四、教材回顾
Once upon a time, a king asked an artist to paint 1. (he) a horse.
"Please give me some time," the artist answered. 2. king waited for a few
months before he 3. (grow) angry. "Where is my painting?"he asked.
4. (quick), the artist painted a beautiful picture 5. a horse. The
king said, "I like it! 6. why did you make me wait so long?"The artist
smiled and took the king 7. his house. There 8. (be) paintings of
horses all over! "It took me months 9. (learn) how to paint a horse well!"
he 10. (say).

1. him 2. The 3. grew 4. Quickly 5. of 6. But 7. to 8. were
9. to learn 10. said

【分析】
这是一篇故事类语法填空题，解题时首先通读全文，理清整篇文章讲述国王让画家画马的小故事，确定全文整体为一般过去时态的基调。之后逐个分析每个空格：先判断空格在句中充当的成分，确定所需词性，比如动词后接宾语就用人称代词宾格，修饰整句话要用副词，第二次提及特定指代的名词要加定冠词；再结合固定搭配判断介词、连词的选用；最后结合全文过去时态的要求，把给出的动词变形为对应过去式，保证时态一致，全部填完后代入通读检查，确认逻辑和语法都通顺即可。
【解析】
1. 空格前是动词paint，后面需要接人称代词的宾格作宾语，he的宾格形式为him，故填him。
2. 此处特指前文已经提到过的国王，第二次提及特定对象要使用定冠词The，放在句首首字母大写，故填The。
3. 全文叙事为一般过去时，此处谓语动词要用过去式，grow的过去式是grew，故填grew。
4. 此处需要副词修饰后面整个句子，quick的副词形式是Quickly，放在句首首字母大写，故填Quickly。
5. 固定搭配a picture of sth表示“某物的画作”，此处填介词of，故填of。
6. 前文国王说很喜欢这幅画，后文问为什么让他等这么久，前后语义为转折关系，填转折连词But，句首首字母大写，故填But。
7. 固定搭配take sb. to sp. 表示“带某人去某地”，此处填介词to，故填to。
8. there be句型遵循就近原则，后面的名词paintings是复数，且全文为过去时，对应的be动词用were，故填were。
9. 固定句型It takes sb. some time to do sth. 表示“做某事花费某人多长时间”，此处要填不定式结构to learn，故填to learn。
10. 全文为一般过去时，谓语动词say的过去式是said，故填said。
【答案】
1. him 2. The 3. grew 4. Quickly 5. of 6. But 7. to 8. were 9. to learn 10. said
【知识点】
代词宾格用法；一般过去时；英语固定搭配
【点评】
本题属于基础叙事类语法填空，考察的都是初中英语核心基础考点，整体难度不高，解题时需要注意保持全文时态统一，区分不同词性的变形规则，熟记常用固定搭配即可顺利得分。
【难度系数】
0.8

五、语法填空
Once upon a time, there was a man who got a full basket of coconuts(椰子). He
wanted 1. (sell) them in the market. He put the basket on his horse. On
the way, he met 2. old man and asked how long it would take 3.
(get) to the market. "If you go 4. (quick), it will take you all day," said
the old man, looking at the fruit on the horse. "5. if you go slowly," he
went on saying, "it will only take you three hours."
6. the old man looked friendly, the man didn't believe his words. He
hurried his horse, and the coconuts fell down and he had to stop to pick 7. (they)
up. Then he hurried his horse all the way to make up(弥补) for the lost time, but the
coconuts fell down again. Many times he did this, and it 8. (be) late and he felt
very tired. When he arrived, he found there were already no people 9. the
market. Now he came to know what the old man said was right.
A good story always 10. (tell) us a truth. That is we should find a good
way to do everything.

1. to sell 2. an 3. to get 4. quickly 5. But 6. Although/Though 7. them
8. was 9. in 10. tells

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类语法填空题，解题时首先通读全文，理清故事“欲速则不达”的核心大意，再逐空结合前后词汇、固定句型、上下文逻辑判断考点：首先优先回忆学过的固定搭配，判断是否需要非谓语变形；再根据修饰关系判断词性是否需要转换（比如动词用副词修饰）；结合名词属性判断冠词使用；梳理前后句的逻辑关系选择合适的连词；根据动词前的主语、全文时态确定谓语的正确形式，最后把所有答案代入通读全文，验证语法和逻辑都通顺即可。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配：want to do sth. 意为“想要做某事”，因此此处填动词不定式to sell。
2. 考查不定冠词：此处表示泛指“一位老人”，old以元音音素开头，因此填不定冠词an。
3. 考查固定句型：it takes (sb.) some time to do sth. 意为“做某事花费（某人）多长时间”，因此此处填动词不定式to get。
4. 考查词性转换：此处修饰动词go，需要用副词形式，形容词quick的副词形式是quickly。
5. 考查转折连词：前句说“如果你走得快，要花一整天”，后句说“如果你走得慢，只需要三小时”，前后是转折关系，句首首字母大写，因此填But。
6. 考查让步状语从句连词：句意为“尽管老人看起来很友好，这个男人还是不相信他的话”，引导让步关系，句首首字母大写，因此填Although/Though。
7. 考查代词宾格：动词pick后面要接人称代词的宾格作宾语，指代前文的coconuts，主格they的宾格形式是them。
8. 考查一般过去时：全文故事都用一般过去时叙述，主语it是单数，对应的be动词过去式是was。
9. 考查固定介词搭配：in the market是固定表达，意为“在市场里”，因此填介词in。
10. 考查一般现在时主谓一致：主语A good story是第三人称单数，句子描述客观事实用一般现在时，谓语动词tell要变为第三人称单数形式tells。
【答案】
1. to sell 2. an 3. to get 4. quickly 5. But 6. Although/Though 7. them 8. was 9. in 10. tells
【知识点】
固定搭配，词形转换，句法逻辑
【点评】
本题属于初中阶段基础难度的语法填空，考点覆盖了非谓语、冠词、连词、代词、介词、时态、主谓一致等核心基础语法点，依托趣味故事降低了理解门槛，做题时需要注意结合上下文逻辑判断连词的选择，同时关注动词的形式变形细节，避免出现大小写、主宾格误用的低级错误。
【难度系数】
0.7