五、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺，意思完整，每个单词或短语限用一次。
cook start be different from just activity
In America, the students usually school at 9 a.m. and leave school at about 4 p.m. So they don't have to get up early and they have lots of time for after-school .
The school subjects ours. In China, we always have Chinese, Maths, English, P.E. and so on. But in America, school life isn't about study. American students have many things to do. They have more lessons than Chinese students, like and driving lessons.
choose be interested in language China before
There are many clubs in American schools, too. From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., students do different things in different clubs. If the students drawing, they can join art clubs. American students also sports clubs, language clubs and some other clubs.
Maybe you think English is very popular in the world, so American students don't need to learn foreign(外国的) . In fact, that's not true. It is very important for American children to learn another language. For example, they learn French or at a very young age. They usually start it they enter the primary school(小学).
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. start 2. activities 3. are different from 4. just 5. cooking 6. are interested in 7. choose 8. languages 9. Chinese 10. before

【分析】
本题为英语短文选词填空题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，把握短文关于美国学生校园生活的主旨大意；2. 逐个分析每个空格，结合句子的语法结构（如时态、词性、固定搭配）和上下文语境，从方框给出的单词/短语中选择合适的内容，并根据需要进行词形变形（如名词复数、动词-ing形式等）；3. 全部填完后再次通读短文，检查语句是否通顺、逻辑是否合理。
【解析】
1. 句子描述美国学生上午9点开始上学，对应方框内的动词start，主语为复数students，一般现在时用原形，故填start；
2. after-school后接名词，activity为可数名词，此处指多种课后活动，需用复数形式，故填activities；
3. 句子表达“学校科目和我们的不同”，对应短语be different from，主语subjects为复数，一般现在时用are different from，故填are different from；
4. 句意为“美国学校生活不只是关于学习”，just表示“仅仅、只是”，符合语境，故填just；
5. like为介词，后接动词-ing形式，cook的-ing形式为cooking，对应“烹饪课”，故填cooking；
6. 固定搭配be interested in表示“对……感兴趣”，主语students为复数，一般现在时用are interested in，故填are interested in；
7. 句子表达“选择运动俱乐部等”，对应动词choose，主语为复数students，一般现在时用原形，故填choose；
8. 此处指“外语”，language为可数名词，需用复数形式，故填languages；
9. 例子为学法语或汉语，China变形为Chinese表示“汉语”，故填Chinese；
10. 句意为“在进入小学之前就开始学习”，before表示“在……之前”，符合语境，故填before。
【答案】
1. start 2. activities 3. are different from 4. just 5. cooking 6. are interested in 7. choose 8. languages 9. Chinese 10. before
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、短文填空
【点评】
本题考查学生对英语词汇的掌握及语境运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则选择并变形词汇，难度适中，是初中英语常见的基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.6

六、（2025·四川德阳中考）阅读理解。
Happy Middle School
We're a bilingual（双语的） school for children of 6－15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach and a language teacher.
| Job | Age | Language | Skill | Other term |
|-------------------|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
| cook | 25－40 | Chinese | can cook Chinese and Western food | healthy |
| library assistant | 20－35 | Chinese, English | read different kinds of books | careful |
| Sports coach | 20－40 | Chinese, English | major in（主修）P. E. | healthy and strong |
| Language teacher | / | Chinese, English | major in English | / |
（）1. Which of the following can go to Happy Middle School?
A. A four-year-old child.
B. A ten-year-old child.
C. A sixteen-year-old child.
D. A five-year-old child.
（）2. Happy Middle School doesn't want .
A. a cook
B. a nurse
C. a library assistant
D. a sports coach
（）3. Which of the following may not speak English?
A. The cook.
B. The library assistant.
C. The sports coach.
D. The language teacher.

1. B 2. B 3. A

【分析】
这是三道英语阅读理解细节题，解题思路均为定位原文对应信息，匹配选项得出答案。第1题需找到学校招收学生的年龄范围；第2题需找出学校招聘的岗位，排除未提及的；第3题需查看各岗位要求的语言，找到仅要求中文的岗位。
【解析】
1. 根据原文“Happy Middle School is a bilingual school for children of 6－15”，可知学校招收6到15岁的孩子，选项中只有10岁的孩子符合，故选B。
2. 原文明确提到学校招聘的岗位有cook、library assistant、sports coach、language teacher，未提及nurse，故选B。
3. 查看表格中各岗位的语言要求：cook仅要求Chinese，其他岗位均要求Chinese和English，因此厨师可能不会说英语，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.A
【知识点】
阅读理解、细节理解、信息提取
【点评】
本题为中考英语常见的细节理解类题目，难度较低，主要考查学生快速定位原文关键信息的能力，通过对应题干与表格内容即可得出答案。
【难度系数】
0.8