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
The wood apple is a special kind of fruit in Sri Lanka. It 1. (have) a hard shell.
Some monkeys are 2. (eat) wood apples. The tortoises(乌龟) also want to taste them. “Let's 3. (enjoy) some wood apples!” says Kibba, one of the tortoises. “But how do we open 4. (they)?” ask the others.
“5. (monkey), please help us!” says Kibba. “We can't! We won't!” The monkeys laugh 6. make fun of the tortoises.
The tortoises try different ways 7. (open) the wood apples, but they can't! The monkeys keep laughing and throw wood apples to the ground.
Suddenly Kibba has 8. amazing idea. He asks his friends to put stones under the trees. When the monkeys throw the apples, the apples hit the stones and split (裂开) open. 9. last, the tortoises are able to enjoy the wood apples.
This story tells us that when we face 10. (problem), we should not give up. Instead, we should find ways to solve them.
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。
shell

1. has 2. eating 3. enjoy 4. them 5. Monkeys
6. and 7. to open 8. an 9. At 10. problems
读后词汇拓展
n.壳

【分析】
先通读短文理解语篇大意，再逐个分析空格考点：1. 考查一般现在时，主语it为第三人称单数，谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式；2. 考查现在进行时，结构为“be+现在分词”，需将动词变为现在分词；3. 考查固定搭配let's do sth，let's后接动词原形；4. 考查代词，动词后需用人称代词宾格；5. 考查可数名词复数，此处指一类事物，用复数形式；6. 考查并列连词，连接两个并列谓语动词；7. 考查固定搭配way to do sth，不定式作后置定语；8. 考查冠词，amazing以元音音素开头，表泛指用an；9. 考查固定短语at last；10. 考查名词复数，此处泛指一类事物，用复数形式。
【解析】
1. 主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用has，故填has；
2. 由are可知为现在进行时，eat的现在分词是eating，故填eating；
3. let's后接动词原形，故填enjoy；
4. 动词open后接人称代词宾格，they的宾格是them，故填them；
5. 此处指猴子们，用复数Monkeys，故填Monkeys；
6. 连接并列谓语laugh和make，用and，故填and；
7. way to do sth是固定搭配，故填to open；
8. amazing以元音音素开头，表泛指“一个”，用an，故填an；
9. at last是固定短语，意为“最后”，故填At；
10. 此处泛指“问题”，用problem的复数problems，故填problems；
读后词汇拓展：shell是名词，意为“壳”。
【答案】
1. has 2. eating 3. enjoy 4. them 5. Monkeys
6. and 7. to open 8. an 9. At 10. problems
读后词汇拓展：n.壳
【知识点】
一般现在时、现在进行时、代词宾格、固定搭配、名词复数
【点评】
本题为语篇型语法填空，考查初中英语基础语法与词汇运用，涉及时态、代词、冠词、固定搭配等核心知识点，难度适中，学生掌握基础语法即可完成，能有效考查语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.8