Elementary School in Oregon, USA is an 2. [?g'za:mp(?)l]. The teachers at this
school say no to homework. They ask their students to play outside, read books or 3. time with their family after school. Principal Kate Barker believes homework can help middle school students learn 4. (good), but it does little good to elementary school students. So they decided to 5. [te?k] the no-homework policy last year.
Many students and their parents think the policy is very good. “There’re enough 6. ['eks?sa?ziz] for us at school. There should be no homework 7. school,” says one student. Some education experts don’t think so. “Our study shows some homework for young students can lead to 8. (succeed),” says Harris Cooper, a professor of Duke University. In fact, not only experts but also some students say they feel 9. (boring) without homework.
What do you 10. of the policy. 【参考答案】
（二十六）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
1.gives 2.example 3.spend/enjoy 4.well 5.take 6.exercises 7.after 8.success 9.bored 10.think 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（二十七）
A few weeks ago, I visited Sydney, a perfect place to surf. I knew I couldn’t 1. [li:v] it without going surfing myself. I booked a group surf lesson when I was in Byron Bay. Byron Bay is a really popular place 2. professional surfers to go! We were first 3. (ask) to learn how to read the sea conditions and what to expect in the water. Then we did a warm-up by 4. (run) along the beach. Next, it was time to learn 5. to stand on the surboard. We did it on the 6. [s?nd]. After a lot of practice, we were ready to go out into the sea and try it out on the water. I have to say, surfing in much harder 7. it looks. When you watch people from the beach, they make it look so easy! I 8. (fail) many times to stand up. Then one of the coaches came to help me and held my board steady (平稳的). 9. ['fa?n?l?] I learned how to do that and by the end of the lesson I had managed to “walk on water”. 10. was a pretty amazing feeling and I felt so proud of myself! 【参考答案】
（二十七）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.live 2.for 3.asked 4.running 5.surf 6.sand 7.than 8.failed 9.Finally 10.It 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（二十八）
Winter is cold in some places. Many plants do not 1. during the winter. Some plants even die. Snow and ice may cover the ground, so it can be 2.h for animals to find food during the winter. Animals get through the time in many 3. (way). Birds and butterflies can fly. Many of them leave their homes for 4. ['s?mwe?] warm. Then they come home next spring. We call this migration, which is a good way to avoid the cold.
5. good way to avoid the cold is to sleep through it. Many animals hide and sleep during the winter. They don’t eat and use very little energy. They do this until food 6. (return). We call this hibernation. Snakes, frogs and bears hibernate. Some animals store(贮存) food in their 7. (home). They live on what they stored in
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the summer and fall. This is what squirrel(松鼠) do.
Other animals tough it out( 挨过). They neither leave 8. 9. [θ?k] coats in the winter. Some of them 10. Arctic fox is brown in the summer and white in the winter. 【参考答案】
（二十八）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.grow 2.hard 3.ways 4.somewhere 6.returns 7.homes 8.nor 9.thick 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（二十九）
5.Another
10.change
hide. Some of them grow [t?e?n(d)?] color. The
The Ganges(恒河水) is about 2500 km 1. . It flows through India and Bangladesh. Indians call it the Ganges. But when it 2. (flow) out of India and into Bangladesh, it is no longer 3. (call) the Ganges. Lots of India people live on the banks( 岸 ) of the Ganges. They 4. [d?'pend] on the river a lot. They not 5. drink its water, but also fish, wash and bath in it.
A large number of Indian people 6. (be) Hindus(印度教教徒). To them, the Ganges is a sacred(神圣的) river. They call it “7. ['m?e?] Ganges”. They believe the water of the Ganges can wash 8. their sins( 罪恶). In their eyes, life is not complete without 9. (bath) in the Ganges at 10. [li:st] once. 【参考答案】
（二十九）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.long 2.flows 3.called 4.depend 6.are 7.Mother 8.out 9.bathing 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十）
5.only
10.least
At 13, Rachel Crow appeared on The X Factor. It is a British reality show( 真 人 秀 ). The judges( 评判员) loved her beautiful singing. It 1. (seem) that she was ready to win. However, she failed. Rachel was shocked. She cried on the stage. It was sad for 2. (she). But it was just the kind of show TV audiences(观众) love.
Some people say that kids should stay away form reality shows, 3. they don’t play characters. They play themselves. Cameras show their most 4. ['pra?v?t] moments. Also, these shows leave little free time for the kids.
But others say reality shows give kids a chance to shine. One Direction, a pop boy band, became world famous after 5. (compete) on The X Factor. Even Rachel recorded her album(音乐专辑) and voiced a character in the movie Rio 2, though she failed. Here are two students’ 6. [‘d?fr?nt] opinions on this. Kids should be allowed on reality shows.
Kids on reality shows can make a lot of money. Talented kids can become famous if 7. appear on a reality show. It’s good for kids to learn that they can’t always win. Kids shouldn’t be allowed on reality shows. Children may not be able to 8. with unkind words from judges and fans. Kids on reality shows have to give 9. privacy. They are too young to make that 10. [d?'za?n]. Reality shows may leave little time for a child to study, play or just relax. 【参考答案】
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（三十）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
1.seemed 2.her 3.because 4.private 5.competing 6.different 7.they 8.deal 9.their 10.design 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十一）
Philippe Morgese is a single dad from Florida, USA. Like many other 1. (father), he loves his daughter a lot. However, he has a special way to show his love 2. his daughter—he is good at braiding his daughter’s hair. 3. ['ri:sntl?], he has got lots of fans on the Internet 4. of his Daddy Daughter Hair Factory. It is free classes to teach dads how 5. (do) their daughters’ hair.
Philippe wanted to help other dads and daughters connect just like him and his daughter Emma, so he 6. (decide) to teach other dads about braiding skills and basic hair care for free. “I can 7. [st?l] remember being clueless about Emma’s hair in her 8. (young) years,” said Philippe.
As time goes by, the loving father has learned a lot about how to lool after his daughter 9. [?n'klu:d??] braiding her hair. “I’m always trying my best to be a good father,” said Philippe 10. (proud). 【参考答案】
（三十一）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
1. fathers 2. to 3.Recently 4.because 5.to do 6.decided 7. still 8. young 9. including 10. proudly 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十二）
Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, 1. how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating 2. (habit). If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your 3. . Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, and you need no food. Stop 4. (eat) before you feel full.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 5. you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be 6. ['sm ɑ:t?] after eating breakfast.
Eat 7. (health) sancks like fruits, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s good to eat two healthy snacks 8. [b?'twi:n] your three meals. This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of a meal.
Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least three 9. (hour) before you go to bed. This will give your body a 10. [t?ɑ:ns] to digest(消化) most of the food before you rest for the next 8-10 hours.
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（三十二）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1. but 2. habits 3.body 4. eating 5. if
6.smarter 7. healthy 8. between 9. hours 10. chance 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十三）
Few Chinese people saw the Internet business would make much money when Ma Yun
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started Alibaba in 1999. Many people thought he was 1 /'kre?z?/.
However, the man believed that e 2 should have a dream. “The most important thing is that we believed in our dream f 3 the first day to today and tomorrow. Of course we make many mistakes, but we n 4 gave up hope,” Ma said. The 52-year-old became Chinese mainland’s 85 (最富有的) man with 150 billion yuan.
Ma’s attention is not only on the 6 _ /'?nt?net/ business. Alibaba p 7 an important part in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also the board of China’s most successful soccer 8 (俱乐部), Guangzhou Evergrand.
Now, Ma has a bigger dream. “We hope that i 9 the next 15 years the world will 10 (变化) because of us,” he said.
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（三十三）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.crazy 2.everyone/everybody 3.from 4.never 5.richest 6.internet 7.plays 8.club 9.in 10.change 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十四）
China is a country with many colorful and festival. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of them. This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar 1 (日历). It stands for the started of spring and farming.
The dragon is 2 [?m'p?: （r）tnt] in Chinese. We Chinese people call 3 ( 我们自 己)the “descendants （传人）of the dragon”. So people 4 the Dragon Head Raising Day with many customs a 5 dragon. On the day in ancient times, people put ashes in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon into the house”. People believed that with the 6 of the dragon ,they could have a good harvest in 7 （秋天）.
Also, people eat special foods on that day. The foods usually named a 8 dragon. For example ,people eat “dragon whisker ” noodles and dumplings called “dragon teeth ”.
Today, many customs have disappeared. But one that has remained is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut 9 ['dj??r??] the first lunar month may bring luck to the 10 of a family –mother’s brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head Raising Day. 【参考答案】
（三十四）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.calendar 2.important 3.ourselves 4.celebrate 5.about 6.bless 7.autumn/fall 8.about 9.during 10.life 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十五）
The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route（路线）between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. It began 1 （在……期间）the Western Han Dynasty and has been a bridge between East and West for over 2,000 years.
The ancient road s 2 from Chang’an （ now
Xi’an) and ended in Eastern 3 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet.
, near
today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 The Silk Road got its name b 4 Chinese silk used to
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be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron w 5 west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.
The Silk Road was very important to b 6 China and the rest of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, — 7 about arts,
8 （科学）and literature, as well as crafts 工艺 and technologies was shared across the
Silk Road. In this w 9 , languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.
Today, along the Silk Road there’re many places of 10 , such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road. 【参考答案】
（三十五）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.during 2.started 3.Europe 4.because 6.both 7.knowledge 8.science 9.way 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十六）
5.went
10.interest
Now more than 20 schools in the northwest of China are 1 ( 使 用 ) E-textbooks. Some teachers say that they make learning easier and 2 (教学) more convenient. Jing Xuan is excited about 3 like Chinese, English and math. She e 4 the pictures and animations ( 动 画 ) in the E-textbooks. The children here have been studying with E-textbooks since last 5 [sep'temb?].
W 6 the help of the E-textbooks, some good ideas are shared at times. Some parents encourage their children 7 to try the E-textbooks to make learning easier. But others worry about their children’s 8 (健康).
“You can’t imagine how the growing popularity of E-textbooks is changing the way the students learn! More and more students will learn with E-textbooks in the f 9 . However, there’s still a long way to go.” said the 10 [hed'mɑ?st?]. 【参考答案】
（三十六）短文填空（共 10 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1.using 2.teaching 3.subjects 4.enjoys 5.September 6.With 7.learn 8,health 9.future 10.headmaster 【2019 福建专版中考英语短文填空】（三十七）
As I was finishing the seventh grade, my school met some financial(财务的) prob lems. The school made the classes bigger, so there would be fewer 1 (教师).
Sadly, I found out that 2 ['n??b?d?] of my close friends were in any of my new classes. Also, my new classmates were quite different f 3 my old ones. I began to feel lonely.
Soon I got to 4 ( 知道) that people in other groups made new friends in their new classes. They 5 (似乎) very happy with their new friends.
I thoug ht tha t i 6 was ti me for me to make new fr ie nds. I not ic ed tha t peopl e with many friends were very active (积极的). They often t 7 to others first, while I was always frightened to talk to others and hoped other people would talk to me first.
So I decided to c 8 . Once I realized that, I found that making friends is very easy
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