上海市杨浦区2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：短文选词填空

上海市杨浦区2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 短文选词填空 2024年上海市杨浦区中考一模英语试题 Ⅲ. Choose the proper words or phrase to complete the following passage. Each can be used only once（本大题共8分，每题1分，共8分，每题只有一个正确选项） 选择最恰当的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。 Shadow Puppet Shows A. character    B. means    C. meaning    D. traditions    E. traditional People in many cultures love theatre. One of the oldest and greatest storytelling 16 in the world can be seen in theatres in Indonesia. It is a kind of shadow puppet show (皮影戏) called Wayang Kulit. Wayang is a kind of leather and kulit 17 puppet. In a Wayang Kulit show, the stage and the equipment are quite simple—not like 18 theatres! There are puppets, musicians, a puppeteer and a screen made from a white sheet. Wayang Kulit puppets are flat and made of leather, and they come in big and small sizes. They have different eyes, noses and mouths, so they all look very different—just like people! Each puppet plays a different 19 in a story. Some characters are good and some are bad. Puppets, which are painted in bright colours, are sometimes used for daytime puppet shows. A. noise    B. last    C. voice    D. famous    E. appear For each show, there is only one puppeteer. He moves the puppets, tells the story, and does the 20 for each puppet. Puppeteers are amazing because there are sometimes between 100 and 500 puppets for him to move in one show! This is a very special job and it is not easy. Good puppeteers are very 21 in Indonesia, and sometimes more than 6,000 people come to see the show. In a Wayang Kulit show, the puppeteer sits behind a white screen. A lamp or light is shone onto the screen, so the puppets look like dark shadows. Each puppet has three sticks attached to it: one on the body and one on each arm. The puppeteer moves the puppet with these sticks. Usually, good characters 22 on the right side of the screen, and bad characters on the left side. One of the most amazing things about the Wayang Kulit, is tha