二、语法填空。
A person grows up with the education. School education is very important and 1. (use). But no one can learn everything at school and 2. teacher can't teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students 3. to learn. He teaches them to read and think alone. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students 4. (they). It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy 5. (learn) something, but it is difficult to use it to solve 6. (problem). Great inventors don't get everything at school, but they still can make many things and 7. (change) the world a lot. How can the inventors do all of this? One of the answers is: They know how to study. A lot of things are not 8. (teach) in the classroom. They get a lot of knowledge 9. reading outside school. They work hard 10. never give up all their lives.

1. useful 2. a 3. how 4. themselves 5. to learn 6. problems 7. change 8. taught 9. by 10. and

【分析】
本题为教育主题的语法填空题，需结合词性转换、冠词用法、非谓语动词、被动语态等语法知识及固定搭配解题。解题思路：先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空格的句子结构，判断所需词的形式（如词性、单复数、时态语态等），结合语法规则和固定搭配确定答案。
【解析】
1. 空格处与important并列作表语，需用形容词，故将名词use转换为形容词useful；
2. 此处泛指“一位老师”，teacher为可数名词单数，需用不定冠词a；
3. 固定搭配show sb how to do sth（教某人如何做某事），此处表学习的方式，故填how；
4. 主语为students，需用反身代词指代“学生自己”，故填themselves；
5. 固定句型It is + adj + to do sth（做某事是……的），it为形式主语，真正主语为不定式，故填to learn；
6. problem为可数名词，此处表泛指“问题”，需用复数形式problems；
7. 情态动词can后接动词原形，与make并列，故填change；
8. 此处为被动语态结构“are + 过去分词”，表示“被教”，故填taught；
9. 固定搭配by doing sth（通过做某事）表方式，此处指通过课外阅读获取知识，故填by；
10. 前后为并列的谓语动作“努力学习”和“永不放弃”，需用并列连词and连接。
【答案】
1. useful 2. a 3. how 4. themselves 5. to learn 6. problems 7. change 8. taught 9. by 10. and
【知识点】
词性转换、冠词用法、非谓语动词
【点评】
本题围绕教育主题，考查初中阶段核心语法知识点，涵盖词性转换、冠词、被动语态、固定搭配等，题型常规，注重基础语法的应用，适合巩固语法基础。
【难度系数】
0.6

三、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入恰当的内容。每空不多于3个单词。
Which university would you like to go to in the future? It's not too early to think about it right now.
Students at Hilltop School had a University Week at the end of last month. During this week, they took part in all kinds of activities. For instance, they designed a flag for a virtual(虚拟的) "University of Hilltop".
Mr Miller is the teacher who started the programme. He said he started the programme to help students form their aims. "University may not be for everyone, but we want the programmes to help students form their aims," he said.
According to the students, the programme worked well. Eric, a student in Grade 8, said, "University Week made me realise that university is only four years away. I should do research about where I want to go." Paul, another student in Grade 8 said that he realised there were so many universities for him to choose. After some research, he said he wanted to choose the university of California.
The school also invited people to give career talks. The first talk was given by Captain Brown, a policeman. He talked about how to choose a career way. He also talked about the importance of maths, reading and writing in his career as a policeman. "The programme opened up the students' eyes," said Mr Miller.

1. last month 2. Hilltop School 3. Mr Miller 4. form their aims 5. open up eyes

【分析】本题为短文信息匹配填空题，需根据短文内容，对应表格中各项目的要求，定位原文关键信息，提取不超过3个单词的答案。解题时，先明确每个空对应的提问维度（时间、地点、发起人、目的、评价），再在短文中找到对应内容，筛选符合字数要求的答案即可。
【解析】1. 对应When：根据短文第二段“Students at Hilltop School had a University Week at the end of last month.”，可知时间为last month；2. 对应Where：由短文第二段可知，活动在Hilltop School举办，故填Hilltop School；3. 对应Who：根据短文第三段“Mr Miller is the teacher who started the programme.”，可知发起人是Mr Miller；4. 对应Purpose：由短文第三段“He said he started the programme to help students form their aims.”，可知目的是form their aims；5. 对应Comment：根据短文最后“The programme opened up the students' eyes.”，对应表格评价部分，填open up eyes。
【答案】1. last month 2. Hilltop School 3. Mr Miller 4. form their aims 5. open up eyes
【知识点】短文填空；信息定位
【点评】本题考查学生快速查找并匹配原文信息的能力，属于基础题型，只要仔细阅读短文，找准对应关键词即可轻松作答，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.8