五、短文填空
I grew up in the countryside. At around 10 years old, I began to learn cooking. The first skill I mastered was making dough. Since my parents often came home ⑴ , a prepared dough would help my family have supper sooner. I thought it would be easy because I often saw my mum do it—just ⑵ water and flour, right? Not quite! It turned out to be a ⑶ for a while. First I made the dough too soft. Then I made it too hard. But as I kept trying, I learnt the trick.
Later, I cooked fried dishes and things like jiaozi and I became ⑷ about cooking. It’s a good way to relax. More importantly, thanks to my cooking skill, I live better. Now working at home, I cook every meal ⑸ of ordering takeaways. It ⑹ money and I don’t have to wait for delivery drivers to feed me.
Besides cooking, I did a lot of farm work in my childhood. I got to know how to plant vegetables. Though it was hard work, the ⑺ taught me things that many of my friends still don’t know. For example, the ⑻ of a potato that has sprouts (新芽) can be planted as a seed. I once discussed this with my friends from the city. They thought it was ⑼ for them to learn these things in their lives.
Some might say we can learn these things from textbooks. But it can’t compare to the ⑽ of learning first-hand, watching plants blossom and grow. It brings a new way to look at the world.

late; mix; mess; crazy; instead; saves; experience; part; impossible; joy

1. 由“帮助家人更快吃晚饭”可知父母回家晚，首字母l，填late。
2. “水和面粉”需要混合，mix“混合”，首字母m，填mix。
3. 由“面团太软/太硬”可知做得不好，mess“一团糟”，首字母m，填mess。
4. “对烹饪着迷”用be crazy about，首字母c，填crazy。
5. “自己做饭代替点外卖”，instead of“代替”，首字母i，填instead。
6. “省钱”用save money，主语it，动词用第三人称单数saves，首字母s，填saves。
7. “做农活的经历”，experience“经历”，首字母e，填experience。
8. “土豆有新芽的部分”，part“部分”，首字母p，填part。
9. 城市朋友觉得学这些“不可能”，impossible“不可能的”，首字母i，填impossible。
10. “第一手学习的乐趣”，joy“乐趣”，首字母j，填joy。


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五、短文填空
我在农村长大。大约10岁的时候，我开始学习做饭。我掌握的第一项技能是揉面团。因为我的父母经常回家很（1）晚（late），准备好的面团能让我的家人更快地吃上晚饭。我原以为这会很容易，因为我经常看到妈妈做——就是把水和面粉（2）混合（mix）在一起，对吧？可没那么简单！有一阵子这对我来说都是个（3）难题（mess）。一开始我把面团和得太软了。然后我又把它和得太硬了。但随着我不断尝试，我掌握了诀窍。
后来，我会做炒菜以及饺子之类的食物了，而且我对烹饪变得（4）着迷（crazy）。这是一种很好的放松方式。更重要的是，多亏了我的烹饪技能，我的生活变得更好了。现在我居家工作，我每顿饭都自己做，而（5）不是（instead）点外卖。这能（6）节省（saves）钱，而且我也不用等外卖员来给我送餐了。
除了做饭，我小时候还做了很多农活。我学会了如何种植蔬菜。虽然这是一项艰苦的工作，但这段（7）经历（experience）教会了我很多我的朋友们仍然不知道的事情。例如，长了新芽的土豆的（8）块茎（part）可以当作种子种植。我曾经和我来自城市的朋友们讨论过这件事。他们认为在他们的生活中学习这些东西是（9）不可能的（impossible）。
有些人可能会说我们可以从课本上学到这些东西。但这无法与（10）亲身学习、看着植物开花生长的乐趣（joy）相比。它带来了一种看待世界的新方式。