2023-2024学年广东省东莞市九年级英语上册期末复习--短文填空（2）

2023-2024学年八年级英语上册期末复习--短文填空2 (1) Kites are one of the most famous Chinese inventions. They were 1______ 3,000 years ago. A lot of stories about the invention of the kite were told among people. There is a famous story about an army general 2____wanted his flag to be seen from far away, so he made it with bamboo and flew it high. Whatever the true story is, there is no 3____that kites were invented in ancient China. The kite wasn't used as a toy for 4____to play with, but rather as a useful tool in the past. It was recorded that an army general in ancient China wanted to get a city. He wondered how far his army had to cross to get to 5____other side. So he measured the distance(测量距离)by flying a kite across the walls of the city. Kites were used not only to carry messages,6____also to spread messages to the crowds during war. And larger kites were even used to carry people so that 7_____ could shoot from above. The first kites were made 8____bamboo or wood with leaves, silk and paper covering them. To these days kites 9 _____an important part of the Chinese culture. There are some ancient ideas that flying a kite and then letting it go will stop you from illness, trouble and 10 _______luck. (2) Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school. One day, she was late again. When she 1_____the classroom, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “It's the last chance. I'll tell your father 2____you are late again.” The next morning, Linda got up early and hurried to school. At the school gate, she saw a 3____ on the ground. At 4_____same time, she heard the bell, “What shall l do?” she asked herself. “I'll turn it in first. ”She made her own 5____ When she hurried into her classroom, the class had begun. “Linda! Didn't l tell you to be here 6____time?” Mr. Clark said to her. “I'm sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I'm late because ... " “I don't want any excuse. I have to tell your father." “But Mr. Clark. It's ... it's unfair!" “How dare you talk 7 __