八、阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式
Dear Mike,
How are you? Today is Sunday. We are all at home now.
Where is my father? He is in the 1. (live) room. He is watching a programme(节目) about 2. (painting) on TV and he looks very happy. My father likes drawing very much. He says he can 3. (forget) his troubles when he is drawing. He also likes playing basketball. It helps him keep 4. (health).
Listen! Who is 5. (play) the guitar? Oh! That's my mother. She is playing a piece(一首) of music in the garden among the 6. (colour) flowers. The music is so beautiful! My mother is often busy with the housework. So I usually help her do the 7. (dish) and make the bed.
My brother John is a 15-year-old boy. He often 8. (go) out with his friends at weekends. He either plays tennis or plays football with them. But today he is at home too. Now he is preparing for 9. (he) maths exam next week.
What about your life in China? I miss you very much and hope 10. (see) you again.
Yours,
Steven

1. living
2. paintings/painting
3. forget
4. healthy
5. playing
6. colourful
7. dishes
8. goes
9. his
10. to see

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空，考查词汇的正确形式运用。解题思路：先通读短文理解语境，再根据括号内单词的词性，结合句子结构、时态、固定搭配等语法规则，确定单词的正确变形形式。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配：living room是固定短语，意为“客厅”，故填live的动名词形式living。
2. 考查名词：此处表示“绘画”，painting可作可数名词（复数paintings）或不可数名词，故填paintings/painting。
3. 考查动词形式：情态动词can后接动词原形，故填forget。
4. 考查词性转换：keep后接形容词表示“保持某种状态”，health的形容词形式是healthy，故填healthy。
5. 考查现在进行时：由句首的Listen!可知句子用现在进行时，结构为“am/is/are+现在分词”，故填playing。
6. 考查词性转换：此处修饰名词flowers，需用形容词，colour的形容词形式是colourful，故填colourful。
7. 考查固定搭配：do the dishes是固定短语，意为“洗餐具”，故填dishes。
8. 考查动词时态：主语是第三人称单数he，且句子为一般现在时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填goes。
9. 考查物主代词：此处修饰名词短语maths exam，需用形容词性物主代词，he的形容词性物主代词是his，故填his。
10. 考查固定搭配：hope to do sth是固定搭配，意为“希望做某事”，故填to see。
【答案】
1. living
2. paintings/painting
3. forget
4. healthy
5. playing
6. colourful
7. dishes
8. goes
9. his
10. to see
【知识点】
词汇形式转换、固定搭配、动词时态
【点评】
本题为英语基础短文填空题，侧重考查常见固定搭配、词性转换及动词时态的运用，结合语境即可完成变形，难度适中，适合基础阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6