二、完形填空。
阅读短文，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Yu Boya was a famous musician in ancient China. He was very good at the guqin. His music was enjoyable. However, few people could his music truly. Most people just thought it was nice, but they didn’t know the deep behind it.
One day, Boya went to the mountains. He started to play the guqin . When he played music about high mountains, a man named Zhong Ziqi said, “What a strong and sound! It’s like the magnificent Taihang Mountains!” When Boya played music about flowing water, Ziqi said, “ How wonderful! It’s just like the rivers.”
Boya was very excited. He found that Ziqi could understand his music and his heart. From that day on, they became close . They often talked about music and shared their ideas happily.
Later, Ziqi . Boya was so sad that he broke his guqin. He thought no one in the world could understand him like Ziqi. He never played the guqin again.
A true friend who can understand you is very . We should learn to cherish (珍惜) true friendship in our life, and let it last forever.
()16. A. buying B. playing
C. making D. selling
()17. A. understand B. write
C. hear D. sing
()18. A. food B. time
C. meaning D. money
()19. A. cheaply B. angrily
C. sadly D. quietly
()20. A. small B. great
C. short D. lazy
()21. A. still B. dirty
C. waiting D. running
()22. A. really B. hardly
C. maybe D. never
()23. A. brothers B. friends
C. teachers D. students
()24. A. picked up B. waited for
C. passed away D. looked at
()25. A. common B. difficult
C. expensive D. valuable

16. B play the guqin 意为“弹古琴”。
17. A understand 意为“懂得、理解”，符合“很少有人能真正理解他的音乐”这一语境。
18. C
19. D quietly意为“安静地”，符合“在山里安静地弹琴”这一语境。
20. B 21. D 22. A 23. B
24. C passed away 意为“去世”，符合“钟子期去世了，俞伯牙摔碎古琴”这一语境。
25. D valuable意为“珍贵的”，符合“真正懂你的朋友非常珍贵”这一语境。

【分析】
这是一篇讲述俞伯牙与钟子期知音故事的完形填空，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨（珍惜懂自己的真朋友），再针对每个空格，结合上下文语境、固定搭配、词义辨析逐一分析选项，选出最符合文意的答案。
【解析】
16. 固定搭配“play the guqin”表示“弹古琴”，故选B。
17. 结合后文钟子期能领会音乐的语境，此处指很少有人能真正“理解”他的音乐，故选A。
18. 句意为“他们只觉得音乐好听，却不懂音乐背后的深层意义”，meaning（意义）符合语境，故选C。
19. 俞伯牙在山里弹琴，“quietly（安静地）”符合场景，故选D。
20. 对应前文“高山”的描述，“great（宏大的）”符合高山的特质，故选B。
21. 形容河流用“running（流动的）”，对应前文“流水”的音乐，故选D。
22. 钟子期能“真正地”理解他的音乐和心意，really符合，故选A。
23. 二人因懂音乐成为“朋友”，friends符合，故选B。
24. 钟子期去世后俞伯牙摔琴，passed away（去世）符合语境，故选C。
25. 能懂你的真朋友是“珍贵的”，valuable符合，故选D。
【答案】
16.B 17.A 18.C 19.D 20.B 21.D 22.A 23.B 24.C 25.D
【知识点】
完形填空词汇辨析、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕经典“知音”故事设题，考查学生对词汇在具体语境中的运用能力，贴合初中英语完形填空的考察方向，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

三、短文填空。
阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
Zengzi was one of the famous students of Confucius. One day, his wife was ready to go to the market. Their son 26. (follow) her and cried loudly, wanting to go with her. To make the boy stop 27. (cry), his mother said, "If you go back home and wait 28. me, I will kill a pig for you to eat when I come back. " He stopped crying and did as she said.
When the mother returned, Zengzi decided to kill the pig at once. His wife was 29. (surprise) and stopped him quickly. "I was just joking," she said, "I never meant 30. (keep) my words." But Zengzi shook his head 31. (serious). He said, "We must not play jokes 32. children. They are young and learn everything from 33. (we). If you tell a lie to your son, you are teaching him to lie to 34. (other). " He added that a parent should set a good example and always be 35. (honesty). In the end, Zengzi really killed the pig.
It is very important for everyone 36. keep promises. Parents are the 37. (close) teachers to their kids. Their words 38. actions have a deep influence on children's growth. If we want our children to 39. good people, we must be strict with ourselves first. Trust is valuable, and once it is 40. (lose), it is hard to get back.

26. followed 27. crying 28. for
29. surprised 30. to keep 31. seriously
32. on 33. us 34. others 35. honest
36. to 37. closest 38. and 39. be
40. lost

【分析】这是一道英语短文填空题，需结合短文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（时态、词性转换、句式等）逐一分析每个空格。首先通读短文，理解其讲述曾子杀猪的故事背景，再针对每个空的考点：时态、固定短语、词性变化、介词搭配、代词形式、形容词/副词用法、被动语态等进行判断，确保填入的单词符合语法和语境要求。
【解析】
26. 考查一般过去时，短文讲述过去发生的故事，谓语动词用过去式，故填followed。
27. 考查固定搭配stop doing sth（停止做某事），此处指停止哭泣，故填crying。
28. 考查固定搭配wait for sb（等待某人），故填介词for。
29. 考查形容词，修饰人时用surprised（惊讶的），符合语境，故填surprised。
30. 考查固定搭配mean to do sth（打算做某事），故填to keep。
31. 考查副词修饰动词shook，形容词serious的副词形式是seriously，故填seriously。
32. 考查固定搭配play jokes on sb（对某人开玩笑），故填介词on。
33. 考查人称代词宾格，介词from后需接宾格，we的宾格是us，故填us。
34. 考查代词，此处指“其他人”，用other的复数形式others，故填others。
35. 考查形容词作表语，名词honesty的形容词形式是honest（诚实的），故填honest。
36. 考查固定句型It's + adj. + for sb to do sth，故填不定式符号to。
37. 考查形容词最高级，定冠词the后用close的最高级closest（最亲近的），故填closest。
38. 考查并列连词，words和actions是并列关系，故填and。
39. 考查固定搭配want sb to be（想要某人成为），故填be。
40. 考查被动语态，be lost表示“丢失”，此处指信任一旦丢失，故填lost。
【答案】26. followed 27. crying 28. for 29. surprised 30. to keep 31. seriously 32. on 33. us 34. others 35. honest 36. to 37. closest 38. and 39. be 40. lost
【知识点】英语短文填空、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】本题围绕经典故事“曾子杀猪”展开，考查初中英语核心语法点与常用固定搭配，题型基础且典型，能有效检验学生对英语基础知识的掌握程度，需结合语境灵活运用语法规则。
【难度系数】0.7