一、词汇运用
请认真阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式或时态，使短文通顺、连贯。

(2025·泰州期末改编)Many people in Qiaotou Village, Anshan, Liaoning Province, are thankful to Yan Jiaxin because Yan helps them live a 1. (good)life than before.
After Yan left college in 2016, she was able 2. (find)a good job in Dalian but she loved her hometown so much that she returned home to help change local 3. (village)lives. With the support of her parents and the help of others, Yan set up a factory to make handicrafts.
In March, 2025, it was Yan's 4. (nine)time to take trips to Yiwu in Zhejiang Province to learn skills from craftsmen. When she returned home, she visited every villager and 5. (teach)them the skills she had learned. Thanks to Yan's hard work, many villagers in Qiaotou take 6. (material)from Yan's factory and make handicrafts at home. Some even learn from videos on the internet by themselves. Through their hard work, villagers make more money and live more 7. (comfortable).
At the same time, Yan's business keeps 8. (grow). The works sell well in many countries like the UK and Canada. Yan is happy to see this and she believes even an ordinary clay figure 9. (make)by hand can become a symbol of her hometown. That is the spirit of our 10. (tradition)skills and she wants to spread it to more people.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了辽宁鞍山桥头村的村民严佳欣大学毕业后返乡创业，通过建立手工艺品工厂帮助村民改善生活的故事。
1. better 2. to find 3. villagers' 4. ninth
5. taught 6. materials 7. comfortably
8. growing 9. made 10. traditional

【分析】
做这类语篇词汇运用题，需先通读短文理解大意，再结合每个空格前后的关键词、固定搭配、语法规则（如比较级、时态、词性、所有格等）确定单词的正确形式。具体思路：1. 看到第1空后的than，判断用形容词比较级；2. 第2空考固定搭配be able to do；3. 第3空表所属，用名词所有格；4. 第4空表顺序，用序数词；5. 第5空由并列谓语的时态确定动词形式；6. 第6空根据名词可数性及语境用复数；7. 第7空修饰动词用副词；8. 第8空考固定搭配keep doing；9. 第9空考过去分词作定语表被动；10. 第10空修饰名词用形容词。
【解析】
1. 句中出现than，是比较级标志，good的比较级为better，故填better；
2. 固定搭配be able to do sth.（能够做某事），故填to find；
3. 此处表示“村民的生活”，village的复数形式为villagers，其所有格形式为villagers'，故填villagers'；
4. 表示“第九次”，需用nine的序数词ninth，故填ninth；
5. 由and连接的并列谓语，前面动词visited为过去式，故teach用过去式taught，填taught；
6. material是可数名词，此处指多种材料，需用复数形式materials，填materials；
7. 修饰动词live需用副词，comfortable的副词形式为comfortably，填comfortably；
8. 固定搭配keep doing sth.（一直做某事），故填growing；
9. clay figure与make是被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语，故填made；
10. 修饰名词skills需用形容词，tradition的形容词形式为traditional，填traditional。
【答案】
better; to find; villagers'; ninth; taught; materials; comfortably; growing; made; traditional
【知识点】
形容词比较级、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题为语篇型词汇运用题，围绕返乡创业主题展开，考查学生对基础语法和词汇变形的掌握，需结合语境分析，难度适中，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、短文填空
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整的、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

On April 19, an exciting event 1. t place in Beijing—the Humanoid Robot Half Marathon(马拉松). This was the first time for robots to run in such a long race. Usually robots 2. w two legs like people cannot keep a balance. 3. B to join the race, they all had to run on two legs. Luckily, the robots had human operators(操作员)to 4. h them.
A 1.8-metre-tall robot named Tiangong Ultra 5. c the finish line with an amazing time of 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds. It was developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre. In this event, there were 20 humanoid robots and 6. t of people participating. It was not a easy task for the robots. Only six robots were able to 7. f the 21-kilometre race successfully. But the aim wasn't only to finish the race. The key was to test crucial technologies during the long-distance run.
This kind of test is super important. It paves the way for robots to enter the factories and our 8. e lives. By going through such challenges, robots can be better prepared for all kinds of tasks. Tiangong Ultra's success 9. m a big step forward in robot technology. It encourages more research and shows that robots may play much more important roles in the future. We can't 10. w to see what new achievements they will bring!

【语篇解读】本文主要讲述在北京举办的人形机器人半程马拉松比赛，重点介绍了参赛机器人“天宫Ultra”的表现及此类测试对机器人技术发展的重要意义。
1. took 2. with 3. But 4. help 5. crossed
6. thousands 7. finish 8. everyday 9. means
10. wait

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，需结合上下文语境、固定搭配及语法规则，根据首字母提示填写正确单词。解题思路：先通读全文把握文章大意，再逐句分析每个空的语境、所需词性，结合首字母联想合适单词，最后检查单词的形式（如时态、单复数等）是否符合要求。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配take place意为“发生”，结合时间状语On April 19（过去时间），故填took。
2. 此处表示“带有两条腿的机器人”，with表示“带有”，符合语境，故填with。
3. 前句提到机器人难保持平衡，后句说它们必须用两条腿参赛，前后为转折关系，故填But。
4. 句意：幸运的是机器人有人类操作员帮助它们，help意为“帮助”，to后接动词原形，故填help。
5. 固定搭配cross the finish line意为“冲过终点线”，结合过去时态，故填crossed。
6. 固定搭配thousands of意为“成千上万的”，修饰people，故填thousands。
7. 句意：只有六个机器人成功完成21公里的比赛，finish意为“完成”，be able to后接动词原形，故填finish。
8. 句意：为机器人进入工厂和我们的日常生活铺路，everyday lives意为“日常生活”，故填everyday。
9. 句意：天宫Ultra的成功意味着机器人技术的一大步，mean的第三人称单数形式means，主语为单数，故填means。
10. 固定搭配can't wait to do sth意为“迫不及待做某事”，故填wait。
【答案】
1.took 2.with 3.But 4.help 5.crossed 6.thousands 7.finish 8.everyday 9.means 10.wait
【知识点】
语境词汇运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕人形机器人半程马拉松的短文展开，考查学生对上下文语境的理解、常用固定搭配及基础词汇的掌握，需结合首字母和句意准确填写单词，注重词汇在语境中的灵活运用。
【难度系数】
0.5