Ⅰ. Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the words in the box. 用方框中所给词语的适当形式完成句子。
world found later woman height
1. The of the building is about 100 metres.
2. There are three under the tree, talking and laughing.
3. You and me, from one , we are family.
4. Oscar, a kind man, wants to a school in our village.
5. , I will go to the store to buy some balloons for the party.

1. height
2. women
3. world
4. found
5. Later

【分析】
解题思路：首先明确方框内单词的原形、词性及词义（world：名词，世界；found：动词，建立；later：副词，后来；woman：名词，女人；height：名词，高度）；接着逐句分析句子所需的词性、语义，再匹配对应单词并进行适当变形：1. 句中the后需接名词，结合“建筑的约100米”可知是高度；2. three后需接可数名词复数，woman的复数为women；3. one后接名词，结合“来自同一个”可知是world；4. want to后接动词原形，结合“建学校”可知用found；5. 句首作时间状语需用副词，首字母大写。
【解析】
1. 定冠词the后接名词，根据“建筑的约100米”的语义，填名词height；
2. 数词three后接可数名词复数，woman的复数形式为women；
3. 数词one后接名词，结合“来自同一个”的语义，填名词world；
4. 固定搭配want to do sth（想要做某事），此处需填动词原形，结合“建学校”的语义，填found；
5. 空格处作时间状语，位于句首，需用副词，首字母大写，故填Later。
【答案】
1. height
2. women
3. world
4. found
5. Later
【知识点】
名词的用法、动词不定式、副词的用法
【点评】
本题为词汇适当形式填空题，考查学生对单词词性、词义及变形规则的掌握，需结合句子语境和语法要求选择正确形式，属于基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.7

Ⅱ. Read and finish the cloze test. 完形填空。
Today is my sister Jane’s birthday. Our parents decide to have a for her. Dad goes to the shop and buys some candles in the morning. Mum a birthday cake. When all the people come, the party starts. Jane a colourful birthday hat. After she makes a wish, she all the candles. There are 12 candles you can know it is her twelfth birthday.
Later in the evening, Mum cooks a large bowl of delicious noodles for . In the bowl, there are two eggs. And also Jane finds the noodles are really long. Mum tells Jane that they are a(n) of long and happy life. Mum also the long noodles and eggs can bring happiness to Jane.
()1. A. cake B. lesson C. party D. mark
()2. A. sells B. counts C. eats D. makes
()3. A. discovers B. keeps C. wears D. cleans
()4. A. works out B. prepares for C. blows out D. plays with
()5. A. so B. but C. because D. or
()6. A. her B. me C. us D. you
()7. A. idea B. symbol C. list D. story
()8. A. feels B. counts C. finds D. wishes

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. D

【分析】
先通读全文，明确文章围绕姐姐简的生日展开，涉及生日派对与生日面条的习俗。解题时需结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系，逐个分析每个空：
1. 第1空：后文提到“派对开始”，可知父母要举办派对；
2. 第2空：妈妈制作生日蛋糕，需选表“制作”的词；
3. 第3空：生日时“戴帽子”，对应穿戴类动词；
4. 第4空：许愿后“吹蜡烛”，是生日习俗动作；
5. 第5空：12根蜡烛对应12岁生日，前后是结果关系；
6. 第6空：指代姐姐简，介词后用宾格；
7. 第7空：面条是长寿幸福的象征，考固定搭配；
8. 第8空：妈妈许愿食物带来幸福，选表“许愿”的词。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据后文“When all the people come, the party starts.”可知父母要举办派对，故选C；
2. 第2题：结合语境，妈妈制作生日蛋糕，makes符合句意，故选D；
3. 第3题：“戴生日帽”用wear，wears是其第三人称单数形式，故选C；
4. 第4题：生日许愿后“吹灭蜡烛”是blow out，故选C；
5. 第5题：前文说有12根蜡烛，后文说明是12岁生日，前后为结果关系，用so，故选A；
6. 第6空：此处指代姐姐简，介词for后用宾格her，故选A；
7. 第7空：“a symbol of...”是固定搭配，意为“……的象征”，符合语境，故选B；
8. 第8题：结合语境，妈妈许愿长面条和鸡蛋带来幸福，wishes符合，故选D。
【答案】
1.C
2.D
3.C
4.C
5.A
6.A
7.B
8.D
【知识点】
完形填空、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕生日主题，考查学生对语境的理解、词汇辨析及固定搭配的掌握，需结合生活常识与上下文逻辑解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅲ. Read and answer the questions. 阅读并回答问题。
Today, many people celebrate birthdays in similar ways. There’s a birthday cake, balloons, candles, and maybe some gifts. Do you know how and where
these birthday celebrations(庆祝活动) started?
♣ Birthday cake
The link(联系) between cakes and birthday celebrations may date back to ancient Roman times. In the 15th century, Germans(德国人) began to get the idea of eating cakes on birthdays, and then the modern birthday cake was born.
♣ Birthday candles
Some people believe that the history of putting candles on a cake began in ancient Greece. People put candles on a cake to show their love for the moon goddess(女神). They made wishes before blowing out the candles. They believed that the smoke from the candles could carry their wishes to the goddess.
♣ Birthday song
If there’s one thing that lets someone know it’s your birthday, it’s the Happy Birthday Song. So where did the song come from? It is believed that the song’s melody(旋律) came from a school teachers’ greeting song titled Good Morning to All. And it was made by American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill in 1893.
()1. How does the writer start the text?
A. By showing a saying.
B. By asking a question.
C. By singing a song.
D. By giving an answer.
()2. What did Germans do for the birthday celebrations?
A. They ate birthday cakes first.
B. They gave gifts on birthdays.
C. They made candles for birthdays.
D. They put candles on the cakes.
3. Who wrote the Happy Birthday Song?

4. What is the passage mainly about?

1. B
2. A
3. Mildred and Patty Hill.
4. One possible version: How and where some popular activities on birthdays started.

【分析】
本题是英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：先通读全文理解文章大意，再针对每个问题定位原文对应内容，逐一分析选项或提取关键信息作答。第1题需关注作者开篇的方式，定位原文开头的提问句；第2题要找到关于德国人生日庆祝做法的段落；第3题直接查找生日歌作者的相关语句；第4题需归纳全文各部分内容，总结主旨。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据题干“作者如何开篇”，定位原文第一段最后一句“Do you know how and where these birthday celebrations started?”，可知作者通过提出问题开篇，对应选项B。
2. 第2题：根据题干“德国人在生日庆祝上做了什么”，定位“Birthday cake”段落中“In the 15th century, Germans began to get the idea of eating cakes on birthdays, and then the modern birthday cake was born.”，可知德国人开始在生日吃蛋糕，对应选项A。
3. 第3题：根据题干“谁写了生日歌”，定位“Birthday song”段落最后一句“And it was made by American sisters Mildred and Patty Hill in 1893.”，直接提取作者信息。
4. 第4题：通读全文，文章分别介绍了生日蛋糕、生日蜡烛、生日歌的起源，因此主旨是生日上一些流行活动的起源。
【答案】
1. B
2. A
3. Mildred and Patty Hill.
4. How and where some popular activities on birthdays started.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的细节查找与主旨归纳能力，要求学生能精准定位原文信息，准确提取答案，难度适中，是初中阶段常见的阅读题型。
【难度系数】
0.7