Ⅰ.完形填空(15分)
My name is Betty. I am 14 years old. I have always lived in the countryside 1. At first, I loved country music but was too 2 to sing for others. Mr Chen, my kind music teacher, knew about my 3 well. He taught me to express my feelings 4 music. He asked me to practise singing. Later, he found I was good at the violin. He taught me to sing 5 play the violin. I became very interested in the violin and 6 to give it a go. I practised playing the 7 in my spare time. Now I'm used to playing the violin. When I have a bad day, I always play it to make 8 feel better.
My friends often ask me,"Do you really enjoy it that much?""Yes, I enjoy 9 the violin. It is my voice in the world of 10. I would love to become better, and I try to do it."
I love to play music on the violin 11 I can also make friends. In the music group, I make a lot of friends and they 12 know how I feel about music, which I thought impossible at first.
I have to practise many hours in order to fully 13 the music and develop its sound. I see it as a person, a friend. My violin has a rich sound. It 14 me to become better. I enjoy playing music on the violin for 15 people. Well, I must practise my violin now.
()1. A. so far B. long before C. before long
()2. A. happy B. scared C. strict
()3. A. deal B. fear C. failure
()4. A. for B. on C. through
()5. A. and B. but C. or
()6. A. decided B. pushed C. reduced
()7. A. piano B. violin C. guitar
()8. A. myself B. herself C. himself
()9. A. talking B. practising C. living
()10. A. culture B. music C. sport
()11. A. because B. so C. until
()12. A. importantly B. freely C. surprisingly
()13. A. feel B. see C. understand
()14. A. helps B. wants C. thinks
()15. A. others B. another C. other

Ⅰ.1.A 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.B
11.A 12.C 13.C 14.A 15.C

【分析】本题为记叙文完形填空，讲述了Betty在音乐老师的鼓励下，克服恐惧，爱上小提琴并收获友谊的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、时态、词汇搭配及逻辑关系逐一分析每个空：1. 由现在完成时lived确定需选匹配时态的短语；2. 结合“不敢唱给他人”的语境选对应形容词；3. 联系前文“不敢唱歌”的状态确定名词；4. 表达“通过音乐”选对应介词；5. 并列动作选合适连词；6. 结合语境选表“决定尝试”的动词；7. 呼应前文提及的小提琴选名词；8. 匹配主语I选反身代词；9. 对应练习小提琴的动作选动名词；10. 结合音乐主题选名词；11. 分析前后句逻辑关系选连词；12. 选修饰动词的副词；13. 结合音乐相关搭配选动词；14. 选符合语境的动词；15. 修饰复数名词people选形容词。
【解析】1. 考查短语辨析，so far（到目前为止）常与现在完成时连用，匹配句中lived的时态，故选A；2. 考查形容词，too...to表“太…而不能”，结合“不敢唱给别人”的语境，scared（害怕的）符合，故选B；3. 考查名词，前文提到Betty不敢唱歌，老师了解她的恐惧（fear），故选B；4. 考查介词，through表示“通过”，此处指通过音乐表达情感，故选C；5. 考查连词，sing和play the violin是并列动作，用and连接，故选A；6. 考查动词，decide to do sth.（决定做某事）符合语境，指Betty决定尝试小提琴，故选A；7. 考查名词，前文提到老师发现Betty擅长小提琴，故此处指练习小提琴，选B；8. 考查反身代词，主语是I，对应myself，make myself feel better意为“让我自己感觉更好”，故选A；9. 考查动名词，enjoy doing sth.（喜欢做某事），结合语境喜欢练习小提琴，选B；10. 考查名词，此处指“在音乐的世界里”，music符合，故选B；11. 考查连词，前后句为因果关系，用because，故选A；12. 考查副词，surprisingly（惊讶地）符合语境，指朋友惊讶于Betty对音乐的感受，选C；13. 考查动词，understand the music意为“理解音乐”，符合语境，选C；14. 考查动词，help sb. (to) do sth.（帮助某人做某事），此处指小提琴帮助Betty变得更好，选A；15. 考查形容词，other修饰复数名词people，意为“其他的人”，故选C。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.B 11.A 12.C 13.C 14.A 15.C
【知识点】完形填空词汇辨析、语境理解、语法运用
【点评】本题为初中英语完形填空，围绕个人音乐成长展开，注重考查语境分析能力和基础词汇、语法的运用，是常见的记叙文类完形题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅱ.读写题(15分)
第一节 阅读短文,根据语篇内容,在方框内的缩写文章中,填入与短文意思最符合的单词,每空一词。(6分)
Tom has three good friends. They are Jack, David and Mark. They have different hobbies.
Tom likes football. He often plays football at weekends. He thinks playing football can make him strong and healthy. He is in the school football team.
Jack doesn't like sport. He likes listening to music. Bob is his favourite singer.
He thinks there are deep feelings in Bob's songs. He has many of his CDs. He often listens to music on the way. He thinks music can let him feel happy.
David doesn't like sport or music. He likes stamps more than anything else. He has collected stamps for five years. The stamps are very beautiful. He thinks collecting stamps can help him know more about the world.
Mark likes taking pictures. He has three cameras. When he is free, he often takes out his camera and takes some pictures. Some of his pictures are in the newspapers. He thinks the world is beautiful. He wants to show the beauty of the world to others. He hopes his works can inspire people to love their life.

16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
第二节 阅读短文,根据语篇内容,回答3个问题。(9分)
22. Does Tom often play football on Mondays?

23. How many cameras does Mark have?

24. What can you learn from the text?

Ⅱ.16. member 17. express 18. stamps 19. ago
20. hobby 21. beautiful
22. No,he doesn't.
23. Three. /Three cameras. /He has three cameras.
24. I learn/realize/know/think/believe hobbies can make people happy and healthy.（开放性设题，答案合理即可）

【分析】
本题分为两部分，第一节是根据短文内容填单词，每空一词，需先定位每个空对应的原文内容，结合语境和词汇知识确定答案；第二节是根据短文回答问题，需找到问题对应的原文细节准确作答，开放性问题答案合理即可。
【解析】
第一节：
16. 原文提到Tom在学校足球队，“a member of...”表示“……的成员”，符合语境，故填member；
17. 原文说明Bob的歌曲里蕴含深层情感，动词express意为“表达”，契合语境，故填express；
18. 原文David部分明确提到他最喜欢邮票，故填stamps；
19. “五年前”的固定表达为five years ago，故填ago；
20. Mark的爱好是拍照，故填hobby；
21. 原文提到要展示世界的美丽，此处用形容词beautiful修饰world，故填beautiful；
第二节：
22. 原文指出Tom常在周末踢足球，并非周一，故作否定回答：No,he doesn't.；
23. 原文提到Mark有三个相机，故回答：Three. /Three cameras. /He has three cameras.；
24. 开放性问题，结合短文主旨合理表达即可，如：Hobbies can make people happy and healthy.
【答案】
16. member 17. express 18. stamps 19. ago 20. hobby 21. beautiful
22. No,he doesn't.
23. Three. /Three cameras. /He has three cameras.
24. Hobbies can make people happy and healthy.（答案合理即可）
【知识点】
词汇运用、阅读理解、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查学生对英语短文的细节理解和基础词汇的运用，难度适中，学生只要仔细阅读原文定位对应信息即可完成作答，开放性问题需结合短文主旨合理表达。
【难度系数】
0.6