五、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
provide donation since do kindness organize people I film change
Last term, a group of eighth - grade students decided to volunteer in their community. Their dream was to make a difference to 1. lives, especially the elderly who lived alone.
They started by visiting the elderly every weekend. 2. they began the volunteer work last November, they have tried many ways to help. They cleaned the elderly’s rooms, 3. them with meals, and always greeted them warmly before sitting down to chat with them. To keep the elderly active, they 4. fun activities like singing contests and Chinese chess games. They also collected 5. of books, magazines and other things from neighbours. These things let the elderly feel cared by the community.
One afternoon, a visitor from a local TV station came to 6. their work. Later, an interviewer spoke to some students. “Why do you spend your free time 7. volunteer work here?” she asked.
“Because small acts of help can 8. a person’s day,” answered Lucy, a volunteer. “Once, I helped to find a lost dog and return it to its owner. The owner’s happy tears made 9. feel that everything was worth it.”
Volunteering has taught the students that 10. doesn’t need to be big. Even a simple smile or a helping hand can make a difference in others’ lives.

五、1. people's 2. Since 3. provided
4. organized 5. donations 6. film
7. doing 8. change 9. me
10. kindness

【分析】
拿到这类选词填空题，首先第一步先通读方框内的所有备选词，明确每个词的词义、词性，预判可能的变形方向；第二步通读整篇短文，把握文章核心是讲述八年级学生在社区开展志愿活动的叙事内容，明确全文以过去时态为核心的整体基调；第三步逐空分析，结合空格前后的内容先判断所需单词的词性、形式要求，再从剩余备选词中筛选匹配，严格遵守每词限用一次的规则，同时结合固定搭配、语法规则确定正确形式；最后把填好的答案代入全文通读，核验语义是否通顺、语法是否合规，避免错用漏用。
【解析】
1. 空格后是名词lives，语境表达“对人们的生活产生影响”，需要用people的所有格形式people's，修饰名词lives，表示“人们的”。
2. 空格后是一般过去时的时间状语从句，主句为现在完成时，用Since引导该时间状语从句，含义为“自从”，句首首字母大写。
3. 前文并列的谓语动词cleaned为一般过去式，此处搭配固定结构provide sb. with sth.（为某人提供某物），因此将provide变为过去式provided。
4. 空格后宾语是fun activities，语境表示“组织趣味活动”，叙事时态为一般过去时，因此将organize变为过去式organized。
5. 此处表达“收集来自邻居的书籍、杂志等捐赠物”，donation为可数名词，用复数形式donations构成搭配collections of donations，表示多类捐赠物品。
6. 来自当地电视台的访客的工作是拍摄他们的志愿活动，不定式符号to后接动词原形，film此处作动词表示“拍摄”，直接填film。
7. 此处符合固定搭配spend time doing sth.（花费时间做某事），因此将do变为动名词形式doing。
8. 情态动词can后接动词原形，语境表达“小小的善举可以改变一个人的一整天”，直接填change。
9. 动词made后需要接人称代词的宾格作宾语，I的宾格形式为me。
10. 此处作句子的主语，需要填入名词，语境表达“善意不需要很宏大”，kind的名词形式kindness表示“善意”，符合要求。
【答案】
1. people's 2. Since 3. provided 4. organized 5. donations 6. film 7. doing 8. change 9. me 10. kindness
【知识点】
词形变换、固定搭配、语境选词
【点评】
本题选取贴近学生生活的志愿主题记叙文，考点覆盖初中核心的名词所有格、动词时态、非谓语动词、词性转换等知识点，既考查学生对基础词汇语法的掌握程度，也考查学生结合上下文逻辑推理的能力，解题时要注意区分叙事的主时态，避免出现词形变形错误。
【难度系数】
0.6