七、短文填空
阅读下面的短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确，形式正确，使短文意思完整，行文连贯。
Will you go to a place because of a legend（传奇）?
When I heard of the Legend of the White Snake, I was looking forward to 65. (visit) Leifeng Pagoda which stands on the bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
Once upon a time, there was a white snake. In order to thank the man who saved her in the past life, she changed 66. (she) into a woman named Bai Suzhen. She was beautiful, kind-hearted and so was her sister, the Green Snake. She found a man named Xu Xian and became his wife. They loved each other and helped people 67. need.
But the monk（和尚）, Fahai, knew Bai Suzhen was a snake and 68. (think) a human shouldn't be with a monster（妖怪）. He told Xu again and again about it. To find the truth, Xu made Bai Suzhen appear（显现）in
the shape of a big white snake according to Fahai's method. Xu Xian was scared（害怕）to death. Bai saved Xu with her 69. (sister) help. Soon, Xu was kept in Jinshan Temple by Fahai. Bai flooded（淹没）it by water to ask for Xu. Tens of 70. (thousand) of creatures died from the flood. So Bai was punished（惩罚）and trapped（被困）in Leifeng Pagoda 71. she gave birth to her son. Many years later, her son won 72. (one) place of the exam in the country and let Bai Suzhen free. The family got together and lived 73. (happy) from then on.
Isn't the Legend of the White Snake 74. (interest)? How do you like it?

65. visiting 66. herself 67. in
68. thought 69. sister's 70. thousands
71. after 72. first 73. happily
74. interesting

【分析】
本题是短文填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法知识（如非谓语动词、代词、时态、词性转换等）完成填空。解题时先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析空格的考点：65题考查look forward to后接动名词；66题考查反身代词用法；67题考查固定搭配in need；68题考查一般过去时的动词形式；69题考查名词所有格；70题考查固定搭配tens of thousands of；71题考查连词的语境用法；72题考查序数词；73题考查副词修饰动词；74题考查形容事物的形容词辨析。
【解析】
65. 固定搭配look forward to中to为介词，后接动词动名词形式，故填visiting。
66. 主语是she，此处表示“她自己”，应用反身代词，故填herself。
67. 固定搭配in need意为“需要帮助的”，符合语境，故填in。
68. 全文为一般过去时，此处与knew并列作谓语，用think的过去式，故填thought。
69. 此处表示“姐姐的帮助”，应用名词所有格，故填sister's。
70. 固定搭配tens of thousands of意为“成千上万的”，故填thousands。
71. 结合语境，白娘子在生下儿子后被困，用连词after，故填after。
72. 固定搭配first place意为“第一名”，用one的序数词，故填first。
73. 修饰动词lived，应用副词，happy的副词形式是happily，故填happily。
74. 形容故事有趣，修饰事物用interesting，故填interesting。
【答案】
65. visiting 66. herself 67. in 68. thought 69. sister's 70. thousands 71. after 72. first 73. happily 74. interesting
【知识点】
动名词用法、反身代词、固定搭配、一般过去时、名词所有格、序数词、副词用法、形容词辨析
【点评】
本题以《白蛇传》故事为背景，考查英语基础词汇、语法及固定搭配的运用，题型常规，难度适中，能检验学生的基础知识掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.6

八、书面表达
为开阔学生眼界，拓展课外知识，英语老师组织了世界著名地标介绍活动。请你根据下面表格中的提示信息，写一篇英语短文，向同学们介绍埃及胡夫金字塔。词数80个左右。

注意事项：
1. 必须包含表格中的所有提示信息，可适当发挥；
2. 意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Hello, everyone! I'd like to introduce the Great Pyramid of Khufu to you.


That's all. Thank you for listening!

The Great Pyramid of Khufu lies in Egypt. It was built by Khufu around 2,560 BC as his tomb. It is the largest pyramid and one of the seven wonders of the world. The pyramid has four sides and each side is about 230.4 meters long and the pyramid is about 146.5 meters high.
Now more and more tourists visit it. They feel amazed at it. And most of them have a question, how did people build it without modern tools or machines?
Are you interested in pyramids? You can find more information on the internet.

【分析】本题为英语书面表达题，要求根据给定表格信息介绍胡夫金字塔，需先梳理表格中所有关键信息（位置、建造背景、用途、地位、尺寸、谜团），再结合已给开头结尾，补充适当衔接内容，确保语句通顺、信息完整、词数符合要求。
【解析】1. 承接开头点明胡夫金字塔的位置：The Great Pyramid of Khufu lies in Egypt. 2. 说明建造相关信息：It was built by Khufu around 2,560 BC as his tomb. 3. 介绍其地位：It is the largest pyramid and one of the seven wonders of the world. 4. 补充尺寸信息：The pyramid has four sides and each side is about 230.4 meters long and the pyramid is about 146.5 meters high. 5. 提及建造谜团并补充游客相关内容让行文连贯：Now more and more tourists visit it. They feel amazed at it. And most of them have a question, how did people build it without modern tools or machines? 6. 衔接结尾完成短文。
【答案】The Great Pyramid of Khufu lies in Egypt. It was built by Khufu around 2,560 BC as his tomb. It is the largest pyramid and one of the seven wonders of the world. The pyramid has four sides and each side is about 230.4 meters long and the pyramid is about 146.5 meters high.
Now more and more tourists visit it. They feel amazed at it. And most of them have a question, how did people build it without modern tools or machines?
Are you interested in pyramids? You can find more information on the internet.
That's all. Thank you for listening!
【知识点】英语书面表达、信息整合、英语句式运用
【点评】本题是信息整合型英语书面表达题，既考查学生对给定信息的梳理整合能力，又考查英语写作的连贯性与规范性，为初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5