中考英语考前专项提升必刷练习（短文填空含答案）-2020-2021学年牛津译林版

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中考英语考前专项提升必刷练习之短文填空\

The development of the English language took a giant step in 1607. Three small British ships c 1

the Atlantic Ocean. They began to call areas of their new land by words borrowed from the native people.

For example, many of the great r 2 in the United States are taken from American Indian words. The

Mississippi, the Tennessee, the Missouri are examples. This borrowing or adding of foreign words to

English was a w 3 of expanding （扩大）the language. The names of three days of the week are good

examples of this. The people from Northern Europe honored three gods with a special day each week. The

gods were Odin, Thor and Freya. Odin’s-day became Wednesday in English, Thor’s-day became T 4 and

Freya’s-day became Friday.

Experts cannot explain many English words. For h 5 of years, a dog was called a “hound.” The word is

still u 6 but not as commonly as the word “dog.” English speakers just started using it. Other words whose

origins are unknown i 7 “fun,” “bad,” and “big.”

English speakers also continue to invent n 8 words by linking old words together. A good example is

the words “motor” and “hotel.” Many years ago

s 9 linked them together into the word “motel.” A motel is a small hotel near a road where people

travelling in cars can stay for the night.

Other words come from the f 10 letters of names of groups or devices. For example, the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization is usually called NATO.

1. crossed 2 rivers 3. way 4. Thursday 5hundreds 6 used

7. include 8. new 9. someone/somebody 10. first

There once was a master who went to India. He had never been there before. When he got there, he saw

a lot of f 1 . In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive b 2 they can’t grow much

as a result of the water situation. He saw a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the c 3 in the

shop, not expensive at all.

He went up and asked，“how much per kilo?”“Two rupees.”Two rupees in India is almost

n 4 ; it’s like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of it and started eating it. But

A5 he ate some of it: Oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning,

his head was burning and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying，“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

But he s 6 continued to eat! Some people looking at him shook their heads and said，“You’re crazy.

Those are chilies (辣椒)! You can’t eat them like that. They’re not fruit!” However, the master said, “No, I

can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”

You may think that master was s 7 , right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things

l 8 that. We devote money, time or effort to a relationship. Even though the suffering experience tells us it

won’t w 9 , and we know there’s no hope things will change in the future—we still continue just because

we’ve devoted money, time, effort and love to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and suffered so much

but couldn’t stop.

So even if you’ve lost something, let it g 10 and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.

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