08 根据首字母提示完成短文（10空 中考真题精选）-2023年中考英语复习冲刺挑战满分系列（全国通用）

08 根据首字母提示完成短文（10空） 1．（2022•盐城）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。 I grew up in the countryside. At around 10 years old，I began to learn cooking. The first skill I mastered was making dough（面团）. Since my parents often came home （1）l 　ate　，a prepared dough would help my family have supper sooner. I thought it would be （2）e 　asy　 because I often saw my mum do it — just mix water and flour，right？Not quite! It turned out to be a （3）m 　ess　 for a while. First I made the dough too soft. Then I made it too hard. But as I kept trying，I learned the trick. Later，I cooked fried dishes and things like dumplings and I （4）f 　ell　 in love with cooking. It's a good way to relax. More importantly，thanks to my cooking skill，I live better （5）d 　uring　 the COVID﹣19 pandemic. Now working at home，I cook every meal instead of ordering takeout. It （6）s 　aves　 money and I don't have to wait for delivery drivers to feed me. Besides cooking，I did a lot of （7）f 　arm　 work in my childhood. I got to know how to plant vegetables.（8）T 　hough　 it was hard work，the experience taught me things that many of my friends still don't know. For example，the part of a potato that has sprouts（芽）can be planted as a seed. I once discussed this with my friends from the city. They thought it was a （9）p 　ity　 that they didn't have the chance to learn these things in their lives. Some might say we can learn these things from textbooks. But it can't compare to the （10）j 　oy　 of learning firsthand，watching plants blossom and grow. It brings a new way to look at the world. 文章主旨：文章讲述了作者在乡下长大的经历让他受益颇深，一方面从小练习的烹饪让他在疫情期间过的更好，也节省了钱。另一方面，小时候做的农活教会了他许多知识，也带给了他许多城市朋友没有机会体验到快乐。 答案详解： （1）考查副词。句意：因为我的父母经常回家晚，一个准备好的面团可以帮助我的家人早点吃晚饭。late"晚，迟"，可知，空格处应用副词修饰动词came，所以用副词late。所以填late。 （2）考查形容词。句意：我以为这很容易，因为我经常看到我妈妈做——只是把水和面粉混合，对吗？根据it would be可知，空格处为形容词，easy"简单的"。所以填easy。 （3）考查名词。句意：结果一会儿之后是一团糟。根据First I made the dough too soft. Then I made it too hard.（首先，我把面团做得太软了。然后又把它做得太硬了。）可知，并不如想象中那么简单，故可推测出，结果是一团糟，由a可知，空格处为一个名词，结合首字母m，可推测出为mess"杂乱