安徽省芜湖市2020-2022年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：完形填空

安徽省芜湖市 2020-2022年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2022年安徽省芜湖市中考二模英语试卷 七、完形填空 As we know, at the opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics, the traditional Chinese 24 solar terms (节气) were used as the countdown, starting with “rain” and ending with “the beginning of spring”. It was greatly ___31___ as “Chinese romance”. More than 2,000 years ago, ancient Chinese people observed (观察) the sun’s motion (移动), and divided the traditional lunar calendar into 24 solar terms. Summer Solstice (至) and Winter Solstice are the two days of the year with the ___32___ and shortest amount of daylight. While Spring Equinox (which is called chunfen) and Auturmn Equinox are days with the most balanced amount of daytime and nighttime. ___33___ these four points, a year is divided to four parts: Spring, Summer, Auturmn and Winter. There is a Chinese saying that ___34___, “The whole year’s work depends on a good start in spring.” As China has long been an agricultural (农业的) country, for Chinese people, spring means the beginning of a whole year’s farming. The Spring Equinox in Chinese usually falls ___35___ March 20 or March 21 every year. People practice this tradition to celebrate the ___36___ of spring. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future. So making an egg upright is a ___37___ game across the country during the Spring Equinox. Also, it’s a good time to fly kites. In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. ___38___ they wrote their medical problems on a paper kite to ask for good ___39___. When the kite was in the air, people would ____40____ the line to let the paper kite fly away, which means the flying away of diseases. Nowadays, the 24 solar terms are still useful, which remind people to adapt to (适应) the changes in the seasons through suitable foods and cultural ceremonies. 31．A．praised B．listed C．invited D．moved 32．A．biggest B．longest C．smallest D．shortest 33．A．Before B．After C．Across D．Through 34．A．speaks B．says C