Day 11-冲刺2020中考英语语法填空20天集训.docxVIP

Day 11 Passage 1 Many of humans great achievements are in science and technology. The list is almost endless. The___1____(invent) of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine ___2____ (live) without electricity? What about the printing press? Without the printing press, you wouldnt be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in___3____ (communicate), such as radios, TVs, computers, the Internet, and smartphones(智能手机). We could probably live without them, but life wouldnt be as___4____ (interest) as it is now. What about the arts? The arts have brought ____5___ (please) to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space? ___6____(final), we must not forget humans early achievements. They used fire for cooking and ____7___ (heat) and invented the wheel. We cant imagine modern life without __8_____ (cook) food and cars. What are humans greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need___9____ (decide) what we mean by “great”. Is it something that___10____ (make) us rich or happy or save lives? Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow，” like the Great Wall? What do you think? 【答案】 1.invention 2.living 3.communication 4.interesting 5. Pleasure 6.Finally 7.heating 8.cooked 9.to decide 10.makes Passage2 On Thanksgiving Day，a teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture____1___something they were thankful for.She thought that these children from poor__2_____ (family) actually had little to be thankful for.And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food.The teacher was very___3____ (surprise) to see the picture Douglas handed in.Its a hand，a simple hand. But whose hand？The class were very interested in the strange picture.“I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food，” said one c