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冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测(江苏专用)
专题03 短文首字母填空15篇
(2023·江苏盐城·校考三模)根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使其意思完整。
If you are reading this now, it is because these words are printed on this page.
Could this happen 2,000 years ago? Well, you could have read some words, but the words wouldn’t be printed by a m 1 on paper.
Modern printing began in China somewhere b 2 200 BC and 200 AD.A block(块) of wood was carved(刻) so that the w 3 or pictures stood out. Ink(墨) was p 4 on the wood and then cloth was put on top of the wood. Later, during the Han Dynasty in 105 AD, paper-making was invented in China and printing was done mostly on paper after that.
Much later, a new method c 5 “movable type” was invented. It used small blocks m 6 of metal with characters or letters. The blocks could be moved around e 7 to make a whole page of printed text and it was much faster than carving a block of wood. Methods to do this were invented in China in 1040.
Later this method started to be used in Europe around 1439. Printing became much easier and faster and printing presses became p 8 everywhere.
Now, we s 9 emails, texts and photos to each other. We can download books and click on links(链接) and read on our phones, tablets and laptops. Ideas and knowledge are s 10 faster than at any other time in history.
(2023·江苏扬州·校考二模)根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)
“We will go under the ice,” declared Captain Nemo, “If there is land there, we will stop. If there is no land, we will reach the South Pole.” I was excited, but Ned thought the captain was m 11 . “We will never return.” he said angrily.
The Nautilus dived to about eight hundred meters and traveled quickly under the icecap. Conseil and I looked for fish, but there were n 12 . The sea was empty. We traveled under the ice for two days. Sometimes, the Nautilus would blimp into the bottom of the icecap to see how thick it was. During the second day, the i