四、完形填空
Mr Brown lived by the sea. He had a big 1 and had to work hard, or his wife and children would be hungry. So he had to 2 early in the morning. After breakfast he left for the sea in a small boat. He always hoped to 3 more fish.
One morning the man got to a good place for 4 . He threw a long rope(绳)with many hooks(钩)into the water. He found it 5 and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there was a gold chain(金链)on the hooks. He was of course very 6 . “I'll sell the gold chain for a lot of 7 ,” he thought to himself. “I'll build a new house, and buy lots of expensive things. I'll be 8 man in the world.”
Mr Brown went on thinking and didn't notice(注意)what was 9 to his boat. It began to sink(下沉). As he was pulling the gold chains, the boat sank into the sea. He 10 not only the gold chains, but also his boat!
()1. A. family
B. house
C. farm
D. factory
()2. A. go to bed
B. get up
C. go home
D. go to work
()3. A. buy
B. find
C. catch
D. eat
()4. A. resting
B. sleeping
C. swimming
D. fishing
()5. A. dangerous
B. light
C. heavy
D. safe
()6. A. helpful
B. glad
C. worried
D. strange
()7. A. food
B. fruits
C. clothes
D. money
()8. A. the richest
B. richer
C. poorer
D. the poorest
()9. A. listening
B. happening
C. thinking
D. saying
()10. A. found
B. had
C. lost
D. got

1—5 ABCDC 6—10 BDABC

【分析】
做完形填空时，需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述靠海的布朗先生为养家捕鱼，意外捞到金链却因分心导致船沉的故事），再逐空结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等方法确定选项，最后通读检查逻辑通顺性。
【解析】
1. 由后文“妻子和孩子会饿”可知，布朗先生有个大家庭，选A（family）。
2. 为了工作，他需早起，选B（get up）。
3. 捕鱼常用搭配“catch fish”，选C（catch）。
4. 他去钓鱼的好地方，选D（fishing）。
5. 拉钩子出海面，说明钩子上的东西很重，选C（heavy）。
6. 捞到金链他很高兴，选B（glad）。
7. 卖金链换很多钱，选D（money）。
8. 他想成为世界上最富有的人，用最高级，选A（the richest）。
9. 他没注意到船正在发生的事，选B（happening）。
10. 船沉了，他失去了金链和船，选C（lost）。
【答案】
1—5 ABCDC 6—10 BDABC
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文为贴近生活的记叙文，考察基础词汇掌握与语境逻辑推理，需结合上下文线索分析，难度中等。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、短文填空
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons(叶公好龙)
Long ago, there was a person. People 1 (call)him Lord Ye. It was said that Lord Ye liked dragons very much. Everything in his room 2 (be)about dragons. The walls of his house had dragon pictures. The doors and windows were carved with them.
“I love dragons best,” Lord Ye always 3 (say)to other people. When the real dragon heard this, he 4 (feel)very happy. “Lord Ye loves dragons so much. I should visit him 5 thank him,” said the real dragon. So he 6 (fly)to Lord Ye's house. He 7 (put)his head into Lord Ye's window and shouted, “Lord Ye, are you in?”
You 8 (may)think Lord Ye was very happy to see a real dragon. But, 9 fact, when he saw 10 real dragon, he was very frightened and ran away as fast as he could.
From then on, people knew that Lord Ye only loved pictures of dragons, but not real dragons.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. called 2. was 3. said 4. felt 5. and 6. flew 7. put 8. might 9. in 10. the

【分析】本题为寓言故事类短文填空，需结合故事语境和语法规则解题。首先通读全文，明确故事发生在过去，多数动词需用一般过去式；再根据句子结构、固定搭配、冠词用法等逐一确定每个空的正确形式。
【解析】1. 考查一般过去时，全文讲述过去的事，主语people为复数，call的过去式是called，故填called。
2. 考查一般过去时，主语everything（不定代词，视为单数），be动词过去式用was，故填was。
3. 考查一般过去时，主语Lord Ye是第三人称单数，say的过去式为said，故填said。
4. 考查一般过去时，主语he，feel的过去式是felt，故填felt。
5. 考查并列连词，连接并列动作visit和thank，用and，故填and。
6. 考查一般过去时，主语he，fly的过去式是flew，故填flew。
7. 考查一般过去时，put的过去式仍为put，故填put。
8. 考查情态动词过去式，may的过去式是might，故填might。
9. 考查固定搭配in fact（事实上），故填in。
10. 考查定冠词，特指前文提到的真龙，用the，故填the。
【答案】called, was, said, felt, and, flew, put, might, in, the
【知识点】一般过去时、固定搭配、冠词
【点评】本题以经典寓言《叶公好龙》为素材，考查英语基础语法，涵盖动词时态、连词、固定短语等，难度适中，适合巩固初中英语语法知识。
【难度系数】0.5