一、折纸是一种入门简单的 DIY 活动。13 岁的男孩陈一言就是一位小有名气的折纸达人，我们一起来了解下他的故事吧。
(2026·常州市外国语学校月考)What can you make with pieces of paper? Look at Chen Yiyan's works! The 13-year-old boy with origami(折纸) talent has folded a "kingdom" with his hands. It seems 1 (possible) for a teenager to create such amazing works, but Chen made it.
When Chen was a fourth grader, he found his brother's paper-folding book on one of the 2 (shelf) in the study. It started his interest in origami—a traditional art with a history of 3 (century).
To avoid(避免) folding works 4 (correct), he practised hard. Once, he spent a whole weekend repeating a step just to make a paper bird's wing perfect. From then on, he read origami books and 5 (keep) training in his spare time. Some people think his love for origami is getting much 6 (crazy), but he never gives up.
Chen used to fold paper himself until he met Chen Changnan, an eighth grader at his school who also loves origami. They discussed skills, shared works, and decided 7 (set) up a club. On February 14th, the club not only attracted students 8 also gave a speech at Wenzhou Children's Library, teaching folding and telling origami stories.
"It's 9 (excite) to develop my hobby and share it with others," said Chen. "I hope more people will pay attention to 10 (pronounce) the word 'origami' in the right way and love this art."
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. impossible 2. shelves 3. centuries 4. incorrectly 5. kept 6. crazier 7. to set 8. but 9. exciting 10. pronouncing

【分析】本题为语法填空题，需结合语境、词性变化、固定搭配、时态等知识点逐一解题。先通读全文理解大意，再针对每个空格：1. 根据语境判断需用possible的反义词；2. one of后接名词复数；3. 表示“几个世纪”用century的复数；4. 修饰动词用副词，结合语境用否定副词；5. 并列谓语需用过去式；6. much修饰形容词比较级；7. 固定搭配decide to do；8. 固定搭配not only...but also；9. 修饰事物用exciting；10. pay attention to后接动名词。
【解析】1. 考查形容词：由语境“对青少年来说创作如此惊人的作品似乎是不可能的”，可知用possible的反义词impossible，故填impossible；2. 考查名词复数：one of+可数名词复数表示“……之一”，shelf的复数为shelves，故填shelves；3. 考查名词复数：“具有几个世纪的历史”，century是可数名词，此处用复数centuries，故填centuries；4. 考查副词：修饰动词folding需用副词，结合语境“避免错误地折叠”，用correct的否定副词incorrectly，故填incorrectly；5. 考查时态：and连接并列谓语，前面read为过去式，此处keep用过去式kept，故填kept；6. 考查比较级：much修饰形容词比较级，crazy的比较级为crazier，故填crazier；7. 考查固定搭配：decide to do sth意为“决定做某事”，故填to set；8. 考查固定搭配：not only...but also是固定结构，意为“不但……而且……”，故填but；9. 考查形容词：修饰事物（做这件事）用exciting，excited修饰人，故填exciting；10. 考查非谓语动词：pay attention to中to为介词，后接动名词，故填pronouncing。
【答案】impossible, shelves, centuries, incorrectly, kept, crazier, to set, but, exciting, pronouncing
【知识点】词性转换、名词复数、固定搭配
【点评】本题为基础语法填空题，主要考查词汇变形、固定搭配、时态等核心知识点，需结合上下文逻辑判断词汇的正确形式，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

二、Nina 对 DIY 有不同的看法，她认为做家务也是培养动手能力的重要一环，于是分享了自己的一次经历。阅读下文，看看她独自下厨的经历。
(2025·宿迁市宿豫区期中)I was interested in food, both eating and cooking it. But my mother never let me get into the .
It was an early morning, my mother went shopping my sister was still sleeping. “Time to start!” I told .
As I didn't have breakfast, I decided to start my first try as a by making an omelette(煎蛋卷).
I an egg, some tomatoes and onions. Then I washed and the tomatoes and onions. At this time, something happened—I cut my hand. Ouch!
The small accident(事故) didn't me and I went on cooking my omelette. I tried three times to break the egg a bowl. The condiments(调味料) were next. I put all the things in the bowl together. Then I put them in the big frying pan(煎锅).
went well. Suddenly I found that I didn't get a to turn over the omelette in the frying pan. Soon, I all over the kitchen to look for the spoon. , I found the spoon and turned over the omelette quickly. I made it! I felt really when I saw the omelette.
My first cooking experience turned out to be . It made me have the courage(勇气) to cook more dishes.
()1. A. restaurant B. factory C. kitchen D. hall
()2. A. and B. but C. or D. then
()3. A. herself B. himself C. yourself D. myself
()4. A. cook B. driver C. teacher D. doctor
()5. A. took away B. took out C. took up D. took off
()6. A. looked up B. dressed up C. cut up D. made up
()7. A. exciting B. unlucky C. interesting D. boring
()8. A. improve B. question C. move D. stop
()9. A. on B. for C. into D. from
()10. A. None B. Someone C. Nothing D. Everything
()11. A. knife B. plate C. spoon D. bowl
()12. A. flew B. slept C. shopped D. ran
()13. A. Quietly B. Differently C. Finally D. Loudly
()14. A. happy B. sad C. interested D. bored
()15. A. wrong B. nice C. poor D. terrible

1. C 2. A 3. D
4. A 【解析】根据空后的“by making an omelette”可知，“我”决定做煎蛋卷，开始“我”作为厨师(cook)的第一次尝试。
5. B 【解析】此处指“我”拿出鸡蛋、番茄和洋葱。take out意为“拿出”，符合语境。
6. C 【解析】根据常识可知，此处指切碎番茄和洋葱。cut up意为“切碎”，符合语境。后句中“I cut my hand”也是提示。
7. B 【解析】根据空后的“I cut my hand”可知，“我”切到了手，这是不幸的(unlucky)。
8. D 【解析】根据空后的“I went on cooking my omelette”可知，切到手并没有阻止(stop)“我”继续做煎蛋卷。
9. C 10. D 11. C
12. D 【解析】根据语境并结合选项可知，此处指“我”在厨房跑来跑去寻找勺子。
13. C 【解析】句意：终于(Finally)，我找到了勺子并快速给煎蛋卷翻面。
14. A 【解析】根据语境可知，“我”第一次做煎蛋卷就成功了，所以“我”是开心的。
15. B 【解析】根据上文内容，尤其是“I made it!”可知，“我”第一次下厨就成功了，换言之，这次下厨经历是很好的(nice)。

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述Nina第一次下厨的经历），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及语法知识逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的答案，最终确定正确选项。
【解析】
1. 结合上文“cooking it”及下文下厨的经历，此处指厨房，选C（kitchen）。
2. “妈妈去购物”和“妹妹在睡觉”是并列动作，用连词and，选A。
3. 主语是I，此处表示“我告诉自己”，用反身代词myself，选D。
4. 根据空后“by making an omelette”，可知“我”要做厨师，选A（cook）。
5. 此处指拿出鸡蛋、番茄等食材，take out意为“拿出”，符合语境，选B。
6. 结合常识及后文“I cut my hand”，可知是切碎番茄和洋葱，cut up意为“切碎”，选C。
7. 切到手是不幸的事，unlucky意为“不幸的”，选B。
8. 根据后文“继续做煎蛋卷”，可知切到手没阻止“我”，stop意为“阻止”，选D。
9. 把鸡蛋打进碗里，用介词into，选C。
10. 结合语境，一开始一切顺利，everything意为“一切”，选D。
11. 后文提到找勺子，可知此处是没找到勺子，spoon意为“勺子”，选C。
12. 在厨房跑来跑去寻找勺子，ran意为“跑”，选D。
13. 最终找到了勺子，finally意为“终于”，选C。
14. 第一次做成功了，所以感到开心，happy意为“开心的”，选A。
15. 这次下厨经历很成功，nice意为“好的”，选B。
【答案】
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.D 11.C 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇短语辨析、代词与连词用法
【点评】
本文以记叙文形式讲述Nina第一次下厨的经历，贴近学生生活，考查学生对上下文语境的理解能力及基础词汇、短语的运用，是初中英语期中常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.6