《2025年名校课堂九年级英语上册人教版陕西专版》

Ⅵ. 短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。)
(2022·赤峰改编)
hungry first easy they use say human make be pick
传统文化
Chopsticks originated from(起源于)China. Though simple and little, they are great in the history of 31. humans. There are many legends about chopsticks. Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of 32. them.
It is 33. said that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. One day, Yu took a boat to an island. He was so 34. hungry that he used an earthen pot to cook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want to waste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meat from the soup. After that, to save time, he always took small branches to take out food from the pot. For a long time, he was skilled at 35. picking up food with small sticks. In this way, the 36. first types of chopsticks were born.
The chopsticks are 37. made of different kinds of materials including bamboo, wood, animal bones, beautiful stone, and some other materials. There 38. are more than 200 types of chopsticks now, and among them, the bamboo chopsticks are the most widely 39. used.
“A chopstick can be broken 40. easily, but ten pairs of chopsticks hold each other tightly(紧紧地)...” The song is popular with many people, and it always encourages people to work together.
Tips
“-y” is added to nouns in order to form adjectives that describe something or someone having the characteristics of what the noun refers to.
Try to guess the meanings of the following words:
touristy 游客常去的 shiny 发亮的 silky 丝绸般的

答案： Ⅵ.31.humans 32.them 33.said 34.hungry 35.picking 36.first 37.made 38.are 39.used 40.easily
Tips
游客常去的 发亮的 丝绸般的