Ⅵ. 首字母填空
根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空格处填入一个适当的词使短文完整。
Sarah often helped out at her dad's restaurant like washing vegetables. H1, today she felt different—she worked as a waitress. She was excited but n2. With her heart beating fast, she carefully carried a dish to Table 6. Suddenly, her excitement turned into worry when she noticed Kassy, a popular girl from her school, sitting there with her friends. Feeling a little worried, Sarah quickly h3 behind the front desk and didn't want to be seen.
Sarah was an excellent student but she still felt out of place among her rich classmates. She remembered how Kassy often played j4 on her and worried that others might do the same to her for w5 at a restaurant. When Sarah's dad found her hiding, she didn't know what to s6 to her father.
Turning back to the kitchen, Sarah felt bad for letting her dad down. To her s7, Hannah, one of Kassy's friends, came over and said that she knew how unfriendly Kassy could be. She also said with a smile, “Doing a part-time job is m8. You are great!” Her words gave Sarah a warm feeling and the strength she needed.
Sarah wasn't worried any more and returned to the dining area and brought the bill to Kassy's table. When Kassy tried to make fun of her, Sarah and Hannah did a silly “crab dance” and laughed l9. As she crossed the dining room, Sarah found she didn't feel ashamed but a bit proud. She u10 that hard work and kindness were really important. From then on, she started to enjoy her new role no matter what others thought.
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【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了萨拉在餐厅做服务员时发生的故事。
1. However 解析:今天她觉得不一样了——她当了一名服务员。根据前一句“Sarah often helped out at her dad's restaurant like washing vegetables.”和“today she felt different—she worked as a waitress”可知,前后之间是转折关系;再结合首字母提示可知,应用副词however“然而”,句首字母大写。故填However。
2. nervous 解析:根据下一句“With her heart beating fast, she carefully carried a dish to Table 6.”和空前的“excited but”以及首字母提示可知,此处用形容词nervous“紧张的”,和前面的形容词excited相对。故填nervous。
3. hid 解析:根据后面“and didn't want to be seen”和首字母提示可知,此处意为“躲藏”。hide“躲藏”,根据后面的“didn't want”可知,时态为一般过去时,所以用hide的过去式hid。故填hid。
4. jokes 解析:play jokes on“取笑……、拿……开玩笑”。故填jokes。
5. working 解析:根据前文“Sarah often helped out at her dad's restaurant like washing vegetables. ..., today she felt different—she worked as a waitress.”和首字母提示可知,此处表示在餐馆工作。work“工作”,介词for后用动词-ing形式。故填working。
6. say 解析:根据空后“to her father”和首字母提示可知,此处意为“说”。say ... to sb“对某人说……”。故填say。
7. surprise 解析:根据下文“Hannah, one of Kassy's friends, came over and said that she knew how unfriendly Kassy could be”和首字母提示可知,萨拉很惊讶,to one's surprise“让某人惊讶的是”。故填surprise。
8. meaningful 解析:根据下一句“You are great!”和首字母提示可知,此处用形容词meaningful“有意义的”,作表语。故填meaningful。
9. loudly 解析:根据前文“Sarah and Hannah did a silly ‘crab dance’ and”和首字母提示可知,此处用副词loudly“大声地”,作状语,修饰动词laughed。laughed loudly和前面的did a silly “crab dance”并列作谓语。故填loudly。
10. understood 解析:根据下一句“From then on, she started to enjoy her new role no matter what others thought.”和首字母提示可知,此处表示她明白了努力工作和善良真的很重要。understand“理解、明白”,根据后面的从句“that hard work and kindness were really important”可知,主句也用一般过去时,所以用understand的过去式understood。故填understood。

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文的首字母填空题，解题思路为：1. 通读全文把握主旨（萨拉在餐厅做服务员时克服自卑、收获认可的经历）；2. 结合上下文语境判断空格语义；3. 依据首字母提示、固定搭配、语法规则（时态、词性）确定单词正确形式，如转折关系用副词、介词后接动名词、动词需匹配时态等。
【解析】
1. 空格前后为转折关系，前句说萨拉常帮餐厅洗蔬菜，后句说今天当服务员感觉不同，结合首字母h，填副词However（句首大写）。
2. 由后句“心跳快”及“excited but”可知，需填与excited并列的形容词，结合首字母n，填nervous（紧张的）。
3. 由“不想被看见”及首字母h，可知是“躲藏”，根据上下文一般过去时态，填hide的过去式hid。
4. 固定搭配play jokes on（取笑），结合首字母j，填jokes。
5. 介词for后需接动名词，结合语境“在餐厅工作”，首字母w，填working。
6. 固定搭配say sth to sb，结合首字母s，填say。
7. 固定搭配to one's surprise（让某人惊讶的是），结合首字母s，填surprise。
8. 由后文“You are great!”及首字母m，可知兼职是“有意义的”，填形容词meaningful作表语。
9. 修饰动词laughed需用副词，结合首字母l，填loudly（大声地）。
10. 由从句一般过去时态及首字母u，可知是“明白”，填understand的过去式understood。
【答案】
1. However 2. nervous 3. hid 4. jokes 5. working 6. say 7. surprise 8. meaningful 9. loudly 10. understood
【知识点】
固定搭配、动词时态、形容词与副词用法
【点评】
本题为记叙文语境下的首字母填空，侧重考查学生的阅读理解能力、词汇积累及语法运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑、固定短语和词性变化解题，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅶ. 任务型阅读
根据短文内容，在空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
Ways to Increase Confidence
Self-confidence is important for everyone's success. If you don't have confidence, it becomes very hard to move forward and make progress in life. With this in mind, here are some tips to increase confidence.
Give yourself a new look One thing that's easy to do is change your appearance. It's amazing how a new dress, a haircut, or having your teeth whitened or your nails done can make you feel good. Even a humble shower and a shave can give your self-image a lift. Looking confident will help you feel more confident.
Make plans with positive people Leave behind the ones who put you down. If that's not possible, see them less. A survey of 48 studies by the American Psychological Association found positive social relationships improved confidence but relationships of poor quality had a bad effect. Actively meet great people, as having fun with them will make you feel better about yourself.
Try something new Getting out of your comfort zone will give you a sense of achievement and help you feel self-belief. When you try new things and accept new challenges, you will be surprised to find there will be dreams. Would you like to paint better? Look around for an art class. You'll boost your self-confidence and get to meet like-minded people at the same time.
Cheer yourself up Research has shown that getting out into a green space can increase self-confidence. Meanwhile, Canadian research found that joining some groups benefited self-confidence more than having lots of friends. So why not kill two birds with one stone and sign up for a walking group, a local conservation group, or a gardening club?
Ways to Increase Confidence
With confidence, it will be 1 for you to move forward and make progress.
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Leave the person who 5 you down and meet great people. Because social relationships of 6 quality improve confidence while poor-quality ones have a bad effect.
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Getting out of the comfort zone gives you a sense of achievement and helps 7 more in yourself. When trying new things and accepting new challenges, you can meet people like 8 and build confidence as well.
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Getting out into a green space can increase self-confidence. Joining some groups is 9 for self-confidence than having lots of friends. So 10 groups like a gardening club will help you in two aspects.
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【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了四种提升自信的方法:改变外表、与积极的人为伴、尝试新事物和自我激励。
1. easy 解析:根据第一段“If you don't have confidence, it becomes very hard to move forward ...”可知,没有自信很难进步;反之,有了自信,进步就会变得“容易”。故填easy。
2. Ways/Tips 解析:右边的表格详细列出了四种提升自信的方法,所以左边表格的空白处应填一个总括词,如“方法”或“建议”。故填Ways/Tips。
3. Changing 解析:根据第二段标题“Give yourself a new look”和内容“One thing that's easy to do is change your appearance.”可知,是“改变”外表。位于句首,首字母大写。故填Changing。
4. look 解析:根据第二段最后一句“Looking confident will help you feel more confident.”可知,你看起来越自信,感觉就越自信。句型“the+比较级...,the+比较级...”结构中,look是系动词,后面接形容词。故填look。
5. puts 解析:根据第三段第一句“Leave behind the ones who put you down.”可知,要远离那些“贬低”你的人。定语从句的先行词是the person,关系词作主语,谓语动词用第三人称单数。故填puts。
6. good 解析:根据第三段“... positive social relationships improved confidence but relationships of poor quality had a bad effect.”可知,好的社会关系能提升自信。of good quality(质量好的)与of poor quality相对应。故填good。
7. believe 解析:根据第四段第一句“... give you a sense of achievement and help you feel self-belief.”可知,尝试新事物能帮助你相信自己。help do sth是常见用法。故填believe。
8. yourself 解析:根据第四段最后一句“... get to meet like-minded people at the same time.”可知,你会遇到“志趣相投的”人。故填yourself。
9. better 解析:根据第五段“... joining some groups benefited self-confidence more than having lots of friends.”可知,加入团体比拥有很多朋友对自信“更有益”。句中有than,应用比较级。故填better。
10. joining 解析:根据第五段最后一句“... sign up for a walking group ...”可知,作者建议“加入”团体。So(因此)是连词,后面是一个祈使句,应用动词原形开头。但根据上下文结构,此处应填一个动名词作主语,考虑到表格内句法结构,空格前是So,应填动名词作主语。故填joining。

【分析】本题为任务型阅读，解题思路如下：1. 通读全文，明确文章主旨是介绍提升自信的四种方法，梳理文章结构；2. 针对每个空格，回到原文定位对应内容，分析空格处的词性、语法要求（如名词、动词形式、比较级、主谓一致等）；3. 结合上下文语境，确定符合原文逻辑和语法的单词，注意单词的形式变化（如动名词、第三人称单数）。
【解析】1. 根据第一段“If you don't have confidence, it becomes very hard to move forward...”可知，有自信会让进步变得“容易”，故填easy；2. 表格下方是提升自信的具体方法，此处需总括性名词，故填Ways/Tips；3. 对应第二段“change your appearance”，此处作主语需用动名词，故填Changing；4. 第二段最后一句“Looking confident will help you feel more confident”，结合“the+比较级...the+比较级...”结构，此处用系动词look，故填look；5. 对应第三段“put you down”，先行词是the person，谓语动词用第三人称单数，故填puts；6. 第三段提到“positive social relationships improved confidence but relationships of poor quality had a bad effect”，此处需与poor quality反义，故填good；7. 第四段“help you feel self-belief”，help后接动词原形，故填believe；8. 第四段“get to meet like-minded people”，结合语境，此处用yourself符合逻辑，故填yourself；9. 第五段“joining some groups benefited self-confidence more than having lots of friends”，句中有than，需用比较级，故填better；10. 第五段“sign up for a walking group...”，此处动名词作主语，故填joining。
【答案】1. easy 2. Ways/Tips 3. Changing 4. look 5. puts 6. good 7. believe 8. yourself 9. better 10. joining
【知识点】任务型阅读、词汇运用、语法应用
【点评】本题考查任务型阅读中细节信息定位、词汇变形及语法知识的运用，要求学生能准确理解原文，结合语境和语法规则填写单词，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5