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湖北鄂州2021-2023中考英语真题分类汇编:完形填空
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三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入 空白处的最佳选项。
Karl Marx was born in Germany on May 5th, 1818. ___11___ he was a child, he was forced to leave his country again and again. He lived in Belgium, England and some other ___12___ .
His mother tongue was German and at school he ___13___ French and English, but he felt his English was poor. So he ___14___ up his mind to improve his English. He began to work hard ___15___ it. He made so much progress ___16___ he could soon read English newspapers and write English articles.
However, there were ___17___ things that he thought were too difficult for him—the grammar and some of the idioms (习语). He often encouraged himself by saying “ ___18___ I keep on trying, I’ll make even greater progress.” At the same time, his close friend, Engels, often wrote to ___19___ him for his hard work in learning English.
In one of Marx’s books, he gave people who were learning a foreign language some ___20___ on how to learn it well. He said a foreign language was necessary for a person to have a ___21___ future. He said a person should translate every word he heard into the foreign language he was learning. If he could do this, it would be ___22___ for him to use the language freely.
In April, 1841, he ___23___ his doctor’s degree. After that, he began to write articles for a newspaper. He wrote about the housing problems of poor people and their hard life. ___24___ he tried, he did his best.
During the 1840s, Marx and Engels wrote a book together. These words of theirs became very ___25___ : “Working people of all countries, unite (联合)! ”
11. A. When B. Before C. After D. While
12. A. farms B. factories C. schools D. countries
13. A. has learned B. was learning C. learns D. learned
14. A. has made B. makes C. made D. was making
15. A. on B. at C. in D. for
16. A. that B. what C. when D. how
17. A. one B. two C. three D. four
18. A. But B. If C. And D. As
19. A. praise B. a