专题 23-短文填空 20 篇（题型强化）
2022-2023 学年九年级英语金题狂刷增分练（人教新目
标）
一、短文首字母填空
（2022·广东广州·中考真题）阅读短文，根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注
意使用正确形式，每空限填一词。答卷时，要求写出完整单词。
Dunbuang is a historic city in Gansu. In ancient times, Dunhuang was an important c
___1___ of trade. As the Silk Road developed, Dunhuang became China’s western gateway
to the world. Here, different cultures met and influenced each other. People from f ___2___
countries did business and communicated with the local people.
If you v ___3___ Dunhuang, you will be able to see the Mogao Caves（莫高窟）. If
you walk i ___4___ , you will discover some of the wonderful artworks. There are over
45,000 square metres of beautiful paintings on the cave walls, as well as thousands of statues.
Over the years, China has made great efforts to protect the Mogao Caves. Today, you can
also find high-quality photos of the artworks on the Internet. People all over the world now
have a c ___5___ to see Dunhuang’s treasures online.
（2022·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。
Erhu is one of the most important Chinese instruments. It has a history of o____6____
1,000 years. It is said that Erhu did not get its name u____7____ the late Qing Dynasty. It
has been improved gradually since it appeared. It is also c____8____ the Chinese violin
because its tone is as soft and bright as the violin’s. There are many w____9____ pieces of
music played by Erhu, such as The Moon Reflected on the Er-quan Spring. You can go ande____10____ the charm of them. I hope you’ll love them.
（2022·湖北武汉·三模）先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的
第一个字母已给出。
It’s a cold wet Christmas. Sally was walking along the beach. and she felt so
l____11____ in this foreign city, especially during a festival.
Suddenly, she heard a shout. It was from a man. His arms wide, he took a glance in one
direction and then a____12____, and kept shouting. “Come, blessings (祝福), come!”
“What a man! He is calling blessings eagerly!” Sally stopped and watched all this.
“Festival wishes also mean so much to him!” she thought for a moment before walking
towards him, h____13____ to express her festival blessings to him. The wind continued to
c____14____ his voice, “Come, blessings! Come, blessings, come!” Repeating these simple
yet powerful words along with him. Sally began to feel b____15____.
Just then, a big floppy-eared dog suddenly jumped toward the man with joy. Sally now
was c____16____ enough to hear him crying to the dog. “Blessings! There you are! I thought
I had lost you!”
Sally then felt silly for making such a m____17____. She confused a dog named
Blessings with a warm wish for l____18____!
But with great joy, she now ran towards the dog — she would call blessings she’d
longed for. It would be r____19____and beautiful, even if the bearer (来人) of the
m____20____ had four legs and tail!
二、短文汉语提示填空
（2022·浙江·松阳县教育局教研室二模）根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出
单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Mount Qomolangma is the world’s highest mountain, with the ____21____ (高度) of
more than 8,000 metres. Each year, a great number of climbers visit it, but very few
____22____ (设法完成) to celebrate a victory. In fact, some even lose their lives, often in
the death area above 8,000 metres where the air is very ____23____ (稀薄的). In 2017, 648
people reached the top of Qomolangma. Six people died on the mountain that year, one of
whom died on the north side. What a ____24____ (遗憾)! Even worse, Qomolangma has
become the world’s highest rubbish dump.But it’s not ____25____ (无望的). China is carrying out clean-up plans, ____26____
(包括) cutting down numbers of climbers and moving away dead bodies. The government is
trying to ____27____ (控制) the total number of people trying to climb from the north,
fewer than 300 per year. And ____28____ (春天) will be the only season when climbers are
allowed. China has set stations to ____29____ (回收利用) and break down rubbish like
plastic bags, tents and oxygen tanks. On the Nepalese side, _____30_____ (志愿者) have
begun providing huge rubbish bags to climbers during the climbing season. They should
collect rubbish that then can be carried back to the camp.
（2022·贵州安顺·二模）根据短文内中文意思，补全英语翻译。
Loneliness isn’t a nice feeling, and certainly not a healthy situation of mind. In fact,
feeling lonely ____31____（损害）our bodies,
Loneliness is a feeling just ____32____（和……一样正常）we feel hungry. It isn’t
always a bad thing. But feeling lonely for too long is unhealthy for our minds, hearts and
bodies. Studies have reported that lonely young adults feel more stressed. What’s more, they
are more possible to have higher blood pressure. Lonely people are also ____33____（更容
易生病）. One study found that lonely people usually have poor sleep quality.
Don’t be afraid of loneliness, though. There are plenty of ways to ____34____（处理）
it. You can hang out more with others or ____35____（培养新的爱好）. Talking to a doctor
or joining in some volunteer activities also helps,
（2022·贵州安顺·二模）根据短文内中文意思，补全英语翻译。
Seventy percent of our planet ____36____ （被……覆盖）one huge body of seawater
—the ocean. In 2008 the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day. It makes
people think about that the oceans play the important role in our lives. Our oceans are facing
the dangers and we can ____37____（采取行动）to protect them.
The ocean is home to most of plants and animals on Earth. Plants in the ocean
____38____（给我们提供）70 percent of O2 we breathe. The ocean controls our climate.
____39____（无论在哪里）you live on the planet, your life depends on the ocean.
The biggest problem at the moment is plastic pollution. Reducing plastic bags and
plastic bottles has been an important theme for World Oceans Day for many years.The day is celebrated ____40____ （以各种方式）, including special events on the
beach, river clean-ups, school activities, art contests and film festivals. You can join in to
remind people about the importance of our oceans and to make a difference.
三、短文语境提示填空
（2022·内蒙古通辽·中考真题）阅读短文，根据语篇意义填空，使短文通顺，意思完整，
每空限填一词。
All around the world, families celebrate special days together. Traditions for these days
___41___ been very different. Some of them may surprise you.
Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers. In Serbia, this day is
on ___42___ second Sunday before Christmas. On that day, children sneak (溜) into their
mother’s bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon so that she can’t get out of bed. Then they
shout, “Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day! What will you pay ___43___ get away?” Then the
mother gives them presents so that the kids “free” her.
In China, they say that babies are one year old when they are born. After that, all
children celebrate their birthdays on New Year’s Day because that’s when they grow a year
___44___. Actual birthdays are usually celebrated with a big family meal. The tradition is
that the “birthday boy” or “birthday girl” should fill their mouth with as ___45___ long
noodles as they can and then eat them. This is because in Chinese culture, long noodles are a
symbol of long life.
（2022·吉林·中考真题）请将下面电子邮件的节选内容补充完整，每空不超过两个单词。
From: Jimmy From: Tom
To: Tom To: Jimmy
Hi, Tom! Do you still remember our conversation about That sounds great! When would you like to go? I’m
going to the cinema? Well, the ____46____ Spider busy this week, ____48____ I will be free next
Man be shown next week. ____47____ going to see it Monday. I can ____49____ the tickets online. They’re
together? I’ve heard it’s very good. ____50____, and we can save some money.
（2022·内蒙古赤峰·中考真题）阅读短文，根据语篇内容填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。
每空限填一词。From: Li Hua
To: Mr. Gao
Subject: Invitation
Dear Mr. Gao,Our class is planning to have a party to say goodbye to our middle school
life. I’m writing to ____51____ you to join us. Please come to our classroom at 7:00 p. m.
on June 30th. During ____52____ past three years, we have learned a lot from you, not only
knowledge but also the way ____53____ solve problems in life. We will share the sweet
memories and talk ____54____ our dreams at the party. All of us want to give thanks to you.
Without your help, we won’t have so much wonderful time.
We are ____55____ forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
（2022·广东·中考真题）请阅读下面短文，在所给的每个空格中填入一个形式正确、意
义相符的单词。
Would you like to start your day with a cup of tea? If the answer is ____56____, you
may have the same habit as many people.
You may not know ____57____ popular tea is. Among all kinds of drinks, tea is one of
the two choices. People like it because it is ____58____ for their health.
Tea is mostly produced ____59____ Asian countries like China and India. Chinese
people started to drink tea as early as 5,000 years ____60____. At that time, people made tea
in a simple way just put fresh tea leaves into hot ____61____.
Tea wasn’t introduced into Europe until the early 17th century. And now it has
____62____ popular in Europe and America. People there like to ____63____ tea with
sugar or milk in it. As the population of tea drinkers gets larger, tea business is getting
____64____ important than before.
The first International Tea Day was on May 21st, 2020. Since then, people have
celebrated ____65____ every year. The Day makes people realize the importance of tea
workers and....
（2022·河南·中考真题）阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空
限填一词。A great saying always helps a lot. There ____66____ a lot of great Chinese sayings
and many of them are about how to live ____67____ good life. What’s your favorite
Chinese saying? Vote (投票) for your favorite saying and tell us why you like it.
Carlos
My favorite saying is, “To have faults (错误) and not to correct them, this, indeed, is to
have faults.” I agree with the saying. For example, ____68____ took me much time to
learn new words when I began learning Chinese. I didn’t want to put in the time to practice.
That was my greatest weakness. So I try ____69____ correct it by finding an enjoyable
Rebecc
way to study. Reading is really a good start.
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“When I have two others with me, I can always find one to be my teacher” is one of
my favorites. Whenever I practice ____70____ my classmates, I will think of this great
saying. I can learn a lot from others, even from the mistakes.
Rosa
（2022·河南·息县教育体育局基础教育教学研究室模拟预测）阅读短文，根据语篇要求
填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Kuang Heng was born in a poor family. He liked reading books very much. He needed to
work in the daytime, but he had to read books during the night. However, he was too poor
___71___ buy a candle.
One day, he found his neighbour had a light, but the light couldn’t go ___72___ his
room. So he dug a small hole on the wall so that he could use the light to read books. From
that day, he read books every night until the light went ___73___.
However, he finished reading all his books and ___74___ were no books for him to
read. Then he went to a rich man’s house and worked for him without payment. The rich man
asked, “Why ___75___ you want the money?” Kuang Heng said, “Because I only want to
borrow your books.” The rich man agreed. Kuang Heng read the books one by one. Finally,
he became a great scholar.
（2022·河南师大附中三模）阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。
每空限填一词。
Dear Jeff,
I am writing to offer my sincere congratulations ____76____ you on your winning the
first prize in the Chinese Chess Network Challenge. As your friend, I just want you to know____77____ glad I am at your success.
“Everything comes to him who waits.” For these years, you’ve had great interest in
Chinese chess and kept on practicing it every day. Not only have you read many books on
Chinese chess strategy, but also you have competed in all kinds of Chinese chess contests.
Finally, you succeeded ____78____ winning the online competition! So I’m so glad that you
become ____79____ champion of this network challenge.
At last, I hope to play Chinese chess with you ____80____ that we can make progress
together. Please tell me when you have time. Congratulations again!
Yours,
Li Hua
（2022·广东·信宜市实验学校模拟预测）As we all know, China is a developing
country. And it has ____81____ largest population in the world. There are about 1.37 billion
people in China. The large population caused many ____82____ both in cities and the
countryside.
For example, in the poor countryside, farmers don’t have enough land to ____83____
crops(庄稼). People there don’t have enough food to eat. So they always feel ____84____. In
some cities, many young people can’t ____85____ jobs and they have nothing to do but stay
at home. And there is more pollution, such ____86____ air pollution, noise pollution and so
on. Traffic problems also become more and more serious. Streets are very dangerous because
of the traffic accidents. There are many different kinds of problems, so how can we solve
____87____?
We must think some ____88____ to control (控制) the increasing population. Our
government should control the population growth ____89____ make some traffic rules. And
it’s important for us to ____90____ the environment. If all of us try our best to do it, our
world will become much more beautiful.
（2022·重庆·一模）根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完
整、通顺。
As we know, we all need clothes. There are all kinds of clothes to ____91____ people’s
needs. So “smart clothes” came into being.“Smart clothes” are used not only for covering your bodies, but for many other kinds of
uses. A German clothing maker has invented the “MP3 blue jacket”. This kind of jacket can
be used as ____92____ an MP3 player and a mobile phone. An English company has
developed a cloth keyboard that can be put onto your pants. You can control your computer
____93____ it easily anywhere. If ____94____ gets dirty, the keyboard can be washed and
even ironed (熨) .
With the technology improving, smart clothes will get much smarter. Inventors are
developing clothes that can ____95____ your body temperature and heat you up before you
feel cold. Other smart clothes are special medical ones. They can tell the ____96____ when
you are in danger. This technology can also provide important information about your
environment. Shirts can warn you of high pollution levels. Jackets with GPS (全球定位系统)
technology can keep you from ____97____ lost.
People have begun to love the idea. Maybe smart clothes will be ____98____ in our
life one day.
四、短文综合填空
（2022·四川内江·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。
Sichuan Opera (戏剧) is one of China’s ___99___ (old) and most popular local operas.
It started at the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. Different kinds of art
___100___ (form) were brought in to mix with the local traditions, music and dances.
Today’s Sichuan Opera is ___101___ new form of art. It’s best to watch a Sichuan opera
when you visit Sichuan.
Sichuan Opera that is ___102___ (especial) popular in the southwest of China is the
most powerful local opera. Face-changing is ___103___ (it) Top 1 Wonder. It is said that
ancient people painted their faces ___104___ (drive) away wild animals. Sichuan Opera
___105___ (take) in this ancient skill and perfects it into an art. Artists in ___106___
(tradition) clothes dance around, shaking their heads up or down and changing the thin
painted masks (面具) over their faces. They do this so quickly that you will be left surprised
at ___107___ they can control the masks so skillfully.
It’s not only a local opera ____108____ a show of music, puppetry (木偶) and humor.
In short, Sichuan Opera is well worth watching.（2022·湖北荆州·中考真题）阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或
根据括号内单词的正确形式填空（1-3个单词）或根据音标填词。
According to some old Chinese stories, there once was ___109___ ancient emperor
named Shennong. At that time, there was no medicine to treat illnesses. Many sick people
could only wait for ___110___ (die).
To save his people, Shennong decided ___111___ (find) and test out different plants.
He and his men set out on a journey in search of medicinal(药用的) plants.
Each time the team found a new plant, Shennong would taste it ___112___ (he). Some
plants made him feel ___113___ /sli: pi/, some caused him to have a stomachache, and some
made him tremble(颤抖) all over. ___114___ Shennong searched and tested over a long
time, he and his men discovered lots of medicinal plants.
As they continued their search, the team found a plant ___115___ small yellow
flowers. Shennong picked off one piece from the plant in order to taste it. He said, “It looks
like a medicinal plant. I have to test it, or some people may misuse it.”
Suddenly, Shennong’s face turned pale and he fell on the ground ___116___ (heavy).
Even after he ___117___ (give) the leaves from other medicinal plants, he still lost his life.
People covered him with ____118____ (thousand) of flowers. From then on, they called him
“the Emperor of Medicine”.
（2022·福建·中考真题）阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，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。
In the closing years of the Sui Dynasty, a terrible flood (洪水) happened on the Xiao
River outside the city of Zhaozhou. ___119___ flood brought down a large stone bridge.
People had rebuilt the bridge many ___120___ (time). But it was still washed away
over and over again. “What’s wrong ___121___ it?” Li Chun, the most famous localengineer at that time, asked himself. He ___122___ (work) day and night at the drawing of
the bridge and found out that the stone supports (支柱) couldn’t stand the force of the flood.
One day, an idea came into his mind! He thought of ___123___ (build) bow-shaped
arches (拱) instead of stone supports. And there would be only one big arch, supported at
each end by two small ones. When floods came, the waters would run through the
___124___ /fɔ: (r)/ small arches, bringing little influence on the bridge. He was ___125___
(great) excited by the idea, and danced happily right at his desk.
A new Zhaozhou Bridge was built. It was safe ___126___ beautiful. The local people
of Zhaozhou were very ___127___ /glæd/ that the problem of the stone bridge was finally
worked out. Now, this great stone bridge with a history of over 1,300 years has
_____128_____ /bɪˊkʌm/ a classical example of China’s arched bridges. It shows the
wisdom and creativity of the Chinese people.
（2022·黑龙江齐齐哈尔·二模）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。
Electric cars may seem like a recent ____129____（invent）, but they’ve been around
for years. In the early 1900s, there were many electric cars. At that time, petrol（汽油）was
more e____130____ than other fuels（燃料）. With petrol prices dropped and new
technologies were developed, electric cars went out of fashion. Instead, petrol cars became
more popular because they could travel farther without ____131____（stop）.
During the 20th century, petrol cars got bigger, ____132____（heavy）, and faster.
They needed more fuel, and it c____133____ more air pollution. For years, car makers didn’t
worry about pollution. They didn’t worry about the amount of petrol cars used,
e____134____. But when people began to realize that there was not enough oil on the earth,
they asked car makers ____135____（produce）less polluting cars.
One method of solving the problem was a “hybrid” car（混合动力车）. Hybrid cars
became popular in the 2000s when petrol prices went up and the prices of hybrid cars went
down. An all-electric car uses no petrol. The problem, h____136____ is that car batteries
（电池）need to be recharged（再充电）. That makes electric cars not so useful for long
j____137____.
Many people are not ____138____（please）with it. The government and car makers
are working together to develop safe, cheap, and useful electric cars. When people have these
cars in the future, a petrol station may be a thing of the past.（2022·海南·模拟预测）根据短文内容及所给的词首字母、汉语提示，补全单词。
How do you deal with plastic bags from the supermarket? Throw them away or recycle
them? How about e____139____ them?
Ashwath Hedge who set up the EnviGreen company ____140____ (花费) four years
doing experiments with twelve natural materials to make the bag. The bags are no harmful to
the e____141____. Humans and animals can safely eat them, although the Envi Green bag is
more expensive than a c____142____ plastic bag. But an Envi Green bag can naturally break
down (分解) in less than 180 days. It ____143____ (也) breaks down in a day in water, and
in a minute in boiling water. Maybe the Envi Green bag could be a way to solve plastic
pollution.
