三、短文填空
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。
tradition possibility give relative successful receive
excite unforgettable hold mean
A graduation ceremony is a 1. which takes place when students graduate from a school. The ceremony is usually 2. in a big hall or in the open air.
During the ceremony, it is common for several students to 3. speeches, and so do the headmaster and some teachers. Then each graduate will 4. a diploma(文凭). It shows that the student has 5. completed all the courses or has passed the examinations. After the ceremony, students often talk with their teachers, friends and 6. who come to congratulate them. They also take photos with one another and talk about their future.
The graduation ceremony is 7. because it marks the end of a period in a student's school life. It is also sad because the time when they studied with friends has come to an end. Graduation 8. change, and leaving 9. faces and places behind. However, change always brings about new 10. .

1. tradition 2. held 3. give
4. receive 5. successfully 6. relatives
7. exciting 8. means 9. unforgettable
10. possibilities

【分析】
首先通读短文，明确主旨是介绍毕业典礼的相关内容。解题思路：1. 先梳理方框内单词的词义与词性；2. 分析每个空格的语法结构（如词性、时态、语态、固定搭配等）；3. 结合上下文语境，选择恰当单词并转换为正确形式，同时遵循每词仅用一次的要求。
【解析】
1. 空格前有不定冠词a，需填名词，结合语境“毕业典礼是一种传统”，选名词tradition。
2. 句子为被动语态（be+过去分词），表示“被举办”，hold的过去分词是held，故填held。
3. 固定搭配give speeches（做演讲），不定式符号to后用动词原形，故填give。
4. 语境为“毕业生收到文凭”，选动词receive，will后用原形，故填receive。
5. 修饰动词completed需用副词，successful的副词形式是successfully，故填successfully。
6. 与teachers、friends并列，指“亲戚”，relative的复数是relatives，故填relatives。
7. 形容事物（毕业典礼）的特征，用形容词exciting（令人兴奋的），故填exciting。
8. 主语graduation是第三人称单数，谓语动词用三单形式，mean的三单是means，故填means。
9. 修饰名词faces，用形容词unforgettable（难忘的），故填unforgettable。
10. 语境为“新的可能性”，possibility是可数名词，此处用复数possibilities，故填possibilities。
【答案】
1. tradition 2. held 3. give 4. receive 5. successfully 6. relatives 7. exciting 8. means 9. unforgettable 10. possibilities
【知识点】
短文填空、词汇运用、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查学生对词汇的词义、词性及语境运用的综合能力，需结合语法规则（如被动语态、主谓一致、词性转换）和上下文逻辑解题，难度适中，能有效检测学生的语言基础运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

一、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空
grateful encourage diligent equal cherish
1. I am truly for all the help you have given me.
2. A word of from her teacher gave her the confidence to try again.
3. Her success is the result of her and hard work.
4. It is important to study, but it is important to have a good rest.
5. We should the friendship we have built over the years.

1. grateful 2. encouragement
3. diligence 4. equally 5. cherish

【分析】
本题要求用方框内单词的适当形式填空，需结合句子结构判断所需词性，再对所给单词进行对应变形：1. 句中be动词后需形容词作表语；2. “a word of”后需接名词；3. 形容词性物主代词后需接名词；4. 修饰形容词需用副词；5. 情态动词后需接动词原形。据此逐一匹配单词变形。
【解析】
1. 空格处位于be动词am后，需形容词作表语，所给单词grateful为形容词，意为“感激的”，符合语境，故填grateful；
2. “a word of”结构后需接名词，encourage的名词形式为encouragement，意为“鼓励”，符合句意，故填encouragement；
3. 空格处位于形容词性物主代词her后，需接名词，diligent的名词形式为diligence，意为“勤奋”，符合语境，故填diligence；
4. 空格处修饰形容词important，需用副词，equal的副词形式为equally，意为“同样地”，符合句意，故填equally；
5. 空格前有情态动词should，后需接动词原形，cherish为动词原形，意为“珍惜”，符合语境，故填cherish。
【答案】
1. grateful 2. encouragement 3. diligence 4. equally 5. cherish
【知识点】
词汇适当形式填空；词性转换；形容词与副词用法
【点评】
本题考查基础词汇的词性转换及在句子中的正确运用，难度较低，侧重学生对基础词汇变形规则的掌握，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.3