中考新动向 中考英语短文填空100篇-模拟题1-10

1、短文填空备考模拟Passage 1 Growing up in the US，Lieberman started cooking with his dad when he was seven. His family had two kitchens，and he quickly learned what was (1) best way to make his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during the year before college，learning (2) a cook in Italy and s

2、tudying local food in France. At Yale University，he was (3) for throwing dinner parties and making drinks for many friends. Just for fun，he and some friends decided to tape a(n) (4) about his cooking. Lieberman was a college (5) showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks. That helped

3、 the show become very (6) among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to (7) for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around，(8) then his name went to the Food Network. But Lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new sho

4、w，Lieberman was back in (9) own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline was (10) for someone to make tasteful，cheap and easy-to-make food to serve on its flights. Lieberman got the job.thefromfamous/knownshowstudentpopularaskandhislookinglearn frombe known/famous forask forlook forPassage 2 H

5、ello，everyone！ On the program today，Im going to (1) about jobs. Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky. Either they have very interesting jobs (2) they can make a lot of money. Most people are not so lucky. The most interesting jobs are often the most (3). Peo

6、ple take a long time to learn how to do them. Doctors study (4) at least six years after finishing high school. Plane pilots study longer. Most pilots are at least thirty (5) old. Some young people have interesting and well-paid jobs. Many successful players are (6). Football and tennis stars are us

7、ually under 35. Older people usually cannot play these sports very (7). They cannot move fast enough. (8)，golf is a good sport for older people. Many successful golfers are quite old. Most people work until they are 60 or 65 years old. Then they retire and have a lot of spare (9). Some people will n

8、ever retire though. These people usually have very interesting jobs. Writers，artists，musicians and actors usually work until they (10). Their work is their life.talkordifficultforyearsyoungwellHowevertimedietalk abouteitheroryears oldspare timePassage 3 Many people love taking photos. Some are (1) a

9、t taking pictures of people. Others focus more on sports or nature. Mr.Luo，an old railroad worker，took up photography at the (2) of 60. He often went on bike rides and took pictures. This summer he did something unusual but fantastic with his (3). On that day，Mr.Luo got up (4) 5:00 a.m. He went to a

10、 pond in the countryside where there were always plenty of dragonflies. With great excitement，he set up his camera. First，he (5) a water bug in the water. He waited until the bug climbed up a flower. There，it stopped to rest. Fifteen minutes later，the bugs body began to (6). The skin split behind th

11、e head. (7)the adult dragonfly got out of its old skin. One hour later，the dragonfly started to separate its wings. Then，the dragonfly opened its wings for (8) first time. In another hour，the dragonfly moved with its wings and flew off for food. He (9) a series of pictures of a dragonfly that was ch

12、anging from a nymph to an adult. Using his camera，he recorded the whole process，which took nearly five hours！ People are surprised at the series of pictures. Whenever people praise (10) for his work，Mr.Luo says，“Its not me but nature that matters. I just use my camera to record the moment and show i

13、t to the world.”goodagecameraatfound/saw/noticedchangeThenthetookhimbe good atat the age ofthe first timetake picturesPassage 4 Marco wanted to have a pool party for his birthday. He made a list of friends he wanted to (1). His mom told him that six friends would be good. So he told his six friends，

14、Max，Sam，Kai，Liam，Feline (2) Aiden. They each told Marco that they were sure to come. But Aiden hesitated. He smiled and was clearly happy to come. Yet something was (3). Marco was not sure what it was，but he could tell something was going on with Aiden. That night，Marcos mom got a phone call from Ai

15、dens (4) . The moms talked and then said goodbye. Marcos mom came to talk to Marco，“Aiden (5) to come to your party. He likes you so (6). He thinks you are a good friend.” “So what is wrong then，Mom?” Marco asked. “Aiden is not good at (7) ，” Mom said. “He gets nervous in the water. He doesnt want t

16、he other boys to see him scared in the water.” Now Marco understood (8) Aiden was acting strange when he got the invitation. Marco and his mom talked and decided that they would help Aiden out (9) the party. The kids would only swim in the shallow end of the pool. That way，no one would know that Aid

17、en was nervous in deeper water. Aiden could still come to the party and have a(n) (10) time. Everyone was happy and Marcos party was a success.inviteandwrongmom/motherwants/likesmuchswimmingwhyduring/atgood/greatso muchhave a good/great timePassage 5 Once there was a little girl called Lily，who was

18、very friendly and popular in her class. She was friends with (1) in her class. There was no one in the class who didnt like her. On Friendship Day，their class organized (2) event，in which everyone had to prepare three gifts and give them to their best friends. Lily was very happy and expecting (3) f

19、rom her classmates. (4) ，when all the gifts were shared in class，she was the only one who didnt receive any gift! She felt (5) _and cried a lot. She thought she had made so much effort to be friends with everyone but in the end no one (6) of her as one of their best friends. Everyone came and tried

20、to comfort her but each one of them only stayed (7) a short time before leaving. This was exactly what Lily had done so many times to others. When she (8) home，she told her mother about the day in school.Her mother comforted her and said，“You cannot get real friends with a smile or a(n) (9) good wor

21、ds. If you really want true friends，you (10) have to give them real time and love. For a true friend，you must always be there，in good times and bad. There just isnt enough time to be there for everyone.” With tears in her eyes，Lily got to know what makes true friends.everyone/everybodyangifts/presen

22、tsHoweversad/unhappythoughtforgot/arrivedfewwillthink ofget/arrive homea fewPassage 6 When I was in the seventh grade，I had problems behaving. My heart was in the right place，but I couldnt always (1) the rules. I played many tricks on my schoolmates. Once，I even pulled a girls hair on the school bus

23、 to get her attention. As a (2)，I was often sent to the headmasters office. When I was called to Mr.Ratcliffs office for (3) sixth time，I had no idea what I had done. I went into his office，(4) down，and looked at the floor. Then he said the last thing I expected to hear，“Kevin，Ive (5) that youve bee

24、n behaving really well lately. I want you to know how proud I am of you，and I just called you down to my(6) to give you a peppermint.” “Really?” I was (7) . “Yes. Now you can take that peppermint and go back to class.” Mr.Ratcliff was really (8) . He made me realize that I was just a kid who had pro

25、blems with my behavior. He bought some peppermints (9) took the time to notice me when I got something right. Mr.Ratcliff gave me some hope (10) giving me some love. I will just remember him for the rest of my life.followresultthesatheard/knownofficesurprisedkind/good/greatandbyfollow the rulesas a

26、resultsit downPassage 7 Once upon a time，there lived a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play on it every day. Time (1) by. The little boy got a bit older and he no longer played on the tree. One day，the boy came back to the tree (2) a sad look on his face. “Come and play with me，” the

27、tree said to the boy. “I am no (3) a kid. I dont play on trees anymore，” the boy said. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry，I dont have money. But you can pick my apples and (4) them so you will have money.” The boy was excited.He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. Twenty

28、 years (5)，the then-boy who was now a man returned to the tree again. “Come and play with me，” the tree said. “I dont have (6) to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house.” “Sorry，I dont have a house，but you can (7) off my branches to build your house.” The man cut all the branches off th

29、e tree and left (8). l The tree was glad to see him happy. Forty years later，the man returned. He was much older. He said he was tired. “Sorry my boy，(9) I dont have anything for you anymore，except my dying roots. Come sit down with (10)，” the tree said. The man sat down and felt relaxed.The tree wa

30、s glad to see him once again.wentwithlongerselllatertimecuthappilybutmego byno longercut offPassage 8 With the start of a new year，Ive been looking back on the changes I experienced in 2019. One thing Ive noticed is that several of my (1) moved away last year. As an American living in China，Ive been

31、 to (2) lot of going-away parties. Living here，Ive made friends from all (3) the worldBritish friends，African friends，and of course my Chinese friends who have come to Beijing from other parts of the country. Its been great to meet people from so many different (4) and cultures. But more often than

32、not，these friends end up (5) Beijing at one point or another. Many of my Chinese friends went (6) to get masters degrees at foreign universities. Some of my European friends (7) back to their home countries to start new jobs or settle down. Everyone has (8) own reason to leave. Luckily，its easier th

33、an ever these days to stay in (9). Most of my friends use WeChat. Its not too (10) to get to them online. And in a big city like Beijing，therere always new people to meet and new friends to make.friendsaovercountries/placesleavingabroadwent/movedhis/theirtouchhard/difficulta lot ofall over the world

34、go abroadstay in touchPassage 9 Do you have any close friends? Im sure you (1). Everyone has a good friend or two. I recently learned an interesting lesson about the power of friendship. It was a story about (2) friendsa Canadian girl named Jessica Stuart and a Japanese girl named Fukue. Stuarts par

35、ents moved to Japan to work when she was (3) child. After Stuart met Fukue at school，they (4) good friends. Stuart often protected Fukue from bullies. (5) one year，Stuarts family moved back home. Stuart and Fukue stayed in touch by (6) letters to each other. But after two years，Fukues letters stoppe

36、d coming. Stuart was confused. (7) did the letters stop? She began a long journey to find her old friend again. Many years later，she found Fukue. Both girls were adults by then.It turned out that Fukue dropped out of (8) because she was bullied again after Stuart left. Luckily，they were able to find

37、 each (9) again，even after many years apart. Not every friendship can last forever. People come and go. (10)true friends can find a way to stay together forevereven if theyve been far apart for a long time.dotwoabecameAfterwritingWhyschoolotherButeach otherwrite lettersPassage 10 Its late at night. A car stops in the middle of a forest. After dropping off their three teenagers，the parents say “(1) lu