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
Saturday is the last day of a week. Sunday is the 1. (one) day of a week. How interesting! And my favourite day of the week is Friday.
I like Fridays because I have my favourite 2. (subject) that day: PE and geography. Geography is difficult but interesting. I love 3. (read) maps and know about other people and places. Also, Mr King is great fun. He teaches us geography very 4. (good) and all my classmates love him. What 5. PE? It's cool. I like playing basketball best, so having a PE class always makes me happy.
We also have maths on Fridays. It's a very 6. (use) subject. We think numbers 7. (be) very important in our lives. The last class finishes at about 4 o'clock. On Friday evenings, I go to my friend's house for a party or watch TV. I can relax and have fun 8. I have no classes the next day. Saturday and Sunday are happy days for me to have 9. good time.
How about your favourite day? Please let 10. (I) know.

1. first 2. subjects 3. to read/reading
4. well 5. about 6. useful 7. are
8. because 9. a 10. me

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性变化及语法规则完成填空。解题思路：1. 依据“一周的第一天”确定序数词；2. 由提及的两个科目确定名词复数；3. 掌握love的非谓语用法；4. 明确副词修饰动词的规则；5. 牢记固定搭配；6. 用形容词修饰名词；7. 根据主语单复数确定be动词形式；8. 依据逻辑关系选连词；9. 掌握固定短语；10. 动词后用代词宾格。
【解析】
1. 表示“第一天”需用one的序数词first，故填first。
2. 后文提到PE和地理两个科目，subject用复数subjects，故填subjects。
3. love后可接to do或doing，意为“喜欢做某事”，故填to read/reading。
4. 修饰动词teaches需用副词，good的副词形式是well，故填well。
5. what about是固定搭配，意为“……怎么样”，故填about。
6. 修饰名词subject需用形容词，use的形容词是useful，故填useful。
7. 主语numbers是复数，一般现在时be动词用are，故填are。
8. 前后为因果关系，用连词because，故填because。
9. have a good time是固定短语，意为“玩得开心”，故填a。
10. let是动词，后接代词宾格，I的宾格是me，故填me。
【答案】
1. first 2. subjects 3. to read/reading 4. well 5. about 6. useful 7. are 8. because 9. a 10. me
【知识点】
词汇变形、固定搭配、基本语法
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础语法填空题，考察核心词汇变形、常用固定搭配及基础语法规则，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8

五、完形填空
What is your favourite day? For Mary, 1 and Friday are her favourite days. Do you know 2? Well, that's because she has 3 lessons on these two days. She loves geography.
Mary always takes a 4 with her. Her uncle likes travelling. When he is in a new place, he always 5 Mary. Then, Mary finds the place on the map. She thinks it's 6.
Mary's 7 is in China these days. He says to Mary on the phone, “China is really great. I'll take some photos of 8.”
“Oh, that's great. I want to 9 how great China is. Can you tell me some things about China?” asks Mary. “Yes, that's for sure,” says her uncle. Today is Monday. Mary is very 10 because she has a speech(演讲) in her geography class. She can tell much about China to her classmates. They all like her speech.
()1. A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday
()2. A. how B. when C. why D. what
()3. A. PE B. Chinese C. English D. geography
()4. A. map B. box C. card D. book
()5. A. watches B. calls C. asks D. finds
()6. A. boring B. hard C. interesting D. difficult
()7. A. father B. uncle C. brother D. teacher
()8. A. it B. me C. us D. them
()9. A. look B. get C. know D. love
()10. A. sad B. cool C. special D. happy

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一解题：1. 由文末“Today is Monday”可知Mary喜欢周一和周五；2. 下文用because解释原因，对应疑问词why；3. 后文明确提到Mary喜欢地理，故对应地理课；4. 后文提到在地图上找地点，可知她带地图；5. 后文出现“on the phone”，可知叔叔打电话给她；6. 结合语境，Mary觉得在地图找地点这件事有趣；7. 前文提及“Her uncle likes travelling”，可知是叔叔在中国；8. 指代单数名词China，用it；9. 固定搭配want to know表示“想知道”；10. 因为有地理演讲且同学喜欢，Mary很开心。
【解析】
1. 由文末“Today is Monday”可知Mary喜欢周一和周五，故选A。
2. 下文用because解释原因，此处需用疑问词why提问原因，故选C。
3. 后文明确提到Mary loves geography，可知这两天有地理课，故选D。
4. 后文提到“Mary finds the place on the map”，可知她带地图，故选A。
5. 后文出现“on the phone”，可知叔叔打电话给她，故选B。
6. 结合语境，Mary觉得在地图找地点这件事有趣，故选C。
7. 前文提及“Her uncle likes travelling”，可知是叔叔在中国，故选B。
8. 指代单数名词China，用it，故选A。
9. 固定搭配want to know表示“想知道”，符合语境，故选C。
10. 因为有地理演讲且同学喜欢，Mary很开心，故选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D
【知识点】
完形填空、语境理解、词汇辨析
【点评】
本文是围绕个人喜好展开的记叙文，考查学生对上下文逻辑关系、词义及固定搭配的掌握，解题需紧扣前后文线索，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6