Passage G
语篇填空

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company n. 公司 coin n. 硬币
Mrs Brown and I lived on the same street. She was very rich and 1. (have) many companies. One afternoon, when I rode a bike to my home, I saw her trying her best 2. (pick) something up from the ground. She was having a hard time.
I stopped 3. walked over. “Is there anything I can do for you, Mrs Brown?” I asked. “Yes, Jack. Can you help me pick the cent up?” she said. I 4. (can’t) understand why a rich woman like
5. (she) wanted that cent so much. She looked at me and smiled, “Oh, I don’t need it. But it is good luck to find a cent, isn’t it?”
I picked the cent up and gave it 6. her. Just before I 7. (be) ready to leave, she put the coin in my schoolbag and said, “It 8. (bring) you good luck soon because you have helped me.”
When I got home and took out the coin, I was very 9. (surprise). Mrs Brown gave me 10. dollar coin! Helping others did bring me good luck!

1. had 2. to pick 3. and 4. couldn't 5. her 6. to 7. was
8. will bring 9. surprised 10. a

【分析】先通读全文，理解文章讲述作者帮助富有的Mrs Brown捡硬币，Mrs Brown赠予硬币并告知会带来好运的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境，分析每个空的语法结构、固定搭配、时态、词性等，逐一确定正确形式：1. 考查一般过去时；2. 考查固定搭配；3. 考查并列连词；4. 考查情态动词过去式否定；5. 考查代词宾格；6. 考查固定搭配；7. 考查一般过去时be动词；8. 考查一般将来时；9. 考查修饰人的形容词；10. 考查不定冠词。
【解析】1. 由前文was可知，时态为一般过去时，have的过去式是had，故填had。2. 固定搭配try one's best to do sth，意为“尽某人最大努力做某事”，故填to pick。3. 空格前后是并列动作，用并列连词and连接，故填and。4. 全文为一般过去时，can't的过去式否定是couldn't，故填couldn't。5. like是介词，后接代词宾格，she的宾格是her，故填her。6. 固定搭配give sth to sb，意为“把某物给某人”，故填to。7. 主语是I，时态为一般过去时，be动词用was，故填was。8. 由soon可知，时态为一般将来时，结构为will+动词原形，故填will bring。9. 主语是I，修饰人用形容词surprised，意为“惊讶的”，故填surprised。10. dollar是辅音音素开头的单数可数名词，表泛指用不定冠词a，故填a。
【答案】1. had 2. to pick 3. and 4. couldn't 5. her 6. to 7. was 8. will bring 9. surprised 10. a
【知识点】一般过去时、固定搭配、冠词用法
【点评】本题为语篇填空题，考查英语基础语法与固定搭配，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合巩固初中英语基础知识点。
【难度系数】0.7