河南省驻马店市2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：语篇填空

河南省驻马店市 2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 语篇填空 2024年河南省驻马店市中考一模英语试题 三、选词填空 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 between    American   actually  month  he  beautiful  well   run    learn   when As the clock ticks toward 2024, I am wondering if US Ambassador (大使) to China Nicholas Burns would make speaking good Mandarin his New Year’s decision. He said so half a 36 ago.   Back in May, Burns said that he had “only one personal goal”, and that is to learn Mandarin, and that he had discussed the plan with 37 wife Libby. Off line in Washington, Burns said: “Libby and I speak French. We learned Arabic, we 38 a little bit of Greek. Mandarin is really difficult!” He said the difficulty lies in the tones (腔调), but it is a 39 language and they are both learning it. “I tried to begin and end most of my talks 40 people come to us in Mandarin. I have broken Mandarin. I’m a struggling (苦苦挣扎的) student...I’ll try to do 41 next year,” he said. He then started speaking Chinese, nuggets (小块儿) of everyday conversation that flowed quite smoothly. Turns out, Burns has been 42 practicing what he says. At the Brookings event, Burns said: “We need young 43 to learn Mandarin. We need young Americans to have an experience of China.” He said: “Communication 44 the younger generation of the two countries is important. The young people will be one day 45 the society and if Washington wants to compete peacefully. People of the two countries have to understand each other.” 四、短文填空 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 A wise man once faced a group of people who were complaining (抱怨) about the same problems over and over again. One day, instead 46 listening to the complaints, he told them a joke and everyone laughed. Then, the man repeated 47 joke. A few people smiled. Finally, the man repeated the joke a third time—but no one reacted (作出反应). The man smiled 48 said, “You won’t laugh at the same jo