七、首字母填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
I'm 70 years old now and I still enjoy learning languages. I started to learn Chinese two years ago, because I was curious about Chinese history and culture.
There were no places to learn Chinese in my city, so I had to take a train to Paris every Saturday. The journey was long, 1. b I never missed a class. Every morning, I spent about one hour listening to recordings and 2. r them aloud. Slowly, my pronunciation improved. Later, I began to learn Chinese characters. They were too difficult for me, so I practiced writing them 3. a often as possible. I also took part in Chinese speaking and writing competitions. Slowly, my Chinese became better and better.
This February, I took a trip to Beijing with my friends. One day, one of them suddenly fell ill. We took him to the 4. h at once. I told the doctor what happened and then he checked my friend 5. c. He said my friend was in good condition and told me not to worry. I 6. t his words for my friends. They were 7. s that I could express myself so clearly in Chinese. This 8. e gave me more confidence(自信) to keep learning the language.
Through learning foreign languages, my life is more enjoyable, and I'm much more 9. a. Just as the saying goes, "Learning is a lifelong 10. j." I will go on studying Chinese, and I believe it will bring more possibilities to my life.

1. but 2. repeating 3. as 4. hospital
5. carefully 6. translated 7. surprised 8. experience
9. active 10. journey

【分析】
做这类首字母填空的题目，首先第一步要先通读完整的文章，理清全文的主旨：本文讲述了70岁老人坚持学习中文，最终在旅行中用中文帮生病的朋友和医生沟通，获得成就感的故事，传递终身学习的理念。接下来逐空结合上下文的逻辑关系、固定搭配、语法规则，对照给出的首字母推导合适的单词，最后还要把填好的词代入全文通读，检查语义和语法是否通顺。比如遇到转折关系就考虑转折连词，遇到动词要注意时态、非谓语变形，遇到修饰动词的成分要优先考虑副词，这样一步步就能推出所有正确答案。
【解析】
1. 前文描述“这段旅程很漫长”，后文描述“我从来没有缺过一节课”，前后是转折逻辑，首字母为b，因此填but。
2. 此处符合spend time doing sth的固定结构，和“听录音”的动作对应，指大声跟读重复内容，首字母为r，因此填repeating。
3. 此处是固定搭配as often as possible，含义为“尽可能经常地”，符合“尽可能多地练习写汉字”的语境，首字母为a，因此填as。
4. 前文提到朋友突然生病，对应的就医场所是医院，首字母为h，因此填hospital。
5. 此处需要用副词修饰动词check（检查），语境指医生仔细地给我的朋友做检查，首字母为c，因此填carefully。
6. 全文整体是过去时态，我懂中文，需要把医生说的话翻译给不会中文的朋友，首字母为t，因此填translated。
7. 此处是固定结构be surprised that…，含义为“对……感到惊讶”，朋友们没想到我能用中文表达得这么清晰，首字母为s，因此填surprised。
8. 此处指代前文在北京用中文帮朋友和医生沟通的整件事，属于一次特殊的经历，首字母为e，因此填experience。
9. 语境表示学习外语之后，我的生活不仅更愉快，也变得更加积极有活力，首字母为a，因此填active。
10. 对应谚语“学习是一场终身的旅程”，也呼应作者多年坚持学语言的漫长历程，首字母为j，因此填journey。
【答案】
1. but 2. repeating 3. as 4. hospital 5. carefully 6. translated 7. surprised 8. experience 9. active 10. journey
【知识点】
首字母填空，固定搭配，词性辨析
【点评】
这是一篇记叙文类的首字母填空题，故事脉络清晰易懂，大部分空格结合上下文逻辑和课内常见固定搭配就可以推导出来，少数空格需要注意动词时态、非谓语变形、副词修饰动词这类基础语法细节，既考查学生的篇章理解能力，也检验日常的短语积累，同时传递了终身学习的正向价值观。
【难度系数】
0.7

八、词形填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
Long long ago, when the birds flew in the sky, they saw that man had a beautiful thing. It was a bright, burning thing. Man cooked their food and kept 1. (they) warm with it. The birds thought life would get 2. (good) if they could have this thing. So they decided 3. ( send) a messenger(使者) to ask for a little piece of it. They thought Chicken was a good one to send because he was good at 4. (talk). So Chicken went to man.
He flew far over the forest. At last he came to the towns of man. He went into a town and saw the burning thing. He learned that it was 5. ( call) "fire". He did not ask for a piece of it to take to the birds because there was much food 6. (lie) around the houses. He started eating the food and 7. ( forget) his task.
Man like Chicken because he crowed(啼叫) very early in the morning and woke them up. They let him run in and out of their houses. They offered him some food 8. (kind). So Chicken stayed with man. He never went back to the birds. He couldn't even remember how 9. (fly). What an 10. ( interest) story!

1. themselves 2. better 3. to send 4. talking
5. called 6. lying 7. forgot 8. kindly 9. to fly
10. interesting

【分析】
做这类短文词形填空题，首先要通读全文，把握故事的整体叙事背景（本文是一则以一般过去时为主的寓言小故事），之后逐空结合句子结构、固定搭配、语法规则，对照括号内的提示词判断正确变形：先确定空格所需的词性，再结合时态、语态、固定搭配等规则对提示词做对应变形，最后代入全文通读，检查逻辑和语法是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 此处考查反身代词，固定搭配keep oneself warm表示“给自己取暖”，主语指代人类，提示词they的反身代词形式为themselves，故填themselves。
2. 此处考查形容词比较级，句意暗含“拥有这个东西之后的生活比之前更好”的对比逻辑，get后接形容词比较级，good的比较级是better，故填better。
3. 此处考查非谓语动词，固定搭配decide to do sth.表示“决定做某事”，因此send要变为不定式形式to send，故填to send。
4. 此处考查非谓语动词，固定搭配be good at doing sth.表示“擅长做某事”，介词at后接动名词，talk的动名词形式是talking，故填talking。
5. 此处考查被动语态，句意为“它得知这个燃烧的东西被叫做‘火’”，被动语态结构为be+过去分词，call的过去分词是called，故填called。
6. 此处考查非谓语动词，固定结构there be sth. doing sth.表示“有某物处于某种状态”，lie的现在分词形式是lying，故填lying。
7. 此处考查一般过去时，and并列两个谓语动词，前面的started是一般过去式，因此forget也要用一般过去式forgot，故填forgot。
8. 此处考查词性转换，空格修饰动词offered，需要用副词作状语，kind的副词形式是kindly，故填kindly。
9. 此处考查非谓语动词，固定结构“疑问词+不定式”作remember的宾语，how to fly表示“怎么飞”，故填to fly。
10. 此处考查词性转换，空格修饰事物类名词story，需要用-ing结尾的形容词表示“有趣的”，interest的对应形容词是interesting，故填interesting。
【答案】
1. themselves 2. better 3. to send 4. talking 5. called 6. lying 7. forgot 8. kindly 9. to fly 10. interesting
【知识点】
反身代词，非谓语动词，词性转换
【点评】
本题是寓言主题的短文词形填空题，覆盖了初中阶段核心的词法、句法考点，既要求学生熟练掌握各类固定搭配规则，也需要结合上下文的叙事时态判断动词的正确形式，其中lie的现在分词拼写、-ing/-ed形容词的区分是高频易错点，整体难度适中，适合巩固基础词法知识点。
【难度系数】
0.7

九、阅读理解。(第1~5小题每小题2分,第6小题5分,共15分)
Li Haoqin is an 8th grader. She studies hard in her English class. Every day, she listens carefully in class and does many exercises after class. However, she can't get good grades, so she is very sad. "Why doesn't my hard work pay off?" Li asks.
Lots of middle school students have this problem: they try their best at something but can't make it. "They don't have effective learning ways," says Bi Qin. She teaches English in a school.
Bi Qin thinks hard work is not enough for middle school students. She says, "Students have more subjects now. They should learn in different ways. But it's important to remember words by using them."
Chen Xiping has his own way of learning English. "I study hard in school, and I also like watching CCTV-9. On it, I always see the English words from my textbook," says Chen. "It's really helpful."
Lin Pingyi has a habit of reading. "I like reading English books. And I take notes in my notebook," says Lin. "In this way, I can remember more words and make my reading and writing better."
()1. Why can't lots of students get good grades although they try their best according to Bi Qin?
A. They don't listen carefully in class.
B. They don't take notes.
C. They don't do many exercises.
D. They don't have effective learning ways.
()2. How should students remember words according to Bi Qin?
A. By using them.
B. By listening to them.C. By reading them.
D. By writing them.
()3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in Paragraph 4?
A. The way.
B. The school.
C. CCTV-9.
D. The textbook.
()4. How does Lin Pingyi learn English?
A. By singing English songs.
B. By reading English books.
C. By watching English movies.
D. By speaking English with friends.
()5. What's the best title for the passage?
A. How to speak English well
B. How to read English books
C. Effective ways of learning English
D. The experience of reading English
6. Do you have any other effective ways of learning English? Please give one.

1~5. DACBC 6. Join an English club and find a partner to practice English with.(言之有理即可)

【分析】
这是一篇贴合中学生学习实际的英语阅读理解题，解题时可以按照先划题干关键词、再回原文定位匹配的思路完成：1-4题均为细节类题型，只需要找到题干对应的原文段落，比对内容就能直接选出正确选项；第5题是主旨大意题，需要梳理全文的核心论述方向，排除只覆盖局部内容的片面选项；第6题为开放表达题，结合日常英语学习经验给出合理可行的有效学习方法即可，不需要拘泥于固定答案。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第二段Bi Qin的表述"They don't have effective learning ways"，可知很多学生尽全力却拿不到好成绩的原因是没有有效的学习方法，对应选项D。
2. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段Bi Qin的观点"But it's important to remember words by using them"，可知她认为学生应该通过使用单词来记忆单词，对应选项A。
3. 指代判断题：第四段前句提到陈熙平的学习习惯是观看CCTV-9，后句"On it, I always see the English words from my textbook"中的it指代前文出现的CCTV-9，对应选项C。
4. 细节理解题：根据原文最后一段Lin Pingyi的表述"I like reading English books. And I take notes in my notebook"，可知她学习英语的方式是阅读英语书籍，对应选项B。
5. 主旨大意题：全文先抛出"努力却得不到回报"的普遍问题，引出核心观点：仅靠努力不够，需要有效的学习方法，同时列举了多名学生的实用英语学习方法，核心主题是介绍英语的有效学习方法，其余选项都只覆盖了文章局部内容，因此最佳标题选C。
6. 开放作答题：给出符合逻辑、切实可行的英语学习方法即可，例如加入英语俱乐部找搭档练习、听英文歌记歌词、用英语写日常日记等都符合要求。
【答案】
1~5. DACBC 6. Join an English club and find a partner to practice English with.(答案不唯一，言之有理即可)
【知识点】
细节信息定位，代词指代判断，主旨归纳
【点评】
本篇阅读选材贴近中学生英语学习的真实场景，难度较低，既考察学生快速从原文抓取关键信息的阅读能力，也通过开放题引导学生反思自己的学习模式，主动探索适合自己的高效英语学习方法，有很强的实用指导意义。
【难度系数】
0.8