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（2024·淮安中考）You may think it is impossible for people in flats to have a beautiful garden. That's not true! The rooftop gardens（屋顶花园）are becoming more and more
1. p in big cities now. It is a nice way to turn an empty space into a pretty and relaxing area.
fact, it has a long history. More than 2,000
years 2. a ancient people started to build the rooftop gardens. Those gardens had the same purpose. If an enemy army attacked the city, they might destroy the city's food which could keep people 3. a. So the advice of moving the farming places to the top of the houses was 4. g.
Today's rooftop gardens are different
5. f the old ones. They also have other uses. For example, the plants in the garden take in more heat. The temperature in the house below is usually lower in summer. 6. S the air conditioner（空调）is less often used. More energy can be saved.
However, a rooftop garden needs more
7. c. First of all, build a fence（栅栏）around it. The 8. w may blow your plants down from the roof. You don't want anyone to get hurt, do you? Also, remember that rooftop gardens get more sunshine. If you have plants that shouldn't 9. s in it for too long, you may have to put them in the shade sometimes.
It's not 10. e to look after a rooftop garden, but if you put your heart into it, you will make your little part of the city much nicer.

【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了屋顶花园的发展、优点以及注意事项。
1. popular 2. ago 3. alive 4. given 5. from
6. So 7. care 8. wind 9. stay 10. easy

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章主旨是介绍屋顶花园的发展、用途及注意事项。解题时需结合上下文语境、首字母提示，同时运用固定搭配、时态语态、逻辑关系等知识，逐一推导每个空的答案：先根据句子大意推测词汇含义，再匹配首字母确定单词，最后验证语法和逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 句意：屋顶花园在大城市越来越受欢迎。结合首字母p，填popular；
2. 句意：2000多年前古代人开始建造屋顶花园。结合首字母a，填ago；
3. 固定搭配keep sb alive（使某人存活），结合首字母a，填alive；
4. 此处为被动语态（be+过去分词），表示“建议被提出”，结合首字母g，填given；
5. 固定搭配be different from（与……不同），结合首字母f，填from；
6. 前后为因果关系，前文说植物吸热使楼下温度低，后文说空调使用少，结合首字母S，填So；
7. 句意：屋顶花园需要更多照料，结合首字母c，填care；
8. 句意：风可能把植物从屋顶吹落，结合首字母w，填wind；
9. 句意：不应该在里面待太久的植物需放阴凉处，结合首字母s，填stay；
10. 句意：照顾屋顶花园不容易，结合首字母e，填easy。
【答案】popular, ago, alive, given, from, So, care, wind, stay, easy
【知识点】首字母填空、固定搭配、被动语态
【点评】本题为中考首字母填空题，围绕屋顶花园展开，考查词汇运用、语境理解及语法知识，整体难度适中，需学生具备一定词汇量和语篇逻辑分析能力。
【难度系数】0.7

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（2024·扬州中考）Even though my grandfather was a farmer, my grandmother would iron his work clothes every day. Grandmother mixed up her own starch（淀粉浆） in a glass 1. b with a metal cap that had several holes. She sprinkled Grandfather's jeans with the starch, hung them over a chair for a few minutes, and then 2. i them.
Because I watched her do this through my childhood, I thought every old woman did it. But as the years passed, I began to question this 3. p. Why did Grandfather need his work clothes ironed? Most days, he never saw anyone 4. b me and maybe a few other farmers. The clothes became dirty in just a short time. Why did Grandmother 5. s devote time and effort to ironing Grandfather's clothes that were rarely seen?
One day when I was about 13, I asked Grandmother about it. She told me Grandfather was the most handsome man in the world. Later that day, I looked 6. c at Grandfather. He sure didn't look so handsome to me. He was short and fat with false teeth（假牙）. Later I told her my thought.
She gave me a girlish smile and said, “You just aren't looking in the right light, Cathy. I remember when he had 7. r teeth. He has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. They are 8. e the same colour as the sky just before the sun goes down. I want the world to see my 9. h as the most beautiful man. I want him to feel beautiful. I iron his clothes every day because for all these years, he has made me feel beautiful.”
The years went on, and I watched Grandmother and Grandfather grow old together. I was probably 30 when I 10. u what beauty really was. It was Grandmother ironing Grandfather's jeans with starch from a glass bottle.

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了在奶奶眼里,爷爷是世界上最帅气的人,很多年过后作者才真正明白真正的美是什么。
1. bottle 2. ironed 3. practice 4. but 5. still
6. carefully 7. real 8. exactly 9. husband
10. understood

【分析】
本题为英语完形填空题，属于记叙文类型，需结合文章主旨、上下文语境、词汇搭配及语法知识来解答。解题时先通读全文把握核心情感（奶奶对爷爷的爱意），再逐句分析每个空格的词性要求、语境逻辑，选择符合语义和语法的单词。
【解析】
1. 由最后一段“from a glass bottle”及前文“glass...with a metal cap”可知，此处指玻璃瓶子，填bottle。
2. 前文提到奶奶每天给爷爷熨工作服，结合“撒淀粉、挂椅子”的动作流程，此处填iron的过去式ironed（熨烫）。
3. 前文作者以为所有老妇人都做这件事，后来质疑这种“做法”，填practice（惯例、做法）。
4. 前文说爷爷很少见人，后文提到“我和几个农民”，是转折关系，填but。
5. 前文说爷爷的衣服很快变脏，此处问奶奶“仍然”花时间熨很少被看到的衣服，填still。
6. 此处修饰动词looked，需用副词，结合语境是“仔细看”，填carefully。
7. 前文提到爷爷戴假牙，此处对应奶奶回忆他有“真”牙齿，填real。
8. 此处修饰“颜色一样”，需用副词，表“确切地”，填exactly。
9. 奶奶说想让世界看到她的“丈夫”是最帅的，填husband。
10. 30岁时作者“明白”了真正的美，用过去式understood。
【答案】
1. bottle 2. ironed 3. practice 4. but 5. still 6. carefully 7. real 8. exactly 9. husband 10. understood
【知识点】
完形填空解题、语境理解、词汇辨析
【点评】
本文通过祖孙间的故事传递真挚情感，贴近生活，考查学生对上下文逻辑的把握和基础词汇的运用能力，是中考常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.5