Passage 13
decide advice basket encourage if
use at enough easy date abroad
Will you give your friend a gift 1 the graduation ceremony? Do you know how to 2 on the gift? Here is some 3 for you.
4 your friend is going to a high school, get something he can use there. This could be as simple as a gift 5 filled with pens. You can also buy a card to 6 him when he is in trouble. Besides, an electronic thing like a radio or an alarm clock can be quite 7.
Make a gift by yourself if you have 8 time. For example, a paper cup can be made into a gift 9 by adding the name of your friend, the name of your school or the graduation 10.
Pick a photo album if your friend is going to travel 11. He will miss his family and friends, and the gift will help him remember his best time with loved ones and caring friends.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11.

1. at 2. decide 3. advice 4. If 5. basket
6. encourage 7. useful 8. enough 9. easily 10. date
11. abroad

【分析】
首先通读短文，理解文章主旨是关于给朋友挑选毕业礼物的建议。接着结合所给词汇，根据每个空格的语法结构、语境及固定搭配选择合适的词，同时注意词形变化（如形容词变副词）。比如第1空需填表示“在毕业典礼上”的介词，用固定搭配；第2空对应“决定”的动词，符合“how to do”结构；第9空需用副词修饰动词，要将形容词转换为副词。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配，“在毕业典礼上”用介词at，故填at；
2. 考查固定搭配decide on，意为“决定”，此处是“how to do”结构，故填decide；
3. 考查名词，some后接不可数名词advice，意为“建议”，符合语境，故填advice；
4. 考查条件状语从句，用If引导，句首首字母大写，故填If；
5. 考查名词，a basket filled with pens意为“装满笔的篮子”，符合语境，故填basket；
6. 考查动词，buy a card to encourage him意为“买卡片鼓励他”，故填encourage；
7. 考查形容词，电子物品是有用的，use的形容词形式为useful，故填useful；
8. 考查形容词，enough修饰名词time，意为“足够的时间”，故填enough；
9. 考查副词，修饰动词made，easy的副词形式为easily，故填easily；
10. 考查名词，graduation date意为“毕业日期”，故填date；
11. 考查副词，travel abroad意为“出国旅行”，故填abroad。
【答案】
1. at 2. decide 3. advice 4. If 5. basket 6. encourage 7. useful 8. enough 9. easily 10. date 11. abroad
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题为选词填空题，围绕给朋友挑选毕业礼物的话题展开，主要考查学生对常用词汇、固定搭配的掌握，以及结合语境和语法知识选择合适词汇的能力，需注意词形变化细节。
【难度系数】
0.6

Passage 14
begin childhood true valley him Western
importance inspiring lacked luckily by
John was born in 1818. When he turned 11 years old, he and his family moved to the United States from Scotland. They 1 a new life in Wisconsin that year.
John showed his love for nature in his early 2. He liked playing outdoors every day. He was also interested in working outdoors on his father's farm, and studying the soil and plants around him.
When he was 29, John had an accident at work. The accident hurt his eyes. As a result, he 3 the chance to look at nature for months. 4, he could see again. Later that year, John wanted to spend all his time learning about nature. He would travel to make his dream come 5.
First, John hiked 1,000 miles. He studied plants and animals in the 6 and mountains. He then took a trip 7 ship. It was to learn more about the world around him than ever. In 1869, John went to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He enjoyed 8 while climbing and wrote down what he saw. He also described the 9 mountains and forests. People realized the 10 of nature from John's books. His stories were 11 and touched many readers.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11.

1. began 2. childhood 3. lacked 4. Luckily
5. true 6. valleys 7. by 8. himself 9. Western
10. importance 11. inspiring

【分析】
本题为选词填空型完形填空，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，理解文章大意（介绍John的生平及他对自然的热爱）；2. 明确给出的备选词汇（begin、childhood、true、valley、him、Western、importance、inspiring、lacked、luckily、by）；3. 结合每个空格的语境、语法结构（如时态、词性、固定搭配）选择合适的词汇，同时注意词汇形式的变化（如名词复数、动词过去式、副词大写等）；4. 代入验证，确保符合文意。
【解析】
1. 句子描述过去的动作，需用动词过去式，begin的过去式为began，构成begin a new life（开始新生活），故填began。
2. 固定搭配early childhood（童年早期），符合语境，故填childhood。
3. 事故伤了眼睛，导致“缺少”看自然的机会，lack的过去式为lacked，故填lacked。
4. 句首需用副词修饰整个句子，表“幸运的是”，故填Luckily。
5. 固定搭配come true（实现），符合“让梦想实现”的语境，故填true。
6. 与mountains并列，需用名词复数，valley的复数为valleys，故填valleys。
7. 固定搭配by ship（乘船），表交通方式，故填by。
8. 固定搭配enjoy oneself（玩得开心），主语为he，反身代词为himself，故填himself。
9. 修饰mountains，需用形容词，Western（西方的）符合语境，故填Western。
10. 固定搭配the importance of...（……的重要性），故填importance。
11. 修饰stories，需用形容词，inspiring（鼓舞人心的）符合语境，故填inspiring。
【答案】
1. began 2. childhood 3. lacked 4. Luckily 5. true 6. valleys 7. by 8. himself 9. Western 10. importance 11. inspiring
【知识点】
选词填空、固定搭配、词汇形式变化
【点评】
本题围绕人物生平展开，考查学生对备选词汇的语境运用、固定搭配及语法知识的掌握，需结合上下文逻辑和词汇属性准确选择，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6