Ⅲ. Read and complete the tasks.
A. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
be both improve make popular secret volunteer whatever
care about go by
I was born as the only child in my family, and my parents are 1. businessmen. They always feel guilty because they are too busy to spend time with me. They allow me to do 2. I like and buy me anything I want. They just hope I can focus on my schoolwork.
I took everything for granted. As time 3. , I realized that my classmates didn’t like me and my friends left me one after another. One day, Leo, my best friend, told me that I was mean and rude. “No one wants to make friends with a person who is always selfish and never 4. others!” he said.
I was shocked at his words and decided to change to get my friends back. Then I noticed that the 5. students in my class were always kind and friendly. They greeted others with smiles, remembered to say “thank you” and they 6. to help people in trouble. I began 7. myself. I tried to be as nice as I could. I learnt to express my gratitude by saying “thank you” and offered help to those in need. Gradually, other kids liked to talk with me. They asked me to play with them and even shared 8. with me. My friends came back to me again! Now, I 9. many more friends and we have built better relationships with each other. I am much happier than I 10. . My parents are really proud of me, of course.

1. both 2. whatever 3. went by 4. cares about 5. (most) popular
6. volunteered 7. to improve 8. secrets 9. have made
10. used to be / was

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章讲述作者从自私到改变、收获友谊的故事。接着逐个分析每个空格的语境、语法要求，结合方框内词汇选择合适的词并变形：1. 父母是两人，选both；2. 表“任何事”，选whatever；3. 固定搭配“随着时间流逝”，选go by的过去式；4. 表“关心”，主语为单数，选care about的第三人称单数；5. 表“最受欢迎的”，选popular的最高级；6. 表“志愿帮助”，选volunteer的过去式；7. 固定搭配begin to do，选improve；8. 表“分享秘密”，选secret的复数；9. 现在完成时，选make的现在完成式；10. 表“过去是”，选used to be/was。
【解析】1. 主语parents是两个人，both表“两者都”，符合语境，填both；2. whatever引导宾语从句，表“任何事物”，符合“父母允许我做任何喜欢的事”的语境，填whatever；3. as time went by是固定短语，表“随着时间流逝”，用一般过去时，填went by；4. 主语是a person，谓语用第三人称单数，care about表“关心”，填cares about；5. 范围是“in my class”，需用形容词最高级，popular的最高级为most popular，填most popular；6. volunteer to do sth表“志愿做某事”，用一般过去时，填volunteered；7. begin to do sth是固定搭配，表“开始做某事”，improve表“提升”，填to improve；8. share sth with sb表“和某人分享某物”，secret是可数名词，用复数secrets，填secrets；9. 表“已经交到更多朋友”，用现在完成时，make的过去分词是made，填have made；10. 是现在和过去的对比，used to be表“过去是”，也可填was，填used to be / was。
【答案】1. both 2. whatever 3. went by 4. cares about 5. most popular 6. volunteered 7. to improve 8. secrets 9. have made 10. used to be / was
【知识点】动词的正确形式运用、固定搭配、形容词最高级
【点评】本题为选词填空，结合语境与语法知识考察词汇变形运用，贴近学生生活，难度适中，需掌握词汇形式及固定搭配。
【难度系数】0.6

B. Think and answer.
1. How is the writer different? Please write at least two things with “He used to/ didn’t use to ..., but now ...”



2. What can you learn from the story?

1. One possible version: He used to be mean and rude, but now he is very nice. And he didn’t use to care about others, but now he offers help to those in need.
2. One possible version: Kindness and politeness are the key to making friends. / To be a nicer and better person, we need to make some changes.

【分析】
第1题需使用“He used to/didn’t use to...but now...”的句式，结合作者的变化，写出过去与现在的不同，要注意“used to”表过去的状态、现在发生改变，需至少写两点；第2题需结合作者的转变，提炼故事传达的积极道理，围绕个人成长、待人方式等角度作答。
【解析】
1. 运用“used to”（过去常常）和“didn’t use to”（过去不常）的结构，分别描述作者过去的状态，再对应写出现在的变化，确保句式正确且体现两点不同，如性格、行为的转变；
2. 从作者的转变中，总结出关于个人改变、友善待人、建立友谊等方面的启示，符合积极向上的价值观。
【答案】
1. He used to be mean and rude, but now he is very nice. And he didn’t use to care about others, but now he offers help to those in need.
2. Kindness and politeness are the key to making friends. / To be a nicer and better person, we need to make some changes.
【知识点】
used to的用法；英语阅读理解；英语写作
【点评】
本题考查学生对特定句式的运用能力及从文本中提炼主旨的能力，要求结合语境正确使用指定结构，同时理解故事传达的积极意义，贴合基础英语学习要求。
【难度系数】
0.5