专题36 短文填空-备战2024年中考英语一轮复习考点帮（江苏专用）

专题36 短文填空（原卷版） 1. 了解中考短文填空真题的出题方向和主要考点 2. 通过模拟题的训练进一步了解短文填空的做题方法 中考短文填空一般分为两种考察模式，分别是：首字母填空和用括号里所给词的适当形式填空。一般考察5个空格或者10个空格，每空1分。 1） 、首字母填空本身难度稍微偏大一点，考察学生对于上下文的句意理解和连贯性以及高频单词的熟悉度，比如说了字母l 开头的地方我们可以联想到like或者large等这样的单词，但是需要考虑空格处的词性问题以及搭配问题。考察词性有动词、名词、形容词、副词、介词、连词、代词、数词等。 （2023·江苏南通·中考真题） 五、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整的、正确的形式，使短文通顺。 Moving the strings (弦) of the nation’s heart When talking about the history of the guqin, Wu Wenguang, a famous performer of the ancient zither (古筝), likes to tell a folk story about the sincere friendship between a musician and his biggest fan. D____61____ the Spring and Autumn period, there was a musician named Yu Boya. He lived alone in a forest where he often played the guqin. One day, a passing woodcutter, Zhong Ziqi, was attracted by the sounds of the ancient zither and stopped to l____62____. It was the best that he once heard. Yu’s playing created different p____63____ in Zhong’s mind, such as clouds flowing and waterfalls falling. They became good friends. After many years, when Zhong Ziqi passed away, Yu decided never to play the guqin again because he knew that he wouldn’t have anyone e____64____ like Zhong to so truly understand his music. “With the power to e____65____ the deepest feeling, the guqin becomes the connection between performing and listening,” says Wu. “Today when we talk about t____66____ Chinese culture, the ancient zither, which was played by many famous people on literature, is surely in the center of the ancient culture.” Indeed, the guqin, a p____67____ musical instrument of ancient China’s educated group, was also the favorite instrument of Confucius (孔子). In 2008, it was a____68____ to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. In April, when President Xi Jinping m____69____ with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship between the two c____70____. The instrume