中考真题2024年山东省滨州市语法填空-龙：中国文化中的强大象征
The year 2024 celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dragon. It is respected as a ___1___ (luck) year, full of hope for all.
Chinese people respect the dragon, and even see themselves as the descendants (后代) of the dragon. In Chinese culture, the dragon is a symbol of power and good luck. People believe it controls the water and brings a good harvest. So they ___2___ (admire) the dragon since ancient times. And people who are born in the dragon year are thought to be confident and unafraid to take risks.
But how did the dragon become one of the twelve ___3___ (animal) in the Chinese zodiac (生肖)? According to the legend, there was a party, the order of the zodiac animals would be decided by the order in which they arrived. The dragon, although it had the ability ___4___ (fly), didn’t come first because it stopped to make rain for farmers on ___5___ (it) way. So, it was the ___6___ (five) one to arrive.
To show great respect towards the dragon, Dragon Dance ___7___ (start) by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty. Now it has been spread all over the world. The length of dragons can be 50 to 70 meters because people believe that the ___8___ (long) the dragon is, the more luck it will bring. But a small group ___9___ (not run) a very long dragon because it needs great human power, much money, and special skills.
The dragon is not just an animal in the Chinese zodiac, it’s also a powerful symbol that is rooted (根植) ___10___ (deep) in Chinese history and customs.
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解析：选lucky。此空修饰名词year，所以此空应为形容词。luck的形容词形式为lucky，意为“幸运的”。因此，此空应填lucky。
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解析：选have admired。上文提到“People believe it controls the water and brings a good harvest”，其意思是“人们认为它能控制水，带来好收成”，所以此空所在句想表达“所以自从古代以来，他们就崇拜龙”。根据“since ancient times”可知，此空应使用现在完成时，其结构为“have/has done”。主语they为复数，所以助动词应使用have。admire的过去分词为admired。因此，此空应填have admired。
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解析：选animals。此空修饰后面的介词短语“in the Chinese zodiac”，所以此空应为名词。animal为可数名词，根据前面的“twelve”可知，此空应使用复数形式animals。因此，此空应填animals。
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解析：选to fly。此空所在句想表达“龙虽然有飞翔的能力，但并没有排在第一位，因为它在途中停下来为农民造雨”。have the ability to do sth意为“有做某事的能力”，所以此空应填to fly。
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解析：选its。此空修饰后面的名词way，所以此空应为形容词性物主代词。it的形容词性物主代词为its。因此，此空应填its。
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解析：选fifth。此空想表达“所以它是第五个到达的”。表示顺序时，一般使用序数词，所以此空应填fifth。因此，此空应填fifth。
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解析：选was started。此空所在句表示“在汉代，中国人开始了舞龙表演”，而“Dragon Dance”与“start”之间是被动关系，因此应使用被动语态。又因为这里表示的是过去的事情，所以应使用一般过去时的被动语态，即“was/were started”。而主语“Dragon Dance”是单数，所以此空应填“was started”。
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解析：选longer。此空所在句想表达“龙的长度可以是50到70米，因为人们相信龙越长，它带来的运气就越多”。根据后面的“the more luck it will bring”可知，此句使用了“the+比较级……，the+比较级……”的结构，表示“越……，越……”，所以此空应使用形容词的比较级longer。因此，此空应填longer。
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解析：选can't run。此空所在句表示“但是一个小团体不能舞一条很长的龙”，表示“不能”应使用情态动词“can't”，后面跟动词原形“run”。因此，此空应填“can't run”。
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解析：选deeply。此空修饰后面的介词短语“in Chinese history and customs”，所以此空应为副词。deep的副词形式为deeply，意为“深深地”。因此，此空应填deeply。