四、根据课文改编内容,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。
Betty is slim and she has long hair in 1 ponytail. She is helpful and ready 2(help) anyone any time. On the bus, she always gives up her seat to someone in need. She often helps me with my schoolwork 3 I need help. She is also trustworthy. When something 4(worry) me, I always go to her. She is patient enough to listen to my problems. When I am down, she knows the way 5(cheer) me up.
Max is a boy with small round glasses. They make him look a little 6(fun). He has a great sense of humour and often tells 7(joke), so I never feel bored with him. He is always full 8 energy. He stays active from doing sport to other club activities. He doesn't get tired. He is also a 9(cheer) person. He always encourages me to keep 10(try). I think we will be best friends for life.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. a 2. to help 3. when 4. worries 5. to cheer 6. funny 7. jokes 8. of 9. cheerful 10. trying

【分析】
本题为课文改编的词汇填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成填空。解题思路：1. 第1空：ponytail是可数名词单数，此处表泛指，需用不定冠词a；2. 第2空：根据固定搭配be ready to do sth，应填to help；3. 第3空：结合句意“当我需要帮助时”，需填时间连词when；4. 第4空：主语为不定代词something，一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式worries；5. 第5空：根据固定搭配the way to do sth，应填to cheer；6. 第6空：look为系动词，后接形容词，fun的形容词形式为funny；7. 第7空：根据固定搭配tell jokes，需用名词复数jokes；8. 第8空：根据固定搭配be full of，应填of；9. 第9空：修饰名词person需用形容词，cheer的形容词形式为cheerful；10. 第10空：根据固定搭配keep doing sth，应填trying。
【解析】
1. 冠词用法：ponytail为可数名词单数，此处表泛指“一个马尾辫”，故用不定冠词a；
2. 固定搭配：be ready to do sth是固定搭配，意为“准备好做某事”，故填to help；
3. 连词用法：根据语境逻辑，此处需用时间连词when表示“当……时”；
4. 主谓一致：主语something为不定代词，一般现在时中谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填worries；
5. 固定搭配：the way to do sth是固定搭配，意为“做某事的方法”，故填to cheer；
6. 形容词用法：系动词look后需接形容词作表语，fun的形容词形式为funny；
7. 名词复数：固定搭配tell jokes意为“讲笑话”，此处用复数形式；
8. 固定搭配：be full of是固定搭配，意为“充满”，故填of；
9. 词性转换：修饰名词person需用形容词，cheer的形容词形式为cheerful；
10. 固定搭配：keep doing sth是固定搭配，意为“一直做某事”，故填trying。
【答案】
1. a 2. to help 3. when 4. worries 5. to cheer 6. funny 7. jokes 8. of 9. cheerful 10. trying
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、冠词用法
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础题型，围绕课文内容考查核心基础知识，侧重对冠词、固定搭配、词性转换及主谓一致的应用，难度适中，适合学生巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.8

五、完形填空。（2025·江苏宿迁·调研）
One day, a student was taking a walk with his teacher, who was famous for his 1. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying on the path. The shoes may belong to a poor man who was working in a 2 nearby.
The student turned to the teacher, 3, “Let's play a trick on the man: we will hide his shoes, and hide 4 behind those bushes, and wait to see his feelings when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never enjoy ourselves by tricking the 5. But if you are rich, it may give yourself much 6 pleasure by helping the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch him carefully.”
The student did so, and they 7 hid themselves behind the bushes.
The poor man soon finished his work and came across the field to the path 8 his coat and shoes. He put his foot into one of his shoes, but felt 9 hard, so he stopped and found the coin. He then looked around, but saw nobody. He began to put on 10 shoe, and his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. He felt very 11, fell down to the ground, looked up to the sky and shouted aloud, “Thanks.” His wife, sick, and his children, 12 bread, all got help from some strange 13. They would be happy to know that.
The student was 14 moved, and his eyes were filled with tears. He said, “Sir, now I feel the truth of those words that I never understood 15: It is more pleasant to give than to receive.”
()1. A. carelessness B. happiness C. kindness D. shyness
()2. A. factory B. field C. park D. garden
()3. A. saying B. said C. lying D. shouted
()4. A. themselves B. himself C. yourself D. ourselves
()5. A. rich B. poor C. young D. old
()6. A. greater B. smaller C. harder D. slower
()7. A. all B. either C. both D. neither
()8. A. with B. in C. on D. for
()9. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
()10. A. some B. another C. others D. the other
()11. A. exciting B. boring C. excited D. bored
()12. A. without B. at C. with D. as
()13. A. somebody B. anybody C. human D. people
()14. A. happily B. usually C. deeply D. sadly
()15. A. before B. after C. later D. ago

1. C 【点拨】根据后文老师建议学生帮助穷人可知，老师以善良出名。故选C。
2. B 【点拨】根据后文“The poor man soon finished his work and came across the field to the path”可知，穷人在田地里干活。故选B。
3. A 【点拨】根据“Let's play a trick on the man”可知，此处是学生正在说的话，用现在分词表示伴随。故选A。
4. D 【点拨】根据主语“we”可知，此处用ourselves表示“我们自己”。故选D。
5. B 【点拨】根据前文“The shoes may belong to a poor man”可知，此处老师说的是不应该捉弄穷人。故选B。
6. A 【点拨】根据“by helping the poor man”可知，帮助穷人会带来更大的快乐。故选A。
7. C 【点拨】根据前文“One day, a student was taking a walk with his teacher”可知，是学生和老师两个人。故选C。
8. D 【点拨】根据“his coat and shoes”可知，穷人穿过田野来到小路是为了拿外套和鞋子，用for表示目的。故选D。
9. B 【点拨】根据“so he stopped and found the coin”可知，他感觉到鞋子里有硬东西，所以停下了。故选B。
10. D 【点拨】根据前文“He put his foot into one of his shoes”可知，此处表示两只鞋中的另一只。故选D。
11. C 【点拨】根据“fell down to the ground, looked up to the sky and shouted aloud, ‘Thanks’”可知，穷人发现钱后很兴奋。故选C。
12. A 【点拨】根据“$\underline{12}$ bread, all got help from some strange”可知，穷人的孩子没有面包吃。故选A。
13. D 【点拨】根据“all got help from some strange”可知，从一些陌生人那里得到了帮助。故选D。
14. C 【点拨】根据“his eyes were filled with tears”可知，学生深受感动。故选C。
15. A 【点拨】根据“never understood”可知，此处表示以前从未理解过的话。故选A。

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“通读-分析-检查”三步法：1. 通读全文把握主旨：本文讲述师生遇到贫穷劳动者，学生想捉弄对方，老师建议帮助，最终学生领悟“给予比接受更快乐”的道理；2. 逐空分析：结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、语法结构（如非谓语动词、代词指代、介词用法等）逐一判断选项；3. 代入答案通读，验证逻辑通顺性。
【解析】
1. 选C。根据后文老师建议帮助穷人可知，老师以善良（kindness）闻名，故选C。
2. 选B。由后文“The poor man soon finished his work and came across the field to the path”可知，穷人在田地（field）干活，故选B。
3. 选A。此处是学生说话的内容，用现在分词saying作伴随状语，表主动，故选A。
4. 选D。主语是we，对应反身代词ourselves（我们自己），故选D。
5. 选B。前文提到鞋子属于穷人，老师说不应捉弄穷人（poor），故选B。
6. 选A。帮助穷人会带来更大的（greater）快乐，符合语境，故选A。
7. 选C。师生是两个人，用both表示“两者都”，故选C。
8. 选D。穷人来小路是为了拿外套和鞋子，表目的用介词for，故选D。
9. 选B。他感觉到鞋子里有硬东西（something），所以停下发现硬币，故选B。
10. 选D。两只鞋中的另一只，用the other，故选D。
11. 选C。穷人发现硬币后很兴奋（excited，修饰人），故选C。
12. 选A。穷人的孩子没有（without）面包，故选A。
13. 选D。从一些陌生人（people）那里得到帮助，故选D。
14. 选C。学生深受（deeply）感动，眼睛含泪，故选C。
15. 选A。表示之前从未理解过的话，用before，故选A。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.D 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文是富有教育意义的记叙文，通过师生经历传达“给予比接受更快乐”的主旨，既考查语言知识运用能力，又引导学生树立乐于助人的价值观，是典型的初中英语完形填空题型。
【难度系数】
0.6