1. (2024·苏州吴中区、吴江区、相城区二模) The car is quite small, e________ if you have a large family.

especially

2. We have learnt some ________ (基本的) skills of reading and writing.

basic

3. Can you give us an introduction of your ________ (教育) background?

education

4. We are ________ (平等的) in every way.

equal

5. You must stand up for your ________ (权利).

rights

1. Jack dreams of becoming ________ UNICEF worker to help children all around the world.
A. a B. an C. the D. /

A [解析]考查冠词的用法。句意：杰克梦想成为联合国儿童基金会的一名工作人员，帮助世界各地的儿童。此处泛指“一名工作人员”，且 UNICEF 的发音以辅音音素开头，故用 a。故选 A。

2. UNICEF can help prevent the spread of some serious diseases, ________ AIDS, ________ young people.
A. like; between B. as; between
C. like; among D. as; among

C [解析]考查介词的用法。句意：联合国儿童基金会可以帮助预防一些严重的疾病，如在年轻人中传播的艾滋病。like 用作介词时，可用来举例，相当于 such as，表示“比如”；句中的“young people”指很多人，介词用 among。故选 C。

3. I still don’t understand it. Can you give me a ________ example?
A. further B. farther
C. far D. furthest

A [解析]考查形容词辨析。句意：我还是不明白，你能再给我举个例子吗？further 和 farther 都是 far 的比较级。further 表示“(程度上)进一步的”；farther 表示“(距离上)更远的”。这里指进一步举例说明。故选 A。

4. Come on, Eddie. There’s little time ________.
A. leave B. leaving C. left D. leaves

C [解析]考查非谓语动词的用法。句意：快点，埃迪。时间不多了。“there's... left”表示“有……剩下”。故选 C。

5. The boy’s parents try to prevent him ________ to net bars.
A. go B. not go
C. not to go D. going

D [解析]考查非谓语动词的用法。句意：男孩的父母尽力阻止他去网吧。prevent sb (from) doing sth 是固定结构，表示“防止某人做某事”。故选 D。

1. 培养学生基础的阅读、写作和交流技能很重要。
It’s important to develop students’ ________ of reading, writing and communicating.

basic skills

2. 每年政府都会花很多钱阻止这些疾病蔓延。
Every year, the government spends lots of money ________ ________ ________ ________.

preventing these diseases from spreading

3. (2024·无锡吴江区期末) 我太累了，不能再走了。让我们休息会儿吧。
I am ________ ________ ________ ________. Let’s have a rest.

too tired to walk any further

4. 中国西部的很多地方需要老师。
Teachers ________ ________ in many places in West China.

are needed

5. 春蕾计划致力于确保每个女孩都享有受教育的权利。
The Spring Bud Project works to make sure ________ ________ ________ ________ to receive education.

every girl has the right

Ⅳ. 阅读下面的对话，根据所给的首字母提示，用合适的单词填空
Andy：Have you ever heard of a project c 1 The Spring Bud Project?
Wendy：No, I know nothing about it. Is it an i 2 charity?
Andy：No, it is a Chinese charity. It is run by China Children and Teenagers’ Fund. It works to help poor girls and women in China.
Wendy：H 3 does it help them?
Andy：It p 4 poor girls with proper support. With its help, millions of poor girls around the country can have basic e 5. It also offers women in need proper job t 6. So they can take some jobs.
Wendy：Sounds great. What else does it do?
Andy：It also works for the equal r 7 of girls and women. It calls on people to take a 8 to help others.
Wendy：They’ve really done a great j 9. Can we do something to support them?
Andy：Of course. I donate some of my p 10 money to the Spring Bud Project every month.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________
4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________
7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________
10. ________

1. called 2. international 3. How 4. provides 5. education 6. training 7. rights 8. action 9. job 10. pocket