六 语法填空
My favourite food is dumplings. It is one of the 27. (popular) food in China. The people in a family often get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve. Yesterday I
28. (decide) to make this delicious food for my family. Rolling dumpling wrappers(擀饺子皮) and making dumpling filling(馅) were difficult for me, 29. that was my first time to make dumplings.
First, some meat, one cabbage and one carrot were necessary. Second, to go with the dumpling filling. Mum taught me 30. (cut) up the meat and vegetables so that I could make the dumpling filling 31. (easy). Third, I put the finished dumpling filling in a bowl. Fourth, I made the dough(面团). 32. (five), I cut the dough into small pieces, and then made them into round ones. Sixth, I put the filling in the centre of a dumpling wrapper one by one, and then folded 33. (they) up. Last, put the dumplings into the pot and cooked for a few 34. (minute).
Although it was difficult for me to make dumplings for the first time, 35. the help of my family, I found the fun of cooking and thought it was 36. interesting experience.

27. most popular
28. decided
29. because
30. to cut
31. easily
32. Fifth
33. them
34. minutes
35. with
36. an

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配逐一分析每个空：
1. 第27空：由“one of + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数”固定结构，需用多音节形容词popular的最高级most popular；
2. 第28空：时间状语yesterday提示用一般过去时，动词decide需变过去式decided；
3. 第29空：前后句为因果关系（因第一次包饺子所以难），需用连词because；
4. 第30空：固定搭配teach sb to do sth，需用动词不定式to cut；
5. 第31空：修饰动词短语make...需用副词，形容词easy变副词easily；
6. 第32空：前文用了First等序数词，此处表“第五”，需用序数词Fifth；
7. 第33空：动词fold后接人称代词宾格，主格they变宾格them；
8. 第34空：a few后接可数名词复数，minute变复数minutes；
9. 第35空：固定短语with the help of，需填介词with；
10. 第36空：interesting以元音音素开头，表“一次”需用不定冠词an。
【解析】
27. 考查形容词最高级。“one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”是固定结构，popular为多音节形容词，最高级形式为most popular，故填most popular。
28. 考查动词时态。根据时间状语yesterday可知，句子为一般过去时，decide的过去式是decided，故填decided。
29. 考查连词。前文提到擀饺子皮和做馅对“我”来说很难，后文说明原因是“第一次包饺子”，前后为因果关系，故填because。
30. 考查非谓语动词。固定搭配teach sb to do sth意为“教某人做某事”，此处用动词不定式作宾语补足语，故填to cut。
31. 考查副词。此处修饰动词短语“make the dumpling filling”，需用副词，easy的副词形式是easily，故填easily。
32. 考查序数词。前文依次使用了First、Second、Third、Fourth，此处表示顺序“第五”，需用序数词Fifth，注意首字母大写，故填Fifth。
33. 考查代词。动词fold后需接人称代词宾格作宾语，they的宾格是them，故填them。
34. 考查名词复数。a few修饰可数名词复数，minute的复数形式是minutes，故填minutes。
35. 考查介词。固定短语with the help of意为“在……的帮助下”，故填with。
36. 考查冠词。此处泛指“一次有趣的经历”，interesting以元音音素开头，需用不定冠词an，故填an。
【答案】
27. most popular；28. decided；29. because；30. to cut；31. easily；32. Fifth；33. them；34. minutes；35. with；36. an
【知识点】
形容词最高级、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为初中英语语法填空基础题型，涵盖形容词最高级、动词时态、固定搭配等核心语法点，侧重考查学生对基础语法规则和常用短语的掌握，难度适中，适合巩固语法知识。
【难度系数】
0.6

词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
37. nutrient:
38. involved:

37. n. 营养物
38. adj. 参与的

【分析】解答这类词汇词性与词义题，需依托平时对基础词汇的词性、词义积累：先回忆单词nutrient的常用词性，再分析involved的词性变化（分词作形容词），进而得出正确答案。
【解析】37. nutrient：该词常见词性为名词，含义是营养物；38. involved：此处为动词involve的过去分词转化而来的形容词，含义是参与的。
【答案】37. n. 营养物
38. adj. 参与的
【知识点】词汇词性拓展、基础词汇词义
【点评】本题考查英语基础词汇的词性与词义，属于常规词汇题型，侧重学生对常见词汇多用法的积累。
【难度系数】0.7