2023年高考英语真题模拟试题专项汇编：（9）语法填空-2024届高三英语二轮复习

（9）语法填空——2023年高考英语真题模拟试题专项汇编 一、【2023年新高考全国I卷】 Xiao long bao （soup dumplings）, those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers encasing hot, ①_____（taste）soup and sweet, fresh meat, are far and away my favorite Chinese street food. The dumplings arrive steaming and dangerously hot. To eat one, you have to decide whether ②_____（bite）a small hole in it first, releasing the steam and risking a spill（溢出）, ③_____to put the whole dumpling in your mouth, letting the hot soup explode on your tongue（舌头）. Shanghai may be the ④_____（recognize）home of the soup dumpling, but food historians will actually point you to the neighboring ancient canal town of Nanxiang as xiao long bao's birthplace. There, you'll find them prepared differently—more dumpling and less soup-and the wrappers are pressed ⑤_____ hand rather than rolled. Nanxiang aside, the best xiao long bao have a fine skin, allowing them ⑥_____（lift）out of the steamer basket without tearing or spilling any of ⑦_____（they）contents. The meat should be fresh with ⑧_____ touch of sweetness, and the surrounding soup hot, clear and delicious. No matter where I buy them, though, one steamer basket is ⑨_____（rare）enough, yet two seems greedy, and so I am always left ⑩_____（want） more next time. 二、 【2023年新高考全国II卷】 Whenever I tell people that I teach English at the Berlin Zoo, I almost always get a questioning look. Behind it, the person is trying to figure out who exactly I teach…the animals? Since June 2017, right before the ①_____ (arrive)of the two new pandas, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, I have been helping the panda keepers at the zoo to feel more comfortable and ②_____ (confidence)speaking English. And who do they speak English ③_____ ? Not the pandas, even though ④_____ language used for the medical training instructions is actually English. They talk to the flood of international tourists and to ⑤_____ (visit)Chinese zookeepers who often come to check on the pandas, which are on loan from China. They also need t