专题07 短文填空&首字母填空-备考2023年中考英语一模分项讲解和真题练习（江苏专用）

专题07 短文填空&首字母填空-备考2023年中考英语一模分 项讲解和真题练习（江苏专用） 首字母填空做题步骤： 1、通读全文，理解短文大意，判断需填选项的词性，同时将一眼能够得出的答案迅速填上。 2、对于一下子想不出来答案的空格要及时跳过，而不能在上面纠缠，因为往往后面的内容会给予更好的提示。 3、进一步阅读全文，力求整篇文章完整通顺，且符合情理，否则宁缺勿乱。 4、检查每一个答案的正确性，包括名词的数、动词的时态、形容词和副词的准确运用等等。 常见的词形变化如： ①动词的填写，要判断所在段落句子的时态，根据不同的情况，动词有原形、过去式、三单、过去分词、现在分词、动名词等几种形式； ②名词的填写，要考虑是否可数，名词单复数的变化； ③形容词的填写，要考虑是否需要变成副词形式或者用到比较级和最高级等等。 【真题详解】 【常州外国语学校2022年中考英语一模试题】 五、综合填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 What is the Metaverse (元宇宙)? Facebook plans to hire 10,000 engineers in Europe over the next five years to build a Metaverse. The company ____41____ (announce) as much on October 17th. Mark Zucketberg, Facebook’s boss, has once spoken of his dream to turn the social-media giant____42____ a “Metaverse company”. The word, metaverse, comes from Snow Crashh, published in 1992, generally accepted to be ____43____ (good) novel by Neal Siephenson, an American science-fiction writer. The ____44____ (book) main character, named Hiro Protagonist, delivers (迎送) pizza at daytime. When not working, he connects into the Melaverse: a networked virtual reality (虚拟现实) in which people appear as they like and join in ____45____ (activity) both common, like conversations and uncommon, like sword fights. Think of the Metaverse as virtual reality, but ____46____ (with) limits. People could talk, shop, watch movies, attend concerts and do most things that they can join the real world, and the most ____47____ (importance), the Metaverse would interact with the real world in countless unpredictable (不可预料的) ways. Of course, this fully formed Metaverse ____48____ (not appear) so far and it remains a long way to go. To IT dreamers, this immersive (沉浸式的) networked 3D world will finally replace the present 2D internet. It requires a lot of abilities and processing power ____49____ haven’t yet appeared. But if you consider Fortnite’s (堡垒之夜) broad world, the Metaverse is closer to reality _____50_____ it was when Mr. Stephenson first dreamed it up. Do you