五、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Linda is my good friend. She is an 1. (America)girl. She is from New York, the USA. Linda often 2. (write)to me. From her letters, I can 3. (learn)some things about her.
There are many rules 4. Linda’s home. She doesn’t have to help her mum make dinner, but she has to do 5. dishes. She has to help her mother 6. (clean)the house every weekend. Every day she has to help her brother with homework.
Linda likes animals very much 7. she thinks they are lovely. On weekends, she often goes to the zoo near her house. The animals are very 8. (interest). There, she takes photos of the animals and plays with them. Linda also enjoys 9. (listen)to music. She can sing and play the piano 10. (good). Her dream is to be a singer.

1. American 2. writes 3. learn 4. at/in 5. the 6. to clean/clean 7. because 8. interesting 9. listening 10. well

【分析】
这是一篇基础语篇语法填空题，解题时首先通读全文，明确文章整体为一般现在时的叙事逻辑，再逐空结合考点推导：先判断空格所需的词性、句法功能，若给出提示词则结合词性变换规则、时态/固定搭配变形，若未给提示词则结合固定搭配、前后句逻辑关系填入合适的虚词，同时严格遵守每空填入1个词或提示词正确形式的要求，逐个验证即可得到答案。
【解析】
1. 空格后为名词girl，需用形容词作定语修饰，名词America对应的形容词为American，意为“美国的”，故填American。
2. 主语Linda是第三人称单数，全文为一般现在时，谓语动词write需变为第三人称单数形式writes，故填writes。
3. 情态动词can后必须接动词原形，因此直接填提示词的原形learn即可。
4. 表示“在某人的家中”的固定搭配为at/in one's home，因此该空可填at或in。
5. 固定短语do the dishes意为“洗碗”，是固定表达，需填入定冠词the。
6. 固定用法help sb (to) do sth意为“帮助某人做某事”，因此该空可填clean或者to clean。
7. 空格前“Linda非常喜欢动物”，空格后“她认为它们很可爱”，后半句是前半句的原因，引导原因状语从句的连词用because，故填because。
8. 空格作表语，修饰事物animals，需用-ing结尾的形容词表示“有趣的”，因此将提示词interest变为interesting。
9. 固定搭配enjoy doing sth意为“喜欢做某事”，因此动词listen要变为动名词形式listening。
10. 空格修饰动词sing和play the piano，需用副词作状语，形容词good对应的副词为well，故填well。
【答案】
1. American 2. writes 3. learn 4. at/in 5. the 6. to clean/clean 7. because 8. interesting 9. listening 10. well
【知识点】
词形转换，固定搭配，连词用法
【点评】
本题属于初中低年级基础语法填空，考点覆盖了常见的词类变换、常用固定短语、句法逻辑判断，整体难度偏低，主要考察学生对基础英语语法点的掌握和在短文中的灵活运用能力，易错点集中在区分修饰人和修饰物的形容词、副词修饰动词的规则上。
【难度系数】
0.8

六、阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。〔人与自然——关爱动物〕
Every day after school Rosa always saw a little black dog on her way home. It always sat at the same corner. As soon as it saw Rosa, it would run towards her. 1. When Rosa got home, the little dog would bark(吠)a few times and run away.
At first, Rosa didn’t like the dog. 2. She even looked forward to their walks.
One day Rosa was on her way home as usual. When she got to the corner, the little dog was not there. The next day Rosa still didn’t see the dog there. Rosa began to miss the dog.
She went back home. 3. But she only found that her neighbour was walking another dog. Rosa felt quite disappointed(失望). She was worried that something bad might have happened to the little dog.
That night at dinner, Rosa told her mother about her walking friend. Her mother smiled and said, “4. I met Mrs. Pacheco last week. She told me that they were moving to another house with a big yard for their dog. I think that dog must be your walking friend.”
5. Although she would no longer walk home with her little friend, she was glad that the dog would play in a big yard happily.
A. But after a few days she got used to(逐渐习惯)it.
B. Rosa was sad and happy at the same time.
C. I think I know what happened to your friend.
D. Her mother fed the little dog and gave it some water.
E. Suddenly she heard a bark, so she looked back quickly.
F. Then it followed her happily as if they were good friends.
G. People must save these animals.

1~5. FAECB

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类的英语七选五题型，解题时首先要通读全文梳理故事的发展脉络：讲述Rosa和常陪自己放学回家的小狗从陌生到熟悉，再到得知小狗搬家的暖心故事。之后逐空定位前后句，通过动作的顺承逻辑、情绪的转折关系匹配对应选项，同时排除和上下文情节完全无关的多余选项，就能快速锁定正确答案。比如第一空前后分别提到小狗朝Rosa跑过来、Rosa到家后小狗离开，中间必然是小狗跟随Rosa走回家的过程，对应匹配相关选项即可。
【解析】
1. 空前描述小狗一看见Rosa就朝她跑过来，空后描述Rosa到家后小狗吠叫几声就跑开，空格处需要衔接“跑过来”和“到家”的动作过程，F选项“然后它开心地跟着她，就好像它们是好朋友一样”完全符合顺承逻辑，故选F。
2. 空前说明一开始Rosa并不喜欢这只小狗，空后提到Rosa甚至开始期待和小狗一起走的路程，空格处需要体现从不喜欢到产生好感的转变，A选项“但是几天后她就逐渐习惯了它的存在”通过转折逻辑衔接前后内容，故选A。
3. 空后提到Rosa只发现邻居在遛另一只狗，说明Rosa此前误以为看到/听到的是自己熟悉的那只小狗，E选项“突然她听到一声狗叫，于是快速回头”符合后续情节的逻辑，故选E。
4. 空后妈妈详细解释了小狗的去向，说明空格处是妈妈引出后续解释的过渡句，C选项“我想我知道你的朋友发生了什么事”可以自然衔接后文的说明内容，故选C。
5. 空后描述Rosa一方面没法再和小狗同路有些失落，另一方面又为小狗能住进带大院子的家感到开心，B选项“Rosa既难过又开心”精准概括了她的复杂情绪，故选B。
【答案】
1~5. FAECB
【知识点】
七选五阅读，语篇逻辑，记叙文理解
【点评】
本题属于主题贴近学生生活的记叙文阅读类题型，情节连贯易懂，既考查了学生对语篇上下文逻辑关系的把握能力，也渗透了关爱动物、与小动物友好相处的正向价值观，解题时只要抓住前后句的动作、情绪线索，排除和故事线无关的多余选项即可顺利完成作答。
【难度系数】
0.7