2022年牛津译林版英语江苏常州中考综合填空练习四（有答案）

2021-2022年牛津译林版英语江苏常州中考综合填空练习四

（一）

Weeks before Tomb Sweeping Day on April 4 this year, hundreds of qingtuan were sold each day. The snack was still (1) __________ (like) by many people.

In the southern part of China, (2) __________ (eat) qingtuan at the beginning of spring is an old tradition. Chinese people started to eat it more than 2 000 years ago. It (3) __________ (make) of sticky rice(糯米) and red bean paste(红豆沙), and is famous 4. (1) __________ its softness and sweetness. The secret behind its mouth-watering taste is one of its materials-mugwort leaves(艾蒿叶).

People in Zhejiang Province (5) __________ (usual) put qingtuan on the tombs(墓地) of their dead family members (6) __________ (remember) the past memory. Making qingtuan is also a chance for family members to get together at home. It usually (7) __________ (take) time and effort to make the snack.

Now, qingtuan has spread its special taste to the (8) __________ (north) part of China. Li Yuan, a 30-year-old engineer who grew up in Zhejiang Province, brought qingtuan back to Beijing where he works.

(9) __________ there is warm weather and green (10) __________ (leaf) in spring, the season wouldn't be complete without a taste of qingtuan.

（二）

5G is used in many fields. And later, 5G technology could (1) __________ (certain) make health care available(可获得的)to all.

Telehealth (2) __________ (mean) caring for patients from far away when the doctor and patient are not in the same place. One form of this is the video meeting with a doctor in real time, similar to a WeChat video call. With 5G, health care systems could have (3) __________ large number of video meetings. It will also give older people or those in the countryside an easier way (4) __________ (see) a doctor.

Another part of telehealth is remote monitoring(远程监控). It could watch (5) __________ (patient) at their own homes. Then it sends information to hospitals in real time using 5G. Hospitals can give even (6) __________ (much) treatments, as well as cut the costs.

There are also many other uses of 5G tech in medicine. One of (7) __________ (they) is remote surgery(手术). In 2019, China (8) __________ (do) its first 5G- based brain surgery in Sanya, Hainan, (9) __________ the patient was in Beijing.

(10) __________ the near future, changes to health care might not be very huge. However, the arrival of 5G means a world of robot operations and home health care may take place.

（三）

What will you look like when you grow old? It seems too far away (1) _________ (imagine), but an app named FaceApp tries showing you your older self.

Finished by a small team from Russia, FaceApp first appeared in 2017. It (2) _________ (become) popular in July last year. Many famous people like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber shared (3) _________ (they) photos of wrinkly(有皱纹的) faces online.

The app has different (4) _________ (kind) of filters(滤镜) and the "Age" filter becomes especially popular. You can either take a photo of yourself (5) _________ choose a photo from your phone. Then upload(上传) the photo to the app. With the help of the "Age" filter below, you can see what you'll look (6) _________ in many years.

Every coin has two sides. Though lots of people use FaceApp for fun, some people are worried about the safety of (7) _________ (person) information. But Yaroslav Goncharov who created FaceApp says, "We might keep an uploaded photo in the cloud, but most photos will (8) _________ (cut) out within(在……内) 48 hours."

Anyway, FaceApp (9) _________ (real) lights up the Internet. It gives us a chance to take a look at our future and perhaps makes us consider (10) _________ to prepare for it.

（四）

On Thanksgiving Day, I invited some friends over for dinner. At 7 p.m., dinner (1) _____ (serve). We started eating. I didn't put a limit on what I could or could not eat—my goal(目标) was to enjoy everything. When I (2) _____ (eat), my friends asked me how I managed (3) _____ (control) my weight. I told them (4) _____ (me) secret.

I eat slowly. Taking my time while eating something often results in eating less. I am also (5) _____ (luck) enough to live near a park that offers amazing views (6) _____ as the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge, so I have a tradition of taking (7) _____ short walk after having lunch, Besides seeing some beautiful (8) _____ (sight), I can burn some calories.

Many people like going on a diet (节食）to lose some weight. They eat very little. This is wrong. (9) _____ you eat too little, your health will suffer. So why not just eat healthily and do some exercise to (10) _____ (successful) control your weight?

（五）

Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the "Heads-down Tribe". They (1) __________ (see) everywhere now.

There are more and more traffic accidents (2) __________ lots of drivers use mobile phones while driving. (3) __________ (make) drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made.

As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause traffic accidents. (4) __________, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the "Heads-down Tribe". A man in America (5) __________ (keep) using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked (6) __________ a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as (7) __________ (quick) as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones.

Mobile phones are (8) __________ (help) and necessary tools for modern life. Whether they are good or not depends on (9) __________ people use them. Let's be "healthy" (10) __________ (use) and try to be the "Heads-up Tribe".

（六）

The Chongyang Festival is a (1) __________ (tradition) Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the (2) __________ (nine) day of the ninth lunar month. It's also called the Double Ninth Festival.

The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475- 221 B.C.). It has a history of more than 2 200 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is (3) __________ (high) odd number(奇数). People believe that two "nine'''s meeting together stand (4) __________ a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people (5) __________ (show) love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of (6) __________ (activity) in honour of(致敬) old people to wish them good health and a long life,

The festival comes during the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum(菊花) wine, eat Double- Ninth cakes (7) __________ climb mountains. They also (8) __________ (carry) a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that (9) __________ plant could drive the illness away in winter and prevent them from (10) __________ (run) into evil spirits(邪灵).

（七）

A poor bear loses his home in the jungle(丛林) of Peru. He travels to London (1) __________ (find) a new one. In the new city, the bear wears a red hat and sits on his suitcase, hoping someone could take him home.

This is Paddington Bear. He is the main character of (2) __________ British movie Paddington, which came to Chinese cinemas (3) __________ March 5.

In fact, the bear has long been a part of British people's life. He first (4) __________ (appear) in British children's book A Bear Called Paddington in 1958. It (5) __________ (write) by Michael Bond. In the story, Paddington is kind and (6) __________ (humor). He is also polite (7) __________ always calls "Mr" and "Mrs", seldom using people's first names. Soon after, Paddington became popular around the world. He made his first appearance on TV in 1975. He was also made into toys with (8) __________ (difference) clothes. Many children wanted to have a Paddington Bear toy as (9) __________ (they) first gift.

Today, this classic children's character plays an important role in British culture. (10) __________ (meet) Paddington in films and books is a great first step for people who want to learn more about Britain.

（八）

A uniform policy(政策) should be carried out for all schools. Last year, I saw one student making fun of another student's old clothes, (1) _________ then they got into a fight. I (2) _________ (think) to myself, "If we wore school uniforms, this would never have happened."

Dr Donald at (3) _________ (us) local college led a study of middle and high schools last year. This study showed that school uniforms are good for (4) _________ (student). Schools with a uniform policy had a 40% drop in fights over two years.

(5) _________ school uniform policy has many advantages. First, it would keep costs lower for all families. Second, students from much (6) _________ (rich) families wouldn't feel superior(优越的). Third, it would keep students from poor families from (7) _________ (feel) sad about their clothes.

It's clear that requiring uniforms drops violence(暴力) at school and keeps students from caring too much (8) _________ unimportant things like fashion. Dr Donald's survey shows that 72% of students and 82% of parents prefer (9) _________ (support) school uniforms.

Carrying out a uniform policy is a (10) _________ (health) step. Everyone has a responsibility to help make schools safe.

（九）

The English writer, Richard Savage, was once very poor. In order to make a little money, he wrote the story of his life, but not many books (1) _________ (sell) in the shops. Because he (2) _________ (not have) enough food, he became very ill. (3) _________ (Luck), a doctor came and looked after him. A few days later, after taking some medicine, he got (4) _________ (good) again. After a week or two, the doctor sent a bill to Savage. However, poor Savage was too poor to pay for (5) _________. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. (6) _________ still no money came. After several (7) _________ (week) he sent it to him again. In the end he came to Savage's house and asked him (8) _________ (pay) back the money. He said to Savage, "You know you owe(欠) your life to me and I want to get thanks (9) _________ you."

"I agree that I owe my life to you, and to make sure that I don't forget your work, I (10) _________ (give) my life to you," said Savage. With these words he gave him two copies of his book--The Life of Richard Savage.

（十）

About 20 million children in America attend summer camps every year, according to the American Camp Association (ACA). They look forward to (1) ___________ (spend) time there with friends.

But with social distancing rules in the United States, many summer camps face difficult (2) ___________ (decide). Can they safely welcome campers this year? Do they need to close for the season? Or should they change how they carry (3) ___________ their programmes?

"Most camps are asking not only when they're going to open, but also (4) ___________ they're going to open," says Tom Rosenberg, president of the ACA. He says that many camps (5) ___________ (wait) on instructions from the government now.

"The state's summer camps could open in June," Beth Bye, the (6) ___________ (lead) of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, said a week ago. "But there need to be (7) ___________ (strict) health rules than ever. Most programmes will not (8) ___________ (allow) to have more than 30 kids."

Bye added that camps are important for (9) ___________ kids and parents. "For many families," she said, "summer camps are (10) ___________ (they) childcare."

（十一）

Most people in China know that Confucius(孔子) was a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. (1) __________, few people know that he was also an excellent musician too. He could play many (2) __________ (music) instruments, compose and sing as well.

Confucius once learned to play guqin(古琴) from Shi Xiangzi who was a very famous (3) __________ (music) at that time. Shi Xiangzi (4) __________ (teach) him a piece of music and told him to practise it by himself. (5) __________ ten days' hard work, Confucius wouldn't stop (6) __________ (practise) the music. The teacher said to him, "You've played it quite well. You may learn something new now." But Confucius thought he hadn't learnt all the (7) __________ (skill) and couldn't completely understand the feelings in the music, so he continued to practise it. After some time, Confucius told his teacher (8) __________ (happy), "I could imagine what the composer looked like. He might be a tall and strong leader (9) __________ bright and deep eyes. This is the appearance of an emperor. The composer must be Emperor Wen of Zhou dynasty (周文王)." Shi Xiangzi was very surprised to hear that. In fact, the music (10) __________ (produce) by Emperor Wen.

（十二）

Nick was born without upper limbs(上肢), so life was not easy for him. At school many students played jokes on him because he looked different from others. He always felt lonely (1) ___________ others were chatting. (2) ___________, he faced that bravely. He learned (3) ___________ (type) and write with two toes(脚趾) at six, and he could even play golf.

Now Nick is one of (4) ___________ (popular) speakers in the world. He has travelled (5) ___________many countries and given speeches about his stories against (6) ___________ (difficulty). "Living a full life is about looking at what you have, not what you don't have," he said. He (7) ___________ (use) his stories to touch thousands of hearts. And he is going to keep on (8) ___________ (share) his stories with others. "I tell people to get up when they fall down and always love (9) ___________ (they)," he said. "If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life (10) ___________ (do)."

(一)    1. liked; 2. eating; 3. is made; 4. for; 5. usually; 6. to remember; 7. takes; 8. northern; 9. Although/Though; 10. leaves

(二)    1. certainly; 2. means; 3. a 4. to see; 5. patients; 6. more; 7. them; 8. did; 9. but; 10. In

(三)    1. to imagine; 2. became; 3. their; 4. kinds; 5. or; 6. like; 7. personal; 8. be cut; 9. really; 10. how

(四)    1. was served; 2. was eating; 3. to control; 4. my; 5. lucky; 6. such; 7. a; 8. sights; 9. If/When; 10. successfully

(五)    1. are seen; 2. because; 3. To make; 4. Moreover/Also; 5. kept; 6. into; 7. quickly; 8. helpful; 9. how; 10. users

(六)    1. traditional; 2. ninth; 3. the highest; 4. for; 5. to show; 6. activities; 7. and; 8. carry; 9. the; 10. running

(七)    1. to find; 2. the; 3. on; 4. appeared; 5. was written; 6. humorous; 7. and; 8. different; 9. their; 10. Meeting

(八)    1. and; 2. thought; 3. our; 4. students; 5. A; 6. richer; 7. feeling; 8. about; 9. to support; 10. healthy

(九)    1. were sold; 2. didn't have; 3. Luckily; 4. well; 5. it; 6. But; 7. weeks; 8. to pay; 9. from; 10. will give

(十)    1. spending; 2. decisions; 3. out; 4. how; 5. are waiting; 6. leader; 7. stricter; 8. be allowed; 9. both; 10. their

(十一)             1. However; 2. musical; 3. musician; 4. taught; 5. After; 6. practising; 7. skills; 8. happily; 9. with; 10. was produced

(十二)             1. while/when; 2. However; 3. to type; 4. the most popular; 5. to/around; 6. difficulties; 7. has used; 8. sharing; 9. themselves; 10. is done