『五年中考·一年模拟』『2016-2020·真题详解』5年（2016-2020）中考1年模拟英语试题分项详解（天津专用）专题07 短文填空(原卷版)一、2020年Have you ever heard the saying, “Home, sweet home’? This is just another way of saying that it’s n56．to be home! A lot of the people and things we love are at home.What do you like about being at home?What do you like best about being at home? Maybe you like to play with your brothers and sisters. Maybe you e57．staying with your mum and dad. Maybe you have a pet you like to play with. Spending time with your family is one thing that makes being at home special.Your bedroom is a58．thing that makes home special. Your toys, your books, and your favourite things are in your bedroom. Consider what you like best about your room. Is it how it looks? Is it your comfortable b59．that you sleep on? Maybe you like to have a q60．place to read a book or to think about your day.Mealtime can be a special time at home. Families sit around the table to eat the food Mum or Dad has prepared. It’s a time to share interesting s61．about your day.How do you help at home?There are a lot of things to do to make home a special place. Who does the chores (家庭杂务) l62．cleaning, cooking, and yardwork (庭院劳动) at your house? When families work t63．to do the chores, it makes them easier and more fun for everyone. Maybe you can h64．lay the dinner table or clear the places. Maybe you can pull weeds (草) out of the flower garden. Maybe you can water the vegetable garden or the houseplants. Think about what you can do, so that w65．you come home every day, you can say, “Home, sweet home!”二、2019年八、综合填空（本大题共1小题,每小题10分,共10分）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．43．（10分）The villagers in Mhangeni , Africa．faced a very big challenge（挑战）．They didn't have a school fortheir kids．Then the village elder thought of an （1）i．He said that there was an old , abandoned （废弃的）farmhouse．It could be changed into classrooms after cleaning and furnishing（装设备）it．All the villagers were （2）p with his suggestion and started the project immediately．The parents repaired the broken walls．Some villagers （3）d the house into three classrooms by using pieces of wood．The others helped make desks and chairs for the students．Still , there was much more work to do．But the rains were coming．They had to （4）s working for the school as it was now the best time for them to plant．So the children of Mhangeni decided to finish the house by （5）t．They had to hurry as summer had ended and other schools had already opened．They didn't want to delay（耽搁）their studies．Every day they were busy with cutting the grass and clearing the bushes（灌木）．The news about the project （6）s and many people knew it．Two teachers who worked for the country's Department of Education arrived to help out．and two foreign visitors were also touched （感动）by the children's （7）a．They donated money for them to buy textbooks and stationery．After 10 days of hard work , the new school was （8）r．The kids were very happy but a bit worried ﹣they were behind in their studies．Besides（除…之外）this , they also faced many （9）d．There were not enough classrooms to hold all the students．And two or three students had to share one book．However , the children are happy to study in school﹣（10）e in their new school which they helped to build．Though their school might not be modern , their dream of having a school near their homes has come true．三、2018年八、综合填空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。

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How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a cell phone can help us. However many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different w___56___of telling the time.About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians i___57___the sun clock. This was a tall stone structure. Its shadow (影子)showed the movement of the s___58___they were able to determine（测定）midday.About 3,500 years ago,the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure (测量)the time for half a day. On c___59___days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.Water clocks were the f___60___clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows（流动）from one container（容器）to another. When the water reaches a certain l ___61___ it moves a lever (控制杆)and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they f___62___o keep accurate（精确的）time.In the 13th century. the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, b___63___was expensive to make. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条)were added around 1500. Thisi____64____accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.More recently, in1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites（人造卫星）send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping but some things never c___65___. Man of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.四、2017年八、综合填空（本大题共10 小题,每小题1 分,共10 分）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．81．Lan Lan ,a student of Grade Seven in Lushan ,was taking a drawing class in a tent on April 23．Guess what she drew﹣a house with wings．When the teacher asked why she did so ,Lan said if her house could f （81）,it wouldn't fall down in an earthquake．Lan's hometown was hit by a s （82）earthquake on April 20．At least 196people were killed。