题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
广西南宁市江南区初中毕业班联考2024年中考一模英语试题
The elephant-foot drum is one of the most famous musical instruments of the Dai ethnic group (傣族). It got its name 1 it looks like the white elephant's leg. The drum-making skill was 2 as a national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2011.
Xie Wenping, 32 years old, used to 3 his grandfather to learn how to make a drum. His grandfather made elephant-foot drums for a living. "I wanted to make more and better 4 when I grew up." Xie said. Making an elephant-foot drum which is made of special wood is 5 . It usually takes about 30 steps and one month to finish the work. After Xie chooses the wood 6 , he needs to carve (雕刻) the wood into an elephant-leg-like shape and take out the wood. "A good elephant-foot drum 7 have thick and loud sound." Xie explained. The work of making the drum is boring, but whenever Xie sees his grandfather's smile while making the drum, he feels 8 again. "Over the years, fewer and fewer people are excellent in making elephant-foot drums." Xie said, "I feel like I should carry it on."
Xie tries to make the elephant-foot drum 9 to places outside Yunnan. He wants to get more people to know about 10 . He came up with the idea of making key chains (链子) shaped like the elephant-foot drum. "Tourists love them!" Xie said.
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A man came home from work and found his three children outside. They were still in their pajamas (睡衣) , playing in the mud (泥) . Toys were lying all over the garden. The front door{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the house was wide open.
Walking in the door, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp was upside down on the table. In the living room, the TV was turned up loud. There were toys and clothes all over the place. In the kitchen, there was a{#blank#}2{#/blank#} glass under the table and dishes filled the sink (水槽) . Breakfast food was still on the dining table. The fridge door was open. In the bathroom, the bathtub (浴缸) was full of water. Soap and toilet paper were on the floor. Toothpaste was all over the mirror and walls.
He quickly went upstairs, looking for his wife. He was worried that she was sick{#blank#}3{#/blank#}that something bad happened.
As he ran into the bedroom, he found his wife in bed. Still in her pajamas, she was reading anovel. She looked up at him,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} and asked how his day went. He looked at her and asked, "What happened here today?"
She smiled{#blank#}5{#/blank#}and answered, "You know every day when you come home from work, you ask me what in the world I do all day?"
"Yes,"he replied.
She answered, "Well, today I didn't do anything."
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