Ⅳ. 词与短语填空。(有两个多余选项)
matter/close/journey/take part in/pulled/nodded/dead
John and Robert are brothers. They are always 1. to each other. But Robert has a serious disease(疾病) and had to stay at home, feeling lonely. He wanted to play outside like other kids. Seeing Robert's sadness, John came up with a plan—he put Robert in a trailer(拖车) and 2. it with his bike. For the first time, Robert felt happy and free. Now, they often 3. bike races together.
Pulling the trailer was hard, but John never raced without his brother. They shared laughter and joy on the 4. . "We are family and we should always give each other a hand," said John. For the brothers, winning doesn't 5. . The love between them powers their bike, and love always wins.

1. close 2. pulled 3. take part in 4. journey 5. matter

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章讲述兄弟John帮助患病的Robert，一起骑车的故事。然后逐个分析每个空格的语境、语法及固定搭配，结合给定词汇选择合适的词：1. 描述兄弟关系，需用表“亲近”的词；2. 并列动词需用过去式，表“拉”的动作；3. 需用表“参加比赛”的固定短语；4. 需用表“旅程”的词；5. 需用表“重要”的动词，符合语境。
【解析】1. 固定搭配be close to意为“亲近”，符合兄弟关系的语境，故填close；2. 由前文put（过去式）可知，此处需用动词过去式，pulled意为“拉”，符合用自行车拉拖车的语境，故填pulled；3. take part in是固定短语，意为“参加”，take part in races表示“参加比赛”，符合语境，故填take part in；4. journey意为“旅程”，on the journey表示“在旅程中”，符合一起骑车的语境，故填journey；5. matter意为“要紧，重要”，doesn't matter表示“不重要”，符合语境，故填matter。
【答案】1. close 2. pulled 3. take part in 4. journey 5. matter
【知识点】固定搭配、动词时态、语境填词
【点评】本题为语境选词填空题，主要考查学生对常用词汇、短语及固定搭配的掌握，需结合文章语境、语法规则进行选择，难度适中，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】0.5

Ⅴ.综合填空。
When I had something difficult to do,I asked my mother for help,but she always said,"I'm busy. Do it on your own,my dear." I was not happy at all. I thought she was the 1. (lazy) mother in the world!
For example,one day,I decided to invite some friends to my house 2. (have) a birthday party. But my room was 3. (tidy). Books,clothes and shoes were everywhere. And I didn't make the bed. I asked,"Could you please help me clean the room,Mum? My friends are 4. (arrive) soon." But she still said,"Sorry,my dear girl,I'm busy. You should do it 5. (you)."
Because of my "lazy" mother,I have to do some housework,such as doing the washing,doing the 6. (dish) and cleaning my room. I have to help my parents take care of my little sister. It is really difficult for me to do everything well. I often make mistakes 7. I learn a lot.
As time goes by,I understand my mother well. At first,I 8. (think) she was just lazy,but now I realize she was teaching me an important lesson. She wanted me to learn 9. to take care of myself. Over time,I get to know her "laziness" was her way 10. helping me grow. What a great mother she is!
A "lazy" mother is worth(值得) one thousand teachers! Do you think so?

1. laziest 2. to have 3. untidy 4. arriving 5. yourself 6. dishes 7. but 8. thought 9. how 10. of

【分析】
本题为记叙文类综合填空，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配解题：1. 根据范围“in the world”判断用形容词最高级；2. 表目的用不定式；3. 由后文“东西到处都是”推断房间状态；4. 用现在进行时表将来；5. 反身代词表“自己”；6. 固定搭配do the dishes；7. 转折关系用连词；8. 结合时间状语“at first”用一般过去时；9. 疑问词+不定式表方式；10. 固定搭配way of doing sth。
【解析】
1. 句中“in the world”是形容词最高级的标志，lazy的最高级为laziest，故填laziest；
2. 邀请朋友的目的是举办生日派对，用不定式to have作目的状语，故填to have；
3. 后文提到“Books, clothes and shoes were everywhere”，说明房间不整洁，tidy的反义词为untidy，故填untidy；
4. 由“soon”可知表将来，现在进行时可表将来，arrive的现在分词为arriving，故填arriving；
5. 妈妈让作者自己打扫，用反身代词yourself，故填yourself；
6. 固定搭配do the dishes意为“洗餐具”，故填dishes；
7. 前半句“做每件事很难”和后半句“学到很多”是转折关系，用but，故填but；
8. “at first”（起初）对应过去的想法，用think的过去式thought，故填thought；
9. 疑问词how+不定式作learn的宾语，表“如何照顾自己”，故填how；
10. 固定搭配way of doing sth意为“做某事的方式”，故填of；
【答案】
1. laziest 2. to have 3. untidy 4. arriving 5. yourself 6. dishes 7. but 8. thought 9. how 10. of
【知识点】
形容词最高级、非谓语动词、固定搭配
【点评】
本题以亲情为主题，结合语境考查基础语法与词汇运用，贴近学生生活，难度适中，能帮助学生理解独立的意义，掌握相关语法知识点。
【难度系数】
0.6