Passage 3(2025·南通市崇川区启秀中学月考)
Have you ever heard of bamboo weaving(竹编技艺)? A piece of bamboo art caught people's attention at the 1 (six) China International Import Expo(进口博览会). The 2 (wonder) work of art belongs to Qian Lihuai.
Born in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, the 38-year-old man has a deep relationship with bamboo. After 3 (graduate) from university, he began to develop an interest in the technique and learn how to do it himself. He also travelled 4 (wide) in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces to learn local bamboo weaving skills. He 5 (try) his best to find out the secret of bamboo weaving.
These experiences pushed 6 (he) to return to his hometown and throw himself into the bamboo weaving industry in 2013. In order to make his works 7 (good) than the traditional bamboo weaving, Qian also added some touches of art to his works creatively.
Qian has taught the bamboo weaving course at his old school. The course 8 (design) to encourage open-minded thinking, exploring the ways of combining(结合) bamboo weaving with other fields. What's more, he wants to build a museum 9 (spread) the culture of traditional bamboo weaving as possible.
His dream is to see more people enjoy and understand the beauty of bamboo weaving. He believes that this traditional art has the power to bring 10 (happy) to people's lives.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. sixth 2. wonderful
3. graduating 4. widely 5. tried 6. him
7. better 8. is designed 9. to spread
10. happiness

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、词性变化、语法规则（如序数词、时态、语态、非谓语动词等）对括号内的提示词进行变形。解题思路：先通读全文理解文章大意，再逐个分析每个空格的句子成分、所需词性/时态，结合提示词完成变形，确保符合语法和语境。
【解析】1. 此处表示“第六届”，需用序数词，six的序数词为sixth；2. 修饰名词work，需用形容词，wonder的形容词形式为wonderful；3. after为介词，后接动名词，graduate的动名词是graduating；4. 修饰动词travelled，需用副词，wide的副词形式为widely；5. 描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时，try的过去式为tried；6. 动词push后接人称代词宾格，he的宾格是him；7. 由than可知需用形容词比较级，good的比较级为better；8. 主语the course与动词design是被动关系，且为一般现在时，故用is designed；9. 此处表目的，用不定式to spread；10. bring后需接名词，happy的名词形式为happiness。
【答案】1. sixth 2. wonderful 3. graduating 4. widely 5. tried 6. him 7. better 8. is designed 9. to spread 10. happiness
【知识点】词性转换、时态语态、序数词用法
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇变形，结合语境分析是解题核心，难度适中，适合中等水平学生完成。
【难度系数】0.5

Passage 4
Once upon a time, there lived two children named Hansel and Gretel. They lived in a small house near a dark forest with their father and stepmother.
One year, the weather became $\underline{1}$ (terrible) dry. No crops grew, and the family had little food
$\underline{2}$ (eat). Their stepmother told their father, “If you don’t leave the children in the forest, we $\underline{3}$ (die)!” Gretel heard this and told Hansel that he had an idea to save $\underline{4}$ (they).
That night, Hansel collected white stones. The next morning, their father took them to the forest. Along the way, Hansel $\underline{5}$ (drop) stones secretly(偷偷地). “When the moon shines,” he said to Gretel, “we’ll follow the stones home.”
The children were left alone. As night fell, the stones shone like $\underline{6}$ (star), guiding them back. But their stepmother was angry. “You’re back? Go to bed!” she shouted.
The next day, the stepmother sent them to the forest again. This time, Hansel threw pieces of bread instead. But birds ate the bread, and the children got $\underline{7}$ (lose).
After walking for $\underline{8}$ (hour), they found a wonderful house made $\underline{9}$ bread, cake, and candy. Just as they started eating, an old woman came out. “Welcome, dears!” she said. “Stay with me!”
But the woman was a wicked witch(邪恶的女巫)! She locked Hansel in a cage and asked Gretel $\underline{10}$ (work). “When you are fat enough, I will eat you!” she shouted.
Gretel was scared but smart. One day, he pushed the witch into her own oven and saved Hansel. The children ran out of the house, found their way home, and lived happily ever after with their father.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. terribly 2. to eat 3. will die
4. them 5. dropped 6. stars 7. lost
8. hours 9. of 10. to work

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、词性、时态、固定搭配等知识点逐一分析每个空格。首先通读全文，明确故事背景为过去发生的童话，再根据每个空格前后的语法结构和语义要求，确定单词的正确形式，如修饰形容词用副词、动词后接宾格、遵循条件状语从句时态规则等。
【解析】1. 此处修饰形容词dry，需用副词，terrible的副词形式为terribly；2. 此处用不定式to eat作定语，修饰名词food，表示“要吃的食物”；3. 此处为if引导的条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”原则，从句用一般现在时，主句用一般将来时，故填will die；4. 此处save为动词，后接人称代词宾格，they的宾格为them；5. 故事叙述过去发生的事，需用一般过去时，drop的过去式为dropped；6. 此处表示“像星星一样”，star为可数名词，用复数形式stars；7. 固定搭配get lost意为“迷路”，故填lost；8. hour为可数名词，此处表示“几个小时”，用复数形式hours；9. 固定短语be made of意为“由……制成（能看出原料）”，故填of；10. 固定搭配ask sb to do sth意为“要求某人做某事”，故填to work。
【答案】1. terribly 2. to eat 3. will die 4. them 5. dropped 6. stars 7. lost 8. hours 9. of 10. to work
【知识点】副词用法、固定搭配、一般将来时
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇的应用，涵盖词性转换、时态、固定搭配等考点，是初中英语常见的语法填空题型，难度适中，需学生掌握基础语法规则和常用短语。
【难度系数】0.7