中考新动向 中考英语短文填空100篇-模拟题41-50

短文填空备考模拟Passage41Christmasisquitenear.Forthelastfewweeks，familiesaroundtheworldhavebeenbusy(1)

upChristmasdecorations.Whataresomeofthe(2)

popularones?

Gingerbreadhousesarepretty(3)

.Kidsespeciallylikebuildingthesehouses.Thehousesareaboutthesizeofadollhouse.Kidscan(4)

themafterbuildingthem.Christmastreesare(5)

importantpartoftheholidayaswell.Theirbranchesarecoveredwithdecorations(6)

asstringsofpopcornandshininglights.Thetrees’smallerbranchescanbeusedtomakeawreath.Thegreenwreathsremindusthatspringwillreturn.There(7)

manymorekindsofChristmasdecorations.ButthereisonethatIlovedalotasakid.Itwasasetofelectrictoymice(8)

heldsmallhammers.Nexttoeach(9)

，therewasabell.Whenthemicewereturned(10)

，theywouldhitthebellswiththeirhammersandplayChristmassongs.That’soneofmyfavoriteChristmasmemories.puttingmostcommon/populareatansucharewhich/thatmouseonputupturnonPassage42Dragondances，fireworks，aparade…LondonisfullofexcitementfortheChineseNewYear.Findoutmoreabout(1)

peopleinLondoncelebrate.ForLondon’sChinesecommunity，ChineseNewYearis(2)

hugeevent.BeforeChineseNewYear，peoplemakesuretheirhousesarecleanandtidy，(3)

newclothesandgetahaircuttobringgoodluckforthenewyear.IncentralLondon，therearefireworksandperformanceswith(4)

kindsofactsandspecialguests.Celebrations(5)

fashionshowsandChinesetraditionalperformances.Chinatownisbusy.Thestreetsaredecoratedwith(6)

lanternsasredisaluckycolorinChina.Ifyou’rethinkingof(7)

inoneofChinatown’sexcellentChineserestaurants，however，bookatableearly，oryouwon’tfind(8)

thatnight.ForyoungChinesepeoplestudyingorworkingintheUK，makingvideocallsisagood(9)

tojoinbigfamilycelebrationsbackhome.Thosemissinghomemightalsocookdumplings(10)

friendsinBritain.Thecelebrationsarenotasnoisyasthosebackhome，butthereisstillplentyofexcitement，happinessandgoodfeelingsaspeoplecometogethertoenjoythecelebrations.howabuyallincluderedeatingonewayfor/withallkindsofPassage43HowdoyouusuallycelebrateNewYear’sEve?(1)

gettingtogetherwithyourfamily，orsingingkaraokewithyourfriends?Perhapsyou’dliketotakealookathowpeopleinother(2)

celebratethisbigday.IntheUS，thousandsofpeoplegatherinTimesSquareinNewYorkCityto(3)

thenewyearatmidnight.Startingat11:59p.m.，peoplecountdowntheseconds(4)

theNewYear’sEveBallslowlydropsdown.Whenithitsthebottomat12p.m.andlightsasignthatreads“HappyNewYear”，fireworksareset(5)

.InScotland，theUK，fireworksgooffinfrontofEdinburghCastle.Aftermidnight，people(6)

AuldLangSyne.ThewordsareinScottishandmean“daysgoneby”.ThefamousScottishpoetRobertBurnswrotethesongin1788.InBrazil，mostpeople(7)

whiteclothesonNewYear’sEvetobringgoodluckforthenewyear.Iftheylivenearabeach，peoplegothereaftermidnight，lightcandlesinthesand，throwflowersintothesea，andmake(8)

wish.Spanishpeople(9)

celebratetheNewYearinadifferentway.Whentheclockstrikesmidnight，(10)__________________eats12grapes.Theyeatthemtobringgoodluckforthenext12monthsofthenewyear.Bycountrieswelcomeaas/whenoffsingwearalsoeveryone/everybodysetoffmakeawishPassage44LisahasbeentoAntarctica.Hereisapagefromherdiary.WednesdayDecember3AfterwakingupinAntarcticafor(1)

firsttimetoday，Icanunderstandwhyeverybodywhocomeshere(2)

inlovewiththeplace.Itisreallybeautiful.We’restayingatRotheraSurveybasewithmountainsoficeallaround.It’saboutminus2℃today，whichformeisvery(3)

，butpeoplehereareoftenseenwalkingaroundinT-shirts！

ThursdayDecember4I(4)

uptoanotherbeautifulsunnydayhereinAntarctica.I’mtoldit’sabitcoldertoday，aboutminus5℃.Butit’snotverywindy(5)

itfeelswarmer.Thoseofus(6)

arenewtothebasehavetodoaspecialtrainingcoursebeforewe’reallowedtogoofftootherstationsortogosnowboardingoverthenearbyhill.(7)

December6Notacloudintheskyandit’swarm(8)

tositoutside(inajacket).Themostamazingthingaboutthisplaceishowthescenerychangeseveryday.(9)

first，IthoughtIwasgoingmad.I’dstepoutsideinthemorningandthink，“I’m(10)

thatbigmountainoficewasn’tthereyesterday.”It’sbecausetheseaiceisalwaysmoving—slowlythankfully.thefallscoldwokesowho/thatSaturdayenoughAtsurefallinlovewithwakeupatfirstbesurePassage45Afewweeksago，IwentonacampingtripatPittLake.I(1)

threedaysandtwonightsthere.Itwasanewexperiencefor(2)

，soIwasbothnervousandexcitedatfirst.Luckily，theweatherwas(3)

，sowegotofftoagoodstart.Wehadonebigboatandasmallerone.I(4)_______tobeinthesmallerboatwithmyfriendMitra，butwesoonfoundthatthiswasnotawisechoice.In(5)

tokeepupwiththebiggerboat，bothofushadtopaddlehard.Wehadagoodlaughbeforewefinallyarrived(6)

thecampsite.Westartedacampfiresoonafterwearrived.Atnight，wegatheredaroundthefire，roastingmarshmallowsand(7)

toscarystories.Someoftheothercampersputtheirwetshoesandsocksbesidethefiretodry.However，becauseofthewind，one(8)

ofsocksalmostcaughtonfire.Everyonepanicked—onepersongot(9)

scaredthathefelloutofhisfoldingchair.Everyonethoughtitwasprettyfunny！

Thetimewentby(10)

.Soon，itwastimetogoback.Wedidn’twanttoleaveandagreedthatwewouldhangouttogetheragainsometimesoon.spentmegreat/good/nice/beautiful/finechoseorderatlisteningpairsoquickly/fastinordertolistentoPassage46Whenyouenjoyamealwithyourfriends，howdoyoupaythebill?Doesonepersonpay(1)

everything?Ordoyouprefertosplitthebillevenlyinstead?Withmobilepayments，manyyoungpeoplepreferthelatter.(2)

，thiscancauseproblemssometimes.Let’ssaythebillforyourlunchis63yuan.Youand(3)

friendsdecidetopayitevenlythreeways—thismeanseachpersonshouldpay21yuan.Oneofyourfriends(4)

he’llpaythefullbillfirst.Youandyourotherfriendcangivehimwhatyouowe.It’seasytopaythebillthisway.You(5)

yourfriendaWeChatredpacketwiththeexactamount.Yourotherfriendjustgiveshim20yuanbecausehedoesn’thave(6)

moneyinhisaccount.Yourfriendwhopaysthebillmightsaythereisnoneedtogivehimtherest，andsotheother(7)

.Guesswhat?Thefriendwhopaidforlunchprobablythinks(8)

highlyofyouthanofyourotherfriend.Whyisthis?

It’sbecauseyouagreedtosplitthebillevenly.Everyoneshouldpay(9)

sameamount.Yourfriend(10)

didn’tpayenoughdidn’tsticktotheagreement.Thismightmakehiscreditdrop，ifonlyjustalittlebit.Actually，itisnotmoney，butcreditandfacethatmatterinChina.forHowevertwosayssendenoughdoesn’tmorethewho/thatthesamePassage47In2021，Japan’scapitalcityTokyowillholdtheSummerOlympics.Ifyouplantotravelthere，youmaywanttoknowhowmuch(1)

youneed.Let’stakealook！

ThecurrencyofJapanistheJapaneseyen.1Chineseyuanisabout15.4Japaneseyen.Ittakesthreeorfourhoursto(2)

fromBeijingtoTokyo.Around-tripticketcostsabout2,600yuan.TrafficinTokyoisnot(3)

.Ifyoutakeataxi，thebasicfareis477.5yen.Thenitwillcost415yenevery1km.TheTokyoMetroisverycleanandtravelersneverwaitlong.Aticketcosts170to310yendependingonhow(4)

youtraveled.Itischeaperifyoutakea(n)(5)

.Thefareis210yen，andyouneedtopaywhenyougetonthebus.OneofTokyo’stouristsites(6)

theTokyoTower.Itisthesecond-tallestbuildinginJapan.Youcangoup(7)

seethewholecityofTokyo.Itcosts700yenforastudentand1,200yenfor(8)

adult.InTokyo，youcanenjoyallkindsofJapanese(9)

.Youcantrysushiorramennoodles.Ameal(10)

twopeopleusuallycostsabout5,000yen.Besides，Tokyo’shotelsareexpensive，too.Usuallyitcosts6,000yenforasinglepersonforonenight.moneyflycheapfarbusisand/toanfoodforhowfarPassage48Howmuchpocketmoneydoyouget?Howdoyou(1)

it?Astudyshowsthatsocialactivitiesnowtakeupmoreofteenagers’spending.Itwasaboutteenagers’spendinghabits.Itwasbasedonstudiesinnine(2)

inChina，suchasBeijing，ShanghaiandGuangzhou.Theresultsshowthatstudentsarespendingmoreandmoreontheirrelationshipswithfriendsandclassmates，suchas(3)

mealstogetherandbuyingbirthdaygifts.Onlyone-thirdofhighschoolstudentsthinkaboutthepricewhenchoosinggifts.Mostsaytheyonlycareabout(4)

theirfriendslike.XiaHao,17，astudentataschoolinJiangsu，spentmore(5)

1,000yuanonhisbirthdaymealthisFebruary.“Theyhadgivenmegifts.(6)

Ihadn’tdoneanythinginreturn，I’dhavelostface，”Xiasaid.Xia’sexperienceisquite(7)

amongtheyoungstudents.Amealcancostastudent’spocketmoneyforamonth.Manyjustaskformorefromtheirparentswhenthey(8)

uptheirmoney.ZhangWei，anexpertonteenagers’finances，suggestedthatteenagersshouldlearntomakeaplanwhichhelpsmakedecisionsaboutmoney.Tomake(9)

useofyourmoney，youcanalsosetalimit.Learntobalanceyourwantsandneeds.Whenchoosing(10)

forfriends，letthemknowthatyoucare.Sometimesahandmadegiftismuchbetterthananexpensiveone.spendcitieshaving/eatingwhatthanIfusual/commonusegoodgifts/presentshave/eatmealsmorethanuseupmakegoodusePassage49KyraKomac，28yearsold，nowhas25furniturestoresalloverthecountry.Thenewstore(1)

London’sCamdenHighStreettakesherbacktowhereitallstarted.Shetellsusabouthowthebusinessbegan.“WhenIwaslittle，mymotherbegan(2)

flowersinCamdenMarket.Shecouldn’tleavemeathomeonmyown，soIhadtogotothemarketwithher.Then，oneyear，mygrandmagavemeabookforChristmas.Itwasallaboutmaking(3)

andIlovedit.Iwas14，andIdidn’thavetogotothemarketanymore(4)

Momcouldleavemeathomeonmyown.I(5)

myfreetimemakingcandlesofallshapesandsizes.Oneday，mymotherwasillsoIhadtogotothe(6)

onmyown.IdecidedtotakesomecandleswithmeandseeifIcouldsellthem.Theysoldoutintwentyminutes！Thenextweek，mymomgavemesome(7)

tobuysomewaxtomakemorecandles.Theysoldoutreally(8)

，too.Attheageof22，myunclelentmesomemoneyandI(9)

myfirstshopinPortobelloRoad.In(10)

firststore，weonlys