七、阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
DIY is quite popular in the UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell(出售) DIY things. If there is anything that needs fixing around 71.
their
(they) homes, such as painting the walls or putting 72.
up
a new shelf, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY stories with their friends. More and more people find 73.
the
joy of DIY. Sometimes people also do DIY jobs to save money.
Many people don't have enough money 74.
to buy
(buy) a big house. They are looking at how they can make their house better without 75.
spending
(spend) a lot of money. It is not 76.
surprising
(surprise) that DIY jobs are so popular.
However, DIY can be dangerous if you are 77.
careless
(care). It's reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt when 78.
doing
(do) DIY jobs in the UK. DIY can bring us lots of fun and help us save some money, 79.
but
it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we do something difficult. Maybe 80.
factories
(factory) should make easier and safer things for us to enjoy DIY.
解析:
【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题,需结合语境、语法规则、固定搭配、词性变化等知识逐一解题:首先通读全文理解主旨(DIY在英国的流行情况、原因及DIY的注意事项),再针对每个空分析:71空修饰名词homes,需用形容词性物主代词;72空考查put相关固定搭配;73空考查“……的乐趣”的固定短语;74空考查“有足够的……做某事”的固定结构;75空前是介词,后接动名词;76空修饰事物需用-ing形式的形容词;77空根据语境需用care的反义词;78空是when引导的省略式时间状语,主动关系用现在分词;79空前后为转折关系,需用转折连词;80空factory泛指各类工厂,需用复数形式。
【解析】
1. 71空:修饰名词homes,需用形容词性物主代词,they的形容词性物主代词为their,故填their;
2. 72空:固定搭配put up意为“搭建”,此处指搭建新架子,故填up;
3. 73空:固定短语the joy of...表示“……的乐趣”,需用定冠词the,故填the;
4. 74空:固定结构have enough +名词+to do sth意为“有足够的……做某事”,此处用不定式to buy,故填to buy;
5. 75空:介词without后接动名词作宾语,spend的动名词形式为spending,故填spending;
6. 76空:主语it指代“DIY很流行”这件事,修饰事物需用形容词surprising(令人惊讶的),故填surprising;
7. 77空:根据前文“DIY可能危险”,可知是因为“粗心”,care的反义词为careless,故填careless;
8. 78空:when引导的时间状语从句,主语people与do为主动关系,省略主语和be动词,用现在分词doing,故填doing;
9. 79空:前后句为转折关系,前句说明DIY的好处,后句说明其并非总是容易,故用转折连词but;
10. 80空:factory为可数名词,此处泛指各类工厂,需用复数形式factories,故填factories;
【答案】
71. their 72. up 73. the 74. to buy 75. spending 76. surprising 77. careless 78. doing 79. but 80. factories
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、非谓语动词
【点评】
本题为初中英语常见的短文填空题,综合考查学生对词汇、语法、固定搭配的运用能力,需结合上下文语境分析,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6