一、完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mrs White's class were listening to a story given by a famous writer. Most of the students liked it, but David did not. He always got low marks on his 1 tasks and struggled(斗争) with grammar and expressions.
"Does anyone have any 2?" Mrs White asked.
"How do you know what to write about?" David asked aloud.
"Well, sometimes I don't," the writer replied. He pulled a book from a bag. "I find making a scrapbook 3. You can find inspiration(灵感) from all the parts collected in your scrapbook."
David thought about the scrapbook as he walked home and 4 to make his own new story. After dinner, he cut pictures from newspapers, and pasted(粘贴) stories from magazines 5. Then he looked up new words, writing their meanings in his notes. In the days that followed, David collected more 6.
One morning, Mrs White told the class about a writing competition. 7 David heard it, he wondered if he had enough ideas for a good story. His mind was 8 with possibilities.
That night, David 9 his scrapbook. He picked a setting for his story from a picture. He used the name from an article for his character. David's story started to 10. He worked on it until it was time to hand in the story.
David waited for his teachers to 11 the winner, but his story did not win. "I know you are disappointed, David," Mrs White said. "I want you to know I really liked your story, and you made it 12 to pick a winner. Your story might not be the best in the class, but it is your best 13 so far." David smiled at Mrs White and felt 14 of himself. He congratulated Betty on her winning story, asking her where she got her story ideas. This knowledge would help David on his lifelong learning 15. And he couldn't wait to fill his scrapbook with more inspiration.
()1. A. reading B. writing C. speaking D. listening
()2. A. choices B. chances C. opinions D. questions
()3. A. works B. changes C. offers D. improves
()4. A. forgot B. agreed C. decided D. taught
()5. A. simply B. luckily C. carefully D. safely
()6. A. ideas B. secrets C. dreams D. reasons
()7. A. Though B. Unless C. Before D. When
()8. A. pleased B. active C. serious D. strict
()9. A. talked about B. looked through C. sold out D. gave away
()10. A. grow B. move C. check D. spread
()11. A. notice B. understand C. pick D. celebrate
()12. A. fun B. quick C. right D. hard
()13. A. plan B. habit C. task D. work
()14. A. afraid B. proud C. certain D. nervous
()15. A. condition B. interview C. research D. journey

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. D

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述David因写作困难，采纳作家建议制作剪贴簿积累灵感、参与写作比赛的成长故事），再结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的内容，选出最佳答案。
【解析】
1. 由后文“struggled with grammar and expressions”及后续“writing competition”可知，David在写作任务上表现不佳，故选B（writing）。
2. 后文David主动提问“How do you know what to write about?”，说明老师询问是否有问题，故选D（questions）。
3. 作家提到剪贴簿能提供灵感，即“起作用”，find sth works表示“发现某物有用”，故选A（works）。
4. 结合语境，David思考后决定制作自己的新故事，decide to do sth为固定搭配，故选C（decided）。
5. 此处指David认真粘贴杂志里的故事，carefully符合动作状态，故选C（carefully）。
6. 为写故事，David收集更多灵感相关的想法，ideas符合语境，故选A（ideas）。
7. 句意为“当David听到比赛消息时”，when引导时间状语从句，故选D（When）。
8. 此处表示David的思维因各种可能性而活跃，active符合语境，故选B（active）。
9. 晚上David翻阅自己的剪贴簿，look through表示“翻阅”，故选B（looked through）。
10. David的故事开始成型，grow表示“发展、成型”，故选A（grow）。
11. 老师要挑选比赛获胜者，pick表示“挑选”，故选C（pick）。
12. 老师说很难选出获胜者，hard符合语境，故选D（hard）。
13. 此处指这是David目前最好的作品，work表示“作品”，故选D（work）。
14. 老师的鼓励让David为自己感到骄傲，be proud of为固定搭配，故选B（proud）。
15. 此处指David的终身学习旅程，journey符合语境，故选D（journey）。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.B 10.A 11.C 12.D 13.D 14.B 15.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，通过David的经历传递“遇困时主动找方法、积累灵感，他人鼓励助力成长”的道理，考查学生对语境、词汇及逻辑的综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6