五、词汇运用
根据句意、中英文释义、首字母和音标提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. Tom jumps farther than Eric, but he runs more than Eric.
2. The period from 1901 to 2000 is the 20th .
3. Diana often (翻译) works by some famous writers in her free time.
4. The speakers are excellent (杰出的), so I like all of their (演讲).
5. Learning to express your feelings is important in daily (对话) with your parents.
6. He will do very well because he has great (a strong need to do things).
7. Learning is a lifelong j. Hope you can have lots of fun along the way!
8. Tom is learning Chinese these days. He has problems with p, especially with the four tones (声调).
9. Lily studies English g so well. There is no wrong sentence in her composition.
10. As a (/səkˈsesfl/) tennis player, he won many games in his life.

1. slowly 2. century 3. translates 4. speeches 5. conversation(s)
6. drive 7. journey 8. pronunciation 9. grammar 10. successful

【分析】本题为词汇运用题，需根据句意、中英文释义、首字母、音标提示，结合词性、时态、单复数等语法规则填写单词。解题时先理解句子语境，再匹配对应提示，同时注意词汇的形式变化（如比较级、第三人称单数、名词复数等）。
【解析】1. 由than可知需用比较级，run是动词需用副词修饰，结合语境“但跑得更慢”，填slowly；2. 1901-2000对应“20世纪”，填名词century；3. 主语Diana是第三人称单数，often表一般现在时，“翻译”对应动词translate，变第三人称单数形式translates；4. “演讲”对应名词speech，all后接复数，填speeches；5. “对话”对应名词conversation，daily后可接单数或复数，符合语境；6. 释义“强烈做某事的需求”对应名词drive；7. 首字母j，结合“终身学习的旅程”，填journey；8. 首字母p，结合“声调”，对应“发音”，填pronunciation；9. 首字母g，结合“作文无错误”，对应“语法”，填grammar；10. 音标/səkˈsesfl/对应形容词successful，修饰tennis player。
【答案】1. slowly 2. century 3. translates 4. speeches 5. conversation(s) 6. drive 7. journey 8. pronunciation 9. grammar 10. successful
【知识点】词汇运用、词性转换、音标匹配
【点评】本题考查基础词汇的运用，涵盖词义、语法变形、音标识别等，需学生熟练掌握常用词汇及相关规则，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

六、短文填空
阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
I grew up in the countryside. I learnt to cook at the age of about 10. My first cooking task was to make a dough (面团). I (1) (think) it would be easy—just mix water with flour (面粉). But it turned out to be different. At first, I made the dough too soft. Then I made it too hard. But as I kept (2) (try), I finally learnt how to make it. Later, I cooked (3) (dish) and made things like jiaozi. I fell in love with cooking.
It’s (4) good way to relax. More importantly, thanks to my cooking skills,
I could live (5) (good). Now working at home, I cook every meal. It saves money and is good for my health.
Besides cooking, I did a lot of farm work in my childhood. I learnt (6) to plant vegetables. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it a lot.
Someone might say we can learn these skills (7) books. But books can’t bring you the joy of learning through hands-on experiences, which can give you a new way to look at the world. You’ll think everything on your plate is (8) (important) than it was.
I’m happy (9) (know) that now there is labour (劳动) education in primary and middle schools in China. Students in these schools have the class at (10) (little) once a week to learn simple housework like cooking and cleaning. These will help a child for the rest of his or her life.

1. thought 2. trying 3. dishes 4. a 5. well
6. how 7. from/in 8. more important 9. to know 10. least

【分析】本题为短文填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配确定每个空格的正确形式。解题思路：先通读短文把握主旨，再针对每个空格，根据时态要求、固定搭配、名词单复数、冠词用法、副词修饰动词、疑问词用法、形容词比较级、不定式结构等知识点逐一分析：1. 由过去时间状语确定动词过去式；2. 运用固定搭配keep doing；3. 可数名词泛指用复数；4. 泛指“一个好方法”用不定冠词；5. 副词修饰动词；6. 疑问词表“如何”；7. 介词表“从”；8. 由than确定比较级；9. 固定搭配be happy to do；10. 固定搭配at least。
【解析】1. 句中“at the age of about 10”为过去时间状语，需用一般过去时，故填thought；2. 固定搭配keep doing sth意为“一直做某事”，故填trying；3. dish是可数名词，此处表泛指多个菜肴，用复数形式dishes；4. 固定搭配a good way to do sth表泛指“一个做某事的好方法”，故填不定冠词a；5. 此处修饰动词live，需用副词well；6. 语境表示“学习如何种植蔬菜”，用疑问词how；7. 表示“从书本中学习”，用介词from或in；8. 由句中than可知，需用形容词important的比较级more important；9. 固定搭配be happy to do sth意为“开心做某事”，故填to know；10. 固定搭配at least意为“至少”，故填least。
【答案】1. thought 2. trying 3. dishes 4. a 5. well 6. how 7. from/in 8. more important 9. to know 10. least
【知识点】动词时态、固定搭配、形容词比较级
【点评】本题考查初中英语核心的词汇运用与语法知识，涵盖时态、固定搭配、名词单复数等考点，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.6