备战2023年中考英语专题复习—— 完形填空（说明文）

Do you know Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩) and Shuey Rhon Rhon(雪容融)?They are two very cute cartoon mascots (吉祥物) of the 2022 Being Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games (残奥会)

Bing Dwen Dwen is a carton image (形象)of a panda 1a spacesuit. It looks like a winter sportsperson from the future. "Bing" has several 2in Chinese, but the most common meaning is "ice'', which is a 3of winter sports, he word also means purity (纯洁). "Dwen Dwen"suggests a4, strong, honest, lively and lovely image of a panda. "Bing Dwen Dwen"5the spirit of Olympics, including a strong mind and healthy body. It serves for winter sports. 6happiness to those who watch the Winter Olympic Games and cheer up the sports persons who 7the games. Shuey Rhon Rlon is created in the 8the Chinese lantern. It really looks like a Chinese lantern. "Shuey'' means snow in Chinese. "Rhon Rhon" are two9Chinese characters(字) with the same pronunciation. Shuey Rhon Rhon means tolerance(包容) among different cultures. It is like a lantern which lights up the dreams of the disabled sports persons who are all good at sports, 10winter sports such as skiing and ice skating.

Do you like the two cartoon mascots? Do you want to own them? Now they are popular all over the world and it's not easy to buy them.

November 21 is World Hello Day. At school, we learned that "How do you do?" and "How are you?" are standard ways to say hello when 1others. But do you know how to respond them? Do native speakers still use them today? As we learned,

"How do you do?" is for greeting someone we meet for the 2time. And it can be responded with the same "How do you do?" "How are you?" is often used to greet someone we are 3 with. It usually 4 with a response of "I'm fine, and you?" or "I'm well, and you?"

But English is a casual language. The formal "How do you do?" is seldom said by native speakers. It is 5 old-fashioned. Yet they greet each other in many other 6

You may hear a 7 between British people; "You all right?" "Yeah, you?" "I'm good. Any plans for the weekend?" or" How's it going?' "Yeah, fine, and you?" These ways of greeting are 8 for young people to say hello to friends.

Americans like saying "What's up?" or "What's good?" to friends. Don't be confused. It doesn't mean "What's wrong?" It is just one way of saying 9. And people usually respond "Not much" 10 "Nothing". "Hey, man" is 11popular. But it is only used among males.

What do females say? You guess it. They often say "Hey, girl".

If you 12an Australian, you may hear "G'day, mate". It means "Good day". You can 13with the same "G'day".

However, there is no 14 to say hello to each other. If you can't remember all of the above, just choose "How are you?". This is the 15common and standard way for people of all ages. You can reply with "Pretty good" "Same as usual" or "I'm hanging in there".

Here are the materials you need to have a successful study period.

●Water and Healthy Snacks

Nowadays, you may spend much time studying. In the middle of a study period, you must be a little 1 ， It can be easy to tell yourself that you have to stop. You may go to the 2 because you're so hungry or thirsty. How can you save time? Solve this problem by keeping a bottle of water and healthy 3 at your desk. These 4will give you what you need for the long hours of studying ahead of you.

●The Internet

If you are not clear about what you have learnt, you'll probably use your class notes to 5

What happens if there's a topic that you still don't 6? You'd better have a website or two that you can 7 to search a subject. You can find explanations on the website. These can be very 8 in making sure that you understand the material. .

●Highlighters (荧光笔) and Sticky (黏的) Notes Learn wisely. As you 9 your textbook and notes，use highlighters and sticky notes to 10 yourself of which key information you need to remember. 11 even the strictest teachers won' t make you 12 your whole textbook for your exam. In order not to lose those very important 13 ，you can use some bright, fun color signs to record these materials.

●Note Cards

 14, we suggest keeping some note cards in your study so that you can make flashcards for coming tests. These are a useful tool for 15subject that requires memorization.

Good luck on your test.

Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your lessons. It can make you confident 1you are studying. But unluckily, most 2don't know how to take notes. Here are some tips.

Write down key facts. If your teacher writes 3 on the blackboard, that's great. You can copy them or write down the most 4 facts of all in class. Different teachers do things 5.For example，some teachers may mention lots of dates and facts in class,  6 they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may 7 something important again and again.

Ask. Don't be afraid to ask your teacher to 8 what you miss. If your teacher speaks too 9 and you can't follow what he is saying, you can ask him 10

class.

Compare. Comparing your notes with your 11 can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct some 12

Organize. Note taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook so that you can find everything 13when a test comes.

Good note- taking 14 time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you'll surely have less time to watch TV. But you'll 15 time in the coming test.

Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear 1 at any of those places? Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might 2 hear music in an office or on a farm.

Scientists believe that music changes the way 3 people behave. According to some scientists, the sound of Western classical music makes people 4 richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend 5 money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays 6 music, people spend less money. With 7 music, people spend even less.

Scientists also 8 that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people 9 their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their 10 hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave more quickly. In this way, restaurants 11 make more money.

Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say 12 music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are 13. And listening to music can help you relax.

The 14 time you hear music somewhere, be 15. It might change the way you do things.

We have a lot of big inventions in our life. But every day new inventions are introduced 1 the market. Recently a "2" pillow has been on sale in the UK. It has a speaker that can 3 to an MP3 player or a CD player; people can 4from their pillows as they sleep.

The pillow is 5 people who had a snoring （打呼噜）partner. It can play 6 to cover the 7 of the snoring. People who like to sleep with background sound 8 like it.

The pillow is the most popular with 9. Why? Because they prefer to hear lessons 10 they sleep. They hope they will 11 at least some of the information when they wake up. Last year a US study found that students who had 12 information during sleep could remember what they learned. But some teachers don't like this new 13.

They think the 14 ways of learning are more useful. They may make students work 15.

Do you know anything about the invention of the bar code（条形码）?

A small food store owner found it was 1 to keep records of the product information. In 1948, he asked the Drexel Institute of Technology to solve this 2. Bernard Silver, a graduate student, was 3. He and his friend Norman Joseph Woodland 4 to work on it. 5, they invented their first working system.

The system did work 6, but it was very expensive and 7 the system didn't work well. If the invention was to become 8 in stores, the problems had to be solved. Finally, Woodland solved 9.

The patent（专利权） for the bar code system was 10 for by Silver and Woodland in 1949, but the patent was not given until 1952. 11 this patent was given, the system was still not popular 12 store owners.

In 1970, a business named Logicon Inc. 13 the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code（食品工业统一码）. Marsh Supermarket in Troy was the first store to 14 this bar code reading system. It has become very popular ever since, and now it's 15 in all types of stores all over the world.

Most of us have three meals a day. We take food for granted（理所当然）. And we don't think about it. 1. experts argue a food crisis （危机）is coming. This crisis is going to make us 2 the way we think about food.

Food is in great need 3 a growing of world population. By 1960, the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999. By 2050, this planet will need to 4 at least nine billion people. As a result, the food prices get higher and higher.

So, what can a 5 , crowded world do? One suggestion is to eat 6 meat. Meat uses more natural resources than grain（谷物）. It requires more7 to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more 8 than vegetables. So, eating less meat will 9 more land for farming, and it will save water.

To eat less meat, people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be 10. Americans, for example, have 11 loved meat. In general, they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time, in developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years. 12 will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat will 13 to put pressure on natural resources.

World population is increasing, resources are becoming fewer, and food prices are rising. Therefore, we need to rethink 14 we eat every day. For meat lovers, we don't need to give up meat 15. But we need to eat more grain and less meat.

Street art is a very popular form of art. It is1quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings and street signs from Beijing to Paris.

Art expert(专家)say that the movement began in New York in the. 1960s. Young adults would use paint in special cans to put their words and other images on walls and cars 2the city. One well-known street artist is Swoon. She 3, paper images (形象)of people and puts them on walls. Swoon didn't start her career as a street artist. She studied art, but 4time went on, she got bored with the works she saw in museums or galleries (美术馆).The people in New York enjoy Swoon's strong and interesting5.

Some artists choose street art because it is 6to the people. Some artists try to express their opinions (观点)in their works. Advertising(广告)companies also use street art in their advertisements because it gives the deep impression (印象) and energy. The New York store Saks Fifth Avenue7used a street artist's design for their shop windows and I shopping bags.

In today's world, the Internet has a big 8on street art. Artists can show their pictures to the people all over the world on the Internet. Many people, 9, say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it live. Street art lives with the energy and life of a big10. There it will continue to change and grow.

Known as the1Chinese man, Su Bingtian made history. On August 1st of 2021, Su set a new record of 9. 83 seconds in the Tokyo Olympics Men's 100m semifinals (半决赛). He was the first Chinese 2 to enter the final in the event and brought an unforgettable moment for the world in the summer of that year.

For a long time, there was a (an)3that Asian people couldn't get great achievements in such kinds of competitions. Su's success broke this idea. He became well known and many people wanted to be as famous as him,4the way to success was never easy for Su. Once he was badly hurt in a training course, Su had to stop running after the accident. He even planned to 5 running in 2017. But the spirit to do something for our country brought Su back to the running team. He realized that finishing the semifinal in 610 seconds would win the chance to enter the final competition. It was7to get the goal. Su trained much harder than before to improve the speed. To encourage8, he set a personal goal—9.89 seconds. He even made the9 as his personal password (密码) for his phone and computer. 10, he succeeded! His spirit encourages many young people to try to achieve their dreams.