2019年中考英语短文填空专项练习

2019年中考英语短文填空专项练习

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

（一）

Animated movies are ones that use drawings instead of real people. Artists must draw thousands of pictures, and each picture must be a l_____1_____ different. For example, if the movie maker wants to show a girl running, the artist must draw her feet in different places in each picture. When the pictures are shown very q 2 , one after another, it looks like the girl is running. Walt Disney was not the first or only one person to use animation in movies, but he is the most famous. His first Mickey Mouse cartoon in 1928, was called Plane Crazy. This was a short, silent movie about the adventures of a little mouse. Today, 70 years later, Mickey Mouse is still a favorite character, and there are hundreds of cartoons and storybooks about him in many l 3 .

Many people in the movie business thought that animation was only useful for short cartoons. They did not think people would want to see long movies made from moving drawings. Disney did not agree with them. He believed he could tell any kind of story using animation. His first l 4 movie was Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. Disney spent all his money making this movie. Fortunately, it was a great success. He next made Dumbo, about a baby elephant, and this was f 5 by many more movies. Many of these are still popular today.

When we think of Disney, how ever, we don’t think only of movies, we also think of Disneyland. There are Disney lands in Japan, the USA, France and China (Hong Kong). There will be another one in Shanghai soon. They are large parks where people can meet characters from Disney’s movies and visit scenes from his movies. A 6 Walt Disney made many of his most famous movies many years ago, they are as popular now as they were when he made them. Today, we can buy them on video, and from time to time we can see them in theatres. When Walt Disney began making his animated cartoons all those years ago, people drew all the pictures by h 7 . Nowadays, much of this work is done by computers.

（二）

People everywhere celebrate the New Year. Although there are differences in the way they celebrate, for most it is a time to say goodbye to the p____1____ and to think about new beginnings. In many countries, people get together with family and friends on December 31 to eat, drink, dance and welcome January l at midnight.

In many Western countries people make New Year's decisions. They make promises to

t____2____ to make changes in their lives over the coming year, such as to lose weight, to stop smoking, to get a new job, or to learn a new skill. In many Asian countries, people

a____3____ celebrate the New Year in late January or early February. People spend time with family and eat special foods. In most countries, the holiday lasts for several days.

In late February or early March, some countries celebrate a festival called Carnival（狂欢节）.

Many think that Carnival first s____4____ in Italy or Greece many years ago. People dressed in bright clothes, wore colorful masks, ate, drank, and danced all night on the Tuesday, more

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than 40 days b____5____ Easter（复活节）. This tradition spread to France, Spain, Portugal, and later to Brazil and the United States.

Now, two of the b____6____ Carnivals take place in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and New Orleans in the United States. People still wear bright clothes, and at Carnival in Rio there is a very long parade (游行) that lasts for four days. In New Orleans, Carnival is called Mardi Gras, which translates to “fat Tuesday” and lasts for three days. Both celebrations i____7____ music and traditions from all over the world. Millions of visitors travel from around the world to join the party.

（三）

Many students feel that living in a private home in Britain will be a help to them in learning English, and will also be a good experience in itself. Younger students may feel h___ in a home than in a hotel, for they can have someone caring for them like their parents. Many British people like to be the “host” to tourists around the world., especially to f_____ students. This is not just because being a host will bring in some extra money, but because they really enjoy letting someone from a different country live in their house and s____ part of their daily life.

A “host” family does not always consist of two children . People like this are often too busy to take care of a student b___. However, a widow(寡妇），or a couple

wh ose children are away at school or grow up., often make excel lent ”host”, for they have enough time to spare. Students should try to fit in with the everyday life of the family. There may be some d____ and misunderstanding --on either side, but it is easy to clean them up quickly with good will and good humor. The secret of your success is to be interested.

And a host tries to create more chances for the student to practice English. He always e___the student to speak English as much as possible in the home. He always does something to let the student feel at home and treat him /her as a member of the family, not a paying g___. He provides not only a balanced diet, a clean and comfortable room, but also a home environment for the students.

（四）

Choosing electronic gifts for teens,which will help them carry out a

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task they enjoy,such as reading or listening to music,can be difficult.The

following are three common electronic gifts you can s__1__.

（五）

Fifteen years ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest checking out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she e___1___ her visit. She told the front-de …… 此处隐藏：6011字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……