中考真题2024年江苏省镇江市语法填空-生肖文化的起源与传播
Zodiac animals are important to the Chinese people for long. Many years ago, a president from a foreign country v___1___ China. At the dinner, he presented people with a riddle, “There are twelve things that can be given to all the Chinese, and each person can get his or her o___2___ . What are the twelve things?” The answer is of course the “12 zodiac animals”. As a cultural sign that stays with a person since his or her b___3___, the zodiac animal of the year plays an important role in e___4___ life. Even today, many Chinese people will use “What is your zodiac animal?” instead of “How old are you?” when they ask about a person’s a___5___.
In ancient times, people formed clans (部落). Different clans had different signs. The clans usually used the looks of animals. O___6___, an important meeting was held. At the meeting, the animals used by the most powerful clans were d___7___ as the zodiac animals.
Just l___8___ China, many other countries also have similar systems of zodiac animals. For example, India has a system of 12 zodiac animals, which is a___9___ the same as that of China, with only the lion in the place of the tiger. The Vietnamese (越南的) system has cat instead of rabbit, but the other e___10___ animals remain the same. It is widely believed that it was the Chinese zodiac culture that spread to the countries nearby.
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解析：选(v)isited。句意：多年前，一位外国总统访问中国。根据“a president from a foreign country v... China”可知，此处是指访问中国，visit“访问”，根据“Many years ago”可知，此处应使用过去式。故填(v)isited。
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解析：选(o)wn。句意：在宴会上，他给人们出了一个谜语：“有十二样东西可以给所有的中国人，每个人都可以得到自己的。” 根据“There are twelve things that can be given to all the Chinese, and each person can get his or her o...”可知，此处是指每个人都可以得到属于自己的东西，own“自己的”符合语境。故填(o)wn。
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解析：选(b)irth。句意：作为一种文化标志，从一个人出生起就与他或她在一起，这一年的生肖动物在每个人的日常生活中起着重要的作用。根据“As a cultural sign that stays with a person since his or her b...”可知，此处是指从出生起，birth“出生”符合语境。故填(b)irth。
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解析：选(e)veryone’s/(e)verybody’s/(e)veryday。句意：作为一种文化标志，从一个人出生起就与他或她在一起，这一年的生肖动物在每个人的/日常生活中起着重要的作用。根据“the zodiac animal of the year plays an important role in e... life”可知，此处是指在每个人的/日常生活中，everyone’s/everybody’s“每个人的”/everyday“日常的”，作定语修饰life。故填(e)veryone’s/(e)verybody’s/(e)veryday。
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解析：选(a)ge。句意：即使在今天，许多中国人会用“你的生肖是什么？”来代替“你多大了？”来询问一个人的年龄。根据“How old are you?”可知，此处是指询问一个人的年龄，age“年龄”符合语境。故填(a)ge。
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解析：选(O)nce。句意：有一次，举行了一次重要的会议。根据“O..., an important meeting was held.”可知，此处是指有一次举行了一次重要的会议，once“一次”符合语境，句首需大写首字母。故填(O)nce。
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解析：选(d)ecided。句意：在会议上，最强大的氏族使用的动物被确定为生肖动物。根据“the animals used by the most powerful clans were d... as the zodiac animals”可知，此处是指被决定为生肖动物，decide“决定”，此处是一般过去时的被动语态，动词用过去分词形式。故填(d)ecided。
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解析：选(l)ike。句意：就像中国一样，许多其他国家也有类似的生肖制度。根据“Just l... China, many other countries also have similar systems of zodiac animals.”可知，此处是指就像中国一样，like“像”符合语境。故填(l)ike。
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解析：选(a)lmost。句意：例如，印度有一个十二生肖动物系统，这与中国几乎相同，只是狮子代替了老虎。根据“India has a system of 12 zodiac animals, which is a... the same as that of China, with only the lion in the place of the tiger”可知，此处是指几乎相同，almost“几乎”符合语境。故填(a)lmost。
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解析：选(e)leven。句意：越南的系统中有猫而不是兔子，但其他11种动物保持不变。根据“The Vietnamese (越南的) system has cat instead of rabbit, but the other e... animals remain the same.”可知，此处是指其他十一种动物，eleven“十一”符合语境。故填(e)leven。