中考真题2024年江苏省苏州市语法填空-食用植物的历史传播
When cultures meet, not just their language or clothing may be different. Often their food will be ___1___ (great) different too. People on both sides can discover new chances for trading. This text ___2___ (tell) how some common food plants spread around the world.
As early as 5, 000 BC, ___3___ (potato) were traded in South America as a valuable type of food. They were ___4___ (take) to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.
Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon ___5___ (become) fashionable there but because ___6___ its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.
Sugar cane (甘蔗) was first used to produce ___7___ kind of sweet juice over 8, 000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the ___8___ (wide) world.
Cocoa was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3, 000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with ___9___ (they) in the 1520s and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today. ___10___ it’s expensive, many people still love it.
1.1.
A
B
C
D
解析：选greatly。此处需要副词来修饰形容词different，表示“非常不同”或“大大不同”。great是形容词，其副词形式是greatly。
2.2.
A
B
C
D
解析：选tells。根据句子结构和语境，此处描述的是本文的内容，且文本内容是对一般事实的陈述，因此时态应使用一般现在时。主语是单数第三人称，所以动词tell需要加-s。
3.3.
A
B
C
D
解析：选potatoes。根据语境，此处指的是被交易的物品是土豆，且为复数形式，因为通常交易时不会只交易一个土豆。potato的复数形式是potatoes。
4.4.
A
B
C
D
解析：选taken。此处描述的是土豆被带到欧洲的历史事件，应使用被动语态。且该事件发生在过去，因此时态为一般过去时的被动语态，即was/were taken。所以填taken。
5.5.
A
B
C
D
解析：选became。此处描述的是喝茶这一行为在欧洲变得时尚的历史事件，发生在过去，因此时态为一般过去时。become的过去式是became。
6.6.
A
B
C
D
解析：选of。此处构成固定短语“because of”，表示“由于”或“因为”某原因。后面接名词或名词短语作为原因。
7.7.
A
B
C
D
解析：选a。此处需要冠词来修饰名词kind，表示“一种”甜汁。kind以辅音音素开头，因此用不定冠词a。
8.8.
A
B
C
D
解析：选wider。此处需要形容词来修饰名词world，表示“更广阔的”世界。wide是形容词原级，其比较级是wider。根据语境，此处是在描述甘蔗的使用范围从东南亚扩展到更广阔的世界。
9.9.
A
B
C
D
解析：选them。此处需要代词来作为介词with的宾语，且代指前文提到的可可。they是人称代词主格，其宾格形式是them。
10.10.
A
B
C
D
解析：选Although / Though。此处需要连词来连接两个句子，表示转折关系。根据语境，前半句说可可很贵，后半句说很多人仍然喜欢它，因此应使用表示转折的连词。Although和Though都可以表示“虽然”或“尽管”的意思。