Ⅲ.Grammar cloze.
Sam and Helen’s grandparents are interested in collecting things very much. They collect almost everything. There are eight doorbells 1. their front door.
One day, Sam and Helen went to visit their grandparents. Helen pushed the silver doorbell 2. soon Grandpa opened the door. He asked them 3. (come) in. Sam asked their grandpa who began collecting doorbells. Grandpa told 4. (he) that their grandma started this hobby 5. she loved doorbells. And Grandpa told Helen that he enjoyed collecting newspapers. After they went inside, they 6. (see) newspapers everywhere. Grandma let Sam and Helen have some tea. The 7. (child) followed her into the living room and they found lots of toys there. There 8. (be) hardly any space for them to sit down. Grandma and Grandpa both liked collecting toys, so they had so many toys at home.
Grandpa told Sam and Helen that they had 9. lot of free time, so they could collect things. But Sam and Helen shouldn’t spend too much time 10. (collect) things because they had to do their school work first.

1. on 2. and 3. to come 4. him 5. because
6. saw 7. children 8. was 9. a 10. collecting

【分析】做语法填空时，先通读全文把握语境和时态（全文为一般过去时），再结合空格前后的搭配、语法规则逐一分析：1. 表示“在门上”用介词on；2. 连接连续动作用并列连词and；3. 考查固定搭配ask sb to do sth；4. 动词后用人称代词宾格；5. 前后因果关系用because；6. 一般过去时用see的过去式；7. 指两个孩子用复数；8. 不可数名词过去时be动词用was；9. 固定搭配a lot of；10. 固定搭配spend time doing sth。
【解析】1. 空格后是their front door，表“在门上”，用介词on作定语；2. 连接pushed和opened两个并列动作，用并列连词and；3. 固定搭配ask sb to do sth，故填to come；4. 动词told后接人称代词宾格，he的宾格是him；5. 前后为因果关系，前果后因，用because引导原因状语从句；6. 全文为过去时态，see的过去式是saw；7. 此处指Sam和Helen两个孩子，child的复数是children；8. space是不可数名词，一般过去时be动词用was；9. 固定搭配a lot of，故填a；10. 固定搭配spend time doing sth，故填collecting。
【答案】1. on 2. and 3. to come 4. him 5. because 6. saw 7. children 8. was 9. a 10. collecting
【知识点】介词用法、非谓语动词、一般过去时
【点评】本题考查基础语法知识，涵盖介词、连词、非谓语动词、时态、名词单复数及固定搭配，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固语法。
【难度系数】0.6

I Complete the sentences with proper personal pronouns.
1. — Do you know the girls over there?
— Yes, names are Mandy and Jane.
2. — Ivy, is this your pet cat?
— No, it’s not . cat is white.
3. — Boys, is this Chinese teacher?
— Yes, he is . And he also teaches art.
4. — What do you think of the books?
— Very nice. Good books are like friends because help you understand the world.
5. — Who is that girl?
— is my best friend. name is Betty.

1. their
2. mine; My
3. your; ours; us
4. they
5. She; Her

【分析】这道题考查人称代词和物主代词的用法，解题时需根据空格在句中的成分、是否接名词判断代词类型：形容词性物主代词后必须接名词，名词性物主代词可单独使用；主格人称代词作主语，宾格人称代词作宾语。结合每个句子的语境，逐一分析空格所需代词。
【解析】1. 空格后有名词names，需用形容词性物主代词，指代复数的the girls，故填their；2. 第一空后无名词，需用名词性物主代词（相当于my cat），故填mine；第二空后有名词cat，需用形容词性物主代词，故填My；3. 第一空后有名词Chinese teacher，用形容词性物主代词your；第二空后无名词，指代our Chinese teacher，用名词性物主代词ours；第三空作teaches的宾语，用宾格us；4. 空格指代复数的the books，在从句中作主语，用主格they；5. 第一空指代that girl，在句中作主语，用主格She；第二空后有名词name，用形容词性物主代词Her。
【答案】1. their
2. mine; My
3. your; ours; us
4. they
5. She; Her
【知识点】物主代词用法，人称代词用法
【点评】本题为英语基础题型，核心考查物主代词与人称代词的区分运用，需掌握不同类型代词的使用规则，难度适中，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.6