Passage 14
What are your 1 (value) memories of the Spring Festival when you were a child? I still remember the first time I made lanterns with my family before the Spring Festival.
On that day, my parents took me to a place in the town where they could teach me to make lanterns. We spent hours 2 (cut) paper. Then, we stuck the red paper onto the bamboo frames(框架) by 3 (we). As we made our lanterns, we talked about funny things that had happened in our family. Finally, we finished making the lanterns successfully.
Before the Spring Festival, we happily 4 (hang) the lanterns outside our house. They shone quietly 5 the dark and brought “warmth” to us. As we sat down to enjoy our New Year’s Eve dinner, we shared the 6 (happy) of our family reunion. At that moment, we could feel 7 we were tied together or not. We wished each other all the best for 8 coming year. Also, each of us hoped to have a much 9
(bright) future.
The lantern is a symbol of our 10 (tradition) culture and connection with our family. It signals(标志) that it's time for our family to gather. It also makes us think of the things that are 11 (true) important in our lives—family, traditions, and love for our country.
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1. valuable 2. cutting 3. ourselves 4. hung 5. in 6. happiness 7. whether 8. the 9. brighter 10. traditional 11. truly

【分析】
本题为语篇填空，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则等确定每个空的正确形式。解题思路：1. 分析空格在句中的成分，确定所需词性；2. 结合固定搭配、时态、从句引导词等语法知识推导答案；3. 验证答案是否符合语境和逻辑。
【解析】
1. 空格修饰名词memories，需用形容词，value的形容词形式为valuable，故填valuable；
2. 固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth，意为“花费时间做某事”，故填cutting；
3. by oneself表示“独自”，主语为we，对应的反身代词是ourselves，故填ourselves；
4. 全文讲述过去的经历，时态用一般过去时，hang的过去式为hung，故填hung；
5. 固定短语in the dark，意为“在黑暗中”，故填in；
6. the后需接名词，happy的名词形式为happiness，故填happiness；
7. 空格后有or not，此处需用whether引导宾语从句，构成whether...or not结构，故填whether；
8. 特指即将到来的一年，需用定冠词the，故填the；
9. much修饰形容词比较级，bright的比较级为brighter，故填brighter；
10. 空格修饰名词culture，需用形容词，tradition的形容词形式为traditional，故填traditional；
11. 空格修饰形容词important，需用副词，true的副词形式为truly，故填truly；
【答案】
1. valuable 2. cutting 3. ourselves 4. hung 5. in 6. happiness 7. whether 8. the 9. brighter 10. traditional 11. truly
【知识点】
词性转换、固定搭配、时态运用
【点评】
本题考查语篇语境下的词汇运用，涵盖词性转换、固定搭配、时态等基础语法知识点，难度适中，能有效考查学生对英语基础知识的掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.5