五、语法填空
Mr and Mrs White are from London. They work 1 Changsha now. They teach English in a middle school. They like 2 (they) work very much. They have a daughter—Mary. She is nine 3 (year) old. She studies in 4 middle school too. Mr White can't speak 5 (China), but Mrs White can speak it well and she often 6 (teach) Mary to speak Chinese. So Mary can also speak Chinese well. Mr White likes playing the violin, 7 Mrs White doesn't like it. She thinks it's boring. She likes playing sport.
Mary works hard at school. She has many 8 (subject) to learn. Mary's favourite subject 9 (be) music because it's relaxing. Mary also likes science and maths. And she wants to be 10 engineer(工程师).

1. in
2. their
3. years
4. the
5. Chinese
6. teaches
7. but
8. subjects
9. is
10. an

【分析】
做语法填空时，需结合语境、语法规则逐一分析每个空：1. 表示在某个城市用介词in，对应长沙的地点搭配；2. 修饰名词work需用形容词性物主代词；3. 数词nine后接可数名词复数；4. 特指前文提到的中学用定冠词；5. 表示“中文”用对应名词；6. 主语为第三人称单数时，一般现在时谓语动词用三单形式；7. 前后句为转折关系需用转折连词；8. many后接可数名词复数；9. 单数主语对应一般现在时be动词；10. 元音音素开头的可数名词泛指用不定冠词an。
【解析】
1. 考查介词：表示在城市内用介词in，故填in；
2. 考查物主代词：修饰名词work需用形容词性物主代词，they的形容词性物主代词为their，故填their；
3. 考查名词单复数：数词nine后接可数名词复数，year的复数是years，故填years；
4. 考查冠词：此处特指前文提及的中学，用定冠词the，故填the；
5. 考查名词：表示“中文”的名词为Chinese，故填Chinese；
6. 考查一般现在时：主语是第三人称单数she，谓语动词用三单形式，teach的三单是teaches，故填teaches；
7. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，用转折连词but，故填but；
8. 考查名词单复数：many后接可数名词复数，subject的复数是subjects，故填subjects；
9. 考查be动词：主语是单数名词subject，一般现在时be动词用is，故填is；
10. 考查冠词：engineer以元音音素开头，表泛指用不定冠词an，故填an。
【答案】
1. in
2. their
3. years
4. the
5. Chinese
6. teaches
7. but
8. subjects
9. is
10. an
【知识点】
介词用法、物主代词、一般现在时
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础语法填空题，涵盖介词、代词、时态等核心基础知识点，侧重语法规则的实际应用，难度适中，适合巩固初中英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.6