Unit 2 The World of Art单元重点单词,词性转换,短语,语法,句型精练-2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（仁爱科普版2024）

班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 The World of Art 单元重点单词变形短语语法句型精练 （时间：60分钟，满分：100分） 单元知识点默写 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. communicate（名词，交流）→ __________ 2. relax（形容词，放松的）→ __________ 3. express（名词，表达）→ __________ 4. popular（比较级）→ __________ 5. north（形容词，北方的）→ __________ 6. amaze（形容词，令人惊奇的）→ __________ 7. create（名词，创造）→ __________ 8. magic（形容词，有魔力的）→ __________ 9. allow（过去式）→ __________ 10. feel（名词，感觉）→ __________ 11. west（名词，西方）→ __________ 12. belong（第三人称单数）→ __________ 13. harm（形容词，有害的）→ __________ 14. real（副词，真正地）→ __________ 1. communication 2. relaxed 3. expression 4. more popular 5. northern 6. amazing 7. creation 8. magical 9. allowed 10. feeling 11.western12. belongs 13. harmful 14. really 单元知识点习题训练 一、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 1．It is very (amaze) that she can speak French. 【答案】amazing 【详解】句意：她会说法语让人很惊讶。amaze“使惊讶”，动词，此处要用其形容词形式amazing，在句中作表语，修饰她会说法语这件事。故填amazing。 2．A lot of (art) are interested in his paintings. 【答案】artists 【详解】句意：很多艺术家对他的画作感兴趣。根据“A lot of ... are interested in his paintings.”可知，此处应当是职业，而且要用复数形式，所给单词对应的职业是artist。故填artists。 3． (tour) like the areas of beautiful lakes in the north. 【答案】Tourists 【详解】句意：游客们喜欢北方美丽的湖泊地区。根据“...like the areas of beautiful lakes in the north.”可知，句子缺少主语，结合语境，应是游客很喜欢湖泊，tourist“游客”，此处使用复数形式。故填Tourists。 4．Some (work) are cleaning the community center now. 【答案】workers 【详解】句意：一些工人正在打扫社区中心。根据“Some…are cleaning the community center now.”可知，此处指“一些工人”，worker“工人”，可数名词；空前为Some，修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词，空处应用复数名词workers。故填workers。 5．The trip sounds really (excite) to me. How I wish to go! 【答案】exciting 【详解】句意：这次旅行听起来真令人兴奋。我多么想去啊！excite“使兴奋，使激动”，动词，又根据“The trip sounds…”可知，系动词sounds后应用其形容词形式exciting作表语修饰“The trip”，指这次旅行听起来真“令人激动的/兴奋的”。故填exciting。 6．My sister wants to be a (science) when she grows up. 【答案】scientist 【详解】句意：我妹妹长大后想成为一名科学家。根据“My sister wants to be”可知，长大想成为科学家，a后接名词单数，scientist“科学家”符合句意，故填scientist。 7．I have a good sense of direction (方向). I can find my way anywhere without (difficult). 【答案】difficulty 【详解】句意：我有很好的方向感。我在任何地方都能毫不费力地找到路。分析句子结构可知，此处应用名词形式，作宾语，difficulty“困难”，without difficulty“没有困难；容易地，不费事地”，是固定词组。故填difficulty。 8．There are a lot of beautiful (paint) on the wall. 【答案】paintings 【详解】句意：墙上有很多漂亮的画。根据“There are a lot of beautiful…”可知，空处作there be句型的主语，应该用名词，且为复数。故填paintings。 9．Keep (practice) and you can make a good speech in front of the whole class tomorrow. 【答案】practicing 【详解】句意：坚持练习，明天你可以在全班面前做一个很棒的演讲。考查固定短语keep doing sth“一直做某事”；practice的动名词形式practicing。故填practicing。 10．There are (colour) flowers everywhere in the garden. 【答案】colourful 【详解】句意：花园里到处都是五颜六色的花。修饰名词“flowers”，所给词应该改为形容词colourful“五颜六色的”，作定语。故填colourful。 11．There are many (community) in our city. 【答案】communities 【详解】句意：我们城市有许多社区。根据空前“many”可知，此处是指许多社区，应用名词community“社区”的复数形式communities。故填communities。 12．I think (exercise) is good for our health. 【答案】exercising 【详解】句意：我认为锻炼对我们的健康有益。此处动名词作主语，exercising符合句意，故填exercising。 13．This competition has left me with (value) experience. 【答案】valuable 【详解】句意：这次比赛给我留下了宝贵的经验。根据“This competition has left me with…experience”以及所给单词可知，此处指的是“宝贵的经验”，因此应该用形容词修饰名词，valuable意为“宝贵的”，形容词作定语。故填valuable。 14．Nowadays, people use WeChat widely in their (day) life. 【答案】daily 【详解】句意：如今，人们在日常生活中广泛使用微信。分析句子可知，此处应用形容词作定语修饰名词life，且daily life“日常生活”为固定短语。故填daily。 15．There are different (kind) of books in our new school library. 【答案】kinds 【详解】句意：在我们新学校的图书馆里有不同种类的书。根据“There are different”可知此处应填可数名词kind的复数形式，different kinds of“不同种类的……”。故填kinds。 16．He let us play all kinds of interesting (instrument). 【答案】instruments 【详解】句意：他让我们玩各种有趣的乐器。instrument“乐器”，all kinds of修饰复数名词，故填instruments。 17．Sometime it is difficult (remember) all the information. 【答案】to remember 【详解】句意：有时很难记住所有的信息。固定句式：It is+形容词+to do sth表示“做某事是……的”，动词不定式作真正的主语，故填to remember。 18．This morning the traffic was (crowd) so I was late for work. 【答案】crowded 【详解】句意 ：今天早上交通拥挤，所以我上班迟到了。空处位于was后，修饰交通，填形容词作表语。crows“人群”，名词，其形容词为crowded“拥挤的”。故填crowded。 19．My grandfather has many stories of (drink) tea. 【答案】drinking 【详解】句意：我爷爷有很多喝茶的故事。drink喝，动词。根据空前介词“of”，后接动词要使用Ving形式。故填drinking。 20．Siheyuan is a kind of (tradition) building in China with a history of more than 3,000 years. 【答案】traditional 【详解】句意：四合院是中国的一种传统建筑，有3000多年的历史。根据“with a history of more than 3,000 years”可知，四合院有3000多年的历史，所以此处是指它是一种传统建筑，应用名词tradition的形容词形式traditional“传统的”，在句中作定语，修饰名词“tradition”。故填traditional。 二、根据汉语提示完成单词(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 21．There is a (社区) centre near my home. 【答案】community 【详解】句意：我家附近有一个社区中心。根据中文提示，community“社区”符合题意，a接名词单数。故填community。 22．I hope (一切) goes well with you in the new school. 【答案】everything 【详解】句意：我希望你在新学校里一切顺利。everything“一切”，是不定代词。故填everything。 23．My uncle is a (科学家) who studies the effects of climate change on animals. 【答案】scientist 【详解】句意：我的叔叔是一位研究气候变化对动物影响的科学家。根据题意和汉语提示可知，scientist“科学家”，可数名词，a后接名词单数形式。故填scientist。 24．The children are cutting paper with (剪刀). 【答案】scissors 【详解】句意：孩子们正在用剪刀剪纸。剪刀：scissor，常用复数形式，故填scissors。 25．If you have problems, don’t keep them to yourself. You should talk to (某人). 【答案】somebody/someone 【详解】句意：如果你有问题，不要把问题都憋在心里。你应该和某人谈谈。根据汉语提示“某人”可知，“someone”和“somebody”都有“某人；有人”的意思，均为不定代词，用于肯定句中，符合句子表达的情境要求，故填someone/somebody。 26．Do you want to (探索) the white world in the film Frozen? 【答案】explore 【详解】句意：你想探索电影《冰雪奇缘》中的白色世界吗？explore“探索”，want to do sth“想要做某事”。故填explore。 27．—Are Mike and Jenny from Nanjing? —No. They are from (不同的) cities. 【答案】different 【详解】句意：——迈克和珍妮是南京人吗？  ——不。他们来自不同的城市。根据中文提示，此处填写different“不同的”，故填different。 28．They took away his freedom and broke his (精神). 【答案】spirit 【详解】句意：他们剥夺了他的自由，摧毁了他的精神。“精神”spirit，不可数名词。故填spirit。 29．In winter, Harbin becomes a (受欢迎的) city in China. 【答案】popular 【详解】句意：冬天，哈尔滨成为中国一个受欢迎的城市。popular“受欢迎的”，作定语修饰名词city。故填popular。 30．Look at the beautiful (画作) on the wall. I drew them on a farm last year. 【答案】paintings 【详解】句意：看墙上的那些美丽的画作。我去年在一个农场画的它们。根据中文提示可知，此处应填入painting，意为“画作”，根据“them”可知，此处应该用复数形式。故填paintings。 三、完成句子(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分) 31．他的一些书被翻译成六种不同的语言。 Some of his books are translated into six . 【答案】different languages 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，句中缺少“不同的语言”的表达。形容词“different”表示“不同的”，作定语修饰名词复数languages“语言”。故填different languages。 32．这朵花儿太漂亮了！玛丽很喜欢它。 the flower is! Mary likes it very much. 【答案】How beautiful 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，句子为感叹句，主语“the flower”已在句中，中心词是形容词“漂亮的”，英文为“beautiful”，感叹形容词用“how”引导，结构为“How + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语！” 句首字母要大写，故填How beautiful。 33．地图上的这个标志代表医院。 This on the map the hospital. 【答案】 sign stands for 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，“标志”常见英文表述是sign ；“代表”常用stand for，这里主语“This sign”是单数，一般现在时中谓语动词stand要用第三人称单数形式，故填sign；stands；for。 34．在动物园，你可以看到很多动物，例如大熊猫和金丝猴。 You can see many animals in the zoo, giant pandas and golden monkeys. 【答案】 such as 【详解】such as“例如”，在句子中，其后通常不需要逗号分隔，而for example其后常跟逗号分隔。故填such；as。 35．不要忘记去探索深圳美丽的沙滩。 Don’t forget . 【答案】to explore the beautiful beaches in Shenzhen 【详解】forget to do sth“忘记做某事”；explore“探索”；beautiful beach“美丽的沙滩”，名词应用复数表示泛指，此处是特指；in Shenzhen“在深圳”。故填to explore the beautiful beaches in Shenzhen。 36．你可以步行穿过中山桥。 You can the Zhongshan . 【答案】 walk across Bridge 【详解】根据汉语提示可知缺少部分的意思为“步行穿过”，“桥”；从表面横穿用“across”，walk across 步行穿过，根据“can”可知谓语动词用原形；bridge桥，根据“中山桥”可知此处表述名称，所以首字母大写，故填walk；across；Bridge。 37．团队精神在篮球比赛中很重要。 is very important in the basketball match. 【答案】 Team spirit 【详解】根据英汉句子可知，空格处缺少“团队精神”的英文，“team spirit”是固定表达，意为“团队精神”。故填Team；spirit。 38．突然，令人惊讶的事情发生了。 Suddenly, happened. 【答案】 something surprising 【详解】中英文对照，“令人惊讶的事情”的英语表达是“something surprising”；something是不定代词，表示“某事物”；形容词修饰不定代词时需后置。故填something；surprising。 39．他们的老师总是鼓励他们锻炼。 Their teachers always . 【答案】encourage them to exercise 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，英文句子缺少“鼓励他们锻炼”，encourage sb. to do sth.“鼓励某人做某事”，根据always可知，时态是一般现在时，主语Their teachers表示复数，所以动词encourage保持原形；them“他们”，此处作宾语，所以用人称代词的宾格；exercise“锻炼”，动词exercise位于动词不定式符号to之后，所以exercise保持原形。故填encourage them to exercise。 40．台湾是中国的！ Taiwan China! 【答案】 belongs to 【详解】belong to“属于”，固定搭配；此句描述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语Taiwan是第三人称单数，谓语动词应用三单形式。故填belongs；to。 四、短文填空(本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分) What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of wheat straw (麦秆)? 41 no special features, it seems to be completely useless. However, Wu Cui, 42 intangible cultural inheritor (非遗传承人), can turn the straw into beautiful and eye-catching artworks. The 43 (early) straw-weaving (草编) products were discovered at Hemudu Cultural Ruins. The Book of Rites, one of the classical 44 (work), also records that there 45 (be) already things made of grass and professional straw-weaving craftsmen during the Zhou Dynasty. Choosing materials is the first step. It is a difficult process that can take weeks, or even months, 46 (complete). You need to draw the piece on paper, which requires drawing skills. Even by finishing that process, it does not mean that you will always create a good piece of work, 47 you can make it lifelike in a way that meets certain standards. In Wu’s opinion, straw weaving should meet people’s needs and preferences. With the 48 (develop) of industry, products by machines began to take 49 (they) place. “To help the skill develop, craftsmen 50 (make) a great effort to master the chances of the time to create new products, which make the eye-catching artworks show their charming again.” she says. 【答案】 41．With 42．an 43．earliest 44．works 45．were 46．to complete 47．unless 48．development 49．their 50．should make 【导语】本文讲述了草编艺术的历史、制作过程及其在现代社会中的发展。 41．句意：由于没有特殊的特征，似乎完全无用。根据“...no special features, it seems to be completely useless.”可知，此处考查“with+名词短语”的结构，在句中作伴随状语，意为“由于没有特殊的特征”，表示一种伴随的情况。故填With。 42．句意：然而，吴翠一位非遗传承人，可以将麦秆变成漂亮的，引人注目的艺术品。根据“Wu Cui, ...intangible cultural inheritor (非遗传承人),”可知，此处是在介绍吴翠的身份，表示“一位非遗传承人”，且“intangible”以元音音素开头，所以用不定冠词“an”。故填an。 43．句意：最早的草编产品是在河姆渡文化遗址被发现的。根据“The...straw-weaving (草编) products”及提示词可知，此处使用形容词最高级，表示在河姆渡文化遗址发现的“最早的”草编产品，early“早的”，形容词原级，形容词最高级形式为“earliest”。故填earliest。 44．句意：《礼记》，经典著作之一，也记载着在周朝时期就已经有草编物品和专业的草编工匠了。根据“one of ...”可知，此处考查固定结构：“one of+可数名词复数”表示“…… 之一”，“work”意为“著作”时是可数名词，复数为works。故填works。 45．句意：《礼记》，经典著作之一，也记载着在周朝时期就已经有草编物品和专业的草编工匠了。根据 “during the Zhou Dynasty”可知，时态是一般过去时，“things”是复数，所以be动词用“were”。故填were。 46．句意：这是一个困难的过程，可能需要数周甚至数月去完成。根据“It is a difficult process that can take weeks, or even months,...”及提示词可知，此处考查固定结构：“take+时间+to do sth.”是固定结构，意为“花费时间做某事”。故填to complete。 47．句意：即使完成了那个过程，也不意味着你总能做出好作品，除非你能以符合一定标准的方式让它栩栩如生。根据“Even by finishing that process, it does not mean that you will always create a good piece of work, ...you can make it lifelike in a way that meets certain standards.”可知，前后句为逻辑转折：前句“完成设计不等于创作出好作品”，后句“使其生动且达标”。unless（除非）连接条件，意为“除非你能使作品生动达标”。故填unless。 48．句意：随着工业的发展，机器生产的产品开始取代手工产品。根据“With the...of industry,”及提示词可知，此处考查固定结构：“with the+名词+of...”意为“随着……的……”，“develop”的名词形式是 “development”，表示“随着工业的发展”。故填development。 49．句意：随着工业的发展，机器生产的产品开始取代手工产品。根据“products by machines began to take...place.”可知，此处考查固定搭配：take one’s place意为 “取代；代替”，they的形容词性物主代词“their”修饰“place”，故填their。 50．句意：为了帮助这项技艺发展，工匠们应该努力抓住时代的机遇去创造新产品。根据语境及“which make the eye-catching artworks show their charming again”可知，此处应该是发出一种倡议“工匠们应该努力抓住时代的机遇去创造新产品”。“should make”表示 “应该做”，体现一种建议、应该采取的行动。故填should make。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Zisha teapot, also called a “purple clay teapot,” is a special kind of teapot from China. It first appeared in Yixing, a city in Jiangsu Province, over 500 years ago during the Ming Dynasty. Today, it is still famous around the world for 51 (it) beauty and usefulness. Zisha teapots are 52 (make) from an unusual clay called “zisha,” which means “purple sand”. This clay is rich in iron and minerals. When 53 clay is heated, it becomes hard and turns into dark red, brown, or purple colors. What makes these teapots special is that they are handmade by skilled craftsmen, 54 no two teapots are exactly the same! People love Zisha teapots because they are great for making tea. The clay takes in the tea’s flavor 55 (quick). Over time, it makes each cup taste 56 (well). Also, the teapot’s tiny holes let air pass through, which keeps the tea warm 57 a long time without 58 (change) its taste. Many tea lovers say these teapots are like friends—they “grow” better with age! In Chinese culture, Zisha teapots 59 (be) not just tools for tea. They are symbols of art and tradition. Some teapots are carved with beautiful designs, like bamboo, flowers or Chinese poems. People often give them as nice 60 (present) to show respect and friendship. If you have a chance, look for one and enjoy the wonderful world of purple clay teapots! 【答案】 51．its 52．made 53．the 54．so 55．quickly 56．better 57．for 58．changing 59．are 60．presents 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了中国紫砂壶的历史、特点和文化意义。 51．句意：如今，它仍然因其美丽和实用性而闻名于世。“beauty”和“usefulness”是名词，前面需要形容词性物主代词修饰，“it”的形容词性物主代词是“its”，表示“它的”。故填its。 52．句意：紫砂壶是由一种不寻常的叫做“紫砂”的黏土制成的，意思是“紫色的沙子”。“be made from”是固定短语，表示“由……制成（看不出原材料）”，这里是被动语态结构。故填made。 53．句意：当这种黏土被加热时，它会变硬并变成深红色、棕色或紫色。这里特指前面提到的“zisha”这种黏土，所以用定冠词“the”。故填the。 54．句意：这些茶壶的特别之处在于它们是由技艺精湛的工匠手工制作的，所以没有两把茶壶是完全一样的！前半句说明茶壶是手工制作，后半句得出没有两把一样的结论，存在因果关系，用“so”表示“所以”。故填so。 55．句意：这种黏土能快速吸收茶的味道。“takes in”是动词短语，需要用副词修饰，“quick”的副词形式是“quickly”。故填quickly。 56．句意：随着时间的推移，它会让每一杯茶尝起来更好。“taste”是系动词，后面接形容词，“well”作形容词表示“身体好”，这里表示味道更好，用“good”的比较级“better”。故填better。 57．句意：此外，茶壶的小孔让空气通过，这能让茶长时间保持温暖而不改变其味道。“for+一段时间”表示“持续一段时间”。故填for。 58．句意：此外，茶壶的小孔让空气通过，这能让茶长时间保持温暖而不改变其味道。“without”是介词，后面接动名词形式，“change”的动名词是“changing”。故填changing。 59．句意：在中国文化中，紫砂壶不仅仅是泡茶的工具。 句子描述的是客观事实，用一般现在时，主语“Zisha teapots”是复数，所以be动词用“are”。故填are。 60．句意：人们经常把它们作为很好的礼物来表达尊重和友谊。“present”是可数名词，“them”表示复数，所以这里用“present”的复数形式“presents”。故填presents。 $ 班级 姓名 学号 分数 Unit 2 The World of Art 单元重点单词变形短语语法句型精练 （时间：60分钟，满分：100分） 单元知识点默写 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. communicate（名词，交流）→ __________ 2. relax（形容词，放松的）→ __________ 3. express（名词，表达）→ __________ 4. popular（比较级）→ __________ 5. north（形容词，北方的）→ __________ 6. amaze（形容词，令人惊奇的）→ __________ 7. create（名词，创造）→ __________ 8. magic（形容词，有魔力的）→ __________ 9. allow（过去式）→ __________ 10. feel（名词，感觉）→ __________ 11. west（名词，西方）→ __________ 12. belong（第三人称单数）→ __________ 13. harm（形容词，有害的）→ __________ 14. real（副词，真正地）→ __________ 单元知识点习题训练 一、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分) 1．It is very (amaze) that she can speak French. 2．A lot of (art) are interested in his paintings. 3． (tour) like the areas of beautiful lakes in the north. 4．Some (work) are cleaning the community center now. 5．The trip sounds really (excite) to me. How I wish to go! 6．My sister wants to be a (science) when she grows up. 7．I have a good sense of direction (方向). I can find my way anywhere without (difficult). 8．There are a lot of beautiful (paint) on the wall. 9．Keep (practice) and you can make a good speech in front of the whole class tomorrow. 10．There are (colour) flowers everywhere in the garden. 11．There are many (community) in our city. 12．I think (exercise) is good for our health. 13．This competition has left me with (value) experience. 14．Nowadays, people use WeChat widely in their (day) life. 15．There are different (kind) of books in our new school library. 16．He let us play all kinds of interesting (instrument). 17．Sometime it is difficult (remember) all the information. 18．This morning the traffic was (crowd) so I was late for work. 19．My grandfather has many stories of (drink) tea. 20．Siheyuan is a kind of (tradition) building in China with a history of more than 3,000 years. 二、根据汉语提示完成单词(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 21．There is a (社区) centre near my home. 22．I hope (一切) goes well with you in the new school. 23．My uncle is a (科学家) who studies the effects of climate change on animals. 24．The children are cutting paper with (剪刀). 25．If you have problems, don’t keep them to yourself. You should talk to (某人). 26．Do you want to (探索) the white world in the film Frozen? 27．—Are Mike and Jenny from Nanjing? —No. They are from (不同的) cities. 28．They took away his freedom and broke his (精神). 29．In winter, Harbin becomes a (受欢迎的) city in China. 30．Look at the beautiful (画作) on the wall. I drew them on a farm last year. 三、完成句子(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分) 31．他的一些书被翻译成六种不同的语言。 Some of his books are translated into six . 32．这朵花儿太漂亮了！玛丽很喜欢它。 the flower is! Mary likes it very much. 33．地图上的这个标志代表医院。 This on the map the hospital. 34．在动物园，你可以看到很多动物，例如大熊猫和金丝猴。 You can see many animals in the zoo, giant pandas and golden monkeys. 35．不要忘记去探索深圳美丽的沙滩。 Don’t forget . 36．你可以步行穿过中山桥。 You can the Zhongshan . 37．团队精神在篮球比赛中很重要。 is very important in the basketball match. 38．突然，令人惊讶的事情发生了。 Suddenly, happened. 39．他们的老师总是鼓励他们锻炼。 Their teachers always . 40．台湾是中国的！ Taiwan China! 四、短文填空(本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分) What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of wheat straw (麦秆)? 41 no special features, it seems to be completely useless. However, Wu Cui, 42 intangible cultural inheritor (非遗传承人), can turn the straw into beautiful and eye-catching artworks. The 43 (early) straw-weaving (草编) products were discovered at Hemudu Cultural Ruins. The Book of Rites, one of the classical 44 (work), also records that there 45 (be) already things made of grass and professional straw-weaving craftsmen during the Zhou Dynasty. Choosing materials is the first step. It is a difficult process that can take weeks, or even months, 46 (complete). You need to draw the piece on paper, which requires drawing skills. Even by finishing that process, it does not mean that you will always create a good piece of work, 47 you can make it lifelike in a way that meets certain standards. In Wu’s opinion, straw weaving should meet people’s needs and preferences. With the 48 (develop) of industry, products by machines began to take 49 (they) place. “To help the skill develop, craftsmen 50 (make) a great effort to master the chances of the time to create new products, which make the eye-catching artworks show their charming again.” she says. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Zisha teapot, also called a “purple clay teapot,” is a special kind of teapot from China. It first appeared in Yixing, a city in Jiangsu Province, over 500 years ago during the Ming Dynasty. Today, it is still famous around the world for 51 (it) beauty and usefulness. Zisha teapots are 52 (make) from an unusual clay called “zisha,” which means “purple sand”. This clay is rich in iron and minerals. When 53 clay is heated, it becomes hard and turns into dark red, brown, or purple colors. What makes these teapots special is that they are handmade by skilled craftsmen, 54 no two teapots are exactly the same! People love Zisha teapots because they are great for making tea. The clay takes in the tea’s flavor 55 (quick). Over time, it makes each cup taste 56 (well). Also, the teapot’s tiny holes let air pass through, which keeps the tea warm 57 a long time without 58 (change) its taste. Many tea lovers say these teapots are like friends—they “grow” better with age! In Chinese culture, Zisha teapots 59 (be) not just tools for tea. They are symbols of art and tradition. Some teapots are carved with beautiful designs, like bamboo, flowers or Chinese poems. People often give them as nice 60 (present) to show respect and friendship. If you have a chance, look for one and enjoy the wonderful world of purple clay teapots! $