中考三轮复习套卷训练（八）
满分100分 答题时间30分钟
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填空题(本大题共小题， 共分)
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1.(本小题30分)
任务型阅读,请将正确的序号填在横线上（每空一词）
A problem is only a problem until there is a solution (解决办法). We find solutions by thinking creatively.(1)____In other words, we think outside the box. Sometimes, thinking outside the box solves not just one, but two problems.
Amsterdam is one of the most crowded cities in Europe. As a result, housing is very expensive, especially for students.(2)____ However, finding this type of apartments was almost impossible until recently.
While the colleges in Amsterdam were trying to solve the housing problem, thousands of shipping contains（集装箱）were lying quietly in ports（港口）around the world. These huge steel containers carry products from one country to another. The life of each container is about 10 years.(3)____ Yet they can’t recycle all of them because there are so many.
Back in Amsterdam, a company came up with an amazing idea. Why not reuse these shipping containers as student apartment?(4)____They are all the same size and fit together perfectly. The steel is strong. Moreover, these containers are sowidely available that they are quite cheap to buy. For all these reasons, they can be used to build apartments quickly and cheaply. Building began in 2005,and after only a few weeks, hundreds of Amsterdam students had new homes.
When students first heard about this idea,they thought the container apartments would be small, noisy, and cold.(5)____ Each container apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom with a study area, and a bathroom. The apartments are warm and quiet. They even have a high-speed Internet connection. Living in a shipping container has become popular. Today, 3,000 Amsterdam students live in the container village.
核心考点: 任务型阅读
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2.(本小题40分)
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在横线上。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
Soap is widely used in our lives around the world. Once soap was a dangerous-to-make hair (1) ____. But it is something that it would be difficult to live without today.
Soap is everywhere. We use it every day and (2) ____ it as something important in our lives. It also has an amazing (3) ____, in Babylon around 2800 B. C., the (4) ____ known soap was made and used. Ancient Egyptians also made soap. At one time, soap-making was not (5) ____.That’s because lye (碱液) (6)____ chemical burns or even made people blind in the making process. Other dangerous materials were also (7) ____ with animal fats and oils. Later, soap became (8) ____ in stores and people gradually stopped making it in their homes.
Originally (最初), soap was not mainly used for (9) ____ . Instead, it was used as gel (凝胶) for making hair stay in place or smell good. The Arabsfirst made the soap that we know today. They created colored, liquid, and hard soaps. They even had soaps which were used for shaving (刮胡子).
Soap became people’s (10) ____ in the late 1800s. Advertising in Europe and the US helped people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health. Now. Soap is something we wouldn’t want to live without.
核心考点: 短文填空
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3.(本小题30分)
补全对话,请将正确的序号填在横线上,有两项是多余的（每空一词）
（At break, Amy meets Ken in the hallway.）
Amy：Hi, Ken. Jane’s birthday is coming. Have you received her invitation?
Ken：Yes. (1)____
Amy：Me too. I’m just thinking about the gift. (2)____
Ken：Well, she likes writing. Why not get her pens and books?
Amy：(3)____I think she’ll be happy to get them.
Ken：Yeah. By the way, how will you buy the gift? Will you ask your parents for money?
Amy：(4)____ I’ve already saved my pocket money.
Ken：You’re right. I think we should learn to manage pocket money. I just spend it on the things I really need.
Amy：That’s true. (5)____
Ken：What a kind girl! Learning to save and use money are both important to us.
核心考点: 补全对话
