三 综合填空。
Doing DIY has become my favourite pastime these days. Whenever I have free time on weekends, I prefer to stay at home to do all kinds of handicrafts instead of playing mobile games. Last Sunday, I wanted to make beautiful ornament(装饰) bottles as gifts for my best friend's coming birthday. I searched online for tutorials and bought glass bottles, dried flowers, colourful sand and shiny small beads in advance.
At the very beginning, I cleaned the bottles with warm water and dried them in the sun. Next, I sorted out all decorations by different colours. I made up my mind to fill these clear bottles 1. ______ natural flowers and glittering sand step by step. It was not an easy job as I thought. I spent almost four hours adjusting the layout again and again to make the inside look orderly. When I 2. ______ (complete) finished all the decoration work in the evening, I placed my finished works on the dining table.
Shortly afterwards, my parents came back from a walk. Mum was 3.
(surprise) at my delicate handmade bottles. She could hardly believe I finished such fine artworks on my own. Even my strict dad nodded and spoke highly of my patience. To be honest, it was really a 4.
(surprise) result beyond my own expectation.
From this wonderful DIY experience, I have a new understanding of handmaking. DIY can not only help me relax myself from heavy schoolwork 5.
train my practical ability and imagination. Now I fall deeper in love with DIY and plan to make more handmade presents for my family and friends in the future.
解析:
【分析】
本题为英语综合填空题,需结合固定搭配、词性变化、语境及连词用法解题。第1空考查固定搭配fill...with...;第2空需用副词修饰动词;第3空考查固定搭配be surprised at;第4空需用形容词修饰名词;第5空考查并列连词结构。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配fill...with...表示“用……填满……”,故填with;
2. 此处修饰动词finished,需用complete的副词形式completely,故填completely;
3. 固定搭配be surprised at表示“对……感到惊讶”,主语为人,用surprised,故填surprised;
4. 修饰名词result(物),需用surprising(修饰物的形容词),故填surprising;
5. not only...but (also)...为固定并列结构,此处省略also,故填but。
【答案】
1. with 2. completely 3. surprised 4. surprising 5. but
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、连词用法
【点评】
本题聚焦英语基础语法,考查固定搭配、词性变化及连词结构的应用,难度适中,侧重基础知识的巩固与运用。
【难度系数】
0.7