Passage 12

When I was young,I always heard the saying,"It's better to give than to 1 ." I did not understand its meaning 2 I started to do some volunteer work. Here is what I learnt from my 3 experience.
Firstly,be thankful for everything we have. Not all of us have enough food on the table. Not everyone is able to live in a warm house. So we should 4 what we have and try to share them with those 5 need.
6 ,helping others is our responsibility. We may come from different places and speak different 7 ,but we live in the same world. We need to play 8 role in making the world a better place.
For me,volunteering is a simple act of 9 . The happiness on people's faces makes me 10 . I will never forget the people I helped and the time I spent with them. 11 happy smiles give me a feeling of joy and make me want to do more in the future.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11.

1. receive 2. until 3. volunteer
4. value 5. in 6. Secondly 7. languages 8. a
9. kindness 10. excited 11. Their

【分析】
这是一道英语选词填空题，解题思路为：首先通读全文，把握文章关于志愿服务意义的主旨；接着分析每个空缺处的词性（如动词、名词、形容词、介词、副词等）和句子语境，结合给定词汇（second、excited、kind、until、volunteer、language、receive、value、in、they、a），同时注意单词的形式变化（如名词复数、形容词转名词、代词转物主代词等）；最后逐个匹配，确保填入后句子通顺、逻辑合理。
【解析】
1. 固定句型“It's better to give than to receive”，意为“给予比接受更好”，故填receive；
2. 固定搭配“not...until...”，意为“直到……才……”，符合句意“我直到开始做志愿工作才理解其含义”，故填until；
3. 前文提到“volunteer work”，此处指“从志愿经历中学到的”，故填volunteer；
4. 此处需动词，句意是“我们应该珍惜拥有的东西”，value作动词意为“珍惜”，故填value；
5. 固定搭配“in need”，意为“需要帮助的”，修饰those，故填in；
6. 前文用“Firstly”（首先），此处表第二点，需用副词“Secondly”（其次），故填Secondly；
7. “different”后接可数名词复数，language的复数是languages，符合“说不同语言”的语境，故填languages；
8. 固定搭配“play a role in”，意为“在……中起作用”，故填a；
9. 此处需名词，句意是“志愿服务是一种善意的简单行为”，kind的名词形式是kindness，故填kindness；
10. “make sb + 形容词”，修饰人用excited（兴奋的），符合“人们的快乐让我兴奋”的语境，故填excited；
11. 此处需形容词性物主代词修饰“happy smiles”，they的物主代词是Their，故填Their；
【答案】
1. receive 2. until 3. volunteer 4. value 5. in 6. Secondly 7. languages 8. a 9. kindness 10. excited 11. Their
【知识点】
英语选词填空、词汇运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为基础英语选词填空题，主要考察学生对核心词汇的掌握、语境理解能力以及常用固定搭配的运用，需注意单词形式的转换（如名词复数、形容词转名词等）。
【难度系数】
0.6

Passage 13
few illness avoid plant come desert
much risk than south from
In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often
make trouble for people. Sandstorms usually happen in spring.
They have happened in more 1 10 provinces in northern
China this year. People in 2 China don't have to worry about
this kind of bad weather. Most of the sand comes 3 the
north of China. In northern China, lots of places have 4 trees
and don't get much rain. When there aren't many trees, the
ground can't keep enough water. Over the years, the ground
dries up and turns to sand. When spring 5 and the ice melts,
the ground becomes loose. Strong winds take the loose sand
into the sky. Besides, in northwest China, there lie some
large 6.
Sandstorms are bad for people's health. If people breathe
in too 7 sand, they will cough or have serious 8.
Sandstorms also cause lots of problems for farmers. Sometimes
their sheep get lost in the sandstorms and never come back
home. The winds also tear the farmers' houses down.
What can you do to 9 sandstorms? Here's a piece of
advice. Ask your parents to help you 10 some trees this
spring. If you see people cutting down too many trees, tell them
about these 11 of sandstorms, and ask your government to
stop them.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11.

1. than 2. southern 3. from 4. few
5. comes 6. deserts 7. much 8. illnesses
9. avoid 10. plant 11. risks

【分析】
本题是围绕中国北方沙尘暴展开的英语完形填空，解题思路为：先通读全文把握语篇大意，再逐个分析空格，结合给定词汇，从固定搭配、词性变化、名词单复数、语境逻辑等角度推导答案：1. 看到more联想固定搭配more than；2. 对应前文northern，用south的形容词形式；3. 结合come的固定搭配；4. 修饰可数名词复数表否定用few；5. 主语为单数时动词用三单；6. some后接可数名词复数；7. too much修饰不可数名词；8. 表示疾病用复数形式；9. 不定式后接动词原形；10. help sb do sth结构用动词原形；11. these后接名词复数。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配more than意为“超过”，符合“超过10个北方省份”的语境，故填than；
2. 前文提及“northern China”，此处对应“南方的”，south的形容词形式为southern，故填southern；
3. 固定搭配come from意为“来自”，符合“大部分沙子来自中国北方”的语境，故填from；
4. 修饰可数名词复数trees，结合语境“很少的树”，用表否定的few，故填few；
5. 主语spring为第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用三单形式，come的三单是comes，故填comes；
6. some后接可数名词复数，desert的复数为deserts，符合“中国西北有一些大沙漠”的语境，故填deserts；
7. too much修饰不可数名词sand，意为“太多沙子”，故填much；
8. 表示“严重的疾病”，illness为可数名词，此处用复数illnesses，故填illnesses；
9. 不定式符号to后接动词原形，结合语境“避免沙尘暴”，故填avoid；
10. help sb do sth结构中用动词原形，此处表示“种树”，故填plant；
11. these后接可数名词复数，risk的复数为risks，意为“沙尘暴的风险”，故填risks。
【答案】
1. than 2. southern 3. from 4. few 5. comes 6. deserts 7. much 8. illnesses 9. avoid 10. plant 11. risks
【知识点】
英语完形填空、固定搭配、名词单复数
【点评】
本题为语境型英语完形填空，围绕沙尘暴主题考查词汇运用，需结合固定搭配、词性转换及上下文逻辑作答，难度适中，侧重基础词汇和语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.5