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江苏省宿迁市
2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
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2023年江苏省宿迁市中考一模英语试卷
六、根据短文内容,用括号内所给词的正确时态或形式填空使短文完整。(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
In the Song Dynasty, there was a painter called Wen Tong. He was not only admired for his great learning, but also well ____81____(know)for his bamboo paintings. Every day many people ____82____ (visit)him to learn his painting skills. What was the secret of his ____83____(paint)?Actually, Wen Tong loved bamboos so much that he ____84____(grow)different kinds of bamboos around his house. No matter what season it was and no matter whether it was sunny or ____85____ (rain), he often went to watch how they were growing. He thought over the length and width of the bamboo poles (竹竿) as well as the shapes and colours of the ____86____(leaf).Whenever he had a new understanding, he ____87____(draw)what was in his mind on the paper. Over a long period of time, the different images of bamboos were deep in his mind. So every time he was painting bamboos, he seemed confident, and all the bamboos he painted were very ____88____ (live)and true to life.
A poet who knew him very ____89____(good)wrote “When Wen Tong was painting bamboos, he had their images ready in his bosom (胸怀).”
The idiom means we should have ready plans or designs in our mind before ____90____(do)a certain job so that success will naturally come. And this idiom can also be used to mean being calm and cool-headed in dealing with things.
2022年江苏省宿迁市中考一模英语试卷
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When my friend Judy was a young man, he wanted to change the world. When he found it 61 (possible) to change the world, he tried to change his country. When he found he couldn’t change the country, he 62 (begin) to focus on his hometown. When he found he couldn’t change the hometown, he tried to change his family.
Now, as an old man, he realizes the only thing he can change is himself. He keeps doing exercise 63 (shape) himself. Also, he spends as much time as he can 64 (read) different types of books. To 65