专题02 短文首字母填空（5空题）-学易金卷：2023年中考英语一模试题分项汇编（江苏专用）

专题02 短文首字母填空（5空题） （2023·江苏徐州·统考一模）根据短文（对话）内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文（对话）内容完整、正确。 Mom often says, “Cooking is an important skill, and it can be fun!” But I had no interest in cooking at all u___1___ I met with a cooking app（应用软件）. There are different kinds of recipes（菜谱）in the app. They offer detailed instructions so that users can f___2___ them step by step. Most of them even include photos or videos, which are quite useful for beginners. Last week, I picked up a popular recipe to cook fish. When I finished, it was exactly w___3___ I wanted and tasted delicious. Then I tried m___4___ recipes. Now I can cook a couple of dishes. I find cooking is great fun and it seems that I have a g___5___ for cooking. My plan is to invite my friends over next weekend and show them my new skills. I hope they will like my cooking. 【答案】1．(u)ntil    2．(f)ollow    3．(w)hat    4．(m)ore    5．(g)ift 【导语】本文讲述了作者爱上烹饪的过程。 1．句意：但我没有兴趣做饭，直到我遇到了一个烹饪应用软件。根据“But I had no interest in cooking at all…I met with a cooking app.”可知，直到遇到一个烹饪应用软件才对做饭产生了兴趣，根据首字母u可知此处应用“not…until”表示“直到……才……”，引导时间状语从句，故填(u)ntil。 2．句意：它们提供详细的说明，以便用户可以逐步遵循这些规则。根据“They offer detailed instructions”可知它们提供详细的说明是为了让用户可以遵循那些步骤去烹饪。根据首字母f可知“遵循”应用动词follow，情态动词can后接动词原形。故填(f)ollow。 3．句意：当我做完时，这正是我想要的，味道很好。根据“it was”和“I wanted and tasted delicious.”可知，及物动词wanted后面缺少宾语，根据首字母w可知此处应用what引导表语从句，且引导词what在从句中作动词wanted的宾语。故填(w)hat。 4．句意：然后我尝试了更多菜谱。根据上文可知我尝试了一道鱼的菜谱，成功了，根据首字母m及名词recipes可知此处应用形容词比较级more修饰名词recipes。故填(m)ore。 5．句意：我发现烹饪很好玩，而且似乎我对烹饪很有天赋。根据“have a…for cooking”及首字母g可知此处应用动词短语have a gift for doing sth表示“对做某事有天赋”。故填(g)ift。 （2023·江苏徐州·统考一模）阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。 Dunbuang is a historic city in Gansu. In ancient times, Dunhuang was an important c ___6___ of trade. As the Silk Road developed, Dunhuang became China’s western gateway to the world. Here, different cultures met and influenced each other. People from f ___7___ countries did business and communicated with the local people. If you v ___8___ Dunhuang, you w