专题14 短文填空15篇-冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（江苏专用）

冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（江苏专用） 专题14 短文填空15篇 （2023·江苏常州·统考中考真题）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Dear Millie, You asked me about the Dragon Boat Festival. Now let me tell you something about it. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival we Chinese 1 (celebrate) for over 2, 000 years. It’s one of the three most important lunar festivals in China, along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival takes place on the 2 (twenty-two) of June this year. Throughout the years, many stories have been told about the 3 (begin) of this festival. Among them, 4 (famous) one is about Qu Yuan, a well-known scholar in ancient China. He not only 5 (write) good poems but also gave suggestions to the king. 6 he devoted himself to his country, the king didn’t like him. This great person drowned (溺水) himself in the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month because his Chu State fell to Qin State. Local people tried to save him or find his body, but they didn’t 7 (success). Qu Yuan was later considered as 8 national hero. To remember him, every fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people beat drums and go boat racing on the river as they once did 9 (keep) fish away from his body. Dragon boat racing is one of the most important customs Chinese people practice to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. This activity 10 (hold) widely in China’s southern and southeastern areas where there are lots of rivers and lakes. Lots of love, Wendy （2023·江苏徐州·统考中考真题）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 11 (piece) for the piano called preludes. The longest one, Prelude no.15, is better 12 (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 worri