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寒假复习--短文填空 12篇 专练 2023-2024 学年 牛津深圳版 英语九年级上册
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What goes best with a cup of tea? Biscuits? Cakes? When you want some cream tea, it should be scones.
Scones are small, round cakes.They are 1 (usual) served at breakfast or tea, especially in Britain. English scones are like 2 (America) biscuits. They are small and plain(平), but are eaten with jam and clotted (凝结的)cream.
Scones are eaten with your fingers, not 3 (knife) and forks. The classic way is to break a scone in 4 (second) gently with hands, and then cover each half with cream and jam. But which one 5 (go) on first, jam or cream?
In Britain, there has been a debate (争论) about which way is the “right”one for a long time. Some think cream should be put on first. Because it is like butter (黄油), it can be 6 (use) to form the base of the scone. Others think jam should be put on first. This is because they don’t want the cream to get melted (融化) by the warm scone.
What about the British royal family (王室)? Well, they like jam first 7 (well) than cream.
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Zhang Qian, born in Shaanxi Province, was the 8 (famous)explorer and imperial diplomat(外交家)during the period of the Western Han Dynasty. Zhang Qian in ancient China is regarded as “the first Chinese stepping to the world”.
In 139 BC, Zhang Qian was sent by Emperor Wu of Han to the Western Regions to build a military(军事)alliance(同盟)with the Greater Yuezhi(modern Tajikistan) 9 (fight)against the Xiongnu tribes together. It took Zhang Qian 13 years to reach the Gui River where the people of the Greater Yuezhi lived. But unluckily, he 10 (catch)twice by the Xiongnu and forced to stay with them for over ten years. He married a Xiongnu woman and had a son, but his loyalty(忠诚)to the Han emperor never changed.
When Zhang Qian finally reached the Yuezhi lands, he was told that they were not willing to(愿意)fight against the Xiongnu. 11 the main aim of his task was not a