Ⅰ.完形填空
阅读下面短文,从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One day an elephant walked into a forest to look for friends.
He saw a 1. "Will you be my friend?" asked the elephant. The monkey answered, "You are too big. You cannot swing(摇荡)from 2 like me." 3, the elephant met a frog. "Will you be my friend?" he asked. The frog said, "You are too big to jump like me." The elephant was very 4.
The next day, the elephant saw all the 5 in the forest running for their lives. The elephant asked, "What's the matter?" The monkey cried, "There is a tiger in the forest. He's trying to eat all up!"The animals all 6 to hide(躲藏).
The elephant decided to 7 everyone. He walked up to the tiger and said, "Please, Mr Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals." "Mind your business(事情)!"shouted the tiger. The elephant had no choice but to give the tiger a heavy kick(踢). The tiger ran for his life 8.
The elephant went back into the forest to tell the 9 news to everyone. All the animals 10 the elephant. They said, "You are just the right size to be our friend."
()1. A. forest B. man
C. tiger D. monkey
()2. A. rivers B. trees
C. buildings D. lakes
()3. A. Then B. However
C. Really D. Once
()4. A. happy B. sad
C. clever D. kind
()5. A. birds B. frogs
C. animals D. friends
()6. A. ran away B. looked up
C. took off D. got into
()7. A. see B. act
C. throw D. help
()8. A. easily B. gladly
C. slowly D. quickly
()9. A. bad B. good
C. lonely D. shy
()10. A. thanked B. smiled
C. passed D. missed

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握故事大意，再结合上下文语境、词汇含义及逻辑关系逐一分析选项：先确定每空前后的提示信息，如后文提到的动物种类、动作描述等，再匹配最符合语境的答案。
【解析】
1. 后文明确提到“The monkey answered”，说明大象遇到的是猴子，选D。
2. 猴子的典型动作是在树上摇荡，对应trees，选B。
3. 前文遇到猴子后，接下来遇到青蛙，表顺承用Then，选A。
4. 两次被拒绝后，大象的情绪是难过的，sad符合语境，选B。
5. 森林里的所有动物都逃命，animals符合，选C。
6. 动物们为了躲藏而逃跑，ran away意为逃跑，选A。
7. 大象决定帮助大家，help符合文意，选D。
8. 被大象踢后，老虎快速逃跑，quickly符合，选D。
9. 赶走老虎是好消息，good修饰news，选B。
10. 动物们感谢大象的帮助，thanked符合，选A。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.B 10.A
【知识点】
完形填空、语境理解、词汇运用
【点评】
本文是一篇关于大象找朋友的记叙文，通过故事考查学生对上下文逻辑、词汇搭配的理解，整体难度适中，需结合短文细节分析每个空的选项。
【难度系数】
0.5

Ⅱ.短文填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
A bird went to look for happiness. On the way, she saw 11. flower. The flower was short of water, but his face 12. (be) full of smiles. The bird asked the little flower, "You're going 13. (lose) your life. Why are you still so happy?"
"Because my dream 14. (come) true soon," said the little flower.
"What is it?" the bird asked.
"To get 15. (taste) fruit."
Then the bird got to know happiness is a hope in the heart.
The bird 16. (keep) flying, and then she saw a disabled duck. The duck was singing a song 17. (happy). She asked the duck, "Life is so 18. (fair) for you. Why don't you feel sad?"
"19. just now I saw a little duck fall down, and I helped him stand up again," said the duck.
Then the bird suddenly learned happiness is a love 20. the heart.
The bird went on flying. Next she saw a spider. He 21. (fall) off a wet wall, 22. he didn't give up. The bird asked, "You failed again and again. Why is joy still on your face?"
"As long as I keep on 23. (climb), I will climb over the wall one day," said the spider.
The bird 24. (understand) happiness is a faith in the heart.
The bird no longer looked for happiness, because she finally knew that the true happiness is in 25. (she) own heart.

11. a 12. was 13. to lose 14. will come 15. tasty
16. kept 17. happily 18. unfair 19. Because 20. in
21. fell 22. but 23. climbing 24. understood 25. her

【分析】
这是一篇关于寻找幸福的短文填空，需结合短文语境和基础语法知识完成填空。解题思路为：先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空的语法结构、词性要求及语境逻辑：11空后是首次提及的可数名词单数flower，需用不定冠词a；12空主语为单数，全文为过去时态，be动词用was；13空是be going to do的固定结构，填to lose；14空由soon可知用一般将来时；15空需用形容词修饰名词fruit；16空全文为过去时态，用keep的过去式；17空需用副词修饰动词singing；18空根据语境残疾鸭子认为生活不公平，填fair的反义词；19空回答why的提问用Because；20空表示“在心里”用介词in；21空描述过去动作用fall的过去式；22空前后转折用but；23空是keep on doing的固定搭配；24空用understand的过去式；25空需用形容词性物主代词修饰名词heart。
【解析】
11. 考查不定冠词，flower为可数名词单数，首次提及且以辅音音素开头，故填a；12. 考查一般过去时，主语his face为单数，全文时态为过去时，be动词用was；13. 考查固定结构be going to do，故填to lose；14. 考查一般将来时，由时间状语soon可知动作发生在将来，故填will come；15. 考查形容词修饰名词，taste的形容词形式为tasty，修饰名词fruit；16. 考查一般过去时，全文时态为过去时，keep的过去式为kept；17. 考查副词修饰动词，happy的副词形式为happily，修饰动词singing；18. 考查形容词，根据语境残疾鸭子认为生活不公平，fair的反义词为unfair；19. 考查连词，回答why引导的特殊疑问句用Because；20. 考查介词，“在心里”用介词in；21. 考查一般过去时，描述过去发生的动作用fall的过去式fell；22. 考查连词，前后句为转折关系，故填but；23. 考查固定搭配keep on doing sth.，故填climbing；24. 考查一般过去时，全文时态为过去时，understand的过去式为understood；25. 考查形容词性物主代词，修饰名词heart，she的形容词性物主代词为her。
【答案】
11. a 12. was 13. to lose 14. will come 15. tasty 16. kept 17. happily 18. unfair 19. Because 20. in 21. fell 22. but 23. climbing 24. understood 25. her
【知识点】
冠词、动词时态、形容词副词
【点评】
本题以小鸟寻找幸福的故事为载体，考查学生对语境的理解及基础语法知识的运用，注重语言的实际应用能力，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.6