Ⅰ. 根据句意从方框中选出正确的单词填空。(有两个多余选项)
jokes/airport/picnic/operas/missed/pardon/wallet/recalled/tickets
1. Watching and listening to the radio were the main free-time activities in the past.
2. Uncle Li would fly to the UK on business, so I went to the to see him off.
3. When I came across my old classmates, I the happy days in primary school.
4. It's quite surprising that the grown-up for the concert were sold out in just one hour yesterday.
5. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to Jiufeng Mountain National Forest Park for a(n) .
6. —What do you think of my new dress?
—I beg your . I'm sorry I didn't catch what you said.
7. —Would you mind showing me how to use this digital ?
—You want to buy something? Let me show you step by step.

1. operas 2. airport 3. recalled 4. tickets 5. picnic
6. pardon 7. wallet

【分析】
做选词填空题时，需先通读每个句子理解语境，明确每个空所需词汇的词性和含义，再从给定方框的单词中匹配合适选项，同时排除多余词汇，最后验证所选单词是否符合语法和句意。
【解析】
1. 句意：过去看歌剧和听收音机是主要的业余活动。方框中“operas”（歌剧）符合“watch”的搭配及语境，故填operas。
2. 句意：李叔叔要飞往英国出差，所以我去机场送他。“airport”（机场）是送别的地点，符合语境，故填airport。
3. 句意：遇到老同学时，我回忆起小学的快乐时光。“recalled”（回忆，过去式）符合过去的动作语境，故填recalled。
4. 句意：音乐会的成人票昨天仅一小时就售罄，令人惊讶。“tickets”（票）对应音乐会的票，符合语境，故填tickets。
5. 句意：如果明天不下雨，我们去九峰山国家森林公园野餐。“picnic”（野餐）是去公园的合理活动，故填picnic。
6. 句意：——你觉得我的新裙子怎么样？——请再说一遍，抱歉没听清。“pardon”用于请求重复，固定搭配“beg your pardon”，故填pardon。
7. 句意：——你介意展示怎么用这个数字钱包吗？——你想买东西？“wallet”（钱包）符合语境，故填wallet。
【答案】
1. operas 2. airport 3. recalled 4. tickets 5. picnic 6. pardon 7. wallet
【知识点】
词汇运用；选词填空
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础选词填空题，需结合句意匹配词汇，熟悉固定搭配，难度适中，能考查学生对常用词汇的掌握及语境运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅱ.综合填空。
Most adults find it hard to remember the things that happened while they were children. Now scientists have found exactly when these memories 1. (appear).
A new study has found that most three-year-old children can remember a lot of what happened to them a year 2. (early), and these memories are still clear while they are 5 and 6, but by the time they are 7, these memories become weak 3. (quick).
The scientists say this is 4. ______ at around this age the way we form memories begins to change. They say that before the age of 7, children do not have a sense of time and place in 5. ______ (they) memories. For older children, however, the early things they can remember become more adult-like in the way they are formed. Children also have a far faster speed of 6. ______ (forget) than adults. The discoveries also help to explain 7. ______ children can often have clear memories of what they have done, but then forget them just several years later.
The children were organized to the laboratory for the first time at the age of 3 and discussed impressive things from their past, such 8. the first relaxing trip with their family, and the first day of school. The children between the 9. (age) of 5 and 9 then were required to discuss the same things for the second time. The scientists found that between the ages of 5 and 7, the amount(量) of memories that the children could remember 10. (remain) between 63%－72%. However, between the ages of 8 and 9, the amount of memories that the children could remember fell to between 35%－36%.

1. disappeared 2. earlier 3. quickly 4. because 5. their
6. forgetting 7. why 8. as 9. ages 10. remained

【分析】
本题为科普类完形填空，需先通读全文把握主旨（儿童记忆的变化规律），再结合语境、语法规则（时态、词性转换、固定搭配、从句引导词等）逐个分析空格：1. 结合上下文逻辑确定动词时态；2. 依据固定搭配或词性要求填写；3. 分析句子间逻辑关系选择合适的连词；4. 注意名词的复数形式等细节。
【解析】
1. 由前文“成年人难记童年之事”可知，科学家研究的是这些记忆“消失”的时间，时态为一般过去时，故填disappeared；
2. “a year earlier”为固定表达，意为“一年前”，符合语境，故填earlier；
3. 此处修饰动词短语become weak，需用副词，故填quickly；
4. 前文提到记忆变弱快，后文解释原因，需用连词because引导原因状语从句，故填because；
5. 修饰名词memories，需用形容词性物主代词，故填their；
6. 介词of后接动名词作宾语，故填forgetting；
7. 此处为宾语从句，解释“忘记记忆”的原因，需用引导词why，故填why；
8. “such as”为固定搭配，意为“例如”，用于举例，故填as；
9. “between the ages of”为固定短语，意为“在……年龄之间”，故填ages；
10. 全文时态为一般过去时，此处谓语动词用过去式，故填remained。
【答案】
1. disappeared 2. earlier 3. quickly 4. because 5. their 6. forgetting 7. why 8. as 9. ages 10. remained
【知识点】
动词时态、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题围绕儿童记忆的科学研究展开，考查学生对语境的理解及基础语法知识的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5