请从方框内选择适当的词,并根据需要用其正确形式填空,使文章语法正确、完整连贯。注意:每空一词,每词仅用一次,有两词为多余项。
at photo study share short but spare outgoing interest win young touch
My good friend Mary is my cousin. She is three years 1. than me. I am fourteen years old and she is eleven now. She is 2. than me. She is very friendly and 3. , so she has many friends. She is good 4. music and wants to be a singer when she grows up.
When she was six years old, she started to learn singing. She wants to be a great singer, 5. she says it’s difficult. She practises singing every day. She often sings in shows and I love listening to her singing. We talk about everything together and we always 6. something interesting with each other. My favourite saying is “A true friend reaches for your hand and 7. your heart.” Mary is a friend like this.
Mary is very busy because she also 8. photography(摄影) in her free time. She takes lots of 9. . They are all very wonderful. Last year, she 10. first prize in the photography competition.
I am lucky that I have such a good friend.

1. younger
2. shorter
3. outgoing
4. at
5. but
6. share
7. touches
8. studies
9. photos
10. won

【分析】
解题思路：先明确方框内单词的词义，通读全文把握语境，结合空格前后的语法特征（如比较级标志than、固定搭配、时态要求、主谓一致等），同时遵循“每词仅用一次”的规则，排除多余词汇。逐空分析：1. 由than确定用形容词比较级，结合年龄差选young的比较级；2. 同样用比较级，结合语境选short的比较级；3. 与friendly并列选形容词；4. 固定搭配be good at；5. 前后转折用连词；6. 固定搭配share sth with sb；7. 谚语中主谓一致；8. 一般现在时第三人称单数变化；9. 名词复数；10. 一般过去时动词变形。
【解析】
1. 空格后有than，需用形容词比较级，结合年龄对比（我14岁，她11岁），填younger；
2. 空格后有than，需用形容词比较级，结合语境描述外貌，填shorter；
3. 与friendly并列作表语，填outgoing；
4. 固定搭配be good at（擅长），填at；
5. 前句说想当歌手，后句说困难，是转折关系，填but；
6. 固定搭配share sth with sb（和某人分享某物），主语we用动词原形，填share；
7. 谚语中主语a true friend是单数第三人称，谓语动词用touches；
8. 表示“学习摄影”，主语she是第三人称单数，一般现在时，填studies；
9. 短语take photos（拍照）需用名词复数，填photos；
10. 由last year可知用一般过去时，win的过去式是won，填won。
【答案】
1. younger
2. shorter
3. outgoing
4. at
5. but
6. share
7. touches
8. studies
9. photos
10. won
【知识点】
形容词比较级、固定搭配、动词时态
【点评】
本题考查词汇在语境中的正确运用，涉及基础语法规则，需结合上下文逻辑和语法要求选词，是初中英语常见基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.6