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【备战2024中考英语】中考英语语法专项突破
中考英语语法综合练习11(短文语法填空)
必刷15篇(含答案)
精选2024年最新中考模拟题
Passage 1
(2024·辽宁大连·一模)阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。
When Wang Haiyan was young, her favorite toys weren’t Barbie dolls. Instead, she started learning to make shadow puppets (皮影) from her father 1 the age of 13. Now 43, Wang has spent 30 years practicing and spreading the art.
Shadow puppetry is a form of theater that uses puppets made from leather (皮) or paper, accompanied (伴奏) by music and singing. It 2 (invent) during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 24). It 3 (usual) tells us about folk tales and historical stories, passing down culture over thousands of years.
Shadow puppetry is all about creating the puppets and performing with 4 (they). Wang’s hometown of Hua county, Shaanxi, is known as the birthplace of the folk art.
Puppet-makers must follow 24 steps 5 (make) the puppets including washing the leather, carving (雕刻) and painting, according to Wang. Carving is 6 (hard) part.
“We have 7 special carving skill—moving the leather under the knife,” Wang said. After three 8 (year) practice, she mastered this skill. “The steps make it hard to hand down the folk art,” she said.
But Wang has found a way to do so. In recent years, she has made shadow puppets based on some cartoons and given a live online performance. She used colors like blue 9 purple that were hardly seen in shadow puppetry and added more 10 (stick) to the puppets to make the performance more lively. “I hope more and more young people enjoy shadow puppetry and pass it down,” she said.
Passage 2
(2024·山东日照·一模)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(每空不多于三个单词)。
Motuo lies in the south of the Himalayas in Tibet. It is known as the “Natural Museum of Tibet”. It is home to all 11 (kind) of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, plants and animals. Its special geographic location (地理位置) makes it 12 beautiful place. It was one of 13 (h