④短文填空-【一战成名新中考】2025福建中考英语中考必考知识点专题特训

Passage 1

The Chengni inkstone (砚) is one of the “four famous inkstones” in our country. With a history of over 1,000 years, 1.       skill of making it had once been lost for hundreds of years. And it was later brought back to life by Lin Xiaolin’s grandfather Lin Yongmao and father Lin Tao.

2.       1986, Lin Yongmao worked at a museum. He read many 3.       (book) about the Chengni inkstone there and decided to make it. Although he learned from the historical papers, this was no easy task. It took him and 4.       (he) son two years to find suitable mud (泥浆) materials. After many failures, they at last succeeded in making two Chengni inkstones in 1991. It took 5.       (near) a year and dozens of (几十个) steps to make a Chengni inkstone.

Lin Xiaolin, as the inheritor (继承人) of making Chengni inkstones, 6.       (know) Chengni inkstones since his childhood. In 2011, he went abroad to study modern technologies. “Passing down the skill holds the key to            7.       (keep) it alive,” Lin Xiaolin said. He returned to China after he          8.         (graduate) from college in 2019. He hoped to make much more Chengni inkstones by using modern technologies 9.         traditional designs (设计). And he has got much success.

Lin Xiaolin 10.      (be) trying hard to bring more energy to the Chengni inkstone and make it a symbol of Chinese culture.

Passage 2

China has a long history of more than five thousand years. Many traditional arts have been created and developed here. Chinese people are proud of 1.       (they) all the time. Among all the arts, paper-cutting is one of the most important kinds.

Paper-cutting is a kind of popular art. It only needs simple tools 2.       (make) paper-cutting. However, it is not easy at all. The main idea of the works usually     3.        (include) everything in people’s daily life. The bright color red adds a cheerful atmosphere(气氛), so it is usually seen during the Spring Festival. Also,

people like to decorate their windows and doors 4.       colorful works of different shapes, such as animals and flowers. Sometimes, paper-cutting 5.       (print) on the stamps and even sent abroad. This can make people all over the world clearly understand the spirit of the art. Now a large number of 6.       (visit) from foreign countries also love the art. Paper-cutting has become a bridge between China and abroad.

7.       (lucky), my grandma is a paper-cutting artist. When I was young, she tried to teach me this special handwork. 8.       I preferred playing computer games: I didn’t realize 9.       importance of the art at that time. As time went by, 10. I       (feel) regretful of what I had thought. So I began learning it again.

People are now paying more and more attention to traditional culture. We must develop and spread it to the whole world.

Passage 3

The Chinese pingfeng (folding screen) is an ancient invention and traditional Chinese furniture(家具). Its 1.       (early) common use dates from the Han Dynasty. The term pingfeng means protection from wind, showing its purpose 2.      

the very beginning.

As time passes, it has been made into different sizes with colourful paintings. On screens usually 3.       (appear) a dragon. It’s a symbol of light, growth 4.     

life-giving water. It also stands for nobility and power. The peacock, a beautiful bird, can be seen on screens, too. It’s a symbol of everlasting life. Beautiful flowers, which mean wealth and good luck, 5.       (choose) as a popular design of the pingfeng, too. All the designs carry people’s beautiful 6.       (wish).

Behind the pingfeng lies 7.       interesting story. In the past, the unmarried daughter of a rich family was not supposed to see or be seen by men except her father, brothers or very close male cousins. When an admirer 8.       a visit, however, she might take a secret look at him from a screen which she would hide 9.       (she) completely behind. Her father would discuss poems with the young man and ask him

10.       (create) one. If the daughter and her father were satisfied with the young man’s poem and his looks, she might agree to take him as a husband.

Passage 4

The Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival has been officially listed as a UN floating (浮动的) holiday from 2024. When the Spring Festival 1.       (come), people put up nianhua from the front door to the bedroom. They 2.       (see) as a symbol of good luck and wealth.

Nianhua, like the Spring Festival couplets, actually originated(起源于) from “ door gods”. It first appeared as a picture of gods carved(雕刻) on the door, 3.     

(date) back to the Western Han Dynasty. In the 19th century, nianhua was 4.        

(wide) produced for those who could not read. Nowadays, nianhua is usually printed 5.       bright warm colors and simple lines.

However, “Nianhua is losing 6.       (it) position. Now it’s my turn to keep the old art alive,” Zhong Xinglin said. Her family has been working on the nianhua-making business for more than a century. Both traditional products 7.      

modern spinoffs(衍生产品) from Zhong family’s nianhua studio have been selling like hot cakes on social media.

People of different 8.       (age) and from different areas are trying their best to revive(复苏) nianhua. Most importantly, more and more young people 9.       

(work) hard in the creation and promotion(推广) of nianhua. They also try to make it better-known to the public and draw the world’s attention to 10.       traditional Chinese art.

Passage 5

Many Chinese people regard jiaozi as the best food. Making jiaozi during the Spring Festival is common, 1.        (especial) in the northern part of China. It is said that the food 2.        (invent) by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Chinese history. He is known as 3.         founder of traditional Chinese medicine. Here 4.        (be) the story. One winter day, Zhang found that a lot of poor people