六、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
Winston Churchill was born into a famous family. His father was a successful leader. However, as a schoolboy, Churchill was considered to be a slow 1. (learn).
Churchill was born with a stuttering problem. He even had difficulty 2. pronouncing “Dad” and “Mum” well. He didn’t like school life, because it was hard for him to pay attention to 3. the teacher said. Once one of his teachers said 4. (angry), “If you don’t study hard, you 5. (make) no achievement in the future.” But little Churchill said calmly, “No, I’m going to be a speech maker, and I...” Before half of this was said, his classmates burst into laughter. They thought that it was 6. (possible) for Churchill to make his dream come true.
Little Churchill didn’t lose heart. From that day on, he often looked at 7. (he) in the mirror and kept practising day after day. He wasn’t afraid of making mistakes at all. At school, he became active in class. He even volunteered to read the texts and often stood up 8. (express) his ideas. Some students still laughed at him, but he didn’t care.
Hard work finally paid off. Little Churchill made great progress in speaking. He even 9. (develop) an interest in speaking to the public. Several years later, the stuttering boy became 10. important person in the history of the UK. His speeches during World War Ⅱ encouraged thousands of people.

1. learner 2. in 3. what 4. angrily 5. will make 6. impossible 7. himself 8. to express 9. developed 10. an

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合词性、固定搭配、从句用法、时态、反身代词、不定式等语法知识逐空分析：1. 空前是形容词slow，需填名词；2. 考查固定搭配；3. 考查宾语从句引导词；4. 修饰动词需用副词；5. 考查条件状语从句时态规则；6. 结合语境判断词义；7. 考查反身代词用法；8. 不定式表目的；9. 全文为过去时态；10. 考查冠词用法。
【解析】
1. 空前有形容词slow，需填名词，learn的名词形式为learner，故填learner；
2. 固定搭配have difficulty in doing sth，故填in；
3. pay attention to后接宾语从句，从句中said缺宾语，用what引导，故填what；
4. 修饰动词said，需用angry的副词形式angrily，故填angrily；
5. if引导条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”，主句用一般将来时，故填will make；
6. 结合语境，同学认为他不可能实现梦想，possible的反义词为impossible，故填impossible；
7. 主语是he，look at后需用反身代词himself，故填himself；
8. 此处表“站起来”的目的，用不定式to express作目的状语，故填to express；
9. 全文叙述过去的事，develop的过去式为developed，故填developed；
10. important以元音音素开头，泛指“一个”，用不定冠词an，故填an。
【答案】
1. learner 2. in 3. what 4. angrily 5. will make 6. impossible 7. himself 8. to express 9. developed 10. an
【知识点】
词性转换、固定搭配、动词时态
【点评】
本题为基础英语语法填空题，考察初中核心语法知识，难度适中，适合巩固基础语法。
【难度系数】
0.7

读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
schedule

n. 计划表

【分析】本题考查基础英语词汇的词性与词义，需回忆单词schedule的常用用法，明确其最常见的词性及核心含义。
【解析】单词schedule最常用的词性为名词，核心含义是“计划表、日程安排”，是英语学习中需掌握的基础词汇，结合题目要求，得出对应结果。
【答案】n. 计划表
【知识点】英语词汇
【点评】本题属于基础词汇拓展题，考查常用单词的基础词性与含义，难度较低，是英语学习中需积累的基础内容。
【难度系数】0.9