专题01 短文首字母填空（名校模拟+地区真题）-冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（上海专用）

冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（上海专用） 专题01 短文首字母填空（名校模拟+地区真题） （2023·上海杨浦·统考三模）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。首字母已给出。 In a little fishing village in Southern Thailand, there are some boys who like to play football. They play with a lot of excitement and interest, running, shouting, jumping and kicking. These boys are really good at c 1 the ball because their football field is a raft[1] in the middle of the sea. They live on Koh Panyee Island, where all the houses are built on tall wooden sticks. The village has 300 families, but even though it is small, the football team from the village has been very s 2 . The Panyee Football Club has won the Thai Youth Football Championships seven times since 2004. The story of the Panyee Football Club b 3 in 1986 when some young boys from the village were watching the World Cup Football Championships on TV. S 4 one of the boys said, “We watch football on TV, but we’ve never played it.” The boys made a decision. “Our football team starts today. We want to become world champions!” they shouted. But the villagers l 5 at them. They asked,“Are you crazy? Have you ever played football? You’ve already formed a team, but have you found a field yet? How can you practise? The boys were determined to make their dream come true. They used old fishing boats and pieces of wood to make a floating football field. They practised for hours every day, even when it was very w 6 and smooth after a heavy rain. In their first year, they made it to the semifinalist[2] of the local football competition. They have been playing for over 25 years, and now they are one of the best youth football teams in the country. The story reminds us that anything is p 7 if we are determined to chase our dreams. The boys never gave up on their dream, even when they faced many difficulties. Their hard work paid off, and they became champions. Word box[1]raft n.木排；浮台[2]semifinal n.半决赛 （2023·上海杨浦·统考二模） LOCAL Hilary Lister, 33, can’t move her limbs (arms and leg