Passage 9
Huabobo is a kind of traditional food in Shandong Province. It has 1 history of more than 300 years. People in Shandong Province 2 (real) like it. It is a good 3 (choose) on special days, such as festivals, weddings(婚礼) and birthdays. So there are many factories 4 (make) Huabobo in Shandong Province.
Yu Lili from Weihai, Shandong Province, likes Huabobo very much. When she was a child, her grandmother 5 (teach) her how to make Huabobo. So she is good at making it. She has a factory in her village. There are about 80 6 (work) in her factory. They can make over 500 kinds of Huabobo. They spend a lot of time 7 it, but she is happy because a lot of young people show love to 8 (she) Huabobo.
Huabobo is not only a kind of food 9 an art. Huabobo usually has different colours and shapes, like animals, flowers 10 fruit. It looks good and it's delicious.
For people in Shandong Province, Huabobo is a symbol of the Chinese New Year. It shows being 11 (luck) and people's wishes for a good life. That's why it becomes popular with more and more people in Shandong Province.
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Passage 10

1. a 2. really 3. choice 4. making 5. taught 6. workers 7. on 8. her 9. but 10. and 11. lucky

【分析】本题是介绍山东传统美食花饽饽的英语完形填空，解题时需先通读全文理解主旨，再结合句子结构、语法规则（如冠词、词性转换、时态、非谓语动词等）及固定搭配，逐个确定每个空格的正确形式，最后验证答案是否符合语境。
【解析】1. 固定搭配“have a history of”表示“有……的历史”，需用不定冠词a；2. 修饰动词like要用副词，real的副词形式是really；3. 形容词good后需接名词，choose的名词形式是choice；4. 工厂与制作是主动关系，用现在分词making作定语修饰factories；5. when引导的时间状语为过去时，teach的过去式是taught；6. 数词80后接名词复数，work对应的“工人”是worker，复数为workers；7. 固定搭配“spend time on sth”表示“在某事上花费时间”，故填on；8. 修饰名词Huabobo需用形容词性物主代词，she的形容词性物主代词是her；9. 固定结构“not only...but also”表示“不仅……而且……”，故填but；10. 并列的名词需用连词and连接；11. be动词后需接形容词，luck的形容词形式是lucky。
【答案】1. a 2. really 3. choice 4. making 5. taught 6. workers 7. on 8. her 9. but 10. and 11. lucky
【知识点】冠词用法；词性转换；固定搭配
【点评】本题围绕山东传统美食展开，考察基础语法知识与固定搭配，是典型的英语基础完形填空，注重语境与语法的结合，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7

Passage 10
Lichun is known as "the beginning of spring". It is the
1 (one) solar term(节气) in the 24 solar terms of China.
Chinese people think it is the beginning of spring. Lichun usually falls on 3 February, 4 February 2 5 February.
When a year reaches Lichun, people will easily know about some changes. The days are 3 (become) longer and the weather is getting warmer. Lichun is a popular solar term in China, because it 4 (bring) people warmth.
On the day before Lichun, there are always two village officials(村干部) 5 (walk) down the street. They tell people spring is coming. "Everybody seeing the officials will smile at 6 (they). On that day, there are many 7 (activity) to welcome the spring. They usually make a clay sculpture(泥塑) of a cow. People call it the "spring cow". Women and their 8 (child) go around the cow three times, and it is said that in that way the children can 9 (stay) away from bad 10 (lucky). Some people think the 11 (say) is not true but there are still many people joining in these activities every year.
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1. first 2. or 3. becoming 4. brings 5. walking 6. them 7. activities 8. children 9. stay 10. luck 11. saying

【分析】
本题为关于中国传统节气“立春”的语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则逐一分析：1. 需用序数词表顺序；2. 表日期的选择关系，用并列连词；3. 现在进行时需用动词现在分词；4. 一般现在时主语为三单，动词变单三；5. there be句型后接现在分词作定语；6. 介词后用人称代词宾格；7. many后接可数名词复数；8. 名词需用复数形式；9. 情态动词后接动词原形；10. 形容词后接名词；11. 定冠词后接名词。
【解析】
1. 此处表示“第一个”，one的序数词为first，故填first；
2. 表示日期的选择关系，用or（或者），故填or；
3. 现在进行时结构为“be+现在分词”，become的现在分词是becoming，故填becoming；
4. 主语it为第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用单三形式brings，故填brings；
5. there be句型中，动词用现在分词作后置定语修饰officials，故填walking；
6. at是介词，后接人称代词宾格，they的宾格是them，故填them；
7. many后接可数名词复数，activity变复数为activities，故填activities；
8. 此处指“孩子们”，child的复数是children，故填children；
9. 情态动词can后接动词原形，故填stay；
10. bad是形容词，后接名词，lucky的名词形式是luck，故填luck；
11. 定冠词the后接名词，say的名词形式是saying（谚语），故填saying；
【答案】
1. first 2. or 3. becoming 4. brings 5. walking 6. them 7. activities 8. children 9. stay 10. luck 11. saying
【知识点】
序数词用法、动词时态、词性转换
【点评】
本题围绕中国传统节气“立春”展开，考查基础语法知识，需结合语境和语法规则解题，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固语法。
【难度系数】
0.7