四、完形填空
There was a young man named Jack. He wanted to be a professional player. But he couldn’t play the sport anymore because of a heart .
At first, Jack felt . He didn’t know to do. But after a few weeks of feeling sorry for , Jack found out other ways to achieve(实现) his dream. He might not play football professionally, but he could the sport by becoming a coach or a volunteer.
Then Jack started volunteering at the local football . He soon became an important of the club. He shared his love and of the sport in the club with young players. Though it wasn’t his dream , Jack had fun helping others become better at football. He felt because he found a new purpose in life.
After working in the club, Jack learnt that sometimes doesn’t go according to plan. You are never too old to have a dream. Work for what you ! As long as you are , you can find a new path(道路)to success and happiness.
()1. A. basketball
B. football
C. baseball
D. volleyball
()2. A. opinion
B. review
C. project
D. problem
()3. A. sad
B. important
C. surprised
D. fantastic
()4. A. what
B. where
C. when
D. why
()5. A. myself
B. herself
C. himself
D. itself
()6. A. leave
B. teach
C. forget
D. stay
()7. A. club
B. team
C. school
D. factory
()8. A. side
B. form
C. example
D. part
()9. A. comment
B. experience
C. theme
D. topic
()10. A. trip
B. job
C. post
D. game
()11. A. sorry
B. lonely
C. happy
D. thirsty
()12. A. work
B. office
C. journey
D. life
()13. A. bad
B. touching
C. new
D. serious
()14. A. rush
B. climb
C. want
D. appear
()15. A. positive
B. rich
C. correct
D. magical

四、1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.A

【分析】
本题为记叙文完形填空，解题思路为：1. 通读全文把握主旨：文章讲述Jack因心脏病无法实现职业足球梦，后通过成为教练/志愿者找到新人生目标的励志故事；2. 逐题结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配分析选项：先定位前后文提示信息，再对比选项含义，选出最符合语境的答案。
【解析】
1. 由下文“play football professionally”可知，此处指足球运动员，选B。
2. “heart problem”为固定搭配，意为“心脏病”，选D。
3. 无法再踢职业足球，Jack感到难过，选A。
4. “疑问词+不定式”结构中，what作do的宾语，what to do表示“做什么”，选A。
5. 主语为Jack（男性），反身代词用himself，选C。
6. 成为教练或志愿者来教授这项运动，teach符合语境，选B。
7. 由下文“of the club”可知，是当地足球俱乐部，选A。
8. “become an important part of...”表示“成为……的重要组成部分”，选D。
9. 分享对这项运动的热爱和经验，experience符合，选B。
10. 这不是他的梦想工作，job符合语境，选B。
11. 找到新人生目标，Jack感到开心，选C。
12. 生活并不总是按计划进行，life符合，选D。
13. 拥有新的梦想，new符合，选C。
14. 为你想要的东西努力，want符合，选C。
15. 只要你积极，就能找到新的成功与幸福之路，positive符合，选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文为励志类记叙文，传递积极向上的人生态度，考查学生对语境的理解、词汇辨析及固定搭配的掌握，是初中阶段常见的完形填空题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

五、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Exercise makes life better. There are many benefits of doing sports. 1. ______ example, it can reduce the risk of cancer. We begin 2. ______ (understand)more about the mental health benefits as well.
Now young people are spending more time on social media. So they spend less time 3. sports. This has a great influence on mental health. A study of 40,000 children in the USA finds that if your screen time is over one hour 4. day, your mental health will become 5. (bad). Screen time is related to your mental health. 6. you use screens all day, you’ll not like to talk with others. At the same time, you won’t like exercising. 7. do more and more students have depression(抑郁)? Less exercise and little communication with others can be two main reasons.
When you’re feeling bad, it’s easy to spend hours on social media 8. (compare)others’ lives with yours, and then you will feel worse. But now you have other 9. (choice). You can choose 10. (join)a team, go for a walk, or do yoga. You will feel more hopeful.

五、1. For 2. to understand/understanding 3. on 4. a
5. worse 6. If 7. Why 8. comparing 9. choices
10. to join

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合固定搭配、词形变化、语法规则等逐一分析每个空：1. 考查固定搭配“for example”；2. 考查动词begin的用法，后可接不定式或动名词；3. 考查固定搭配“spend time on sth”；4. 考查冠词，“a day”表示“每天”；5. 考查形容词比较级，此处暗含与之前情况的对比；6. 考查条件状语从句的引导词；7. 考查疑问词，由后文的原因可知；8. 考查非谓语动词，“spend time doing sth”结构；9. 考查可数名词复数，other后接复数名词；10. 考查固定搭配“choose to do sth”。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配“for example”意为“例如”，位于句首首字母大写，故填For；
2. 动词begin的用法为“begin to do sth/doing sth”，表示“开始做某事”，故填to understand或understanding；
3. 固定搭配“spend time on sth”意为“在某事上花费时间”，故填on；
4. “a day”表示“每天”，此处指每天屏幕时间超过一小时，故填a；
5. 此处表示“心理健康会变得更差”，暗含比较含义，bad的比较级为worse，故填worse；
6. 此处为条件状语从句，意为“如果你整天使用屏幕”，故填If；
7. 由后文“Less exercise and little communication...can be two main reasons”可知，此处询问原因，故填Why；
8. 固定搭配“spend time (in) doing sth”，此处省略了in，故填compare的动名词形式comparing；
9. other后接可数名词复数，choice的复数为choices，故填choices；
10. 固定搭配“choose to do sth”意为“选择做某事”，故填to join。
【答案】
1. For 2. to understand/understanding 3. on 4. a 5. worse 6. If 7. Why 8. comparing 9. choices 10. to join
【知识点】
固定搭配、非谓语动词、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题为初中英语常见的语法填空题，主要考查基础的固定搭配、非谓语动词形式、形容词比较级等知识点，需要学生熟练掌握常见短语用法和词形变化规则，整体难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语基础知识掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.6

【读后词汇拓展】猜出第五大题中画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
1. reduce
2. mental

读后词汇拓展
1. v. 减少 2. adj. 心理的

【分析】本题考查常见英语单词的词性及词义，需回忆reduce和mental这两个基础词汇的词性和对应的中文意思，按要求规范写出即可。
【解析】1. reduce为动词，中文意思是“减少”；2. mental为形容词，中文意思是“心理的”。
【答案】1. v. 减少 2. adj. 心理的
【知识点】英语单词词性、英语单词词义
【点评】本题属于基础词汇积累类题目，帮助学生巩固常用单词的词性与含义，适合日常词汇拓展学习。
【难度系数】0.8