A 选词填空。（改编自Reading短文）
curious he predict through set sb. apart
Benjamin Franklin was a great thinker of the 18th century in America. His strong love for learning 1. from other kids when he was young. He only had two years' education, but he taught 2. by reading all kinds of books in his spare time. He would borrow books from nearby shops and read them 3. the night just to return them on time. He was always 4. about nature and science. Once he spent months doing lots of experiments about wind and rain patterns, and in the end, he figured out how 5. the weather.
seventy invent success end come as no surprise
Franklin also had a keen interest in creating useful things, so his many creative designs 6. . Many of his works turned out to be quite 7. and solved common daily troubles, like a pair of special glasses he created in his 8. . He kept exploring new things and saw learning as an exciting and 9. journey. For Franklin, it is his spirit that makes him a truly unforgettable 10. , and it proves he's remembered as a great man in history.

1. set him apart 2. himself 3. through 4. curious
5. to predict 6. came as no surprise 7. successful
8. seventies 9. endless 10. inventor

【分析】做选词填空时，需先明确所给词汇/短语的含义及用法，通读全文把握文章主旨和上下文语境，再分析每个空格的句子结构、语法成分，结合语义匹配合适的词汇，同时注意词汇的形式变化（如时态、人称、词性转换等），确保填入后语句通顺、符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 第一空：根据语境“他对学习的热爱使他与其他孩子不同”，短语set sb. apart意为“使与众不同”，主语是his strong love，时态为过去时，故填set him apart。
2. 第二空：固定搭配teach oneself意为“自学”，主语是he，故填反身代词himself。
3. 第三空：短语through the night意为“通宵”，结合语境“通宵读书”，故填through。
4. 第四空：固定搭配be curious about意为“对……好奇”，符合语境“对自然和科学好奇”，故填curious。
5. 第五空：“疑问词+不定式”结构how to do sth.作figure out的宾语，结合语境“如何预测天气”，故填to predict。
6. 第六空：短语come as no surprise意为“不足为奇”，主语是his many creative designs，时态为过去时，故填came as no surprise。
7. 第七空：turn out to be后接形容词，success的形容词形式是successful，意为“成功的”，符合语境“作品相当成功”，故填successful。
8. 第八空：固定搭配in one's seventies意为“在某人七十多岁时”，故填seventies。
9. 第九空：修饰名词journey需用形容词，end的形容词形式endless意为“无尽的”，符合语境“令人兴奋且无尽的旅程”，故填endless。
10. 第十空：a后接名词，invent的名词形式inventor意为“发明家”，符合语境“真正难忘的发明家”，故填inventor。
【答案】1. set him apart 2. himself 3. through 4. curious 5. to predict 6. came as no surprise 7. successful 8. seventies 9. endless 10. inventor
【知识点】词汇运用、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】本题为选词填空题型，主要考查常用短语、固定搭配及词性转换的运用，需结合上下文语境分析句子结构，难度适中，适合初中英语学习者巩固基础词汇知识。
【难度系数】0.6

B 根据首字母提示补全短文。（改编自Integration A短文）
Zhao Yuanren, a language master, could speak over 30 Chinese dialects and many foreign languages like English, 1. F and German. Besides his great talent, his strong interest in languages also played a key role in his 2. s, leading him to find new ways to learn languages.
Zhao suggested that learners should make full use of every 3. c to practice—they need to spend much time reading 4. a, speaking and listening to the language. Each time he visited a new area, he would manage to have 5. c with local people. By throwing himself into the real language 6. e, he tried his best to learn the local language in a short time. Also, Zhao always had a pen and notebook to write down 7. u sentences. He said that learning whole sentences was much better than remembering 8. s words, because it helped him know word meanings well 9. r than just remembering them by heart.
Though learning a new language is a tough task, Zhao's story shows that using the 10. c methods can make it a lot more enjoyable.

1. French 2. success 3. chance 4. aloud
5. conversations 6. environment 7. useful 8. single
9. rather 10. correct

【分析】
本题为英语首字母补全短文题，解题思路为：先通读全文把握短文主旨（介绍语言大师赵元任学习语言的方法），再结合每个空格的上下文语境、固定搭配及首字母提示，确定符合语义和语法的单词，同时注意单词的正确形式（如名词复数等）。
【解析】
1. 前文列举外语如英语、德语，结合首字母F，此处填French（法语）；
2. 结合语境“兴趣在他的______中起关键作用”，首字母s，填success（成功，名词）；
3. 固定搭配make full use of every chance（充分利用每个机会），首字母c，填chance；
4. 结合“reading____”，此处需副词修饰阅读，首字母a，填aloud（大声地）；
5. 固定搭配have conversations with sb（和某人交流），结合语境，首字母c，填conversations（复数形式）；
6. 结合“real language____”，指真实的语言环境，首字母e，填environment；
7. 修饰sentences需形容词，结合语境“写下有用的句子”，首字母u，填useful；
8. 结合“比记住______单词好”，首字母s，填single（单个的）；
9. 固定搭配rather than（而不是），首字母r，填rather；
10. 修饰methods需形容词，结合语境“正确的方法”，首字母c，填correct。
【答案】
1. French 2. success 3. chance 4. aloud 5. conversations 6. environment 7. useful 8. single 9. rather 10. correct
【知识点】
英语首字母填空、词汇运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕语言学习主题，考查学生对基础英语词汇的掌握、上下文语境的理解及固定搭配的运用能力，是对英语基础知识的综合考查，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6