【Language Focus】
A. 词汇与语法。
Life’s Beautiful Surprises
I used to think life was predictable(可预测的): wake up, go to school, finish homework, and repeat. But one rainy afternoon 1. (change) everything. By the time I walked out of the library, the sky 2. (turn) dark gray, and rain was pouring down. I had forgotten my umbrella and felt upset.
Just as I was about 3. (run) into the rain, a girl with a bright yellow umbrella approached(靠近) me. “Do you need a ride?”she asked. I recognized her, Lila, from my math class, but we had never spoken before. She told me her mom’s car 4. (park) nearby, and they could drop me home.
On the way, Lila mentioned she loved painting. I was shocked that she had posted her art online, and I 5. (admire) those works for months without knowing who the artist was! We laughed as we realized we 6. (share) the same favorite cafe too, but had never bumped into(遇到) each other there. She also said she had tried the cafe’s chocolate cake many times, which was exactly my favorite too. By the time we 7. (reach) my house, the rain had stopped. We exchanged phone numbers and promised to meet up soon. That day taught me something important — life is full of unknowns. I 8. (plan) my afternoon carefully, but I never expected to make a new friend. I had always wished for a friend who shared my hobbies, yet I had never thought the chance would come so unexpectedly.
Now, I have embraced(欣然接受) the unknown. You will never know what wonderful things may happen — even things you never imagined. Last week, Lila and I 9. (go) to the cafe together and painted by the window. It was the happiest afternoon I 10. (have) in months. Life’s surprises are what make it exciting and worth living.
任务一:根据短文内容,用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
任务二:请结合短文中过去完成时的用法对该时态进行归类,并总结其规则。

任务三:根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1. How did the writer get home on the rainy day?

2. What was Lila's favorite food in the cafe?

3. What had the writer always wished for before meeting Lila?

4. Why did the writer feel shocked when Lila talked about painting?

5. In your opinion, what makes life exciting and worth living?

任务一：
1. changed
2. had turned
3. to run
4. had been parked
5. had admired
6. had shared
7. reached
8. had planned
9. went
10. had had
任务二：
1. 表示在过去某一个时间点/动作之前，就已经发生或完成的动作，即动作的时间属性为“过去的过去”
2. 基本结构为had + 动词的过去分词，had可适配所有人称的单复数形式
3. 用于描述动作在过去某一时刻前已经完成，常搭配by、before引导的过去时间状语，也可用于宾语从句中体现动作的先后顺序
4. 可表示动作从过去某一时间开始，一直持续到过去的另一时间，常搭配for、since引导的时间段；也可用于"It was + 最高级/序数词 + 名词 + that从句"的固定句型中
任务三：
1. The writer got home in Lila's mom's car, Lila and her mom drove the writer home.
2. The chocolate cake from the cafe.
3. He/She had always wished for a friend who shared his/her hobbies.
4. Because the writer had admired Lila's painting works online for months, but he/she had no idea that the artist was Lila before.
5. The unexpected warm surprises, the fun experiences with people who share the same interests, and all the new things I haven't tried before make life exciting and worth living. (答案合理即可)

本题分为三个任务，对应考点解析如下：
任务一：考查动词的时态、固定搭配和被动语态：
1. 描述过去某个雨天下午发生的动作，使用一般过去时。
2. 固定结构by the time+一般过去时的时间状语从句，主句动作发生在从句动作之前，属于“过去的过去”，使用过去完成时。
3. 固定搭配be about to do sth. 意为“正要去做某事”，是固定用法。
4. 主语car和park是被动关系，且动作发生在主句谓语told之前，使用过去完成时的被动语态。
5. “欣赏作品”这个动作发生在过去动作was shocked之前，且持续了数月，使用过去完成时。
6. “两人都喜爱同一家咖啡馆”这个事实发生在动词realized之前，属于过去的过去，使用过去完成时。
7. by the time后接描述过去动作的一般过去时从句，表达“到达家”这个过去的瞬时动作。
8. “规划下午行程”这个动作发生在遇到意外事件之前，属于过去的过去，使用过去完成时。
9. 时间状语last week描述过去发生的动作，使用一般过去时。
10. 固定结构It was + 形容词最高级 + 名词 + 从句，从句需要使用过去完成时。
任务二：结合文本例句总结过去完成时的核心规则，对应九年级课标要求的概念、结构、用法进行梳理即可。
任务三：所有问题都可以从原文定位找到对应答案，第5题为开放性问题，给出符合文本主旨的合理表述即可。