七、选词填空
主题:人与社会——社会服务与人际沟通 学科素养:文化意识 词数:约200 建议用时:6分钟
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
only, hope, add, price, friendly, pay, polite, owner, he, get
Chai Stop is a coffee shop in Preston, the UK. It has introduced a new rule: people will pay different 34. for the same drink according to how polite they are at the time of placing their order.
If you say “Desi Chai”, it will cost you £5. 35. the word “please”, and the chai will come at a price of £3. At the same time, if you add a “Hello” to the order as well, you will 36. have to pay £1.90.
The coffee shop’s 37. is Usman Hussain. He 38. the rule will remind people not to forget their manners and reinforce (加强) his shop’s culture of “good vibes (气氛) only”. And the rule fits perfectly into 39. shop’s culture.
Usman 40. the idea years back from a post of an American café. It had introduced the same rule. Last year, as soon as the rule started to work, the workers at the shop found people being much 41. .
So, has anyone actually 42. £5 for their desi chai yet? “No,” Usman said. “If people don’t have good manners, I will point to the sign with the rule and they will ask again more 43. .”
What do you think of the shop’s new rule?

【主旨大意】本文主要介绍了一家咖啡店的新规定。
34. prices【点拨】根据下文“If you say ‘Desi Chai’, it will cost you £5...the word ‘please’, and the chai will come at a price of £3.”可知，此处表示价格不同，且表示泛指。故填 prices。
35. Add【点拨】根据前文“according to how polite they are at the time of placing their order”可知，此处表示添加礼貌用语会让价格降低，动词 add 符合语境，此处是祈使句，句首用动词原形，首字母大写。故填 Add。
36. only【点拨】此处强调只需要花费 1.9 英镑。only 符合语境。故填 only。
37. owner【点拨】根据后文“He...the rule...”可推知，Usman 是咖啡店的主人。名词 owner 符合语境。故填 owner。
38. hopes【点拨】结合所给单词和“He...the rule will remind people not to forget their manners”可知，此处表示他希望这条规则能提醒人们不要忘记自己的礼貌。动词 hope 符合语境，时态是一般现在时，主语是 He，所以 hope 要变成第三人称单数形式。故填 hopes。
39. his【点拨】结合所给单词和“shop’s culture”可知，空格处应填 he 的形容词性物主代词 his。故填 his。
40. got【点拨】此处指 Usman 多年前从一家美国咖啡馆的帖子中获得了这个想法，get 符合语境。此处应用一般过去时。故填 got。
41. friendlier【点拨】结合语境和所给单词可知，此处表示人们变得友好多了。形容词 friendly 符合语境，由 much 可知，应填 friendly 的比较级。故填 friendlier。
42. paid【点拨】此处应使用短语 pay...for sth“为某物支付……”，has 是现在完成时的助动词，其后用动词过去分词。故填 paid。
43. politely【点拨】空格处应填副词，用于修饰动词 ask，结合所给单词和语境可知，polite 的副词形式 politely 符合语境。故填 politely。

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章主旨是介绍英国一家咖啡店根据顾客点餐时的礼貌程度收取不同价格的新规则。接着逐个分析每个空格：先明确空格所需的词性，再结合上下文语境、固定搭配、时态等，从方框给出的词中选择合适的词，并根据语法规则调整其正确形式，确保填入后语句通顺、意思完整。
【解析】34. 空格前有形容词different，后需接可数名词复数，结合下文不同价格的例子，选price的复数形式prices；35. 此处为祈使句，需用动词原形，结合语境添加礼貌用语会降低价格，选add，句首大写为Add；36. 此处修饰动词短语have to，需用副词，强调仅需支付1.9英镑，选only；37. 结合后文He是咖啡店的所有者，选名词owner；38. 主语是第三人称单数He，时态为一般现在时，结合语境希望规则提醒人们注意礼貌，选hope的第三人称单数形式hopes；39. 修饰名词短语shop’s culture，需用形容词性物主代词，选his；40. 时间状语为years back，需用一般过去时，结合表示获得想法，选get的过去式got；41. much修饰形容词比较级，结合语境人们变得更友好，选friendly的比较级friendlier；42. 句子为现在完成时，has后需接动词过去分词，结合固定搭配pay for，选pay的过去分词paid；43. 修饰动词ask，需用副词，结合语境礼貌地询问，选polite的副词形式politely。
【答案】34. prices 35. Add 36. only 37. owner 38. hopes 39. his 40. got 41. friendlier 42. paid 43. politely
【知识点】英语词汇运用、词性转换、时态运用
【点评】本题以咖啡店的新规则为载体，结合人与社会的主题，考查学生在语境中运用词汇并调整其正确形式的能力，注重培养文化意识，贴近生活实际。
【难度系数】0.6