四、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。
主题群:生活与学习 子主题:多彩生活 语篇类型:记叙文 难度:★
My brother is a sports fan. He likes 1. (watch) sports games. He loves basketball, tennis, badminton and swimming. He plays football 2. (good).
Messi is his favourite football 3. (play). Every time he goes shopping, he always 4. (buy) newspapers about football.
My brother is 5. member of the school Football Club. His school is very big 6. beautiful. There 7. (be) a football field, a tennis court and a swimming pool in it. He often plays football 8. his classmates after school. He wants 9. (become) a famous star in the future(将来). My brother often goes to the stadium(体育馆) to watch football 10. (match) on Sundays. He doesn't want to miss(错过) any football matches.

1. watching 2. well 3. player 4. buys 5. a
方法归纳
语法填空之盲填冠词(a/an/the)
1. 先记基础规则：泛指“一个”，辅音音素前用a，元音音素前用an；特指双方都知道的事物、独一无二的事物用the。
2. 可以通过识别固定搭配的方法。初中常考冠词搭配有a lot of/a number of/a pair of/a waste of/a wealth of；the same/the only/the rest of/the end of/in the past/at the moment/on the other hand等。
6. and 7. is 8. with 9. to become 10. matches

五、完形填空。
主题群:生活与学习 子主题:学校生活 语篇类型:记叙文 难度:★★
[2025无锡市江南中学期中]Jennifer and her twin sister Katie learn how to care for others at school.
This gives them a great 1! “Let’s start a new club at school called THE CARE CLUB!” Katie says. “CARE means ‘Caring and Respecting(尊重) Everybody’.” Jennifer thinks it’s a wonderful idea. Every night, they plan what to do the next day to 2 their love to others. One day, they help a little boy who gets hurt(受伤) when he is 3 on the playground. Another day, they stay to help a little girl 4 her Maths after school. At weekends, they 5 a friend’s dog for a walk and give it a good bath. They love 6 others and they think it is fun. Soon, the other students at school ask to join the club, so Katie and Jennifer open the club to new members. Everyone in the club needs to do 7 to help and care about others. They have a meeting every week. At the meeting, they talk about 8 to help others. Everyone gives some money every week, 9 they can buy flowers or cards for sick people to make them 10.
Now, everyone knows THE CARE CLUB and wants to join!
1. A. gift B. idea C. problem D. lesson
2. A. show B. change C. start D. get
3. A. sleeping B. living C. flying D. running
4. A. to B. with C. at D. in
5. A. come B. run C. play D. take
6. A. meeting B. trusting C. helping D. showing
7. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
8. A. what B. which C. who D. how
9. A. so B. or C. but D. because
10. A. happy B. hard C. quiet D. tired

1. B 结合下文“Let's start a new club at school called THE CARE CLUB!”和“Jennifer thinks it's a wonderful idea.”可知，此处指一个好主意。
2. A 根据“Jennifer and her twin sister Katie learn how to care for others at school.”和“they plan what to do the next day to ... their love to others”可知，此处指向他人表达关爱。
3. D 根据“a little boy who gets hurt when he is ... on the playground”可知，男孩在操场上跑步时受伤了。
4. B 固定搭配help sb. with sth. 意为“帮助某人做某事”。
5. D 句意：在周末，她们帮朋友遛狗，给它好好洗澡。“take ... for a walk”意为“遛……”。
6. C 句意：她们喜欢帮助别人，而且觉得这很有趣。love doing sth. 意为“喜欢做某事”。
7. C 根据“Everyone in the club needs to do ... to help and care about others.”可知，此处指做点什么来帮助和关心他人，是肯定句，something符合语境。
8. D 结合下文“Everyone gives some money ... they can buy flowers or cards for sick people ...”可知，此处指帮助他人的方式，即“如何帮助他人”。
9. A 根据“Everyone gives some money every week ... they can buy flowers or cards for sick people”可知，有了钱才能买花或卡片，前后是因果关系。
10. A 根据“they can buy flowers or cards for sick people to make them ...”可知，花或者贺卡会让人开心。