四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Lu Xun is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. Besides his famous stories, he also wrote many influential(有很大影响的) articles about the life of Chinese people.
Born into a 1(wealth) family in 1881, Lu Xun had a happy childhood. 2(unlucky), his father became seriously ill and died in 1896. From then on, his family were no longer accepted by their relatives and friends. These early 3(experience) deeply influenced his writing.
In 1899, he already believed that Chinese society had to change and become modern. In 1902, he went to study in Japan. There, he began writing articles 4 several magazines which were set up by Chinese students to make a living. He showed a gift for writing and translating and he even wrote several books, though none was popular. He returned to China in 1909 because 5(he) family was in need of money.
After working for several years as 6 teacher, Lu Xun again returned to writing. In 1918, he created his famous short story Diary of a Mad Man which was the first Chinese novel to use the everyday language. It came out to be a great success. 7 his other novels such as The True Story of Ah Q and Kong Yiji 8(read) by Chinese young people in that period.
Although successful, Lu Xun still worried greatly about China's future. In 1927, he moved to Shanghai and gave up 9(write) stories in order to focus on articles which could call on people to fight for a better country.
Since his death in 1936, Lu Xun's influence 10(grow) with time. Today, many of his writings are included in school textbooks and his works are valued by millions around the world.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. wealthy 2. Unluckily 3. experiences 4. for 5. his 6. a 7. And 8. were read 9. writing 10. has grown

【分析】
本题为英语语篇填空题，围绕鲁迅的生平与文学贡献展开，需结合语境、词性变化、固定搭配及语法规则完成空格。解题时先通读全文把握大意，再针对每个空格，分析其在句中的成分、所需词性或语法结构，结合括号内提示词或上下文逻辑确定答案。
【解析】
1. 空格修饰名词family，需用wealth的形容词形式wealthy；
2. 空格位于句首，修饰整个句子，需用unlucky的副词形式Unluckily；
3. 空格前有these，后接可数名词复数，experience表示“经历”时用复数experiences；
4. 固定搭配write articles for...（为……写文章），填介词for；
5. 空格修饰名词family，需用形容词性物主代词his；
6. 此处表示“一名教师”，teacher为可数名词单数，辅音音素开头，填不定冠词a；
7. 空格连接前后两个并列句子，需填并列连词And，句首大写；
8. 主语his other novels与read为被动关系，时间为过去时期，用一般过去时的被动语态were read；
9. 固定搭配give up doing sth.（放弃做某事），填动名词writing；
10. since+过去时间状语，主句用现在完成时，主语influence为不可数名词，填has grown。
【答案】
1. wealthy 2. Unluckily 3. experiences 4. for 5. his 6. a 7. And 8. were read 9. writing 10. has grown
【知识点】
英语词性转换、被动语态、冠词用法
【点评】
本题以鲁迅的相关内容为语篇载体，考察基础词汇运用与核心语法，是典型的英语语篇填空题型，注重对学生基础知识的综合考查。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、阅读理解。（2025·江苏无锡·期中）
I never thought much about my name until we came to Mango Street. Before that, we were always moving. When the pipes broke at our last apartment and the landlord refused to fix them, that was the final push. My parents found this house, our own house on Mango Street. No rent to pay, no house owner. But it wasn’t the house they had promised.
My father, holding a lottery ticket(彩票), would describe our future home: white, with a big yard, real stairs inside, running water, a basement, and three washrooms. My mother, in her bedtime stories, painted the same picture. The house on Mango Street is small and old. Its bricks are crumbling. The windows are small, and the front door is hard to open. There are no great elms(榆树), just four small ones. There’s one washroom for all of us. The stairs are just ordinary hallway stairs.
I thought I had accepted this. But a sharp memory often returns. A cleaner from my school saw me playing outside our old flat. “Where do you live?” she asked.
“There,” I said, pointing to the third floor with its peeling(脱落) paint.
“You live there?” The way she said it made me feel like nothing.
This feeling stayed with me, like a quiet friend, until my English class this week. Ms Rivera asked us to draw our “dream house”. My hand seemed to move on its own, guided by my father’s lottery dreams and my mother’s bedtime stories. I drew a white house with a green yard, real stairs, and three washrooms. I even added a little yellow bird in a tree.
Holding up my drawing, I felt a familiar pang of shame. It wasn’t real. But then, Alicia, who also lives on my street, whispered, “It’s beautiful, Esperanza. It looks like a real home.” She didn’t say her home was like that. She said it looked like one. And in that difference, I found a strange comfort. My name means “hope”, but it also means sadness and waiting. Maybe a house is the same. Maybe it can be both what it is and what it could be. I pinned the drawing to my wall. It is not a lie, but a target. For the first time, the distance between Mango Street and that white house feels like a distance I can cross.
()1. What does the underlined “crumbling” mean in this story?
A. Strong and new. B. Weak and broken.
C. Bright and red. D. Repaired and clean.
()2. How did the author’s feeling about her dream house change by the end of the story?
A. From shame to acceptance, seeing it as an aim for her future.
B. From hope to loss, realizing it was impossible to have one.
C. From excitement to boredom, losing interest in the drawing.
D. From sadness to anger, saying her parents caused their situation.
()3. Which is the best title for the story?
A. My dream house B. A special drawing
C. The house on Mango Street D. From loss to hope

1. B 【点拨】根据第二段“The house on Mango Street is small and old. Its bricks are crumbling. The windows are small, and the front door is hard to open.”可知，房子破旧。故选 B。
2. A 【点拨】根据最后一段可知，Esperanza 最初因梦想与现实的差距感到羞耻，但最终将绘画视为目标，态度从羞耻转为接纳。故选 A。
3. C 【点拨】全文围绕“芒果街的房子”展开：从搬入芒果街的房子，到对比梦想中的房子，再到在芒果街获得慰藉并确立目标。C 项概括了文章主旨，适合作文章标题。故选 C。

【分析】
1. 第1题是词义猜测题，需先定位划线词“crumbling”所在的句子，结合其前后语境（前文提到房子“small and old”，后文描述门窗难开，整体呈现破旧状态），推断该词含义；
2. 第2题是情感态度变化题，需定位原文体现作者情感转变的语句，重点关注最后一段，梳理从最初的羞耻到后来接纳梦想并将其作为目标的情感变化；
3. 第3题是主旨大意题，需梳理全文核心线索，文章始终围绕“芒果街的房子”展开，据此选择贴合主旨的标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第二段“The house on Mango Street is small and old. Its bricks are crumbling. The windows are small, and the front door is hard to open.”可知，房子破旧不堪，“crumbling”意为“破旧的、破损的”，对应选项B；
2. 第2题：根据最后一段，作者最初因梦想与现实的差距感到羞耻，后来在Alicia的鼓励下，将画有梦想房子的作品视为目标，情感从羞耻转变为接纳，对应选项A；
3. 第3题：全文以“芒果街的房子”为线索，串联起作者的居住经历、梦想与现实的对比及最终感悟，C项最能概括文章主旨，适合作标题，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.B
2.A
3.C
【知识点】
词义猜测题、情感态度题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本文是一篇记叙文，围绕“芒果街的房子”展开叙事，考查学生词义推断、情感变化把握及主旨归纳能力，解题需结合上下文语境与文章线索分析。
【难度系数】
0.6