阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY. He loves to repair things 66. decorate his house. But when he finishes, the house always 67. (look) terrible!
He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he 68. (make) a mistake. Then his whole house had a power cut. Another time, he wanted to put up a picture on 69. (he) bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and filled the room with water.
Last month, he thought the living room in his house was 70. (bore), so he painted it blue. His mum said, "Stop it." But he kept on painting. Now the living room has not only blue 71. (wall) but also a blue ceiling and floor. Even his cat is blue now!
When I wanted a shelf 72. my bed, he said, "No problem!" He then spent five hours putting up 73. shelf on the wall. Then I put my books on the shelf. Whoops! They couldn’t stay there because one end of the shelf was much 74. (high) than the other!
I bought some books about DIY for him and I also advised him 75. (take) a course in DIY. But this just made him angry—he said he already knew everything about it.

66. and 67. looks 68. made 69. his 70. boring 71. walls 72. above 73. the
74. higher 75. to take

【分析】本题为英语短文语境填空题，需结合句子结构、上下文语义及语法规则（如连词、动词时态、代词、形容词、比较级、固定搭配等）逐一确定空白处的正确内容。解题时先判断每个空格在句中充当的成分，再结合相关语法知识点和语境逻辑推导答案。
【解析】66. 空格连接两个并列的动词短语repair things和decorate his house，表并列关系，故填并列连词and；
67. 主语the house为第三人称单数，句子描述一般情况，用一般现在时，谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式，故填looks；
68. 由once（曾经）可知描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时，make的过去式为made，故填made；
69. 空格修饰名词短语bedroom wall，需用形容词性物主代词，故填his；
70. 主语the living room为事物，需用表示“令人……的”形容词，boring修饰物，bored修饰人，故填boring；
71. wall为可数名词，此处指客厅的多面墙，需用复数形式，故填walls；
72. 表示“在我的床上方”，用介词above（指垂直上方且不接触），故填above；
73. 此处特指前文提到的那个书架，需用定冠词the，故填the；
74. 由than可知需用形容词比较级，high的比较级为higher，故填higher；
75. 固定搭配advise sb to do sth（建议某人做某事），故填to take；
【答案】66. and 67. looks 68. made 69. his 70. boring 71. walls 72. above 73. the 74. higher 75. to take
【知识点】动词时态；形容词用法；固定搭配
【点评】本题考查初中英语核心语法在语境中的应用，考点均为基础知识点，需结合语义和语法规则解题，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】0.6