三、选词填空
从方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填空，每个单词限用一次。

"Do you know what the deepest place on the earth is? It's the Mariana Trench. If we drop Mount Qomolangma into it, the peak will still be underwater …", with a book in 1 hand, Kaylan is sitting in the Boys & Girls Club and reading to the children now.
16-year-old Kaylan is a children's book writer. He is crazy about geography. When Kaylan was about three years old, he 2 interested in a world map in his grandfather's study room. While other kids were playing with toys, young Kaylan would spend hours 3 the shape of continents(洲) with his little fingers. When Kaylan was in middle school, he won the 4 prize in his state's geography competition.
"It is important for each of us 5 geography," Kaylan said. "As it helps us explore the world around us. Geography also helps us understand how rivers shape cities, why 6 grow, and how we can protect our planet."
Through his new book series, Kaylan hopes to encourage children to learn 7 about geography. The series is called Kobe's World Adventure and consists of (包括) six books. The books describe the experiences of a boy 8 Kobe who travels the world with his family. Through these stories readers can follow Kobe on his exciting journey around the world.
Kaylan has started an organization(组织). Through it, he shares his books with students in poor 9. So far, he has given away about 1,500 books. And Kaylan often 10 to children at the Boys & Girls Club. "I am confident that more and more children will develop an interest in geography in the future," Kaylan said.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了 16 岁的凯兰是一名儿童读物作家。他对地理非常着迷。凯兰希望通过他的新书系列鼓励孩子们更多地学习地理知识。
1. his 2. became 3. following 4. first 5. to learn
6. deserts 7. more 8. named 9. communities 10. reads

【分析】
这道题是选词填空题，首先明确方框内给出的10个单词刚好对应10个空，每个单词仅能使用一次。解题第一步先通读全文，理清文章讲述热爱地理的少年Kaylan推广地理科普的故事，把握整体语境。接下来逐个分析每个空格的语义和语法要求：先判断空格所需的词性、时态、变形规则，再从备选词里筛选匹配，同时注意所有备选词不能重复使用，最后代入通读检查逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 空格后是名词hand，语境表示“他的手里拿着一本书”，需要将主格he变为形容词性物主代词his，修饰名词hand，故填his。
2. 固定搭配become interested in表示“对……产生兴趣”，时间状语是“当他三岁的时候”，属于一般过去时，become的过去式是became，故填became。
3. 固定结构spend time doing sth. 表示“花费时间做某事”，语境是小Kaylan花几小时用手指描摹跟随大洲的轮廓，follow变为动名词following，故填following。
4. 语境表示“在州级地理竞赛中获得一等奖”，定冠词the后要用序数词，基数词one变为序数词first，first prize表示一等奖，故填first。
5. 固定句型It is + 形容词 + for sb. to do sth. 表示“对某人来说做某事是……的”，语境是学习地理很重要，故填to learn。
6. 语境是“地理帮助我们理解河流如何塑造城市，沙漠如何演化”，desert是可数名词，此处表示泛指，要用复数形式deserts，故填deserts。
7. 语境是Kaylan希望鼓励孩子们更多地学习地理相关知识，much的比较级more表示“更多”，learn more about表示了解更多，故填more。
8. 此处作后置定语修饰名词a boy，表示“名叫Kobe的男孩”，要用动词name的过去分词named，表被动含义，故填named。
9. 语境是“给贫困社区的学生分享书籍”，community是可数名词，此处表示泛指多个社区，要用复数形式communities，故填communities。
10. 语境是Kaylan经常在男孩女孩俱乐部给孩子们读书，主语Kaylan是第三人称单数，句子是一般现在时，谓语动词read要变为第三人称单数形式reads，故填reads。
【答案】
1. his 2. became 3. following 4. first 5. to learn
6. deserts 7. more 8. named 9. communities 10. reads
【知识点】
词形转换，固定搭配，时态应用
【点评】
本题属于初中英语典型的选词填空题型，既考查学生对全文语境的理解能力，也覆盖了物主代词、序数词、非谓语动词、名词单复数、动词时态等核心语法点，同时要求学生熟练掌握常见固定结构，难度适中，做完后代入全文通读可以有效排查错误。
【难度系数】
0.6

四、任务型阅读
阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后的表格里填入最恰当的单词，每个空格只填一个单词。
Emma was an enthusiastic gardener who loved spending her weekends looking after her small garden. Her garden was filled with a variety of flowers and vegetables that she took great pride in. Every Saturday morning, Emma would wake up early, put on her gardening gloves, and head outside to check on her plants, water them, and pull out any weeds(野草) that dared to grow among them.
One sunny afternoon, while checking her tomato plants, Emma noticed a few holes in the leaves and some bitten(被咬的) tomatoes. Sadly, she wanted to know what could be causing the damage(破坏). She decided to set up a little trap the next day to see if she could catch the bad guy.
Early the next morning, Emma placed a small cage near the bitten plants and hid behind a bush to watch, holding her breath. To her surprise, after about half an hour, a tiny squirrel jumped into the garden, smelled around and began eating a ripe(成熟的) tomato. Emma watched in amazement as the little creature enjoyed its snack, feeling a mix of sadness and fun.
Realizing that it was just a hungry squirrel looking for food, Emma decided not to chase it away. Instead, she went inside and prepared a small bowl of nuts and seeds, which she placed near the tomato plants as a more suitable food source(来源) for the squirrel. From then on, Emma noticed that the damage to her plants decreased greatly, and she even enjoyed watching the squirrel from her kitchen window as it happily ate its new offerings.
This experience taught Emma a valuable lesson. She learned that understanding the needs of others can lead to peaceful ways to solve the problems, even when dealing with unexpected challenges in her beloved garden.

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

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了 Emma 在花园中遇到一只小松鼠破坏她的植物，最终通过理解松鼠的需求，找到了和平的解决方案的故事。
1. care 2. proud 3. woke 4. Problem 5. wondered
6. quietly 7. running 8. better 9. less 10. peace

【分析】
这道题是任务型阅读的短文填空，要求每空仅填一个单词，解题思路可以按以下步骤走：1. 先通读全文梳理故事整体脉络，明确时态以一般过去时为主；2. 逐个定位每个空格对应的原文细节内容，结合表格里已有的搭配提示，匹配对应的固定短语；3. 注意转换词性、调整词的形式，严格符合“每空一词”的要求，验证填入后语义和语法都通顺。比如遇到take __ of的搭配，立刻联想到固定短语take care of对应原文的“照料花园”的含义，再逐个推导其余空格即可。
【解析】
1. 对应原文第一段“loving spending her weekends looking after her small garden”，固定搭配take care of表示“照料、照看”，符合语境，填care。
2. 对应原文第一段“she took great pride in”，转换为同义固定短语be proud of，意为“以……为骄傲”，填proud。
3. 对应原文第一段“Every Saturday morning, Emma would wake up early”，全文叙事为一般过去时，wake的过去式为woke，填woke。
4. 该栏内容描述Emma发现番茄叶片有洞、番茄被啃，遇到了突发的问题，作为表格小标题首字母大写，填Problem。
5. 对应原文第二段“she wanted to know what could be causing the damage”，即她很疑惑想知道是谁做的，wonder表示“想知道”，过去式为wondered，填wondered。
6. 对应原文第三段“hid behind a bush to watch, holding her breath”，说明她是安静地躲在灌木后观察，用副词quietly修饰躲藏的动作，填quietly。
7. 固定短语run after表示“追赶”，对应原文“decided not to chase it away”，instead of后需要接动名词，run的动名词形式为running，填running。
8. 对应原文第四段“as a more suitable food source”，即她给松鼠准备了更合适、更好的食物，填比较级better。
9. 对应原文第四段“the damage to her plants decreased greatly”，说明植物受到的伤害大幅减少，much后接形容词比较级，less表示“更少的”，填less。
10. 对应原文最后一段“lead to peaceful ways to solve the problems”，转换为固定短语in peace，意为“和平地”，符合“通过理解他人需求和平处理问题”的语义，填peace。
【答案】
1. care 2. proud 3. woke 4. Problem 5. wondered 6. quietly 7. running 8. better 9. less 10. peace
【知识点】
固定短语搭配，原文信息定位，词性形式转换
【点评】
本题难度适中，既考查学生快速定位原文细节的阅读能力，也对初中阶段常见的固定搭配、时态变形、比较级用法等基础知识点做了考查，需要学生不能直接照搬原文长内容，要结合表格语境做合理的同义转换，符合每空一词的答题要求。
【难度系数】
0.6