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专题17 语法填空
语法填空综合考查学生对英语语言知识的运用,要求学生根据上下文的内容,灵活运用词汇,考查词汇的习惯用法、固定或特定的句型结构和语法的灵活运用。本专题目的在于帮助学生提高语法填空题的解题能力,以帮助同学们高效复习。
(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
【答案】
1.have celebrated 2.twenty-second 3.beginning 4.the most famous 5.wrote 6.Though/Although 7.succeed 8.a 9.to keep 10.is held
【导语】本文主要介绍了端午节以及端午节的由来。
1.句意:端午节是我们中国人庆祝了两千多年的传统节日。celebrate“庆祝”,根据“for over 2,000 years”可知句子用现在完成时,主语是we,助动词用have。故填have celebrated。
2.句意:端午节在今年六月二十二日举行。此处表示“六月二十二日”,用序数词表示。故填twenty-