growing.” We often hear the stories of people who 9 ( succeed). And we often assume that they succeeded the first time. (B) ______in fact it's the 10 (exactly) opposite. (1) 1-10小题用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 (2) 猜猜划线“attempt,assume”的汉语意思： (3) A、B两处填入合适的单词：_____________ (4)将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。 （二） One day a farmer’s donkey (驴) 1 (fall) down into a well. The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what 2 ( do). Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to 3 (cover) up anyway and it just wasn’t worth it 4 (save) the donkey. (A) _____ he decided to give up the donkey. He invited all his 5 (neighbor) to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel (铁锹) and began to shovel the dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then 6 (slow) he quieted down until nothing more 7 (hear). A few shovels later, the farmer finally looked down the well, and he was 8 (surprise) at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that 9 (hit) his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors