五、阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词或词组并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。(每词或词组限用一次。)
usual,simple,start to,encourage,progress
My grandpa has been to many amazing places. He has some great stories about his life,some rather unbelievable,some quite funny. When he was a young man,his father 1 him to travel and see the world. So whenever my grandpa earned enough money,he chose a(n) 2 place to visit. He did not worry very much about whether he could speak the language. He 3 wanted to see something new and,of course,go somewhere safe.
Once he visited the city of Hamburg in Germany. His German was not perfect,but he'd made good 4 in his speaking. One night,he was eating and drinking with his friends. Feeling very peaceful and happy,he said in German,"I feel like I am a Hamburg person." He meant that he felt at home in Hamburg. Everyone 5 laugh. Finally they told him,"You just said that you were a hamburger!"
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1. encouraged 2. unusual 3. simply
4. progress 5. started to

【分析】
本题为英语选词填空题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读短文，理解短文大意；2. 分析每个空格所在句子的语法结构、时态，确定空格所需的词性或短语形式；3. 结合方框内词汇的词义，匹配语境选择合适的词，并根据语法规则调整形式（如动词过去式、副词变形等）；4. 检查所选词汇是否符合“每词限用一次”的要求，确保短文通顺完整。
【解析】
1. 第一空：句子描述爷爷年轻时父亲的行为，时态为一般过去时，需填谓语动词。方框中“encourage”意为“鼓励”，搭配“encourage sb to do sth”（鼓励某人做某事），过去式为“encouraged”，符合语境。
2. 第二空：需填形容词修饰名词“place”，方框中“usual”（平常的）的反义词“unusual”（不寻常的），符合爷爷选择特别的地方旅行的语境。
3. 第三空：需填副词修饰动词“wanted”，方框中“simple”的副词形式“simply”（仅仅，只是），符合“只是想看看新事物”的语境。
4. 第四空：固定搭配“make progress”（取得进步），方框中“progress”为不可数名词，直接使用，符合语境。
5. 第五空：句子时态为一般过去时，需填动词短语，方框中“start to”（开始）的过去式为“started to”，搭配“start to do sth”，符合语境。
【答案】
1. encouraged 2. unusual 3. simply 4. progress 5. started to
【知识点】
英语选词填空、动词过去式、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查词汇在语境中的灵活运用，需结合语法规则、固定搭配及上下文逻辑解题，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固词汇基础。
【难度系数】
0.6