( )10.(月考·天津南大附中)—English is difficult ______ at the beginning.
—Yes, but if you keep , you can make progress.

A.to be learned;trying
B.to learn;trying
C.learned;to try
D.to learn;to try

10. B 根据“English is difficult ______ at the beginning.”可知,第一空使用动词不定式,构成结构“be+形容词+to do sth”;keep doing sth意为“坚持做某事”,所以第二空应用动名词形式。故选B。

()11. My father is very busy these days. He often his projects into the night.

A.works on
B.puts on
C.turns on
D.gets on

11. A work on从事于;put on穿上;turn on打开;get on上车。根据“My father is very busy these days.”可知,父亲经常忙于做项目到深夜。故选A。

()12. — What’s your plan for the coming weekend?
—I an invention museum with my parents.

A.visit
B.was visiting
C.visited
D.am going to visit

12. D 根据for the coming weekend可知,周末还没到来,所以时态为一般将来时。故选D。

()13. —The coat is beautiful. How much money did you spend on it?
—Not much. However, this hat me a lot.

A.cost
B.costs
C.is costing
D.have cost

13. A 根据“How much money did you spend on it?”及“However, this hat ______ me a lot.”可知,帽子和外套都是过去买的,所以时态为一般过去时。故选A。

()14. After the Campus Science and Technology Festival, we felt proud we worked so hard.

A.so
B.because
C.but
D.when

14. B so所以;because因为;but但是;when当……时。根据句意“在校园科技节之后,我们为我们的辛勤工作而感到自豪”可知,空处应用because引导原因状语从句。故选B。

()15. —The book about great inventions tells us to study hard and work for our own country.
—. It’s really a good book.

A.I hope so
B.I’m not sure
C.I agree
D.I’m afraid not

15. C I hope so我希望如此;I'm not sure我不确定;I agree我同意;I'm afraid not恐怕不能。根据“It's really a good book.”可知,空处应是赞成对方的观点。故选C。

二、完形填空(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
People often invented things because there was a need for them. A boy from Canada didn’t like wearing a hat to school, so when he on a February morning and found the temperature was $-30°\mathrm{C}$, he had a . He didn’t want his ears to freeze! In order to solve it, he made “heated earmuffs”!
Bette Nesmith Graham was a typist(打字员), but she was not very good at typing. She often made mistakes in her work. To her mistakes, she invented “Liquid Paper(修正液)”. It dried quickly and made her able to write on it this time.
To invent something isn’t necessarily difficult. The important thing is that it works and is . Little Katie Harding didn’t like walking to the school bus on and rainy winter mornings. She kept walking into muddy puddles(泥坑)because she couldn’t see them, and neither could her brother. He always walked with Katie and held the over them. Katie’s simple but wonderful was to fasten(使固定)a flashlight to the umbrella. The “muddy puddle spotter” was born.
Next time something doesn’t work in the way you want it to, do something about it! People can improve inventions as well. There are always new ideas. If you didn’t , that’s OK. Then you know what doesn’t work! Somewhere out there, there is a new thing just to be invented by you.
()16. A. gave up B. hurried up C. cheered up D. woke up
()17. A. secret B. symbol C. problem D. celebration
()18. A. break B. cover C. catch D. write
()19. A. correctly B. slowly C. heavily D. politely
()20. A. helpful B. careful C. interesting D. empty
()21. A. dark B. dry C. hot D. sunny
()22. A. handbag B. umbrella C. balloon D. postcard
()23. A. surface B. style C. fair D. idea
()24. A. hurry B. challenge C. grow D. succeed
()25. A. waiting B. surveying C. asking D. helping

16. D give up放弃;hurry up加快;cheer up振作起来;wake up醒来。根据on a February morning可知,应是早上醒来。故选D。
17. C secret秘密;symbol象征;problem问题;celebration庆祝。根据didn't like wearing a hat to school及on a February morning and found the temperature was -30℃可知,温度很低,而他不喜欢戴帽子上学,所以他面临耳朵被冻的问题。故选C。
18. B break打破;cover遮盖;catch抓住;write写。根据Liquid Paper可知,修正液是用来遮盖错误的。故选B。
19. A correctly正确地;slowly缓慢地;heavily沉重地;politely礼貌地。修正液是帮助修正错误,应是使她能正确书写。故选A。
20. A helpful有帮助的;careful小心的;interesting有趣的;empty空的。根据it works可知,它奏效了,说明是有帮助的。故选A。
21. A 根据rainy winter mornings及常识可知,下雨的冬天,早上天色是昏暗的。故选A。
22. B handbag手提包;umbrella雨伞;balloon气球;postcard明信片。根据rainy winter mornings可知,下雨要打雨伞。故选B。
23. D surface表面;style风格;fair展览会;idea想法。根据was to fasten a flashlight to the umbrella可知,Katie产生了一个想法。故选D。
24. D hurry匆忙;challenge挑战;grow成长;succeed成功。根据“Next time something doesn't work in the way you want it to, do something about it!”可知,发明新东西时,难免会有不成功的时候,此处指失败了也没事。故选D。
25. A 根据there is a new thing just ______ to be invented by you可知,应是有新的东西等着被发明。故选A。