七、首字母填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
Recently, I visited my former classmate Leo in his new home, where he lives with his wife and daughter. Nowadays, he would like to spend his 1. h and weekends making his house look more beautiful. Like hundreds of thousands of other British people, he has found the 2. j of DIY home repairs. This means that if anything needs 3. f around the house, he will try to do the job himself.
Leo showed me his new kitchen that he put together himself, and his newly painted walls. I asked him 4. w he got the idea to do these things. He told me that it came from a DIY programme on TV.
This got me to think about how 5. p DIY programmes are in the UK. Each channel(频道) has at least one home or garden makeover(翻新) show. Some channels are 6. e completely talking about the subject.
I don't think it's really 7. s that DIY programmes are so welcomed by people. There are two common British sayings—"an 8. E home is his castle" and "there's no place like home"—which show how 9. i their houses are to them. With the economic(经济的) changes, many people don't have enough money to buy bigger houses than before. So they are looking at how they can make their houses 10. b without spending a lot of money. DIY, obviously, is the perfect choice.

1. holidays 2. joy 3. fixing 4. where
5. popular 6. even 7. surprising 8. Englishman's
9. important 10. better

【分析】
解这道首字母填空题，首先要先通读全文，明确文章核心主题是介绍英国流行的DIY家装文化，理清上下文的逻辑关联。之后结合每空前后的语境提示、并列/递进等逻辑关系、固定搭配规则，搭配给出的首字母推导对应单词，同时还要注意检查单词的正确形式，比如名词单复数、非谓语变形、所有格、形容词比较级等，确保填入的单词语义通顺、语法合规。
【解析】
1. 空后和weekends（周末）并列，语境表达他愿意把假期和周末用来装扮房屋，holiday是可数名词，此处用复数holidays泛指各类假期，符合首字母h提示。
2. 固定结构the joy of...表示“……的乐趣”，此处表达他发现了DIY家庭维修的乐趣，符合首字母j提示。
3. 固定用法sth. need doing是主动形式表被动含义，意为“某物需要被……”，此处指房屋周边有任何东西需要修理，用fix的动名词形式fixing，符合首字母f提示。
4. 根据后文回答“这个想法来自电视上的DIY节目”，可知此处是询问他是从哪里得到做这些事的灵感，用where引导宾语从句，符合首字母w提示。
5. 后文提到每个频道至少有一档家装/花园翻新节目，说明DIY节目在英国十分受欢迎，popular意为“受欢迎的”，符合首字母p提示。
6. 前文说多数频道都有相关节目，此处表递进含义：部分频道甚至完全围绕DIY主题做内容，even意为“甚至”表递进，符合首字母e提示。
7. 后文给出了DIY节目受欢迎的文化和经济层面的合理解释，所以这类节目广受喜爱这件事并不令人惊讶，surprising意为“令人惊讶的”，符合首字母s提示。
8. 这是英国经典谚语“An Englishman's home is his castle”，意为“英国人的家就是他的城堡”，此处用名词所有格Englishman's，符合首字母E提示。
9. 前文的两句英国谚语都体现出房屋对英国人的重要性，important意为“重要的”，符合首字母i提示。
10. 语境表达人们没有足够资金购置更大的房子，所以想在不花很多钱的前提下让自己的房子变得更好，用形容词比较级better，符合首字母b提示。
【答案】
1. holidays 2. joy 3. fixing 4. where 5. popular 6. even 7. surprising 8. Englishman's 9. important 10. better
【知识点】
首字母填空，固定搭配，西方文化常识
【点评】
本题围绕英国本土DIY家装文化的主题设空，既考查学生结合上下文逻辑推导词义的能力，也覆盖了非谓语变形、名词所有格、形容词比较级等语法考点，同时融入了英国经典谚语的文化常识，整体难度适中，能帮助学生在解题过程中拓展英语国家的文化背景认知。
【难度系数】
0.6

八、选词填空。(每小题2分,共10分)
from easy know kind make a card
You may want 1. how to celebrate Make a Gift Day. It is
2. ! Just make handmade gifts on this day! Try making a gift, no matter what it is.
Also, you can have a gift-making party to celebrate it. Make some gifts with friends.
Don't know how to do DIY jobs? Start learning 3. today. You can start
making something for your family and friends in the New Year. All of you can make gifts for people
around you. For example, you can 4. . And write some words on it to tell the
person you love him or her.
There are so many 5. of gifts you can make and people who get your gifts
will know how much you love them.

1. to know 2. easy 3. from 4. make a card
5. kinds

【分析】
解题时首先通读整篇短文，明确文章主题是介绍“制作礼物日”的相关庆祝方式，同时先梳理所有备选词汇/短语的含义：from（从）、easy（简单的）、know（知道）、kind（种类）、make a card（制作贺卡）。接下来按照“先易后难，结合语法规则+固定搭配+上下文语境”的思路逐个推导：1. 先观察空格前后的语法提示，比如第一空前有动词want，回忆want的固定用法是want to do sth. 表示“想要做某事”，后文内容是“如何庆祝这个节日”，对应“想要知道”，就能锁定变形后的正确形式；2. 第二空放在be动词之后，需要填形容词作表语，后文说明庆祝只需要做手工礼物，对应“简单的”含义；3. 第三空结合前句“不知道怎么做DIY”，对应“从今天开始学习”的搭配；4. 第四空后提到“在上面写告白的话”，匹配制作贺卡的动作；5. 第五空前面有many，搭配of对应“许多种类的”固定短语，最后把填完的短文通读验证语义通顺即可。
【解析】
1. 第一空：考查固定搭配want to do sth.，意为“想要做某事”，结合句意“你可能想要知道如何庆祝制作礼物日”，因此填to know。
2. 第二空：be动词后需要接形容词作表语，根据后文“只需要在当天制作手工礼物就可以完成庆祝”，说明庆祝方式非常简单，因此填形容词easy。
3. 第三空：考查固定搭配learn from...，意为“从……开始学习”，此处句意为“从今天就开始学习DIY”，因此填介词from。
4. 第四空：情态动词can后接动词原形，根据后文“在上面写一些话，告诉对方你爱他/她”的提示，对应的动作是制作贺卡，因此填make a card。
5. 第五空：考查固定搭配many kinds of，意为“许多种”，many后需要接可数名词复数，kind的复数形式为kinds，句意为“你可以制作的礼物有非常多的种类”，因此填kinds。
【答案】
1. to know 2. easy 3. from 4. make a card 5. kinds
【知识点】
固定搭配辨析、形容词用法、名词复数
【点评】
本题属于基础类短文选词填空题，核心考察小学到初中低年级的常用英语搭配和基础语法，解题门槛不高，只要先通读全文把握整体语境，再结合空格前后的语法提示（比如情态动词后接原形、be动词后接形容词、many修饰可数名词复数等）就能快速锁定答案，平时多积累常用的动词短语、固定搭配就能轻松应对这类题型。
【难度系数】
0.7

九、阅读与回答问题。(每小题2分,共10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容回答问题。
Most children have wonderful toys to play with. Usually, their parents buy these toys for them, often as Children's Day gifts or birthday gifts. Some children buy small toys with their pocket money. But instead of buying toys, one fun way to get new toys is to make them.
The easiest toy to make is a kite. For a kite, all you need is a large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue. Take the two sticks and use the string to fix them together in the centre. Then take a string and tie it to the ends of the sticks to make a string square. Cut the paper to make it the same size as the square. Finally, stick the paper to the string square with glue. Now your kite is finished. All you need to do is tie a long string to the kite so you can fly it. In many countries, there are kite competitions. Hundreds of people come together to show off their kites. In one famous competition, some of the kites are more than three metres long. They need many strong men to fly them and people use rope instead of string.
1. According to the passage, what is a fun way to get new toys?

2. What materials do you need to make your own kite?

3. How many steps do you need to finish a kite?

4. How long are some of the kites in one famous competition?

5. How do you like the toys made by hand?

1. One fun way to get new toys is to make them.
2. A large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue.
3. 4/Four.
4. More than three metres long.
5. They are interesting and meaningful. (言之有理即可)

【分析】
这是一篇阅读理解问答题，解题时首先通读全文，梳理文章介绍的获取玩具的方式、手工风筝的制作材料、步骤以及风筝比赛的相关内容，之后逐题对应题干关键词回到原文定位：第1题定位关键词"a fun way to get new toys"到第一段末尾找答案；第2题定位"make your own kite"的所需材料到第二段开头提取信息；第3题逐句数制作风筝的操作步骤得到总数；第4题定位"famous competition"的风筝长度到第二段后半部分找对应描述；第5题为开放题，结合生活常识围绕手工玩具的特点合理作答即可。
【解析】
1. 回到原文第一段最后一句"But instead of buying toys, one fun way to get new toys is to make them."，直接提取题干询问的获取新玩具的趣味方式即可。
2. 回到原文第二段第二句"For a kite, all you need is a large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue."，直接列出制作风筝需要的全部材料。
3. 梳理制作风筝的操作流程：①用线将两根木棍在中心位置固定；②用线绑定木棍两端做出方形线框；③将纸张裁剪到和线框相同的尺寸；④用胶水把纸粘贴到方形线框上，总共4个步骤。
4. 回到原文第二段"In one famous competition, some of the kites are more than three metres long."一句，直接提取对应风筝的长度信息。
5. 本题为开放性作答，只要表述符合逻辑，围绕手工玩具的趣味性、纪念意义等角度回答都可得分。
【答案】
1. One fun way to get new toys is to make them.
2. A large piece of paper, two sticks, some pieces of string and some glue.
3. 4/Four.
4. More than three metres long.
5. They are interesting and meaningful. (言之有理即可)
【知识点】
阅读细节定位；英语简答表达；文意理解应用
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，绝大多数答案都可以直接在原文中定位获取，仅最后一道开放题需要学生自主组织语言作答，既考察了学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，也引导学生体会手工制作的乐趣，题型贴合初中低年级英语阅读的考察要求。
【难度系数】
0.8