2023年中考英语分项汇编之短文首字母填空（含答案解析）

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短文首字母填空

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And now six years have already gone by. I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content to see me a___1___. I was sad, but I told them: “I am tired.”

Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say—not entirely. But I know that he did go b___2___ to his planet, because I did not find his body at daybreak. It was not such a heavy body… and at night I love to listen to the stars. It is l___3___ five hundred million little bells.

But there is one extraordinary thing when I drew the muzzle f___4___ the little prince, I forgot to add the leather strap to it. He will never have been able to fasten it on his sheep.

So now I keep w___5___: what is happening on his planet?

Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower…

At one time I say t___6___ myself: “Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very c___7___” Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the s___8___.

But at another time I say to myself: “At some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is e___9___! On some one evening he forgot the glass globe, or the sheep got out, without m____10____ any noise, in the night…” And then the little bells are changed to tears…

Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has–yes or no? -eaten a rose…

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。

During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong asked the prime minister Feng Deyi to recommend talented people. Several months p___11___, but Feng didn’t recommend anyone.

“I tried my best, but there are not unusual and perfect people at all,” Feng said.

“People are like objects. W___12___ we need to do is to make good use of their strengths. You should be unhappy with yourself for not noticing talented people. How could you say that there are no talented people in our time?” said the emperor.

Indeed, each object or tool has its o___13___ use. A knife is made to cut things w___14___ chopsticks are made to pick up food. We can’t use a knife as a chopstick. Like an object, each person has a specific strength. Nobody is perfect. We can’t e ___15___ a person to be good at everything.

With this idea in mind, Emperor Taizong d___16___ many talented people of different backgrounds. He o___17___ them important positions, which helped them make the most of their talents. His talented people helped the society develop and c___18___ a “golden age”.

A good example is Ma Zhou, who grew up in a poor family. Ma gave a lot of useful a___19___, so Emperor Taizong offered him a position and promoted him many times. Ma helped the emperor d_____20_____ with difficult matters and became a well-known person in history.

根据首字母提示填空。

As you’ve grown up, has your favorite color changed?

Colors can stand for different feelings and moods. That’s why more than 20 years ago, the Pantone Color Institute（研究所）decided to choose a color every December to s____21____ for the feelings of the coming year. What color did it decide on for the year 2022?

It is Very Peri（长春花蓝）, a kind of color that mixes the peacefulness of blue with energetic red. This is the first time the company has c____22____ a new color for Color of the Year instead of choosing an o____23____ one. So, why Very Peri?

Each year, Pantone studies the happenings of the world to p____24____ the most suitable color, and for 2022, it’s all about the influence of the digital world. The blue with red represents the light of digital screens（现实的）and digital lives are coming t____25____ in new ways.

“It is really important for us to come up with a new color s____26____ we have a very new view of the world now,” said Leatrice Eiseman, “Of all the blue hues（色调）, it is the happiest and the w____27____.”

Mixing in red, she said, gives the color a feeling of warmth and newness. That feeling of newness may be just what we all need. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed h____28____we live and work. Now people need to think outside the box.

“We’ve gone through so many challenges, and we w____29____ what’s going to happen from one day to the next,” said Laurie Pressman. “Keeping curious help people get t______30______ these difficulties. That’s what we would like to call ‘creative courage’.”

根据首字母提示填空。

The famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem he has is how to r___31___ an artist once he grows up.”

This is both encouraging and discouraging. The fact that we were all born to be artists is certainly e___32___, and yet the reality has proven that remaining one is a task that many of us have failed.

Fortunately, some people have seen the problem and want to s___33___ it.

Western educators have suggested that we introduce the concept of “STEAM” i___34___of “STEM”—traditional “core majors” including science, technology, engineering, and math—since the “A”, which stands for “arts”, is just as important.

And on April 11, China’s Ministry of Education issued a guideline. Colleges and universities are r___35___ to provide more art-related courses and students need to earn a certain number of art credits in order to graduate.

These efforts came after many scientific studies had found that art education helps students d___36___ self-confidence and teamwork skills, as well as habits of mind such as problem solving and critical thinking, a___37___ to The Washington Post.

It’s true that none of these skills targets specific jobs. But as former US ballet dancer Damian Woetzel told The Atlantic, the p___38___ of art is “to give kids the tools to become adults who are creative, adaptable, and expressive—capable of having their eyes and ears and senses alive”.

And we can now see how we lost track of our born “artist self” on our w___39___ to growing up: We failed to keep our capabilities to see, hear and feel, and became blind, deaf and insensitive adults. Hopefully, art education can help t____40____ things around.

根据首字母提示填空。

One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the guqin, one of the four arts — along with go, calligraphy and painting. It first a____41____ over 3, 000 years ago and represents China’s solo musical instrument tradition.

    At first, the guqin had only five strings (弦), representing the five elements(元素) of metal, wood, water, f____42____ and earth. Later, in Zhou Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son. King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to e____43____ his army to fight with the Shang.

     Ambience (环境氛围) was important in playing the guqin. Usually, it was practiced in a q____44____ place and never for public performance. Ancient artists e____45____ performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the guqin mixed with the echoes (回音) from the mountains, u____46____ the musician felt he was at one with nature. Playing it in the snow was also an enjoyable activity for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also, a night with moonlight was c____47____ ideal for playing the guqin. Wang Wei (701-761), a highly talented man of the Tang Dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights w____48____ moonlight most.

     Guqin pieces are usually three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling lerse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces i____49____ Plum Blossoms in Three Movements and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.

    Nowadays, there are f______50______ than one thousand well-trained guqin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only one hundred works by today.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Poetry (诗歌) is probably the forgotten child of literature in the West. Few people read it for f____51____. In Western high schools, poetry is hardly taught because it is c____52____ to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today’s students.

In China, however, poetry is s____53____ an important part of the curriculum (课程). Recently, the Ministry of Education (教育部) has increased the n____54____ of ancient Chinese poems, from 14 to 72, for students to memorize. Here are some r____55____ to learn poems.

First of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese c____56____. It is a path to understanding our history and society. It is also the key to understanding the t____57____ and feelings that common people have.

Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become b____58____. Of course, to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read a____59____. After all, a poem is a song w____60____ music.

Chinese students are lucky to have poems to learn!

根据首字母提示填空。

Every morning, the young Fisherman went out on the sea. He threw his net into the water. When the wind blew from the land, he h____61____ caught many fish. But when the wind blew from the sea, he caught lots of fish and sold t____62____ at the market.

One evening the Fisherman’s net was very h____63____. He thought, “Are all the fish in the sea in my net? Or is there a monster in my net?” He pulled and pulled his net. Finally, he s____64____ in pulling his net out of the sea. There were no fish or monsters in his net. B____65____ there was a little Mermaid and she was sleeping. The Mermaid’s hair was golden. Her body was white. Her tail was silver and pearl. Her ears were like sea-shells. Her b____66____ made the Fisherman very happy. He took the Mermaid in his arms, she woke up when he touched her.

“Please free me,” the Mermaid cried. “I am the only daughter of the King. My father is old and alone.” “I____67____ you make me a promise,” said the Fisherman. “I can free you. But please come when I call you. You can sing to me and to the fish. Then my net can always be f____68____ with fish.”

“I promise,” cried the Mermaid. The fisherman opened his arms and freed the frightened Mermaid. She swam down u____69____ the water.

Every evening the Fisherman went out on the sea. Every time he called the Mermaid, she would appear and s_____70_____ to him. The Mermaid sang a beautiful song. She sang and sang. All the fish came from the bottom of the sea. His nets and boat were full of fish. Then the Mermaid stopped singing. She smiled at the Fisherman and she swam back under the sea.

— Taken from The Fisherman and His Soul

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Salerio and Solanio hurried off to prepare for the party. They were going to make masks for the parade and arranged to m__71__ at Graziano’s house in about an hour.

Lorenzo was very e__72__ by Jessica’s letter and told Graziano about their plans. He was going to Shylock’s house that night, and Jessica would be r__73__ to leave. She would be disguised as a boy and would go with him. She would take some money and jewels with her. She would even come to the party disguised as Lorenzo’s torch-bearer.

Lancelot went back to his old master, Shylock, to give him the i__74__ to Bassanio’s party. Shylock read the invitation and told his d__75__ Jessica that he had been invited to Bassanio’s party and that he had d__76__ to go. He wanted to let her look after the house. He did not know about Jessica’s p__77__ to run away with Lorenzo that very night, but he had a bad dream and this had m__78__ him worried. Lancelot told him that some of Bassanio’s friends were planning to wear masks and have a parade with torch-bearers, and this made Shylock more worried. He told Jessica to make sure the doors and windows were s__79__ and locked. He told her she should not even look out of the windows to watch the parade.

At last, Lorenzo a__80__. He called out for Jessica, and came to a window. She was dressed as a boy and she gave him a box of jewels and money. Lorenzo asked her to come outside and be his torch-bearer. Then she came outside to Lorenzo and they all went to Bassanio’s party.

—Taken from Merchant of Venice.

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参考答案

1．(a)live    2．(b)ack    3．(l)ike    4．(f)or    5．(w)ondering    6．(t)o    7．(c)arefully    8．(s)tars    9．(e)nough    10．(m)aking

【导语】本文主要介绍了作者在不见之后的一些设想。

1．句意：在我回来时遇到我的同伴们很高兴看到我活着。根据“…were well content to see me…”可知很开心看到我……，结合首字母，应用alive表示“活着的”，在句中做表语。故填(a)live。

2．句意：但我知道他确实回到了他的星球，因为我在黎明时没有找到他的尸体。短语go back表示“回到”。故填(b)ack。

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