Ⅰ. Spell the words correctly according to the given sounds.
1. Alice felt when she heard the crowd chanting “Bravo!” /braɪt/
2. The dancers and singers will at the school art festival. /pəˈfɔːm/
3. The official of the Paris 2024 Olympics were the Phryges. /ˈmæskəts/

1. bright
2. perform
3. mascots

【分析】本题要求根据给定音标及句子语境填写正确单词，解题思路：先准确识别每个音标，再结合句子的语法结构（如系动词后接形容词、will后接动词原形、be动词对应名词单复数），匹配出符合语义和语法的正确单词，注意拼写无误。
【解析】1. 音标/braɪt/，句子中felt是系动词，后需接形容词，匹配音标得单词bright；2. 音标/pəˈfɔːm/，句中will后接动词原形，匹配音标得单词perform；3. 音标/ˈmæskəts/，句中be动词为were，说明主语是复数名词，匹配音标得复数形式mascots。
【答案】1. bright 2. perform 3. mascots
【知识点】英语单词拼写、音标与单词对应
【点评】本题为英语基础单词拼写题，结合音标和句子语法即可完成，考查学生对基础词汇的掌握。
【难度系数】0.3

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
Having a strong mind is very important for everyone, especially for us students. It helps us face difficulties and never give up 1. A person with a strong mind can always stay brave and confident, 2 when things get hard.
Last term, I had a big problem with Maths. I failed a test and felt really upset. I wanted 3 studying it. But my teacher told me that a strong mind could change everything. I decided to try harder. Every day, I spent more time doing exercises and asking 4 help. Sometimes it was tiring, but I kept telling myself not to lose hope. Slowly, I made much 5 progress than before.
This experience teaches me that a strong body is not enough. We need a strong mind more. It can push us to keep trying and finally make our dreams come 6. If we stay strong in our hearts, we will become better and better.
()1. A. easy B. easily C. ease
()2. A. almost B. just C. even
()3. A. stop B. to stop C. stopping
()4. A. to B. for C. on
()5. A. great B. greater C. greatest
()6. A. true B. truly C. truth

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. A

【分析】本题是一篇关于“坚强意志重要性”的完形填空选择题，需结合语境、词性、固定搭配、语法规则逐一分析每个空。解题思路：先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个空，分析句子成分确定所需词性/结构，排除不符合的选项，选出最佳答案。
【解析】1. 第1空：修饰动词短语give up需用副词，A为形容词、C为名词，只有B是副词，故选B。
2. 第2空：句意表递进“甚至在困难时”，A“几乎”、B“仅仅”不符合，C“甚至”符合，故选C。
3. 第3空：固定搭配want to do sth（想要做某事），需用动词不定式，故选B。
4. 第4空：固定搭配ask for help（请求帮助），介词用for，故选B。
5. 第5空：句中出现than，需用形容词比较级，A为原级、C为最高级，B为比较级，故选B。
6. 第6空：固定短语come true（实现），此处用形容词，A为形容词、B为副词、C为名词，故选A。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.B 6.A
【知识点】副词的用法、动词不定式、固定搭配、形容词比较级、固定短语
【点评】本题围绕坚强意志展开，考察初中英语核心基础知识点（词性、固定搭配、比较级），注重语境理解，难度适中，适合初中学生练习。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.
A. instead of B. When C. feed D. Because E. hungry
Wolves are among the fiercest wild animals. There have been a lot of wrong ideas about them.
Animal scientists have found that wolves do not always kill or eat other animals if they are not 1. Once, a group of wolves caught a baby goat. What happened then? The wolves took good care of and played with the lovely goat 2 killing or eating it. The goat joined the wolf family and lived happily with them.
Wolves are good and caring parents. All the adult wolves in the family work together to care for the babies. 3 they hunt an animal, they eat as much meat as possible. For what? They take home the food in the stomach and bring it up to 4 the babies.
1. 2. 3. 4.

1. E
2. A
3. B
4. C

【分析】
本题为选词填空题，解题思路是先通读全文把握语境，再结合方框内单词的词义、词性及语法要求，逐一匹配每个空格的合适选项，同时注意每个单词仅使用一次。
1. 第1空需形容词作表语，结合语境“狼不会总杀其他动物，除非不________”，匹配形容词hungry；
2. 第2空需介词短语表“代替”，后接动名词killing，匹配instead of；
3. 第3空需连词引导时间状语从句，匹配When；
4. 第4空需动词原形构成不定式，匹配feed。
【解析】
1. 第1空：根据语境“狼不会总是杀死或吃其他动物，如果它们不________”，形容词hungry（饥饿的）符合语义，故选E；
2. 第2空：句子表达“狼照顾山羊而非杀死它”，instead of（代替，而不是）后接动名词killing，符合语法和语境，故选A；
3. 第3空：此处需引导时间状语从句的连词，When（当……时）符合“当它们捕猎时”的语境，故选B；
4. 第4空：不定式符号to后接动词原形，feed（喂养）babies符合“带回食物喂幼崽”的语义，故选C。
【答案】
1. E 2. A 3. B 4. C
【知识点】
选词填空，词汇运用，语境理解
【点评】
本题考查学生对词汇词义、词性及上下文语境的理解，是基础题型，需结合语法和逻辑选择合适单词，难度不大。
【难度系数】
0.7