一、图文匹配

1. ______ a long, narrow piece of material used for sticking things together
2. ______ a Chinese baked food traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
3. ______ a small place where handicrafts are done
4. ______ a substance used to stick things together
5. ______ the thing that is used to write or draw on blackboards

【解析】：本题是一个图文匹配题，需要根据英文描述选择对应的图片。这要求我们能准确理解英文描述的含义，并将其与给出的图片进行匹配。
1.描述的是“一条长的、窄的材料，用于粘东西”，这显然是胶带，对应图片E。
2.描述的是“一种中国传统烘焙食品，传统上在中秋节期间食用”，这是月饼，对应图片D。
3.描述的是“一个进行手工艺品制作的小地方”，这可以理解为工作室或工坊，对应图片A（图中有人在进行手工制作）。
4.描述的是“一种用于粘东西的物质”，这是胶水，对应图片B。
5.描述的是“用来在黑板上写字或画画的东西”，这是粉笔，对应图片C。
【答案】：1.E；2.D；3.A；4.B；5.C。

二、完形填空
Frank was a very talkative little boy. Whenever he saw a new thing, he asked a great many questions about it. His mother was very 1. When there was time to answer his questions, she would do so.
The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very 2, but he did not know what it was. His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the number 8. The sand is put in at one end and runs through a small hole in the 3. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour."
Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was very impatient 4 it would not run faster. "Let me 5 it, Mother," said he. "It is lazy(行进缓慢的), and will never get through."
"Oh yes, it 6, my son," said his mother. "The sand moves little by little, but it moves all the time."
"At night, the 7 in the hourglass has run through twelve times. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very 8, and so they do, but they never stop. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face. This is because the hands of the clock 9 working every minute. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and 10 it will take them to do it."
Frank seemed to understand something.
( ) 1. A. patient B. polite C. honest D. humorous
( ) 2. A. sad B. ready C. bored D. curious
( ) 3. A. end B. glass C. middle D. beginning
( ) 4. A. and B. so C. or D. because
( ) 5. A. shake B. repair C. mix D. pull
( ) 6. A. must B. can't C. won't D. will
( ) 7. A. air B. sand C. clock D. hand
( ) 8. A. quickly B. easily C. slowly D. quietly
( ) 9. A. keep B. forget C. stop D. dislike
( )10. A. how often B. how many C. how much D. how long

【解析】：
这是一道英语完形填空题，主要考查学生对上下文的理解、词汇辨析以及语法运用能力。题目给出了一个关于Frank和他母亲讨论沙漏和时钟工作原理的小故事，学生需要根据故事内容和语境选择合适的词汇填入空白处。
1. 第一个空需要描述Frank的母亲对他问题多的态度，根据后文“When there was time to answer his questions, she would do so.”可知，母亲是有耐心的，因此选择A. patient。
2. 第二个空描述Frank看到沙漏的心情，根据“but he did not know what it was.”可知，他是好奇的，因此选择D. curious。
3. 第三个空描述沙漏的工作原理，根据“The sand is put in at one end and runs through a small hole”可知，沙子是从一端通过中间的小孔流到另一端，因此选择C. middle。
4. 第四个空需要连接两个句子，表示因果关系，即Frank很急躁，因为沙子流得不快，所以选择D. because。
5. 第五个空描述Frank对沙漏的态度，他想让沙漏流得更快，因此想摇晃它，选择A. shake。
6. 第六个空是母亲对Frank的回答，表示沙漏虽然慢，但会完成其工作，因此选择D. will。
7. 第七个空描述晚上沙漏的情况，根据常识和语境可知，晚上沙漏的沙子已经流过了十二次，因此选择B. sand。
8. 第八个空描述时钟指针的移动速度，与沙漏相比，时钟指针看起来移动得很快，但实际上它们也从未停止，因此选择C. slowly的反义词，但在此处应理解为“虽然看起来慢，但实际上在持续移动”，而选项中最接近的是表示相对速度的C. slowly（在此用于对比沙漏的慢）。然而，直接根据语境，“you think they go very...”后应接表示“慢”的词，因为后文提到“but they never stop”，所以这里选择C. slowly是正确的，表示“你觉得它们走得很慢”。
9. 第九个空描述时钟指针的工作状态，它们一直在工作，没有停止，因此选择A. keep。
10. 第十个空描述指针完成工作所需的时间，即它们需要多长时间来完成它们的工作，因此选择D. how long。
【答案】：
1. A；2. D；3. C；4. D；5. A；6. D；7. B；8. C；9. A；10. D。