2011年中考英语完形填空分类练习题二 科普常识.docVIP

二 考点二、科普常识 （2010·湖北省黄冈市，二，15）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。 More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world.Of all these languages,English is _46_used.When it is used ,the English language has also _47_many new words from other languages.For example ,Americans borrowed “cookbook”from _48_.They also borrowed “tofu”and “knowtow”from Chinese. As we know,there are _49_between western culture and Chinese culture.We can learn about those by comparing how certain words are used.For example , “you are a lucky dog”_50_you are a lucky person. _51_ a person who is ill,they say, “sick as a dog”.O