《2026年通城学典全国中考试题分类精粹英语》

Today the earth is getting warmer and warmer. But hundreds of years 1.ago, people had a different problem—a 400 - year cold period! From the 1400s to the 1800s, winters in the northern half of the earth were 2.colder and longer than they are now. Scientists 3.call this time the “Little Ice Age (小冰期)”.
The colder weather 4.brought many serious problems. Plants died of cold and illness spread among people. People had to spend a lot more time collecting wood for fires to keep their house warm. And sometimes, a 5.huge piece of ice would slide down (滑落) a mountain and destroy (摧毁) some villages.
Scientists think the Little Ice Age was caused by forces (力量) that people could not control. One cause (起因), in their opinion, was the sun. The sun often has “storms” of energy called sunspots (太阳黑子). During the Little Ice Age, there were fewer sunspots than there are 6.today. With fewer sunspots, the sun was giving out less 7.energy which made the earth warm. Volcanic eruption (火山爆发) was probably 8.another natural cause. During the Little Ice Age, many volcanoes erupted. Their dust (灰尘) might stop the sun's 9.light and heat from reaching the earth.
Today we are seeing the influences of rising temperature. Scientists think people are causing this change by 10.burning a lot of coal and oil. So we need to change our way of living.

答案： 1.ago 2.colder 3.call 4.brought 5.huge 6.today 7.energy 8.another 9.light 10.burning

Do you have a friend with an interesting background? Today, I'd like to tell you about a friend of 1.minewith it.
You know, I didn't use to do 2.sports. However, a couple of years ago, I 3.joineda fitness club. There, I met Linda. After the exercise, we had coffee together and 4.becamegood friends soon. I think we have a lot in 5.common—we both like to keep fit and love trying different kinds of food. And we love the ocean. In summer, we like to play at the 6.beachand go swimming there. Linda was 7.bornin London, but has lived in China for ten years. So she can 8.speakboth Chinese and English. That's something different about us. Another 9.differenceis her background—Linda has experience and knowledge of two cultures.
So, now you know a bit about my friend Linda. Although we might not always live in the same city in the 10.future, I think we'll stay friends forever.

答案： 1.mine 2.sports 3.joined 4.became 5.common 6.beach 7.born 8.speak 9.difference 10.future

Even though my grandfather was a farmer, my grandmother would iron his work clothes every day. Grandmother mixed up her own starch (淀粉浆) in a glass 1. bbottle with a metal cap that had several holes. She sprinkled Grandfather's jeans with the starch, hung them over a chair for a few minutes, and then 2. iironed them.
Because I watched her do this through my childhood, I thought every old woman did it. But as the years passed, I began to question this 3. ppractice. Why did Grandfather's work clothes need to be ironed? Most days, he never saw anyone 4. bbut me and maybe a few other farmers. The clothes became dirty in just a short time. Why did Grandmother 5. sstill devote time and effort to ironing Grandfather's clothes that were rarely seen?
One day when I was about 13, I asked Grandmother about it. She told me Grandfather was the most handsome man in the world. Later that day, I looked 6. ccarefully at Grandfather. He sure didn't look so handsome to me. He was short and fat with false teeth (假牙). Later I told her my 7. tthought.
She gave me a girlish smile and said, “You just aren't looking in the right light, Cathy. I remember when he had 8. rreal teeth. He has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. They are 9. eexactly the same color as the sky just before the sun goes down. I want him to feel beautiful. I iron his clothes every day because for all these years, he has made me feel beautiful. ”
The years went on, and I watched Grandmother and Grandfather grow old together. I was probably 30 years old when I 10. uunderstood what beauty really was. It was Grandmother ironing Grandfather's jeans with starch from a glass bottle.

答案： 1.bottle 2.ironed 3.practice 4.but 5.still 6.carefully 7.thought 8.real 9.exactly 10.understood