五、词与短语填空(提示:有两个多余选项)(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
between / sounds like / value / feels like / closer / celebrate / meaning

Did you eat pie on March 14? Every year on this day, people celebrate Pi Day! Why eat pie? Because "pi" 66 "pie"!
March 14 matches the first three digits(数字) of pi (π): 3.14. After that, pi goes on without repeating. We don't know its true 67. However, the more digits we calculate(计算), the 68 we get. Chinese mathematician Zu Chongzhi (429－500) thought the value of pi was 69 3.1415926 and 3.1415927. His calculation was the best one for over 800 years!
Pi is important in science. Space scientists use it to calculate the size of stars. Pi also helps in art. For example, musicians used pi's numbers to write songs. To 70 pi and maths, March 14 was set as the International Day of Mathematics in 2019.
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

66. sounds like 67. value 68. closer 69. between 70. celebrate

【分析】
本题为选词填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配及语法知识逐一分析：先通读全文理解大意，再针对每个空格的句子结构和语义匹配合适词汇。第66空需匹配pi和pie的发音关联；第67空对应pi的数值属性；第68空考查“the+比较级，the+比较级”结构；第69空用固定搭配between...and...；第70空结合设立节日的目的选择词汇。
【解析】
66. 句意为“因为‘pi’听起来像‘pie’”，sounds like表示“听起来像”，符合语境；
67. 句意为“我们不知道它的真实数值”，value表示“数值”，符合pi的相关描述；
68. 考查固定结构“the + 比较级，the + 比较级”，意为“越……越……”，此处指计算位数越多，越接近pi的准确值，故用closer；
69. 固定搭配between...and...表示“在……和……之间”，此处指pi的值在两个数值之间，符合语境；
70. 句意为“为了庆祝pi和数学，3月14被定为国际数学日”，celebrate表示“庆祝”，符合句意。
【答案】
66. sounds like 67. value 68. closer 69. between 70. celebrate
【知识点】
选词填空；固定搭配；形容词比较级
【点评】
本题结合Pi Day的趣味语境考查词汇运用，需学生掌握词汇含义、固定结构及语境理解，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

六、综合填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
Today, food delivery(外卖) is a big part of our lives. Many people order meals on their phones and wait for the food to arrive at home, at school or at workplace. But did you know that food delivery 71 (start) a long time ago in China, as early as the Han Dynasty (206 BCE—220 CE)?
72 first, only important people could get food delivered. They lived busy lives and often had servants(仆人) to help them. But later, as cities became 73 (large) and restaurants became more common, ordinary people could 74 (enjoy) it, too.
In the Song Dynasty (960－1279), food delivery became popular in China. The book The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor (《东京梦华录》) said there 75 (be) a lot of food in Bianjing, now Kaifeng in Henan. The city was busy and full of life. People often bought ready-made meals from shops 76 it was easy and saved time.
Without phones, people had to go to a restaurant or send someone 77 (order). Then the restaurant would prepare the food and 78 (send) it. The delivery person was called xianhan(闲汉).
In the Song Dynasty, 79 (cook) also made a special dish called wenpan(温盘) to keep food hot. It was made of two layers of porcelain(瓷器) with a space in between. People poured hot water into the space to keep the food warm 80 the way. This clever idea shows that people in ancient China were smart and practical.
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

71. started 72. At 73. larger 74. enjoy 75. was
76. because/for 77. to order 78. send 79. cooks 80. on

【分析】
先通读全文理解文章大意，结合时态、固定搭配、词性变化、语境逻辑等知识点逐一分析每个空：71空根据时间状语确定时态；72空考查固定短语；73空结合语境用比较级；74空依据情态动词用法；75空用there be句型的就近原则及时态；76空分析前后句逻辑关系；77空考查固定搭配；78空依据would的用法；79空考查名词复数；80空考查固定短语。
【解析】
71. 时间状语为"a long time ago"，需用一般过去时，故填start的过去式started；
72. 固定搭配"at first"意为"起初"，句首首字母大写，故填At；
73. 由后文"more common"及语境可知，此处表示城市变得更大，用large的比较级larger；
74. 情态动词could后接动词原形，故填enjoy；
75. there be句型遵循就近原则，主语a lot of food为不可数名词，时态为过去时，be动词用was；
76. 前后句为因果关系，前果后因，故填because/for；
77. 固定搭配"send sb to do sth"意为"派某人做某事"，故填to order；
78. would后接动词原形，与prepare并列，故填send；
79. cook此处指"厨师"，为可数名词，表泛指用复数cooks；
80. 固定搭配"on the way"意为"在路上"，故填on。
【答案】
71. started 72. At 73. larger 74. enjoy 75. was 76. because/for 77. to order 78. send 79. cooks 80. on
【知识点】
一般过去时、固定搭配、比较级
【点评】
本题围绕中国古代外卖历史展开，考查基础语法与固定搭配，需结合语境分析逻辑关系，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6