一、短文填空
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。
When you're facing a challenge, do you like to find a way to overcome (克服) it, or just tell yourself there's no point trying? (1) (learn) to believe in yourself gives you confidence.
Believing in yourself means knowing you can get better at something, even if you don't (2) (success) at first. You see a challenge (3) something you can overcome if you try hard enough.
As well as boosting (提升) confidence and helping you feel good about yourself, self-belief makes you more (4) (hope). People with healthy self-belief tend to work harder. For example, (5) you believe you can play a musical instrument (乐器), you're more likely to spend time practising it. Research shows that it also helps you learn (6) (good) at school.
The best way to believe in yourself is to celebrate your successes. So if you (7) (study) a difficult subject at school, look at what you've learnt and pat yourself on the back from time to time. (8) (give) yourself encouragement by repeating positive thoughts. Finally, staying calm before (9) challenge makes you feel more confident. Find ways (10) (keep) your nerves (神经) under control. For example, you can write your thoughts down, or go for a walk.

1. Learning
2. succeed
3. as
4. hopeful
5. if/when
6. better
7. study/are studying
8. Give
9. a
10. to keep

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，围绕“自信面对挑战”的主题，考查基础语法与词汇运用。解题思路：先通读全文理解主旨，再逐个分析空格的语法结构、固定搭配或语境要求，结合括号内单词提示或上下文确定正确形式，需注意词性转换、非谓语动词、连词、冠词等考点的运用。
【解析】
1. 考查动名词作主语：动词原形不能直接作主语，需用动名词形式，故填Learning（首字母大写）。
2. 考查词性转换：don't后接动词原形，名词success的动词形式为succeed，故填succeed。
3. 考查固定搭配：see...as...是固定短语，意为“把……看作……”，故填as。
4. 考查词性转换：make sb +形容词表示“使某人……”，名词hope的形容词形式为hopeful，故填hopeful。
5. 考查连词：根据语境“如果你相信自己能演奏乐器”，此处需引导条件/时间状语从句，填if或when均可，故填if/when。
6. 考查副词比较级：修饰动词learn需用副词，结合语境“学得更好”，good的副词比较级为better，故填better。
7. 考查时态：if引导的条件状语从句，可用一般现在时study或现在进行时are studying，故填study/are studying。
8. 考查祈使句：祈使句以动词原形开头，故填Give。
9. 考查冠词：challenge是可数名词单数，此处泛指“一个挑战”，用不定冠词a，故填a。
10. 考查固定搭配：ways to do sth是固定短语，意为“做某事的方法”，故填to keep。
【答案】
1. Learning 2. succeed 3. as 4. hopeful 5. if/when 6. better 7. study/are studying 8. Give 9. a 10. to keep
【知识点】
动名词作主语；词性转换；固定搭配
【点评】
本题综合考查英语基础语法与词汇运用，主题贴近学生生活，考点涵盖词性转换、非谓语动词、连词等核心知识点，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、阅读短文，回答问题
The summer holiday was fun and free. Sure, we had homework, but I thought, “Forty students? How could the teacher check every single paper?” So, I wrote the answers quickly: A, B, C, D, A, ... Then I forgot about it.
The morning of the first day of school passed peacefully. The head teacher gave a long speech and we held a class meeting. Everything seemed okay ... until 1 p.m. Our English teacher, Miss Grace, walked in, sat down, and started checking our homework.
My heart raced. I looked at the clock. One hour until school ended. Maybe she won’t reach mine? I thought. I stared at the clock and wished that time would go faster.
By 1:50 p.m., she had finished the paper before mine. Almost free. Then, she picked up mine, and turned the pages.
“Jack, come here, please,” she said. My legs felt weak.
She looked straight at me. “Why are these all wrong? You always get top marks.” My face felt hot. She handed back the paper. “Do this again. Hand it in today.”
I felt very sorry and went back to my seat. Page by page. Handing it back felt good ... until I saw the clock.
It was only 4 p.m. I was surprised. Doing the work properly (适当地) actually took less time than all the worrying!
“You got an A, Jack. Well done!” Miss Grace told me after she checked my paper.
Unit 2
Next time, I’ll try my best from the start. It’s easier and feels much better!
1. How was the summer holiday according to Jack?

2. Did Jack finish his homework carefully at first? Why?

3. How did Jack feel when Miss Grace started checking the homework?

4. What did Miss Grace ask Jack to do with his homework?

5. What will you do to balance your homework and holiday fun?

1. Fun and free.
2. No. Because he thought the teacher couldn’t check every single paper.
3. His heart raced./He felt nervous.
4. To do the homework again and hand it in that day.
5. I’ll try my best to finish my homework from the start of the holiday.（答案合理即可）

【解析】
1. 定位原文第一句"The summer holiday was fun and free."，可直接得出Jack认为暑假的状态。
2. 从第一段可知Jack一开始只是随便乱写答案，他的想法是Forty students? How could the teacher check every single paper?，因此能判断他一开始没有认真完成作业，原因是他觉得老师没法检查完所有学生的作业。
3. 定位第三段"My heart raced."，可以看出Miss Grace开始查作业的时候Jack心跳加速，十分紧张。
4. 定位原文第六段Miss Grace的要求"Do this again. Hand it in today."，整理后即可得到答案。
5. 结合短文最后Jack的感悟"Next time, I’ll try my best from the start."，给出符合逻辑、合理通顺的表述即可。
【答案】
1. Fun and free.
2. No. Because he thought the teacher couldn’t check every single paper.
3. His heart raced./He felt nervous.
4. To do the homework again and hand it in that day.
5. I’ll try my best to finish my homework from the start of the holiday.（答案合理即可）
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位
英文信息提取
开放性表达作答
【点评】
本题是记叙文类阅读简答题，大部分题目可以通过定位原文关键语句直接得出答案，最后一道开放题引导学生结合文本主旨联系自身实际作答，难度适中，既考查学生的文本信息提取能力，也引导学生养成良好的假期学习习惯。
【难度系数】
0.7