Ⅴ. [2024·成都]短文填空(有两项多余)
age agree decide follow lead mean perform please solve talent they wide
William Shakespeare was born more than 450 years ago. He is 1. regarded as one of the greatest writers in history and is still influencing artists today. However, his language is too old-fashioned and difficult 2. because his time was quite different from today. This has 3. to a discussion: To update (更新) or not to update Shakespeare?
Some people think updating Shakespeare is necessary. They say Shakespeare’s plays are great, but what is the point if they cannot be understood? So many 4. modern writers have rewritten Shakespeare’s plays in the way people speak today. This makes 5. clearer for today’s audiences (读者). At the same time, audiences would still get as much 6. from the plays.
Some people 7. . They think Shakespeare’s works are beautiful and timeless. The richness of the language and the playful use of words should be celebrated. There are good reasons why the plays are still being 8. today. Many of Shakespeare’s expressions are still used, for example, “All that glitters (发光) isn’t gold.” His works tell us what it 9. to be human. Topics such as love, kindness and friendship last through the 10. .
What do you think? Should Shakespeare be updated?

1. widely
2. to follow
3. led
4. talented
5. them
6. pleasure
7. disagree
8. performed
9. means
10. ages

【分析】
先通读短文，把握“是否应更新莎士比亚作品”的讨论主旨；再结合每个空的语法结构、固定搭配及上下文语境，从给定词汇中选择合适的词并调整词形，确保符合语义和语法要求。
【解析】
1. 空后是动词regarded，需副词修饰，给定词wide的副词形式widely表示“广泛地”，符合“被广泛认为是伟大作家”的语境。
2. 固定结构be difficult to do sth，需用动词不定式，选follow，意为“理解（作品）”，契合“语言老式难懂难以理解”的语义。
3. 现在完成时结构为has+过去分词，给定词lead的过去分词是led，lead to是固定搭配“导致”，符合“引发讨论”的语境。
4. 空后是名词writers，需形容词修饰，给定词talent的形容词形式talented表示“有才华的”，契合“有才华的现代作家”的语义。
5. 固定结构make+宾语+形容词，此处宾语指代前文的plays，用代词宾格them，意为“让作品更清晰”。
6. 固定搭配get pleasure from，需用名词形式，给定词please的名词是pleasure，意为“乐趣”，契合“从作品中获得乐趣”的语义。
7. 前文提及部分人支持更新，此处是另一部分人的反对观点，给定词agree的反义词disagree表示“不同意”，符合语境。
8. 被动语态结构为be+过去分词，给定词perform的过去分词是performed，意为“被表演”，契合“作品至今仍被演绎”的语义。
9. 主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用第三人称单数形式，给定词mean的第三人称单数是means，意为“意味着”，符合“作品诠释人类意义”的语境。
10. 固定搭配through the ages表示“古往今来”，需用名词复数，给定词age的复数是ages，契合“主题长久流传”的语义。
【答案】
1. widely 2. to follow 3. led 4. talented 5. them 6. pleasure 7. disagree 8. performed 9. means 10. ages
【知识点】
短文填空（词汇运用）、动词时态语态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为2024年成都中考短文填空题，考查词汇在语境中的灵活运用，需结合语法规则、固定搭配及上下文逻辑选词变形，是中考常见题型，侧重基础词汇的综合运用。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅵ. 完形填空
主题 难度 建议用时 实际用时
“谎言” 中 6分钟
【阅读导读】本文主要讲述了小女孩Rosa因父母分居，而享受不到与父母在一起的快乐，也感受不到家庭的温暖，但她又怕被同学知道真相，因此每当回到学校，她只能编一些谎言说给同学们听的故事。
Rosa liked making up stories. She was so sure that her classmates believed her all the time. At first she supposed it was 1. Now, as she got up to 2 before the class, she knew that make-believe stories had some way of coming back to make herself sad.
Rosa's parents were separated (分居的). Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer 3, she went to her father's farm in Arizona.
The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and 4 with some farm work. Her father, however, was so 5 that he couldn't find time to go to other places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would meet her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the city, he would always buy her a present.
When summer came to a close, Rosa 6 to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a 7 to talk about.
Not long after school began, Rosa looked through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting 8, like England and Germany. When Rosa's friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not 9. Remembering the travel magazines she had read, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to 10!
When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could remember about her trip to England.
()1. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game
()2. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel
()3. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed
()4. A. made B. played C. helped D. did
()5. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely
()6. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned
()7. A. family B. friend C. teacher D. farm
()8. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places
()9. A. interesting B. true C. long D. same
()10. A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home
我的感受：

1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.C
6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.A

【分析】
首先通读全文，理解文章主题是小女孩Rosa因父母分居，为融入同学话题而编造谎言的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析及固定搭配，逐个分析每个空的选项，排除不符合语境的选项，选出最恰当的答案。
【解析】
1. 结合语境，Rosa起初觉得编造故事是有趣的，fun表示“乐趣”，符合文意，故选B。
2. 此处指Rosa在班级前站起来发言，talk有“讲话、发言”的意思，故选A。
3. 表示“夏天到来”，arrived符合语境，故选B。
4. 固定搭配help with sth.表示“帮助做某事”，此处指帮助做农活，故选C。
5. 根据后文“他没时间带她去别的地方”，可知爸爸很忙，busy符合，故选C。
6. 夏天结束，Rosa返回妈妈身边，returned表示“返回”，故选D。
7. 前文提到朋友谈论家庭旅行，Rosa希望有自己的家庭旅行可分享，family符合，故选A。
8. 后文举例England和Germany，都是地方，places符合，故选D。
9. 她编造的不是真实内容，true表示“真实的”，故选B。
10. 后文提到老师让她讲去England的旅行，所以她编造的是去England，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文是贴近学生生活的记叙文，围绕“谎言”主题展开，解题需结合上下文分析词汇用法，难度中等，适合练习完形填空的解题思路。
【难度系数】
0.5