专题03 短文首字母填空10篇-2023年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（上海专用）

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2023中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递
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专题03 短文首字母填空10篇
（2023·上海宝山·统考一模）In Japan, travelling by train is very popular. When railways first spread, many railway stations were managed by stationmasters(火车站站长). These stationmasters needed to make sure that everything went well at their own stations. Many stations stopped employing(雇用) stationmasters a long time ago. However, in recent years, a new type of stationmaster has a____1____ in Japan: the animal stationmaster.
This all started when a station in Japan decided to employ a cat named Tama as its stationmaster in order to improve business. The area around Kishi Station didn’t get any v____2____. The trains were often empty. In 2004, the station was almost shut down because there were few customers. The man who worked at Kishi Station as an unofficial stationmaster was also the owner of a grocery store(杂货店) next to the station. He took care of a street cat named Tama. In 2007, he decided to i____3____ Tama to the manager of the railway line as the stationmaster. Before that, Tama had already been a popular cat among local people. The manager noticed Tama’s popularity and made her the new stationmaster of Kishi Station. Tama’s bosses did not have to give her any money as salaries. I____4____, they gave her free food. She needed to greet customers and wear a stationmaster’s hat and a uniform. After all, a stationmaster must look s____5____ for the customers at all times.
Soon, Tama attracted a lot of attention. More and more people would go all the way to the station to see Tama and take pictures with her. In a very short time, Tama not only brought business to the station, but also brought a few billion yen(日元) to the local e____6____. Tama seemed to enjoy being the centre of attention, and continued to work at the station until she died in 2015 at the age of 16. It’s a great age for a cat (about 80 in human years). Her funeral(葬礼) was attended by many of her fans, who s____7____ said goodbye to the super stationmaster for one last time.

（2023·上海金山·统考一模）
Yuhang (余杭) in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for more than 230 years.
In 2015, Liu Weixue gave up a well-paid job as a designer to learn from his grandfather the a___8___ of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas. “I began to love it at a very young age, I wanted to bring it to life.” Liu said.“When it rains, someone uses the umbrella---that’s what I want to see.”
There are more than 70 steps to make a Yuhang oil paper umbrella. Making bamboo ribs(伞骨) and pasting (糊) papers are two i___9___ skills among them. It takes no less than a week to make an umbrella. After learning the skills, Liu opened a studio (工作坊) and worked with local umbrella-making masters (能手).
Liu i____10____ the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people. As the paper broke e____11____, he used a thicker paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed 1,000 times without breaking. He uses a l____12____ kind of bamboo to make the ribs, so the umbrellas weigh less. As young people like hand-painted pictures, he invites painters to draw patterns on the umbrella covers.
When online shopping became popular, Liu opened an online shop to sell umbrellas. It now has more than 80,000 followers. S____13____, he doesn’t hurry. To ensure quality, his studio makes only 1,000 umbrellas each year.
He hopes that he can enter local schools to teach students e____14____ he knows on how to make this kind of umbrellas.

（2023·上海松江·统考一模）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。
Most of us have told a lie at one time or another. Some lies are harmful while others are mostly h____15____. Some lies may be created to protect other people. But no matter what kind of lie you tell, it takes a surprising amount of brainpower.
Here’s an example. Imagine you’re l____16____ for class and the teacher asks why and you decide to lie. You now have to either come up with a story on the spot or remember the story you made up as you were rushing to class.
So you say, “I stopped by the library and b____17____ a book.”
Your teacher asks, “The book I assigned (布置) last week?”
Immediately and quickly, you must decide how to r____18____ . If you say yes, the teacher might ask to see the book. Or she might expect you to read it in class. You have to imagine these possibilities. So you might say, “No. It was a different book.” Now you have to be ready with another title in case (万一) the teacher asks which book you checked out. And you have to make sure it’s a book the school library a____19____ owns.
You have lied with only two sentences, but you’ve been A．trying to make up a story; B．thinking about the various directions the conversation might take; and C．working out what you need to say to k____20____ this lie from being detected. You might not be aware that you just gave your brain a ton of extra work.
Maybe it’s much better to tell the t____21____, “I was talking to some friends outside the gym and lost track of the time.”

（2023·上海浦东新·统考一模）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

What is a staycation? The clue is in the name. Staycation comes from two words, “stay” and “vacation,” which means staying at home and spending holidays within driving distance of their home.
There are d___22___ activities to choose from. You could be attending an event or visiting a local nature spot. There could be a museum or a theme park in your area. Perhaps it’s a spa or a countryside walk. Or maybe you have decided not to l___23___ the house at all.
Here are some of the most common reasons why people prefer a staycation nowadays.
Cost
Many people chose to take a staycation because they could not afford to travel a___24___. People only tend to go on holidays when they have the money to do so. If they are short of money, going to other countries becomes the last choice.
Ease of travel
Some people do not want the inconvenience of travelling. These people may choose tourist activities close to home or to take a trip in an area that does not r___25___ a lot of travelling to reach. This is especially popular with people who are not able to travel far. For example, they may have young c___26___, have a disability or have work close to home.
Taking a staycation is often thought to be easier than travelling further afield. There is likely no language barrier (障碍), no need for money exchange and f___27___ cultural shocks between home and away.
Environment
A staycation can often be better for the environment because we are travelling less. No flights and less transport means less CO2 emissions, which can only be a good thing.
Community support
Many people are now recognizing the i___28___ of supporting your local community. Instead of travelling to another location, people prefer to spend their money locally, so that the local area can get the rewards of the tourist spend. It is a good way to help boost the local economy.

（2023·上海普陀·统考一模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Personal opinions
Elsie 16 I have my own personal style.
I’m not interested in images (形象) from the Internet or magazines. Super stars all look the same these days. And a lot of girls of my age try to be like them. But l don’t want to c____29____ them—I’m different and I try to find my own look. I usually buy my clothes at charity shops, and I have my own ideas about make-up (化妆) too. My friends say look great, but my dad doesn’t always agree.
Oscar 17 I have p____30____ to look good.
I’m not really interested in super stars, but I care about my appearance and want to be fit. I have the habit of going to the sports center four times a week. And it’s a healthy h____31____. In the sports center, I meet many friends. Almost everyone of them works hard and looks great. I don’t want to fall behind. I never take pills, but I sometimes have special drinks for building up my body. They aren’t bad for my health. Is it a problem? I don’t think so. A lot of my friends are the same as me.
Bella 15 I p____32____ sports.
A lot of the girls at school talk about hairstyles and fashion all the time. They all have favourite super stars and they try to go after them. But I find all that boring. I like sport. I go swimming three times a week and I’m in the basketball and volleyball teams at school. My close friends are s____33____ to me. They don’t worry about their appearance. They just want to be fit and healthy.
Grace 17 I enjoy f____34____ with friends.
I wear very casual clothes—just a T-shirt with loose pants or a shirt with jeans when I’m a____35____. I don’t wear make-up. But when I’m with my friends, we sometimes dress ourselves in nice clothes and change our hairstyles. We wear make-up, too. We sometimes imitate(模仿) stars from the Internet, but that isn’t a problem for us. We just feel happy. What’s wrong with that?

（2023·上海青浦·统考一模）Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
When it comes to opera, you might think of Peking Opera. But have you ever heard of Qinqiang Opera(秦腔)?
Qinqiang Opera is one of the e____36____ forms of opera in China. It started on the ancient folk songs and dances of the people in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. According to historical r____37____, the local opera dates all the way back to the Qin Dynasty (221-206B．C．).
Hou Yan is the president and Party secretary of Qinqiang Theater of the Ningxia Performing Arts Group. She started learning Qinqiang Opera at 4.
Training in the basic skills of Qinqiang Opera is very c____38____. In 1985, Hou studied at an art school where teachers were very strict with students. Leg stretching(伸展), waist bending(弯曲) and somersaults(翻筋斗) were just some of Hou’s daily training routines. While training, each basic move would have to be held accurately for half an hour and a single m____39____ could mean she had to start all over again. Her hard work f____40____ paid off. Hou became a performer with a troupe(剧团) in Yinchuan at 16. But in 1993, the sweeping trend(趋势) of pop and Western music hit Qinqiang Opera hard. The troupe was closed and Hou had no choice but to leave the opera stage.
In the past decades, however, China has made great efforts to develop its traditional culture. Hou r____41____ to the stage in 2000 and put her heart into the opera form.
Now, Hou’s team gives hundreds of performances every year. The average age of Hou’s opera team is 30. In 2021, they staged about 150 school performances.
“As we become more c____42____ about our culture, more young people feel proud of our traditional culture and take it as a fashionable trend. They also become promoters(倡导者) of our own culture,” said Hou.

（2023·上海崇明·统考一模）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）
“There’s nothing to discuss,” shouted my husband when I told him that Rose, our 17-year-old daughter, had asked whether she could go to Kavos, Greece, for a holiday with her friends. “Of course she can’t. She’s too young to travel w____43____ the presence of an adult. It’s completely out of the question.”
So how come I found myself standing, two weeks later, at Gatwick Airport? Tearfully, I watched our eldest child d____44____ through the security checkpoint. In four hours’ time, she would be in Kavos. It’s 2, 500 kilometers a____45____ from England.
There comes a time when you have to let your baby go—for many parents, it’s around the age of 17. We know that there is likely to be something wilder than hanging around by the pool and building sandcastles, but the time has come to trust that they’ll look after t____46____ .
But I still felt worried. Rose tried to put my mind at rest. She said she and her friends would always look after one another and that it really, really was all going to be okay.
After we had waved our last goodbye at the airport, I looked back. She was, to my surprise, looking back at me, too. Teenagers want to cut free, but it’s a f____47____ experience for them, too.
We made Rose promise to contact us as soon as she had arrived in Kavos and at least once a day after that. Around 9 a. m. on the first morning, her first m____48____ came through. It was twelve hours since I had left her at Gatwick. And all I got was: “I’m here.”
I wish there were safer places than these so-called teen destinations. But like all the dangers that life can hold for them, at some stage, all you can do is warn them, warn them again, warn them once more, and then hope that everything will be all right.
My daughter got home s____49____ . So did her friends. But Rose is now talking about a similar journey next year. And my alarm bells have already started ringing.

（2023·上海长宁·统考一模）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)
Objects are powerful storytellers. They are collected and shown in museums to help visitors understand the p___50___, make sense of the present, or get to know people and places that may be n___51___ to them.
At the British Museum in England, 100 objects were chosen to tell important stories about history and culture. One of the objects is the Rosetta Stone with some a___52___ Egyptian written words on it. Another is a very different kind of object: a modern credit card. The credit card helps tell the story of how people think about m___53___ and shopping in today’s world.
An online project called “Moving People, Changing places,” uses objects owned by individual families to tell stories about how they came and started to live in England. An old suitcase covered with travel labels from around the world tells a story about how one member of a family moved from place to place b___54___ finally settling in England.
Every person has objects that tell his or her own stories. A poster can tell a story about the band or TV show you love. An old photo album can tell many stories about your family history. A piece of jewelry or artwork which was p___55___ down through the generations can tell about your family’s values, history, and relationships.
Next time you’re looking around your room or your house, take a moment to look c___56___ at the objects that surround you. How do your objects help tell your story?

（2023·上海奉贤·统考一模）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。
In classes, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for your tests. Therefore, you must be able to take good written notes of what your teachers say. Here are the three stages of notetaking and what you should do during each stage.
Get ready to take notes (before class)
• Review your notes from the previous（之前的）class before you come to class. This will help you r___57___ what you have learned before and get you ready for new information.
• Complete the assigned（布置的）reading tasks before class. You’re e___58___ to do this for further understanding.
• Bring your pens and pencils as well as your notebook.
Take notes (during class)
• Focus on what your teacher is saying. Listen for “signal statements”, such as “The most important point is...” or “Remember that...”. Be s___59___ to write down what your teacher repeats or writes on the blackboard.
• Write q___60___ so that you can include all the important information in your notes. Do this by using abbreviated（缩写的）words such as “med” for medicine. You may a___61___ use symbols such as “%” (for percent) and write short sentences.
• Place a question mark next to the information you have written in your notes but about whose meaning you are not sure.
Rewrite your notes (after class)
• Rewrite your notes to make them more detailed by c___62___ abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences.
• Make your notes more a___63___ by referring to your textbook and reference sources. If necessary, ask your teacher or other students for help.
• Check with other students so that you won’t leave out any important information.

（2023·上海嘉定·统考一模）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，首字母己给出。

Do you like to try something new? Do you always try hard when you meet with problems? Here are four reasons for young people to try hard.
® It helps us to do well.
We often look at people who are successful and wish we could be like them. Perhaps we think these people do well because they have a special talent or are clever or rich or even just l____64____.
Having money, fortune or talent is almost never the main or only reason that people do well. Trying hard is sometimes even more important than any of those. People who rely only on their talent and do not work hard r____65____ succeed.
® It helps us to try new things.
Sometimes we can be a bit scared of trying new things. We are afraid we will l____66____ silly if we can’t do it properly. This can prevent us from giving new things a chance or pushing o____67____ forward in something we already do. If we make up our minds to try hard at the new activity and give it our best shot, we could discover that it’s something we are getting to loving doing.
® It teaches us how to solve problems.
Trying hard is not something we have to do a____68____. We can always ask for help and if we have a big problem, the best thing is to ask a parent or a teacher. Of course, we can solve problems on our own if we try hard.
Trying hard means putting an e____69____ in even if we don’t get things right the first time. But remember, we learn from our failures. We learn we can try doing it another way.
® It makes us feel proud.
Trying hard gives us a feeling of achievement. When we try hard and we succeed, it makes us feel confident about our a____70____. It teaches us that we can get better at things. It helps us behave well because we learn that we are capable (有能力的) of achieving things.


参考答案：
1．(a)ppeared    2．(v)isitors    3．(i)ntorduce    4．(I)nstead    5．(s)mart    6．(e)conomy    7．(s)adly
【导语】本文主要介绍了日本一名动物火车站站长——猫咪Tama。
1．句意：一种新型的火车站站长已经在日本出现：动物火车站站长。根据“Many stations stopped employing(雇用) stationmasters a long time ago.”可知许多车站很久以前就停止雇用站长，根据however可知表示转折，结合首字母，应用appear表示“出现”，句子是现在完成时，应用过去分词。故填(a)ppeared。
2．句意：Kishi车站周边地区没有任何游客。根据“The trains were often empty. ”可知火车经常空无一人，结合首字母，应用visitor表示“游客”，any后接可数名词复数。故填(v)isitors。
3．句意：他决定将Tama介绍给铁路线的经理担任站长。短语introduce sb to sb表示“将……介绍给……”，符合题意，to后接动词原形。故填(i)ntroduce。
4．句意：相反，他们会给她免费的食物。根据“Tama’s bosses did not have to give her any money as salaries…., they gave her free food. ”可知Tama的老板不必给她任何钱作为工资……他们给了她免费的食物，前后为转折，结合首字母英语instead表示“相反”。故填(I)nstead。
5．句意：毕竟，站长在任何时候都必须在客户面前显得精神。根据“She needed to greet customers and wear a stationmaster’s hat and a uniform. ”可知她需要迎接顾客，所以戴上站长的帽子并且穿上制服，让自己看起来更加精神、帅气，smart表示“衣着讲究的”。故填(s)mart。
6．句意：Tama不仅为车站带来了生意，还为当地经济带来了数十亿日元。根据“brought a few billion yen(日元) to the local…”可知为当地……带来上十亿日元，结合首字母英语economy表示“经济”。故填(e)conomy。
7．句意：她的葬礼有许多粉丝参加，他们最后一次悲伤地告别了这位超级站长。句子是非限制性定语从句，从句需用副词修饰动词said，因为是葬礼，结合首字母应用sadly表示“悲伤地”。故填(s)adly。
8．(a)rt    9．(i)mportant    10．(i)mproved    11．(e)asily    12．(l)ighter    13．(S)till    14．(e)verything

【导语】本文主要讲述了刘伟学放弃了一份高薪的设计师工作，向祖父学习余杭油纸伞的制作工艺的故事。
8．句意：2015年，刘伟学放弃了一份高薪的设计师工作，向祖父学习余杭油纸伞的制作工艺。根据首字母提示和“… the a …of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas.”可知是，余杭油纸伞的制作工艺，art“艺术，美术，技艺”符合题意，故填(a)rt。
9．句意：制作伞骨和糊纸是其中的两项重要技能。根据首字母提示和“There are more than 70 steps to make a Yuhang oil paper umbrella. Making bamboo ribs(伞骨) and pasting (糊) papers are two…skills among them.”可知，制作余杭纸伞的70多道工艺中，制作伞骨和糊纸是两项重要技能，空格处修饰名词skills，作定语，用形容词，important“重要的，形容词”符合题意，故填(i)mportant。
10．句意：刘改进了雨伞以赢得年轻人的心。根据首字母提示和“…he used a thicker paper… As young people like hand-painted pictures, he invites painters to draw patterns on the umbrella covers.”可知，刘改进了雨伞，improve“改进，改善”符合题意，此句表达过去的事情，应用一般过去时，故填(i)mproved。
11．句意：由于纸很容易碎，他用了一种更厚的纸。根据“he used a thicker paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed 1,000 times without breaking.”可知，纸很容易碎，空格处修饰动词“broke”，应用副词，easily“容易地，副词”符合题意，故填(e)asily。
12．句意：他用一种更轻的竹子做伞骨，所以雨伞的重量更小。根据首字母提示和“so the umbrellas weigh less”可知，使用了一种更轻的竹子，空格处作定语，修饰名词kind，且是与原先竹子进行比较，用形容词比较级，lighter“更轻的”符合题意。故填(l)ighter。
13．句意：尽管如此，他并不着急。根据“It now has more than 80,000 followers…he doesn’t hurry. To ensure quality, his studio makes only 1,000 umbrellas each year.”可知，前后句是转折关系，still“然而，尽管如此”符合题意，句首首字母要大写，故填(S)till。
14．句意：他希望自己能进入当地的学校，教学生他所知道的关于如何制作这种雨伞的一切。根据首字母提示和“teach students…he knows on how to make this kind of umbrellas”可知是，教学生他所知道的关于如何制作这种雨伞的一切，everything“所有事物，一切”符合题意。故填(e)verything。
15．(h)armless    16．(l)ate    17．(b)orrowed    18．(r)espond##(r)eply    19．(a)ctually    20．(k)eep    21．(t)ruth

【导语】本文主要以一个例子介绍了撒谎对于大脑来说是一项艰巨的工作，所以讲实话可能是最好的选择。
15．句意：一些谎言是有害的，然而一些几乎无害。根据“while”表示转折及首字母h，可知使用harmless“无害的”。故填(h)armless。
16．句意：想像你上课迟到了。根据最后一段中的“lost track of the time”可知，忘记时间了导致上课迟到，late“迟的”。故填(l)ate。
17．句意：我在图书馆停下借了书。根据“library”及首字母b可知，应是borrow，时态为一般过去时，动词使用过去式。故填(b)orrowed。
18．句意：你必须决定如何回复。根据“The book I assigned (布置) last week?”可知，老师询问了，应该如何回答，respond/reply“回复”，how to do sth.“如何做某事”，此处使用动词原形。故填(r)espond/(r)eply。
19．句意：你得确保这是学校图书馆真正拥有的书。根据“make sure”可知，确保图书馆的确拥有此书，结合首字母a可知，此处使用副词actually“真实地，的确”，修饰动词短语。故填(a)ctually。
20．句意：想出你需要说什么而不会使得你的谎言被发现。根据“this lie from being detected”可知，此处使用短语keep...from doing“阻止去做……”，此处是动词不定式表目的，to后使用动词原形。故填(k)eep。
21．句意：也许说实话更好，“我在体育馆外和一些朋友聊天，忘了时间。”根据“I was talking to some friends outside the gym and lost track of the time.”可知，此处解释自己迟到的真正原因，即：实话实说，tell the truth“讲实话”。故填(t)ruth。
22．(d)ifferent    23．(l)eave    24．(a)broad    25．(r)equire    26．(c)hildren    27．(f)ew    28．(i)mportance

【导语】本文介绍了什么是居家旅行以及当今人们喜欢居家度假的一些最常见原因。
22．句意：有不同的活动可供选择。根据首字母提示及“activities to choose from”可知，有不同的活动可以选择，空处用形容词different修饰其后的名词，故填(d)ifferent。
23．句意：或者你已经决定根本不离开房子。根据首字母提示及“the house at all”可知，此处指的是“离开房子”，故填(l)eave。
24．句意：许多人选择在家度假，因为他们负担不起出国旅行的费用。根据“People only tend to go on holidays when they have the money to do so.”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是travel abroad“出国旅行”，故填(a)broad。
25．句意：这些人可能会选择离家近的旅游活动，或者在一个不需要长途旅行就能到达的地区旅行。根据首字母提示及“These people may choose tourist activities close to home or to take a trip in an area that does not...a lot of travelling to reach”可知，此处指的是“不需要长途旅行就能到达的地区”，require“需要”，是动词，空前有助动词，此处动词用原形，故填(r)equire。
26．句意：例如，他们可能有年幼的孩子、有残疾或在离家近的地方工作。根据首字母提示及“young”可知，此处应用名词children，是名词的复数形式，故填(c)hildren。
27．句意：可能没有语言障碍，不需要货币交换，也没有多少文化冲击。根据“There is likely no language barrier (障碍), no need for money exchange and...cultural shocks between home and away.”及常识可知，居家度假没有文化冲击，此处应用few修饰复数名词，故填(f)ew。
28．句意：许多人现在认识到支持当地社区的重要性。根据“Many people are now recognizing the...of supporting your local community.”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是“当地社区的重要性”，应用名词importance构成短语the importance of“……的重要性”，故填(i)mportance。
29．(c)opy    30．(p)ressure    31．(h)abit    32．(p)refer    33．(s)imilar    34．(f)un    35．(a)lone

【导语】本文讲述了四个女孩不同的人生观。
29．句意：但是我并不想复制他们——我是不同的，并且我要努力找到我自己的外貌。根据“A lot of girls of my age try to be like them.”许多和我同龄的女孩都想要像超级明星，之后转折表达“I’m different and I try to find my own look”可知作者并不想复制明星，want to do sth“想要做某事”，空处填动词copy“复制”的原形。故填(c)opy。
30．句意：我在外表上有压力 。根据“but I care about my appearance and want to be fit.”可知我对我的外表很在意。以及后文“I don’t want to fall behind.”我不想落后，表达作者对这件事情很介意，有压力。可填名词pressure“压力”，故填(p)ressure。
31．句意：它是一个健康的习惯。 根据前句“I have the habit of going to the sports center four times a week”总结作者去健身房锻炼身体是一种很健康的习惯，由“a”可知填单数名词habit。故填(h)abit。
32．句意：我偏爱运动。根据“ I like sport. I go swimming three times a week and I’m in the basketball and volleyball teams at school.”可知Bella喜欢做运动，此处是概括标题，可填prefer“更喜欢”。故填(p)refer。
33．句意：我亲密的朋友和我相似。be similar to“与……相似”，根据后文“They don’t worry about their appearance.”可知我的朋友也不在意外表，即我的朋友和我类似。故填(s)imilar。
34．句意：我享受和朋友在一起的乐趣。根据后文的“We just feel happy.”可知与朋友一起很开心，结合首字母可填fun“乐趣”。故填(f)un。
35．句意：当我一个人的时候，我穿着便装——仅仅一件T恤衫搭配宽松的裤子或者一件衬衫配牛仔裤。根据“But when I’m with my friends”可知前文说的是一个人的时候。故填(a)lone。
36．(e)arliest    37．(r)ecords    38．(c)ommon    39．(m)istake    40．(f)inally    41．(r)eturned    42．(c)onfident

【导语】本文主要介绍了秦腔的发展历史以及以侯艳为例，介绍她学习秦腔的经历以及她的寄语。
36．句意：秦腔是中国最早的戏曲形式之一。根据“ It started on the ancient folk songs and dances of the people in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces”可知，秦腔起源早，early“早”，one of the+形容词最高级+复数名词，表示“最……之一”，故填(e)arliest。
37．句意：据史料记载，地方戏曲的历史可以追溯到秦朝。根据“According to historical”及首字母可知，此处指根据史料记载，record“记录”，此空应填复数形式，故填(r)ecords。
38．句意：秦腔基本功的训练非常普遍。根据“Training in the basic skills of Qinqiang Opera is very”可知，基本功的训练是最常见的，common“常见的，普遍的”，形容词作表语，故填(c)ommon。
39．句意：在训练时，每一个基本动作都必须准确地保持半个小时，任何一个错误都可能意味着她必须重新开始。根据“could mean she had to start all over again”可知，如果出错了就要重新开始，mistake“错误”，根据a可知，此空应填单数形式，故填(m)istake。
40．句意：她的努力终于有了回报。根据“Her hard work … paid off”及首字母可知，终于有了回报，finally“终于，最终”，副词修饰动词，故填(f)inally。
41．句意：2000年，侯重返舞台，全身心投入到歌剧中。根据“to the stage”及首字母可知，重返舞台，return“返回”，根据in 2000可知，此句是一般过去时，故填(r)eturned。
42．句意：随着我们对我们的文化越来越有信心，越来越多的年轻人为我们的传统文化感到自豪，并将其视为一种时尚趋势。根据“As we become more … about our culture”及首字母可知，对文化越来越有信心，confident“有信心的”，故填(c)onfident。
43．(w)ithout    44．(d)isappear    45．(a)way    46．(t)hemselves    47．(f)rightening    48．(m)essage    49．(s)afely

【导语】本文主要讲述了作者的17岁女儿准备和朋友一起去旅行。父母知道是时候放手，相信她们会照顾好自己，但作为母亲还是会很担心。女儿和朋友安全地回家了，她们在讨论明年的旅行。
43．句意：她太小了，不能在没有大人陪同的情况下旅行。根据“for a holiday with her friends”及首字母可知，不能在没有大人的陪伴下跟朋友去旅行，without“没有”，故填(w)ithout。
44．句意：我泪流满面地看着我们的大孩子从安检口消失了。根据“at Gatwick Airport”及“through the security checkpoint”可知，在机场送女儿去旅行，所以是看着她在安检口消失，disappear“消失”，watch sb do sth“看到某人做某事”，强调整个过程，故填(d)isappear。
45．句意：它离英国2500公里远。具体的距离+away+from，表示“距离……有多远”，故填(a)way。
46．句意：但现在是时候相信她们会照顾好自己了。根据“they’ll look after”及首字母可知，会照顾好她们自己，themselves“她们自己”，故填(t)hemselves。
47．句意：青少年想要摆脱束缚，但这对他们来说也是一种可怕的经历。根据“but it’s a…experience for them”及首字母可知，此处指是一种可怕的经历，frightening“可怕的”，故填(f)rightening。
48．句意：第一天早上9点左右，她的第一条信息到了。根据“We made Rose promise to contact us as soon as she had arrived in Kavos”及her first可知，第一条信息来到了，message“信息”，故填(m)essage。
49．句意：我女儿安全到家了。根据“My daughter got home”及首字母可知，安全到家了，safely“安全地”，副词修饰动词，故填(s)afely。
50．(p)ast    51．(n)ext    52．(a)ncient    53．(m)oney    54．(b)efore    55．(p)assed    56．(c)arefully

【导语】本文主要通过举例博物馆陈列的物品，人们身边的物品来告诉读者，物品是一个很好的故事讲述者，从物品中我们可以看到过去，理解现在。
50．句意：它们被收集和展示在博物馆里，以帮助游客了解过去，理解现在，或了解可能在他们旁边的人和地方。根据“understand the …, make sense of the present”可知，此空应填past与present构成对应关系，故填(p)ast。
51．句意：它们被收集和展示在博物馆里，以帮助游客了解过去，理解现在，或了解可能在他们旁边的人和地方。根据“to them”及首字母可知，此处指在他们旁边，next to“紧挨着”，故填(n)ext。
52．句意：其中一件物品是罗塞塔石碑，上面写着一些古埃及文字。根据“Egyptian written words”及首字母可知，此处指古埃及文字，ancient“古代的”，故填(a)ncient。
53．句意：信用卡有助于讲述当今世界人们如何看待金钱和购物的故事。根据“The credit card helps tell the story of how people think about…and shopping in today’s world”及首字母可知，信用卡与金钱有关，money“金钱”，故填(m)oney。
54．句意：一个挂满世界各地旅行标签的旧手提箱讲述了一个家庭成员如何从一个地方搬到另一个地方，最终定居在英国的故事。根据“moved from place to place … finally settling in England”及首字母可知，在定居之前是从一个地方搬到另一个地方，before“在……之前”，故填(b)efore。
55．句意：一件代代相传的珠宝或艺术品可以反映出你家庭的价值观、历史和关系。根据“down through the generations”及首字母可知，此处指代代相传，pass down“传下去”，根据was可知，此空应填过去分词与其构成一般过去时被动语态，故填(p)assed。
56．句意：下次当你环顾你的房间或房子时，花点时间仔细看看你周围的物体。根据“take a moment to look …at the objects that surround you”及首字母可知，仔细看看你周围的物体，carefully“仔细地”，副词修饰动词look，故填(c)arefully。
57．(r)emember    58．(e)xpected    59．(s)ure    60．(q)uickly    61．(a)lso    62．(c)hanging    63．(a)ccurate

【导语】本文主要讲述记笔记的三个阶段，以及每个阶段应该做什么。
57．句意：这将帮助你记住你以前学过的东西，并为新的信息做好准备。根据“Review your notes from the previous（之前的）class before you come to class.”可知，上课前复习上节课的笔记。所以此处意为“帮助你记住学过的东西”，help sb. do sth.，帮助某人做某事，固定搭配，所以用动词原形。故填(r)emember。
58．句意：为了进一步理解，你需要这样做。根据“Complete the assigned（布置的）reading tasks before class.”可知，上课前完成指定的阅读任务。按常理这样做是为了进一步理解。所以此处使用be expected to do sth.，意为“被期待做某事，需要做某事”，是固定搭配。故填(e)xpected。
59．句意：务必记下你的老师在黑板上重复或书写的内容。此处使用be sure to do sth.“务必去做某事”，是固定搭配。故填(s)ure。
60．句意：快点写，这样你就可以把所有重要的信息都记在笔记里了。根据下一句“Do this by using abbreviated（缩写的）words such as ‘med’ for medicine.”可知，记缩略词，比如用med代替medicine。这样做是为了达到速记的目的，所以此处意为“快点写”，使用副词修饰动词。故填(q)uickly。
61．句意：你也可以使用像“%”（表示百分比）这样的符号，并写出简短的句子。根据上一句“Do this by using abbreviated（缩写的）words such as ‘med’ for medicine.”可知，记缩略词，比如用med代替medicine。这是速记的方法。结合首字母a可知，此处意为“也可以”。故填(a)lso。
62．句意：重写你的笔记，把缩写变成完整的单词，把符号变成单词，把短句变成长句，让笔记更详细。根据“abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences.”可知，此处说的是把缩写变成完整的单词，把符号变成单词，把短句变成长句。结合首字母c可知，“改变change”符合语境。此处by意为“通过……”，用短语by doing sth.这个固定搭配。故填(c)hanging。
63．句意：参考课本和参考资料，让你的笔记更准确。根据句意，此处意为“更准确的”，使用形容词比较级，结合首字母a，故填(a)ccurate。
64．(l)ucky    65．(r)arely    66．(l)ook    67．(o)urselves    68．(a)lone    69．(e)rror    70．(a)bilities

【导语】本文作者建议年轻人要勇于尝试，并给出了年轻人要努力尝试的四个理由。
64．句意：也许我们认为这些人做得好是因为他们有特殊的才能或者聪明或者富有，或者仅仅是运气好。根据下文“Having money, fortune or talent...”以及首字母可知，这里也是一个形容词，与fortune“幸运的”意思一致。故填(l)ucky。
65．句意： 只靠天赋不努力的人很少成功。根据前文“Trying hard is sometimes even more important than any of those.”可知，作者认为天赋和运气都不如努力重要，所以只靠天赋不努力的人“很少”取得成功，需要用副词修饰动词“succeed”。故填(r)arely。
66．句意：我们害怕如果我们不能恰当地做它，我们会看起来很傻。空前有“will”，所以此处用动词原形，结合句意和首字母可知，这里表示“看起来”很傻。故填(l)ook。
67．句意：这可能会阻止我们给新事物一个机会，或在我们已经做的事情上推动自己前进。根据后文“something we already do”及这里的首字母可知，这里表示“我们自己”。故填(o)urselves。
68．句意：努力不是我们必须独自去做的事情。根据后文“We can always ask for help and if we have a big problem”可知，我们要向别人寻求帮助，而并不是“独自一人”去做。故填(a)lone。
69．句意：努力意味着即使我们第一次没有把事情做对，也要犯错。根据后文“even if we don’t get things right”可知，这里表示犯“错误”，前有an，所以用名词单数。故填(e)rror。
70．句意：当我们努力尝试并取得成功时，这让我们对自己的能力充满信心。根据后文“It teaches us that we can get better at things.”它教会我们，我们能够把事情做好，也就是它使我们相信自己的“能力”，此处是泛指，所以填名词复数。填(a)bilities。