三、用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次
big come strong talk I
with care hour if have
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town. I volunteered about thirty to forty
1 a week during the summer. Most of the time I stayed there with Mr Gillespie. He never had any visitors, and nobody seemed
2 about his health. I spent many days there holding his hand and
3 to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. Gradually, he became a close friend of
4 . However, at that time, he was in a coma(昏迷).
I was away for a week to take a vacation. After I 5 back, I found Mr Gillespie was gone. I didn't dare(敢于) to ask any of the nurses where he was.
Several years later, I noticed a familiar face as soon as I got to a gas station. After I realized who it was, my eyes were filled 6 tears. I was so surprised that he was still alive. I offered to ask 7 his name was Mr Gillespie. He answered yes. Then I explained how I knew him. I could see the tears in his eyes and he gave me his 8 smile I had never seen. He began to tell me that he could hear me talking to him the whole time. He thought it was an angel(天使), not a person, who was there with him. Mr Gillespie 9 believed that it was my voice and touch that had made him alive till now.
I know that I have brought him back to life. More importantly, he 10 a great influence on my life since I met him. I will never forget him and what he has done for me: I am an angel in his eyes.

1. hours
2. to care
3. talking
4. mine
5. came
6. with
7. if
8. biggest
9. strongly
10. has had

【分析】本题为英语选词填空，需结合句子语境、语法规则（如固定搭配、时态、词性转换、名词性物主代词、形容词最高级等），将方框内词语变为适当形式填空。解题时先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空格的语法需求，匹配对应词汇变形。
【解析】1. 空格前为thirty to forty，后接可数名词复数，故将hour变为复数hours；2. 固定搭配seem to do sth，故填to care；3. 固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth，与holding并列，故将talk变为talking；4. 表示“我的（朋友）”，用名词性物主代词，故将I变为mine；5. 描述过去的动作，用一般过去时，come的过去式为came；6. 固定搭配be filled with，故填with；7. 引导宾语从句表示“是否”，故填if；8. 表示“最大的微笑”，用形容词最高级，故将big变为biggest；9. 副词修饰动词believed，故将strong变为副词strongly；10. since引导的时间状语，主句用现在完成时，主语为he，故将have变为has had。
【答案】1. hours 2. to care 3. talking 4. mine 5. came 6. with 7. if 8. biggest 9. strongly 10. has had
【知识点】词汇适当形式填空；固定搭配；时态运用
【点评】本题考查初中英语基础词汇的变形运用，需结合语境和语法规则解题，是常见的语言知识考查题型，能有效检验学生对英语基础知识的掌握情况。
【难度系数】0.6