C(2026·江苏泰州·期末)
According to a report in Nature in January 2026, 1 small group of very smart dogs has amazed researchers. These dogs can learn the names of new objects just by 2 (listen) to people talk—and this is something only young children usually do.

3 most dogs, who only understand simple orders like “sit” or “stay”, these gifted dogs can remember hundreds of toy names. Researchers tested ten such dogs. After they watched their owners chat with friends about new toys, seven 4 (ten) of the dogs could find the correct ones. This showed they could learn names just by listening 5 (quiet). Even more surprisingly, most of them still knew the toys even when they 6 (hide) in closed boxes that you couldn’t see through.
But how do they do it? 7 (science) don’t fully know yet. What they do know is that these dogs give us a special chance 8 (understand) how animals—not humans—can pick up language-like skills. And this discovery is important because it shows that animal thinking is much 9 (difficult) to understand than people thought before. In fact, dogs may understand words not just by training, 10 by paying close attention to human conversations—just like children do.
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. a
2. listening
3. Unlike
4. tenths
5. quietly
6. were hidden
7. Scientists
8. to understand
9. more difficult
10. but

【分析】
本题为英语语篇填空题，需结合语篇主旨、语法规则、固定搭配及语境逻辑逐一推导答案。解题思路：先通读全文把握核心内容（聪明狗狗可通过听人类对话学习物品名称），再针对每个空格，分析其词性要求、语法结构、前后逻辑关系，进而确定正确答案。
【解析】
1. 考查冠词，固定搭配“a small group of”表示“一小群”，故填a。
2. 考查非谓语动词，介词by后需接动名词作宾语，listen的动名词形式为listening，故填listening。
3. 考查介词，根据语境此处表“不像大多数狗狗”，需用介词Unlike，故填Unlike。
4. 考查分数表达，“十分之七”的英文为seven tenths，故填tenths。
5. 考查副词，此处修饰动词listen，需用副词，quiet的副词形式为quietly，故填quietly。
6. 考查被动语态，主语they指代玩具，与hide是被动关系，时态为一般过去时，故用were hidden，填were hidden。
7. 考查名词复数，此处指“科学家们”，谓语为don’t know，主语需用复数形式，故填Scientists。
8. 考查不定式，固定搭配“chance to do sth”表示“做某事的机会”，故填to understand。
9. 考查形容词比较级，句中有than，需用difficult的比较级more difficult，故填more difficult。
10. 考查连词，固定搭配“not just...but...”表示“不仅……而且……”，故填but。
【答案】
1. a 2. listening 3. Unlike 4. tenths 5. quietly 6. were hidden 7. Scientists 8. to understand 9. more difficult 10. but
【知识点】
介词用法、非谓语动词、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题围绕科技话题展开，考查学生语篇理解能力及基础语法、固定搭配的运用，是典型的英语语篇填空题型，有助于巩固学生的语言基础知识。
【难度系数】
0.6

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On hot summer days, ice cream sounds like a better choice than a bowl of hot noodles. In the past, ancient Chinese people also enjoyed “ice cream” in summer. Let’s look at some cool snacks they enjoyed.
Sushan(酥山) is a dish that looks like crushed(捣碎的) ice with milk and butter. Tang Dynasty poet Wang Lingran described 1 to make it in a poem: People added sugar to su and 2 (shape) it into different forms. Sometimes, sushan was beautifully decorated with flowers and leaves. “It is neither solid(固体的) nor watery, and will melt in your mouth,” Wang wrote. At that time, the special snack was only worth 3 (enjoy) by royal families and rich nobles in summer. Many experts believe sushan was 4 early form of ice cream.
Although there were no fridges in the Tang Dynasty, it was very common for rich families to use iceboxes to store ice cubes(冰块) in summer. At that time, people either drank ice water 5 ate shaved ice(刨冰). Later, in the Song Dynasty, people could 6 (easy) buy iced drinks on the street. Some kind rich people even gave away ice water and medicine on the street. Ice water was often sold with mung beans or licorice(绿豆或甘草) to help people avoid 7 (get) sick from the heat.
At the same time, the weather in the Yellow River area during the Tang Dynasty was 8 (warm) and wetter than it is today. So many cherry trees 9 (plant) there at that time. The fruit was common in early summer, and people often added cheese and cane syrup(甘蔗糖浆) to the cherries. When rich nobles had this special snack, they often used plates or bowls 10 (make) of gold to make the snack look more mouth-watering.
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1. how
2. shaped
3. enjoying
4. an
5. or
6. easily
7. getting
8. warmer
9. were planted
10. made

【分析】
本题是一篇介绍中国古代夏季特色冷饮的英语语法填空题，需先通读全文理解文章主旨（古代人夏季的“冰淇淋”类小吃），再结合每个空的语境、语法规则、固定搭配逐一分析作答。
【解析】
1. 此处表示诗人描述制作酥山的方式，用疑问副词how表“如何”，故填how。
2. 由并列结构added可知，此处需用动词过去式，shape的过去式为shaped，构成“added...and shaped”的并列谓语，故填shaped。
3. 固定搭配be worth doing sth.（值得做某事），此处需用enjoy的动名词形式，故填enjoying。
4. 泛指“一种早期的冰淇淋形式”，early以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an，故填an。
5. 固定搭配either...or...（要么……要么……），连接drank ice water和ate shaved ice两个动作，故填or。
6. 修饰动词buy，需用easy的副词形式easily，故填easily。
7. 固定搭配avoid doing sth.（避免做某事），此处需用get的动名词形式，故填getting。
8. 由than可知，此处需用形容词比较级，warm的比较级为warmer，故填warmer。
9. 主语cherry trees与plant是被动关系，且描述唐代的情况，用一般过去时的被动语态，结构为were+过去分词，故填were planted。
10. plates or bowls与make是被动关系，用过去分词made作后置定语，表“由……制成的”，故填made。
【答案】
1. how
2. shaped
3. enjoying
4. an
5. or
6. easily
7. getting
8. warmer
9. were planted
10. made
【知识点】
疑问词用法、固定搭配、冠词用法、副词用法、比较级、被动语态
【点评】
本题围绕古代夏季特色小吃展开，考查基础英语语法和固定搭配，需结合语境分析词性和句式，难度适中，适合中等水平学生作答。
【难度系数】
0.6