B)根据首字母提示写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
1. My English teacher often r fun storybooks to me to read in my free time.
2. My family always help each other d hard times such as heavy rains.
3. The small park near my home is f of colourful flowers that look nice each spring.
4. The big library in the c part of our city is easy for students to find.
5. The national flag is a s of our great country for all Chinese people.

B)1. recommends 2. during 3. full 4. central 5. symbol

【分析】
本题为根据首字母提示填单词的词汇运用题，需结合句子语境、首字母提示，同时兼顾语法规则或固定搭配来确定单词。具体思路：先分析句子的时态、主语形式，再结合语境匹配首字母对应的合适词汇，最后验证是否符合语法和固定搭配要求。
【解析】
1. 句子主语My English teacher是第三人称单数，由often可知时态为一般现在时，结合语境“英语老师给我推荐有趣的故事书”，首字母为r，故填recommends；
2. 结合语境“在困难时期（如暴雨）”，需填表示“在……期间”的介词，首字母为d，故填during；
3. 固定短语be full of意为“充满”，结合语境“小公园充满五颜六色的花”，首字母为f，故填full；
4. 此处需形容词修饰名词part，结合语境“城市的中心部分”，首字母为c，故填central；
5. 固定短语a symbol of意为“……的象征”，结合语境“国旗是国家的象征”，首字母为s，故填symbol。
【答案】
1. recommends 2. during 3. full 4. central 5. symbol
【知识点】
词汇运用、固定搭配、词形变化
【点评】
本题考查基础词汇及常用固定搭配的运用，难度较低，主要考查学生对常用单词、短语的积累情况，结合语境分析即可完成，是对基础词汇掌握情况的常规考查。
【难度系数】
0.8

三、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、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
Do you know about Grain in Ear? It is one of the 24 solar terms. When the weather gets hotter, the rain starts to fall and the grain gets ripe(成熟的). We know Grain in Ear is just around the 1. c. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of Grain in Ear 2. m harvest time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). On the day of Grain in Ear, people will boil(煮) and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started because of two famous people, Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 3. d the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
4. W the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After Grain in Ear, the areas in the middle and lower 5. r of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of rainy and cloudy weather will last 6. t June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 7. g rice, vegetables and fruits, but it also means the falling of flowers. During Grain in Ear, people have ceremonies to say goodbye to the Flowers Goddess.
Today, we seldom see this tradition in most parts of China. But people can see the excitement of the ceremony in the famous 8. w A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin. The girls of the Jia family usually make small toys by using flowers and willow branches(柳枝). They 9. a put silk on trees with colourful threads(线).
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, Grain in Ear is a good 10. p.

三、短文填空
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍二十四节气之一的芒种。
1. corner 2. means 3. discussed 4. When 5. reaches 6. through 7. growing 8. work 9. also 10. period

【分析】
解答英语短文填空时，需先通读全文把握文章主旨（本文介绍二十四节气之一的芒种），再结合各空给出的首字母提示，依据上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（时态、词性等）逐一确定合适的单词。具体步骤：1. 理解每句句意；2. 匹配首字母与语境所需词汇；3. 验证单词的形式（如时态、词性是否符合句子要求）。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配：around the corner意为“即将来临”，结合语境“芒种即将到来”，故填corner。
2. 语法与语境：主语the arrival（到达）为第三人称单数，谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式，结合句意“芒种的到来意味着收获时节将至”，故填means。
3. 时态：故事发生在过去，需用一般过去时，结合句意“曹刘煮酒论英雄”，“谈论英雄”对应discussed。
4. 连词：此处引导时间状语从句，意为“当梅子成熟时”，故填When。
5. 名词：固定表达middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River意为“长江中下游地区”，reaches表示“河段”，故填reaches。
6. 介词：结合句意“阴雨天气持续整个六月到七月”，through表示“贯穿（一段时间）”，故填through。
7. 动名词：介词for后需接动名词，结合句意“种植水稻、蔬菜和水果的好时机”，故填growing。
8. 名词：《红楼梦》是曹雪芹的作品，work表示“作品”，故填work。
9. 副词：结合句意“她们也用彩线把丝绸挂在树上”，also表示“也”，故填also。
10. 名词：结合句意“芒种是一个好的时期”，period表示“时期”，故填period。
【答案】
1. corner 2. means 3. discussed 4. When 5. reaches 6. through 7. growing 8. work 9. also 10. period
【知识点】
英语短文填空、固定搭配、时态词性运用
【点评】
本题围绕“芒种”节气展开，既考查基础词汇的语境运用、固定搭配及语法知识，又涉及中国传统文化常识，需学生具备一定的词汇积累与语境分析能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6