2025年中考英语考前冲刺专项训练—任务型完形填空（二）

2025年中考英语考前冲刺专项训练——任务型完形填空（二）

Passage 8

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Seven-year-old Maggie Kuznia loves books,but she loves sharing the stories she has read even more. Once or 1 a week, the little girl visits the old people at Good Samaritan Society in Minnesota. By 2 to read books to the old people living there, she has not only made progress in storytelling, but also made many new friends.

How did Maggie get into the habit? 3 ,Maggie's mom, Tiffany Kuznia, works at Good Samaritan Society. She usually takes Maggie 4 her to work. On a snowy day,Maggie made a decision. She put some books 5 her game player into her bag. She said that she was going to read to those old people.

With time, Maggie has become so popular among the old people 6 she even has “regulars (常客)” she reads to every week. She 7 stays with each one for an hour. The old people are always willing to spend more time with her. She 8 as a granddaughter of their own.

"She's such a good little reader, said Patti Griggs, one of Maggie's 9 ."I used to teach first-grade kids how to read. There weren't many children who 10 read like her. Maggie says she will encourage other kids of her age to read to the elderly.

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Passage 9

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We all know communication is necessary in our daily life. It is also 1 for a good relationship. Sometimes, it can make us 2 our goals.

Once, I argued with my mom because I 3 to join the soccer club in my school. She asked me to spend 4 time on my subjects than other things. I felt so sad that I went to my bedroom without saying a word. The next morning, my dad advised me to tell my mother my ideas 5 feelings. I followed 6 suggestion to talk to my mom. After I said my love for soccer but I would work hard to learn the subjects well, we were both satisfied 7 the talk. We reached an agreement.

Now I am a hardworking student in the 8 grade. I'm also a good soccer player in the school club. So far, we  9  many soccer games. I'm often praised by my parents and teachers.

At last, I want to say when we meet a problem, we should communicate with each other 10 . Communication is a good way to come to the solution.

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Passage 10

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Sugar painting always plays apart in our childhood. And it is a1.Chinese form of folk art. It uses hot, liquid sugar(液体)to create different shapes. For years, many 2 have been very fond of(喜欢) this delicious snack.

3 we all know, sugar painting has a very long history. It's said that sugar painting might have originated(起源) from the Ming Dynasty.During the Qing Dynasty, this art form then became more and more 4 .After that period,more shapes of sugar painting were made in Sichuan. Do you know the steps of 5 a sugar painting?

Firstly, produce it with a thick stream of sugar that is heated in a small pan. Then 6 the sugar in different shapes on the outline. The sugar may be turned into the shape of a goldfish 7 all kinds of shapes that you like.

When molding(塑造)is completed, a thin wooden stick will be directly attached to(固定) the painting. 8 the sugar painting will be given to the waiting customer.

Nowadays, some of the 9 of sugar painting have been forgotten. However, it is 10 the sweet memory for most children and also the symbol of Sichuan culture.

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Passage 11

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Many people see ice cream as Western food.However, this 1. food actually came from China. In the Zhou Dynasty, Chinese people began to store winter ice to 2.in summer. In the Song Dynasty, people started to make binglao- it just means "ice cream"3.English. It was a lot like modern ice cream. It is said that Emperor Huizong 4.a stomachache after eating too much ice. In the Yuan Dynasty, Marco Polo tasted binglao and carried the idea all the way back to Europe. People there added heavy cream and created new tastes.

Sometimes, totally different cultures have similar 5.Here are some examples.

Iranians love a 6.a of flat bread, sangak.People in Shanxi, love stone pancakes(石头煎饼). These two look almost the same. People oftencompare roujiamo to the hamburger 7.isa symbol of American food. Many people call8.the "Chinese hamburger". Pizza isfrom Italy and jianbing is from China. They areboth round and 9.delicious food. Tacocomes from Mexico and the spring roll(春卷) comesfrom China. These two also look 10.thesame.

Food is a bridge between cultures. It can helpus know more about different food cultures indifferent countries.

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Passage 12

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Not long ago, the topic "How difficult it is to protect Dunhuang murals(敦煌壁画)” was discussed on the Internet.

It is widely known that murals have high historical value. 1.the protection of murals faces some problems recently. For example,most of the caves(洞) in the Mogao Grotto(莫高窟) don't have great 2 inside. Every time 3 enter or leave the caves, they may affect the murals. Another example is that many caves are in deserts, where wind and sand are harmful to 4 .Therefore, timely protection is very 5 .

The restoration(修复) of the murals is a race against time. The murals are very thin and the things used to bring them back are not easy 6 .It makes the restoration and