C(2026·江苏泰州海陵区期末)
According to a report in Nature in January 2026, 1 small group of very smart dogs has amazed researchers. These dogs can learn the names of new objects just by 2 (listen) to people talk—and this is something only young children usually do.
3 most dogs, who only understand simple orders like "sit" or "stay", these gifted dogs can remember hundreds of toy names. Researchers tested ten such dogs. After they watched their owners chat with friends about new toys, seven 4 (ten) of the dogs could find the correct ones. This showed they could learn names just by listening 5 (quiet). Even more surprisingly, most of them still knew the toys even when they 6 (hide) in closed boxes that you couldn't see through.
But how do they do it? 7 (science) don't fully know yet. What they do know is that these dogs give us a special chance 8 (understand) how animals—not humans—can pick up language-like skills. And this discovery is important because it shows that animal thinking is much 9 (difficult) to understand than people thought before. In fact, dogs may understand words not just by training, 10 by paying close attention to human conversations—just like children do.
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1. a 2. listening 3. Unlike 4. tenths 5. quietly
6. were hidden 7. Scientists 8. to understand
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【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性变化、时态语态、数词表达等语法知识逐个解题：1. 考查冠词，涉及固定短语；2. 介词后接动名词；3. 结合语境表对比用介词；4. 分数的正确表达结构；5. 副词修饰动词；6. 一般过去时的被动语态；7. 名词复数的用法；8. 不定式作定语的固定搭配；9. 形容词比较级的用法；10. 固定连词搭配。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配a small group of，意为“一小群”，故填a；
2. by是介词，后需接动词-ing形式，故填listening；
3. 语境为“与大多数狗狗不同”，用介词Unlike，故填Unlike；
4. 分数“十分之七”的结构为“基数词+序数词复数”，故填tenths；
5. 修饰动词listen需用副词，quiet的副词形式是quietly，故填quietly；
6. 主语they（指代toys）与hide是被动关系，动作发生在过去，故用一般过去时被动语态were hidden；
7. 此处指“科学家们”，scientist的复数形式为Scientists，故填Scientists；
8. 固定搭配a chance to do sth（做某事的机会），不定式作定语，故填to understand；
9. 由than可知需用形容词比较级，difficult的比较级是more difficult，故填more difficult；
10. 固定搭配not just...but...（不仅……而且……），故填but。
【答案】
1. a 2. listening 3. Unlike 4. tenths 5. quietly 6. were hidden 7. Scientists 8. to understand 9. more difficult 10. but
【知识点】
冠词用法、非谓语动词、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法，涵盖冠词、非谓语动词、固定搭配等核心知识点，需结合语境和语法规则解题，难度适中，能有效考察学生的英语综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.5

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On hot summer days, ice cream sounds like a better choice than a bowl of hot noodles. In the past, ancient Chinese people also enjoyed “ice cream” in summer. Let’s look at some cool snacks they enjoyed.
Sushan(酥山) is a dish that looks like crushed(捣碎的) ice with milk and butter. Tang Dynasty poet Wang Lingran described 1 to make it in a poem: People added sugar to su and 2 (shape) it into different forms. Sometimes, sushan was beautifully decorated with flowers and leaves. “It is neither solid(固体的) nor watery, and will melt in your mouth,” Wang wrote. At that time, the special snack was only worth 3 (enjoy) by royal families and rich nobles in summer. Many experts believe sushan was 4 early form of ice cream.
Although there were no fridges in the Tang Dynasty, it was very common for rich families to use iceboxes to store ice cubes(冰块) in summer. At that time, people either drank ice water 5 ate shaved ice(刨冰). Later, in the Song Dynasty, people could 6 (easy) buy iced drinks on the street. Some kind rich people even gave away ice water and medicine on the street. Ice water was often sold with mung beans or licorice(绿豆或甘草) to help people avoid 7 (get) sick from the heat.
At the same time, the weather in the Yellow River area during the Tang Dynasty was 8 (warm) and wetter than it is today. So many cherry trees 9 (plant) there at that time. The fruit was common in early summer, and people often added cheese and cane syrup(甘蔗糖浆) to the cherries. When rich nobles had this special snack, they often used plates or bowls 10 (make) of gold to make the snack look more mouth-watering.
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1. how 2. shaped 3. enjoying 4. an 5. or 6. easily
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【分析】
本题是一篇介绍中国古代夏季凉食的英语语法填空题，解题思路为：1. 通读全文，理解文章关于古代酥山、冰饮等夏季凉食的内容；2. 分析每个空格前后的语境、固定搭配、语法规则（如词性、时态、语态、连词用法等）；3. 逐一确定每个空格的正确词汇，确保符合语法和文意。
【解析】
1. 考查疑问词：此处指诗人描述制作酥山的方式，用how引导宾语从句表“如何”，故填how。
2. 考查非谓语动词：此处与added并列，省略主语和be动词，shape与逻辑主语是被动关系，故用过去分词shaped。
3. 考查固定搭配：be worth doing sth为固定用法，意为“值得做某事”，故填enjoying。
4. 考查冠词：此处表泛指“一种早期冰淇淋形式”，early以元音音素开头，故用不定冠词an。
5. 考查连词：either...or...是固定搭配，意为“要么……要么……”，符合语境，故填or。
6. 考查副词：此处修饰动词buy，需用副词，easy的副词形式是easily，故填easily。
7. 考查固定搭配：avoid doing sth为固定用法，意为“避免做某事”，故填getting。
8. 考查比较级：由than可知需用形容词比较级，warm的比较级是warmer，故填warmer。
9. 考查被动语态：主语cherry trees与plant是被动关系，时间为唐代（过去），故用一般过去时的被动语态were planted。
10. 考查非谓语动词：plates or bowls与make是被动关系，用过去分词made作后置定语，故填made。
【答案】
1. how 2. shaped 3. enjoying 4. an 5. or 6. easily 7. getting 8. warmer 9. were planted 10. made
【知识点】
疑问词用法、非谓语动词、冠词用法
【点评】
本题结合古代中国夏季凉食的文化背景，综合考查基础语法知识，需要学生具备扎实的语法功底和语境分析能力，是典型的语法填空题型。
【难度系数】
0.6