2020年中考英语考前冲刺天天练 一(含答案)

2020年中考英语考前冲刺天天练一（含答案）

1.完形填空：

涂鸦艺术

Walking down the street, you notice the plain(简单的) and boring walls on either side. As you (1)______ walking, the wall begins to look more colorful, and feels more alive. A black line of paint curves(弯曲而行) on the wall, (2)______ turning into a colorful smiling cat—the line was the tail. This is a good example of graffiti(涂鸦) art.

Graffiti art is drawings and writing that have been painted onto walls, usually in (3)______ spaces.Because it's simple to do, graffiti has been around for centuries, with drawings being found on (4)______ buildings.

But modern graffiti was born out of the 1980s hip­hop culture, mainly in New York.

With its growth throughout the years, it has now (5)______ popular culture. Graffiti can be seen in galleries(画廊) around the world, next to other (6)______. Modern graffiti has young roots, so it attracts young artists and fans.

However, there are laws (7)______ graffiti in most countries. You must get the permission(批准) from the owner of the wall (8)______ painting on it. If not, you may face a big fine(罚款). Instead, some cities have graffiti walls or zones,

(9)______ people can express their artistic vision freely.

Berlin, Germany, is (10)______ to a lot of graffiti. It's often called the graffiti capital of the world. Writings and drawings decorate the old city walls like an outdoor art gallery.

(1)A. stop B. go C. continue D. start

(2)A. hardly B. hopefully C. firstly D. suddenly

(3)A. private B. public C. open D. big

(4)A. modern B. fashionable C. broken D. ancient

(5)A. entered B. rooted C. came D. considered

(6)A. walls B. artworks C. artists D. fans

(7)A. with B. from C. on D. as

(8)A. after B. when C. before D. until

(9)A. where B. what C. which D. when

(10)A. prize B. home C. shape D. path

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2.阅读下列材料，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

Who are better at science in your class, girls or boys? These years, girls start to show more interest in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), according to a recent study from the UK.

In the study, every year over the last seven years, over 20,000 students who were in their final year in high school were surveyed. As for university courses, the number of girls considering choosing STEM subjects has a bigger increase than that of boys. Over one­fifth of the girls surveyed said they were considering jobs related to STEM, such as engineers. And the interest in engineering and science has also risen.

This is an important change for women in the UK. But at present, there are not nearly