「2026 江苏连云港赣榆期中改编」
阅读短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What is DIY? Why do many people like it? Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing. He enjoys his work. But he is too busy. 6 One day, when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop, he had an idea. “Why not make them myself?” he said to himself. Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. 7 So what is DIY? Yes, it is making or creating things on your own.
It may take much time, but some people, now known as DIYers, enjoy doing DIY very much. They enjoy it because it is fun. 8 What’s more, they think it is a good and meaningful (重要的) way to protect the environment (环境). It is a kind of green life.
9 During the 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough resources(资源) for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. 10
Over time, DIY also has some different meanings.

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6.C 根据“But he is too busy.”可知,杨辰工作太忙,因此需要填入一个描述忙碌带来的影响。选项C“他下班后很难放松。”与之相符。
7.G 根据“Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else.”以及“So what is DIY? Yes, it is making or creating things on your own.”可知,空处会总结他对DIY的感受,作为过渡。选项G“他对DIY活动有浓厚兴趣,因为它们给他带来乐趣并使生活多彩。”与之相符。
8.D 根据“They enjoy it because it is fun.”以及“What’s more, they think it is a good and meaningful way to protect the environment.”可知,分别提到了他们喜欢DIY的两个原因,故空处会陈述另一个原因。选项D“并且他们说这也帮助他们省钱。”与之相符。
9.B 根据“During the 1960s and 1970s...to do many things.”可知,空处应引入DIY不是新事物的概念。选项B“事实上,DIY在中国并非现代才有的事物。”与之相符。
10.F 根据“they had to use their own hands to do many things”可知,空处应具体解释原因或强化这一观点。选项F“如果他们想要什么东西,他们必须自己做。”与之相符。

「2026 江苏镇江丹阳期中」
根据首字母提示完成单词，使短文完整、正确。
The art of sugar figure blowing is an important part of the intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）. It has a long h 11 of more than 600 years. Xiong Chuanfa has been working on sugar figure blowing for more than twenty years. He said it looks easy, but it's very d 12 to master the skill. Do you know h 13 to make sugar figurines? Here are three steps.
First, the artist heats the syrup（糖浆）to a h 14 temperature about 140℃. Next, he pulls off a small piece and makes it into a ball with an open center, and then presses the open area together and stretches（拉伸）it to form a tube. F 15, he blows air into the tube and makes it into different shapes.
Every morning, Xiong gets up early to prepare the melted（溶化的）syrup and drives to start his “magic show” around his city. Many people are interested in it, especially little c 16. When he blew a cute puppy out of melted maltose（麦芽糖）in just minutes, many kids looked carefully at him with great i 17, thinking he was a magician.
He hopes this special art can let people f 18 its beauty. He also hopes to help them learn more about the Chinese traditional c 19. Xiong said, “Sugar paintings and sugar figurines are childhood memories of several generations of Chinese people.” He also said, “I will k 20 working hard and spend the rest of my life helping pass on this intangible cultural heritage.”
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11.history 根据“of more than 600 years”可知,600多年的历史,history“历史”。故填history。
12.difficult 连词but前后表示转折关系,but前表示它看起来很容易,but后表示很难,difficult“困难的”,是形容词,作为系动词is的表语,用形容词。故填difficult。
13.how 根据“Here are three steps.”和首字母h可知,此处表示如何做糖人,how“如何”。故填how。
14.high 根据“about 140℃”可知,此处表示温度高,high表示“高的”,后接名词temperature,应用形容词修饰。故填high。
15.Finally 根据first,next,then和首字母F可知,此处表示制作步骤,到了最后一步,finally“最后”。句首单词首字母大写。故填Finally。
16.children 根据“Many people are interested in it”和首字母c可知,对它制作糖人感兴趣的人,应是小孩子,child“孩子”,此处表示不止一个孩子,因此用复数名词。故填children。
17.interest 根据“Many people are interested in it, especially little...”可知,孩子们对制作糖人的过程感兴趣,interest“兴趣”,用作不可数名词或单数名词,with great interest“怀着极大的兴趣”。故填interest。
18.feel/find 根据“He also said, ‘I will...pass on this intangible cultural heritage.’”和首字母f可知,他想让人们感受它的美,或者发现它的美。feel“感受”,find“发现”,let sb. do sth.“让某人做某事”。故填feel/find。
19.culture 根据“The art of sugar figure blowing is an important part of the intangible cultural heritage.”和首字母c可知,此处表示吹糖人是一种传统文化。故填culture。
20.keep 根据“spend the rest of my life helping pass on this intangible cultural heritage”可知,他表示要继续努力,keep doing sth.“继续做某事”,此处是一般将来时will do。故填keep。