三、阅读短文，从方框中选出最佳选项填入对应空白处，使短文通顺、连贯。（选项中有一项多余）
［2025·四川绵阳期中］My name is James and I live in Los Angeles, America. 1 They are Sam, Lucy, David and Li Ying.
They live in different cities. Sam lives in London. Lucy lives in Moscow. David lives in New York and Li Ying lives in Beijing. I often send postcards（明信片）or emails to them. 2
We live in different places, so we are doing different things now. It is nine o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles. I am in my classroom. 3 It is five o'clock in the afternoon in London. Sam is going home after a day's work in the factory（工厂）. It is 8:00 p. m. in Moscow. Lucy is having dinner with her parents. 4 It is afternoon in New York. David isn't working. 5 What is Li Ying doing? She is sleeping in bed. I miss them so much.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1.C 2.F 3.B 4.D 5.E

【分析】
要解决这道阅读填空题，需先通读短文，理解上下文的语境、逻辑关系及指代内容，再逐一匹配选项：
1. 第1空后介绍了具体人物（Sam、Lucy等），前句需引出这些人物的相关内容；
2. 第2空前提到“我常给他们寄明信片或邮件”，后句需对应收到的内容；
3. 第3空前说明“我在教室”，需匹配教室中的活动；
4. 第4空前介绍了伦敦、莫斯科的人物活动，需衔接其他人物的相关内容；
5. 第5空后提到Li Ying在睡觉，需匹配北京的时间信息。
【解析】
1. 第1空：后句“They are Sam, Lucy, David and Li Ying”是对人物的具体介绍，因此前句需引出“有朋友”的内容，选项C（I have some friends.）符合，故选C；
2. 第2空：前句“I often send postcards or emails to them”说明“我”寄东西给朋友，后句应对应收到的内容，选项F（And I often get postcards or emails from them.）符合，故选F；
3. 第3空：前句“I am in my classroom”说明“我”在教室，选项B（I am having a maths class for my students.）是教室中的活动，符合，故选B；
4. 第4空：前文介绍了伦敦、莫斯科的人物活动，此处需衔接其他人物的相关内容，选项D（They are having many kinds of food.）符合语境，故选D；
5. 第5空：后句“What is Li Ying doing? She is sleeping in bed.”说明Li Ying在睡觉，对应北京的时间，选项E（It is one o'clock in the morning in Beijing.）符合，故选E。
【答案】
1.C 2.F 3.B 4.D 5.E
【知识点】
英语阅读填空、语境匹配、代词指代
【点评】
本题考查英语语篇的连贯性，要求学生结合上下文的逻辑关系、指代内容选择合适的句子，是初中英语常见题型，需注重对语篇整体的理解。
【难度系数】
0.5

四、短文填空。
make festival hold family hope where poster read if race
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar (阴历的) month. It's an important traditional 1 in China. People usually celebrate it
by eating zongzi and 2 dragon boat races.
It's 8:00 on the evening of the Dragon Boat Festival. My 3 are all at home. We are doing different things.
Look! My grandma is talking on the phone with my aunt. Now my aunt is in New York. She will come back next month. All of us are looking forward to her coming. My grandpa is 4 a book. He likes reading very much. 5 he has free time, he will go to the library near our house. He really enjoys spending time on books.
My brother is watching boat 6 on TV. He loves boat races and 7 to take part in them in the future.
Do you know 8 I am? I am in my room. I'm doing my homework. It is a(n) 9 for the Dragon Boat Festival. I will take the poster to school tomorrow.
What are my parents doing? They are 10 zongzi in the kitchen. Zongzi tastes delicious! Both dumplings and zongzi are my favourite food.
What a wonderful evening!
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1.festival 2.holding 3.family 4.reading 5.If 6.races 7.hopes 8.where 9.poster 10.making

【分析】首先通读短文，明确主题是介绍端午节及作者家端午节当晚的活动。结合给出的10个备选单词，根据每个空的上下文语境、语法结构（如词性、时态、固定搭配）逐一分析：1. 需填表示“节日”的名词；2. 介词by后接动名词，结合“龙舟赛”的搭配；3. 需填表示“家人”的名词；4. 现在进行时结构，搭配“读书”；5. 引导条件状语从句的连词；6. “龙舟赛”的固定复数搭配；7. 一般现在时第三人称单数动词；8. 询问地点的疑问副词；9. 结合后文“带到学校”的物品名词；10. 现在进行时结构，搭配“包粽子”。
【解析】1. 句意：它是中国重要的传统节日。备选词中festival符合语境，故填festival。2. by是介词，后接动名词，hold dragon boat races是固定搭配“举行龙舟赛”，与eating并列，故填holding。3. 句意：我的家人都在家，family表示“家人”，符合语境，故填family。4. 现在进行时结构为“be+doing”，read a book是“读书”，故填reading。5. 句意：如果他有空，他会去家附近的图书馆，引导条件状语从句用If，句首大写，故填If。6. boat races是固定短语“龙舟赛”，故填races。7. 主语是第三人称单数he，一般现在时中动词用第三人称单数形式，hope to do是“希望做某事”，故填hopes。8. 后文回答地点，此处询问“我在哪里”，用疑问副词where，故填where。9. 后文提到“带到学校”，结合备选词，poster（海报）符合语境，故填poster。10. 现在进行时结构为“be+doing”，make zongzi是“包粽子”，故填making。
【答案】1.festival 2.holding 3.family 4.reading 5.If 6.races 7.hopes 8.where 9.poster 10.making
【知识点】短文填空、现在进行时、固定搭配
【点评】本题为语境型短文填空，围绕端午节主题，考查词汇在具体语境中的运用，需结合语法知识和固定搭配解题，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6