四、阅读表达。
阅读下面短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Today is Saturday. It's also Teachers' Day, Lily and Tom's mother's festival. They get up early in the morning and want to help their mother do the housework. They first clean the room and then wash the clothes. And then they make breakfast for their mother Lisa.
It takes Lily and Tom a long time to make the breakfast. They make a chicken hamburger and some salad. These are Lisa's favourite food. They also prepare a glass of milk. They think it's healthy for their mother. Then they go to their parents' room with the food and drink.
Dad sits on the sofa and reads a newspaper to Lisa. There is much interesting news in it. Lisa also thinks it is fun. They seem very happy. "Good morning, Mum and Dad," say Lily and Tom. Then they walk to their mother and say, "Mum, Happy Teachers' Day!"
Mum looks at the children and the breakfast. "Thank you so much!" Lisa feels very warm now.
1. What day is it today?

2. What do Lily and Tom do first in the morning?

3. What are Lisa's favourite food?

4. How does Lisa feel when she sees the breakfast?

5. What is Lisa's job?

1. Today is Saturday.
2. They first clean the room.
3. Chicken hamburgers and salad.
4. She feels very warm.
5. She is a teacher.

一、选词填空。
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。每个单词仅使用一次，有一个多余单词。

gave fair well father's young first
his dishes housework differently
when
Some people think housework is just for women, but Ahmed thinks 1. . He thinks everyone in the family should share housework. He thinks it is 2. to share housework. Ahmed is often busy with 3. work. However, he still tries to do some housework at home. When he was 4. , Ahmed could do all kinds of chores by himself. It 5. him a sense of duty（责任） and a feeling of happiness to help with housework. Ahmed
helps his mother do the 6. , sweep the floor, clean tables and chairs and wash clothes. Ahmed is good at cooking meals, too. So 7. his mother doesn't feel 8. , Ahmed does the cooking. His uncle, Abdulla, often asks, “Could you please come to my home to cook beef and potatoes?” When Ahmed cooked the dish for the 9. time, his uncle said it was almost as delicious as that cooked at a five-star restaurant. Ahmed also likes working in his 10. garden. He thinks working in the garden is a good way to exercise.

1. differently 2. fair 3. his 4. young 5. gave 6. dishes 7. when 8. well 9. first 10. father's

【分析】
首先通读短文，理解主旨：短文讲述Ahmed认为家务应全家分担，他也主动承担家务的情况。解题时需结合每个空的语境、词性，从给定单词中选择合适的词，且每个词仅用一次，排除多余词汇。逐个分析空的需求：1. 修饰动词thinks需副词；2. 表分担家务的属性需形容词；3. 修饰名词work需物主代词；4. 表时间的固定搭配；5. 句子缺谓语动词，结合时态选过去式；6. 固定短语搭配；7. 引导时间状语从句需连词；8. 修饰feel需副词；9. 固定搭配；10. 修饰名词garden需所有格。
【解析】
1. 此处修饰动词thinks，需用副词，给定单词中differently（不同地）符合“Ahmed想法不同”的语境，故填differently；
2. 此处需形容词作表语，fair（公平的）符合“分担家务是公平的”的语境，故填fair；
3. 此处修饰名词work，需用形容词性物主代词his（他的），符合“忙于他的工作”的表达，故填his；
4. 此处表达“当他年轻的时候”，固定搭配为when he was young，故填young；
5. 句子缺少谓语动词，结合语境用一般过去时，gave（给）符合“这给了他责任感”的语义，故填gave；
6. 固定短语do the dishes意为“洗碗”，符合Ahmed帮妈妈做家务的语境，故填dishes；
7. 此处引导时间状语从句，需用连词when（当…时候），故填when；
8. 此处feel后需副词修饰，well（身体好）符合“妈妈不舒服时”的语境，故填well；
9. 固定搭配for the first time意为“第一次”，符合“第一次做这道菜”的语义，故填first；
10. 此处修饰名词garden，需用名词所有格father's（爸爸的），故填father's。
【答案】
1. differently 2. fair 3. his 4. young 5. gave 6. dishes 7. when 8. well 9. first 10. father's
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、选词填空、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为选词填空题型，需结合语境、词性及固定搭配选择词汇，难度适中，考查学生对基础词汇和常用搭配的掌握。
【难度系数】
0.5