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浙江省杭州市上城区
2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
完形填空
2023年浙江省杭州市上城区中考一模英语试题
第一节完形填空(共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15分)
通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。
Alex Brychta is a very successful illustrator (插画师). He draws and paints pictures for stories. Alex was born in 1956 in Czechoslovakia. His parents were __36__, so Alex showed great talent in art at an early age and learned from them. When he was older, he drew cartoons and __37__ different art shows.
However, a war broke out in Czechoslovakia soon, so Alex had to __38__ his hometown with his family. After a long __39__, the family got to England to start a new life.
At first, life was not easy for Alex. He could not understand __40__ in class and had no friends at school. However, he kept on drawing. When the teacher looked at Alex's __41__, he said, "Alex, these are very good and look like book illustrations. " Alex was __42__ and worked harder on it. When he was 16, Alex got his first job __43__ a book illustrator.
In 1984, the writer Rod Hunt wanted an illustrator for his books. He liked Alex's illustrations. He asked Alex to __44__ the characters of his new books: Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. Alex agreed and soon in July, he illustrated the __45__ story about them called A New Dog.
Next he illustrated more stories by Rod! In 1986, 24 stories __46__ and were sold to schools. The books were popular and __47__ by children in the UK. Later, children in lots of countries started reading Rod and Alex's books. The stories were very greatly welcomed, __48__ Rod and Alex were asked to write lots of new stories.
In 2012, Alex and Rod were each given a special __49__ by Queen Elizabeth of the UK. Alex was very proud of this prize but he said, "The __50__ thing is that all over the world millions of children enjoy reading our books. "
36. A. artists
37. A. attended
38. A. develop
39. A. celebration
40. A. Chinese
41. A. pictures
42. A. tested
43. A. as
44. A. write
45. A. last
46. A. blew out
47. A. offered
48. A. because
49. A