专题02 短文选词填空（原卷版+解析版）---2025年上海16区中考英语二模试题分项汇编

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 专题02 短文选词填空（解析版） 宝山区 将下列单词或短语填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。 A．lively B．advised C． relaxing D．managed E. no longer Life moves fast these days. With super-fast trains, high-speed Internet, and microwave meals, people 16 slow down and experience life the way they used to. Maybe that’s what composer John Cage was thinking when he wrote “As Slow As Possible.” The musical piece is written for piano or organ (管风琴). It’s very different from 17 and energetic music. Cage 18 the musicians to perform the piece as slowly as they could. Usually, it takes about twenty minutes to play. However, a pianist in Baltimore 19 to make it last nearly 15 hours. A．in time B．audience C． performance D．goal E. so far John Cage wanted people to really listen to the music. That was his 20 . But can you imagine sitting through a fifteen-hour concert In that time, you could have three meals or sleep a whole night! That’s not even the longest 21 , either. An electronic church organ in Germany has been programmed to play “As Slow As Possible” over a period of 639 years. The piece began in the year 2001. However, because the piece begins with a long musical rest, the first notes weren’t played until 2003. This is the longest and slowest piece of music in history 22 . and it will not be over for many generations. What will the world be like when “As Slow As Possible” finally ends And who will be the 23 【答案】16．E 17．A 18．B 19．D 20．D 21．C 22．E 23．B 【导语】本文主要描述一首名为《As Slow As Possible》的极慢音乐作品，探讨现代社会中“快节奏生活”与“慢速艺术”的对比，并引发对时间、艺术意义及人类体验的反思。 16．句意：有了超高速列车、高速互联网和微波食品，人们不再像过去那样放慢脚步体验生活了。结合“Life moves fast these days.”以及“slow down and experience life the way they used to”和备选词汇可知，此处表示人们不再像过去那样，应用no longer“不再”。故选E。 17．句意：这首乐曲是为钢琴或管风琴而作。它与生动活泼且充满活力的音乐非常不同。根据“and energetic music”可知，此处应填一个与energetic（充满活力的）类似的词，结合备选词汇，lively“活泼的；充满生气的”符合语境，修饰“music”。故选A。 18．句意：凯奇建议音乐家们尽可能慢地演奏这首曲子。根据“the musicians to perform the piece as slowly as they could”以及备选词汇可知，此处是指建议音乐家们这样做，advise sb. to do sth.“建议某人做某事”，且句子时态为一般过去时，所以用advised。故选B。 19．句意：然而，巴尔的摩的一位钢琴家设法让它持续了近15个小时。根据“to make it last nearly 15 hours”以及备选词汇可知，此处表示设法做到，manage to do sth.“设法做成某事”，句子时态为一般过去时，所以用managed。故选D。 20．句意：约翰·凯奇希望人们真正去聆听音乐。那是他的目标。根据“John Cage wanted people to really listen to the music.”以及备选词汇可知，这是他的目标，goal“目标”符合语境。故填D。 21．句意：那甚至也不是最长的演出。根据上文提到的“a fifteen-hour concert”以及备选词汇可知，此处说的是演出，performance“演出；表演”符合语境。故填C。 22．句意：到目前为止，这 ... ...