二、语法填空。
My husband received a letter a month ago from a young woman who had been his student. She was writing 1. she wanted to thank him for having a great influence on 2. (she) life.
In the letter she wrote, "You were the teacher who helped me 3. (discover) my talent for maths. Before you came to teach us, I had been 4. (terrible) poor at maths, and had never 5. (think) that I would be interested 6. it. To my surprise, you magically showed me the 7. (beautiful) of maths. I guess that was the turning point of my attitude towards it. Thanks to your 8. (encourage), I made progress in maths, and finally made up 9. (I) mind to study it in the university ..."
This is the 10. (good) gift for a retired teacher!

1. because 2. her 3. discover 4. terribly 5. thought 6. in 7. beauty 8. encouragement 9. my 10. best

【分析】这是一道语法填空题，需结合句子逻辑、词性规则、固定搭配等知识逐一分析每个空：1. 分析前后句因果逻辑，写信的目的是感谢，故填原因连词；2. 修饰名词life需用形容词性物主代词；3. 考查help的固定搭配；4. 修饰形容词需用副词；5. 结合过去完成时结构确定动词形式；6. 考查固定介词搭配；7. 定冠词后需接名词；8. 形容词性物主代词后需接名词；9. 考查固定搭配中的物主代词；10. 结合语境和定冠词确定形容词最高级。
【解析】1. 前后句为因果关系，用because引导原因状语从句；2. 此处修饰名词life，用形容词性物主代词her；3. 固定搭配help sb (to) do sth，此处用动词原形discover；4. 修饰形容词poor，用副词terribly；5. 过去完成时结构为had+动词过去分词，think的过去分词是thought；6. 固定搭配be interested in，意为“对……感兴趣”；7. 定冠词the后接名词，beautiful的名词形式为beauty；8. your后接名词，encourage的名词是encouragement；9. 固定搭配make up one's mind，对应主语I用my；10. 由语境“最好的礼物”，定冠词the后用good的最高级best。
【答案】1. because 2. her 3. discover 4. terribly 5. thought 6. in 7. beauty 8. encouragement 9. my 10. best
【知识点】词性转换、固定搭配、形容词最高级
【点评】本题为基础语法填空题，全面考查词性变化、固定搭配、时态、形容词最高级等基础语法知识，考点常规，难度适中，适合巩固语法基础。
【难度系数】0.6