Group 12-【沸腾英语】2023年中考英语完形+阅读+短文(3合1)限时训练

能力提升 89 Group 12 完形填空与阅读理解第 节一 浏览文章：4′ 查读解答：5′ 反思感悟：1′ 实际用时： 限时：10 min 完形 填空 A The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “Platicos” and is used to describe something that can be easily shaped. The history of plastics is longer than you might 1 . In fact the first man-made plastic ever to appear on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid (赛璐珞)”. It was discovered by 2 an Englishman and an American in the same year. 3 it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale (规模) during the year 1860. Everybody was 4 by this new material which could be moulded (用模子做) into shapes and was so cheap to buy. Poor young men working in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were 5 to buy white celluloid collars (领子). The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men could rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers, who had not been able to afford playthings for their children, were now able to buy them playthings 6 of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact, it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly 7 children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. They had 8 success. Then in 1932 an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn. It became known as bakelite (酚醛塑料). Other plastic materials like bakelite were also produced. They were 9 to make electrical fittings (配件) and plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe, but rich people disliked them because they were cheap, and they could only be made 10 dark colours. ( ) 1. A. wish B. think C. want D. hope ( ) 2. A. both B. neither C. either D. between ( ) 3. A. So B. But C. And D. As ( ) 4. A. surprised B. excited C. told D. frightened ( )