六、首字母填空
(2025 南京秦淮期末)In China, we call the 12th month of the lunar calendar(阴历$) layue. The month is \underline{f 1} of interesting festivals and traditions.$
$Laba Festival is the \underline{f 2} festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.$
$On Laba Festival, people eat hot laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge, \underline{l 3} rice, red beans, peas, and some \underline{o 4} fruits and nuts. The porridge is not only rich in nutrition($营养$) that is good for \underline{h 5}, but a blessing for the coming of the Chinese New Year.$
Laba porridge is not the only nice food in layue. Laba garlic(腊八蒜) is popular in the north. People begin to put garlic in vinegar(醋$) from that day on, and eat it with dumplings \underline{d 6} the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like \underline{m 7} sausages($香肠).
$Xiaonian is usually on the 23rd or 24th day of the last lunar month. Traditionally, it is an \underline{i 8} day when people offer sacrifices($祭) to the Kitchen God who looks after the family.
$Cleaning the home is also an important thing to do to \underline{p 9} for the Chinese New Year. It means sweeping away the dust of the old year and \underline{w 10} a new start. Now, the last thing for you to do is to wait for the coming Chinese New Year.$
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【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了中国腊月里的一些有趣的节日及其习俗。
1. full 2. first 3. like 4. other 5. health 6. during 7. making 8. important 9. prepare 10. welcoming

【分析】
解答首字母填空需先通读全文把握语篇大意，结合语境、固定搭配、词性及语法规则，匹配合适的单词并注意形式变化。本题围绕中国腊月的节日习俗展开，每个空需结合上下文逻辑推导：1空对应固定搭配；2空需序数词表顺序；3空用于举例；4空修饰名词表泛指；5空需名词作介词宾语；6空表时间范围；7空需动名词（搭配like doing）；8空需形容词修饰名词；9空对应固定搭配；10空需动名词与前文并列。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配be full of意为“充满”，结合语境“这个月充满有趣的节日和传统”，故填full。
2. 腊八节是腊月的第一个节日，定冠词the后用序数词first，故填first。
3. 后文列举腊八粥的食材，like可表“比如、像”用于举例，故填like。
4. 修饰名词fruits and nuts，other表示“其他的”，符合语境，故填other。
5. be good for后接名词，health（健康）符合“对健康有益”的语境，故填health。
6. 表示“在春节期间”，用介词during，故填during。
7. like doing sth是固定用法，意为“喜欢做某事”，make sausages意为“做香肠”，故填making。
8. 修饰名词day，需形容词，important（重要的）符合语境，故填important。
9. prepare for是固定搭配，意为“为……做准备”，符合语境，故填prepare。
10. 与前面的sweeping并列，需用动名词形式，welcome的动名词是welcoming，故填welcoming。
【答案】
1. full 2. first 3. like 4. other 5. health 6. during 7. making 8. important 9. prepare 10. welcoming
【知识点】
首字母填空、固定搭配运用、词汇运用
【点评】
本题以中国传统节日腊月习俗为语篇，考查学生对词汇、固定搭配及语境的理解，贴近生活实际，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6