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① Taizhou is an old city with a long history of more than two (thousand) years.
② The world uses about a thousand m tons of water a day.
③ A power cut hit the city, leaving many (thousand) of people helpless.

①thousand ②million ③thousands

【分析】
本题考查数词中thousand、million的用法，需区分具体数字修饰和概数表达的不同规则：①具体数字（如two）修饰thousand、million等词时，这类词用单数形式；②表示概数“成千上万的”时，这类词用复数形式且搭配of；③结合语境判断词汇含义，如“十亿吨”需用million构成合理表达。
【解析】
① 空格前有具体数词two，根据“具体数字+thousand/million等词用单数”的规则，填thousand；
② 结合语境“每天使用约一千……吨水”，需填表示“百万”的million，构成“a thousand million tons（十亿吨）”符合语义；
③ 空格后有of，且表示概数“成千上万的人”，根据“概数用复数+of”的规则，填thousands。
【答案】
①thousand ②million ③thousands
【知识点】
数词用法、具体数词与概数的区别
【点评】
本题为英语数词的基础考点，核心是区分thousand、million在具体数字和概数语境中的不同形式，属于初中英语必掌握的基础知识点，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.3

基础巩固
一、根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空
1. For me, running for 10 (mile) is quite a great achievement.
2. There were (pool) of water on the road after the storm.
3. There are (hundred) of kinds of flowers in the garden.
4. You can see (thousand) of balloons flying in the sky that day.
5. On November 3rd, about 40 (thousand) competitors took part in the marathon in our city.

1. miles 2. pools 3. hundreds
4. thousands 5. thousand

【分析】
本题考查英语数量词的用法，核心规则为：① 具体基数词（如10、40）修饰时，mile、thousand等表数量/度量的名词用单数；② 表模糊“大量”概念时，这类名词变复数后接of构成固定短语（如pools of、hundreds of）。需结合每小题的语境和规则判断括号内单词的适当形式。
【解析】
1. 句中10是具体基数词，修饰可数名词mile，需用其复数形式miles；
2. pools of是固定短语，意为“大量的”，符合“暴风雨后路上有很多水洼”的句意，故填pools；
3. hundreds of是固定短语，意为“成百上千的”，修饰kinds，符合语境，故填hundreds；
4. thousands of是固定短语，意为“成千上万的”，修饰balloons，符合句意，故填thousands；
5. 句中40是具体基数词，修饰thousand，需用其单数形式thousand。
【答案】
1. miles 2. pools 3. hundreds 4. thousands 5. thousand
【知识点】
英语数量词用法；固定短语；数词单复数
【点评】
本题为基础巩固类题目，聚焦数量词的核心用法，区分具体数字与模糊数量表达的不同形式，只要掌握基础规则即可轻松作答，适合夯实英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.8

能力提升
二、根据汉语提示完成句子
1. 为了保持健康，我爷爷每天至少走一万步。
To keep fit, my grandpa walks at least steps every day.
2. 那个动物园占地约三万六千四百公顷。
The zoo covers an area of about , hectares.
3. 颐和园和西湖，哪一个更出名？
Which one is , the Summer Palace or the West Lake?
4. 为奥运会做志愿者是他人生中最令人惊喜的经历之一。
Volunteering for the Olympic Games is one of the of his life.
5. 这两座城市之间的公路长2,165千米。
The road between the two cities is , and sixty-five kilometres long.

1. ten thousand
2. thirty-six thousand, four hundred
3. more famous
4. most amazing experiences
5. two thousand, one hundred

【分析】本题为根据汉语提示完成英语句子的题型，需结合英语中数词的表达规则、形容词的比较级与最高级用法、名词复数的用法解题。具体思路：1. 第1题需填“一万”，掌握数词中thousand的用法；2. 第2题需填“三万六千四百”，掌握大数字的英语分段表达；3. 第3题是两者比较，需用形容词比较级；4. 第4题涉及“one of+形容词最高级+可数名词复数”结构；5. 第5题需填2165的前半部分，掌握千位数字的表达。
【解析】
1. “一万”的英语表达为ten thousand，故填ten thousand；
2. “三万六千四百”的英语表达为thirty-six thousand, four hundred，故填thirty-six thousand, four hundred；
3. 两者比较“更出名”，用famous的比较级more famous，故填more famous；
4. “最令人惊喜的”是most amazing，one of后接可数名词复数，故填most amazing experiences；
5. 2165的英语表达中，千位部分为two thousand, one hundred，故填two thousand, one hundred。
【答案】
1. ten thousand
2. thirty-six thousand, four hundred
3. more famous
4. most amazing experiences
5. two thousand, one hundred
【知识点】数词的表达、形容词比较级、形容词最高级
【点评】本题考查英语基础知识点的运用，题型基础，注重对数词、形容词比较级与最高级等核心知识点的掌握。
【难度系数】0.7

思维拓展
三、语篇填空
Altay in Xinjiang has 1. (become) a popular place among young people since China's new hit TV show To the Wonder came to public attention.
This TV show comes from a book of the same name which is written 2. Li Juan. She wrote the book based on her own life.
In this show, viewers can not only get to know different 3. (story) of the local people, 4. also experience the beautiful scenery there. Although people know Altay is a beautiful place, they are still deeply surprised by the grasslands, deserts, and snowy mountains there.
Wang Wei is 5. 18-year-old student from Shanghai. He says "It's like a place that's out of this world. If I can live there, I will become much 6. (happy) than ever. I want to spend time 7. (live) a free life as Kazakh herders(哈萨克牧民)."
In modern society, it's not easy for us 8. (enjoy) nature especially when it's far from us. But 9. (luck), To the Wonder gives us a chance. When we are tired, we can just turn on TV and watch the show to relax.
Now, Altay is widely 10. (know) because of this TV show. After watching it, many young people want to go on a trip to Altay by themselves. The place is trying to continue developing good tourism and cultural resources to attract travellers.

1. become 2. by 3. stories 4. but
5. an 6. happier 7. living 8. to enjoy
9. luckily 10. known

【分析】
本题为英语语篇填空题，需结合语法规则、固定搭配、词性变化及语境逻辑解题：1. 考查现在完成时，since引导时间状语时主句用现在完成时，become过去分词不变；2. 考查被动语态，引出动作执行者用介词by；3. 考查名词复数，different后接可数名词复数；4. 考查固定关联词组not only...but also...；5. 考查冠词，18-year-old以元音音素开头，用an；6. 考查形容词比较级，than是比较级标志；7. 考查固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth；8. 考查固定句型it's + adj + for sb to do sth；9. 考查副词，修饰整个句子用副词；10. 考查被动语态，be+过去分词表被动。
【解析】
1. 现在完成时结构为has+过去分词，become的过去分词是become，故填become；
2. 被动语态中，“由某人创作”用be written by sb，故填by；
3. different后接可数名词复数，story变复数为stories，故填stories；
4. 固定搭配not only...but also...（不仅…而且…），故填but；
5. 18-year-old以元音音素/ei/开头，用不定冠词an，故填an；
6. than提示用比较级，happy的比较级是happier，故填happier；
7. 固定搭配spend time doing sth，故填living；
8. 固定句型it's + adj + to do sth，故填to enjoy；
9. 修饰整个句子用副词，luck的副词是luckily，故填luckily；
10. 被动语态结构be+过去分词，know的过去分词是known，故填known。
【答案】
1. become 2. by 3. stories 4. but 5. an 6. happier 7. living 8. to enjoy 9. luckily 10. known
【知识点】
现在完成时；被动语态；名词复数；固定搭配；冠词；形容词比较级；非谓语动词；副词用法
【点评】
本题考查英语语篇填空，涵盖多种基础语法与固定搭配，需结合语境分析词性变化，难度适中，是初中英语核心考点题型。
【难度系数】
0.6