Ⅵ. Complete the passage with proper words or the proper forms of the words given.
Everyone likes festivals. 35. festival means a break from work. 36. for some people, it means 37. (much) work than usual. Leng is a doctor in the emergency room. She 38. (miss) many meals with her family 39. she should stand by every minute. She is thankful for her family’s support and she never regrets 40. (be) an ER doctor. She says, “I am just only one of millions 41. medical workers in China.” Yes! In 42. (we) country, there are many 43. (work) devoting themselves to making our life better. We all 44. (thank) them for their hard work.
词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
45. poet: 46. cheer:

35. A
36. But 37. more 38. misses 39. because
40. being 41. of 42. our 43. workers
44. thank 45. n. 诗人 46. v. 欢呼

【分析】先通读全文，理解文章围绕节日与医护人员奉献展开的主旨。逐个分析空格：35题泛指“一个节日”，需用不定冠词；36题前后为转折关系，需用转折连词；37题出现比较级标志词than，需用much的比较级；38题主语为第三人称单数，描述常态用一般现在时；39题后文是前文的原因，需用原因连词；40题考查固定搭配regret doing sth；41题考查固定短语millions of；42题修饰名词需用形容词性物主代词；43题many后接可数名词复数，需转换为指人名词的复数形式；44题主语为复数，一般现在时用动词原形；45、46题考查词汇的词性与词义。
【解析】1. 35题：泛指“一个节日”，festival以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词A；2. 36题：前文说节日意味着休息，后文说对部分人意味着更多工作，为转折关系，填But；3. 37题：由than可知用比较级，much的比较级是more；4. 38题：主语是第三人称单数She，描述常态，用一般现在时，动词miss变第三人称单数misses；5. 39题：后文“需随时待命”是前文“错过很多与家人的饭”的原因，填because；6. 40题：固定搭配regret doing sth（后悔做某事），be的动名词形式为being；7. 41题：固定短语millions of（数百万的），填介词of；8. 42题：修饰名词country，用形容词性物主代词our；9. 43题：many后接可数名词复数，work的指人名词是worker，复数为workers；10. 44题：主语是We，一般现在时用动词原形thank；11. 45题：poet是名词，意为“诗人”；12. 46题：cheer是动词，意为“欢呼”。
【答案】35.A 36.But 37.more 38.misses 39.because 40.being 41.of 42.our 43.workers 44.thank 45.n. 诗人 46.v. 欢呼
【知识点】冠词用法、形容词比较级、固定搭配
【点评】本题为选词填空类题型，结合语境考查基础语法与词汇知识，解题需结合上下文逻辑及语法规则，难度适中，适合中等水平学生作答。
【难度系数】0.6