Ⅲ. 阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在空白处填入恰当的单词，使短文通顺、连贯。每空一词。
I am always interested in food. My family lived on 1 farm in Lincolnshire. My mother made excellent British food. While my mother was cooking, I loved going down to the kitchen and watching her work. I 2 a lot of cooking skills from her. Other boys may like doing sport, 3 my hobby was helping with cooking at home. I decided to be a cook when I was 12. I took a cooking course（课程）and stayed in Torquay for a month. I enjoyed the course so much that I couldn’t wait to tell my parents about 4. And then my parents asked me 5 I liked cooking so much. I explained that cooking was like painting a picture. Every meal was a work of creation（作品）.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. a 2. learned 3. but 4. it 5. why

【分析】
本题为英语语篇填空题，需结合短文语境、时态、逻辑关系及语法知识填空。先通读短文理解大意：作者讲述自己对烹饪的兴趣来源及经历，再逐个分析每个空的语境和语法要求：1. 表泛指“一个农场”，需用不定冠词；2. 全文为过去时态，“学习技能”对应过去式动词；3. 前后句为转折关系，需用转折连词；4. 指代前文提到的“烹饪课程”，需用代词；5. 根据下文解释，此处是询问原因，需用疑问副词。
【解析】
1. 第一空：farm是可数名词单数，此处表泛指“一个农场”，故填不定冠词a；
2. 第二空：全文时态为一般过去时，“学习烹饪技能”对应动词learn的过去式learned；
3. 第三空：前句“其他男孩可能喜欢运动”与后句“我的爱好是帮家里做饭”为转折关系，故填转折连词but；
4. 第四空：指代前文提到的“烹饪课程”，用代词it；
5. 第五空：根据下文作者解释喜欢烹饪的原因，此处是询问“为什么”，故填疑问副词why。
【答案】
1. a 2. learned 3. but 4. it 5. why
【知识点】
不定冠词用法；一般过去时；连词辨析；代词用法
【点评】
本题考查英语语篇语境下的基础词汇运用，需结合上下文逻辑、时态及语法规则作答，难度适中，学生只要掌握基础语法知识并理解短文大意即可正确解答。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅳ. 阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。
long you supermarket he fresh eat
person real feel get come plate
Everyone needs food. In the past, people grew their own food and 1. it themselves. But now most people buy food in shops and 2. . The next time you have dinner, look at the food on your 3. . It's possible that some of the food
comes from small 4. farms, but more of it comes from large farms and companies.
How do you know where your food comes from? You can find out by 5. . Most food gives information on its packet(包装). And you may 6. surprised because it comes from places around the world. You can enjoy an orange from South Africa and a tomato from Mexico. You can even enjoy a pizza from Italy. And you needn't go to these places 7. them. Instead, the food travels to you.
Thanks to modern transportation(现代交通运输系统), the food travels fast. Also, science helps the food last(维持) for a 8. time than in the past. So the food is still 9. when it appears on your dinner table. It is 10. wonderful!

1. ate 2. supermarkets 3. plate(s) 4. personal 5. yourself 6. feel 7. to get
8. longer 9. fresh 10. really

【分析】
首先通读全文，理解短文围绕“食物来源的变化及现代食物的运输与保鲜”展开；解题时，先明确方框内12个词的词义，排除2个多余词；再分析每个空格的语法结构（所需词性、时态、搭配等），结合语境选择合适的词并进行形式变形；最后检查答案是否符合逻辑与语法规则。
【解析】
1. 由前文过去式动词grew可知，and连接并列谓语，需用eat的过去式ate，表“自己吃”，故填ate。
2. 与shops并列，表购物场所，supermarket需用复数形式supermarkets，故填supermarkets。
3. 结合语境“吃饭时看你盘子里的食物”，on your plate为固定表达，故填plate(s)。
4. 修饰名词farms需用形容词，person的形容词形式为personal（个人的），故填personal。
5. by oneself为固定搭配，表“独自”，主语是you，故填yourself。
6. 情态动词may后接动词原形，结合语境“感到惊讶”，用feel，故填feel。
7. 此处表目的“去获得它们”，用不定式to get，故填to get。
8. 由than可知需用比较级，long的比较级为longer，表“更长时间”，故填longer。
9. 结合语境“食物仍然新鲜”，用形容词fresh，故填fresh。
10. 修饰形容词wonderful需用副词，real的副词形式为really，故填really。
【答案】
1. ate 2. supermarkets 3. plate(s) 4. personal 5. yourself 6. feel 7. to get 8. longer 9. fresh 10. really
【知识点】
动词时态与形式、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题为语篇型选词填空题，考查学生的词汇掌握、语境理解及语法变形能力，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.6