B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
After school, Bill was walking past a shoe shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the shoes in the shop window. He really wanted to have a new 1 of shoes as his birthday gift.
He thought about how to tell his mother about his wish. He was sure that she would give him anything if she could. 2, he also knew that she had little money. He looked sad and didn’t want to make his mother 3 it. So he went to the nearest park and sat on a bench. A few minutes later, he saw a girl in a wheelchair coming by. He found that the girl was moving the wheels round and round with her hands. Bill looked her up and down 4 and was surprised to see that she had no feet. He looked down at his own feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet,” he thought. “I shouldn’t feel unhappy for not buying new shoes!”
With that, he got up and went home 5 smiles. On the way home, he thought that he was lucky and life was still 6 for him.
()1. A. pair B. piece C. box D. slice
()2. A. Suddenly B. However C. Luckily D. Instead
()3. A. worry about B. care for C. talk about D. wait for
()4. A. carelessly B. quickly C. carefully D. angrily
()5. A. in B. with C. at D. from
()6. A. bad B. difficult C. sad D. beautiful

1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. D

【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Bill渴望新鞋作为生日礼物，却因家庭条件担心母亲，后看到残疾女孩后释然的故事。解题时需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合每个空的上下文语境、固定搭配、词义辨析逐一分析：第1空需选“一双鞋”的固定搭配；第2空需判断前后文的逻辑关系（转折）；第3空需辨析短语含义；第4空需选符合观察状态的副词；第5空需选表“带着”的介词；第6空需选符合Bill心态的形容词。
【解析】
1. 表示“一双鞋”的固定搭配为a pair of shoes，故选A。
2. 前文提到母亲会尽力满足Bill的愿望，后文转折说明母亲没钱，however表转折，符合逻辑，故选B。
3. worry about意为“担心”，符合Bill不想让母亲担忧的语境；care for意为“关心”，talk about意为“谈论”，wait for意为“等待”，均不符合，故选A。
4. carefully意为“仔细地”，体现Bill观察女孩时的认真状态；carelessly意为“粗心地”，quickly意为“快速地”，angrily意为“生气地”，均不符合，故选C。
5. with表“带有”，with smiles是固定搭配，意为“带着微笑”，故选B。
6. 结合前文Bill释然、觉得自己幸运，可知生活是美好的，beautiful符合语境；bad意为“坏的”，difficult意为“困难的”，sad意为“难过的”，均不符合，故选D。
【答案】
1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、介词固定搭配
【点评】
本文通过简单的故事传递积极的生活态度，考查学生对语境的理解及词汇、固定搭配的掌握，是适合初中阶段的典型完形填空练习题。
【难度系数】
0.6

C. Answer the questions.
The following is part of Kirsty’s diary. It tells us how they spent Thanksgiving.
At 8:30 My parents and I were taking a bus to my grandparents’ house in the countryside. We brought some home-made cakes as a present. Thanksgiving Day was a time for family members to stay together.
At 9:45 At my grandparents’ home, my grandmother was cooking turkey and pumpkin pie. My grandfather was preparing some fruit salad and ice-cream.
At 10:20 We were watching TV in the living room when the doorbell rang. My uncle, aunt and cousin were outside the door. My uncle took some apple pies while my aunt brought some fried potatoes. We’d enjoy so many nice foods and drinks.
At 12:00 We were all sitting at the table. Before the meal, we all spent about one minute praying to give our thanks to those people who had helped us.
At 13:30 My mother and my aunt were washing the dishes. My father and uncle were chatting about their work. My grandparents were playing a game with my cousin and me.

5.
1. How was Kirsty travelling to her grandparents’ house?

2. What were the two most traditional dishes for Thanksgiving?

3. Where was Kirsty watching TV?

4. How long did it take them to finish the Thanksgiving dinner?

5. What do you think Kirsty possibly write at the end?

1. By bus.
2. Turkey and pumpkin pie.
3. In the living room./She was watching TV in the living room.
4. About one and a half hours(an hour and a half)./About 1.5 hours.
5. We had a lot of fun./We had a great(nice/good/wonderful) time./We enjoyed ourselves./We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving with grandparents./I would remember the nice day we spent together./It was really a wonderful Thanksgiving./What an unforgettable day it was! etc.
( Any reasonable answer is acceptable. )

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文内容逐一解答：1. 定位原文关于去祖父母家的出行描述，提取交通方式；2. 定位原文提到的感恩节传统食物；3. 定位原文看电视的场所；4. 根据原文用餐时间推算时长；5. 结合全文感恩节团聚的氛围，写合理的感受即可。
【解析】
1. 根据原文At 8:30段第一句“My parents and I were taking a bus to my grandparents’ house”，可知Kirsty乘公交去祖父母家，故答案为By bus。
2. 根据原文At 9:45段“my grandmother was cooking turkey and pumpkin pie”，可知感恩节传统菜肴是火鸡和南瓜派，故答案为Turkey and pumpkin pie。
3. 根据原文At 10:20段“We were watching TV in the living room when the doorbell rang”，可知Kirsty在客厅看电视，故答案为In the living room./She was watching TV in the living room。
4. 原文12:00开始用餐，后续13:30左右为餐后活动，推算用餐时长约1.5小时，故答案为About one and a half hours(an hour and a half)./About 1.5 hours。
5. 结合全文感恩节与家人团聚的快乐场景，可写合理感受，如We had a lot of fun等，故答案为We had a lot of fun./We had a great(nice/good/wonderful) time./We enjoyed ourselves./We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving with grandparents./I would remember the nice day we spent together./It was really a wonderful Thanksgiving./What an unforgettable day it was! etc.
【答案】
1. By bus.
2. Turkey and pumpkin pie.
3. In the living room./She was watching TV in the living room.
4. About one and a half hours(an hour and a half)./About 1.5 hours.
5. We had a lot of fun./We had a great(nice/good/wonderful) time./We enjoyed ourselves./We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving with grandparents./I would remember the nice day we spent together./It was really a wonderful Thanksgiving./What an unforgettable day it was! etc.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、开放表达
【点评】
本题以感恩节为主题，考查学生从英语文本中提取细节信息的能力，最后一题是开放性题目，考查学生的语言运用能力，贴近生活实际，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8