五、语法填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
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主题: 名著节选
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There are three children in the family. Roberta—she is always called Bobbie and is the oldest. Next 1 (come) Peter, who wants to be an engineer when he grows up. And the youngest is Phyllis, who is always trying to be good.
Mother is almost always at home, ready to play with or read to the children. These three lucky children have everything that they need. They also have a 2 (wonder) father. They have a home with 3 (happy) and laughter.
Three days ago, it was Peter's birthday and he was ten years old. Among his 4 (gift) was a toy steam engine, and it quickly became Peter's favourite toy. But now 5 engine goes BANG! Peter is very unhappy about his broken toy. When Father comes home, Peter 6 (cry) sadly. He tells Father the sad story about his engine, and Father looks at it very 7 (careful).
“Is there no hope?” says Peter. “Of course there's hope! It's normal to have a bad toy. After all, you have played with it for three days,” says Father, smiling. “I will fix it on Saturday, and you can all help me.”
Just then, someone knocks at the front door. A few moments later, Ruth, the servant in their house, comes in. “There are two gentlemen 8 (see) you,” she says to Father.
“Now, who can they be?” says Father.
“Try to be quick, dear,” says his wife. “It's nearly time 9 the children to go to bed.”
10 the two men stay and stay. Father's voice gets louder and louder in the next room, but the children and Mother can't hear what they say ...
—Adapted from The Railway Children
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1. comes 【解析】句意：其次是彼得，他长大后想成为一名工程师。根据空后“wants”可知时态是一般现在时，此处为倒装句，主语Peter是第三人称，动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填comes。
2. wonderful 【解析】句意：他们也有一个很棒的父亲。修饰空后名词“father”，应用形容词。故填wonderful。
3. happiness 【解析】句意：他们有一个充满幸福和笑声的家。根据空后“and laughter”可知此处应填名词和laughter并列。故填happiness。
4. gifts 【解析】句意：他的礼物中有一个玩具蒸汽机，它很快成为彼得最喜欢的玩具。根据空前“Among his”可知此处应用名词的复数形式表示在多个礼物之中。故填gifts。
5. the 【解析】句意：但现在蒸汽机爆炸了！根据上文“Among his 4 (gift) was a toy steam engine”可知此处特指上文的玩具蒸汽机。故填the。
6. is crying 【解析】句意：当父亲回家时，彼得正哭得很伤心。此处是when引导的时间状语从句，主句是一般现在时，从句应用现在进行时，强调彼得当时正在哭。故填is crying。
7. carefully 【解析】句意：他告诉父亲关于他的蒸汽机的悲伤故事，父亲非常仔细地看了看它。修饰空前动词短语“looks at”，应用副词。故填carefully。
8. to see 【解析】句意：有两位先生要见你。分析句子结构可知，句中已有谓语动词are，此处应用动词不定式表目的。故填to see。
9. for 【解析】句意：快到孩子们睡觉的时间了。“It's time for sb to do sth”表示“是某人做某事的时候了”。故填for。
10. But 【解析】句意：但这两个人一直待着。上文“Try to be quick”和空后“the two men stay and stay”是转折关系；句首首字母需大写。故填But。

【分析】做语法填空时，需先通读短文把握整体语境，再结合每个空格的前后提示，从时态、词性、固定搭配、冠词、连词等角度分析判断。例如第1题是倒装句，根据时态和主语确定动词形式；第2题修饰名词需用形容词；第3题与laughter并列需用名词；第4题among后接复数名词；第5题特指上文事物用定冠词；第6题根据when引导的时间状语从句确定主句时态；第7题修饰动词需用副词；第8题用不定式表目的；第9题依据固定搭配判断；第10题根据上下文转折逻辑选连词。
【解析】1. 此处为倒装句，时态为一般现在时，主语Peter是第三人称单数，故动词用comes。2. 修饰名词father需用形容词，wonder的形容词形式为wonderful。3. 与laughter并列需用名词，happy的名词形式为happiness。4. among表示“在……之中”，后接名词复数，gift的复数为gifts。5. 特指上文提到的玩具蒸汽机，用定冠词the。6. when引导时间状语从句，强调动作正在进行，主句用现在进行时，结构为am/is/are+doing，主语Peter是第三人称单数，故用is crying。7. 修饰动词短语looks at需用副词，careful的副词形式为carefully。8. 句中已有谓语动词are，此处用不定式表目的，故填to see。9. 固定搭配It's time for sb to do sth表示“是某人做某事的时候了”，故填for。10. 上下文为转折关系，句首首字母大写，故填But。
【答案】comes, wonderful, happiness, gifts, the, is crying, carefully, to see, for, But
【知识点】一般现在时主谓一致；词性转换；固定搭配与冠词用法
【点评】本题为名著《The Railway Children》的节选语法填空，考查初中英语核心基础语法，涵盖时态、词性变形、冠词、固定搭配及逻辑连词，需学生结合语境运用语法规则，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】0.5