初中英语 浙江省杭州中考冲刺练习--语法填空

2020年浙江省杭州市中考冲刺复习练习--语法填空

（一）

America is a mobile society. 1.__________(friend) between Americans can be close and real, but disappear soon if situations change. Neither side 2.___________(feel) hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year 3._________two, perhaps a few letters for a while--then no more. 4.__________the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up 5.__________friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese 6.___________(understand), because friendships between us develop 7.__________(slow) but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us 8.__________(foreign)at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that 9._________they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their 10._________(polite) to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is not usual in our country where we may be generous with our time.

（二）

I'm Helen Blevins. I'm very lucky because I make money by doing 1.________ I love--painting pictures.

I painted my first picture when I was just four. One day, 2.________Mom was cooking I painted a summer scene(场景) on one blue wall of my bedroom, I painted myself and my dog on the grass, with red flowers around. I painted the sun above us, 3.________a big smile on its face.

I 4._______(paint) when Mom walked into my room. Her mouth was open and she 5.______ (stand)there quietly, looking at the wall. “I'm in big trouble,” I thought. So I was really surprised when Mom said, “6.________ a beautiful picture, Helen!” the picture stayed on my bedroom wall and 7._________(be)still there today, 30 years later. I see it every time I go home to visit Mom.

I tell this story 8._________it shows how much Mom supported my love of painting. When I was in school, she cared about my art as much as other subjects. She kept all my paintings and hung many of them on the walls of our house. She often said, “You are so 9._______ (talent). Follow your dream.”

Today I'm a successful 10.________(paint). I'm happy that people love my paintings and hang them in their homes. However, I will never forget Mom's great support!

（三）

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In the old time, the Chinese considered writing

1._________an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for years to learn to write

2._________(perfect), but with style. Each of over 40,000

3._________(character) needed to be written correctly. And each stroke(笔画) in a character had to be written in

4.__________certain order.

Poetry was also an important from of art. Great poets were famous all over the country, but all educated people 5.__________(expect) to write poetry. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry was so important 6.__________writing poetry was part of the examinations 7.__________(become) a civil servant(文官)and work for the government.

Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy. It is one of 8.__________(old) artistic traditions in the world. The most 9.__________(tradition) was of Chinese painting is known as “national” or “native” painting(国画), 10._________ is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains, homes, birds, trees and water on it.

The London Marathon 1.__________(take) place every year since 1981. At the first one, just 6,225 people completed the course, and since then it has grown into one of the most important sporting 2.__________(event)in the world. Each winner receives $ 500,000 in prize money.

However, most marathon runners are not professional (专业的). They run to raise money for charities or just as a 3.__________(person) experience. Many people do fun things to make themselves stand out, 4.__________ wearing silly clothes or doing things instead of just running.

For example, Tom Harrison took three days just 5._________(reach) the halfway point, as he was crawling on his hands and knees dressed 6.__________a gorilla (猩猩), trying to raise money and attention for “The Gorilla Organization”.

One exciting part from this year's race was the story of Jackie and her husband, who got 7._________(marry) on the morning of the marathon. Then they both ran the race, with Jackie doing it 8.__________her wedding dress! They were running to raise money for cancer charities, as Jackie was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer three years ago.

Matthew Rees was another runner to inspire (激励) people, 9._________he stopped just before the finish line to help another runner run the last 200m. They did not know each other before, but Matthew saw that David 10.__________(be) too tired to finish the race and wanted to help him finish.