一、词汇运用
A. 用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。（2025·台州黄岩改编）
scared public disappointed shy according to
Tom is my good friend. He used to be a 1. boy who hated speaking in 2. . One day, his teacher asked him to give a speech in front of the class. Tom felt nervous but practised hard.
Before the speech, his friend Lily had a talk with him. She asked, “Are you ready?” Tom nodded, though he was still 3. .
4. his teacher, everyone felt nervous at first. When Tom stood on stage, he took a deep breath and began. To his surprise, his classmates listened carefully and even cheered for him. At that moment, Tom realised that he wasn't as bad as he thought.
After the speech, Tom felt proud. He wasn't 5. with himself anymore. From then on, he became more confident and even joined the school debate team!

1. shy 2. public 3. scared 4. According to 5. disappointed

【分析】首先明确方框内词汇的含义与用法：scared（害怕的，形容词）、public（公众；公开的，名词/形容词）、disappointed（失望的，形容词）、shy（害羞的，形容词）、according to（根据，介词短语）。解题时需结合语境、固定搭配及词汇形式要求，逐一匹配每个空格：1. 描述男孩过去讨厌说话的性格特征；2. 考查固定短语搭配；3. 体现Tom演讲前的情绪；4. 句首需表“根据”的短语，注意首字母大写；5. 考查固定搭配表达情绪。
【解析】1. 由后文“hated speaking”可知，此处指害羞的男孩，故填shy；2. 固定短语in public意为“公开地”，符合“讨厌当众说话”的语境，故填public；3. 结合语境，Tom虽点头答应但仍感到害怕，故填scared；4. 句首表“根据”需用介词短语According to，首字母大写，故填According to；5. 固定搭配be disappointed with意为“对……失望”，此处指不再对自己失望，故填disappointed。
【答案】1. shy 2. public 3. scared 4. According to 5. disappointed
【知识点】形容词的适当形式填空、固定搭配、介词短语
【点评】本题为初中英语基础词汇运用题，侧重考查结合语境和固定搭配选择词汇的能力，难度适中，适合巩固词汇基础。
【难度系数】0.6

B. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。(2025·余姚改编)
Hi Andy,
Nice to hear from you. You say you have a 6. (意见不合) with your friends' habit of gossiping(说三道四) about others, and you don't want to join in. You're right. It's 7. (富于挑战性的) to get out once you go down that rabbit hole. It's human nature to gossip, but knowing where to stop is 8. (重要的).
Our words are very 9. (必要的). I once had a friend who loved to talk behind other people's backs. I understand now it was because of some problems that person had at the time. It was his way of hiding his 10. (令人痛苦的) experience. If you know your friends well, you will understand what their problem is. 11. (可能) they're also going through a difficult time throughout. You may want to start by speaking to them about how
you feel. If you 12. (需要) a gossip-free environment, you should let your friends know. And try to explain why it puts you under 13. (压力). If they don't want to hang out with you, I'm 14. (完全地) sure you'll find other kind people around you.
Hope I can 15. (提供) helpful advice to you. Always choose kindness over gossiping and be yourself.
Jack

6. disagreement 7. challenging 8. important 9. necessary
10. painful 11. Perhaps/Maybe 12. require/need
13. pressure 14. completely/fully 15. offer

【分析】
本题是根据中文提示填单词的英语填空题，解题思路为：1. 通读短文，理解整体语境及每个空格所在句子的含义；2. 根据括号内的中文提示，明确需填写单词的词义；3. 结合句子的语法结构（如词性、固定搭配、时态等），确定单词的正确形式，注意每空限填一词。
【解析】
6. 中文提示为“意见不合”，空前有不定冠词a，需填名词disagreement；
7. 中文提示为“富于挑战性的”，此处作表语，填形容词challenging；
8. 中文提示为“重要的”，作表语，填形容词important；
9. 中文提示为“必要的”，作表语，填形容词necessary；
10. 中文提示为“令人痛苦的”，修饰名词experience，填形容词painful；
11. 中文提示为“可能”，位于句首作状语，填副词Perhaps或Maybe；
12. 中文提示为“需要”，主语为you，一般现在时谓语用动词原形require或need；
13. 中文提示为“压力”，固定搭配under pressure，填名词pressure；
14. 中文提示为“完全地”，修饰形容词sure，填副词completely或fully；
15. 中文提示为“提供”，固定搭配offer sth to sb，情态动词can后用动词原形offer。
【答案】
6. disagreement 7. challenging 8. important 9. necessary 10. painful 11. Perhaps/Maybe 12. require/need 13. pressure 14. completely/fully 15. offer
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、固定搭配、词性辨析
【点评】
本题聚焦课标基础词汇的语境运用，涵盖多种词性的正确使用及常用固定搭配，考查学生的词汇掌握与语境应用能力，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5