2020广东中考英语短文填空专项练习.doc

短文填空专练1(A篇)Mozarts music is popular all over the world. Its neither too (1)_ nor too slow. It can (2)_ you up when you are sad, calm you down when you are nervous. The power of his music is far beyond our imagination.Once, (3)_ newly-born baby called Krissy weighed only 5.4 pounds at birth. Doctors all said she had (4)_ chance to live long. But her mother didnt think so. She kept playing Mozart for Krissy and deeply believed it would (5)_ her daughters life. Surprisingly, Krissy survived(活下来). At the age of four, she became very fond (6)_ music and her parents gave her violin lessons. Soon, Krissys musical talent was discovered. She was (7)_ to play many musical pieces in just a month. Of course, all of them were Mozarts. Playing music also helped her improve in all areas of her life. She now has become a famous musician in America.Mozarts music is helpful in other cases. It is said that people can learn a new language more (8)_ when they listen to Mozart. In France, cows listening to Mozart usually produce more (9)_.(10)_ does Mozarts music has such a great power? Listen to it by heart and maybe youll find out the secret.(B篇) Have you thought of moving to another planet? An American company now has a new plan: sending people to Mars (1)i_ twenty years.To begin with, the company plans to (2)s_ a few people to Mars first. It will (3)t_ them months to get there.But Mars is not a (4)g_ place to live on. Its rocky(多岩石的), cold and has lots of sandstorms(沙尘暴). Also, there is (5)n_ air for breath. So people have to live in a special house. There is air in it. They have to (6)w_ special clothes when they go outside.(7)H_ would people live there? They have to make daily things like knives. They will have to (8)f_ useful resources(资源). There is CO2 in the air, water in the ice and some other useful things. All these could help people live thereSounds (9)i_? You might want to go to Mars now. (10)B_ will things go well as the company hopes? We have to wait and see.(C篇) When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. Theyre part of Hollywoods (1)h_. Today people (2)m_ films in other places, too. Not all famous films start in Hollywood. But Hollywood is (3)s_ a very special city in Los Angeles, California.You can easily see (4)w_ Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet (5)t_. You can see the sign (6)f_ far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark in Los Angeles. Many (7)p_ show this famous Hollywood landmark.In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theatre. It is one of the (8)l_ in the world. It has seventeen thousand (9)s_ and a very different stage. The design of the stage was by a great American called Frank Lcoyd Wright. You can listen to all (10)k_ of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.(D篇) John (1)_ animals very much. One day he asked his grandpa (2)_ take him to the zoo. When they got there, they were (3)_ to see that there were not any animals. They (4)_ to leave the zoo. On (5)_ way back home, they passed the Game Restaurant. They (6)_ that many animals were kept in a cage. At that time, they came to know (7)_ there were fewer and (8)_ animals. John thought he should do something to (9)_ the animals (10)_ then on.(E篇)Have you ever been to Beijing, the capital of China? I think it is one of the (1)g_ cities in the world. The Greens have (2)b_ in Beijing (3)f_ the summer vacation. They enjoyed (4)v_ there. They (5)h_ been to many great places. During the first two days, they went to Tiananmen Square. Its very large and there were many people taking (6)p_ there. Next, they went to Beihai Park. They went (7)b_ there and had a boat race with other visitors. They had a good time. The Great Wall is one of the (8)m_ famous places of (9)i_ in the world. They climbed the Great Wall for the whole day. There were so many people on the Great Wall. The Greens (10)w_ very excited and they took lots of pictures there.(F篇) Mr. Smith (1)_ in a village. He had a (2)_ farms and about twenty people worked for him. He often told them (3) _ work hared and be honest(诚实的).One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time (4)_ lunch. He put some nice bread on the table and went out. A few minutes (5)_ he came back again but he (6)_ find the bread.“Who ate the bread on the table?” he shouted.Some of the (7)_answered, “We didnt.”The others said, “We saw (8)_.”“Well,” said Mr. Smith, “ (9)_ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I put some poison(毒药) in the bread. If they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.”As (10)_ as he finished , four workers began to cry. “Oh, dear!”“Whats wrong with you?” asked Mr. Smith.“We ate the (11)_ when you were out. We are going to die.” One of them cried.“Dont worry,” Mr. Smith said (12)_ a smile. “I only play a trick on you. Use your head.”(G篇) It is well-known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest (1)a_ the animals? Some scientists (2)t_ it should be Alex, an African grey parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really (3)t_ with people!When he says “come here”, he really (4)w_ someone to come up to him.“Alex is as clever as a (5)c_ of 2 or 3 years old,” says Dr. Peter. “He does not just repeat the (6)s_ he has been taught. He (7)u_ the words!”Alex can tell about 50 (8)d_ things, name(叫出) colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually(事实上) thinking in the (9)w_ how man does? Nobody can say. But the (10)q_ is very interesting.(H篇) In England, people often talk about the (1)w_ because they can experience(经历) four (2)s_ in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour (3)l_, black clouds come and then it (4)r_ hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to (5)s_, and it will be summer at this time of year.In England, people can also have (6)s_ winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, while they need to take (7)w_ clothes in summer sometimes.When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an (8)u_ or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not (9) l_ at them.(10)I_ you dont take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret(后悔) later in the day.（I篇）“When is the best time to visit Australia?” Many people ask me very often. (1)_ it seems(似乎) easy, it is hard to answer it actually.It probably depends on(取决于) (2)_ you want to go. Someone says the best time to visit Australia (3)_ be in October or November, because the (4)_ is not very hot or cold at that time. (5)_ , Australia is quite large from northwest (6)_ southeast and it lies in several climate zones(气候带). Its about thousands of miles from east to west, so you should (7)_ about it before you decide where to go.It also depends on what kind of activities you are (8) _ in. The weather will be more important if you want to go ice (9)_ or if you (10)_ to go swimming.In my opinion, any time is a good time to visit Australia.