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Shawn is a middle school student. These days, he has been feeling nervous. Why? Because Shawn was 1 to take part in the English writing competition. 2, he hasn't prepared for it yet. And he wasted much time 3 it. With the competition coming, he had to ask Mr Matthews for help.
Mr Matthews 4 Shawn to choose a topic at the beginning. And the topic should be important 5 him. Shawn wanted to be on the basketball team, so he 6 to write an article about it. Next, Mr Matthews asked Shawn to think about his own reasons. 7 Shawn listed the best reasons, he was ready to start writing.
Shawn began with his main opinion—he should be allowed to join the 8 team. Then, he showed the 9 and finished his article quickly. The basketball coach promised to let Shawn join the team 10 he could get a good grade in the competition. Shawn felt 11 about that. To make sure he
spelled everything 12, Shawn read his article many times. He also checked it for mistakes 13 grammar again and again.
His article was the best 14 he won the writing competition finally. 15 in his class was proud of him. The coach also agreed to let Shawn work with the team!
()1. A. chosen B. reminded C. allowed
()2. A. So B. However C. Unless
()3. A. worrying about B. caring for C. trying out
()4. A. noticed B. advised C. understood
()5. A. at B. of C. to
()6. A. agreed B. decided C. argued
()7. A. Whenever B. When C. While
()8. A. football B. tennis C. basketball
()9. A. reasons B. teams C. competitions
()10. A. if B. until C. whether
()11. A. curious B. nervous C. excited
()12. A. especially B. suddenly C. properly
()13. A. as B. in C. for
()14. A. so B. as soon as C. as for
()15. A. Nobody B. Everybody C. Somebody

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.A
11.C 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.B

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述中学生Shawn被选参加英语写作比赛，因未准备求助老师，最终成功的故事），再逐空结合上下文语境、逻辑关系、固定搭配及词汇辨析选择答案，每空需验证选项是否符合前后文线索，避免脱离语境选答案。
【解析】
1. 选A。be chosen to do sth表示“被选做某事”，符合“Shawn被选参加英语写作比赛”的语境；B（reminded提醒）、C（allowed允许）不符合。
2. 选B。前文说被选参赛，后文说没准备，是转折关系，however表转折；A（So表因果）、C（Unless除非）不符合逻辑。
3. 选A。worry about表示“担心”，符合“未准备比赛而浪费时间担心”的语境；B（caring for关心）、C（trying out试验）不符合。
4. 选B。advise sb to do sth表示“建议某人做某事”，老师给Shawn提建议选主题，符合；A（noticed注意）、C（understood理解）不符合。
5. 选C。be important to sb是固定搭配，意为“对某人重要”，此处指主题对他重要；A（at）、B（of）搭配不当。
6. 选B。decide to do sth表示“决定做某事”，Shawn想加入篮球队，所以决定写相关内容；A（agreed同意）、C（argued争论）不符合。
7. 选B。when引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时”，此处指当他列完最佳理由时，准备开始写作；A（Whenever无论何时）、C（While强调主句动作在从句动作进行时发生，此处不合适）。
8. 选C。前文提到Shawn想加入basketball team，所以写的是篮球相关内容；A（football）、B（tennis）不符合。
9. 选A。前文Mr Matthews让他思考自己的reasons，此处指他列出理由后完成文章；B（teams）、C（competitions）不符合。
10. 选A。if引导条件状语从句，意为“如果”，教练承诺如果他比赛得好就允许加入球队；B（until直到）、C（whether是否）不符合。
11. 选C。成功得到教练承诺，Shawn感到兴奋；A（curious好奇）、B（nervous紧张）不符合语境。
12. 选C。properly表示“正确地”，为确保拼写正确，他多次读文章；A（especially尤其）、B（suddenly突然）不符合。
13. 选B。mistakes in grammar是固定搭配，意为“语法错误”；A（as）、C（for）搭配不当。
14. 选A。so表结果，因为他的文章是最好的，所以最终赢了比赛；B（as soon as一……就）、C（as for至于）不符合逻辑。
15. 选B。everybody表示“每个人”，他赢了比赛，班里每个人都为他骄傲；A（Nobody没人）、C（Somebody某人）不符合。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.A 11.C 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.B
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、固定搭配
【点评】本文为叙事类完形填空，围绕学生参赛经历展开，考查学生对上下文语境的理解、常用词汇的辨析及固定搭配的运用，需结合前后文线索解题，难度适中，适合初中学生练习。
【难度系数】0.6