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江苏省徐州市
2021-2023年中考英语试卷分类汇编
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2023年江苏省徐州市中考英语试题
五、语法填空
用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空, 使短文完整、通顺。
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He composed twenty-four short 51__________ (piece) for the piano called preludes. The longest one, Prelude no. 15, is better 52________ (know) by its nickname, the "Raindrop" Prelude. How did it get its nickname?
One day in 1838, when Chopin's lover George Sand went out in a rainstorm, Chopin became worried. While he 53_________ (wait) for Sand, he wrote Prelude no. 15.
When Sand came back, Chopin played 54 _________ (she) the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin 55_________ (listen) to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin 56_________ (happy). He insisted that he never paid attention to those sounds or 57_________ (copy) them.
However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some, notes repeating throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain, too. The piece starts 58_________ (soft), but it gets louder, like rain getting 59_________ (heavy). Then the music gets quiet and finally 60__________ (end), like rain when it stops.
2022年江苏省徐州市中考英语试题
五、语法填空
用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文完整、通顺。
This time yesterday, Mr Zhang ____51____ (celebrate) his ____52____ (ninety) birthday at home. He said this to his family____53____ (member): “Most people change houses during their lifetime, but I ____54____ (live) in this house since I was born. I’ve got three children and all of them were born in this house too. Most of the time it has ____55____ (be) a happy place. The street is very different from when I was young. At that time, there were no cars and all the children used to play in the road. Some children still do, but it’s not the same—you’ve got to be very careful nowadays with the traffic. None of the people who live in the street now are as ____56____ (old) as I am—many of them have died; others have moved to another area. I ____57__