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冲刺2023中考英语语法填空热点话题考前押题
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(2023·江苏泰州·统考一模)请根据短文内容,填写所缺单词。未给出单词的空格限一词,给出单词的空格不限一词。
Nowadays, it is very usual for people to order takeout, but did people eat takeout in ancient ____1____ (time)?
Maybe you don’t think so. ____2____ fact, there was takeout as long back as the Song Dynasty (960-1279). According to history books, Emperor Xiaozong (1127-1194) liked ____3____ (order) takeout late at night. His servants (仆人) then went around ____4____ city to pick up the dishes and bring them back to the palace.
Common people also ordered takeout. They would get their waiters to go out into the streets and ask loudly which dishes could ____5____ (send) that day. People could then place an order, delivery(快递) workers would bring food to their homes ____6____ (late). In the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival (《清明上河图》), a takeout ____7____ (work) is doing delivery work. The man can be seen ____8____ (walk) with food in his hand in a hurry.
People at the time even had special boxes for takeout dishes. They ____9____ (not be) like normal boxes. They were long wooden boxes with several layers(层). People also used plates made of two layers of porcelain(瓷). Hot water could be put between the first layer _____10_____ the second. In this way, they could keep the dishes warm.
(2023·河北廊坊·统考一模)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词(有提示词的,填入所给单词的正确形式)。
Mary was in bed, feeling sleepy. She opened a book and read the first few words, “The dodo(渡渡鸟) was a bird that couldn’t fly.” and soon she fell ___11___ (sleep).
Whoosh! The window flew wide open. Mary sat up, and through the window she saw a dodo standing in her yard!
“I lived over four hundred years ago,” the dodo said. “But then terrible things happened. ___12___ (Forest) were cut down ___13___ humans, so we had nothing to eat. We all ___14___ (die).” The dodo felt sad. Before it said another word, ___15___ elephant bird came and said, “I am the ___16___ (heavy) bird that has ever lived. I weigh half a ton.