2020年中考英语首字母填空专项练习

2020年中考英语首字母填空专项练习

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Passage 1（2019 连云港）

Every year in early October, Albuquerque International Balloon Festival is h _____1_____ in Albuquerque, the biggest city in New Mexico. Because of the great number of balloons, it is the world's 1

______2______ ballooning event. For more than 30 years, guests from all over the world come to Albuquerque in October to celebrate ballooning. In 2018, over 900, 000 people a_____3_____ this event. There were over 500 balloons in the event with over 1,000 pilots. When h ______4______ of colorful balloons flew up high, the sky of Albuquerque became a moving cartoon. It was full of colors and special characters. It was a time when d ______5______came true and romance filled the sky. Grown-ups and children were amazed and joyful during the balloon festival.

Passage 2（2019 襄阳）

Most adults find it hard to remember the things happened while they were children. Now scientists have found exactly when these memories d___6___.

A new study has found that most three-year-old children can remember a lot of what happened to them a year e___7__,and these memories are still clear while they are 5 and 6, but by the time they are over 7, these memories become weaker r___8___.

Most children by the age of 8 or 9 can only remember 35% of their e___9__ from under the age of 3 according to the new studies.

The scientists say this is because at around this age the way we form(形成)memories begins to change. They say that before the age of 7 children do not have a s___10___of time and place in their memories. In older children, however, the early things they can remember become more adult-like in the way they are formed. Children also have a far faster speed of f ___11___ than adults. The discoveries also help to explain why children can often have clear memories of what they have done, b___12___ then forget them just several years later.

The children were organized to the laboratory for the first time at the age of 3 and discussed 6 impressed(印象深刻的)things from their past, such as the first relaxing trip with your family, the first

d___13___ accident you met, and the first day of school. The children then returned for a second

s___14___between the ages of 5 and 9 to discuss the same things. The scientists found that between the ages

of 5 and 7,the amount（量）of memories that the children could remember r ___15__ between 63%-72%. However, between the ages of 8 to 9, the amount of memories that the children could remember fell to between 35%--36%.

Passage 3（2019 南充）

In some western countries, some people don't like the number 13 because they think 13 is an unlucky number. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor. One evening, Mr. Smith asked some friends to get t ______16______ . When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit at the table for d______17______. He began to c______18______ the people. Suddenly, he cried out, "Oh, there are thirteen people here!" Everyone's face looked pale e ______19______ Mr. Brown. He said with a smile, "Don't won't, my friends. My wife will have a baby in a few weeks. So we have f ______20______ people here." All of the friends became happy again. "Congratulations!" they said to Mr. Brown. They all had a good time that evening.

Passage 4（2019 咸宁）

Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on S___21___28th. 511B.C. in the Kingdom of Lu. in today’s Shandong Province. W hen he was young, he and his mother had a hard

l____22____. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on

l___23___other subjects. When he was thirty, he b___24___a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were r___25___or poor. He had about, 3,000 s___26___and many of them became famous.

Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker w___27___had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior. And he is also regarded a___28___the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are about kindness and g___29___manners. He said young people should t____30____care of the old. People should not only always think of themselves, but work for o____31____. His ide as are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear the ideas, and they even go far into east a____32____south Asia.

Passage 5（2019 泰州）