Passage 8(2025·泰州市靖江期末)
The Chinese character(汉字) fu is special in Spring Festival celebrations. It shows people's best wishes 1 good luck and happiness. The tradition of putting up the character fu on walls and windows 2 (have) a long history. People can put up the character fu either right-side up or upside down(颠倒), 3 in Chinese, the “upside-down fu” and “fu arrives” sound similar. Both of them are fu dao le.
There is a story about the “upside-down fu”. Zhu Yuanzhang, the 4 (one) emperor(皇帝) of the Ming dynasty, used fu as a sign to kill(杀死) a family. To save the family, Empress(皇后) Ma asked all the families to put up fu on 5 (they) front doors. One family put it upside down because they couldn't read or write. The emperor was angry but Empress Ma said it meant “fu arrives”. After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy and let the family 6 (go). After that, more and more people start to put up the fu character upside down when the Spring Festival comes.
When people put up the fu character, they always do it 7 (careful). They believe by doing this, good luck will come to their homes. It makes the Spring Festival more lively and 8 (colour). As the red fu characters carry people's best wishes, 9 (child) also like to look at the upside-down fu and listen to the story. Are you excited about the coming Spring Festival? Maybe you can also try to put up 10 upside-down fu by yourself.

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2. has 【解析】句意:在墙壁和窗户上贴“福”字的传统由来已久。分析句子结构可知,主语是“The tradition”,谓语动词应用三单形式 has。
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Passage 9(2025·苏州市姑苏区期末)
新素材 社会热点 The 2025 Asian Winter Games are coming to Harbin, China! The city is popular for 1 (it) icy views these years. Many people think it is 2 perfect place for the Winter Games.
The Games will take place 3 February 7 to 14. The mascots(吉祥物) are two cute tigers—Binbin and Nini. The 4 (mean) of their names is “Welcome to Harbin”. Binbin 5 (enjoy) skating and he is in a blue and white coat. Nini can ski 6 (good) and she wears a red jacket.
Athletes(运动员) from Asia will get together to take part in sports 7 skiing and skating. Some of these sports are fast and difficult, 8 the athletes may fall and get hurt sometimes. To help them, there are special doctors called “ski doctors”. They need to ski fast to reach any athlete who gets hurt in three minutes.
During the Games, we will also get to enjoy cultural shows and other fun 9 (activity). We can't wait 10 (cheer) for Team China and enjoy this fantastic event!

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3. from 【解析】句意:亚冬会将于 2 月 7 日至 14 日举行。固定搭配 from... to... 意为“从……到……”,符合句意。
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10. to cheer 【解析】句意:我们迫不及待地为中国队加油,并享受这场精彩的比赛! can’t wait to do sth 是固定用法,意为“迫不及待地要做某事”,故填动词不定式 to cheer。