2024年辽宁中考英语 题型专练 完形填空（三）

2024辽宁中考英语 题型专练 完形填空（三） 阅读短文, 理解其大意, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Passage 1 The Chinese multiplication table (九九乘法表) has been around for more than 2,000 years. In ancient times, people turned it into a song and 1 it “nine-nine song” or “nine-nine poem”. Then the Chinese multiplication table became the way we know it today during the Song Dynasty. In 2002, people 2 over 36,000 Qin bamboo slips(秦简)in Hunan. Different from the others with words, one of the slips had 3 and turned out to be the oldest multiplication table in China — from over 2, 200 years ago. The slip is about 23 centimeters(厘米) long and 5 centimeters wide, and today, it is 4 in a museum. It shows that even then, Chinese people knew how to use multiplication to 5 things. The Chinese multiplication table started during the Spring and Autumn Period(春秋时期). We know this 6 we found books from that time that talk about it. In the Qin Dynasty, people used the Chinese multiplication table to teach 7 . Thanks to it, calculations (计算) became easier and 8 for Chinese students. Places like Greece and Babylon had 9 tables, but they were more complicated(复杂的). The Chinese multiplication table reached the West in the 13th century, but mostly in universities, and people felt 10 if they knew it well! 1.A. called B. gave C. used D. saw 2.A. held B. found C. took D. made 3.A. blood B. flowers C. snow D. numbers 4.A. built B. caught C. kept D. lost 5.A. count B. change C. explain D. repair 6.A. although B. because C. while D. unless 7.A. Chinese B. English C. math D. science 8.A. faster B. hotter C. stranger D. warmer 9.A. huge B. magic C. rapid D. similar 10. A. sorry B. bored C. proud D. nervous Passage 2 When I was a little kid, I was always expected to be the be