专题 08 短文综合填空 2024年初人教版中英语九年级上学期期末题型综合训练

2024年初中英语九年级上册期末题型综合训练 专题08 短文综合填空 (一) People send birthday greetings by using cards in both eastern and Western countries. It is not 1 (know) when and where exactly the tradition of sending birthday cards began. It is believed that it began in England in 2 early nineteenth century. In those days people sent birthday cards when they couldn’t wish somebody a happy birthday in 3 [ˈpɜ:sn]. In 1840, the first stamp was used in Britain and sending birthday cards became 4 (easy), cheaper and more popular. The development of 5 [ˈkʌlə] printing processes in the 1930s also helped to increase the 6 (sell) of birthday cards. Today cards are often 7 (give) with a present, even when people can express their wishes face to face. In recent times e-cards have also become popular. Many people are starting to use e-cards instead of traditional cards 8 they are free, environmentally friendly and easy to arrive. So will e-cards take place of paper cards completely in ten or twenty years? Probably 9 . For example, for kids and old people, they don’t use e-cards very often. If your birthday is coming soon, do you wish that at 10 [li:st] one person could congratulate you with a beautiful card then? 【答案】 1. known 2. the 3. person 4. easier 5. color 6. sale 7. given 8. because 9. not 10. least 【导语】本文主要讲述了生日贺卡的由来以及如今电子贺卡也变得越来越流行,但是电子贺卡不能完全取代纸质贺卡. 1. 句意:寄送生日贺卡的传统究竟是从何时何地开始的还不得而知.主语it与谓语know之间是被动关系,因此用被动语态,故填known. 2. 句意:人们认为它起源于19世纪早期的英国.nineteenth是序数词,用定冠词the修饰,故填the. 3. 句意:在那个年代,当人们不能亲自祝某人生日快乐时,他们就会寄生日卡.根据音标[ˈpɜ:sn]可知,此处为person“人”,故填person. 4. 句意:1840年,英国使用了第一枚邮票,寄生日贺卡变得更容易、更便宜、更受欢迎.easy“容易的”,是形容词,作为系动词became的表语,用形容词,此处与cheaper并列,因此用比较级,故填easier. 5. 句意:20世纪30年代彩色印刷工艺的发展也帮助增加了生日贺卡的销量.根据音标[ˈkʌlə]可知,此处为color“彩色的”,故填color. 6. 句意:20世纪30年代彩色印刷工艺的发展也帮助增加了生日贺卡的销量.sell“出售”,是动词,the+名词+of表示“……的……”,sell的名词是sale,故填sale. 7. 句意:如今,卡片通常与礼物一起赠送,即使人们可以面对面地表达他们的愿望.give“给”,主语cards与谓语give之间是被动关系,因此用被动语态