Passage 13
Oliver Twist is one of the most famous stories by Charles Dickens. Set in the 1 (nineteen) century, it is about a boy called Oliver who finds 2 (he) alone in the world. He lives in a special house for poor people and always has an empty stomach. One day, he asks 3 more food and gets into a lot of trouble!
Later, Oliver runs away to London. There, he meets some boys who steal money 4 other things. They teach Oliver to steal 5 (value) things too, though Oliver doesn't want to. After many 6 (difficult), Oliver is taken home by a kind old man. Later, he discovers that kind old man is 7 (actual) a relative of his, and he goes to live 8 him in the city.
There are many reasons why Oliver Twist is such a popular story. There is a lot of 9 (act) in the book and it is very humorous. The writer was also very good at 10 (write) about the everyday lives of poor children in London in that century. His book 11 (make) people care more about the problems of poor children.
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1. nineteenth
2. himself
3. for
4. and
5. valuable
6. difficulties
7. actually
8. with
9. action
10. writing
11. has made

【分析】本题是基于《雾都孤儿》的语法填空题，需结合语境、词性变化、固定搭配、时态规则等知识解题。解题思路：1. 第1题考查世纪的表达，需用序数词；2. 第2题主语是Oliver，宾语需用反身代词；3. 第3题考查固定搭配ask for；4. 第4题连接并列成分用连词and；5. 第5题修饰名词用形容词；6. 第6题many后接可数名词复数；7. 第7题修饰be动词用副词；8. 第8题考查固定搭配live with；9. 第9题a lot of后接名词；10. 第10题be good at后接动名词；11. 第11题结合语境用现在完成时。
【解析】1. 表示“19世纪”，需用序数词，故填nineteenth；2. 主语为Oliver，find后宾语指代主语自身，用反身代词himself；3. 固定搭配ask for表示“请求”，故填for；4. 连接并列的名词money和other things，用并列连词and；5. 修饰名词things，用value的形容词形式valuable；6. many后接可数名词复数，difficult的名词复数为difficulties；7. 修饰be动词is，用actual的副词形式actually；8. 固定搭配live with sb.表示“和某人同住”，故填with；9. a lot of后接名词，act的名词形式为action；10. be good at后接动名词，write的动名词为writing；11. 结合语境，此处表示过去动作对现在的影响，用现在完成时，主语为单数，故填has made。
【答案】1. nineteenth 2. himself 3. for 4. and 5. valuable 6. difficulties 7. actually 8. with 9. action 10. writing 11. has made
【知识点】词性转换、固定搭配、时态运用
【点评】本题结合经典文学作品考查英语基础语法与词汇，涵盖词性变形、固定搭配、时态等核心知识点，题型常规，能有效检验学生的英语基础掌握程度。
【难度系数】0.5

Passage 14
The students in our class have different ideas about whether parents should be our friends or not. Some think it is 1 (possible) to make friends with parents because they are so busy that they don't have enough time 2 (stay) with their kids. And some parents care more 3 their kids' schoolwork. That's why those students don't like to make friends with 4 (they) parents. But 5 (other) don't think so. For example, Lucy thinks parents can be our friends. At home, her parents often talk with her like 6 (friend). Lucy isn't good at science. They often encourage her to do better. Last month, Lucy 7 (break) her right leg. They took good care of her and often made her 8 (laugh) and feel better. My idea is the same 9 hers. Sometimes our parents may have different ideas from us. 10, they have more experience than us. They know what we need 11 (clearly) than us. Wherever we are, our parents are always there to help us. They are sure to be our friends as long as we understand them and talk with them.
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1. impossible
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【分析】
本题是一篇关于学生对父母是否能成为朋友的议论文填空，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配逐一分析：1. 根据后文父母太忙没时间陪孩子，判断此处需填possible的否定形式；2. 考查“有时间做某事”的固定搭配；3. 考查“关心”的固定短语；4. 修饰名词parents需用形容词性物主代词；5. 指代其他学生需用代词others；6. 父母像多位朋友一样，需用名词复数；7. last month提示用一般过去时；8. 考查“让某人做某事”的固定搭配；9. 考查“和...一样”的固定短语；10. 前后句为转折关系，需用转折副词；11. than提示用副词比较级。
【解析】
1. 考查形容词否定形式：根据语境“父母太忙没时间陪孩子”，可知和父母交朋友是不可能的，故填impossible；
2. 考查固定搭配：have enough time to do sth（有足够时间做某事），故填to stay；
3. 考查固定搭配：care about（关心），故填about；
4. 考查形容词性物主代词：修饰名词parents，用they的形容词性物主代词their，故填their；
5. 考查代词：指代“其他学生”，用others（相当于other students），故填others；
6. 考查名词复数：friend是可数名词，此处指父母像朋友们一样，用复数friends，故填friends；
7. 考查一般过去时：last month是过去时间状语，break的过去式为broke，故填broke；
8. 考查固定搭配：make sb do sth（让某人做某事），故填laugh；
9. 考查固定搭配：the same as（和...一样），故填as；
10. 考查副词：前后句为转折关系，且位于句首，故填However；
11. 考查副词比较级：后面有than，clearly的比较级为more clearly，故填more clearly。
【答案】
1. impossible
2. to stay
3. about
4. their
5. others
6. friends
7. broke
8. laugh
9. as
10. However
11. more clearly
【知识点】
形容词否定、固定搭配、代词用法、时态、副词比较级
【点评】
本题围绕亲子关系展开，考查初中英语核心语法点，涵盖词性转换、固定搭配、时态、代词等，需结合语境与语法知识作答，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6