《2025年精彩三年中考英语人教版浙江专版》

②Teresa Lopez: Where I'm from, we're pretty relaxed about time. We don't like to rush around, so we don't mind 1. __________ people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend you 2. __________ (go) to their house for dinner, it's OK if you arrive a bit late. We like to enjoy our time 3. __________ (slow). We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives. We often just drop 4. __________ our friends’ homes if we have time. We don't usually have to make plans 5. __________ (meet) our friends. When we see each other, it's polite for boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other 6. __________ the side of the face. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends 7. __________ we can!

语法拾遗
1. 在描述习俗时，我们通常用 be expected/supposed to do 来表示“应该做……”。
2. 连接性副词：当“also”位于句首时，后面通常紧跟一个完整的句子或分句，与前面的句子或分句在逻辑上保持一致，通常用于强调、转折或并列的语境中。

Marc LeBlanc: In Switzerland, it's very important to be 8. __________ time. We're the capital of clocks and watches, 9. __________ all! If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you 10. __________ (expect) to be there at noon. If you're even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad. So I make an effort 11. __________ (be) on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic 12. __________ I think it's impolite to keep others waiting. 13. __________, we never visit a friend's house without calling first. We almost always make 14. __________ (plan) to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, 15. __________ go somewhere together.（九全 P75）

答案： 1. if 2. are going 3. slowly 4. by 5. to meet 6. on 7. as 8. on
9. after 10. are expected 11. to be 12. because
13. Also 14. plans 15. or

1. 比起唱歌，他更喜欢读书。
He ________ reading books ________ singing songs.

答案： prefers/preferred, to

2. 我的爷爷更喜欢住在乡下而不是城里，因为他喜欢那里的宁静。
My grandpa ________ ________ live in the countryside ________ ________ live in the city because he likes the quiet there.

答案： prefers to, rather than