六、阅读短文,用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)
when believe improve prize dream
they country with try probably
Everyone has a dream. Everyone wants to realize his or her 1. . Some of my classmates want to be doctors and some of 2. want to be engineers. However, I want to be a cook. Some people 3. don't think it's a good job, but to me, cooking is fun.
I started to show great interest in cooking 4. I was five. I always watched my mother cook in the kitchen. I 5. cooking egg soup at eight for the first time. Later, I cooked more dishes to 6. my cooking skills. I even joined the cooking club. There I made friends 7. some teenagers. When I was ten, I took part in a cooking match and won the first 8. .
I would like to be a chef(主厨) in a famous restaurant in Wuhan. I hope travellers from different 9. can enjoy my dishes. It's not easy, but I 10. I will make it through hard work. What about your dream?

1. dream 2. them 3. probably 4. when 5. tried
6. improve 7. with 8. prize 9. countries 10. believe

【分析】
本题为选词填空的适当形式填空题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读短文，理解全文大意（围绕“梦想”展开，作者讲述自己想当厨师的成长经历）；2. 分析每个空格的语境、语法结构，从方框所给词汇中筛选合适的词；3. 根据句子时态、词性要求调整单词形式（如名词复数、动词过去式等），确保语义通顺、语法正确。
【解析】
1. 前文提到“Everyone has a dream”，此处表示“实现梦想”，故填dream；
2. 固定搭配“some of them”（他们中的一些），介词of后接人称代词宾格，they的宾格为them，故填them；
3. 此处修饰动词think，需用副词，方框中probably符合语境，故填probably；
4. 引导时间状语从句，表“当……的时候”，用when，故填when；
5. 时间状语“at eight”为过去时间，动词需用过去式，try的过去式为tried，故填tried；
6. 此处表目的“提高烹饪技能”，to后接动词原形，improve符合，故填improve；
7. 固定搭配“make friends with sb”（和某人交朋友），故填with；
8. “first prize”为固定短语，意为“一等奖”，符合参加比赛获奖的语境，故填prize；
9. different后接可数名词复数，country的复数形式为countries，故填countries；
10. 主语为I，一般现在时，表“相信”，用动词原形believe，故填believe。
【答案】
1. dream 2. them 3. probably 4. when 5. tried 6. improve 7. with 8. prize 9. countries 10. believe
【知识点】
词汇运用、适当形式填空、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查基础词汇的词义、词性及形式变化，结合语境和语法规则即可解答，是初中英语常见的基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6