专题02 完形填空-2023中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（上海专用）

2023中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递 第二期 专题02 完形填空10篇 （2022·上海浦东新·二模）Birds have always been a problem for farmers. They like to eat the seeds in farmers’ fields. As soon as a farmer plants seeds, the birds arrive for dinner. Often these birds are crows. Farmers try to get rid of their unwanted visitors by making scarecrows. A scarecrow is ____1____ to scare away crows and other birds. The first scarecrows were made hundreds of years ago. They were sticks stuck in the ground with big rags ____2____ to the top. When the wind blew, the rags flapped(飘动) and frightened the birds. As time went on, farmers began making better scarecrows. They nailed a second stick across the top of the one in the ground. Now the scarecrows had arms and could wear old shirts. When farmers put straw into the shirts, the scarecrows began to look like real people. Some even had faces. Scarecrows were usually placed in ____3____ fields and became a notable symbol of farms and countryside in popular culture. When farmers began