2021年中考英語短文填空與閱讀練習二十五（外研版）

美文閱讀49

(一)

Mywife,Megan,andIwentouttodinnerwithanoldfriendwhowehadnotseeninawhile.

TherehadbeensometalkofCOVID-19(新冠肺炎)inthenews,butitwasearlyintheoutbreak

andpeoplewerestillgoingabouttheirdailyroutines.Aeveryoneinourgroupfelt_1_

(perfect)fine,wetookprecautions(預防措施)：Wewashedourhandswithhandsanitizer,_2

(notshare)food,andhadnoclosecontact(接觸).

Afewdays3(late),ourfriendcalledandtoldusthatshehadtestedpositive(陽性)forthe

coronavirus.Shehadfeltsomesymptoms(癥狀)foraday.Shemightgetthevirusorevenbefore

thedinnerBsheisadoctor.Althoughwetookprecautionsthatnight,theviruswasalso

passedtomeand4(other)friendwhohadjoinedus.

MeganandIquarantinedourselvesatoncewhenweheardthatourfriendhadtestedpositive.

Wealsocalledeveryonewehadbeenincontactwith_5(let)themknowthatIhadtested

positive.Itwastheresponsiblethingtodo.Ilishard6(tell)peoplewemighthavegiven

themavirus,butnottellinganyone7(something)wouldhavebeencowardlyd需弱)and

irresponsible.Itwasn'tanoption(選擇)forus,anditshouldn'tbeanoptionforanyoneinour

situation.

Whilewehavenotbeenoutofourhouseinoversixdays-and8(be)hereforanothereight

ornineatleast,wehavefeltsuchloveand9(happy)fromthosearoundus.Ourkidswatch

moviesonlinewiththeirfriends,andmyofficehasdailyvideocallstokeepeveryoneconnected.

We'vemadeaneffort10(spend)timetogetherasafamily,too.AlthoughMeganandthekids

andIcan'tbeinthesameroom,thefourofusstillplayonlinegamestogether.

一、1/0小題用括號內所給詞的正確形式填空。

二、A、B兩處填入合適的單詞：

三、猜猜劃黑線單詞“sanitizer、quarantine”的意思:

四、"it”指代的是:

五、翻譯劃線句子。

六、Howmanychildrendoesthewriterhave?

（二）

Mymompassedawayaboutfiveweeksago.Wehadaserviceforherafterhearingabouther

1(die).Wewantedtomakesurethateveryonewhoknewhercouldcomeandsenheronelast

time.Everyonecouldgettogethertorememberhow2(wonder)shewas.

Iwantedtomakeaprogramforthefuneralthathadthedetails(細節(jié))ofherlife,alongwith

somephotos.Iwantedittofoldinhalflikeagreetingcard,sothatmeantoneofthesideshadto

3(turn)upside-down.Theprogramwasreallydifficult4(make).Iwasextremelysadatthe

timeAIwasn'tpayingattentionto5(make)it,Iguess.

Isentthefile(文件)overtomylocalprinter.Thefilewasprintedintwo-sidedcolor,_6

￡cost)meabout$200.Iwenttopickuptheorderand7(realize)Imessedup.Iturnedthe

wrongpageupside-down.Sowhenyoufolditinhalf,mymom'sfacewasupside-downonthe

cover.

Itearedupinmycar.I'dhavetospendanother$200fixingthemistake.Iwalkedbackintothe

printerandshowed8(he)whathappened.The9(manage)oftheprintingstorewasvery

nice.Hesaid,"Oh...well,sendmethecorrectfileandI'lltakecareofit.”

Hereprintedthewholethingformeforfree!Hedidn'thavetodothat,asIwastheonewho

madethemistake.Ifhe'dwantedto,hecouldhavejustchargedmeagaintodothereprint.

Bithasbeenatoughtimeforseveralweekswiththepassingofmymom,itmademe

10(cry)andhappywhenthatguywenttheextramileformeandmymom.

一、I/O小題用括號內所給詞的正確形式填空。

二、A、B兩處填入合適的單詞：

三、猜猜劃黑線單詞“extremely、messedup”的意思：

四、翻譯劃線句子。

美文閱讀49答案

(一)

一.1.perfectly2.didn'tshare3.later4.another5.tolet6.totell7.

anything8.willbe9.happiness10.tospend

二、A.Though/AlthoughB.because

三、sanitizer洗手液/消毒劑；quarantine隔離

四、"it”指代的是Tellpeopletheymighthavegiventhemavirus.

五、翻譯：告訴人們我們可能會傳染他們病毒是很難的，但是不告訴人們這些事情將會是懦

弱和不負責任的表現(xiàn)。

六.Twochildren

（二）

1.death2.wonderful3.beturned4.tomake5.making

6.costing7.realized8.him9.managerlO.cry

A.soB.Though/Although

extremely非常，極其messup弄亂，搞錯

翻譯：我們想要確保每一個認識她的人都能來并看她最后一次。

美文閱讀50(一)

Wuhan,amajorcityincentralChinathatishometoover11millionpeople,hassuffered

1.(heavy)duringthenovelcoronavirus(新冠病毒)outbreak.Asthecenterofthe

outbreak,WuhanhasbeenlockeddownsinceJan23.Itisameasurethatwastaken_2_(prevent)

thevirusA.spreadingfurthertootherplaces.

People3.(live)inthecityarepayingtheprice.Trafficshutdownshaveslowed

downthedeliveryofgoods.Peopleneedtowalk4.(far)tobuydailysuppliesand

lineuplongerformasks.Thementalstress(精神壓力)由eyfaceeverydayis

5.(imaginable).

InWuhan,thedeathrateforcoronaviruspatients6.(be)around3.5percenton

Feb19,higherthantherestofChina.AccordingtoChina'sNationalHealthCommission,the

higherdeathrateinWuhanhasbeencausedbyalackof7.(medicine)resources.

TheChinesegovernmentistrying8.(it)besttohelpWuhan.Inthedays

afterthelockdown,morethan30,000medicalworkersfromacrossthecountryweresentto

Hubei.Twonewhospitalswerebuiltinlessthan15days,providingabout2,500bedsfor

9.(patient).

Despiteallthehardships,thereislittleunrest(動蕩)inthecity.PeopleinWuhanare

tryingtobeunderstandingandsupportive.AsBloombergnoted,“Theideasacrificing(犧牲)

one*sselfforagreaternationalgoalisdeeprootedinChinese10.(cultural).Withthis

ideainmind,itishopedB.China'speoplewillbeabletorideoutthecrisis(危機).

(1)1-10小題用括號內所給詞的正確形式填空。

⑵猜猜黑體”5%〃以0即5”“加〃"〃即〃然”的漢語意思：

(3)A、B兩處填入合適的單詞：

(4)WhydidWuhanchoosetolockdown?

Inthepast,amanintheStateofQiwentintowildflightsoffancy(幻想)alldaylong.He

wasafraidthattheskymightAdown,thelandmightcaveinandhewouldhavenoplace

1.(live).Hewassoworriedthathecould2.(either)eatnorsleep.

Onemanwhowasworriedabouthimcametoencouragehimby3.(say):"Thesky

isonlyanairmass.All4(men)activitiesareinsidethismass.Whydoyouworrythatthesky

5.(fall)?"ThemanofQiasked:"Iftheskywere6.(real)anairmass,then

wouldn'tthesun,themoonandthestarsfalldown?"Thatmansaid:"Thesun,themoonandthe

starsareonlythingsthatcanshineinthismass.Eveniftheyfalldown,theywouldnotbe

7.(harm)topeople.,,ThemanofQiaskedagain:"ThenwhatcanIdowhenthe

landsinks?"Themansaid:"Thelandisonlypiled-up(堆積的)earth.There8.(be)earth

everywhere.Everydayyouwalkontheland.WhydoyouworryaboutB.it

wouldsink'?"WhenthemanofQiheardthis,hisworries9.(disappear)atonceandhe

becameveryglad.Themanwhoencouragedhimandcuredhismelancholiawasvery