八、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式。
Now more and more Chinese teenagers find life difficult without their parents. Instead of 1. (ask) them to learn to do housework, their parents almost do everything at home. As a result, the teenagers have difficulty 2. (look) after themselves well.
Joy is a fourteen-year-old girl. One day, her parents went on a trip, so she was alone at home. At first, she was 3. (excite) because she thought she could do whatever she liked. However, things didn't go 4. (good). When it was six o'clock in the afternoon, she felt hungry. "Oh, it's time 5. (have) dinner," she said to herself. She 6. (open) the fridge(冰箱) and found some meat and vegetables in it. However, she didn't know how to cook them. In the end, she 7. (can) only buy some food to eat.
Many teenagers have the same problem. In my opinion(看法), teenagers should learn some life 8. (skill). Since they live in a house with their parents, they should share some housework. They shouldn't 9. (depend) on their parents too much, because it's not good for 10. (they) development(发展).
Do you think so?

1. asking
2. looking
3. excited
4. well
5. to have
6. opened
7. could
8. skills
9. depend
10. their

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合空格所在的语境、固定搭配、词性要求、时态规则等确定括号内单词的正确形式。解题时，先判断每个空格的句子成分、前后搭配，再运用对应语法规则转换单词形式，核心考查基础语法的应用。
【解析】
1. 空前为介词短语instead of，介词后需接动名词作宾语，故将ask变为asking；
2. 固定搭配have difficulty (in) doing sth表示“做某事有困难”，故将look变为looking；
3. 主语是人（she），表示人的感受需用-ed结尾的形容词excited（exciting修饰物），故填excited；
4. 此处修饰动词go，需用副词，故将good变为well；
5. 固定句型it's time to do sth表示“到做某事的时间了”，故填to have；
6. 全文叙述过去发生的事，用一般过去时，and连接并列谓语（found），故将open变为过去式opened；
7. 结合上下文时态为一般过去时，can的过去式为could，故填could；
8. skill是可数名词，空前有some，需用复数形式，故填skills；
9. shouldn't是情态动词的否定形式，后接动词原形，故填depend；
10. 此处修饰名词development，需用形容词性物主代词，故将they变为their。
【答案】
1. asking 2. looking 3. excited 4. well 5. to have 6. opened 7. could 8. skills 9. depend 10. their
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、一般过去时
【点评】
本题结合生活场景考查初中英语核心语法，涵盖介词用法、固定句型、时态、词性等基础知识点，侧重学生的语法应用能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6