2011年中考英语精品复习资料完形填空篇（五）(21)Thesedays，itiseasierforustotraveltoothercountriesthaneverbefore．However，thereisabigdifficultythatmostofus41whenwemeetpeopleinothercountries—wecannotcommunicatewiththem.Thereare42whereEnglishisstillnotspoken，thoughitisthemostwidelyknownlanguage．So，wouldn’titbe43iftherewasonelanguagethatcouldbeunderstoodbyanyoneanywhereintheworld?Esperantothatwascreatedin1887maybetheworld’s44trulyinternationallanguage．Infact，although45artificial(人造的)languageshavebeenalreadycreated，onlyEsperantohashadmuchsuccess．Itslearnerssaythatitisaboutfourtimes46tolearnthanotherlanguages．Spellingandpronunciationarebotheasy，too．Forexample，itdoesnothavesilent47likethe“h”in“honest”．Ifyou48aword，youcanspellitwithoutanydifficulty．Thegrammarisalsoassimpleaspossible：onlysixteenbasic49，noirregularverbs(不规则动词)，onlysixverbendings．Inshort，Esperantoshouldbeattractive(有吸引力的)asalanguagetolearn，50thereisaproblem：howmanypeoplehavemetanyonewhocanreallyspeakit?Anyway，wehopethatsomedayonelanguagecanbemasteredeasilybyanyone．41．A．needB．missC．faceD．touch42．A．officesB．schoolsC．citiesD．places43．A．safeB．niceC．funnyD．difficult44．A．firstB．anotherC．lastD．other45．A．littleB．alittleC．fewD．afew46．A．betterB．easierC．slowerD．shorter47．A．marksB．partsC．wordsD．letters48．A．hearB．seeC．watchD．notice49．A．subjectsB．sentencesC．rulesD．lessons50．A．andB．butC．soD．because(22)WhenLiuKaiquwasyounghewaspoorinShanghai.Onedayhe36apictureofatigerandtriedtosellitonthestreet.Itcaughtthe37ofanAmerican,whoasked,“Howmuchdoesitcost?”Hesaid,“500dollars.”Theforeignerthoughtitwastoo38andaskedagain,“Canyoumakeitcheaper?”Heanswered,“No,”Thenhetore(撕)ittopieces.Ingreat39,theforeignersaid,“Youngman,areyouangry?”“No,sir.I’mnotangry.Isoldit40500dollarsbecauseIthoughtitwasworththe41.Butyouwantedalowerprice.Itmeans42didn’tthinksoanditisnotgoodenough.I’llgoonworking43untilmycustomers(顾客)aresatisfied.”Atthattime,44LiuKaiquwasnotfamousatall,henever45hisdream.Nowheiswell-knownallovertheworldasagreatartist.36.A.stoleB.pickedC.drewD.saw37.A.attentionB.instructionC.decisionD.discussion38.A.terribleB.bigC.oldD.dear39.A.fearB.difficultyC.surpriseD.excitement40.A.overB.forC.aboutD.among41.A.sizeB.priceC.weightD.position42.A.weB.heC.youD.it43.A.fasterandfasterB.betterandbetterC.slowerandslowerD.harderandharder44.A.thoughB.becauseC.whetherD.until45.A.brokeoffB.cutupC.gaveupD.sentoff(23)Now，peopleusesatellites(卫星)todomanythings．Sofar，manhasinventedfourkindsofsatellites．36ofthemisusedtostudytheweather．Weathersatellitescan37anypartoftheworld．Theycanwatchcloudsandstrongwindsmovingacrosstheearthand38manypicturesofatmosphere(大气层)39thesametime．Thepictures40theweatherstationsbythesesatellites．Scientistscanknow41theweatherwillchangebystudyingthem，andthentellpeopleintime．Weatherplaysan42partinpeople’severydaylife．Today,manyweatherstationsintheworldcanreceivesatellitepictures．Afterreceivingthem，thescientistscompare(比较)themwith43ones．Perhapstheymayfindthattheclouds44duringthelastfewhours．Thismaymeanthatweatheronthegroundmay45changesoon．Intheirnextforcast(预测)，thescientistscan46this．sosatellitepicturesare47toscientists．48satelliteswereinvented,thescientistscouldforcasttheweatherforabouttwenty-fourorforty-eight49....
