九年级英语上学期全国中考短文分类汇集

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　　2014年全国中考分类汇编短文填空(填词型)
        　　(2014福建福州)
        　　第三节 短文填词(共10个小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
        　　阅读下面短文，根据中文、首字母、音标或语境的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词。
        　　要求所填的单词意义准确、拼写正确。
        　　China is a country with many colorful and festival. The Dragon Head Raising
Day is one of them. This special day is on the second day of the second month in
the Chinese lunar calendar. It ___86s_____for the started of spring and
farming.
        　　The dragon is ___87___[ɪm'pɔ:(r)tnt]in Chinese. We Chinese people call
88_______(我们自己)the “descendants (传人)of the dragon”. So people 89______the Dragon
Head Raising Day with many customs about dragon. On the day in 90a
________times, people put ashes in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon
into the house ”. People believed that with the 91_______of the dragon ,they
could have a good 92_______(收获)in autumn.
        　　Also, people eat special foods on that day. The foods usually named 93a
_______dragon. For example ,people eat “dragon whisker ” noodles and dumplings
called “dragon teeth ”.
        　　Today ,many customs have disappeared. But one that has 94______is the
cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may
bring luck to the 95______of a family –mother’s brothers. So many people have
their hair cut on the Dragon Head Raising Day.
        　　Key：
        　　86. stands 87. important 88. ourselves 89. celebrate 90. ancient
        　　91. help 92. harvest 93. after 94. remained 95. uncles
        　　(2014广东)
        　　五、短文填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)
        　　请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
        　　I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my
grandfather's life story.
        　　My grandfather was 71 in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian,
China. At the age of 14, he first heard of
        　　America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily
become 72 there.
        　　So, my grandfather came to America. "I had thought it was easy to 73 money
in America," he told me. "But when I 74 in Los Angeles, I realized it was not
true. I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English. I wanted to go
to a language school to learn English, 75 I couldn't afford it. Later, I worked
in a small 76 , serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes
and sweeping the floors. I was such 77 helpful and honest worker that my boss
was pleased with me. I was popular with my workmates, 78 . Life became easier
and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English."
        　　My grandfather kept working hard , and finally made 79 dream come true.
Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned 80 my
grandfather.
        　　Key：
        　　71 born 72. rich 73. make 74. arrived 75.but
        　　76. restaurant 77. a 78. too 79. his 80. from
        　　(2014重庆A卷)
        　　VIII. 短文填空。 (每空2分，共16分)
        　　根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
        　　Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking
people … these acts of kindness seem very ___78___. But students at James Middle
School know that such small acts make the world a better place.

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        　　Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Random Acts of
Kindness Week __79__ March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best
to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school,
started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small
acts of kindness is her daily life. “I believe the world is __80__ by small
things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her surprise,
Murray also __81__ great changes in her class.
        　　Before that, she always needed to ask her ___82___ to push the chairs in or
turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those
things by __83___. “The teachers have a lot of work,” said Jordon, one of
Murray’s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza, __84__ student,
gave out more praises (赞扬) to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,”
she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference.
Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, __85__
busy she is. She believes her acts could encourage others.
        　　Key：
        　　78. small 79. from 80. changed 81. found /saw /discovered
        　　82. students 83. themselves 84. another 85. however
        　　(2014重庆B卷)
        　　VIII. 短文填空。 (每空2分，共16分)
        　　根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
        　　If you read a clock, you can know the time of day. But how did the early
people know about the time?
        　　We cannot see or hear time. We know it only when it’s passing. We know it
has passed only when something 78 . In the real world, changes never stop. Some
changes happen only once 79 others happen again and again.
        　　In early human history, people found that the changes of “light and
darkness” seemed to 80 again and again. The sun rises in the east, producing 81
and goes down in the west, causing darkness. This “light and darkness” was the
first “time” for the early humans. We now call it one day.
        　　People also saw the sun rise in the sky, sometimes 82 but sometimes lower.
They counte d the days that passed from the sun’s highest position (位置) until it
returned to that position. That was three hundred and sixty-five days. That’s
just one year.
        　　Early humans also noticed changes of the moon. 83 used the changing faces
of the moon to tell time. The moon was “full” when its face was bright and
round. The early humans counted how many times the sun appeared 84 full moons.
They learned that this number always remained the same ---about twenty-nine.
Twenty-nine suns equaled (等于) one moon. We now know this is one 85 .
        　　In this way, we humans get the time of day, month, year and so on.
        　　Key：
        　　78. changes 79. but /while 80. happen 81. light
        　　82. higher 83. they 84. before 85. month