C(2026·江苏泰州·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.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. a 2. listening 3. Unlike 4. tenths 5. quietly
6. were hidden 7. Scientists 8. to understand
9. more difficult 10. but

【分析】
本题是英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则逐一分析每个空：1. 考查冠词，固定短语a small group of表“一小群”；2. 考查非谓语动词，介词by后接动名词作宾语；3. 考查介词，语境表“与大多数狗不同”，用Unlike；4. 考查分数表达，“十分之七”为seven tenths，基数词+序数词复数；5. 考查副词，修饰动词listen需用副词；6. 考查被动语态，玩具被藏，用一般过去时被动结构；7. 考查名词复数，科学家需用复数形式；8. 考查不定式作定语，chance后接不定式表“做某事的机会”；9. 考查形容词比较级，than提示用比较级；10. 考查固定搭配not just...but...表“不仅…而且…”。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配a small group of，填a；2. 介词by后接动名词，填listening；3. 表“与…不同”，填Unlike；4. 分数表达“十分之七”，填tenths；5. 修饰动词listen用副词，填quietly；6. 玩具被藏，一般过去时被动，填were hidden；7. 科学家复数，填Scientists；8. chance后接不定式作定语，填to understand；9. than提示比较级，填more difficult；10. 固定搭配not just...but...，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】
冠词与介词用法、动词形式变化、固定搭配与语法结构
【点评】
本题为英语语法填空，聚焦基础语法和固定搭配，需结合上下文语境分析词性与句式，难度适中，考查学生对英语基础知识点的综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

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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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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. how 2. shaped 3. enjoying 4. an 5. or
6. easily 7. getting 8. warmer 9. were planted
10. made

【分析】
本题是一篇介绍古代中国夏季特色冷饮的语法填空题，需结合上下文语境、语法规则（如固定搭配、词性转换、时态语态、冠词用法等）完成填空。解题时要先分析每个空所在句子的结构，判断所需成分，再结合句意和语法知识确定答案。
【解析】
1. 考查“疑问词+不定式”结构，根据句意“唐代诗人王泠然在诗中描述了如何制作酥山”，此处表示“如何”，故填how。
2. 考查并列谓语，与前面的added（过去式）时态一致，需用shape的过去式shaped，构成“added sugar...and shaped...”的并列结构。
3. 考查固定搭配be worth doing，意为“值得做某事”，故填enjoying。
4. 考查不定冠词，此处泛指“一种早期的冰淇淋形式”，early以元音音素开头，故用an。
5. 考查固定搭配either...or...，意为“要么……要么……”，此处表示人们要么喝冰水要么吃刨冰，故填or。
6. 考查副词修饰动词，此处修饰动词buy，需用easy的副词形式easily。
7. 考查固定搭配avoid doing sth，意为“避免做某事”，故填get的动名词形式getting。
8. 考查形容词比较级，由后面的than可知，需用warm的比较级warmer。
9. 考查一般过去时的被动语态，主语many cherry trees是动作plant的承受者，时间为过去，故填were planted。
10. 考查过去分词作定语，plates or bowls与make之间是被动关系，需用过去分词made作后置定语，意为“金制的盘子或碗”。
【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】
冠词用法、动词时态语态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为英语语法填空题，涵盖了冠词、动词形式、比较级、固定搭配等基础语法知识点，需结合语境和语法规则逐一分析，难度适中，适合初中或高中学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6