专题31 选词填空-2018年中考英语真题分类讲练(解析版)

选词填空是指把一篇文章的关键词语挖空，词序打乱，让学生根据短文内容选择正确的词语填空。此类题型主要是要求学生在正确理解和把握文章的基础上，通过分析行文线索来填写空缺单词，补全短文。

短文填词答题技巧口诀

空前空后要注意，名词单复要牢记。要有’s不能弃。

动词注意要变形，＂皇帝＂、＂大臣＂要分清。

形、副注意要用三级，副词用法要谨记。

要用数词请留意，千万别忘＂基＂和＂序＂。

填入代词需慎重，五格变化记心中。

A（2018 • 甘肃白银中考）

用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯，每个单词或短语限用一次。

first, only, use, it, dream of, another, speak, with, sea, easy

English World Language

Once people ___56___ a language that everybody in the world could understand. Now, for the ___57___ time in human history, perhaps there is one—English. It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250—300 million people ___58___ it as a second language. Some say that half the world will be speaking it in the year 2050. Difficult to Master?

English is not the ___59___ language to learn—most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a large vocabulary—at least 200, 000 words are in common use.

User-friendly

But some things make ___60___ easy. For example, nouns don’t have gender(性别) and the usages of verbs are simpler than other languages. There is ___61___ one form to speak to someone directly—＂you". Adjectives don’t

agree ___62___ nouns, and many nouns are often also verbs.

English Is Everywhere

Some other languages may have more speakers, like Chinese. But English ___63___ in many different areas. It is the language of transport: most airline pilots and air-traffic controllers use it. At ___64___ English is the international language of communication.

The Future of English

What is the future of English as a global language? Will ____65___ language ever replace it?

Many think not—it is already too popular.

【答案】

【文章大意】本文主要向我们介绍了英语这门语言。英语在50多个国家是官方语言，到2050年有一半人讲英语。英语不是所有语言中最容易学的，英语有很多词汇。但有些事情让它变得容易，例如，名词没有性别，动词的用法比其他语言简单。英语在许多不同领域被使用。英语作为全球语言，未来会是什么样的呢？另一种语言会取代它吗？很多人不这么认为——因为它太受欢迎了已经。

56. dreamed of【解析】考查动词短语。根据句意：曾经，人们梦想着一种世界上每个人都能理解的语言，

可知此处应选择dream of，由Once可知时态用一般过去时，故答案填dreamed of。

57. first【解析】考查序数词。根据句意：现在，人类历史上第一次，或许由一种语言——英语，可知此处

应选择first，意思是＂第一、首先＂，故答案填first。

59. easiest【解析】考查形容词比较等级。根据下文most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a large

vocabulary它的大多数普通动词都是不规则的，而且词汇量很大，可知此处是说英语不是最容易学的语言，所以应选择easy，由前面的定冠词the，可知应用其最高级形式easiest，故答案填easiest。60. it【解析】考查代词。根据下文For example, nouns don’t have gender ( 性别) and the usages of verbs are

simpler than other languages例如，名词没有性别，动词的用法比其他语言简单，可知此处是说＂但是有些事情使它变得简单＂，所以用it指代＂英语＂，故答案填it。

61. only【解析】考查副词。根据句意：只有一种形式可以直接与某人对话——＂你＂，＂仅仅＂only，故

答案填only。

62. with【解析】考查介词。句意：形容词与名词不一致，许多名词也常常是动词。agree with固定搭配，意