(四)(2025·苏州市姑苏区期中)

One day, a baby snail found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He asked his mother, “Why was I born with a shell? It grows so hard and heavy.” His mother said, “Because we don't have bones to support us. We move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.”
The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones either, and she can't move quickly. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered 1. , “That's because she will become a butterfly. She can 2. the sky which can protect her.”
The baby snail then cried, “We are so poor! We have no 3. like that!” His mother smiled at him, “That's why we have a shell. My dear, imagine if we don't have the shell, what 4. to us? Our bodies will be dried out by the hot sun and we'll have nowhere to sleep. What's 5. , we'll die in the heavy rain. We don't depend on the sky. We should depend on ourselves.”

(四) 1. patiently 2. fly high into 3. protection 4. will happen 5. worse

【分析】
这是一篇短文选词变形填空题，解题思路如下：1. 首先通读整篇短文，理解蜗牛母子对话的核心含义，明确5个待填空的句子分别需要什么词性的成分；2. 对照给出的备选词patient、protect、bad、happen、fly high into，逐个匹配对应语境，再根据语法规则对单词/短语做正确的形式变换；3. 最后代入所有答案通读检查，确认语义通顺、语法逻辑完全正确。
【解析】
1. 第一空修饰动词answered（回答），需要使用副词形式，给出的名词patient对应的副词是patiently，意为“耐心地”，符合蜗牛妈妈耐心解答孩子疑问的语境。
2. 第二空前面有情态动词can，后面需要接动词原形，结合后文的the sky（天空），备选短语fly high into 意为“高高飞入”，完全符合毛毛虫变成蝴蝶飞入天空的语义。
3. 第三空前面有否定词no，后面需要接名词，给出的动词protect对应的名词形式是protection，意为“保护”，此处表达“我们没有像那样的保护”，符合上下文逻辑。
4. 本句是if引导的条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”的时态规则，从句用一般现在时，主句要使用一般将来时，因此happen要变形为will happen，意为“将会发生”，句意为“想象一下如果我们没有壳，我们身上会发生什么？”
5. 此处是固定常用短语what's worse，意为“更糟糕的是”，是形容词bad的比较级worse的固定搭配，符合语义递进的逻辑。
【答案】
1. patiently 2. fly high into 3. protection 4. will happen 5. worse
【知识点】
词形转换，固定搭配，条件状语从句时态
【点评】
本题是初中英语典型的选词变形类题型，既考察学生对句子成分、词性的判断能力，也考察固定短语的积累，同时要求学生结合上下文语境选择适配的表达，提醒学生遇到这类题型不要直接照搬备选词，要先分析句子所需的成分再做对应形式变换。
【难度系数】
0.6

(五)

Some Harry Potter fans were unhappy earlier this year when actress Miriam Margolyes said the books and films were for young people, not adults. She said, “Adults who enjoy Harry Potter should forget about it and go on to other things.”
1. new data(数据) from the UK, a lot of older people enjoy reading books that are classified(分类) as “young adult”, or “YA”. YA fiction is usually intended(为……所用) for people aged between 12 and 18. However, a new report has 2. that three quarters of YA readers in the UK are adults, and that almost one - third are aged over 28. So why do adults enjoy fiction that is 3. for teenagers?
The report said maybe adults are now “growing up more slowly”, so those aged over 18 feel that the themes of YA books still relate to their lives. YA fiction may give them comfort as they delay “adult life”.
However, some of those who enjoy YA books say there are 4. other reasons why they like them. Some think that YA books are just another genre(体裁) to enjoy—and there are examples of good YA fiction and bad YA fiction. Others say YA books can be 5. to read and enjoy if you're feeling tired or stressed, because they're for younger readers.

(五) 1. According to 2. found 3. written 4. a number of 5. easier

【分析】
首先通读全文把握短文大意：本文介绍了大量英国成年人也喜爱阅读面向青少年的YA类小说的现象，以及背后的各类原因。接着先梳理给出的备选词汇：a number of（许多）、easy（容易的）、according to（根据）、find（发现）、write（书写）。之后逐空结合语境、语法规则匹配词汇，同时根据时态、语态、比较级等要求调整单词的正确形式：
1. 第一空后接数据来源，需要表达“根据”含义的短语，直接匹配according to，句首首字母大写即可。
2. 第二空前有助动词has，属于现在完成时结构，需要填入动词过去分词，表达报告得出的结论，匹配find的过去分词found。
3. 第三空要表达“为青少年创作的小说”，是被动含义，空前有be动词is，需要填入write的过去分词written，构成被动结构。
4. 第四空后接可数名词复数other reasons，需要表达“许多”的含义修饰可数名词复数，直接匹配a number of。
5. 第五空语境说明人在疲惫、有压力时，YA读物读起来更轻松，暗含和普通成人读物的对比，把easy变为比较级easier就符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 空后引出数据的来源，表达“根据来自英国的新数据”，填入短语According to，句首首字母大写，完全契合语境。
2. 本句是现在完成时“has + 动词过去分词”的结构，用来表述报告得出的调研结果，find的过去分词为found，填入后语义通顺。
3. 此处构成被动语态“be + 过去分词”，表示“为青少年所写的小说”，write的过去分词为written，符合语法和语义要求。
4. 此处修饰可数名词复数reasons，要表达“大量其他原因”的含义，a number of意为“许多、大量”，可直接修饰可数名词复数，符合要求。
5. 此处暗含和普通读物的对比，说明人在疲惫、有压力的状态下，YA读物读起来会更轻松，easy的比较级easier完全符合语境逻辑。
【答案】
1. According to 2. found 3. written 4. a number of 5. easier
【知识点】
固定短语搭配
动词时态语态
形容词比较级
【点评】
本题属于短文选词填空题型，既考查基础词汇和短语的语义辨析，又结合现在完成时、被动语态、形容词比较级的核心语法点，要求学生结合上下文语境判断是否需要对备选词进行形式变换，整体行文逻辑清晰，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7