二、词汇运用。
Each different part of China has its own special forms of 1.
traditional
(tradition) art.
Chinese paper - cutting is a kind of folk art. It's a way 2.
to express
(express) people's hope and feelings. It has a long history. Paper - cutting 3.
sounds
(sound) very easy but it can be difficult. Red paper is usually used because red is connected with 4.
happiness
(happy) in Chinese culture. The most common patterns (图案) are flowers, animals, *xi* and *fu*. They are 5.
put
(put) up on windows, doors and walls as symbols of 6.
wishes
(wish) for good luck.
Chinese clay (泥塑) art is also popular all over the country. To make Chinese clay art, the clay is shaped by hand into things, such as cute children or 7.
lively
(live) characters from Chinese fairy tales or historical stories. After the things get dry in the air, they are fired at a very high heat and then polished and painted. Workers spend several weeks 8.
completing
(complete) everything. These small pieces of clay art 9.
look
(look) small but real. They show the love that all Chinese people have for life and 10.
beauty
(beautiful). Many people like this kind of art.
解析：
【分析】
这是语篇型词形转换题，解题时首先通读全文，明确本文介绍中国传统剪纸和泥塑艺术，整体时态为一般现在时。接下来逐个分析空格的语法属性：先判断空格前后的词性，结合固定搭配、语态规则确定所给单词需要转换的正确形式：如果空格后是名词，通常要把给出的名词/动词转换为形容词作定语；如果空格在介词后、或和已知名词并列，需要把形容词转换为名词；遇到a way to do、spend doing这类固定结构直接套用规则；遇到be动词后接动词的情况要判断是否为被动语态，使用对应的过去分词，按这个逻辑逐一推导就能得到正确答案。
【解析】
1. 空格后是名词art，需要形容词作定语修饰art，名词tradition的形容词形式为traditional，traditional art意为“传统艺术”。
2. 此处是固定搭配a way to do sth.，意为“做某事的方式”，因此填动词不定式to express。
3. 主语Paper-cutting是单数概念，全文为一般现在时，谓语动词要使用第三人称单数形式，sound的三单形式为sounds。
4. 介词with后需要接名词作宾语，形容词happy的名词形式为happiness。
5. 本句是被动语态结构“be + 过去分词”，表示这些图案“被张贴”在门窗墙上，put的过去分词仍为put。
6. 此处表示对好运的诸多祝愿，wish是可数名词，用复数形式wishes表泛指多个美好祝愿。
7. 空格后是名词characters，需要形容词作定语修饰，动词live的形容词形式lively意为“生动的、活泼的”，符合“来自童话和历史故事的生动人物”的语境。
8. 此处符合固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth.，意为“花费时间做某事”，因此complete要变为动名词形式completing。
9. 主语These small pieces of clay art是复数概念，一般现在时中复数主语后的谓语动词用原形，因此填look。
10. 并列连词and前的life是名词，此处要和life并列作介词for的宾语，形容词beautiful的名词形式为beauty。
【答案】
1. traditional 2. to express 3. sounds 4. happiness 5. put 6. wishes 7. lively 8. completing 9. look 10. beauty
【知识点】
词形变换，固定短语，时态语态
【点评】
本题结合中国传统民间艺术的文化语境考查初中英语核心语法点，覆盖了名/动/形容词之间的转换、非谓语动词、被动语态等高频考点，题目设置由易到难，既检验学生的基础语法应用能力，也渗透了文化常识，是非常典型的单元同步词汇运用题型。
【难度系数】
0.7
