专题01 语法填空（名校模拟+地区真题）-冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（湖南专用）

冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（湖南专用） 专题01 语法填空（名校模拟+地区真题） （2023·湖南长沙·长沙市南雅中学校考二模）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 I love watches. And I prefer the old watches with slow-moving hands and strange sounds. The watch is one of   1 （great）inventions in my heart! There is a long history behind watches. Many years ago, 2 （ship）had difficulty navigating（导航）because they did not have a believable clock on board. In 1500 AD, a man invented a clock that would work on board. He used a piece of metal to keep it working. The   3 （one）clock appeared! Soon, pocket watches 4 （become）available, but they were expensive. Owning a pocket watch meant you were 5 （real）rich, and probably very important. Nearly everyone wanted one. But by the 1800s, owning a pocket watch had become quite common. In 1800, a Frenchman invented the first tourbillon（陀飞轮）watch. Today, tourbillon watches are still 6 （produce）. They are quite expensive. Watches keep us in touch with the world 7 the right time keeps everything running in order. Imagine if suddenly every watch 8 （stop）one day, what should we do? But fortunately, we don’t need 9 （worry）about that now. Because we have 10 （we）trusted watches. （2023·湖南长沙·长沙市北雅中学校考二模）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Are you familiar with Charles Dickens? He is considered to be one of 11 (great) writers in history. Walk into any bookstore, and you can hardly avoid “running into” him. Many of his works still sell well today and 12 (show) at noticeable places. I’m 13 teacher who teaches literature(文学). The question of why we still read Dickens’ works 14 (be) often on my mind. I gave myself several answers to that question, but never with complete 15 (satisfy). We read Dickens’ works because he was not only a man of his own times, but also a man for our times. We read his works because we can 16 (easy) learn from the experiences of his characters. My search for an an