Ⅴ.语法填空
阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Jiang Shumei,born in 1937,spent most of her time working in a factory. In 1997,she learned her first 1. (China) character. Sixteen years later,she wrote down some of her own 2. (story). It was not easy. Sometimes, completing a single sentence could take a day. She 3. (usual) started at 3 or 4 a.m., and revised(修改) the pieces several times 4. she was satisfied.
In 2013,her book,Time of Trouble,Time of Poverty,was published and proved(证明是) to be a success. 5. book earned Jiang a lot of fans and sympathy(同情). "Don't feel sorry for me," she says 6. her fans. "The hardships mentioned in the book are now in the past. Without them,I could never have 7. (finish) this book."
So far,the elderly woman has published six books. "It's never too late. I enjoy 8. (I) when writing," Jiang says. She lives a healthy life,exercising every day and eating a 9. (balance) diet. "If I could live as long as 130 years, would you still say that it is too late for me 10. (start) after 60?" she says jokingly.

1. Chinese 2. stories 3. usually 4. until 5. The 6. to 7. finished 8. myself 9. balanced 10. to start

【分析】
本题是一篇关于姜淑梅老人晚年写作出书的记叙文，语法填空需结合句子结构、词性要求、固定搭配、语境逻辑等知识点解题。需根据每个空前后的词性、语境，判断应填的词形或单词，比如修饰名词用形容词、修饰动词用副词、固定搭配需牢记、特指用定冠词等。
【解析】
1. 空后是名词character，需用China的形容词形式修饰，故填Chinese（汉字）。
2. some of后接可数名词复数，story的复数为stories，故填stories。
3. 空后是动词started，需用usual的副词形式修饰，故填usually（通常）。
4. 语境表“修改几次直到满意”，需用until引导时间状语从句，故填until。
5. 特指前文提到的姜淑梅的书，需用定冠词The，故填The。
6. 固定搭配say sth to sb（对某人说某事），故填to。
7. 现在完成时结构为have+过去分词，finish的过去分词是finished，故填finished。
8. 固定搭配enjoy oneself（玩得开心），I的反身代词是myself，故填myself。
9. 空后是名词diet，需用balance的形容词形式修饰，故填balanced（均衡的）。
10. 固定搭配it is too late for sb to do sth（对某人来说做某事太晚），故填to start。
【答案】
1. Chinese 2. stories 3. usually 4. until 5. The 6. to 7. finished 8. myself 9. balanced 10. to start
【知识点】
形容词用法、名词复数、固定搭配
【点评】
本题以真实人物故事为语境，考查初中核心语法基础，涵盖词性转换、冠词、介词、时态、固定搭配等考点，注重语法在语境中的实际运用，难度适中，适合巩固基础语法知识。
【难度系数】
0.6