人与社会 主题(六) 历史、社会与文化(含答案)（Word练习）-【指点中考】2025年湖北中考英语话题读写思维训练

主题六　历史、社会与文化

一、完形填空

King Zhao of the State of Yan (燕昭王) was a king with big dreams.He wanted to gather talented people to make the state 　1　.Then he asked the scholar(有学问的人) Guo Wei for　2　.Guo told the king a story.

In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse called qianlima.He sent many people to find such horses and 　3　 them for him.However, three years passed, and 　4　 found him such a horse.

One day, someone new volunteered to help.Within three months, he heard about a qianlima.He rushed to find it, 　5　 the horse was already dead.　6　, he bought the bones(骨头) of the horse with 500 pieces of gold.

The king was very angry.“What I want is a 　7　 horse, not the bones of a dead horse！”

The man answered calmly, “Imagine this：You're willing to buy a dead horse at a high 　8　, let alone(更不用说) a live one.This shows people you truly wish to buy the horses.Just wait and the horses you want will 　9　 very soon.”

The man was right.Within a year, many qianlima owners brought their horses to

the king.

Guo told the king that he could 　10　 him as the bones of the horse. “If I am valued, more talents will be willing to 　11　 the state，” he said.The king built houses for Guo and treated him as a 　12　.Soon, talented people across the state came to help the king.His state became stronger and stronger and finally 　13　 the State of Qi.

The story helps us understand that talented people are 　14　 to society.More importantly, the story pushes us to think about our own talents.Develop your abilities and create chances for yourself.Instead of 　15　 someone to find you, you can actively sell yourself.

1．A．quiet  B．strong

C．common  D．beautiful

2．A．advice  B．medicine

C．business  D．attention

3．A．buy  B．kill

C．feed  D．choose

4．A．somebody  B．nobody

C．everybody  D．anybody

5．A．or  B．so

C．if  D．but

6．A．Also  B．Nearly

C．Still  D．Even

7．A．fast  B．wild

C．live  D．young

8．A．speed  B．price

C．score  D．temperature

9．A．lose  B．stop

C．have  D．come

10．A．act  B．see

C．serve  D．use

11．A．serve  B．visit

C．rule  D．create

12．A．danger  B．customer

C．teacher  D．foreigner

13．A．beat  B．copied

C．missed  D．avoided

14．A．close  B．polite

C．similar  D．important

15．A．believing in  B．waiting for

C．calling on  D．running after

二、阅读理解

In 1929, Sanxingdui was first found in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, but its importance was not recognized until the year 1986 when ancient city walls, palaces and many gold ivory and bronze artifacts (青铜器) were unearthed here.

In 2001, archaeologists(考古学家) found the remains of another ancient city called Jinsha near Chengdu.They found a gold crown with similar engraved patterns (纹饰) of fish, arrows, and birds as other golden objects found at Sanxingdui.For this reason, some scholars believe that the people from Sanxingdui may have moved their homes to Jinsha.

But it remains a mystery.Here are some clues that might help find the facts：

In 1099 BC, ancient writers recorded an earthquake in the capital of the Zhou