根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使其意思完整。
My grandma is a gentle lady. Like many women of her (1) a, she has a talent for sewing(缝纫). She made all my childhood clothes by (2) h. As a young girl, I didn't like playing outside with my friends. I (3) p to spend time helping her sew rather than go outside.
My grandma taught me how to express (4) l and care. Almost a year ago, I (5) d to find a birthday present for my friend when an idea came to me—Why don't I sew her a gift? I made a decision to sew her a pencil case. I cut out material (6) f an old skirt, drew a design and started sewing. It took me many (7) t to complete the pencil case. The final result wasn't as pretty as I had imagined, but it was the (8) b pencil case I could make.
Just yesterday, my friend called me and said that every time she saw the pencil case, it would remind her of our (9) f and she would get a warm feeling. Hearing (10) w she said made me very happy.

1. age 2. herself 3. preferred 4. love 5. decided 6. from 7. times 8. best 9. friendship 10. what

1. 此处考查固定搭配of one's age，意为“和某人同年龄段的”，句意为“像很多和她同龄的女性一样，她有缝纫的天赋”，结合首字母a，填age。
2. 此处考查固定搭配by oneself，意为“独自、亲手”，指代奶奶，用反身代词herself，句意为“我童年所有的衣服都是她亲手做的”，结合首字母h，填herself。
3. 此处考查固定结构prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.，意为“宁愿做某事也不愿做某事”，全文叙述过去的事，用一般过去时，prefer的过去式为preferred，句意为“我宁愿花时间帮她缝纫也不愿出去玩”，结合首字母p，填preferred。
4. 此处和后面的care（关爱）并列，表达“爱与关怀”的含义，结合首字母l，填love。
5. 此处考查固定搭配decide to do sth.，意为“决定做某事”，时态为一般过去时，decide的过去式为decided，句意为“大约一年前，我正打算给我的朋友挑选一份生日礼物，这时突然想到一个主意”，结合首字母d，填decided。
6. 此处句意为“我从一条旧裙子上剪下布料，画了设计图然后开始缝纫”，结合首字母f，填from，表示“从……”。
7. 此处many后接可数名词复数，句意为“我花了很多次功夫才做完这个笔袋”，time表示“次数”时为可数名词，复数形式为times，结合首字母t，填times。
8. 此处用形容词最高级，句意为“最终的成品没有我想象的那么好看，但这是我能做出来的最好的笔袋”，结合首字母b，填best。
9. 此处句意为“每次她看到这个笔袋，就会想起我们的友谊，心里就会感到温暖”，结合首字母f，填friendship。
10. 此处what引导宾语从句，在从句中作said的宾语，指代她说的内容，句意为“听到她所说的话让我非常开心”，结合首字母w，填what。

任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
There is a special day in our village every year. 1 that day, people make apple pies and villagers taste all the pies and choose the 2. My grandma took part in it every time and won second place twice. This year was special because I made an apple pie with my grandma.
In September, we practised making the pie every Sunday because we hoped our final pie would be the 3. Grandma taught me how to cut an apple into pieces of right sizes and make beautiful pies. After we put the pie into the 4, she and I would play games together. Sometimes we 5 her favourite radio, closed our eyes, and listened to music. As the delicious smell of the pie 6 the air, we felt wonderful. We always had a good time. However, my 7 classes came to an end soon, and thinking of it made me 8. I wanted more classes.
Finally, the big day came. Grandma and I worked slowly and 9. This wasn't a day for mistakes. We wanted to make sure we 10 every part of the recipe(食谱). In the end, our pie looked really wonderful. Later that afternoon, we knew the result. We were both happy to hear that our apple pie won first place.
() 1. A. On B. In C. At D. For
() 2. A. shape B. winner C. team D. person
() 3. A. richest B. cheapest C. quietest D. best
() 4. A. oven B. blender C. spoon D. plate
() 5. A. dressed up B. turned on C. woke up D. looked for
() 6. A. cooled B. polluted C. filled D. cleaned
() 7. A. cooking B. singing C. dancing D. running
() 8. A. glad B. bored C. tired D. upset
() 9. A. hopelessly B. carefully C. hardly D. heavily
()10. A. forgot B. lost C. followed D. painted

1-5 ABDAB 6-10 CADBC

1. 表示在具体某一天时，时间介词要用on，此处指代村里的特殊节日，符合介词用法，选A。
2. 根据比赛语境，村民品尝所有参赛苹果派，目的是选出获胜者，winner符合语义，选B。
3. 我们每周练习做派，是希望最终做出的派是最好的，best符合参赛争取好成绩的诉求，选D。
4. 做好的生苹果派需要放进烤箱烘烤，oven（烤箱）符合做派的生活常识，选A。
5. 要收听收音机里的音乐，需要先打开收音机，turn on是“打开（电器）”的固定搭配，选B。
6. 烤苹果派的美味香气弥漫、充满整个空气，fill the air是常用表达，意为香气弥漫在空气中，选C。
7. 全文围绕和奶奶一起练习做苹果派展开，这里指我们的烹饪练习课程很快结束了，cooking符合语境，选A。
8. 后文提到“我想要更多的课”，说明课程结束让我感到失落沮丧，upset符合语义，选D。
9. 后文说明这天不能出错，所以我们做派的时候动作很慢且十分仔细，carefully符合语境，选B。
10. 做派要严格遵照食谱的每一步要求，follow the recipe是固定搭配，意为按照食谱操作，选C。