2025年中考英语真题分类汇编：专题18 短文填空（全国通用）（第01期）（原卷版）

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（2025·河北·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号内单词的正确形式。
There is a special jug (罐) n ur kitchen table. I put sme small pieces f paper and a pen next 1 the jug. Anyne in my family is free t write dwn smething gd that has happened 2 (recent). With pieces f paper in it, the jug 3 (call)”Gd Things Jug”.
Many gd things happen in a year. At 4 end f the year, we get tgether t empty the jug. We take 5 (turn) t read the “Gd Things” alud. Sme f the things are 6 (interest), sme are serius, and sme just give hpe.
Over the past twelve 7 (mnth), there have been many difficult things in ur family. Nticing the “Gd Things” has helped us g thrugh the hard time. Here 8 (be) a few things frm the “Gd Things Jug”:
“Jim 9 I went camping with ur parents. There we 10 (teach) my pet cat hw t clap (拍) with his feet.”
“With my parents’ care, I was well again after a serius illness. I’m s 11 (thank) t my parents fr their lve. It’s the best thing n earth!”
“Dad gt a better jb tday!”
Our “Gd Things Jug” is full 12 lve, hpe and happiness. The little messages remind 13 (we) that we can always expect gd things t cme, even during difficult times. Therefre, I encurage yu 14 (create) yur “Gd Things Jug” tday. I am sure it 15 (make) a big difference in yur future life.
（2025·湖南长沙·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I have always lved reading bks that were written hundreds r even thusands f years ag. These are the literature classics (文学经典), and they 16 (be) f lasting value. Fr example, The Iliad, written almst three thusand years ag, tells us abut the gd and bad qualities (品质) f human nature; that is t say, we can be heric and silly at 17 same time.
China has 18 (it) wn lng histry f classical literature that dates back t the “Fur Bks and Five Classics”. These bks 19 (write) befre the Qin Dynasty. N ne was cnsidered educated unless they had read these classics. Even tday, students are encuraged 20 (read) The Analects f Cnfucius (《论语》).
There are als 21 (new) classics than thse abve, such as Jurney t the West and A Dream f Red Mansins. Still, many peple dn’t want t read them 22 they are lng and have cmplex plts (复杂的情节). But they are great 23 (stry) which als shw the gdness and weakness f human nature.
Are yu interested 24 learning mre abut the classics? Just reading sme f them will give yu a better understanding f the basis (基础) f culture then. They will als help yu better understand yurself and thers. 25 (slw) but surely, yu will fall in lve with them.
（2025·内蒙古·中考真题）
阅读短文内容，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
(Read Elin’s email frm Nrway t a friend in China she has never met.)T: Li Ming
Subject: Yur friend
Hi Li Ming,
Thanks fr yur email. It’s great t hear frm yu!
Yu asked abut 26 (I). Well, I 27 (graduate) frm cllege last year and I’m wrking in an ffice nw. In my free time, I 28 (usual) get tgether with friends, g hiking, and chat with family and friends nline.
Osl is the capital f Nrway and is 29 (large) than any ther city in the cuntry. Osl is such 30 amazing place that many peple cme fr a visit every year. It’s full f great museums and restaurants. It’s a gd 31 (chse) if yu have a travel plan. I dn’t knw if everyne 32 (like) winter sprts in Nrway, but a lt f us enjy skiing and snwbarding (see the pht f me). I saw yur graduatin pht. That is s 33 (interest)! Learning that yu are studying traditinal Chinese medicine, I want t knw mre abut it.
Thanks t fr yur invitatin t yur city. I wnder 34 peple d fr fun there.
Let’s keep in tuch. Lking frward t 35 (meet) yu sn.
Elin
（2025·新疆·中考真题）
阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。每空不超过两词。
During the Warring States Perid (战国时期), many states made changes t becme strnger. One f the mst 36 (success) changes was created by Shang Yang in Qin
Shang Yang wrked ut a set f 37 (plan). At first, these plans were nt easily 38 (accept) because peple didn’t believe in him.
T slve this prblem, Shang Yang came 39 with an idea. He rdered his men t put a thin wden ple (杆) at the suth gate. Then he said anyne wh tk the ple t the nrth gate wuld 40 (receive) 10 gld pieces. The task was s easy 41 nbdy believed it was true. They all thught Shang Yang was jking. After seeing that, Shang Yang said he wuld ffer 50 gld pieces t anyne wh did it.
And 42 (final), a man wanted t have a try. He put the ple n his shulder and walked t the nrth gate. 43 his surprise, Shang Yang paid him 50 gld pieces.
The news spread acrss the capital. Sn, peple were saying Shang Yang was a man f 44 (he) wrd. Then peple 45 (fllw) him withut questin. With his effrts, Qin 46 (becme) the strngest f all the states.
（2025·贵州·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式。
D yu knw abut Chinese painting? It is an imprtant part f traditinal Chinese culture. It 47 (have) a lng histry and fine traditins in the field f art in the wrld.
48 (draw) a Chinese painting, yu need a writing brush, ink (墨), rice paper, and ink stne. Especially, rice paper (xuan paper) is the best tl fr Chinese painting because it allws the writing brush, wet with Chinese ink and held in a well-trained hand t mve 49 (free) n it.
Three main subjects f Chinese pinting are human figures (人物), landscapes, and birds and 50 (flwer). Fr example, the painting f ladies, the painting f muntains, and the painting f insects and fish. Figure painting became highly 51 (develp) during the Tang dynasty. And landscape painting 52 (reach) its height during the Sng dynasty.
Tw main techniques (技巧) can be fund in Chinese painting. One 53 (be) gngbi ften referred t as “fine-line” painting. This style f painting pays clse attentin t detail. Very ften it 54 (use) t draw peple r animals. The ther is freehand style, referred t as “xieyf”. It pays mre attentin t expressing an 55 (artist) feelings. Artists ften use this technique in landscape paintings.
Chinese paintings d nt try t draw the ut-lking f a subject, but 56 (it) nature r character. Every area f the painting is interesting t the eye.
（2025·湖南·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lng, lng ag, there was a city called Jijiacheng, s named because it was said t have been built at daybreak. 57 city was n the rich Liyang Plain (平原). Many waterways 58 (prvide) water fr crp fields and the peple living inside and utside f the city.
The rulers f Jijiacheng asked the peple 59 (cut) dwn trees in the muntains. The wd was shipped by 60 (wrker) t the city fr tall buildings. Standing in them, the city’s rulers will be able t see 61 (they) peple and crps between the waterways. In autumn, plenty f rice was brught t the city.
This is nt sme bedtime stry. It 62 (real) tk place arund 4,500 years ag.
Thusands f years later, the nce busy 63 rich Jijiacheng, which is nw in a twn f Hunan, came t the ntice f the mdern wrld. With the help f archaelgists (考半车) and histrians, artists painted recreatins f life in Jijiacheng in a 64 (traditin) scrll (卷釉).
The scrll was part f a huge prject. A grup f artists spent tw years 65 it. It includes eight paintings, which are 140 meters lng in ttal. It 66 (shw) early human activities n the Liyang Plain and the prehistric culture in Hunan.
（2025·黑龙江绥化·中考真题）
根据短文内容用所给词的适当形式填空
Yu may nt realize it, but yu are ding mre than just 67 (study) when yu are at schl. Schl is als the place where yu learn t get alng well with peple. Hwever, this is nt always easy. What can yu d if yu just dn’t like ne f yur classmates?
If yu discver that yu have 68 (prblem) getting alng with yur classmates r friends, ne f the 69 (imprtant) things t learn is tlerance (宽容). Tlerance is the 70 (able) t realize and respect the differences in thers. We can’t change the ways that ther peple d, s it is imprtant t learn t live happily with them.
If everyne 71 (learn) tlerance, they will get n better with each ther. Knwing thers cnstantly (不断地) als lets us understand 72 (ther) differences.
Smething different des nt 73 (exact) mean that it is bad. Tlerance teaches us hw 74 (keep) an even temper (温和的脾气) and an pen mind.
As an ld 75 (say) ges, “Treat thers hw yu want t be treated.” The wrld is very different, and practising tlerance in 76 (yu) wn schl and city can help make things better.
（2025·贵州·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式。
Maps have been an imprtant tl fr humans fr thusands f years. They were first created t meet peple’s basic needs. In the past, peple 77 (need) maps t find directins. As sciety develped, peple als used maps fr traveling, explratin and trade.
In ancient times, maps were 78 (draw) by hand. They were usually very simple. Peple used symbls and pictures t shw imprtant places and rutes.
As time passed, maps became mre detailed (详细的). Sme map makers started t use new methds 79 (create) maps. They included mre infrmatin abut the wrld in maps, such as the lcatins f 80 (city) and rivers. This made maps mre 81 (use) fr planning trips and lking fr new places.
During the Age f Explratin, map-making skills imprved 82 (great). Many explrers went t new places and brught back 83 (they) findings. This helped map makers create mre accurate (精确的) maps f the wrld.
Tday, we have electrnic maps n cmputers and smartphnes. They can suggest the 84 (gd) rutes, prvide real-time traffic cnditins and recmmend nearby attractins, which makes it pssible t save time. Therefre, ur 85 (day) lives becme mre cnvenient.
Maps have changed ver time, but their purpse 86 (remain) the same: t help peple understand and find their ways arund the wrld.
（2025·福建·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
The Great Wall, which is a symbl f ur histry, snakes acrss a muntain area f Tianzhu, Gansu prvince. Thirty-nine prtectrs wrk 87 (careful) in the area t prtect the great wnder.
With 88 histry f ver 2,000 years, the wall in Gansu wasn’t in gd cnditin. Nature did great harm t the wall. Sme 89 (part) f the wall were washed away by heavy rains and blwn away by strng winds. Peple in sme places als harmed it.
But things started t change. In 2006, Great Wall Prtectin Regulatins (条例) 90 (cme) int effect. After that, mre and mre peple started t take part 91 caring fr the wall. In recent years, the gvernment f Tianzhu has spent mre and mre mney 92 (prtect) the wall. Mdern technlgy like self-driven sensing technlgy 93 drnes (无人机) have als been used t watch the wall.
With all these effrts, the prtectrs are still busy with the wrk. Every week they guard the wall, and any changes are well recrded and 94 (reprt) t the gvernment. They als help peple realize it’s imprtant t prtect cultural heritage (遗产). Luckily, with 95 (they) hard wrk, much greater changes have taken place.
“As lng as we are here, we will prtect this wall. It is ur jb and ur 96 (prud),” said ne f the prtectrs.
（2025·四川眉山·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Embridery (刺绣) was ften regarded as “wmen’s wrk” in the past. And it was nt cmmn fr a by 97 (learn) it. Therefre, Fu Jian’s parents didn’t want 98 (he) t wrk in this industry at first. But Fu didn’t care. He believed he culd d it well.
Fu was brn int an embridery family in Yangzhu. His mther is 99 master craftswman (女工匠) f Suzhu embridery. Fu fell in lve with this beautiful art when he was fur years ld. In his last year f high schl, Fu set his life gal 100 (clear). “Althugh many peple knw abut this traditinal art, I want t help them learn 101 (much) abut it,” he said.
After graduating frm cllege, Fu and his mther built a research center f Suzhu embridery. Since then, he 102 (invent) many new stitches (针法). He has als trained many 103 (wrker).
Fu spends a lt f time 104 his wrks. Even s, he enjys it. “I ften wrk late int midnight, 105 I never feel tired. I think that’s because I’m ding what I lve,” said the 37-year-ld.
Mst recently, the artist “created” a piece f brnze ware (青铜器皿) n clth. What gave him the idea t create this wrk? “Many brnzes can nly 106 (see) in museums. A wrk f embridery, hwever, can be hung in ne’s hme r ffice. Peple can see it at any time,” said Fu.
（2025·四川德阳·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Night schls are nthing new tday. Li Mei is 107 engineer in the day. But in the evening, she becmes a student at a night schl in Chengdu. She is trying new 108 (hbby) with her 5-year-ld sn, such as cking and singing. She used t spend evenings 109 (watch) her sn play in the park. Nw she can try new things with him at a night schl.
A grwing number f Chinese peple g t night schls. They can learn 110 (clr) things, frm art 111 sprts, fr free. Yung peple 112 want t lk fr new skills and friends g t night schls.
In the 1980s, many peple 113 (g) t night schls fr further educatin. Hwever, night schls were gne because mre peple gt higher educatin. Sme new night schls came t Shanghai last autumn. Then mre night schls 114 (quick) appeared in ther cities. Fr example, Miss Wang frm Deyang thinks that night schls are gd places fr her 115 (make) friends. “I used t spend much f my time alne. I have felt mre cnnected with mdern sciety since I became a student f the night schl,” she said.
Yung peple wish t make themselves better s that 116 (they) daily lives can be meaningful. That has made night schls develp rapidly.
（2025·江苏苏州·中考真题）
请认真阅读下面短文，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On Pingjiang Rad in Suzhu, 65-year-ld Ms Wu runs a traditinal tea huse fr 30years. She never expected 117 (neself) t becme a tea master wh helped build a cultural bridge.
It started in 2015 when a German turist named Klaus walked int her shp. With the help f a phne app, Ms Wu 118 (patient) shwed him the way t prperly brew (沏) Biluchun, Suzhu’s famus green tea. Klaus returned every day that week and 119 (bring) mre friends each time.
Seeing hw 120 (interest) they were in Chinese tea, Ms Wu started a weekly activity called “Tea Culture Saturdays”. She shwed freigners 121 t brew tea with traditinal methds—frm chsing the water temperature t 122 (fllw) tea-making rules. Her daughter Lily, a cllege student, helped translate.
Sn, her tea huse was always crwded with 123 (visit), including students and business peple frm many places. “I used t think freigners wuldn’t understand ur tea culture, 124 they lve it deeply. Sme f them even treat their friends with Chinese tea at hme,” Ms Wu said.
One f her favurite 125 (mment) was when Sarah, a Canadian, gave her a ntebk filled with tea ntes written in bth English and Chinese. “This is why I keep teaching,” Ms Wu said, shwing 126 treasured ntebk.
Nw, her tea huse appears in travel guides as “Suzhu’s cultural living rm”. Fr turists, every cup f tea served is a windw n the tea culture f this ancient city.
（2025·山东烟台·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Jiang Zhapeng, an 18-year-ld medical student frm Shandng City Service Technician Cllege in Yantai, faced a life-r-death test n Saturday — nt in an exam hall, 127 in the backseat f a taxi.
May 10th, 2025 is the first day f this year’s spring cllege entrance exam. At abut 8:10 a.m., Jiang 128 (head) t the testing place with his classmate in a taxi when suddenly Jiang’s classmate fell dwn, shwing signs f a heart attack.
“I thught he was just tired at first,” Jiang said. “But then I realized he was in a 129 (danger) cnditin, because he seemed t stp breathing.”
Depending n first aid 130 (skill) learned in schl, Jiang tk actin at nce. He 131 (lay) his classmate flat in the backseat f the taxi and began perfrming CPR (心肺复苏). At the same time, Jiang asked the driver Wang Ta t drive 132 (quick) t the hspital.
Only after making sure his classmate was under prfessinal care did Jiang rush t take the exam, but it was t late 133 (take) the 9 a.m. Chinese language test. Althugh this was 134 imprtant chance t cntinue higher educatin, he said he had n regrets abut his 135 (decide). “Exams can be retaken, but a life cannt,” he said.
Jiang’s stry drew widespread praise frm all ver the cuntry. Fur days later, a make-up exam 136 (rganize) fr Jiang. Jiang and Wang have received fficial praise and have als been recmmended as candidates (候选人) fr the “China Gd Persn List” fr the secnd quarter f 2025.
（2025·四川遂宁·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
The Yellw River runs frm the muntains 137 the sea. It gave birth t ne f 138 ldest and mst famus cultures in the wrld—the Yellw River culture. In the hearts f 139 (China) peple, the Yellw River is the mther river. It is expected t play a mre imprtant rle in ur cuntry’s 140 (develp).
The river gt its name Huanghe in Chinese 141 its water is yellw, as it tk lts f yellw sand t the water when it ran thrugh the Less Plateau (黄土高原).
The river starts frm Qinghai Prvince in the nrthwestern China. It runs thrugh a lt f places befre 142 (run) int the Bhai sea. The 5,464-kilmetre-lng river 143 (feed) abut 12% f China’s ppulatin and prvides water fr abut 15% f fields and mre than 60 144 (city).
S far, ur cuntry 145 (make) great effrts in the envirnmental prtectin f river. Each year ver 400 millin tns f sand is prevented frm being washed int it. Our mther river has becme much 146 (clear) than befre.
（2025·四川南充·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡相应的横线上。
The astrnauts f Shenzhu-20—Chen Dng, Chen Zhngrui and Wang Jie — wrked fr abut eight hurs and 147 (cmplete) the first space walk n May 22nd. What is the life like in space?
After a lng day at wrk, astrnauts will have dinners. In space, sme fds can 148 (eat) in their natural frms, such as chclate cakes and fruits. Other fds require an ven t heat.
After dinner, astrnauts have a rest, brush teeth 149 g t bed, just like n the earth. When ging t sleep, they have t tie 150 (they), s they dn’t flat (漂浮) arund r hit their bdies 151 smething. They usually use sleeping bags that are put in a small cabin. Generally, astrnauts have 152 eight-hur sleep each day after they finish their task.
Exercise is als an imprtant part f every astrnaut’s daily life. 153 (keep) healthy, n average, they exercise tw hurs every day. Lifting 200 154 (pund) may be a lt f wrk n the earth. But lifting that same bject in space wuld be much 155 (easy). That means sprts equipment needs t be 156 (special) designed. Therefre, astrnauts can receive the exercise needed.
（2025·四川达州·中考真题）
阅读下面短文在文章空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last summer, a grup f middle schl students went n a schl trip t a small village. They were excited 157 (see) a different part f the cuntry. The village was far 158 the city, and there were full f beautiful views alng the way. When they arrived, they fund the village was very 159 (peace).
The students were 160 (divide) int small grups t stay with lcal families. At first, sme students felt a bit nervus, 161 they started t enjy the life there sn. One day, they met an ld man wh was having truble in 162 (carry) a heavy lad. Withut thinking twice, the students rushed t help him. They carried the lad t 163 (he) hme and even helped him clean the huse. The ld man was very grateful and tld them many interesting stries abut the village.
During the trip, the students learned hw t plant crps and lk after animals 164 (careful). They als helped the lcal farmers with their wrk. It was 165 meaningful and challenging experience fr them. They realized that even a small act f 166 (kind) culd bring great jy t thers.
（2025·四川泸州·中考真题）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Wan Haib, a 43-year-ld deliveryman (快递员) in Tianjin, was hnred as a Natinal Mdel Wrker (全国劳动模范) in 2025. After receiving 167 hnr, Wan said, “I feel very excited and prud.”
Brn in the cuntryside in Handan, Hebei, Wan went t Tianjin in 2018 and 168 (becme) a deliveryman. “There’s n easy way t success. Every package (包裹) means respnsibility and trust, s it’s necessary t send it in time,” he said. “I thught abut stpping, 169 finally gt thrugh all the difficulties.”
Wan is respnsible 170 a large cmmunity. He sends abut 500 packages a day, but it can increase t even 1,000 daily during nline shpping festivals. He 171 (usual) starts wrk arund 6 am and finishes wrk arund 8 pm—that can last t midnight during busy 172 (seasn).
In the past seven years, he 173 (send) ver 720,000 packages withut any mistake. When facing terrible weather and pssible delays (延迟), he will call custmers right away t explain.
Wan is a warm-hearted persn 174 shws special care fr lder r disabled peple. He always helps them buy medicine and take away 175 (they) rubbish during deliveries. Since April 2022, he has vlunteered t check and reprt safety risks in his cmmunity.
“I’m satisfied that we deliverymen get mre scial respect nw,” Wan said. “I’ll keep wrking hard and encurage mre peple arund me 176 (help) thers.”
考点2 首字母提示完成短文
（2025·天津·中考真题）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。
Tday the earth is getting warmer and warmer. But hundreds f years a 177 , peple had a different prblem—a 400-year cld perid! Frm the 1400s t the 1800s, winters in the nrthern half f the earth were c 178 and lnger than they are nw. Scientists c 179 this time the “Little Ice Age” (小冰期).
The clder weather b 180 many serius prblems. Plants died f cld and illness spread amng peple. Peple had t spend a lt mre time cllecting wd fr fires t keep their huse warm. And smetimes, a h 181 piece f ice wuld slide dwn (滑落) a muntain and destry (摧毁) sme villages.
Scientists think the Little Ice Age was caused by frces (力量) that peple culd nt cntrl. One cause (起因), in their pinin, was the sun. The sun ften has “strms” f energy called sunspts (太阳黑子). During the Little Ice Age, there were fewer sunspts than there are t 182 . With fewer sunspts, the sun was giving ut less e 183 which made the earth warm. Vlcanic eruptin (火山爆发) was prbably a 184 natural cause. During the Little Ice Age, many vlcanes erupted. Their dust (灰尘) might stp the sun’s l 185 and heat frm reaching the earth.
Tday we are seeing the influences f rising temperature. Scientists think peple are causing this change by b 186 a lt f cal and il. S we need t change ur way f living.
（2025·江苏扬州·中考真题）
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)
Chinese writer Wang Zengqi nce wrte, “When I arrive man a new place... I prefer t visit the lcal farmers market t see live chickens and ducks, fresh vegetables and bright fruits. It’s lively and brings me a sense f the jy f l 187 .”
Nwadays, mre peple feel the same as Wang. They lve t explre farmers markets wherever they visit. These traditinal markets, which used t be just lcal s 188 places, are attracting visitrs during hlidays, especially the yung. They think visiting a city w 189 explring farmers markets is a waste f a trip. There they can enjy muthwatering fd, lcal culture and real nature f a city.
Lu Yan, a tur lver, travels arund markets natinwide. He agrees these farmers markets are c 190 t lcal peple’s daily life than thse scenic spts (风景点) and supermarkets which seem all the same everywhere. In Xi’an, he enjyed tasty Rujiam, w 191 in Inner Mnglia, he tasted the famus air-dried beef. The generus sellers e 192 shared with him sme trade secrets.
Freign travellers, t, cnsider these markets as interesting w 193 int Chinese daily life. Lu Yan nticed a grup f American turists walking arund a farmers market in Beijing. They talked with the sellers thugh they had difficulties with l 194 and culd nt stp trying lcal snacks. The visit left a lasting impressin n thse freign visitrs. They are tuched by the energy f lcals and the flavur f Chinese daily life.
The ppularity f farmers markets amng visitrs shws an imprtant c 195 —frm a fcus n scenes that cver every place t deeper experiences f lcal life. As part f this trend, many ld farmers markets are upgraded r set t repen. One f them is the Chngwenmen farmers market, which was b 196 in 1976. After 15 years f clsure, it repened t the public earlier this year.
（2025·江苏连云港·中考真题）
根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。
When peple d nt get enugh fd, they cannt grw strng r healthy. We shuld include plenty f v 197 and ther plant-based fds in ur diets. They prvide necessary nutrients (营养) fr ur h 198 .
Scientists are wrking hard t make sure that everyne can have e 199 fd t eat. They are thinking f all kinds f new ways t g 200 plants. Fr example, they create plants that can survive in difficult cnditins, and use technlgy t grw fresh fd in p 201 like deserts (沙漠).
It’s quite challenging fr plants t live in deserts because they are very ht, have very l 202 water, and have pr-quality sil. Smetimes there is even salt in the sil, which makes it h 203 fr mst plants t survive.
Hwever, ver time, plants have w 204 ut clever ways t deal with the challenges f living in the desert. Desert plants have small, narrw leaves r wax layers (蜡层) n their leaves t p 205 themselves frm the sun. They als have deep rts (根) that g far int the grund fr w 206 . Sme plants can take in salt and stre it in their cells.
考点3 语境提示填空
（2025·河南·中考真题）阅读下面一首诗歌，根据语篇要求填空，使诗歌通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
The life f a fish
The life f a fish must be gd, I feel.
As lng 207 yu avid the fishing reel (代指鱼钩).
I wuld swim all day, in the cean (海洋) blue.
I wuld lie in 208 sun, with nthing t d.
I wuldn’t have hmewrk t d fr my schl.
I wuldn’t need t wrry 209 all f thse rules.
There wuld be n ice cream, n chclate, n cake.
N playing in the park, n sitting by the lake.
I think I wuld miss my cmfrtable bed.
I wuldn’t like 210 sleep in a cave (洞穴) instead.
A life in the cean 211 nt the life fr me.
The life f a fish? I’d rather be me!
（2025·山西·中考真题）
请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，将适当的单词填入空白处。每空一词。
Have Yur Say
A smile shws that a persn has a feeling f great pleasure. Fr example, a persn may smile when he is pleased with a grade n a test 212 when he hears a funny jke. But smiles are mre than just a way fr peple t shw happiness.
It is easier t smile than t shw unhappiness. In fact, it nly takes 17 muscles (肌肉) t shw yu feel 213 . On the ther hand, it takes 43 muscles t shw yu feel unhappy. S give the muscles in yur face a rest and smile!
Yu may try t lk nice by wearing nice clthes. Hwever, as a famus saying ges: A smile is the best thing a persn can wear. That is because peple like t make friends with a persn 214 is smiling and happy.
When yu are mad r sad, try smiling. Yu’ll find that it will be hard t stay mad r sad fr very lng! In this way, smiling is very gd 215 yur bdy.
Smiling can quickly spread frm ne persn t anther. When yu smile, peple arund may smile with yu. If smene is dwn, the best thing t d is t 216 at him. It is the easiest way t cheer him up.
Smiling can mve yu, change yu and give yu a life full f jy.
考点4 综合填空
（2025·黑龙江·中考真题）
阅读短文，根据首字母或所给词的适当形式填空，使文章语义通顺。
Yan Hngsen is a student frm Zhejiang Prvince. He has been a space lver s 217 he was fur. And after he entered primary schl, he even gave his classmates a lessn a 218 rckets at an pening ceremny. Because f that, all f his friends called him “rcket by”.
In 2022, Yan 219 (pint) ut a rcket was wrngly named in an educatinal vide shwn t visitrs at a planetarium (天文馆) in Lhasa. The planetarium crrected the mistake at nce and thanked him.
In the same year, Yan made his decisin 220 (build) his wn rcket. It tk him ten mnths t d research. He finally created his f 221 rcket.
That rcket nly traveled 200 meters in the air and then began t fall, and didn’t pen 222 (it) parachute (降落伞) at the highest pint. That day, Yan was 223 (excite) but unsatisfied. He researched the r 224 why he failed. He made changes in his chice f materials. Later, he launched (发射) his secnd rcket 225 (successful).
Accrding t Yan’s father, Yan is busy with his schlwrk like ther kids. His father believes that parents shuld leave mre space fr children t achieve their d 226 . Meanwhile, parents shuld give them enugh supprt.