三、用方框中所给单词和词组的正确形式填空，补全对话
guess terrible thick shake heavily calm down
Mandy: Wow, it’s snowing (1) outside! I can hardly see the street.
Carl: Yeah, it’s really heavy! I (2) we’ll have to clear the snow before we go to the airport.
Mandy: But the weather is too (3) ! And I haven’t prepared enough (4) warm clothes for the trip.
Carl: I see ... And I am (5) with cold now. We should have checked the weather report before planning this trip.
Mandy: True. But let’s (6) . We can go inside to warm up first.
Carl: Good idea. We can make a hot drink and then talk about what to do next.

1. heavily
2. guess
3. terrible
4. thick
5. shaking
6. calm down

【分析】
本题需结合语境、词性、时态及固定搭配，选用方框中单词/词组的正确形式填空：
1. 修饰动词snowing需用副词，故选heavily；
2. 主语为I，描述当前想法用一般现在时，故选guess；
3. 系动词is后需接形容词作表语，形容天气，故选terrible；
4. 修饰名词clothes需用形容词，故选thick；
5. 由now可知是现在进行时，结构为am + 现在分词，故选shaking；
6. let's后接动词原形，构成固定搭配let's do sth，故选calm down。
【解析】
1. 空格处修饰动词snowing，需用副词，方框中heavily为副词，意为“大量地”，符合语境，故填heavily；
2. 空格处作谓语，主语为I，描述当前的猜测，用一般现在时，方框中guess为动词原形，符合，故填guess；
3. 空格处位于系动词is后，需用形容词作表语，形容天气状况，方框中terrible为形容词，意为“糟糕的”，符合，故填terrible；
4. 空格处修饰名词clothes，需用形容词，方框中thick为形容词，意为“厚的”，符合语境（厚衣服），故填thick；
5. 由时间状语now可知，此处用现在进行时，结构为“am + 现在分词”，方框中shaking为现在分词，意为“颤抖”，符合语境（冻得发抖），故填shaking；
6. 固定搭配let's do sth意为“让我们做某事”，需用动词原形，方框中calm down为动词词组原形，意为“冷静下来”，符合语境，故填calm down。
【答案】
1. heavily
2. guess
3. terrible
4. thick
5. shaking
6. calm down
【知识点】
副词的用法、动词时态、形容词的用法
【点评】
本题为基础词汇填空题，主要考查单词的词性、时态及固定搭配的运用，结合语境即可轻松作答，适合巩固基础知识点。
【难度系数】
0.7

阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Have you ever experienced an earthquake? There was a bad earthquake in Mexico City on 19 September 1985. A lot of buildings (1) (sudden) fell down, and hundreds of people were in danger. Many people (2) (sleep) at that time. After the earthquake, many parts of Mexico City were without electricity. It was reported that thousands of people died in the earthquake.
Lots of people in Mexico City became (3) ______ (volunteer) to help others. Some people in other areas also offered (4) ______ (help). They took risks to bring clean water, enough clothes and food to Mexico City. Some doctors and nurses (5) ______ (begin) to give people medicine and tried their best to help people on crowded streets.
An aftershock happened (6) the evening of 20 September. It was the (7) (strong) aftershock in Mexico. “I told my students two things. First, we should protect (8) (we), because it is not a game. Second, we should get ready for everything in time,” said Adelina, (9) teacher at the Morelos Middle School. All the buildings in the school were broken, (10) everyone was safe. Because both the students and the teachers had learnt some life-saving skills, they quickly ran out of the buildings.

1. suddenly
2. were sleeping
3. volunteers
4. help/to help
5. began
6. on
7. strongest
8. ourselves
9. a
10. but

【分析】
本题为语法填空题，围绕墨西哥1985年地震的经历展开，需结合语境、语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配等）解题。解题思路：1. 通读全文把握文章大意；2. 逐个分析空格，判断所需词性、时态、固定用法等，结合括号内提示词或上下文确定正确形式；3. 检查答案是否符合语法和语境。
【解析】
1. 空格修饰动词fell，需用副词，形容词sudden的副词形式为suddenly，故填suddenly。
2. 时间状语at that time（在那时）提示用过去进行时，结构为was/were + 现在分词，主语many people为复数，故填were sleeping。
3. volunteer是可数名词，主语Lots of people为复数，需用名词复数形式，故填volunteers。
4. 固定搭配offer to do sth意为“主动提出做某事”，故填help或to help。
5. 全文描述过去发生的地震事件，用一般过去时，动词begin的过去式为began，故填began。
6. 具体某天的晚上前用介词on，此处为the evening of 20 September，故填on。
7. 范围in Mexico提示用形容词最高级，strong的最高级为strongest，故填strongest。
8. 固定搭配protect oneself意为“保护自己”，主语为we，反身代词用ourselves，故填ourselves。
9. 此处泛指“一位老师”，teacher以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a。
10. 前半句“学校建筑损坏”与后半句“所有人安全”为转折关系，用转折连词but，故填but。
【答案】
1. suddenly
2. were sleeping
3. volunteers
4. help/to help
5. began
6. on
7. strongest
8. ourselves
9. a
10. but
【知识点】
动词时态、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法的综合运用，涵盖时态、词性、固定搭配等核心知识点，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固语法知识。
【难度系数】
0.5