五、短文填空(在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式)
Jiaozi, or dumplings, are very popular in China. Especially 1. the Spring Festival, people often eat jiaozi. Do you know the 2. (mean) of jiaozi? Wealth(财富)!
Chinese jiaozi can be made to look 3. a Chinese silver ingot(银锭). It's said that the more jiaozi you eat, the 4. (much) money you'll make in the new year. Jiaozi is made of flour with meat and 5. (vegetable) inside. It can be cooked by boiling, steaming, frying or baking.
But do you know how to make jiaozi? Please follow these easy 6. (step).
Firstly, we need to mix the flour 7. water. When the dough is ready, we divide it into 8. (small) pieces. Then we make each piece into a thin, round jiaozi wrapper(饺子皮) with a rolling pin(擀面杖).
The second step is 9. (prepare) the filling. You can choose whatever you like to put into it. Then put some salt and oil and stir(搅拌) it for a few minutes.
Lastly, when all these preparations are done, we make jiaozi. We put a spoonful of the filling in the centre of the wrapper, and then stick the two 10. (side) together.
Now, you can cook your jiaozi and enjoy them.

1. during/at 2. meaning 3. like 4. more
5. vegetables 6. steps 7. with 8. smaller
9. to prepare 10. sides

【分析】
本题为短文填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则（词性变化、比较级、非谓语等）填入适当单词或正确形式。解题思路：先通读全文理解关于饺子的文化及制作流程的大意，再逐空分析：1. 表春节期间的介词；2. 定冠词后接名词；3. 固定搭配；4. 比较级结构；5. 名词复数；6. 名词复数；7. 固定搭配；8. 形容词比较级；9. 不定式作表语；10. 名词复数。
【解析】
1. 表示“在春节期间”，可用介词during或at，符合语境；
2. 定冠词the后需接名词，动词mean的名词形式为meaning（含义）；
3. 固定搭配look like意为“看起来像”，符合饺子外形像银锭的描述；
4. 固定结构“the + 比较级，the + 比较级”，表示“越…越…”，much的比较级为more；
5. vegetable为可数名词，此处泛指饺子馅里的多种蔬菜，用复数形式vegetables；
6. these后接可数名词复数，step的复数为steps；
7. 固定搭配mix...with...意为“把…和…混合”，符合和面的描述；
8. 句意是将面团分成更小的块，用形容词small的比较级smaller；
9. 此处用不定式作表语，说明第二步的内容，故填to prepare；
10. two后接可数名词复数，side的复数为sides，指饺子皮的两边。
【答案】
1. during/at 2. meaning 3. like 4. more 5. vegetables 6. steps 7. with 8. smaller 9. to prepare 10. sides
【知识点】
介词用法、名词的适当形式、固定搭配、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题结合中国传统文化（饺子）命题，考查基础词汇与语法的综合运用，考点均为初中阶段核心内容，需学生结合语境和语法规则灵活判断。
【难度系数】
0.5