五、词汇运用。(共 8 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 8 分)
根据句意及所给中文提示、首字母或英文解释,写出句中所缺单词,每空限填一词。
66. Foreigners can't use (筷子) well when they have meals in China.
67. Mother has been used to (储存) the fruit in the fridge to keep it fresh.
68. He was in (完全的) surprise when he heard the news, and even he couldn't say a word.
69. The government is trying to reduce the (增长) in housing prices so that more people can afford homes.
70. Parents often take p in their children's small achievements, like learning to ride a bike.
71. — What do you think of these cars?
— I don't think they are up to s. They are not safe to drive.
72. The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy is one of the (something that fills you with surprise) in the architecture world(建筑界).
73. — Alice, who is the first man to walk on the Moon's (the outside or top part of something)?
— Sorry, I don't know. Let's ask Mr Xu about it.

66. chopsticks 67. storing 68. complete 69. increase 70. pride 71. standard 72. wonders 73. surface

六、(2025·苏州改编)短文填空。(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On Pingjiang Road in Suzhou, 65-year-old Ms Wu runs a traditional tea house for 30 years. She never expected 74. (oneself) to become a tea master who helped build a cultural bridge.
It started in 2015 when a German tourist named Klaus walked into her shop. With the help of a phone app, Ms Wu 75. (patient) showed him the way to properly brew(沏) biluochun, Suzhou's famous green tea. Klaus returned every day that week and 76. (bring) more friends each time.
Seeing how 77. (interest) they were in Chinese tea, Ms Wu started a weekly activity called "Tea Culture Saturdays". She showed foreigners how to brew tea with traditional methods—from choosing the water temperature to 78. (follow) tea-making rules. Her daughter Lily, a college student, helped translate.
Soon, her tea house was always crowded with 79. (visit), including students and business people from many places. "I never thought foreigners would understand our tea culture, 80. they love it deeply. Some of them even treat their friends 81. Chinese tea at home," Ms Wu said.
One of her favourite 82. (moment) was when Sarah, a Canadian, gave her a notebook filled with tea notes written in both English and Chinese. "This is why I keep teaching," Ms Wu said, showing 83. treasured notebook.
Now, her tea house appears in travel guides as "Suzhou's cultural living room". For tourists, every cup of tea served is a window on the tea culture of this ancient city.

74. herself 75. patiently 76. brought 77. interested 78. following 79. visitors 80. but 81. with/to 82. moments 83. the