一、（2026·常州市实验中学期中）综合填空。
In China, traditional handicrafts are beautiful and full of culture. Many people, young and old, look forward to (join) clubs to learn these skills. These classes give students a chance to make something with their own hands and understand some (different) between old and modern art.
However, it is not easy to make a perfect work at the beginning. For example, in tie-dyeing, the workers must twist the cloth before ______ (tie) it with thread. It needs great strength and some students even hurt ______ (they) while trying to make their first tie-dyeing work! What's more, if you want to learn it well, you'd better be ______ (patience) enough.
In the town of Zhoucheng, Yunnan, there are many local artists. One of (famous) tie-dyeing masters is Aunt Li. She is in her (seventy). She practises her skill every day. Her love of tie-dyeing and hard work make her a (success) tie-dyeing artist in China. People say she can create amazing blue and white patterns that seem almost (possible) to believe.
Aunt Li is also very patient. She often says she is crazy (making) new designs every day. "Tie-dyeing is not only about colours," she explains. "It's about love and time." She always advises new learners to start with simple patterns before trying the difficult ones.

1. joining 2. differences 3. tying
4. themselves 5. patient 6. the most famous
7. seventies 8. successful 9. impossible
10. about

【分析】这是一道英语综合填空题，需结合句子结构、固定搭配、词性变化、形容词最高级等知识点解题。解题思路为：先通读全文理解文意，再逐个分析空格处的语法成分，判断所需词性或固定搭配，将括号内单词转换为正确形式。例如，遇到介词后接动词的情况需用动名词，遇到“one of”结构需用形容词最高级，遇到“in one's + 整十数复数”固定搭配需用数词复数等，最终得出正确答案。
【解析】1. 固定搭配“look forward to doing sth”意为“期待做某事”，to为介词，后接动名词，故填joining；2. some后需接可数名词复数，different的名词形式为difference，复数是differences，故填differences；3. before是介词，后接动名词，tie的动名词为tying，故填tying；4. “hurt oneself”意为“伤到自己”，主语是students，对应反身代词themselves，故填themselves；5. be动词后需接形容词作表语，patience的形容词是patient，故填patient；6. “one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”是固定结构，famous的最高级为the most famous，故填the most famous；7. “in one's + 整十数复数”表示“在某人几十多岁时”，seventy的复数是seventies，故填seventies；8. 修饰名词artist需用形容词，success的形容词是successful，故填successful；9. 根据语境，图案让人难以置信，possible的反义词为impossible，故填impossible；10. 固定搭配“be crazy about”意为“痴迷于”，故填about。
【答案】1. joining 2. differences 3. tying 4. themselves 5. patient 6. the most famous 7. seventies 8. successful 9. impossible 10. about
【知识点】固定搭配、词性转换、形容词最高级
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇的综合运用，涵盖常见固定搭配、词性变化、形容词最高级等核心知识点，题型常规，适合巩固初中英语基础，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5

二、方框选词。
especially, but, complete, without, such as, difficult, feel, last, project, paint
新素养 推理探究 If you've ever completed a DIY project, you probably understand the of satisfaction that comes with it. It could for nearly two months, according to a new survey.
The survey included 2, 000 US adults under the age of 44 who own or rent a home. It was done by Talker Research for Dremel, a company that makes power tools. The average participants（参与者）had completed eight DIY in their home at the time of the survey. The DIY projects can be easy, like walls or hanging a picture frame(框架). They can also be harder projects that seem scary to some people, laying down a carpet.
The results showed that a DIY project improves a person's confidence, happiness and satisfaction for about seven weeks. And more than 80% said there's nothing more satisfying than finishing a DIY project at home, professional help.
But many DIY projects are a little bit , and some participants reported their confidence was lowered when trying to do something too hard for them, projects seen on social media or in AI suggestions.
Over half of the participants said there are several projects they'd like to do some day, don't yet feel like they're able to do or don't have the right tools.

1. feeling 2. last 3. projects 4. painting
5. such as 6. completing 7. without
8. difficult 9. especially 10. but

【分析】
本题为方框选词填空题，需结合上下文语境、词汇的词性、词义及固定搭配，从给定词汇中选择合适的词填空。解题时先通读全文，明确文章围绕DIY项目的感受、耗时、特点等展开，再逐个分析每个空格的句子成分、所需词性，匹配对应词汇，注意词形变化（如动名词、名词复数等）。
【解析】
1. 第一空：空格前有定冠词the，后接介词of，需填名词，方框中feel的名词形式为feeling，构成“the feeling of satisfaction”（满足感），符合语境；
2. 第二空：空格前有情态动词could，需填动词原形，方框中last为动词，“last for+时间段”表示“持续多久”，符合“持续近两个月”的语境；
3. 第三空：空格前有数词eight和DIY，需填名词复数，方框中project的复数为projects，“DIY projects”（DIY项目）符合“完成八个DIY项目”的语境；
4. 第四空：空格前是介词like（表举例），需填动名词，方框中paint的动名词为painting，“like painting walls”（比如刷墙）符合举例DIY项目的语境；
5. 第五空：空格后是举例“铺地毯”，方框中such as（例如）用于举例，符合语境；
6. 第六空：空格处需作主语，用动名词，方框中complete的动名词为completing，“completing a DIY project”（完成DIY项目）作主语，符合语法；
7. 第七空：空格后是“专业帮助”，需填介词，方框中without（没有），表示“没有专业帮助”，符合“没有什么比完成DIY项目更满足”的语境；
8. 第八空：空格前是be动词are，需填形容词，方框中difficult（困难的），表示“很多DIY项目有点难”，符合后文“对一些人来说吓人”的语境；
9. 第九空：空格后举例“社交媒体或AI建议里的项目”，需填副词，方框中especially（尤其），用于强调举例，符合语境；
10. 第十空：前后句为转折关系（想做但做不了），方框中but（但是）表转折，符合逻辑。
【答案】
1. feeling 2. last 3. projects 4. painting 5. such as 6. completing 7. without 8. difficult 9. especially 10. but
【知识点】
词汇运用；语境填词；固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查方框选词填空，需结合语境、词性、词义及固定搭配解题，解题关键是把握上下文逻辑和词汇的形式变化，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6