四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Online shopping has become something very common(普通的) for young people. 1 most of the old people have 2 (difficult) buying things online. Therefore, offline buy-for-you(线下代购) stores are becoming very popular 3 the old.
Li Hui, an 84-year-old man from Dalian，says，"I think it's convenient to buy things in large stores and I like shopping there. But I couldn't find my favourite CD in large 4 (store). It's very convenient to buy things online. However，I don't know how to use the computer. After I happened 5 (find) this offline buy-for-you store，I 6 (decide) to have a try. Finally I got the CD I'd dreamed of for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping."
The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the 7 (need) of people who want to buy things online but can't use the computer，she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In the past ten days，she 8 (receive) more than 20 orders(订单) from customers. Liu Min is not 9 only one who finds the great need of this kind of service. In Dalian，more than 300 such stores opened in March.
The offline buy-for-you stores make it much 10 (easy) for certain people，especially the old，to shop online than in the old way.
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1. But 2. difficulty 3. among 4. stores 5. to find 6. decided 7. needs 8. has received 9. the 10. easier

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确短文核心是介绍线下代购服务在老年群体中兴起的社会现象，解题时先梳理上下文逻辑，再结合提示词、固定搭配、语法规则逐一推导每个空：1. 先判断前后句逻辑，前句说网购对年轻人很常见，后句说多数老人网购有困难，属于转折关系，对应填转折连词；2. 看到提示词形容词difficult，后面接动名词buying，回忆固定搭配have difficulty doing sth，需要把形容词转换为名词；3. 后文the old指代老年人群体，要表达“在老年人当中流行”，选择对应介词；4. 句中泛指各类大型商店，可数名词要变为复数形式；5. 看到动词happen，回忆固定搭配happen to do sth，填入正确的非谓语形式；6. 描述过去发生的动作，动词要变为一般过去式；7. 固定搭配meet the needs of表示满足……的需求，用need的复数形式；8. 看到时间状语In the past ten days，对应现在完成时的规则变形；9. 固定用法the only one表示唯一一个，only前要加定冠词；10. 后文出现than表比较，还有much修饰比较级，把easy变为对应的比较级即可。
【解析】
1. 考查连词，前后句存在转折逻辑：网购对年轻人十分普遍，但是大部分老年人网购有困难，句首首字母大写，故填But。
2. 考查词形转换，固定搭配have difficulty (in) doing sth. 意为“做某事有困难”，需将形容词difficult变为名词difficulty。
3. 考查介词，表达“在老年人群体中流行”，among用于三者及以上的群体之间，故填among。
4. 考查名词复数，此处泛指各类大型商铺，可数名词store要用复数形式stores。
5. 考查非谓语动词，固定搭配happen to do sth. 意为“碰巧做某事”，故填不定式to find。
6. 考查动词时态，此处描述过去发生的动作，要用一般过去时，decide的过去式为decided。
7. 考查固定搭配，meet the needs of people 意为“满足人们的需求”，need此处用复数形式needs表泛指各类需求。
8. 考查动词时态，时间状语In the past ten days是现在完成时的标志，主语为第三人称单数she，故填has received。
9. 考查冠词，固定用法the only one表示“唯一一个”，only前要加定冠词the，故填the。
10. 考查形容词比较级，后文出现than表比较，much可修饰比较级，easy的比较级为easier。
【答案】
1. But 2. difficulty 3. among 4. stores 5. to find 6. decided 7. needs 8. has received 9. the 10. easier
【知识点】
固定搭配，词形转换，时态辨析
【点评】
本题结合当下生活热点话题设题，覆盖了初中英语核心的词法、句法考点，既需要学生准确掌握各类固定短语的用法，也要求学生能通过上下文逻辑关系、时间标志词、比较级提示词等推导正确形式，能有效检验学生的英语基础知识综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、完形填空。
In a town，there was a wise(睿智的) man. He usually listened to people's problems and tried to give them 1 . He didn't like it when people complained(抱怨) about the 2 things over and over again.
The wise man gave good advice to these people in order to 3 them to solve their problems. But they 4 really took his advice. 5 ，most people just enjoyed complaining. They didn't want to 6 the wise man.
The wise man thought of a good 7 . Every time someone came to him with their complaints，he would tell them a(n) 8 story. The first time they heard 9 ，they laughed. 10 they came back again with the old complaints，the wise man would tell them the same old story. It became less and less funny as time went by. 11 one man said，"Wise man，why do you always tell the same story over and over? It isn't funny at all."
The wise man 12 ，"If you can't laugh at the same story over and over，then 13 do you always complain about the same things over and over again?"
There is no point(意义) in worrying or complaining about something if you 14 or won't solve it. 15 that you are in charge of(负责) your life. The world is what you make it.
()1. A. advice
B. time
C. information
D. love
()2. A. dangerous
B. same
C. exciting
D. new
()3. A. follow
B. advise
C. need
D. help
()4. A. always
B. usually
C. sometimes
D. never
()5. A. First of all
B. In fact
C. From now on
D. In the future
()6. A. look after
B. point at
C. listen to
D. worry about
()7. A. fact
B. conversation
C. idea
D. act
()8. A. true
B. interesting
C. famous
D. relaxing
()9. A. it
B. him
C. her
D. them
()10. A. Till
B. Because
C. Before
D. When
()11. A. Finally
B. Luckily
C. Certainly
D. Sadly
()12. A. thought
B. suggested
C. answered
D. cried
()13. A. how
B. why
C. where
D. what
()14. A. can't
B. can
C. shouldn't
D. should
()15. A. Stand
B. Hope
C. Show
D. Remember

1. A 【点拨】advice 建议；time 时间；information 信息；love 爱。根据“He usually listened to people's problems”可知，是倾听别人的问题，给出建议。故选 A。
2. B 【点拨】dangerous 危险的；same 同样的；exciting 使人兴奋的；new 新的。根据“over and over again”可知，是抱怨同样的事情。故选 B。
3. D 【点拨】follow 跟随；advise 建议；need 需要；help 帮助。根据“The wise man gave good advice to these people”可知，给这些人建议是为了帮助他们解决问题。故选 D。
4. D 【点拨】always 总是；usually 通常；sometimes 有时；never 从不。根据“most people just enjoyed complaining”可知，人们从未真正采取他的建议。故选 D。
5. B 【点拨】first of all 首先；in fact 事实上；from now on 从现在起；in the future 在未来。根据“most people just enjoyed complaining”可知，实际上，人们只是喜欢抱怨。故选 B。
6. C 【点拨】look after 照顾；point at 指着；listen to 倾听；worry about 担忧。根据“They didn't want to”可知，是不想听智者的建议。故选 C。
7. C 【点拨】fact 事实；conversation 对话；idea 主意；act 行为。根据下文内容可知，智者想出了一个好主意。故选 C。
8. B 【点拨】true 真实的；interesting 有趣的；famous 著名的；relaxing 令人放松的。根据“they laughed”可知，是一个有趣的故事。故选 B。
9. A 【点拨】it 它；him 他；her 她；them 他们，它们。it 指代上文的 story。故选 A。
10. D 【点拨】till 直到……为止；because 因为；before 在……之前；when 当……时。根据“the wise man would tell them the same old story”可知，当人们再次抱怨同样的事的时候，智者就讲述同一个故事。故选 D。
11. A 【点拨】finally 最后；luckily 幸运地；certainly 当然；sadly 悲伤地。根据“one man said”可知，终于有个人提出了质疑。故选 A。
12. C 【点拨】think 思考；suggest 建议；answer 回答；cry 哭泣。根据“why do you always tell the same story over and over”可知，智者在回答问题。故选 C。
13. B 【点拨】how 如何；why 为什么；where 哪里；what 什么。根据“do you always complain about the same things over and over again”可知，是询问对方为什么。故选 B。
14. A 【点拨】can't 不能；can 可以；shouldn't 不应该；should 应该。根据“wouldn't solve it”可知，是不能解决问题。故选 A。
15. D 【点拨】stand 站立；hope 希望；show 展示；remember 记住。根据“that you are in charge of (负责) your life”可知，是让对方记住要对自己的人生负责。故选 D。

【分析】
做完形填空首先要通读全文理清故事主线：本文讲述一位智者面对反复抱怨却不肯采纳建议解决问题的人们，用反复讲同一个故事的巧妙方式点醒众人，告诉大家不要无意义抱怨，要主动对自己的人生负责。解题时每道题先辨析四个选项的词义，再结合上下文给出的线索匹配语境逻辑，比如后文反复出现的"over and over again"可以直接对应第2空的"same"，前后文的呼应关系能帮我们顺理成章选出所有正确答案。
【解析】
1. 前文提到智者常倾听人们的难题，后文也提到他给人们提好建议，可知此处是他给人们提供建议，选A。
2. 后文出现"over and over again"（一遍又一遍），说明人们反复抱怨的是相同的事情，选B。
3. 智者给出好建议的目的是帮助人们解决自身的问题，help sb. to do sth.符合语境逻辑，选D。
4. 后文提到大部分人只享受抱怨的过程，说明他们从来没有真正采纳智者的建议，选D。
5. 此处是对前文"人们从不采纳建议"的补充说明，事实上大部分人只是喜欢抱怨，In fact符合逻辑，选B。
6. 前文提到人们只爱抱怨不肯采纳建议，说明他们不愿意听从智者的话，listen to符合语境，选C。
7. 后文提到智者想到了用重复讲故事点醒众人的办法，说明他想出了一个好主意，idea符合，选C。
8. 后文提到人们第一次听到这个故事的时候笑了，说明这个故事很有趣，interesting符合，选B。
9. 此处指代上文提到的单数名词story，用代词it，选A。
10. 句意为：当人们再次带着旧的抱怨回来时，智者就给他们讲同一个老故事，when引导时间状语从句表示"当……的时候"，选D。
11. 随着时间推移故事越来越不好笑，最后终于有一个人忍不住提出了质疑，Finally符合语境，选A。
12. 前文男子提出了疑问，此处智者是在回答对方的问题，answered符合，选C。
13. 智者反问对方：如果你没法一遍又一遍为同一个故事发笑，那你为什么要一遍又一遍抱怨同一件事，询问原因用why，选B。
14. 句意为：如果你不能或者不愿意解决问题，为这件事担忧抱怨是毫无意义的，can't和后面的won't并列对应，选A。
15. 最后作者点明主旨：记住你要为自己的人生负责，世界是你自己创造出来的，Remember符合语境，选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.D
【知识点】
词义辨析，语境逻辑推理，记叙文完形理解
【点评】
本篇是充满生活哲理的记叙文类完形填空，整体故事脉络清晰，考点均为初中阶段核心词汇的词义辨析，绝大多数空都可以通过上下文的前后呼应找到明确线索，既考察学生的词汇基础，也能引导学生读懂故事背后"拒绝无意义抱怨、主动掌控人生"的道理，适合初中低年级学生作为基础完形训练。
【难度系数】
0.7