一、用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空
shadow interesting dollar
empress dig
1. The book costs two and fifty cents at the school bookstore.
2. The kids decided a hole in the sand to build their dream castle.
3. The children played in the cool of the big oak tree on a hot summer day.
4. The lived in the grand palace and wore beautiful silk robes every day.
5. , the two strangers found they were born in the same small town.

1. dollars 2. to dig 3. shadow 4. empress
5. Interestingly

【分析】
首先明确方框内词汇：shadow（阴影，名词）、interesting（有趣的，形容词）、dollar（美元，名词）、empress（女皇，名词）、dig（挖，动词）。解题时需结合句子结构、固定搭配及词性变化选择合适形式：
1. 空前有基数词two，需用可数名词复数；
2. 考查固定搭配，需用动词不定式；
3. 定冠词后需填名词，结合语境匹配词汇；
4. 根据语境选择对应身份类名词；
5. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，需对形容词做词性转换。
【解析】
1. 基数词two后接可数名词复数，dollar的复数形式为dollars，故填dollars；
2. 固定搭配decide to do sth意为“决定做某事”，故填to dig；
3. 定冠词the后接名词，结合“大橡树的凉爽阴影”的语境，填shadow；
4. 根据“住在宏伟宫殿、穿丝绸长袍”的语境，选表示人物的名词empress；
5. 此处需副词作句子状语，interesting的副词形式为Interestingly，句首首字母大写，故填Interestingly。
【答案】
1. dollars 2. to dig 3. shadow 4. empress 5. Interestingly
【知识点】
可数名词复数、动词不定式、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查方框内词汇的适当形式运用，涉及名词复数、固定搭配、词性转换等基础知识点，难度适中，需学生掌握词汇变形规则和常用搭配。
【难度系数】
0.7

二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. It's believed that a (wealth) life doesn't always mean true happiness.
2. The mechanic (repair) my broken bike for me yesterday afternoon.
3. The candy costs only five (cent), and almost every kid can afford it.
4. (interesting), the simple game became the most popular activity at the party.
5. People think (high) of the local doctor who saved many lives during the pandemic.

1. wealthy 2. repaired 3. cents 4. Interestingly
5. highly

【分析】
本题考查用所给单词的适当形式填空，需结合词性、时态、单复数及固定搭配分析：1. 空格后是名词life，需用形容词作定语，故将名词wealth转换为形容词；2. 时间状语yesterday afternoon表过去，谓语动词用过去式；3. 数词five后接可数名词复数，需将cent变为复数；4. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，将形容词interesting转换为副词且句首大写；5. 固定搭配think highly of中用副词修饰动词think，用high的副词形式。
【解析】
1. 空格后为名词life，需形容词作定语，wealth的形容词形式是wealthy，故填wealthy；
2. 时间状语yesterday afternoon表过去，谓语动词用过去式，repair的过去式是repaired，故填repaired；
3. cent是可数名词，数词five后需接可数名词复数，故填cents；
4. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，interesting的副词形式是Interestingly，句首首字母大写，故填Interestingly；
5. 固定搭配think highly of意为“高度评价”，此处用副词修饰动词think，high的副词是highly，故填highly。
【答案】
1. wealthy 2. repaired 3. cents 4. Interestingly 5. highly
【知识点】
词性转换、动词时态、名词复数
【点评】
本题为基础词汇形式填空题，主要考查学生对英语词汇的词性变化、动词时态、名词单复数及固定搭配的掌握，题型常规，难度较低，适合基础阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.7

三、汉译英
1. 我想为大家介绍一处玛雅文明的历史遗迹。

2. 这片影子呈现出一条蛇顺着台阶蜿蜒爬行的形状。

3. 有趣的是，这座建筑总共有 365 级台阶。

4. 这座金字塔还有另外一个有趣的知识。

1. I'd like to present to you a historical site from the Mayan civilization.
2. This shadow is in the shape of a snake crawling down the steps.
3. Interestingly, the building has a total of 365 steps.
4. There's also another interesting fact about the pyramid.

【分析】
汉译英时，需先明确句子核心含义，选用对应常用英语表达，注意固定短语、句型的正确使用，以及专有名词的准确翻译，确保语句符合英语表达习惯。
【解析】
1. “我想为大家介绍一处玛雅文明的历史遗迹”：“我想”对应I'd like to，“为大家介绍”是present to you，“历史遗迹”是historical site，“玛雅文明”是Mayan civilization，组合为I'd like to present to you a historical site from the Mayan civilization。
2. “这片影子呈现出一条蛇顺着台阶蜿蜒爬行的形状”：“这片影子”是This shadow，“呈现出……的形状”是be in the shape of，“顺着台阶爬行”是crawling down the steps，组合为This shadow is in the shape of a snake crawling down the steps。
3. “有趣的是，这座建筑总共有365级台阶”：“有趣的是”对应副词Interestingly，“总共有”是have a total of，组合为Interestingly, the building has a total of 365 steps。
4. “这座金字塔还有另外一个有趣的知识”：用There be句型表达“有”，“有趣的知识”是interesting fact，组合为There's also another interesting fact about the pyramid。
【答案】
1. I'd like to present to you a historical site from the Mayan civilization.
2. This shadow is in the shape of a snake crawling down the steps.
3. Interestingly, the building has a total of 365 steps.
4. There's also another interesting fact about the pyramid.
【知识点】
汉译英、常用短语运用
【点评】
本题为基础汉译英题型，考察常用英语表达、固定短语及专有名词的翻译，难度适中，适合低年级学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6

四、阅读短文并完成任务
任务一:语法填空。
Hello, everyone! I'd like 1 (present) to you a historical site from the Mayan civilization. Maybe you've heard about the Egyptian pyramids, 2 the Mayan people also built hundreds of pyramids throughout Central America from about 1,000 BCE 3 1,500 CE. Here you can see the most famous example—the Pyramid of Kukulkan.
For the Mayans, Kukulkan was
4 snake god. Twice a year, when the day and night are in balance, the setting sun 5 (create) a strange shadow on one side of the pyramid. This shadow is in the shape of a snake crawling down the steps. 6 (interesting), the building has a total of 365 7 (step). The Mayans could have built this to show the number of days in the solar year.
There's also another interesting fact about the pyramid. Inside there are two more pyramids. The Mayans must have built each pyramid on top of the other over a long period of time. Isn't that 8 (amaze)?
So, from the Pyramid of Kukulkan, we can learn a lot about the ancient Mayan civilization. That's all! Thank you!
任务二:回答问题。
9. Which pyramid is the most famous in Mayan civilization?

10. How many steps does the Pyramid of Kukulkan have?

1. to present 2. but 3. to 4. a 5. creates
6. Interestingly 7. steps 8. amazing
9. It is the Pyramid of Kukulkan.
10. It has 365 steps.

【分析】
本题分为语法填空和阅读理解两部分。语法填空需结合固定搭配、连词用法、冠词、主谓一致、词性转换、名词复数等知识点，逐空分析句子结构和语境；阅读理解的两个问题为细节查找题，需定位原文对应内容获取答案。
【解析】
语法填空解析：
1. 考查固定搭配would like to do sth，意为“想要做某事”，故填to present。
2. 前后句为转折关系，前文提到埃及金字塔，后文说明玛雅也建了金字塔，用转折连词but，故填but。
3. 考查固定搭配from...to...，表示“从……到……”，故填to。
4. 此处泛指“一个蛇神”，snake god为可数名词单数，且以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a。
5. 主语the setting sun为单数，句子描述客观事实用一般现在时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填creates。
6. 此处修饰整个句子，需用副词，interesting的副词形式为Interestingly，故填Interestingly。
7. 数词365后接可数名词复数，step的复数为steps，故填steps。
8. 此处修饰事物（金字塔的特点），需用形容词，amazing意为“令人惊奇的”，修饰物，故填amazing。
阅读理解解析：
9. 定位原文第一段最后一句“Here you can see the most famous example—the Pyramid of Kukulkan.”，可知最著名的玛雅金字塔是库库尔坎金字塔，故答案为It is the Pyramid of Kukulkan.
10. 定位原文第二段“the building has a total of 365 steps.”，可知台阶总数为365，故答案为It has 365 steps.
【答案】
1. to present 2. but 3. to 4. a 5. creates
6. Interestingly 7. steps 8. amazing
9. It is the Pyramid of Kukulkan.
10. It has 365 steps.
【知识点】
固定搭配、冠词用法、词性转换
【点评】
本题结合基础语法与细节阅读，语法考点均为中学阶段核心基础内容，阅读问题为直接细节查找，整体难度适中，适合考查学生的基础语言运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6