（2024·遼寧·中考）閱讀短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給詞的正確形式填空，使短文通順、連貫。

Have you heard of wallball？ Wallball is a simple sport to play. You onlyneed a ball 31.______a wall， so you can play anywhere at any time.

As the name shows， wallball is about hitting a small ball against a wall. Todo this， keep your hand open and use your palm（手掌）to hit it. Usually， gloves32.______（need）， but you can choose not to wear them. You can use eitherof your 33.______（hand）to hit the ball.

Two players take turns to hit the ball. One player bounces（彈起）the ballonce and hits it against the wall. Then 34.______other player hits it backto the wall. If a player fails to hit the ball to the wall before it bounces twice，this player will lose one point.

The player that reaches 11， 15 or 21 points first wins the game. Beforestarting， make sure how many points you want 35.______（reach）. If youwin two games first， you’ll win the match. But if the game score is 1?1， onemore game is often played.

“Last month， we 36.______（have） several matches against otherschools. Every match was 37.______（exciting）than I thought. I can’t waitfor the next year’s match！ It makes 38.______（I）crazy，”said James， awallball lover from the UK.

More and more people today become interested 39.______wallball. Someclubs have built colorful courts（球場(chǎng)）. However， you can 40.______（cer?tain）set up your own court at home. If you like wallball， get started.

【答案】31.and 32.areneeded 33.hands 34.the 35.toreach 36.had37.moreexciting 38. me 39. in 40. certainly

【文章大意】本文主要介紹了一種運(yùn)動(dòng)——墻球。

31. 句意：“你只需要一個(gè)球和一堵墻，這樣你可以在任何時(shí)間任何地點(diǎn)玩?！鼻昂髢烧呤遣⒘嘘P(guān)系，用and連接，故填and。

32.句意：“通常，手套是必需的，但你可以選擇不戴。”主語(yǔ)“gloves”是動(dòng)作的承受者，時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，所以用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故填areneeded。

33. 句意：“你可以用兩只手中的任何一只來(lái)?yè)羟??！笨芍?，是兩只手中的任何一只，此處用名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故填hands。

34.句意：“然后另一個(gè)球員把球打回了墻上?！贝颂幨莖ne...the other...結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“一個(gè)……另一個(gè)……”，故填the。

35. 句意：“在開(kāi)始之前，確定你想達(dá)到多少點(diǎn)?！眞ant to do“想要做”，故填to reach。

36.句意：“上個(gè)月，我們和其他學(xué)校進(jìn)行了幾場(chǎng)比賽?！备鶕?jù)“l(fā)ast month”可知，是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，動(dòng)詞用過(guò)去式，故填had。

37. 句意：“每場(chǎng)比賽都比我想象的更精彩。”根據(jù)“than”可知，此處應(yīng)使用形容詞比較級(jí)，故填more exciting。

38.句意：“這讓我瘋狂。”此處在動(dòng)詞后作賓語(yǔ)，用賓格，故填me。

39.句意：“現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的人對(duì)墻球感興趣?！眀ecome interested in“對(duì)……產(chǎn)生興趣”，固定短語(yǔ)，故填in。

40.句意：“然而，你當(dāng)然可以在家里建立自己的球場(chǎng)?！贝颂幵诰渲行揎梽?dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，用副詞形式，故填certainly。