三、选词填空
从方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用其正确形式填空，每个单词或短语限用一次。

Home is more than just a house. It 1 so much to us. It's not only a structure. It's a symbol of love and 2. In a family, each member has a role when it comes to housework.
Early in the morning, my mother is always the first one 3. She devotes (投入) herself to preparing a delicious breakfast. The smell of freshly - cooked food fills the whole house, 4 us all look forward to the meal. After breakfast, it's time 5 the table. My father and I work together. He cleans the plates while I throw away the leftovers (剩饭).
During weekdays, we are all busy with 6 own things. But at weekends, we make it a rule to do a thorough (彻底的) cleaning of the house. I usually start with my bedroom. I fold my clothes, put away my study materials, and wipe (擦) the dust off the furniture. It's a small effort, but it makes my room a much more 7 place.
My sister is very good at doing the laundry. She sorts the clothes 8, separates the coloured ones from the white ones, and then places them in the washing machine. She also takes great care when it comes to 9 away the clothes. She folds them neatly and puts them in the right drawers.
As for my father, he is responsible (负责的) for some heavy housework. He often checks the electrical appliances and fixes any small problems.
We all understand that doing these chores together not only 10 our home in order but also strengthens the bond among us. Home is truly where the heart is.
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【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，围绕家展开，讲述家对人们的重要意义，介绍家庭成员在做家务中各自承担的角色，体现共同做家务对维持家庭秩序、增进亲情的作用，传递家庭责任与爱的主题。
1. means 2. warmth 3. to wake up 4. making
5. to clean 6. our 7. comfortable 8. carefully 9. putting
10. keeps

【分析】
拿到这道题首先通读全文，明确文章主题是介绍家的意义以及家庭成员分担家务的相关内容，确认方框内一共10个备选词汇/短语，刚好对应10个空，每个仅使用一次。解题时可以优先锁定有固定搭配提示的空，再结合句子时态、词性并列规则、非谓语用法等逐一推导剩余空格：先判断每个空格所需的词性，结合语境匹配备选词，再根据语法规则对单词进行正确变形，最后代入全文通读检查逻辑是否通顺，同时避免重复使用词汇。
【解析】
我们逐空推导验证：
1. 句意：家对我们来说意义重大。主语It是第三人称单数，描述客观事实用一般现在时，备选词mean（意味着）变形为第三人称单数形式means。
2. 句意：它是爱和温暖的象征。并列连词and前是名词love，此处需要填入名词，备选词warm（温暖的）变形为名词warmth。
3. 句意：清晨，我的妈妈总是第一个醒来的人。固定结构the first one to do sth表示“第一个做某事的人”，因此短语wake up变形为to wake up。
4. 句意：刚做好的食物的香气充满整个屋子，让我们所有人都盼着这顿饭。本句已有谓语fills，此处用现在分词作结果状语，the smell和make是主动关系，make变形为making。
5. 句意：早饭后，是时候擦桌子了。固定句型it's time to do sth表示“是时候做某事”，备选词clean（清理）变形为to clean。
6. 句意：工作日的时候，我们都忙于我们自己的事。修饰后面的名词短语own things，需要形容词性物主代词，主格we变形为our。
7. 句意：这是很小的付出，但是让我的房间变成一个舒适得多的地方。修饰名词place需要形容词，备选词comfort（舒适）变形为形容词comfortable。
8. 句意：她仔细地给衣服分类，把彩色衣服和白衣服分开，然后放进洗衣机。修饰动词sort需要副词，备选词care（关心）变形为副词carefully。
9. 句意：说到把衣服收起来的时候她也非常细心。固定搭配put away表示“收好”，结构when it comes to...中的to是介词，后面接动名词，因此put变形为putting。
10. 句意：我们都明白一起做这些家务不仅让我们的家井然有序，还能增进我们之间的纽带。动名词短语作主语，谓语用第三人称单数，固定搭配keep sth in order表示“让某物井然有序”，keep变形为keeps。
【答案】
1. means 2. warmth 3. to wake up 4. making 5. to clean 6. our 7. comfortable 8. carefully 9. putting 10. keeps
【知识点】
词形转换，非谓语动词，固定搭配
【点评】
本题是初中英语典型的选词填空题型，综合考察学生对语境的理解能力、基础语法规则的掌握以及常见固定搭配的积累，考点覆盖了非谓语作状语、不定式作后置定语、介词后接动名词、代词物主化等核心知识点，需要学生结合语义和语法双重验证答案，避免出现词形变形错误。
【难度系数】
0.6