三、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
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As a little girl, I was always interested in watching my mum cook meals. But my parents thought I was too young to cook by 1. (I), so I didn't have a chance to try cooking.
Last Saturday, it was raining heavily. It was impossible for us 2. (go) out on such a rainy day and I felt quite 3. (bore). Mum got an idea. She told me to try cooking 4. her. I thought it could be fun and agreed to have 5. try. So I said OK.
My mum smiled and told me to be careful with everything. I walked into the kitchen and decided 6. (make) chicken and rice. I put two bowls of rice into the rice cooker and added some water. After finishing that, I began to wash onions and potatoes. My mum 7. (hand) the knife to me and asked me to cut them up. At first, it was difficult, 8. I made it. Then I put the chicken, the onions, potatoes and some sauce together and cooked them. One hour later, the rice and the chicken were both finished.
I 9. (quick) brought the food to the table. My parents were already sitting there. They tried the food and said it was pretty good. I felt it was one of the 10. (happy) moments in my life.

1. myself 2. to go 3. bored 4. with 5. a
6. to make 7. handed 8. but 9. quickly
10. happiest

【分析】本题为记叙文语法填空，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则逐一解题。先通读全文把握主旨：作者小时候父母不让自己做饭，上周六因下雨无聊，在妈妈鼓励下尝试做饭，最终成功并感到开心。解题时，根据每个空的前后搭配、词性要求、时态等确定答案：1.考查反身代词固定搭配；2.考查不定式固定句型；3.考查修饰人的形容词；4.考查介词搭配；5.考查固定短语；6.考查不定式作宾语；7.考查一般过去时；8.考查转折连词；9.考查副词修饰动词；10.考查形容词最高级结构。
【解析】1.固定搭配by oneself（独自），主语为I，故填反身代词myself；2.固定句型It's + adj + to do sth（做某事是…的），故填to go；3.修饰人（主语I）的形容词，bored表示“感到无聊的”，故填bored；4.介词with表示“和…一起”，cook with her意为“和她一起做饭”，故填with；5.固定短语have a try（尝试），故填不定冠词a；6.固定搭配decide to do sth（决定做某事），故填to make；7.全文为一般过去时，hand的过去式为handed，故填handed；8.前后句为转折关系，故填连词but；9.修饰动词brought需用副词，quick的副词形式为quickly，故填quickly；10.固定结构one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数，happy的最高级为happiest，故填happiest。
【答案】1. myself 2. to go 3. bored 4. with 5. a 6. to make 7. handed 8. but 9. quickly 10. happiest
【知识点】反身代词用法、非谓语动词（不定式）、形容词最高级
【点评】本题围绕“勤于动手”主题，以记叙文形式考查初中英语核心语法，难度适中，侧重基础固定搭配和语法规则的运用，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】0.6

四、完形填空。
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Ahmed Hassan is an Egyptian doctor. He over two months building a model of China's Temple of Heaven(天坛) about 22,000 matchsticks(火柴杆). The is about 50 centimetres high, 1 metre long and 1 metre wide.
Hassan found this in 2013 and has built more than 20 models of famous buildings from including Egypt, Britain, France, Denmark and Russia over the past few years. "I haven't been to , but I like the pictures of the temple so much. I also read much about the history of the , and I found that it is one of the most important of Beijing," Hassan said.
The temple was built in 1420. The emperor of the Ming and Qing dynasties for good harvests(收获) to heaven there. After hundreds of , it grew into a park in 1918. It covers an area of about 2,730,000 m² and is one of the groups of buildings in the world.
Hassan only matchsticks, white glue and a small knife to build its model. He said that building this matchstick model wasn't an easy job, it was his first time making a model of a building from Asia. Hassan does use in his works, and he used red inside lighting to reflect(反射) on the outside of the Chinese temple.
"The only thing missing now is the name of the temple in Chinese. I am still practising writing the Chinese words," said Hassan, "and I hope Chinese people will like this art."
()1. A. spent B. took C. cost D. had
()2. A. in B. from C. with D. of
()3. A. example B. model C. matchstick D. space
()4. A. hobby B. job C. activity D. gift
()5. A. cities B. villages C. countries D. towns
()6. A. Britain B. China C. France D. Russia
()7. A. hospital B. heaven C. king D. temple
()8. A. buildings B. areas C. models D. photos
()9. A. cared B. dreamed C. wished D. looked
()10. A. hours B. days C. months D. years
()11. A. shortest B. largest C. tallest D. smallest
()12. A. used B. made C. started D. helped
()13. A. and B. but C. because D. so
()14. A. words B. colours C. smells D. pictures
()15. A. reading B. getting C. remembering D. writing

1～5. ACBAC 6～10. BDACD 11～15. BACBD

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述埃及医生Ahmed Hassan用火柴杆制作各国著名建筑模型的故事，主题围绕勤于动手）；再结合语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及上下文逻辑，逐个分析选项，排除不符合语境的答案，最终确定正确选项。
【解析】
1. 考查动词辨析。spend的用法为spend time (in) doing sth（花费时间做某事）；take常用it作形式主语，结构为it takes sb time to do sth；cost主语为物；had不符合搭配。此处主语是人，且后接building，故选A。
2. 考查介词辨析。此处表示“用约22000根火柴杆”，with表示“用（工具、材料）”，故选C。
3. 考查名词辨析。前文提到“building a model”，此处指代这个模型，故选B。
4. 考查名词辨析。制作各国建筑模型是一种爱好，hobby符合；job（工作）、activity（活动）、gift（礼物）不符合语境，故选A。
5. 考查名词辨析。后文列举的Egypt, Britain等是不同国家，故选C。
6. 考查名词辨析。天坛是中国的建筑，此处表示“我没去过中国”，故选B。
7. 考查名词辨析。前文提到“the temple”，此处指代天坛，故选D。
8. 考查名词辨析。天坛是重要的建筑之一，buildings符合；areas（地区）、models（模型）、photos（照片）不符合，故选A。
9. 考查动词辨析。wish for sth表示“祈求某物”，此处指明清皇帝向天帝祈求丰收，故选C。
10. 考查名词辨析。数百年后，天坛在1918年成为公园，years符合；hours（小时）、days（天）、months（月）不符合时间跨度，故选D。
11. 考查形容词辨析。天坛是世界上最大的建筑群之一，largest符合；shortest（最短的）、tallest（最高的）、smallest（最小的）不符合，故选B。
12. 考查动词辨析。use sth to do sth表示“用某物做某事”，此处指用火柴杆、白胶等制作模型，故选A。
13. 考查连词辨析。前半句“制作模型不容易”和后半句“是第一次做亚洲建筑”是因果关系，后半句是原因，故选C。
14. 考查名词辨析。后文提到“red inside lighting”（红色内部灯光），说明他使用颜色，colours符合；words（文字）、smells（气味）、pictures（图片）不符合，故选B。
15. 考查动词辨析。后文提到“practising writing the Chinese words”，此处表示“写天坛的中文名字”，故选D。
【答案】
1～5. ACBAC 6～10. BDACD 11～15. BACBD
【知识点】
完形填空解题方法、动词固定搭配、名词词义辨析
【点评】
本文是围绕“勤于动手”主题的记叙文，介绍埃及医生Ahmed Hassan用火柴杆制作各国著名建筑模型的故事，语篇难度适中，考查学生对词汇、语境及逻辑关系的理解，适合巩固完形填空解题技巧。
【难度系数】
0.6