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江苏中考英语真题:短文语法填空
根据短文内容，用括号内所给词的正确时态或形式填空，使短文完整
Su Shi, known as Su Dongpo, was a famous Chinese writer, poet and painter.
When he was young, he read a lot of books and wrote many good articles. People thought ____61____ (high) of him. Because of this, he became very proud and wrote a couplet (对联) for ____62____ (him).
Knowing all the words in the world;
Reading all the books on the earth.
A wise old man saw this couplet and thought, “It is necessary for Su Shi ____63____ (learn) how to be modest.” So, one day, he came to Su Shi’s house with a book.
The old man showed Su Shi the book and explained, “So far, I ____64____ (read) the book several times, but there are still some difficult words that I can’t understand. I have asked many people, but none of them could understand their ____65____ (meaning). I have heard that you are a person of rich knowledge, so I come to ask you.”
Full of confidence, Su Shi took the book from the old ____66____ (man) hand, but when he opened it, he became very ____67____ (surprise) because there were many words he didn’t know. At that moment, Su Shi realized that there were many more things that he had to learn.
Actually, the old man knew every word in this book. He just wanted to make Su Shi know the importance of ____68____ (be) modest. Su Shi was embarrassed (尴尬的) and said, “Now I know why you came. I shouldn’t have been so arrogant (自大的).”
The old man smiled and __69__ (leave). Then Su Shi quickly took his brush and ink, and added some words to the couplet:
Working hard to know all the words in the world;
Being determined to read all the books on the earth.
From then on, he worked even_70_ (hard) than before. Finally, Su Shi made great achievements in many fields, especially in literature.
【参考答案】
61. highly
62. himself
63. to learn
64. have read
65. meanings
66. man’s
67. surprised
68. being
69. left
70. harder
【导语】本文主要讲述了苏轼“发奋识遍天下字，立志读尽人间书”对联背后的故事
【61题详解】
句意：人们对他的评价很高。think highly of“高度评价”，用副词修饰动词，故填highly
【62题详解】
句意：因此，他很得意，给自己写了一副对联。根据“he became very proud and wrote a couplet (对联) for...”可知，他给自己写了一副对联，himself“他自己”符合语境，故填himself
【63题详解】
句意：一位智者看到这副对联，就想：“苏轼有必要学会谦虚。”此处是“It is+adj+for sb to do sth”句型，使用动词不定式作真正的主语，故填to learn
【64题详解】
句意：到目前为止，这本书我已经读了好几遍，但仍有一些难懂的词我不懂。根据“So far”可知，此处应使用现在完成时，故填have read
【65题详解】
句意：我问过很多人，但没有一个人能理解它们的意思。此处在动词后作宾语，用名词形式，meaning“意思”，their修饰可数名词复数。故填meanings
【66题详解】
句意：苏轼满怀信心地从老人手中接过书，但当他打开它时，他变得非常惊讶，因为里面有很多他不认识的词。此处作定语修饰“hand”，用名词所有格形式man’s，故填man’s
【67题详解】
句意：苏轼满怀信心地从老人手中接过书，但当他打开它时，他变得非常惊讶，因为里面有很多他不认识的词。根据“he became very...”可知，此处在句中作表语，修饰人，用surprised“惊讶的”，故填surprised
【68题详解】
句意：他只是想让苏轼知道谦虚的重要性。of是介词，其后用动名词作宾语，故填being
【69题详解】
句意：老人微笑着离开了。根据“The old man smiled and...”可知，是一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填left
【70题详解】
句意：从那时起，他比以前更努力了。根据“than before”可知，应使用副词比较级，故填harder