Mr. Li is a teacher who grew up in the countryside in Qinghai. He learned ___1___ useful living skills when he was a child. He didn’t understand what they gave to him until he became an adult.

In his hometown, people like eating different ___2___ of noodles, such as beef noodles and fried noodles. The ___3___ skill he learned was making noodles when he was 10. He thought it would be easy, because he often ___4___ his mom do it—just mix water and flour (面粉). At the beginning, he couldn’t do it well. But as he kept trying, he learned the right methods. Later, he cooked ___5___ dishes like dumplings. He has fallen in love with cooking because it can  6   happiness to his family. And it is a good way to relax.

Thanks to ___7___ cooking skills, he lives a better life. To keep fit and enjoy the ___8___ time, he cooks meals instead of ordering takeaway. He is ___9___ proud that his family love every dish he cooked.

He is glad to know ___10___ now have labor education (劳动教育) at school in China. These practical skills will help them a lot in the future.

1.1.

A some

B any

C no

D

解析：选A。some 意为 “一些”，用于肯定句中，修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词；any 意为 “任何”，多用于否定句和疑问句；no 意为 “没有”。此句是肯定句，表达 “学到了一些有用的生活技能”，故选 A。

2.2.

A sizes

B colors

C kinds

D

解析：选C。size 意为 “尺寸”；color 意为 “颜色”；kind 意为 “种类”。根据后文 “such as beef noodles and fried noodles（比如牛肉面和炒面）” 可知，是说不同种类的面条，different kinds of 是固定搭配，意为 “不同种类的”，故选 C。

3.3.

A one

B first

C once

D

解析：选B。one 是数词，意为 “一”；first 是序数词，意为 “第一”；once 是副词，意为 “曾经；一次”。此处表达 “他学到的第一个技能是做面条”，需要用序数词表示顺序，故选 B。

4.4.

A smelled

B tasted

C saw

D

解析：选C。smell 意为 “闻”；taste 意为 “尝”；see 意为 “看”。根据后文 “just mix water and flour（只是把水和面粉混合）” 可知，是他经常看到妈妈做面条，故选 C。

5.5.

A another

B other

C others

D

解析：选B。another 意为 “另一个”，后接单数名词；other 意为 “其他的”，后接复数名词；others 是代词，相当于 “other + 复数名词”，后面不接名词。空后 dishes 是复数名词，需要用 other 修饰，故选 B。

6.6.

A borrow

B buy

C bring

D

解析：选C。borrow 意为 “借”；buy 意为 “买”；bring 意为 “带来”。根据语境 “烹饪能给家人带来快乐”，bring sth. to sb. 是固定搭配，意为 “给某人带来某物”，故选 C。

7.7.

A his

B its

C her

D

解析：选A。his 意为 “他的”，指代男性；its 意为 “它的”，指代事物；her 意为 “她的”，指代女性。本文主人公是 Mr. Li（李先生），是男性，故选 A。

8.8.

A writing

B cooking

C drawing

D

解析：选B。writing 意为 “写作”；cooking 意为 “烹饪”；drawing 意为 “画画”。根据后文 “he cooks meals instead of ordering takeaway（他自己做饭而不是点外卖）” 可知，是享受烹饪的时光，故选 B。

9.9.

A quite

B hardly

C loudly

D

解析：选A。quite 意为 “相当；很”；hardly 意为 “几乎不”；loudly 意为 “大声地”。根据语境 “他相当自豪家人喜欢他做的每一道菜”，quite 用来修饰形容词 proud，符合语境，故选 A。

10.10.

A friends

B students

C workers

D

解析：选B。friend 意为 “朋友”；student 意为 “学生”；worker 意为 “工人”。根据后文 “have labor education at school（在学校接受劳动教育）” 可知，是学生在学校接受劳动教育，故选 B。