Ⅴ. Complete the passage with proper words or the proper forms of the words given.
10th September is Teachers’ Day in China. We thank our teachers in many ways, such as singing and 29. (dance). Let’s see what Teachers’ Day is like in other 30. (country).
Students in Thailand wear 31. (tradition) clothes on 16th January. They bring some flowers to schools and give 32. flowers to their teachers to show their thanks.
The students in the R. O. Korea visit teachers who teach 33. (they) in the middle of May. The country 34. (have) a service called “Looking for Teachers”. It helps students find their old teachers’ homes.
On Teachers’ Day, Indian schools 35. (usual) let students be teachers. The student teachers give lessons to other students 36. their real teachers can have a break.
American students celebrate Teachers’ Day on Tuesday of the 37. (one) full week of May. They make small presents like cards and paintings 38. their teachers. And many stores have special sales for teachers that day.

29. dancing 30. countries 31. traditional 32. the 33. them 34. has 35. usually 36. and/so 37. first 38. for

【分析】
本题为语篇填空，围绕不同国家的教师节展开，需结合语法规则（如词性转换、单复数、时态等）和语境逻辑补全单词。解题步骤：1. 分析每个空在句中的成分，确定所需词性或语法形式；2. 结合语境、固定搭配及语法规则推导正确形式；3. 验证答案是否符合语篇逻辑。例如：such as后接动名词与前面的singing并列，故29空用动名词；other后接可数名词复数，故30空用复数形式等。
【解析】
逐空解析如下：
29. 考查动名词。介词短语such as后接动名词，与前面的singing构成并列成分，故填dancing；
30. 考查名词复数。other修饰可数名词时，需用复数形式，country的复数为countries，故填countries；
31. 考查形容词。此处修饰名词clothes，需用tradition的形容词形式traditional，故填traditional；
32. 考查定冠词。此处特指前文提到的“some flowers”，表特指用定冠词the，故填the；
33. 考查人称代词宾格。动词teach后需接人称代词宾格作宾语，they的宾格为them，故填them；
34. 考查一般现在时动词三单。主语the country是单数第三人称，一般现在时中谓语动词用has，故填has；
35. 考查副词。此处修饰动词let，需用usual的副词形式usually，故填usually；
36. 考查连词。前后句为顺承或目的关系，可填and（表顺承）或so（表目的），故填and/so；
37. 考查序数词。此处表示“第一个完整的星期”，需用one的序数词first，故填first；
38. 考查固定搭配。make sth for sb是固定搭配，意为“为某人制作某物”，故填for。
【答案】
29. dancing 30. countries 31. traditional 32. the 33. them 34. has 35. usually 36. and/so 37. first 38. for
【知识点】
词汇变形、语法运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题以不同国家的教师节为语境，考查基础语法知识与词汇形式变化，注重对语篇逻辑的理解，是英语学习中常见的基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

词汇拓展
Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
39. candle:
40. symbol:

39. n. 蜡烛 40. n. 象征

【分析】本题考查常见英语词汇的词性与词义识记，需回忆基础词汇candle和symbol的属性：先判断词性，再确定对应的中文意思，这是英语词汇学习的基础内容，通过日常积累即可解答。
【解析】单词candle是表示物品的名词，词性为名词（缩写n.），中文意思是蜡烛；单词symbol是表示抽象概念的名词，词性为名词（缩写n.），中文意思是象征。
【答案】39. n. 蜡烛 40. n. 象征
【知识点】英语词汇识记，名词词义
【点评】本题为基础词汇拓展题，考察常见名词的词性与词义，属于英语学习的核心基础内容，主要检验学生对基础词汇的积累情况，难度不大。
【难度系数】0.9