专题06 短文填空-2023-2024学年七年级英语上学期期末备考 牛津上海版（试用本）

专题06 短文填空-2023-2024学年七年级英语上学期期末备考 牛津上海版（试用本） （2023上·上海静安·七年级校考期末）Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给） Snow and ice chill the UK     The UK experienced very cold weather from 10 December, with snowfall across the country and disruption (中断) as schools and roads were closed. In Wales, cars got stuck in the snow, leading to very long t 1 jams. Manchester Airport closed its runways because of snow. In Cornwall, a lorry slid on an i 2 road and hit a pub-luckily, no one was hurt. In Suffolk, in the east of England, many people had to leave their cars because driving in the frozen conditions got too d 3 . Lots of trains in and out of London were delayed as signals failed in the cold.     To help people deal with these very cold temperatures, the Government has announced “cold weather payments”. These will go to people in some parts of the UK who are struggling to afford to heat their homes. This is partly because, over the past few months, energy c 4 have gone up and this makes it much more expensive than usual to turn on the heating. To keep transport and deliveries m 5 , local governments are sending out teams and workers to sprinkle grit (细沙) on the roads, which makes it less slippery for cars and lorries. （2022上·上海黄浦·七年级上海市民办立达中学校考期末）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 Text messaging, or simply “texting”, allows people to send and r 6 messages on mobile phones. The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be c 7 than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it in one s 8 . Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone in silence if you don’t want o 9 to hear what you are talking on the