三、阅读教材 P20 ~ P21 的课文，完成短文填空
请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余选项。
good serious but manage budget she size tin from end because wish
Money told Kira that a dream tin is a great way to save money. She just needs a spare as a moneybox. Then write her dream on the tin, and use one tin for each dream. The tin can be any . When it's ready, put her money inside.
Kira asked if getting more pocket money would be . Money explained that more money could cause more problems. That's because the more people got, the more they spent. Kira didn't understand this—she still for ten times more pocket money.
Then Money took Kira's parents as an example. They had 100 times more money than her, but they still couldn't it. Money said what matters isn't how much money people have, how they use it. People should learn to manage the money they had first, then they could get more. Money suggested Kira start with the dream tins.
But Kira worried that she would mix up too many tins. Money said she should choose the most important wishes her list. Kira checked list—a trip abroad, a new laptop and helping her parents make a good budget. But she decided to make dream tins for the first two wishes the third seemed harder. Money agreed and asked if she could manage that. Kira promised she would do it.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. tin
2. size
3. better
4. seriously
5. wished
6. manage
7. but
8. from
9. her
10. because

【分析】
先通读全文理解语篇大意，明确文章围绕“梦想存钱罐与理财”展开。再逐空分析：结合语境、语法规则（词性、时态、固定搭配等）从方框内选词，注意词形变化，每词仅用一次。1. 第一空需填表示“罐子”的名词，对应tin；2. 第二空需填表示“尺寸”的名词，对应size；3. 第三空需填good的比较级，对应better；4. 第四空需填修饰动词的副词，对应seriously；5. 第五空需填wish的过去式，对应wished；6. 第六空需填表示“管理”的动词原形，对应manage；7. 第七空需填固定结构not...but...中的连词，对应but；8. 第八空需填表示“从”的介词，对应from；9. 第九空需填形容词性物主代词，对应her；10. 第十空需填表示原因的连词，对应because。
【解析】
1. 第一空：根据语境，存钱需要一个空罐子，方框中tin意为“罐子”，a后用单数形式，故填tin。
2. 第二空：存钱罐可以是任何尺寸，方框中size意为“尺寸”，any后用单数形式，故填size。
3. 第三空：此处表达“获得更多零花钱会不会更好”，good的比较级为better，符合语境，故填better。
4. 第四空：修饰动词explained需用副词，方框中serious的副词形式为seriously，意为“认真地”，故填seriously。
5. 第五空：固定搭配wish for意为“渴望”，文章时态为一般过去时，故填wished。
6. 第六空：结合语境“他们还是管不好钱”，方框中manage意为“管理”，couldn't后接动词原形，故填manage。
7. 第七空：固定结构not...but...意为“不是...而是...”，符合句意，故填but。
8. 第八空：表达“从她的列表中选择”，需用介词from，故填from。
9. 第九空：修饰名词list需用形容词性物主代词，she的形容词性物主代词为her，意为“她的”，故填her。
10. 第十空：此处解释选择前两个愿望的原因，需用连词because，故填because。
【答案】
1. tin 2. size 3. better 4. seriously 5. wished 6. manage 7. but 8. from 9. her 10. because
【知识点】
词汇运用、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查语篇语境下的词汇运用，要求学生结合上下文语义、语法规则（词性、时态、固定搭配等）选择并正确变形方框内的词汇，注重考查学生的语篇理解能力和基础词汇的运用能力，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

一 spare 的用法
Take a spare tin, turn it into a moneybox and write your dream on it. 找一个闲置的金属空罐，把它改造成存钱罐，再把你的梦想写在罐子上面。（教材 P20）

Don’t forget to take a few spare batteries. 别忘了带上几节备用电池。
I haven’t had a spare moment this morning. 我一上午一会儿也没闲着。
In his spare time, he often does voluntary work. 在他的空闲时间里，他经常做志愿工作。
专练 翻译句子
1. 记得给他寄一些备用衣服。
2. 她空闲之余喜欢打羽毛球。

1. Remember to send him some spare clothes.
2. In her spare time, she enjoys playing badminton.

【分析】
本题考查形容词spare的词义及常用搭配的翻译应用。首先明确spare作为形容词的核心词义：备用的、空闲的，常见搭配有“spare + 名词”（表备用的某物）、“in one's spare time”（表在某人的空闲时间里）。翻译时需根据中文语境选择对应词义与搭配，同时遵循英语句式结构，如“记得做某事”用remember to do sth，“喜欢做某事”用enjoy doing sth。
【解析】
1. “记得给他寄一些备用衣服”中，“记得做某事”对应remember to do sth，“寄”是send，“备用衣服”是spare clothes，组合后为Remember to send him some spare clothes。
2. “她空闲之余喜欢打羽毛球”中，“在她的空闲时间里”对应In her spare time，“喜欢做某事”对应enjoys playing badminton，组合后为In her spare time, she enjoys playing badminton。
【答案】
1. Remember to send him some spare clothes.
2. In her spare time, she enjoys playing badminton.
【知识点】
形容词spare的用法；固定搭配in one's spare time；汉译英
【点评】
本题围绕spare的核心词义和常用搭配设置翻译练习，重点考查学生对spare相关短语的掌握及汉译英的基本句式运用能力，属于基础英语应用题型。
【难度系数】
0.6