四、语法填空(真题·嘉兴平湖、海盐)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
When Zhuoyi was young, he didn't like going to school. So his parents were worried 36him. They thought he might become a "bad boy".
"I didn't know what I would become until one of the 37(friend) showed me his guitar," said Zhuoyi. "When he played, I began 38(love) the sound! Then I asked him to share some rock music with 39(I). At the age of 13, I 40(teach) myself the guitar and had my own band."
From then on, Zhuoyi 41(lose) himself in the music, playing the guitar for hours every day, and tried to study hard in school. When leaving school, he found 42job in his town. 43he still loved playing his guitar. 44(happy), Zhuoyi opened a store selling guitars in 2011. And he also helped young people have their own bands. 45a wonderful life! One band, named The Red Star, played best in all the bands. And they often played at concerts.

36.about 37.friends 38.to love/loving 39.me 40.taught 41.lost 42.a 43.But 44.Happily 45.What

【分析】
本题为语法填空题型，需结合固定搭配、名词单复数、动词用法、代词宾格、一般过去时、冠词、连词、副词转换、感叹句结构等知识点解题。具体思路：36题考查固定搭配be worried about；37题one of后接可数名词复数；38题考查begin的用法（begin to do/doing）；39题介词后用人称代词宾格；40题根据时间状语at the age of 13用一般过去时；41题根据from then on用一般过去时；42题泛指一份工作用不定冠词a；43题前后句为转折关系用连词But；44题修饰句子用副词，将happy转换为副词Happily；45题考查感叹句结构What引导的感叹句。
【解析】
36. 固定搭配be worried about，故填about；
37. one of后接可数名词复数，friend的复数为friends，故填friends；
38. begin后可接不定式或动名词，即begin to love/loving，故填to love/loving；
39. 介词with后用人称代词宾格，I的宾格为me，故填me；
40. 时间状语at the age of 13表过去，用teach的过去式taught，故填taught；
41. from then on表过去，用lose的过去式lost，故填lost；
42. job为可数名词单数，泛指“一份工作”，用不定冠词a，故填a；
43. 前句说找到工作，后句说仍爱吉他，为转折关系，用But，故填But；
44. 修饰整个句子需用副词，happy的副词形式为Happily，句首大写，故填Happily；
45. 感叹句结构“What + a/an + 形容词 + 可数名词单数！”，故填What。
【答案】
36.about 37.friends 38.to love/loving 39.me 40.taught 41.lost 42.a 43.But 44.Happily 45.What
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、时态运用
【点评】
本题为记叙文类语法填空，围绕Zhuoyi的成长经历展开，考查的均为初中阶段核心基础语法知识点，难度适中，适合学生巩固语法基础。
【难度系数】
0.3